We had the pleasure (and honor) of sponsoring talented designer, Irina Shabayeva, for her New York Fashion Week show on Sunday. We met Irina because she was a neighbor to our East Village shop. She sampled some paint (she paints her lovely gowns) and promptly fell in love, as we all do, with Annie Sloan! She asked us to be her sponsor and we were over the moon excited with the opportunity to be a part of something so special. Take a look at her leather pieces, hand painted wi