THE JOURNEY
My journey as a designer has taken on many faces during my career as a florist. Traveling the world for several years helped me hone in on my skills & gave me direction. Living in Thailand & Europe, I fell in love with beautiful fabrics, gemstones, & exotic flowers. I eventually made my home in Hawaii more than 20 years ago & it is truly the most beautiful & inspiring place to live in the world.
After creating my floral business "Designs by Hemingway", I became the in house florist for the Prestigious Kahala Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Honolulu for 10 years designing weddings & parties for celebrities & an international cliental.
One of the most frequently asked questions from my bridal clients was "How can I preserve my bridal bouquet & take it home with me?" Wanting to do more than just preserve fresh flowers, I set my aims high & created a line of couture bridal bouquets & accessories designed with feathered plumes, vintage buttons, brooches, pretty silk ribbons & jewels. Voila', "La Plume Couture" was born January 2010.
I am also adding to La Plume Couture's line, my own personal collection of Vintage Hats & am excited to present our newest line of feathered Petite Hand bags created exclusively for La Plume Couture by the talented designer Heather Saffery.
A lot of love & spirit has gone into the creation of this company. Please enjoy our web site.
Merci & Aloha
When approached by Debbie Hemingway to create a line of handbags for La Plume Couture, I set out on my own journey "back in time" to my childhood years. Always surrounded by objects of beauty; my mother had an innate artistic sensibility to whatever she "touched"... from rose gardens to color coordinated wallpapered rooms throughout our home and most memorably by the way she dressed. Art, creativity & beauty have always been interwoven throughout my life in some form or another.
For the past 25 years I have been in the "beauty business" with a professional career in the cosmetic industry working for a wide range of makeup brands such as Clinique, Dior, Stila & Laura Mercier. Although I call Honolulu, Hawaii my home "the makeup world" has given me the opportunity to travel to far away cities such as Paris, Monte Carlo, Taipei & Vancouver where I immersed myself in the culture while discovering cultural beauty ideals & preferences of countless number of women.
I have been trained by the best in the industry and have cultivated my signature makeup style... always beautiful, modern & luminous. With a desire for self-expression, creativity and a point of difference in makeup style, I started my own business Heather Bell Makeup Artistry in 2008.
Creating a line of feather petite handbags for La Plume Couture continues my journey of self-expression by creating another object of beauty.
My journey as a designer has taken on many faces during my career as a florist. Traveling the world for several years helped me hone in on my skills & gave me direction. Living in Thailand & Europe, I fell in love with beautiful fabrics, gemstones, & exotic flowers. I eventually made my home in Hawaii more than 20 years ago & it is truly the most beautiful & inspiring place to live in the world.
After creating my floral business "Designs by Hemingway", I became the in house florist for the Prestigious Kahala Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Honolulu for 10 years designing weddings & parties for celebrities & an international cliental.
One of the most frequently asked questions from my bridal clients was "How can I preserve my bridal bouquet & take it home with me?" Wanting to do more than just preserve fresh flowers, I set my aims high & created a line of couture bridal bouquets & accessories designed with feathered plumes, vintage buttons, brooches, pretty silk ribbons & jewels. Voila', "La Plume Couture" was born January 2010.
I am also adding to La Plume Couture's line, my own personal collection of Vintage Hats & am excited to present our newest line of feathered Petite Hand bags created exclusively for La Plume Couture by the talented designer Heather Saffery.
A lot of love & spirit has gone into the creation of this company. Please enjoy our web site.
Merci & Aloha
When approached by Debbie Hemingway to create a line of handbags for La Plume Couture, I set out on my own journey "back in time" to my childhood years. Always surrounded by objects of beauty; my mother had an innate artistic sensibility to whatever she "touched"... from rose gardens to color coordinated wallpapered rooms throughout our home and most memorably by the way she dressed. Art, creativity & beauty have always been interwoven throughout my life in some form or another.
For the past 25 years I have been in the "beauty business" with a professional career in the cosmetic industry working for a wide range of makeup brands such as Clinique, Dior, Stila & Laura Mercier. Although I call Honolulu, Hawaii my home "the makeup world" has given me the opportunity to travel to far away cities such as Paris, Monte Carlo, Taipei & Vancouver where I immersed myself in the culture while discovering cultural beauty ideals & preferences of countless number of women.
I have been trained by the best in the industry and have cultivated my signature makeup style... always beautiful, modern & luminous. With a desire for self-expression, creativity and a point of difference in makeup style, I started my own business Heather Bell Makeup Artistry in 2008.
Creating a line of feather petite handbags for La Plume Couture continues my journey of self-expression by creating another object of beauty.
