Tom Scott on a Snowy Day

I used to have a crush on this kid named Jeff in high school. He was cute in the Hugh-Grant sort of way, but more than that he was a fantastic writer. He was semi-aware of my existence and I remember one day he shared a story with me about winter. I don’t remember everything about the story, but there was this collection of lines about the snow that I really liked. He described it as a blanket that covered everything… creating a fresh start and a new perspective… he described kids standing together at the bus stop, wrapped up in winter coats, hats and scarves, blurried by the falling snow to the point where you couldn’t tell rich from poor, black from white or girl from boy. They were just kids and there was something comforting in that. Something comforting in the ambiguity. It’s like for a brief second in time, everyone is on the same page and everyone has the same goals (staying warm… maybe throwing a snowball or two… you get the picture). Something about that story always stuck with me and to this day when it snows, no matter how cold it is, I am warmed by the idea of this all-encompassing blanket being thrown down over my world.

As I walked (maybe fought is a more appropriate word) home through the snow and wind yesterday, I paused for a moment and watched the flakes trickle through down through the city lights. Of course I couldn’t see any stars because of the storm, but the flakes served the same purpose– tiny flecks of white littering the dark sky– no two-alike miracles that exist for a time before melting away, never to replicated or seen again… but all adding to the blanket in one way or another. Anyway, what I’m trying to say is, for someone who really and I mean really hates the winter, I definitely love a good snow fall.

Enough randomness (you can thank J, K, L and all of the M’s for that little digression!)… the designer du jour is New York native Tom Scott. A former accessories designer for Ralph Lauren, TS has branched out into a gorgeous collection of sculpted designs. I love the way his clothes drape and the way he’s able to tweak traditional designs into something unique. Enjoy!