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Maison Mignon

Kimberly von Koontz designs things that grow. Dahlias, carnations, daisies, and varieties of meadow grasses are just some of the many things she cultivates and lives with— and shares with others for whom she designs. After years of working in women’s fashion, architecture, and storefront design in Europe and Asia, she tired of the obsession with “the new, new, new,” especially in the world of clothing and

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