An Afternoon with Kelly & Dillan

                                      


Kelly Robinson & Dillan Stenson. Brooklyn, NY.

Where did you grow up?

Kelly: Kirkland, WA

Dillan: All over western Washington

What is your personal soundtrack at the moment?

Kelly: Broadcast

Dillan: The Budos Band

Who are some of your style icons/influences?

Kelly: Phoebe Philo, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Parisienne culture, menswear, and boating.

Dillan: Old men, mountain men, fishermen.

Who are some of your favorite heroines of fiction?

                Kelly: Dominique Francon in The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

Dillan: Margrete in The Conqueror by Jan Kjaerstad     

Who is someone you admire and why?

Kelly: My mother, the strongest woman I know.

Dillan: Carl Sagan for unending pursuit of knowledge

What is your most treasured possession?

Kelly: Can I say my cats? My cats.

Dillan: The photo 'Steak and Eggs' given to me by a friend

          

What is the last book you read?

Kelly: East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Dillan: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

What is an overrated virtue?

Kelly: patience

Dillan: tact

What is an underrated virtue?

Kelly: gluttony

Dillan: modesty

Who is your favorite designer?

Kelly: Isabel Marant

Dillan: Our Legacy

What is your favorite film?

Kelly: A Goofy Movie

Dillan: Band of Outsiders

Inside the World of Sequoia Nelson

Sequoia Nelson. Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA.

Who are your style icons and influences?

Women in history and women with elegance. There is definitely a lack of elegance today.

Where did you grow up?

Issaquah, WA on a 75-acre horse boarding facility

What was your favorite outfit as a child?

When I was little I made my own dress out of tissue paper and I also really loved to wear my pink tutu.

If you could be anywhere, Where would you be?

Monaco

What do you want to be when you grow up?

To be lovely and wonderful. I would love to be a writer, preferably short stories.

What's currently on your personal soundtrack?

Big Blood, Dark Dark Dark, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Beach House, Best Coast

What's the last book you read?

Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller

Who's someone you admire? Why?

Luisa Casati. She's groundbreaking and a pioneer in terms of women's fashion.

If you were an animal what would you be?

A doe or a cat.

What's your sign?

Leo.

Pet Peeves?

Loud chewing and noisy/outlandish people

Most Overrated Virtue?

Being on Time. I'm always late. Its in my genetics.

Underrated Virtue?

Cleanliness. People should be more organized and tidy.

Favorite Season?

Its a tie between Autumn and Spring

Favorite Clothing Designer?

Phoebe Philo for Chloe

What's your vice?

Hibernating.