About Au Courant Distilled

Au Courant Distilled is a slightly-random personal & commentary site, written by Lisa Marie Harris, the Editor & Founder of Au Courant. There's a little bit of OP-Editorials, healthy doses of style photography, fashion ramblings, and the odd image of the author wearing a handful of her favourite items over and over...

Most, if not all, of the images published on Au Courant Distilled are proudly shot on an iPhone by Lisa Marie, who has become an avid enthusiast of Phone Photography in the process.

Formally trained as a Broadcast Journalist, Writer & Multimedia Producer, Lisa Marie initially worked in her native country of Trinidad & Tobago at leading media networks (96.1 WEfm; Ebony 104.1fm) and advertising agencies (McCann Erickson; Saatchi & Saatchi) for over nine years.

Whilst producing and hosting numerous art, entertainment and style programs in the West Indies, she formed Au Courant Studio LLC in late 2006 as an independent outlet for further exploring her creative interests.

Upon migrating to the US in 2007, Lisa Marie observed how the fashion industry was mostly geared towards addressing the trend-driven or extravagant shopper through unrealistic imagery.

In reaction to this, she sought to create a more accessible publication that celebrated the idea of quality and simplicity, over quantity and ostentation. Something clean, easy-to-navigate and engaging to the reader.

Working as a design intern for Sari Gueron NYC; a curatorial exhibition researcher at the MAD Museum; and an artist's editor for Thomas Dang Vu and Billy Omabegho channeled her thoughts on art, fashion & design.

And thus, Au Courant Daily, and eventually Au Courant Distilled + the biannual print volumes, were launched as a way to tangibly express these growing ideas...