20% off Today at Noelie Harmon

Check out some of our Fall Collection favorites available in store at Noelie Harmon - 20% off today!

Sensi Blouse, Accha Pant, Accha Blouse, Arabella Maxi, Toto Sweater, and Lima Short

Milma Sweater (Black&Cream, Purple&Cream), Galla Vegan Leather Skirt, and Kikuyu Blouse

Speaking of Cable Knits...Shout out to Toto Knits!

While we doted all over our favorite cable knit Toto Sweater in our last blog post; we barely mentioned the ladies that made it happen!  To create our Toto Sweater, we partnered up with another socially responsible organization Toto Knits based out of Kenya.  They specialize in childrenswear, but I came across their organization while I was working on my graduate thesis a few years back, and I haven't stopped working with them since!  They're an amazing organization, and you have to check out their website.  Below are some of the ladies working on our very own Toto Sweaters available for sale at Noelie Harmon.

the ladies of Toto Knits

our favorite pairing of the Toto Sweater with the Arabella Maxi
Both available at Noelie Harmon

the Toto Sweater started as this simple sketch here in New Orleans...
and with a few pattern specs, it came to life with some knitting needles in Kenya!

How We Style the Classic Cable Knit...

Perfect time of year to break out your classic cable knit sweaters and style them in theDesignLab way ;)

Thanks Noelie Harmon for some great social media love seen below!  Now go get shopping for cozy fall sweaters and the perfect maxi skirt to pair with them courtesy of theDesignLab!

Call up Noelie Harmon and place your orders now, limited quantities available!

Facebook Love from Noelie Harmon, our Burnt Orange Arabella Maxi Skirt available in store!

Instagram Love from Noelie Harmon, our cableknit Toto Sweater available in store! 

How we style it on the runway! Arabella Maxi Skirt is GORGE in motion!

Close up of our Cable Knit Toto Sweater

Statuesque! Toto Sweater and Arabella Maxi both available at Noelie Harmon!

Classic Cable Knits never go out of style! Grab yours at Noelie Harmon (ours not pictured here)
 

Other ways to style our fabulous Toto Sweater, we love the details

 

Our socially responsible Toto Sweater supports Toto Knits of Kenya, we love supporting like-minded organizations!

PreFall Runway Thinktank

Getting ready for Fall; in between refilling orders, we have to start getting ready for our Fall runway show!  We're hoping to be ready for New Orleans Fashion Week in March...despite a few life changing experiences that might be occurring around the same time (cough cough - my first baby expected to deliver March 4th!)...so we're trying to get a jump on the game.  We had some great inspiration weeks where we designed and reviewed prints that will be produced exclusive to the Design Lab.  We're currently reviewing sketches based off of this inspiration; Marcella and Kristy will both be premiering their first capsule collections during NOLA Fashion Week as extensions of our main line, so there's lots of work to be done!  Stick with us for updates on progress and our design processes; we'll be documenting the whole thing!

Train+Empower+Employ...learning how to drape a torso block from a dress form

Thinktank in progress...Reviewing Sketches, getting/giving great feedback

Kristy editing a pant pattern

Marci proud of her first block! (as she should be!)

Finished with our first Fall Order!

We finally finished our first 50piece order to Noelie Harmon!  Take a brief glimpse into our studio and check out a couple shots of us finishing up the Milma Peplum Sweater; available for purchase in Purple/Cream (seen below, Geaux Tigers) and Black/Cream - it's a geometric dreamland!

Check out our studio space, lots of table space, inspiration walls, and plenty of natural light

We never turn away a pair of extra hands at the Design Lab ;) Helping Mom with some pin collecting while home "sick" from school...Magnets are FUN! 

Milma Peplum Sweater

Vegan Leather lined peplum

FIRST DELIVERY

Made our first delivery to Noelie Harmon in Baton Rouge, LA and it includes the: Lima Short, Sensi Blouse, Accha Blouse, and Arabella Maxi Skirt!

The Accha Blouse (loving the hang tags and labels!):

Some Noelie Instagram lovin:

The Sensi Blouse, Arabella Maxi, and Lima Short officially in store:

CAUSE KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!

10 yr old designer, Cecilia Cassini

 

Breakdown of Measurments for Toto Sweater

I was asked to present to K-4th graders at St Pius School in New Orleans on how math applies to apparel design.  I was a little taken aback, and I really didn't see how they would be able to relate and find what I do interesting...then I remembered a youtube sensation my friend showed me about a 10 year old designer named Cecilia Cassini (look her up, she's adorable).  I found a today show segment that introduced her, and I immediately got their attention (apparently she designed for an actor on a Disney Channel show, called Shake it up! so they were super impressed and engaged)  We talked about how A LOT of math goes into each of my pieces - from shapes, to flat patterns, to all sorts of measurements.  I even met an up and coming designer, another Cecilia, oddly enough, and she had MANY ideas of how to create new pieces to add to my current collection :)  Might have a new intern this summer, who knows ;)  I captured a few photos to share, and overall had a great time, and I was extremely surprised how engaged the kids were! video to come...

future designer, also named Cecilia :)

St Pius Kids