The accessorator's newest flip book .......
"The Best From Design Miami .....
Cool New Art, Accessories, & Installations"
@ Housebeautiful.com !!!!!
Just hit the link,
take a look .....
& let me know what you think!!!
Recently in “Stores to Shop”
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!!!!
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!!!!!!
Inspired designer "accessorations" take a variety of forms!!!!!
The Christmas window "accessorations" at Beirut's
were extravagant, entertaining, & brilliant!!!!
Imagine every classic Bottega handbag shape ......
as a white candle!!!!
And, if that's not enough "fabulocity" ........
the candle wax was pressed
into the classic woven leather texture
of these fabulous Bottega bags!!!!!
I tried to beg, borrow, or steal them ........
they were the perfect gift for my chic Lebanese hostess!!!!
But, I was told "absolutely not"!!!!!
Oh well, I guess it's the thought that counts!!!
Sooooo many fabulous designs by
Karen Chekerdjian ......
at her eponymous Beirut store!!!!
Karen works with classically trained Lebanese craftsmen ....
integrating contemporary patterns, designs, & color
with Middle Eastern tradition!!!!
The result is her stunning "tinned brass collection,"
that includes furniture & objects!!!!
I especially adore these divine tables/stools!!!
And, I love Karen's attention to detail!!!
How fabulous is the copper wire that
threads around the seats ....
accenting both metals ....
the tin and brass!!!!
These "garden stools" are going to be on my patio!!!
I can't decide which color I love better ....
sooooooo, I've bought both!!!
My newest flip book .....
is posted on ....
HouseBeautiful.com!!!!!
Click on either link ....
Take a look ......
And let me know what you think!!!!
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!!!
Boston art collector Barbara Lee
was carrying the most chicest "accessoration" at
What could be more DIVINE than this seriously supreme
canvas shopping bag ......
with the you-know-what "B" bag print .....
that screams the "H" word!!!
Barbara told me should found it in Palm Beach at
& that it comes in a zillion colors!!!!
I must admit, I've already called .......
& ordered it for everyone on my Christmas list!!!
My biggest problem is ......
who gets which color!!!
And what colors "must" I have???
This divine bookcase,
from Hudson, NY antique dealer Mark McDonald,
was a "stand-out accessoration" at
According to Mark, the piece was made by
a unique design company that is ....
"blurring the boundaries between art, architecture,
entertainment & information"
by displacing, transforming & manipulating exiting objects!!!
I adored this piece ........
It qualifies for my "accessoration everything" list!!
#1 COLOR - It's Hermes orange, my very favorite color!!!
#2 ART & MOTION - It is a kinetic piece of sculpture!!!
#3 SCALE - It's over-the-top enormously huge!!!
#4 REPURPOSING - Each unit was originally a sink!!!
It's truly fabulous!!!!!
Design/Miami 2011 doesn't open till tonight but .......
Cathy Leff, director of Miami's Wolfsonian Museum
has already made her "top pick"!!!
It's the Amphis Sofa by designer Pierre Paulin
presented by New York gallery.
"Since The Wolfsonian is going French this year,
we are really interested in how this object
represents a trajectory of French design."
Cathy Leff
My fabulous fashion friends Whitney & Marc
managed to snare me this divine birthday present!!!!!
The first Gaga snow globe sold at Barneys NYC
& the first Gaga's Workshop Christmas shopping bag ......
allowed to leave the store!!!!
It's good to have friends in high places!!!!!
Tonight at 11:59 PM Barneys NYC is opening ......
and unveiling their Gaga Christmas windows!!!
The windows are going to over-the-top,
and the shop is going to be 'gaga-licious" .....
with divine & decadent Gaga goodies!!!
And remember ......
25% of all sales in the workshop are donated to Gaga's
dedicated to empowering youth & inspiring bravery.
I would suggest making an immediate beeline to Barney's ...
before everything is gone!!!!
I think it 2011 is definitely going to be a very Gaga Christmas!!!!
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"
for Kyle DeWoody,
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!!!!
Luca & Nathalie Bomio have created an extremely well edited
selection of furniture, fashion, and design at
Shoreditch High Street, London.
The "accessorator" loves the extensive selection
of Fornasetti products ..... including
ceramics, furniture, pillows and wall coverings!!!!
This fall the store launched a collection of limited edition vases
curated by Barnaba Fornasetti (son of Piero) .....
combining the Fornasetti "look" with the
workmanship of Bitossi Ceramiche!!!!
Selecting only pieces they love,
the Bomio's have one of the chicest design stores in London ....
a "must" stop for all "accessorators"!!!!
Every NYC design junkie knows "accessorator favorite"
Kevin Brynan & Bill Cleary's
a Greenwich Street design tradition!!!!
But, if you happen to walk past it by mistake,
these divine yarn wrapped construction poles scream ....
"look at me"!!!
The store windows and the poles celebrate
a unique collection of creatures called
"JouJou" dolls!!!
This bevy of colorful knit beauties
are handmade by a Haitian women's cooperative,
from recycled and donated yarns ....
it's a fabulous project!!!
And, in addition to paying the woman a fair wage,
one dollar from the sale of each doll
goes back to the coop .....
helping to empower the women's self sufficiency!!!!
P.S. ACCESSORATOR"S NEWS FLASH .....
Congratulations to Kevin and Bill
who opened a second
last week, in Jersey City!!!!
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?????
- “It all comes down to the accessories.....
- It’s not the first thousand dollars that make the room, it’s the last hundred!!”
- - judi roaman
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