Elena Bowes

design

September 21st, 2018 | Lovings: Art, Design & Fashion

Playing Hookey with Photographer Jane Beiles

As I get older I only want to spend time with people I really like. So it was a delight to meet and work with photographer Jane Beiles who is…

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May 15th, 2017 | Wanderings: Around Town

Pacing Manhattan

Every time I fly to New York I have a mile-long list of cultural, art-y things  I can’t wait to see. Every time I leave New York  I get discouraged…

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December 1st, 2016 | Lovings: Unique Finds

Ho, Ho, Ho – Fill that Sleigh with Top London Weekend Sales

Happy December! Christmas is upon us. Stop panicking. Your Secret Santa is here. I have selected four one-off, unusual sales/shops to buy things for that choosey friend where a scarf…

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July 26th, 2016 | Lovings: Unique Finds

Two Quirky Shops on the Upper East Side – Creel & Gow, Hayward House

If you’re wandering through Manhattan’s tony Upper East Side on the lookout for something eye-catching, unusual and very much one-of-a-kind then amble over to East 70th street between Park and…

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July 1st, 2016 | Lovings: Art, Design & Fashion

John Derian, a Creative at Work and Play

Renowned designer John Derian made his first decoupage plates in his bedroom in Cambridge Massachusetts nearly thirty years ago. He got inspired after discovering  a box of unique antique prints in…

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