HESTER BLY Design As we reached the end of 2019 I had stood in my garden and watched fireworks going off, and all I could think was…
HICKS-ISMS Design When creating our latest collection, GrapHicks, we were clearly, as many others before us, inspired by David Hicks, and most particularly his geometric alphabet.…
Villa Verde Design David Hicks, my father, found excitement in design concepts the way I do bungee jumping – but the Villa Verde was the leap of…
A Legacy of Design – My Father, David Hicks Collection “Oh yes he was the master of branding,” my brother replied to a question from the audience. “He knew exactly what he was doing.”…
A Few Ambassadors Over For Dinner Design From the heart of our home comes the feeding of the 5,000. During almost any holiday there is a steady stream of bodies around…
Getting Away With It Design There are weeks and weeks when David and I eat boiled eggs and toasted soldiers on our laps in front of the TV. Not…
Pam Pierce Design Pam Pierce called me on the phone. We had never spoken before but I knew who she was. “I’d like to host your event…
A Full English Breakfast Design “Oh that was years ago,” said Domino, aged 8. “I was 7 when that happened.” We were looking at photographs over breakfast on a…
Supper in a Flash Design It’s the end of a long week shooting our Spring ‘17 catalogue (so don’t like that mundane word ‘catalogue.’ What we create feels much…
Airbnb Adventure Does your office have a gigantic light system made entirely of ping pong balls, and scooters in order to get from one meeting room…
Growing Up Hicks Design David Hicks was just a bit eccentric. Aged eight years old he called the local tailor to his parents house and commissioned a dinner jacket.…
This Won’t Do At All Design We don’t risk hanging valuable art on our walls in the Bahamas. Not because we are afraid of robberies (around here boat keys, diesel…
A Family Affair Design It’s a family affair, this fall collection. My beautiful sister Edwina, named after our legendary stylish grandmother, sketched out a Crown Imperial flower for…
Bonkers for Shopping Design “This malarkey’s not for me,” she said, or would have said, if she were English. But a few weeks later, amongst wild zinnias and…
A Raucous Night Design Island Style touching down in the UK. A talk at the V&A museum and a raucous night in Ralph Lauren. Feeling pretty well launched.…
My Father, Myself Design “What do your fathers do?” I remember the teacher asking the young classroom. Other fathers were lawyers, farmers or bank managers, mine was an Interior Decorator...
Amazon Art Design Amazon asked me to put some thoughts together about art. I was a little bit hesitant. Especially after David burst out laughing upon...
Baby Owl Live On HSN This Tuesday Design I am introducing my latest bedding collection with HSN tomorrow, Tuesday. You can watch me live at 6am 10am 6pm 11pm EST.
David F-L-I-N-T new word W-O-O-D Design Not being married has never really been an issue for David and I. Somehow we just never felt the need. Being strangers in a…
Cultured Design I was invited by Cultured magazine to chat to the architect Chad Oppenheim in front of an intimate group of Miami’s design mavericks in…