I was first introduced to interior designer Garrow Kedigian at the 2009 Kips Bay Decorator Show House. His orange lacquered room may have been small but I could already tell he was destined for greatness. His own charming garret apartment was featured on New York Social Diary House Tour in 2009 but it is his […]
I just booked my ticket to Paris and one of the places I look forward to visiting when I arrive is the newly renovated Palais de Tokyo. The building is center for modern art, design, fashion, film, literature, and dance. A chic edition to the Palais de Tokyo is the restaurant Monsieur Bleu designed by […]
Everyday I’m surprised that some big brands aren’t on Instagram. But I’m also sometimes blown away by a small store or company that does it right. In the case of Love the Design, their Instagram account makes me want to hop a plane to Toronto to shop all their lovely vintage finds, artwork, and designs […]
We lost another wonderful woman this week. Rachel “Bunny” Lambert Mellon (August 9, 1910 – March 17, 2014) passed away at her farm in Virginia at the age of 103. The philanthropist and avid gardener lived a lovely long life. Although she was very private, we have had peeks at her gorgeous garden (you can see […]
The fashion world was saddened this morning to learn of the suicide of designer L’Wren Scott. Everyone agrees that she was as lovely and talented as she was tall. She started her career as a model and then transitioned to styling before debuting her own designs. Her form hugging fashions were popular among celebrities and […]
“Uptown is the new downtown ” is no longer a joke now that The East Pole has opened on the Upper East Side. I’ve been hearing good things about the restaurant opened by the team responsible for The Fat Radish for a while but just experienced it for myself last night. I’ve also heard that […]
It was announced last week that the 2014 Kips Bay Decorator Show House would be held in the historic Villard mansion at 457 Madison Avenue and the list of participating designers were announced today. I know many of them but I’m especially proud that my friends Mercedes Dios and Alberto Villalobos who own the store […]
Most 21 year olds don’t move into multi-level homes decorated by Nate Berkus, but then again, model Karlie Kloss is not your average 21 year old. Vogue has a few pics of her chic downtown home in the March issue and online but I also found the before photos and the floor plan from the […]
Almost exactly a year ago I posted a different incarnation of this apartment in Madrid belonging to Santiago Castillo in More to Love in Madrid. And almost exactly a year before that I posted the home of his brother, the interior designer Lorenzo Castillo, in Chic in Madrid. Funny how those things happen. I think this might be […]
I was flipping through the new March 2014 issue of InStyle magazine and was surprised to find a feature on Carolina Herrera‘s home. The photos including more than those here don’t show too much of anything new but are worth checking out anyway. I especially love the books waiting to be read in the library above. Maybe I […]
Big thanks to my reader Robert in Chicago who alerted me that Michael Bruno’s home in Southampton, New York is featured in the March 2014 issue of British House & Garden. Seeing as we’re due for yet another snow storm, I think it’s the perfect time to visualize that we are escaping to warmer weather […]
Someone once asked me if there was a moment that I knew I had made it as a blogger. I always feel like I’m still trying to make it but one moment that stood out as an early milestone was when 1stdibs profiled me for their site. To have their stamp of approval was an […]
A little tidbit in WWD caught my attention last week. It announced that Carolina Irving had just been named creative director of home for Oscar de la Renta. Carolina will oversee the in-house home collection as well as those for Lee Jofa, Century Furniture, and Elson & Company. She will replace former creative director Miles […]
Club Monaco recently made a big splash with their newly redesigned lower Fifth Avenue store . Now they are rolling out the chic store design to other locations including the Soho location. I stopped by last week to do a little shopping and ogling. While it doesn’t include a cafe, flower shop, or Strand bookstore […]
I thought I had a lot of books but my collection doesn’t hold a candle to the over 400 vintage and new books owned by Tom Mora, the head of women’s design at J.Crew. You can see some of his favorites on the J.Crew tumblr page here. I hope we get to see the rest […]
If you’ve ever used a Touche Eclat highlighter pen from YSL, then you already know Terry de Gunzburg. She created the iconic pen while she was creative director of Yves Saint Laurent Beauté. In 2001, she founded her own beauty company By Terry that is poised to become the next global beauty brand. The London […]
Not only do I love to peruse auction catalogs for possible purchases but they are great sources for inspiration. The Michael Inchbald: A Legacy of Design sale at Christie’s in London next week is yet another example. I was not familiar with the British interior designer Michael Inchbald who passed away last year. He worked […]