A fashion-savvy home decorating magazine for the new generation of design professionals and consumers who know exactly what they want, ELLE DECOR covers fashionable and inspirational products that bring couture chic to every room of your home.
A NEW GENERATION IS BRINGING INNOVATION AND YOUTHFUL PANACHE TO DESIGN, AND IT’S GOT TECHNOLOGY ON ITS SIDE. IN THIS ISSUE, WE CELEBRATE THE LATEST CROP OF YOUNG TALENTS, WHO ARE HARNESSING THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND EMBRACING WORK SPACES THAT STIMULATE CREATIVE EXCHANGES. OF COURSE, IT ALL COMES DOWN TO QUALITY, AND THIS GROUP DELIVERS, FROM SPRIGHTLY WALLPAPERS TO PLAYFUL JEWELS…
ELLE DECOR AND CALLIGARIS GIVE BACK AT DESIGN ON A DIME MIAMI Calligaris gave generously to sponsor the ELLE DECOR vignette and support this year’s Design on a Dime event in Miami. The fantasy vignette featured painters “gone wild” (mannequins on loan from Ralph Pucci) in a room chock-full of Calligaris product including (from left to right) the brand’s Wien Chairs atop an AXEL Table, SKIN Chairs in red, white, and blue in front of two Acacia Tables adorned, respectively, with two white BLANCO Vases, EVAN Vases and a PARISIENNE Chair. Bar Cart courtesy of Fermob USA. Sale of all products and event proceeds benefited Housing Works, New York’s premier organization dedicated to providing services for those affected by dual crises of HIV/AIDS and homelessness. ELLE DECOR AND MOVADO CELEBRATE…
EVEN A DISCIPLINE AS OLD—AND AS PERSONAL— as design is not immune to technology. The Web has revolutionized every aspect, from ordering custom-made furniture to shopping for art. Direct-toconsumer sites like Dering Hall and consignment sites like Viyet and Chairish have diminished the distinction between retail and to-the-trade. And online auctions and multi-dealer websites such as 1stdibs, RubyLUX, and Art-Design- Carta have revolutionized the once-staid antiques trade. The generation of designers who grew up with the internet at their fingertips seem to have the ability to instantly understand and adopt any new tech innovation. They not only embrace social media in their personal lives, they use it as a professional tool—for marketing, as a way to find clients, and as a source of inspiration. Instagram can launch careers; it is…
SOUTHBOUND Antiques dealer John Pope, whose apartment in Charleston, South Carolina, appears on page 168, is both an advocate for preservation in his historic town and a regular at its hot spots. His recommendations for both: •Nathaniel Russell House Museum. “This home near High Battery has been fully restored to its 1808 state. It has a beautiful collection of Charlestonmade furniture in signature vibrant colors and is steeped in the complicated history of the South.” historiccharleston.org • Fritz Porter Design Collective. “An old cigar factory that’s now home to an art gallery, an antiques center, and a showroom for furniture and fabric dealers. It’s a great resource for both the public and the trade. Every month, a designer takes over a space there and fills it with his or her…
DRESS CIRCLE In the 1950s and ’60s, even as Christian Dior’s hourglass-figure New Look seemed to define femininity, Spanish couturier Cristóbal Balenciaga took a different tack, conjuring up structured, imaginatively daring architectural dresses and gowns that often surrounded their wearers in billows of fabric. Jackie Kennedy and actress Ava Gardner were fans, as were fellow designers Coco Chanel and Hubert de Givenchy; Balenciaga, who died in 1972, would go on to influence generations of followers, from onetime apprentice Emanuel Ungaro to Phoebe Philo of Céline. “Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion,” a new exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, pays tribute to the groundbreaking designer’s life and legacy with more than 120 original garments and hats by the master, as well as archival sketches, fabric samples, and X-ray photographs that reveal the…
MEET AND GREET Belgian designer Hanne De Wyngaert borrowed a salutation from Guatemalan street slang—Que onda vos, which translates to “Yo, what’s up?”—for her line of scarves, bags, and rugs, all handmade by Mayan weavers. Her boldly geometric wool carpets include, from top, Dulce, Los Labios, and Los Ojos. 5• x 7•, $600 each; custom sizes available. queondavos.eu 1 / ETERNAL TRIANGLE Highland House’s Emmet side table, made of maple with shimmering brass trim, can be customized inside and out in any combination of Benjamin Moore colors, including Blue Jean and the darker Blue Daisy. 18• w. x 18• d. x 20.5• h., $1,647 each. highlandhousefurniture.com 2 /WRAP STAR Inspired by the classic 19th-century Italian Chiavari side chair, Swedish designer David Ericsson gave his Madonna II chair for Gärsnäs a…
