Entry No. 3 | On the Name

Some names are chosen. Others seem to arrive on their own—as if waiting, quietly, to be claimed.

Madison pays homage to a character who carried herself lightly and met love with laughter and grace. A figure from another world who stepped into a new one without hesitation, moving through it with both wonder and poise.

Vanity, here, is not excess but reflection—the quiet mirror we hold to better understand who we are, and the place where the most treasured things are kept. Objects, memories, and private rituals—each a small part of how we come to know ourselves.

Together, Madison’s Vanity is both an imagined place and a real one—where what matters is kept with care, and the sea is never far from view.

—Ariel