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Even children can be "accessorator's supreme"!!!
Isn't this kids furniture from 
Little Nest sublime???
Modern classics inspired by the 
chicest mid-century designers ......
How can you resist?????

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Cordula Kehrer's "Bow Bins" 
at Areaware are still one of the 
most interesting products at the fair!!!
Made by the Aeta people, of the Phillpines, from 
sustainably harvested rattan,
their sales "gives back" to the community ......
and they look sooo chic too!!!!

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Always a tabletop junkie .....
I found these fabulous cotton printed tablecloths 
& matching napkins at Funktion.
The cloths are available in two sizes,
60" x 60" & 72" x 90".
I often mix up my dish patterns & 
I think I might mix up the napkin patterns too!!!
Trés chci!!!!

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My friend Jackie Shapiro uses her spectacular eye 
 for pattern & color 
to add innovative products to her 
French Bull collection.
These new reusable coffee mugs 
elevate "take-out" coffee to a new level!!!
 
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Another old favorite of mine, 
these hand embroidered 'location pillows"
from Cat Studio looked very fresh again this week!!!!
Maybe they have crossed over into the new category .......
"accessorator classics"!!!!

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San Francisco based Lunares, owned by Nima Oberoi, 
is one of the most "color infused" 
home collections at the NY Gift Show!!!
I love these "ice cream pints" & ordered every color ...
one for each of my favorite ice cream flavors!!!
And how divine are the individual scoops
that are attached to each pint!!! 

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As usual candles were everywhere ....
but "la chiens" from Bougies la Française
were the sweetest puppies I met!!!
What a match ....
puppies + candles + great color = Spring 2012!!!!
So on trend!!!!

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has overtaken the

The title of the show refers to Pensato's return 
to her 1970's iconic Batman images. 
They are the primary subject & inspiration 
for this exhibition.

Of course, Batman does not go solo .....
by including her old favorites ....
Homer Simpson, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck
& a character she refers to as "The Juicer," 
Pensato continues her passion for
 iconic cartoon imagery. 

Known for her strictly black, white & grey palette,
she has infused this exhibition with touches of color ......
& lots included of "stuff"!!!!

Showing her propensity for being an 
"accessorator supreme", 
Pensato incorporates various toys, objects, props, 
& assorted ephemera from her studio .....
recreating the studio's environment
in Petzel's gallery.

I have always been a fan of Pensato's 
"pop iconography", 
but referencing her studio space 
sends me into "accessorator heaven"!!!  
DIVINE!!!!

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My "super accessorator spy" is everywhere I'm not ......
& she knows me soooo well!!!

Look what she found in Paris at Maison Object ......
the utimate "accessorator's accessoration"....
created for Spanish porcelain company 
by sublime Spanish artist/designer

Lladró invites cutting edge designers to create creatures
with distinct personalities, 
for a series called "The Guest."

Hayón designed the shape of these figures,
and invited American artist Tim Biskup and
Japanese design studio Devilrobots
to draw all over the surfaces ........ 
resulting in these fabulous figurines!!!

Thank you to my "accessoration spy" ..... 
these limited edition pieces are right up my alley!!! 

I hope you've already bought me one of each!!!

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has designed this stunning collection of 
"hybrid tableware" for
one of my favorite Italian design companies!!!! 
(see blog 1/15/10, 2/3/10, 2/4/11)

Each piece appears to be split in half ......
One side has traditional Chinese porcelain designs,
while the other has classic European patterns.

Cast as a single bone china object, 
this commercial collection
blending the aesthetics of the east & west,
is based on a one-off project that Seletti had done previously.

I adore these dishes .....
they are an "accessoration supreme,"
that will soon be found in my china cupboard!!! 

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One of my favorite Englishmen, James Brett 
is bringing his delightful 
as well as the stunning books 
that were created for the museum's exhibitions,
to NYC this month!!!!

January 21, 1:00pm 
Book Launch & Talk plus Q&A by James
Metropolitan Pavilion
125 West 18th Street
NYC

January 26 - 29
The Shop of Everything .......
includes "everything" divine featured at 
Selfridges, London!!!
(see blog 10-17,18,19 2011)
7 West 34 Street
NYC

January 27th, 
2:00pm  Film "Is It Art?"
5:30pm  "Films of  Everything" & talk

January 28th, 
6:00pm  "Collecting Obsession" panel discussion
                                                       

I'LL BE AT "EVERYTHING".....
COME JOIN ME!!!!

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I love a good "scarf accessoration" ......
almost as much as a good "handbag accessoration"!!!

And my favorite scarves in Beruit .....
are at Vie Privée on Sassine Square in Ashrafieh!!!! 

A divine collection of yarn, color, and pattern ....
very hard to select just one .....
or two .....
or even three!!!!!

I brought a dozen home!!!!


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Combing traditional taste & a modern sensibility 
is the design dictum at
Frank Luca & Aida Kawas's divine Beirut boutique

Featuring antique and modern furniture, clothing, 
& accessories from Lebanon ...... 
as well as Turkey, Syria, and Morocco,
this delightful Middle Eastern bazaar is a must see!!!

I adored all of the mother-of-pearl furniture,
as well as the multi-color patch vintage rugs ......
but, the Lebanese "Gingerbread Men" 
were my Christmas gift de jour!!!!

A real hit!!!!!!

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My newest flip book .....
is posted on ....

Click on either link ....
Take a look ......
And let me know what you think!!!!

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While I was spending endless amounts of time in Miami ....

Marni opened it's first Edition store in NYC
at the crossroads of Gansevoort & West 13th Street
in my 'hood .....
 the Meatpacking District!!!

The store is stunning ...... minimalist & modern,
with moveable steel & iron fixturing,
natural concrete floors,
brilliant daylight coming through giant windows
& a highly visible stock room.

There are no window displays, 
instead product is housed in large steel boxes, 
with fuschia interiors, that can bee seen from the street!!!

Orange chairs are a delightful accent, 
but my favorite Marni "accessorations" are the 
plastic "torso's" hanging from the ceiling,
printed with wonderful Marni-inspired mixed patterns!!!!
DIVINE!!!!!!

And I had to share the charming holiday shopping bags ..... 
each illustrated with a different child's drawing!!!
I don't know which is my favorite .... 
so I grabbed one of each!!!

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Lotsa' style ......
Great confluence of colors & perfectly wrapped too!!!

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I always love basic black ......
but I am even crazier for the giant Gucci sunglasses!!!!

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"Accessoration Heaven"!!!
Great print, great colors, great shoes ....
And the henna tattoos are fabulousity personified!!!!

I've been working on my November HouseBeautiful.com
"Istanbul Shopping Guide" flip book ......
(it comes on-line next week)
And I came across these delicious "accessorations"!!!
Couldn't resist sharing them!!! 


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One last summer "accessoration" fling ...... at Amagansett Beach!!!!

I adore "art accessorations" and was especially enamored 
by the new "DeWoody"!!!!

Artist Peter Dayton,
inspired by 1950's "woodie wagons,"
created "car contact-paper" ....
to re-create this playful "beach buggy"
creative director and co-founder of 
a fabulous new website joining art & commerce, 
that mixes on-line shopping with bricks 'n mortar!!!

The car is divine ......
and I'm sure the new "art accessorations" at 
Grey Area's December pop-up shop  
will be fabulous too!!!!

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Shax Riegler, features editor at House Beautiful,
has written the most delicious book .... 
DISH 813  Colorful,Wonderful Dinner Plates.

I am know to love a good dish .... 
whether a dinner plate or a bit of gossip!!!!

And DISH includes intrigues and innovations of manufacturers 
from Meissen & Sévres to Fiestaware & Lenox ...... 
as well as pictures of gorgeous plates!!!

DISH already has a place of honor in my bookcase ..... 
and is a major "must have" for every "accessorator supreme"!!!! 

It's a great Christmas gift too!!!!

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Ukranian designers Valeriy & Ekaterina Kuznwtaov,
have created these divine "scarfy lamps."

The designers use steel frames
and cover them with crocheted lampshades 
of  Peruvian wool.

Several of the lamps have quirky "short sleeves,"
a decorative touch, 
that is also used to change the light bulbs!!! 

I love the lamps ....
and am very taken with the wrapped legs!!!

Anyway, winter is coming ...... 
so the timing for these wooly lamps couldn't be better!!!!

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James Brett's Museum of Everything pop-up is extraordinary,
the "Store of Everything" is fantastic .......
but Selfridges "Windows of Everything" are the best!!!!!

Imagine devoting every window on Oxford Street, 
a gigantic city block in London,
spanning the front of one of the world's greatest stores,
to "everything" that can't be sold!!!!

This is a phenomenal design installation,
and I applaud the Selfridges team for being sooooo brave!!!

This is a major tribute to the arts ....
but I can't help wondering,
who in NYC would ever be this brave????? 

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The Museum of Everything 4.0 is spectacular ....
but the "Shop of Everything" is incredible!!!

Imagine James Brett and Selfridges collaborating 
to create this amazing "shopping mecca of everything" ....
thinking of soooo much fabulous "everythingness"!!!!
 
I bought tons of great "everything gifts" ....
to take back to NYC!!!!

Remember ...... Christmas is coming!!!!
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