About the Designer & the Ladies of TessaReed
An interview with designer Hilary Star de Roy
Inspiration
Fave discovery: Yoga & breathing
What inspires you: Artisans all over the globe. Nature. Love. Kindness. Authenticity.
Necessary extravagance: 8-9 hours of sleep a night, occasional sunbathing
Fave place in the world: Tulum, Palm Springs, Greece, my local beach at sunset with my family
Fave movies: Overboard and Troop Beverly Hills
Fave colors: Super saturated cobalt blue, deep forest green, tomato red
Fashion idols: Jane Birkin, Chloe Sevigny, Sienna Miller, Michelle Williams
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Clothes
Underwear: Mostly simple gapbody with some fancier stuff mixed in that I never wear.
T-shirt: Fruit of the Loom boys tees that I tie dye.
Jeans: Levi's wedgie fit or ribcage
Day bag: Small Cabana tote that I had monogrammed
Fave accessory: My jewelry that I never take off. Most of it made by my amazing friend Kat DiResta.
Fave designers: Isabel Marant, Ulla Johnson
Fave boutique: Flea markets and thrift stores for hidden treasures and Tessa Reed of course!
Fave online shopping site: I love Reformation, Zara and my fave blog lecatch.
Shoes: Too many to list but my black knee high Schutz boots from Tessa Reed have been my go to all season.
Sneakers: I'm a California girl at heart so I have about 7 pairs of Vans. I wear them everywhere. My husband and kids rock them too. We are a Vans Fam.
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Home
Where do you live: A suburb of NYC, in Long Island. I'm back where I grew up and love (almost) everything about raising my kids in the town my husband and I grew up in. We even bought his childhood home from his parents.
Fave art: One of my best friends is a painter and her work is my absolute fave! My kids' art hangs all over the house and it fills my need for the abstract modern works that I love. Nature photography also is a love of mine. And luckily I have so many talented artist friends whose art is around the house.
Sheets: Serena and Lily Spring through Fall and LL Bean flannel in the Winter
Luggage: Dakine rolling suitcases in all different sizes
Pets: Our rescue pup, Kermit. He's a wire hair fox terrier mix and he's an old soul. And we have a bearded dragon, Jake. The two of them get along great!
Fave flowers/plants: Peonies from our backyard for the two/three weeks they are in bloom. Otherwise I am a total plant lady! I love love love succulents and have pots of them everywhere. Ferns, Philodendrons, Palms, Snake plants. I add crystals and shells and feathers in the soil. I'm a hippie at heart.
Fave restaurants: When we are in Manhattan we go to La Compagnie wine bar, my brother is the chef and the food, wine and atmosphere are amazing. And Takahachi in the East Village for the best sushi ever!
Fave drinks/cocktails: Oat milk coconut cappuccino from Karmic Grind. I quit drinking recently so when I’m in the cocktail mood I mix half ginger beer with half sparkling water, lots of lime and jalapeño.
Fave snack: guacamole and chips
Top 3 TV shows: Homeland, Mad Men, Sex and the City
Music to lounge to: all of my parents and grandparents old records. Some faves are Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; Simon & Garfunkel; Stan Getz, Jimmy Cliff; Elvis; The Temptations.
Fave spot in your home: My kitchen cooking for my family and my office, where I am inspired and surrounded by African wax everywhere
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Beauty/Health
Lipstick: Don’t wear it but I always have a tube of Glossier balm dot calm on me
Mascara: Diorshow Blackout
Shampoo: Pantene or some health food store volumizing one
Moisturizer: Glossier or Dermalogica
Perfume: Amber oil from the health food store
Toothpaste: Crest whitening
Soap: Dr. Bronner's Peppermint
Nail polish colors: Essie Lacquered Up (tomato red) in Summer and Essie Tomboy No More or Wicked in the Winter only for toes. No polish on my fingers.
Can't live without product: Dr. Bronner's chap stick in every pocket and next to my bed. Weleda Skin Food for my dry hands. Dr. Gross Glow Pads for my face. I swear they take 5-10 years off overnight. I use once a week.
Workout: Yoga, Vinyasa Flow at Gritty Buddha. Walking my dog.
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Jessica Granger co owner & buyer TESSAREED
Inspiration
Fave discovery: Do not be afraid to travel alone and go outside of your comfort zone
What inspires you: Architecture
Necessary extravagance: Going out to dinner
Fave place in the world: In the ocean (diving)
Fave movies: Harry Potter
Fave colors: Forest Green, Blue-Grey
Fashion idols: Morgan Stewart
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Clothes
Underwear: Commando
T-shirt: JCrew
Jeans: Rag & Bone, Agolde
Day bag: Dagne Dover backpack, Kempton & co. cross over
Fave accessory: signet ring, heart ring
Fave designers: Ganni, Isabel Marant
Fave boutique: TessaReed, Westside (introduced by LG, so we’re deff twinning)
Fave online shopping site: Amazon
Shoes: Castaner, Schutz, Penelope Chilvers
Sneakers: Superga, APL
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Home
Where do you live: New York
Fave art: Photography
Sheets: Brooklinen
Luggage: Away
Pets: Cat named Kat
Fave flowers/plants: Hydrangea
Fave neighborhood spots: Basil Leaf, Kingfish Oyster Bar, Loring Place
Fave drinks/cocktails: Dirty titos martini w/ 3 olives & 2 cocktail onions
Fave snack: Extra cheddar goldfish
Top 3 TV shows: Chicago PD, Law & Order SVU, SchittsCreek
Music to lounge to: The Carters, Sylvan Esso, Maggie Rogers, Motown
Fave spot in your home: Couch
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Beauty/Health
Lipstick: Chapstick!
Mascara: Beauty Counter
Shampoo: ArtNaturals Organic Moroccan Argan Oil Shampoo & Conditioner
Moisturizer: Fresh, Dr. Jart
Perfume: I have a very sensitive nose and do not like carrying a scent
Toothpaste: Crest Gum Detoxify
Soap: Dove
Nail polish colors: Lace Me Up Essie – gel
Can't live without product: It’s a 10, Harry Josh Detangling Brush, Mason Pearson
Workout: A nice run and a low intensity/targeted workout (i.e. SLT, pilates, quick abs, etc.)
Facial/treatment: Heyday