SCRAPBOOKS: Chili Patine, Winter 2022

Say Hello to Chili Patine

This isn’t the first collection we’ve styled after a fictional character, but it might be the first based on one we dreamt up ourselves.

The Fall 2022 Scrapbooks collections have thus far been inspired by our influential ancestors and indelible figures from our own family tree. Chili Patine, however, is a figment of our own imagination, an inside joke that snowballed for years and almost became a pseudonym that captured the essence of childhood road trips and sibling shenanigans.

Heavily influenced by our dozens of visits to New Mexico, Chili Patine has a definitively Southwestern vibe, inspired by adobe dwellings and visits to Indian Market, hand-crafted wares and colloquial fashions. It brings together hues of rich terra cotta and warm khaki, enhanced and elevated with chic shades of black and poison pops of turquoise. Prints nod to classic blanket designs and traditional jewelry, with an exciting introduction to our collaboration with outstanding artist and Navajo native, Penelope Joe.

It’s an exceptional autumn collection, and the imagery inspiration was certainly real, even if Chili Patine was not.

cover & this spread: Morning Star Jacket, Ace High Top, Les Gauchos Hat, Double D Ranch Jewelry, Vintage Double D Ranch Belt

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Ace High Top, Les Gauchos Hat, Double D Ranch Jewelry, Vintage Double D Ranch Belt

Morning Star Jacket, Les Gauchos Hat, Double D Ranch Jewelry

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Dragonfly Riders Vest, Line Camp Dress, Double D Ranch Jewelry

“It’s impossible to extricate family from brand; the latter wouldn’t exist without the former. My sisters, my parents, my sons – they influence everything I create, even if subconsciously. As tongue-incheek as the naming of it was, this collection is, in a way, an homage to sisterhood and to family.”

- Cheryl McMullen, , Creative Director/oldest sister

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Dragonfly Riders Vest, Line Camp Dress, Oscar Betz for Double D Ranch, Double D Ranch Jewelry

Line Camp Dress, Oscar Betz for Double D Ranch, Double D Ranch Jewelry, Vintage Double D Ranch Belt

Dragonfly Riders Top, Lucille Chore Pant, Oscar Betz for Double D Ranch, Double D Ranch Jewelry

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Lucille Chore Pant, Moccasin

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Pettytown Jacket, Ware of the Plaza Poncho, Stretch Suede Pant, Oscar Betz for Double D Ranch, Double D Ranch Jewelry

Dragonfly Riders Dress, Les Gauchos Bolero, Double D Ranch Jewelry

“The story of Chili Patine is one of my favorites. As the baby of the family, Audrey was pretty well doted on and we didn’t razz her all that much, but man, we were all in stitches over Chili Patine – even Dad. It was almost a rite of passage, like ‘You’re one of us now, little sis, gotta stay on your toes!’”

- Hedy Carter , Director of Production/middle sister

Dragonfly Riders Dress, Double D Ranch Jewelry, Double D Ranch Accessories

Double D Cashmere Turtleneck, Oscar Betz for Double D Ranch, Double D Ranch Jewelry

Native Necklaces

From jaclas to heishi to silver strands of desert pearls, beaded necklaces are an integral cornerstone of the Southwestern and Native American jewelry landscape. There is a strong tradition of the trade, the kind that becomes a generational livelihood, with styles and skills taking on signatures of the family; even these commissioned contemporary creations of vibrant multi-strands are rooted in centuries of passed-down craftsmanship.

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Winter Blanket Jacket, My Firing Yellowhorse Top, Les Gauchos Bolero

Oscar Betz for Double D Ranch, Double D Ranch Jewelry

My Firing Yellowhorse Top, Oscar Betz for Double D Ranch

Winter Blanket Jacket, My Firing Yellowhorse Top, Les Gauchos Bolero, Oscar Betz for Double D Ranch, Double D Ranch Jewelry, Vintage Double D Ranch Belt

Take it or Weave it

Traditional blankets, blanket patterns, and Navajo weavings have an indelible role in the Double D Ranch story. They inspired the original blanket coats for which we became known and launched us on this journey, and they’ve consistently provided aesthetic inspiration throughout decades of design. We hold a reverence for weaving as an artform and we are beyond excited to share these cherished pieces with y’all in the Fort Worth flagship store.

Mountain Top, Oscar Betz for Double D Ranch, Double D Ranch Jewelry, Double D Ranch

Mountain Top,

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Chaser Top, Old Pawn Hat,

D Ranch Jewelry, Vintage Double D Ranch

Art, Ambition, & Opportunity

Young Navajo artist, Penelope Joe, showcases her signature style in a creative collaboration for Chili Patine.

Once in a while, you find someone with a talent and a vision that resonates and inspires. Once in a very rare while, that someone finds you.

Our paths first crossed with Penelope Joe’s when she reached out to us, interested in modeling for Double D Ranch. Fortuitously, we were able to coordinate a photoshoot and feature the bold Navajo beauty in the pages of our Fall 2021 Grand Canyon catalog, and we got to spend the day getting to know the tenacious young woman and learn her story of ambition and adversity.

Double D Ranch Cashmere Turtleneck, Dragonfly Riders Scarf, Oscar Betz for Double D Ranch, Double D Ranch Jewelry,

“The way Penelope presented herself made an impression on all of us,” Cheryl said. “We knew she wanted to model, and we were thrilled we could make that happen, but by the end of that shoot, we knew that was just the beginning of our working relationship with her. It was evident she had a genuine passion for her art and her Navajo roots, and an earnest desire to foster a relationship between Native American culture and the Western fashion world. I think I knew immediately that we wanted to collaborate on something.”

Beyond modeling and being a student at Diné College, Penelope is a talented award-winning artist, one of the youngest ever to be admitted into the renowned Santa Fe Indian Market. And now, at the ripe age of 20, Penelope can add Double D Ranch Collaborative Creator to her already impressive list of accolades.

“Penelope is uniquely talented and her art aligns well with our aesthetic,” Cheryl said. “This collection has strong Southwestern influence, and that is something authentic and innate to Penelope; we’re very pleased with the pieces and prints we designed with her, and we’re very proud of this collaboration.”

As for Penelope, she sees this as a momentous milestone in her life and career. Growing up on the reservation without electricity until she was a teen and still without running water, art served as both entertainment and escape, and now it serves as an avenue for entrepreneurship.

“This collaboration is the biggest honor of my life,” Penelope said. “I’ve been working toward this since I was 11 years old. I wanted to know where art would take me. Now I’m collaborating with one of the biggest high-end Western clothing companies. Chili Patine is an amazing collection, and I’m very thankful for this opportunity.”

Penlope’s artistic contributions are featured on all of the Dragonfly Riders pieces, the My Firing Yellowhorse Top, and the Telling Stories Jacket. The designs showcase her signature style, presented in a

sort of contemporary spin on traditional ledger art.

“Double D Ranch is doing something different, which I think more of these clothing companies should do,” she said. “Asking us Indigenous artists to be part of these Native American designs. Most of my art design that I did with DDR has meaning in my culture, and I was able to share my horse symbols.”

Perhaps one of the most significant iterations is the season’s signature scarf; a collectible that commemorates this collection and collaboration, and immortalizes her talent in a wearable work of art. It’s almost a tangible homage to her elders who introduced, inspired, and encouraged Penelope’s art from the time she could first hold a crayon.

“My uncles gave me this gift,” she said. “They gave me something to survive with.”

Dragonfly Riders Scarf

Double D Ranch Jewelry

Dragonfly Riders Top, Oscar Betz for Double D Ranch, Double D Ranch Jewelry 37

My Firing Yellowhorse Top, Oscar Betz for Double D Ranch, Double D Ranch Jewelry36

Who is Chili Patine?

Chili Patine is perhaps the longest-running inside joke in McMullen family lore.

Decades ago, when our now fierce and fabulous CEO, Audrey, was just a precious and precocious young girl of 6 or 7 years old, she decided she’d been “Audrey” long enough and it was time to update her name. And what totally random moniker did she choose? You guessed it – Chili Patine. As older sisters are wont to do, Cheryl and Hedy (with the good-natured encouragement of Daddy Doug) took this new revelation and ran with it, requiring a formal denouncement of “Audrey McMullen” and official adoption of “Chili Patine.” Fully annoyed that the family exaggerated her announcement, Chili Patine only lasted about 5 minutes, but the legend has lasted going on 50 years.

In short, Chili Patine is synonymous with “the plight of being the baby of the family.”

Firemaker Jacket, Short Rainbow Top, Stretch Suede Pant, Double D Ranch Jewelry, Vintage Double D Ranch Belt

Short Rainbow Top, Stretch Suede Pant, Double D Ranch Jewelry, Vintage Double D Ranch Belt

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Wares of the Plaza

Our inspiration often originates from imagery, and particularly in the Scrapbooks collections, it’s rooted in nostalgia. Many of our childhood road trips – including the one where Audrey’s alter ego, Chili Patine, was conjured up – were to New Mexico. Even if we were there to cheer on Daddy Doug’s racehorses, we would always visit the town squares and Native American markets and stand in awe of all the artisans exhibiting their wares, their works of art, the fruits of their labor and generations of passed down technique and tradition.

Wares of the Plaza Tee, Flat Willow Skirt, Oscar Betz for Double D Ranch, Double D Ranch Jewelry, Vintage Double D Ranch Belt

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Lakefront Lodge Top,

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Chaser Jacket, Double D Ranch Jewelry

Double D Ranch Cashmere Turtleneck, Double D Ranch Jewelry, Vintage Double D Ranch Belt

Vintage Petticoats

In much the same way that one needs an eye for design, one needs a vision for styling.

Fortunately, Cheryl has both, and an uncanny knack for seeing the uniqueness in something and innately knowing somehow, some time, she’s going to be glad she bought it; whether it’s three months or three years from now, whether it morphs into design inspiration or makes its way into the editorial images of a catalog. This was the case with these vintage petticoats.

Accumulated over the past several decades, these lightweight garments with their own individual attributes turned out to be aesthetically ideal for balancing old and new, juxtaposing vintage and fresh, and serving as a lovely canvas for highlighting some statement southwestern jewelry.

If you’re also loving this look, you’re in luck! Having served their purpose of bringing her vision to life, Cheryl’s ready to share them with y’all; you can shop her carefully curated collection on DoubleDRanch.com.

Dragonfly Riders Jacket, Vintage Dress, Double D Ranch Jewelry

Vintage Dress, Double D Ranch Jewelry

Vintage Dress, Long Tall Sally Boot, Double D Ranch Jewelry

Dragonfly Riders Jacket, Double D Ranch Jewelry

Dragonfly Riders Jacket, Vintage Dress, Double D Ranch Jewelry

Dragonfly Riders Jacket, Vintage

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Gavilan Ridge Top, Vintage Skirt, Oscar Betz for Double D Ranch, Double D Ranch Jewelry

Love to Our Velvet Vendors

The only reason we are able to do what we do is that we have found and formed relationships with remarkable craftsmen and women who are as committed to quality as we are.

You would be astounded at what goes into each and every velvet garment that bears the Double D Ranch tag. For starters, it’s not the massive manufacturing operation you might envision; our velvets come from a small collective of probably half a dozen people who work exclusively with us and are always endearingly eager for their next assignment, regardless of how complex the craftsmanship may be. (By the way, if you’ve never worked with velvet, you may not truly appreciate the skill, steadiness of hand, and relentless patience it requires to create a pintuck.) You also might be surprised to realize that each piece is individually cut and sewn one at a time.

So, when you see us in a line launch seeming in awe of our velvets, it’s because we truly are.

Sacred Mountain Top, Old Pawn Hat, Double D Ranch Jewelry, Vintage Double D Ranch Belt

Crossed Signals Jacket, Vintage Skirt, Spaghetti Western Boot, Double D Ranch Jewelry, Vintage Double D Ranch Belt

Dragonfly Riders Tunic, Oscar Betz for Double D Ranch, Double D Ranch Jewelry

Dragonfly Riders Hoodie, Cheyenne Top,

D Ranch Jewelry

Vintage Double D Ranch Belts

Directions of the Wind Jacket, Double D Ranch Jewelry

Directions of the Wind Top, Flat Willow Skirt, Vintage Skirt, Les Gauchos Bolero, The Cattleman Boot, Double D Ranch Jewelry, Vintage Double D Ranch

Directions of the Wind Top, Les Gauchos Bolero, Double D Ranch Jewelry

Black to Basics

When it comes to design, black is anything but basic. In a sense, it’s essential. It’s the punctuation of a collection, the grounding hue, the modern edge. Or, as Cheryl once interestingly and adequately articulated it, “A strong, chic black jacket is like bold winged eyeliner on an outfit.”

Pueblo Pottery Jacket, Double D Ranch Cashmere Core Top, Double D Ranch Cashmere Pant, Les Gauchos Bolero, Double D Ranch Jewelry 85

Pueblo Pottery Jacket

Pueblo Pottery Jacket, Double D Ranch Cashmere Core Top, Les Gauchos Hat, Double D Ranch Jewelry

Pedernales Poncho, Double D Ranch Jewelry

Ida Blouse, Old Pawn Hat, Double D Ranch Jewelry

Solstice Ceremony Jacket, Bandit Pant, Oscar Betz for Double D Ranch, Double D Ranch Jewelry 91

Solstice Ceremony Jacket, Oscar Betz for Double D Ranch, Double D Ranch Jewelry

“My older sisters will never let me live this one down. I’m an adult, a mother and grandmother, I’m a CEO –technically their boss, as a matter of fact – and still, I’ll never outgrow Chili Patine. They’ll probably put it on my tombstone, knowing them.”

- Audrey Franz , CEO/baby sister

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Carrizo Canyon Tunic, Double D Ranch Jewelry

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Concho Calling

You know you’ve created a reputation for yourself as a collector when fellow connoisseurs of vintage and southwestern jewelry can spot a piece and identify it as something that might interest you.

We’ve seen many a squash blossom necklace in our day and many a concho creations, even the recent resurgence of repurposed conchos, but we have never seen a piece quite like this one. When we received a call from another someone with an eye for the industry, needless to say, we were intrigued. When the pictures came through, we had to have it. On their own, the elements that make up this oneof-a-kind find – open link silver chain, repurposed conchos, and a squash blossom-esque silhouette –are nothing of note, but combined, the result is an aesthetically interesting necklace that made even Cheryl say, “I’ve never seen anything like it!”

Canyon Bird Top, Ruidoso Peaks Skirt, Double D Ranch Jewelry

Ruidoso Peaks

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Thunderbird Strong Vest,

Ace High Dress, Oscar Betz for Double D Ranch, Double D Ranch Jewelry, Vintage Double D Ranch Belt

Ruidoso Peaks Top, Thunderbeing Strong Pant, Double D Ranch Jewelry, Vintage Double D Ranch Belt

Ruidoso Peaks Poncho Top, Stretch Suede Pant, Segovia Boot, Double D Ranch Jewelry

Sierra Blanca Jacket, Ida Blouse, Double D Ranch Jewelry

Sierra Blanca Jacket, Oscar Betz for Double D Ranch

Waving

Old Pawn

Bug Pins

Said Papa Bug to Mamma Bug, “Let’s hitch ourselves a ride, We’ll pick ourselves a lady fair and walk up side by side, And ask her if she wouldn’t like to wear us on her dress, And show us all around the town, I’m sure that she’ll say yes.”

Said Mamma Bug to Papa Bug, “I think that would be fun, And she’ll agree that two such bugs are smarter far than one.”

Then up spoke little Baby Bug, “You’d better make it three, For I don’t want to stay at home, so please make room for me.”

So here they are, three silver bugs, to travel quite inclined, Fat Papa Bug, sweet Mamma Bug, cute Baby Bug behind.

– Kay Bischoff

Double D Ranch Jewelry

Wares of the Plaza Top, Old Pawn Hat, Double D Ranch Jewelry

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Carrizo Canyon Jacket, Bib Deacon Blouse, Oscar Betz for Double D Ranch, Double D Ranch Jewelry

Bib Deacon Blouse, Oscar Betz for Double D Ranch, Double D Ranch Jewelry

Double D Ranch Cashmere Poncho, Old Pawn Hat, Oscar Betz for Double D Ranch, Double D Ranch Jewelry

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