Fashion Potluck’s Crush #2

Mona de Castellarnau: A Luxurious Label Made in California

I started to work at Lomography shortly after Mona left and for months my fellow co-workers and friends would refer to Mona as a legend. Mona the super skilled and inspired creative director, the positively insane one, the artist. To me, Mona was a charismatic and enigmatic legend.

And well, I was everything but wrong. The second, I discovered her work and her label, I could feel why people always referred to her empowering arty vibe. The minute we started to talk, I perceived her outstanding and passionate personality. And God knows, passion is key in creative processes. From the instant I talked to Mona, she had my vote. I could feel her incredible passionate, creative vibe. Her sustainable love for the aesthetic, art as well as her unique vision on design.

Mona is now established in San Francisco where she recently launched her lifestyle, luxury eponym brand: Mona de Castellarnau. The label is unique in many ways. It is a lifestyle label in the most meaningful way. A label that combines several loves and inspirations. Architecture and Le Corbusier, André Courrèges for the fashionable taste, the rhythm of Monocle Radio and a real deep eye on aesthetics. Yes, this is what Mona de Castellarnau is about: an eclectic love affair with the most beautiful things creativity and life have to offer, a label that embraces the vision that defines the greatest artists. Something that goes beyond fashion, trends and colors.

The finely lined leather shoppers and purses will seduce fashion lovers and reinvent themselves into pop and preppy colors while the throws and the cushions are key statements for a delicately designed interior. Each piece is unique, crafted in the best fabrics, enhanced with an original and unique lining. Details are keys in the work of Mona de Castellarnau and surely characterize the unique strength of her label. Meticulous and visionnaire, she only worked with the best craftspeople and got her leather goods produced where Chanel produced their own. What else could one expect?

Mona de Castellarnau is a must see label if you are seeking for the next design, fashion talent made in California. Something unique and precious to fill your home, your wardrobe and most important your heart with joy.

Cheers 
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