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Guess Who Lived Here in 1983?
A prestigious German fashion designer lived in this apartment in Rome in 1983. Can you tell me who? Hint: He recently purchased new digs in Vermont.
Guess Who Kate Moss Is Modeling?
In this photo from a 1996 fashion show, Kate Moss is modeling a multi-colored checkered jacket designed by someone who today is an icon in the interior design world. Can you name the designer?
Guess Who?
According to a recent New York Times article, a top American designer is the condo board president of this building, 173 Perry Street, New York.
Guess Who Designed This Rug?
A fashion designer best known for her hallmark wrap dress designed this rug. Do you know who it is?
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Casa Shops: Taigan
As the list of online designer sample sales grows, a new web shop has opened with a slightly different business plan. Taigan is a community of over 30 (and growing) specialty shops, boutiques, and galleries nationwide for members only. The site offers access to small, upscale shops in cities as far and wide as Chattanooga, TN and Aspen, CO, which may not otherwise have an ecommerce site.
Color Theory: Mix Pink and Red
When you're talking fashion, there are a lot of rules about color. No white after Labor Day. Black and brown clash.
Home Library: Downtown Chic
No academic course will teach you how to give a derelict house a gut renovation and turn it into a fantastically unique, high-style home. That skill comes with experience and serious design savvy, something which Robert and Cortney Novogratz accidentally learned they had.
After renovating their first home in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood 10 years ago, which then was a neglected, not-so-fashionable area, they realized they had a knack for building and decorating, together.
Nice and New: Barbara Hulanicki Flock For Graham & Brown
Legendary fashion designer Barbara Hulanicki, who founded the iconic London boutique Biba in the '60s, is taking her signature art-nouveau style to the walls. She has created Graham & Brown's Flocked Collection, including five exclusive flocked wallpaper designs — Skulls, Ophelia, Shoes, Baroque, and Antoinette. Flocked wallpaper has a history over three centuries long.
Vivienne Westwood Debuts Wallpaper Collection For Cole & Son
Brit fashion designer Vivienne Westwood's apparel may be too punky to wear for some, but her new collection of wallpaper for Cole & Son has just enough whimsy for every house. From her iconic Squiggle print of Fall/Winter 1981-92 to her more recent Cutout Lace of Spring/Summer '07, all of her wallpapers are based on signature designs from her fashion collections.
"It is good when my ideas get carried over into other artistic media," she says.
Coveted Crib: Abbijane Schifrin's Technicolor Townhouse
The Gramercy Park townhouse of the late fashion designer Abbijane Schifrin is on the market for $8.75 million, and it's truly a dream. The five-story 1855 building sits on a delightful, tree-lined street and looks quite prim from the exterior, with a pair of 21 Club-esque jockeys and a cast-iron gate. But inside the house is dressed with glitzy gilt walls, bright turquoise and pink paint, and Mediterranean-style arts and crafts tilework — a drastic deviation from what passersby see.
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