Friday, January 8, 2010

Gerald Bland

House• January 8, 2010.

Gerald Bland has, for most of his life, specialized in selling fine English furniture, having trained at and worked for Sotheby’s. Lately he has shifted gears somewhat and in keeping with […]... READ MORE

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Palm Beach Social Diary: Another Look at Lost Palm Beach

Palm Beach• January 3, 2010.

“We were so young and gay then and we thought we had all the money in the world. It will be sad if the great houses vanish and the Mizner […]... READ MORE

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Washington Social Diary – GEORGETOWN’S HOLIDAY SPIRIT

Across the Nation• December 24, 2009.

Georgetown is Washington’s most talked about neighborhood for many reasons. Its historic past, the beautiful 18th and 19th century homes, a buzz factor as the city’s social hub, and the […]... READ MORE

Friday, December 11, 2009

Benjamin Bradley

House• December 11, 2009.

Designer Benjamin Bradley unequivocally adores Christmas. He makes no secret of the fact that he is re-living happy childhood memories when he creates Christmas in his apartment using his collection of over […]... READ MORE

Monday, December 7, 2009

This Was Then

Social History• December 7, 2009.

One of the most popular society of fashion photographers in New York of the past quarter century has been Mary Hilliard. Mary started her career after her marriage and her […]... READ MORE

Friday, December 4, 2009

Osmundo Echevarria

House• December 4, 2009.

Osmundo Echevarria brings a wonderful artistic sensibility to decorative furniture finishes and practices what might be termed a craft with a genuinely imaginative eye and hand. He was trained as an […]... READ MORE

Friday, November 20, 2009

Alex Papachristidis

House• November 20, 2009.

Alex Papachristidis has a saying about life that is very apposite for an interior designer: You’re always walking into a dark room looking for the light switch. Once you’ve turned on […]... READ MORE

Friday, November 13, 2009

Lisa Jackson

House• November 13, 2009.

Lisa Jackson, who took up design as a second (or perhaps third?) career after working in business and journalism, has designed homes for the likes of Renee Zellweger and Tory Burch […]... READ MORE

Friday, November 6, 2009

Brad Ford

House• November 6, 2009.

Interior designer Brad Ford didn’t seem to mind it when we, somewhat patronizingly, called him ‘a little ole country boy’ – just because he grew up in Arkansas – a place that […]... READ MORE

Friday, October 30, 2009

James Bleecker

House• October 30, 2009.

Photographer James Bleecker is that Bleecker, or at least a member of the old Dutch family whose name is on the street sign. He credits the fact that he grew up surrounded […]... READ MORE

Friday, October 23, 2009

Yesterday’s La Coquille Club

Social History• October 23, 2009.

Because today’s La Coquille Club has been so magnificently recast for nearly the past twenty years as part of The Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach in Manalapan, memories have nearly vanished of […]... READ MORE

Alex Gorlin

House• October 23, 2009.

In our lonely quest to find architects with a sense of humor, Alex Gorlin is our best catch so far. We kept drifting off message, but that’s what we like doing best […]... READ MORE

Monday, October 19, 2009

Washington Social Diary: Dinner With Mrs. Post In Absentia

Across the Nation• October 19, 2009.

The news was surprising, but at a formal dinner at Hillwood Museum the other night the guests were told it was the first such event there since Marjorie Merriweather Post died in […]... READ MORE

Friday, October 16, 2009

Joan and Jayne Michaels

House• October 16, 2009.

One of the things we both love about these interviews is the element of the unexpected. And because Joan and Jayne Michaels of 2Michaels Design are twins and who are tall and […]... READ MORE

Friday, October 9, 2009

Preston Bailey

House• October 9, 2009.

Parties designed by Preston Bailey are fabulously expensive fleeting moments of fantasia involving torrents of blossom, crystals, temporary architecture and an extravagant daring that belies the serene, easy-going man we interviewed. He’s […]... READ MORE

Friday, October 2, 2009

George Ranalli

House• October 2, 2009.

George Ranalli, an architect and Dean of The School of Architecture for City College, isn’t one for chit-chat. During the interview he straight away got down to discussing the business of […]... READ MORE

Friday, September 25, 2009

Kathryn Scott

House• September 25, 2009.

Designer Kathryn Scott’s stunning brownstone in Brooklyn Heights rather silenced us with its perfection, combining Asian influences with antiques from Kathryn’s family and art by both her and her artist […]... READ MORE

Friday, September 11, 2009

Garrow Kedigian

House• September 11, 2009.

We immediately christened designer Garrow Kedigian’s Upper East Side apartment ‘Garrow’s Garret’, and, apparently like everyone else who visits, said how Parisian it looks. Garrow himself says he was going for ‘the […]... READ MORE

Friday, August 28, 2009

Jamie Drake

House• August 28, 2009.

‘I must have been a willful child …’ says Jamie Drake about his insistence on having black bedroom when he was 11 years old. The decisive and dramatic color for which he […]... READ MORE

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Envisioning Palm Beach: The Addison Mizner Collection at The Society of the Four Arts

Palm Beach• August 26, 2009.

Architect Addison Mizner’s extensive library, volumes that span three centuries, and his design diaries — scrapbooks filled with sketches, watercolors, photographs and ephemera — are noteworthy aspects of the decorative arts collections […]... READ MORE

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