…………………………. When it comes to the topic of decorating there is no beginning and, certainly, there is no end. I ask your permission to indulge myself in some observations about interior design, a topic about which I have become well versed in these past thirty-five years. In these days of phone app floor plans, computer … Continue reading Design: An Evolution Of Style
Mary Katrantzou ………………………… Reviewing the London collections has always been a treat for me. Back in my days as a buyer I could not wait to go to London for fashion week. The British designers excel in innovative design – and creating new wearable art, and are always at the forefront of new directions in … Continue reading Across The Pond
Charles O. Schwarz Interior Design in House Beautiful, March 2013 ………………………… “I love that this house is not fashionable or chic. This house is about everything that comes in and out of its doors; dogs and cats, flowers and vegetables, family and friends, food and wine. This is what life is about and it is what … Continue reading Hillsdale Haven
This past Sunday I attended DELPOZO’s premiere New York runway show. It was staged in the Starrett-Lehigh Building on the 14th floor with a gorgeous view of the Hudson River. I predicted Josep Font (the firm’s creative director) was going to be the STAR of Fashion week Fall/Winter 2013 runway, and I was spot on with … Continue reading Barcelona on the Hudson
………………………… ‘Haute Couture’ in the English translation of the French, means ‘high sewing’, ‘high dressmaking’, or ‘high fashion’. To be a part of the Paris Haute Couture shows is an honor. It is bestowed on only a few designers each year by the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. They select only the very best to … Continue reading ‘High Sewing’
250 West Street Tribeca New York City ………………………… Last October 30th the 2012 Hearst ‘Designer Visions’ Showhouse event was scheduled to open. Unfortunately, Hurricane Sandy had other plans for Manhattan, and it’s West side waterfront. I’d been invited to the press preview a week earlier, and wrote a post about the sensational apartments David Rockwell, … Continue reading ‘See & Be Seen’ January 2013