Innholdsfortegnelse for November 2025 i ELLE DECOR

Should you sit down for this? Because the story of these bracelets (and rings) begins with a chair. And it’s a long tale, dating back to Napoleon III. When Christian Dior began to present his collection at 30 Avenue Montaigne in Paris, in 1947, the gilded 19th-century chairs in the salons fea tured seats of lightly colored cane. The Cannage motif made the leap from cushion to couture in Dior’s 1951 collection and has remained one of the house’s signatures ever since. But how to spin a new tale from it? Victoire de Castellane, Dior’s artistic director of jewelry, has done it with delicate braided gold, polished gold ribbon, and turquoise lacquer. And so the Cannage continues. See also Look 22 in Jona than Anderson’s feverishly anticipated runway show, where…

NEXT ON THE ITINERARY Ahead of a summer 2026 opening, Shanghai-based designers Neri&Hu transformed a 19th-century palazzo into the new Lake Como Edition. The pool, which hosted a preview art installation of pink floaties by Sabine Marcelis, is perfect Instagram fodder.…

“I was invited,” Eka Papamichail wrote Elle Decor, “to design a concept that unites Georgian fashion brand Dalood’s flagship with a café and bar.” She and her husband Phedon restored an apartment in an Art Nouveau building, featured in our September 2020 issue. Dalood is housed in a two-story early-20th-century apartment building in the historic Vera district. “My vision” she says, “was to honor the spirit of the era while preserving the intimate feeling of home. I wanted guests to feel they’ve stepped into a welcoming house—first discovering clothing, then being invited to dine. A soft yellow pattern in the dining room provides warmth, while a native Georgian stone, diabazi, is paired with terrazzo at the entrance, and a hand-painted geometric floorboard pattern runs throughout. One meaningful detail is the…

EARTH, BY SOU FUJIMOTO When asked about the design for Earth, architect Sou Fujimoto says it was “born from the resonance between our initial inspiration, Not a Hotel’s grand vision, the process of exchanging opinions, and the gentle, rich world that existed there.” Consistent with his modus operandi—breaking down bound aries between structure and landscape—he designed this circular villa in response to the tropical climate and beaches of tiny Ishigaki Island, which lies 1,250 miles southwest of Tokyo. The 7-bedroom house is shared among 12 owners. During their month’s worth of time, they can try their hand at distilling their own awamori, a distilled rice spirit made in the Okinawa region; reserve a private cruise on a sabani, a traditional sailboat; or book a private dinner with live sanshin music.…

London-based designer Leonora Hamill doesn’t believe in trends. Instead she aims for rooms that “feel as if they have been there forever,” by layering print, color, textiles, and antiques. Half American, half French, born in London but raised in Paris, she’s someone to whom this “potpourri” style comes naturally. Her magpie eye is always trained on a chic roster of international dealers and markets. “My paternal grandmother was a great collector who was on Jackie Kennedy’s fine arts committee for the White House,” Hamill says. “I like to think I have inherited the gene.” Since founding her firm in 2016, Hamill has built a thriving practice that crisscrosses the Atlantic. Her path, however, was unconventional. After studying art history at Oxford and the Courtauld, she embarked on a career as…

The novelist and all-around Grecophile Lawrence Durrell once defined Greek islands as “places where different destinies can meet and intersect in the full isolation of time.” That might sound like a lot of literary hot air, until you visit Patmos. Less than 40 miles from the Turkish coast, Patmos is hardly a traveler’s idea of a daytrip (there’s no airport on the island, and a ferry from the mainland takes seven hours). Its most famous resident? St. John, who wrote the Book of Revelation while in exile at the end of the 1st century. And yet this seahorseshaped Dodecanese conundrum, with its pine forests and ravishing pebble and sand beaches, has also proven a fertile stomping ground for the haute creative classes. Artist Teddy Millington-Drake, interior designer John Stefanidis, auctioneer…

“Prounis gray pearl earrings, handmade in NYC. They will take you anywhere!” —Lucy Guinness, writer and creative director Tahitian Pearl Baby Linea earrings, $1,880, prounisjewelry.com “Once I got mine, I never lost my passport or looked like a slob at the check-in desk again.” —Christopher Bollen, writer Passport holder, $580, dior.com “I have a Kaweco pen wherever I go. I like taking notes on things I see.” —Miguel Flores-Vianna, photographer AL Sport fountain pen, $108, kaweco-pen.com…

NEXT ON THE ITINERARY Elle Decor A-List designer Martin Brudnizki is working alongside yacht and cruise ship specialist Tillberg Design of Sweden to bring a plush, minimalist aesthetic to the new Four Seasons Yachts. The first ship launches in 2026 in the Mediterranean.…

There is a scene in Sofia Coppola’s 2003 film Lost in Translation in which Bill Murray, portraying burned-out actor Bob Harris, is asked by a director to give “more intensity” to his performance—shilling a whiskey. The movie, which is set mostly in the Park Hyatt Tokyo, helped cement the hotel as a cultural landmark. Fast-forward 20-odd years, and a different kind of performance is unfolding there: a renovation by the Paris-based firm Jouin Manku. Intensity is, funnily enough, exactly what they tried to avoid. Occupying the top 14 floors of the 52-story Shinjuku Park Tower, designed by Kenzo Tange, the hotel opened in 1994. Its distinctive architecture and unbeatable views of Mount Fuji have shaped impressions of the city ever since. When the property shut down for construction in May…

CAN’T-MISS RESERVATIONS L’ARRET BY THE GREY Paris Partner Johno Morisano restored the historic bar at this Parisian design world watering hole, where American chef Mashama Bailey will be serving a Savannah-style Thanksgiving feast this month. larretparis.fr PARI PARI Miami Three friends from Paris opened this handroll-only bar in Wynwood this fall. Chef Yasu Tanaka and Parisian pastry chef Yann Couvreur serve creations at the sleek, 24-seat space, where any roll can be topped with caviar. pariparimiami.com HOTEL METROPOLE Monte Carlo This iconic destination features newly renovated rooms overlooking the Mediterranean, helmed by the renowned French designer Jacques Garcia, including the hotel’s Michelin-starred restaurant Les Ambassadeurs by Christophe Cussac. metropole.com NEXT ON THE ITINERARY In 2026 boutique hotel brand Pendry is set to open in Mexico City’s Art Deco–filled Roma Norte…

At the easternmost end of Long Island Sound sits Fishers Island, a narrow, nine-mile-long Eden revered for its remote coziness, unfettered sea views, and unusual foliage, including eelgrass meadows. Though it’s located about two miles off the coast of Connecticut, Fishers is officially part of New York’s Suffolk County, with a resident community of around 200 people that swells to the thousands in the summer. The deliberately underdeveloped isle draws artists, oyster lovers, and last names such as Whitney, du Pont, and Luce. Designer Lily Dierkes’s introduction to the island came in early 2021. The clients called her up soon after she had founded her own New York–based studio. “I spent a lot of time on boats,” Dierkes jokes about her travels to and from the classic 1920s Cape Cod–style…

When Trevor Traina set out to design his dream property in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, he didn’t want bunker-style hard lines and glass panes. “There’s this thing called ‘mountain modern,’” he says, “I think that look had its moment.” It’s a style that’s particularly trendy in Jackson, which has become increasingly popular ever since the pandemic, as the Silicon Valley crowd descended for promises of stellar skiing and no income tax. But when Traina began working on his house in 2020, he wanted something a bit more traditional. A tech entrepreneur and a former United States ambassador to Austria, he didn’t lean on urban design firms or even Ken Fulk, the designer with whom he and his wife Alexis have worked closely on multiple other homes in California and Mexico. With…