THE EXTRAORDINARY DOORS OF SANTA FE

“I feel very adventurous.

There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind them.”

                                                                                                            Elizabeth Taylor, Actor

Photos by C.Whitney-Ward

"The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.”

                                                        

Flora Whittmore

"Every wall is a door."

                                                                                                        Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired."

                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                Mae West

The Raven

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,

Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,

As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

"'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door —

Only this, and nothing more."

Edgar Allan Poe

"An open door invites callers."

                

                            Turkish Proverb

"A small key opens big doors."

                                                                                       Persian Proverb

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DYNAMIC SANTA FE SISTERS - CHAR & SHERRY

                         Photos by C. Whitney-Ward  

Char (top photo) and sister Sherry grew up in a small northern Colorado town and

began their careers in fashion at an early age - stitching doll clothes on their mom's Singer sewing machine. Over the years they've successfully collaborated on design projects and now they are at it again, sharing Char's beautiful white adobe studio space in downtown Santa Fe.

For the past 30 years, Char occupied a store front on Old Santa Fe Trail across from La Fonda Hotel. Her signature clothing designs quite literally defined Santa Fe style. When she closed her store a few months ago, I wondered where all the beautiful clothing had gone.

When I received an invitation to Char's White Studio/Pop Up Store opening on March 25th, I didn't have to wonder any more. "I went down the rabbit hole and came up on McKenzie Street," laughs Char.

 The two-story space is beautiful, filled with architectural detail, sunlight and Char's wonderful clothing and Sherry's handsome "work" bags.

And something new - wonderful  vintage sofas and chairs upholstered in vibrant patchwork fabrics.

     CHAR AT THE WHITE STUDIO

206 McKenzie Street

 in the large white villa at the corner of Griffin (off Grant Street)

505.988.5969

By appointment