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    DESIGN & LIFESTYLE: An Evening with Rita Chraibi & Ed Westwick Presenting Only Once

    December 5, 2024 - By 

    No matter how beautiful something is some people just can’t live in a copy and paste world and need an environment that is truly just for them. That is where the world renown French-Moroccan luxury interior designer Rita Chraibi comes in. She has a remarkable list of clients from Miami to Morocco, New York to Paris. The palaces, princes, hotels and Hollywood stars who all look to Chraibi for perfectly remarkable designs know that she delivers what no one else can. Singularity. Rita Chraibi, formed a concept she calls Only Once, where each piece of furniture and design you will…

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    EXCLUSIVE: Designer Kari Whitman of KWI

    December 7, 2023 - By 

    Written By: ALICIA KUNKEL It’s not every interior designer that comes with a glittering career prior to being a designer, however, the beautiful blonde model and actress Kari Whitman, has a unique resumé. After enjoying the spotlight doing movies with actors like Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez, Kari decided to turn her sights towards interior design and has never looked back. Over the past twenty-nine years Kari Whitman Interiors ( KWI ) has been established as an important and respected design-build firm specializing in luxury residential and commercial interior design; and has been featured in Architectural Digest, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal and more.…

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    EXCLUSIVE: Jill Bokor & The Salon: Art + Design

    November 13, 2022 - By 

    Once again New York City is hosting the Salon: Art & Design, the premiere fine art event showcasing the best galleries and designers from around the world, specially curated by invitation to join together in this fascinating and highly anticipated event. Over two thousand five hundred people attended the grand opening. At the helm is Jill Bokor, her exceptionally trained eye and years of experience makes her the perfect Executive Director, calmly standing in the eye of the storm while orchestrating the year’s biggest event. We had the opportunity to chat with Ms. Bokor, about the special occasion and what…

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    EXCLUSIVE: Interview With Miguelina Gambaccini

    February 12, 2021 - By 

    Spas in the canyon, cabanas on the beach with gauzy curtains floating, secret island coves, seaside shops painted in sun-bleached shades of shells. Idyllic locales call for fitting fashions and the Miguelina brand in particular has been seen floating around exclusive resort settings the world over. This jet-setting, star-studded style turns heads with an almost silver screen aura. Whether you have a long list of movie credits behind your name or maybe you’re a low key diva, Miguelina has most likely found it’s way into your suitcase, with your stylist’s approval, of course. You’ll be happy to know that this…

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    DESIGN: ROCHE BOBOIS CELEBRATES SIXTY YEARS

    September 1, 2020 - By 

    On the sixtieth anniversary of Roche Bobois, so long known for their iconic Mah Jong Sofa seating arrangement, the Parisienne design house looked to artist Joana Vasconcelos to add her unique, playful and expressive touch to their latest collection BOMBOM. Creativity at the heart of the designs, it offers organic fluidity to the shapes in juxtaposition of the geometric pulse of the Mah Jong. Optimistic and celebratory color theory makes for eye catching statements in the home. It offers a massive opportunity for decorators to choose from for the palette of the space it will belong to. Joana Vasconcelos notes…

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    JEWELRY: Cindy Chao Inducted Into The Musée des Arts Décoratifs

    August 9, 2020 - By 

    Cindy Chao, an elegant woman and world renowned jewelry designer extraordinaire, was once a sweet child taking trips around Taiwan beside her grandfather to exquisite temples. Temples that he had designed as an architect, now considered to be national monuments, and it was on this sacred ground that became the solid foundation of her art form. Training her eye to the elements of what creates not just beauty but an ethereal timelessness that speaks to others, not bound by languages and nationalities, but something that whispers to the souls of humanity. For beauty, you know her when you meet her.…

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    LOVE: ODE A LA ROSE

    February 10, 2020 - By 

    Stolen hearts and stealing kisses, Cupid’s long time partner in crime has always been a red rose or maybe even a hundred. There is just something completely and decadently enchanting about someone taking the time to choose a perfect blossom, thick, red plush petals spiraling out in beauty, and giving it to you. Pure romance. It is estimated that more than 250 million roses are given on Valentine’s Day. That’s a lot of love. But, some would say that not every rose is created equal. Particularly so of Louis and Olivier, founders of Ode A La Rose. These two French…

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    TWENTY FIRST GALLERY & VALENTIN LOELLMANN

    May 29, 2019 - By 

    In 2010, right after his graduation from the Academy of Fine Arts in Maastricht, Valentin started to create unique furniture pieces and quickly built up his atelier in an old factory building in the center of Maastricht (NL). After making the building his own, it now crystalizes his thoughts, inspirations, and emotions, to an extent that it feels like home.     In 2015 Studio Valentin Loellmann was founded. Along with the creation of furniture pieces and objects, the studio also focuses on indoor and outdoor spaces, extensions and atmospheres. In the past few years, collaborations with galleries and private…

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    MEN’S FASHION LOOKBOOK: BERLUTI, MISSONI & HERMES

    February 24, 2019 - By 

    This year’s Men’s Fashion Week displayed a wide variety of style options and opportunities for men this Fall/Winter 2019. From the runways at the Pitti Uomo to NYC’s catwalks there’s a look to suit any man. Our stylist has pulled a collection of some of the most trend worthy ensembles for you to see for yourself just how colorful the season is going to be.   BERLUTI Berluti offered a densely pigmented palette punctuated by rich magentas, uber fashionable accessories and fine men’s shoes with a remarklable chiseled toe.           MISSONI Missoni didn’t miss a step…

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    INTERIOR DESIGN: RITZ PARIS HOME COLLECTION

    January 27, 2019 - By 

    The timeless luxury and elegance which is synonymous with the Ritz Paris Hotel has been encapsulated in their prestigious home collection. This year they continued their journey which began in 2017 as they presented, in collaboration with Luxury Living Group, during Maison & Objet 2019. The Ritz Paris Home Collection is a contemporary interpretation of their Belle Époque aesthetic featured throughout the iconic hotel.   “Ritz Paris is much more than a hotel, it’s an atmosphere, an art de vivre, that allows itself the luxury of a timeless elegance, creativity and eclecticism. Since the beginning it has been an icon of…