--- title: Isabel Toledo description: Isabel Toledo image: https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4031667946-jpg/blog-files/it-tatoo-804x1024.jpg --- - [**](https://www.pinterest.com/cletile/) - [**](https://www.facebook.com/Tilevera/) - [**](https://twitter.com/cletile) - [**](https://www.instagram.com/cletile/?hl=en) [![cle tile logo](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Cletile_March2016/logos/cle-logo-new.png?width=444&name=cle-logo-new.png "cle tile logo")](http://www.cletile.com/) [** search](http://www.cletile.com/search) [** ](https://info.cletile.com/blog-test/tile_envy/isabel-toledo/#sidr) ## Shop by Collection ### Browse [** search](http://www.cletile.com/search) # Isabel Toledo 07 June 2011 This week, Erin and I are still obsessing over some favorite artists that march to their own tune. And this week- they happen to have a tile connection, as well!! **From Pattern Girl-** **ISABEL TOLEDO ** Last week, when I was thinking of what to write, for some strange reason, well aren't "out of the blue" messages always strange- Isabel Toledo came into my mind. [![](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4031667946-jpg/blog-files/it-tatoo-804x1024.jpg?width=600&height=800&name=it-tatoo-804x1024.jpg "it-tatoo")](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4031667946-jpg/blog-files/it-tatoo-804x1024.jpg) Why? I had not had her on my radar since the late 80's and 90's and then Michelle Obama wore one of her creations for the inauguration of Barack Obama. [![](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4031667956-jpg/blog-files/20michelledress480.jpg?width=480&height=376&name=20michelledress480.jpg "20michelledress480")](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4031667956-jpg/blog-files/20michelledress480.jpg) To tell the truth, I was not crazy about that dress. However, I decided to check a book out about her and found some beautiful edgy pictures, reminiscent of the Dada and Surrealist movement. [![](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4031667966-jpg/blog-files/it-1-1024x841.jpg?width=600&height=450&name=it-1-1024x841.jpg "it-1")](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4031667966-jpg/blog-files/it-1-1024x841.jpg) ++++++ [![](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4031667976-jpg/blog-files/it-1a-1024x794.jpg?width=600&height=450&name=it-1a-1024x794.jpg "it-1a")](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4031667976-jpg/blog-files/it-1a-1024x794.jpg) ++++++ [![](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4031667986-jpg/blog-files/it-2-884x1024.jpg?width=600&height=800&name=it-2-884x1024.jpg "it-2")](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4031667986-jpg/blog-files/it-2-884x1024.jpg)   ++++++ I began to hold a high respect for her story, her verve, her courage and her desire to stay true to her passions and heart. [![](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4031667996-jpg/blog-files/it-sketch-1024x844.jpg?width=600&height=400&name=it-sketch-1024x844.jpg "it-sketch")](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4031667996-jpg/blog-files/it-sketch-1024x844.jpg) Navigating the fashion industry, one of the most brutal to the creative, innovative types, she and her husband Ruben hitting a few curves here and there, have stayed true to their entrepreneurial spirit. Bravo!!! [![](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4031668006-jpg/blog-files/3001_head_header.jpg?width=460&height=536&name=3001_head_header.jpg "3001_head_header")](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4031668006-jpg/blog-files/3001_head_header.jpg) When I told Deborah I was featuring the Toledo's as my post this week, she mentioned they also designed a collection of tiles for [Ceramica Bardelli](http://www.bardelli.it/designer.asp/lingua_2/idde_1/designer.html). Deborah is a walking design encyclopedia. She knows everything that is going on. I bow down to her knowledge. [![](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4031668016-jpg/blog-files/it-31.jpg?width=286&height=900&name=it-31.jpg "it-3")](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4031668016-jpg/blog-files/it-31.jpg) ++++++ [![](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4031668026-jpg/blog-files/it-4.jpg?width=451&height=910&name=it-4.jpg "it-4")](https://info.cletile.com/hs-fs/file-4031668026-jpg/blog-files/it-4.jpg) ++++++ When looking at the tile designs, I love her bold blocky designs and the way she has married geometric patterns with the fluidity of fabric. 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