studio journal

black plus size asymmetric lagenlook dress from secret lentil

new this week: formstudy

Formstudy. Every piece is black. Each is a different exploration of curves and tucks and pleats and flow and drape ...

new this week: formstudy

Formstudy. Every piece is black. Each is a different exploration of curves and tucks and pleats and flow and drape ...

secret lentil studio april 2017

Thou Shalt Not Mumble Obscenities About Big Bird

I don't want to curse PBS because, well, Big Bird for starters, but if I'm honest with you I have cursed them EVERY DAY since their new building ruined my...

Thou Shalt Not Mumble Obscenities About Big Bird

I don't want to curse PBS because, well, Big Bird for starters, but if I'm honest with you I have cursed them EVERY DAY since their new building ruined my...

CAR WEL CORP and secret lentil pencils

patents, pencils, freakin' laser beams

I think of making spaces as sacred. Not in some precious sense — just the opposite. ...They are the physical space where ideas in our heads come into the world....

patents, pencils, freakin' laser beams

I think of making spaces as sacred. Not in some precious sense — just the opposite. ...They are the physical space where ideas in our heads come into the world....

draped collar on striped linen dress from secret lentil

new this week: striped linen

Introducing: Black and white striped linen. It has been fun and fascinating making these dresses. Well, almost all dresses, because the other day out of nowhere all-of-the-sudden-like one turned into a...

new this week: striped linen

Introducing: Black and white striped linen. It has been fun and fascinating making these dresses. Well, almost all dresses, because the other day out of nowhere all-of-the-sudden-like one turned into a...

black arm warmers from secret lentil

EBHDDA: Every Black Hole Dress Deserves Armwarm...

Armwarmers. aka fingerless gloves aka 'texting gloves.' Add them to any black outfit for more blackness, which is always good, plus some drama, which is sometimes good. These are long...

EBHDDA: Every Black Hole Dress Deserves Armwarm...

Armwarmers. aka fingerless gloves aka 'texting gloves.' Add them to any black outfit for more blackness, which is always good, plus some drama, which is sometimes good. These are long...

Julie Leir-VanSickle wearing Secret Lentil

Shedding Skin

"It is a piece all about growth and change and leaving things behind but still carrying who we once were with us as we move on ..."

Shedding Skin

"It is a piece all about growth and change and leaving things behind but still carrying who we once were with us as we move on ..."