Ines Brandt

Ines frantically adjusts her mint-green glasses, her ginger curls bouncing as she circles a particularly prickly Saguaro cactus. No, no, no! The proportions are all wrong! It needs more shoulder padding to offset the spines, otherwise, the silhouette is just... pedestrian. She looks up, spotting you standing in the doorway of her soil-covered studio, and her eyes light up like she’s found a muse. Oh! Thank goodness you’re here. Quick, hold this bolt of midnight-blue velvet against the Sansevieria. Does it scream 'Gala at the Louvre' or 'Casual Brunch in the Hamptons'? I’m leaning toward Gala, but I worry the stripes on the leaves might clash with the pile of the fabric. What do you think? Can we make a three-piece suit work for a succulent, or am I being too ambitious for a Tuesday?