Coco Rocha at Home

I couldn't find the new November issue of Vogue on the newsstands today but I was able to console myself with their new online feature, APT with LSD.  The magazine's chicest contributing editor, Lauren Santo Domingo, will take readers into the homes of "some of Vogue's favorite people" including fashion designers, models, stylists, artists, celebrities, and more.  Up first is the Gramercy Park apartment of model Coco Rocha and her artist husband, James Conran.  She says she had help from an interior designer but doesn't mention their name.  It looks more collected rather than...

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The World of Gloria Vanderbilt

Wendy Goodman is a very busy author.  She writes for the Home Design section of New York magazine and also found time to write the new book The World of Gloria Vanderbilt.  It seems like a perfect pairing since design plays a big part in Gloria's life.  As she says in the magazine, "decorating is autobiography" and it's fun to see her progression from patchwork quilts to dramatic glamour in her apartment.  I can only imagine that the stories in the book are just as interesting!Gloria Vanderbilt in front of a portrait of her mother and with a cardboard cut out of her...

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Billy Baldwin at Home

I'm counting down the days until Billy Baldwin: The Great American Decorator is published later this month but until then, I'm making due with my old copy of Billy Baldwin Decorates.  His own studio apartment on East 61st Street where he lived after his retirement in the early 1970's is one of my all time favorite interiors.  Except for a few elements and the old photography, it still looks good today.   Billy Baldwin says in the book, "the best decoration in the world is a room full of books" and this space is described as "the look of a library...

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Chic in Paris: Dries Van Noten Men's Store

I would like to think that if Diana Vreeland was alive today, she would greatly approve of the new Dries Van Noten men's store in Paris.  The shop, located at 9 quai Malaquais, is two doors away from his gorgeous women's boutique and was until recently an art gallery.  What I love the most is that Dries and his architect Gert Voorjans kept the original red/rust colored lacquer from the 1970's and replicated it the back of the store which was once an office.  Even though the space is now devoted to men's clothing, the designer has also filled it back up with carefully chosen...

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Chic at Work: Diana Vreeland

I couldn't just post Diana Vreeland's home when her office was just as chic.  She began her magazine career at Harper's Bazaar when Carmel Snow hired her because she was impressed with her style.  She became known for her "Why don't you..." columns and even hired Ali MacGraw.  After she was fired, she was went on to be the editor in chief of Vogue in 1963.  She stayed with the magazine until 1971 after which she joined the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. These photos are from her Vogue office about 1968 and the inspiration board and leopard...

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Chic at Work: Diana Vreeland

I couldn't just post Diana Vreeland's home when her office was just as chic.  She began her magazine career at Harper's Bazaar when Carmel Snow hired her because she was impressed with her style.  She became known for her "Why don't you..." columns and even hired Ali MacGraw.  After she was fired, she was went on to be the editor in chief of Vogue in 1963.  She stayed with the magazine until 1971 after which she joined the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. These photos are from her Vogue office about 1968 and the inspiration board and leopard...

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