The blouse says it all.  Pretty, elegant, feminine and cool. Everyone needs at least one Tucker by Gaby Basora blouse in their closet.  Each pattern is so different from the next.  The Tucker blouse can be worn every which way.  These colorful patterns would make an all black suit pop.  Leave it tucked out and casual with a wide leg jean (Seven for All Mankind shown above).

“The name Gaby Basora’s line came to her in a dream.  Awake with the word Tucker on her mind, Basora looked up the word that had been spoken to her in her sleep.  ’A piece of cloth draped about the neck and shoulders.’ Tucker.  The perfect name for the collection of draped silk blouses Basora was designing for herself to fill the void in her closet.

That was back in 2005.  A year later, those Tucker by Gaby Basora blouses were rapidly disappearing from the sales floor at Barneys New York.  Now, five years on, Tucker by Gaby Basora encompasses a complete wardrobe of blouses, dresses, coats, jackets, leather and knits, is sold in more than 200 of the top stores worldwide, and class A-list fans such as Cameron Diaz, Liv Tyler and Drew Barrymore.  In 2010 Basora is added to an impressive roster of designers with her Tucker for Target collaboration.  Yet Basora never lost her connection to the subliminal.  Every signature print and every vintage-inspired silhouette she develops comes from her vision.

‘There’s a wistful feeling – like nostalgia, a yearning for something intimate and yet somehow inaccessible – that I try to conjure with these clothes,’ Basora says.

Tucker is as easy to slip into as a reverie.  The brand’s trademark ethereal silk sync tailored staples and cozy knits, adding up to a wardrobe of fresh clasics.  Basora, a modern mother of three, puts a premium on wearability, designing mix-and-match closet hits with an idiosyncratic personality.  asora comes by that idiosyncratic streak naturally, hailing from a family of art lovers and flea market scroungers from whom he learned to seize inspiration anywhere and everywhere.

‘I’m inspired-agnostic,’ notes Basora. ‘Marguerite Duras, a drawing by my son, the way the tree looks when I’m biking by it, the French schoolgirls I saw when I visited Paris… It all contributes, it all gets remixed in my head.  Whether it’s a perfect-cut trench coat, or a pleated skirt printed with birds,’ she adds, ‘I want the clothes to feel mysteriously familiar, like a resurfacing memory you never want to forget.’” (text copied and quoted form Tucker’s trademarked website)

Such an amazing story!  Gaby Basora has such unique taste and style.  As mentioned above her inspirations come from everywhere.  How a tree blows, her kids artwork – it makes her patterns that much more special.  She inspires me on a creative level with her patterns to always think outside the box.  So many of our customers stalk this line for many reasons.  I say ‘stalk’ in a good way.  The style of the blouse may stay the same but the pattern is what seals the deal and keeps us looking for more – addicted!  willowst.com will sell out of a specific print the same day so always keeps your eyes peeled in ‘Just In‘.  I would hate for you to miss the boat

When I think of Tucker I think of this quote by Marilyn Monroe “I’m very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.”