Our team keeps getting better and better! Meet Julie Baumgardner. Baumgardner spent much of her childhood engaged in the activity of imaginating.  The hours logged spent in her mind creating images, stories and ideas have lead to a diverse life path.  She grew up in the boisterous and glorious metropolis of Manhattan but has lived in places as far and wide as Prague, Paris, Peru, Madrid, Dublin and Washington, D.C. Julie’s intense belief in spirit and style has led to careers in art curation, fashion, public relations, brand strategy and writing. You can probably catch her on the disco dance floor in fuchsia lipstick, Dries Van Noten shoes, silk peonies in her hair and a copy of Monocle and Headlong stuffed [...]

Our team just keeps getting better and better! Meet Nikki Ogunnaike. Born and raised in the Washington, DC area, Ogunnaike began her career in the fashion closet of Glamour magazine. After subsequent internships at Harper’s Bazaar and Elle.com, Ogunnaike moved on to become a fashion assistant at Vanity Fair. Realizing it was words, not ready-to-wear, that she wanted to pursue, Ogunnaike landed a gig as an Editorial Assistant at InStyle magazine. There, she’s had the opportunity to interview prominent stylists, photographers, and writers for the pages of “Inside InStyle.” Follow along as Ogunnaike dissects pop culture and helps make sense of how trends affect our desire to consume and what that means for the future of the business.

It’s been a pretty gratifying week so far and frankly, we’re just excited to just keep the ball rolling! To kick off the relaunch, I designed a handful of magnetic moodboards with our signature pattern to give away to the first 50 readers who sign up for the newsletter. Turns out, we have a few left and wouldn’t want them to go to waste! Who doesn’t need a place to organize their tangible finds? We know we do.

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The timing couldn’t be better to introduce the newest member of the Pattern Pulp team! Angela Chen is Head of Prints and Textiles at Calvin Klein Jeans, in Midtown, Manhattan and spends a good majority of her waking hours researching and designing prints. Interesting though, she rarely wears anything more colorful than black, white and gray! Chen hails from Canada, where she acquired her Fashion Degree and currently resides in Williamsburg, the source for all of her hipster news and trends. Chen’s first PP piece will focus on the overarching trend of burning and renewal. Follow along as Chen provides insight on how various creative and print industries are interpreting this topic and what it means for the year ahead.

The holidays are in full swing and the timing couldn’t be better to introduce the newest addition to the Pattern Pulp team! Aysha Ibtasam is originally from Pakistan and now resides in Brooklyn where she flexes her Fashion Design, Merchandising and Management muscles in Midtown, Manhattan at Li and Fung.  Aside from hunting for trends and designing children’s apparel, Ibtasam also writes a weekly fashion column for Pakistan Post, a South Asian newspaper. She also contributes to Despardes and Pkonweb, both online publications. Her first PP piece focuses on Naeem Khan, the supremely talented Indian fashion designer who infamously dressed Michelle Obama for the State Dinner over Thanksgiving weekend. Follow along as Ibtasam explores the intricate bead work Khan has become famous for and tells us which embellishments [...]