Collection: Corsage

“Corsage” was inspired by the comfortable formality of living and dining rooms of my past. Jen Hewett went to Cooper Hewitt’s Design Triennial last winter, and was touched by the dining room designed by artists Nicole Crowder and Hadiya Williams, which 
reminded her so much of the dining rooms she spent so 
much time in when she was a kid. 

These were rooms that were kept clean in case company stopped by, with tables set with the good China for special occasion family dinners. She found black and white photos of my teenage aunts in her Granny’s living room, dressed in formal gowns and 
wearing corsages, posing with their prom dates. She thought about the patterns that would have fit in these settings – as table linens and wallpaper, upholstery and rugs. She designed this collection to evoke those rooms and those treasured family moments