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trend alert Urn steel lamp Ellipse* polyester- and silk drum cotton by Pierre Frey. shade by Worlds Away. Simplicity cotton by Waverly. Chevron Print* cotton by Deco- rators Walk. Broadgate Stripe cotton Mystical Zebra by Ralph Lauren Home. rug by Karastan. Mandarin Flower Radetzcky lacquered- STILL LIFES: KANG KIM (EXCEPT KARASTAN AND ARMANI CASA) cotton-fleece wood screen blanket by by Armani Casa. Designers Guild. Black and White tole hatbox set Kira jacquard-knit by Jane Gray for jacket, Giovanni Stray Dog Imports. jacquard-knit skirt, and giant-polka-dot *Available to the trade only. See Resources. knit top by Diane von Furstenberg from spring 2006. BWlahcikte+ The contrast of dark and light has always been powerful, but there’s no reason it can’t also be pretty. Designers are rein- venting the classic combo in everything from delicate prints to decorative flourishes, giv- ing it a retro edge that evokes 1940s glamour. All that’s miss- ing is a pair of kidskin gloves.52

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art Kehinde Wiley’s fresh take on history painting, The Chancellor Seguier on Horseback, 2005, after a Charles Le Brun classic. See Resources. Kehinde Wiley In his paintings, art history meets the street, and classic poses take on provocative new meanings By David Colman The annual international art-fair spectacle known as Art Basel Miami which is why it’s so gratifying to see him also become the art world’s COURTESY OF THE ARTIST/DEITCH PROJECTS Beach established once and for all this past December that the tricky latest sensation. With his most recent installation, “Rumors of War,” intersection of art and commerce has become a 12-lane, six-way L.A. which opened at New York’s Deitch Projects shortly before Miami Basel, freeway interchange complete with triple overpasses and double- Wiley continued his practice of reconfiguring famous historical por- cloverleaf ramps. Any minute now, we’re expecting a 37-car pileup. traits. In these, he replaced the august subjects of Peter Paul Rubens’s Equestrian Portrait of the Duke of Lerma and Jacques-Louis David’s In the current go-go climate, artists have responded with inflationary Bonaparte Crossing the Alps at Grand-Saint-Bernard with young, tactics. Not just prices, but visuals—oversize glossy photographs, ab- urban black men, complete with football jerseys, Timberlands, and surdist installations, cartoon-bright colors and graphics, all of which baggy jeans. The scenes are embellished with beautiful decorative seem to mimic the balloonacy of today’s market. With the money pour- patterns that fall, intriguingly, somewhere between historic rococo and ing in, few are willing to venture anything remotely close to a pinprick. tacky aspirational wallpaper. Wiley even painted the gallery in the Grand Salon colors of burgundy and deep teal (again raising the question of So Kehinde Wiley, whose paintings manage to comment on the proper versus tacky) and set up a faux gentleman’s club. sticky issues of money, power, and status while maintaining a sublime sense of history, mystery, and beauty, is a very welcome exception—54 ELLEDECOR.COM



art Clockwise from top left: The artist As the show beautifully demonstrated, Wiley isn’t CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: ERIC MCNATT; COURTESY OF ARTIST/BROOKLYN MUSEUM; COURTESY OF ARTIST/DEITCH PROJECTS; COURTESY OF with his work at Deitch Projects. afraid to tackle issues of class and race, carrying ROBERTS & TILTON/SM AND SHANIT SCHWARTZ; COURTESY OF ARTIST; COURTESY OF ROBERTS & TILTON/SM AND SHANIT SCHWARTZ 56 Assumption, 2003. Napoleon on the tradition of other brilliant African-American Leading the Army over the Alps, artists like Robert Colescott, Jean-Michel Basquiat, 2005, after Jacques-Louis David. and Fred Wilson, all of whom have managed to com- Female Prophet Anne, Who bine witty and plangent commentary with arresting Observes the Presentation of imagery. Wiley certainly has rights to the imagery he Jesus on the Temple, 2003. uses, having grown up in South Central Los Angeles Immaculate Consumption, 2003. in the ’80s, when gang violence and hip-hop music St. John the Baptist Preaching, were erupting into touchstones of American culture, 2003. See Resources. forging vital new models, good and bad, for power- starved, status-hungry urban youth. Wiley was for- tunate enough to have a mother who got her son into free art classes, and even an art camp in Russia sponsored by Michael Milken. Wiley’s pedigree (a.k.a. his street cred) has endeared him to the press and collectors alike. But having grown up in a world where status and wealth were so clearly double-edged swords, Wiley is as leery of success today as when he was a youth. “We’d like to be- lieve that art has no relationship to commerce,” says the artist, 29, in his busy Williamsburg studio. Attending the frenzied Miami Basel fair, he ex- plains, “really laid bare that these are high-priced luxury goods for wealthy consumers.” With rare candor, he adds, “I think it’s very important that artists recognize their position in so- ciety and incorporate that into the conceptual fabric of the work. There’s a specific vocabulary concerning pow- er. I’ve not only reproduced it, but in some sense I am critical of it, and complicit.” If all this suggests that Wiley’s work is social com- mentary dressed up in pretty clothes, think again. These are far from two-dimensional images. What is affecting about the pictures is not merely how in- congruous the young men are, but how alive, real, poignant, and in an odd way, how natural. While elements of his works are copied, his sub- jects are painted from life—Wiley trolls Harlem for what he calls “guys with a kind of alpha-male sense of style”—and it shows. The models, armed with Wiley’s art history books, pick the portraits in which they want to be reproduced (and for the opening they were chauffeured to the gallery in limos). The resulting works are more intimate than grand- standing, invoking the specters of ambition, achieve- ment, and aspiration that bedevil everyone—black and white, rich and poor. So if you’re in a position to buy one, beware: The subject’s eyes tend to fol- low you around the room.

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truth in decorating Designers Steven Gambrel and Susan Forristal measure the merits of étagères by Councill, left, and Stickley. See Resources. The10Most Elegant Étagères HAIR AND MAKEUP: MAYSOON FARAJ FOR YVES DURIF SALON Susan Forristal and Steven Gambrel take stock of the latest freestanding shelves to see how they stack up Text by Julie V. Iovine · Photography by William A. Boyd Jr. · Produced by Alison Hall The very word sounds so continental, so suave, so Marie Antoinette the next page are not to scale), so be sure to measure where you’re con- at Le Petit Trianon. But what exactly is an étagère? In French, it sim- sidering placing one, whether it’s in the dining room to showcase a col- ply means shelf. And for such a ubiquitous and popular piece, it actu- lection of objects, to store stacks of towels in a guest bath, or as a pair ally doesn’t have much of a historic pedigree. The great American to flank a doorway. Susan Forristal, an interior decorator who likes doyennes of fine furnishings, Edith Wharton and Elsie de Wolfe, had furniture with strong, graphic shapes, and Steven Gambrel, a de- barely a word to say about these open-sided shelves. There is no “cor- signer with a penchant for elegance energized with strong color, size rect” way to use them, but that only makes them more liberating and up ELLE DECOR’s selection of étagères that can stretch space and versatile. They seem to come in every size and style (the images on add a dash of concentrated style like no other piece of furniture.62



truth in decorating 1 ÉTAGÈRE BY JOHN 2 TALESAI STORAGE 3 SHEFFIELD SHELVING 4 SLIM ÉTAGÈRE 5 TWIG ÉTAGÈRE BLACK FOR COUNCILL ÉTAGÈRE UNIT FROM BY ROOM & BOARD BY CRATE & BARREL “Nice spirit!” exclaims BY BERNHARDT THE CONRAN SHOP “Delicate without being dain- “I like this one’s weathered Gambrel. “The construction is “This one may be huge,” says “What’s not to like!” proclaims ty,” Forristal pronounces. “It look,” says Gambrel. “Try so fine it looks custom made. Forristal, “but it doesn’t clob- Forristal. “This is a classic, has a nice depth to it, which putting it where it will be an In a bold color, it could add a ber you on the head with its ideal for a loft or home office. It makes it practical.” Gambrel inspiration, like in a teenag- real hit of energy.” Forristal Asian look. It even guides could take a lot off your desk.” finds the generous spac- er’s bedroom, hung with jew- also likes its sturdiness, but you on how to arrange what- Gambrel calls it “seriously ing between shelves ideal elry.” Forristal appreciates its sees it more in a supporting ever goes into it.” Gambrel industrial,” with its rubber for electronics, but also sug- scale. “It’s just the thing for role. “I’d put one on either side prefers it in a hallway rather wheels, sturdy shelves, and gests, “The price is so low, a tiny apartment. It can jazz of a door and paint them the than in a central place, easy-to-clean surfaces. “It’s a why not buy a few, coat them up any small space,” she color of the walls to add archi- adding, “Imagine the impact real working piece,” he adds, in auto paint to make them says. “Loaded with plants, it tectural interest,” she says. if it held a single collection.” “great for a stylish kitchen.” pop with color, and use them can even turn a kitchen cor- to hold the kids’ treasures?” ner into a slice of sunroom.” Height: 79.5\"; width: 32\"; depth: Height: 76\"; width: 55\"; depth: Height: 71\"; width: 39\"; depth: 18\"; material: maple in oyster fin- 18\"; material: hardwood in black- 16\"; material: stainless steel with Height: 72\"; width: 24\"; depth: Height: 68.5\"; width: 18.5\"; depth: ish (other finishes available) with currant finish with antique-brass rubber wheels; delivery: 5–7 days; 15\"; material: steel with clear- 18.5\"; material: wrought iron in brass drawer pull; delivery: 10–12 hardware; delivery: 3–6 weeks; price: $1,250 lacquer finish; delivery: 3 weeks; painted-rust finish; delivery: 1–2 weeks; price: $2,660 price: $1,200 price: $299 weeks; price: $299 6 ANGLED ÉTAGÈRE 7 BILLY BALDWIN– 8 METROPOLITAN 9 IRON ÉTAGÈRE 10 ÉTAGÈRE FROM THE MILLING INSPIRED ÉTAGÈRE BY FIVE-TIER ÉTAGÈRE BY PIERCEMARTIN BY PLEXI-CRAFT ROAD COLLECTION CAROLE GRATALE BY STICKLEY Forristal terms this one “It’s small but it’s snappy,” BY BAKER “The essence of classic mod- “Its diminutive scale says “definitely a statement piece. jokes Gambrel. “So small “As sculptural as a pedestal,” ern,” declares Forristal. “It’s upstairs,” says Gambrel. “Per- It’s like an Industrial Age that I see it floating on a wall, says Gambrel. “A pair would so understated even a pair fect for a bedroom or bath. antique. The iron posts look perhaps in a children’s room look amazing in a dining wouldn’t overwhelm a room.” And I love the nickel socks.” as strong as trees.” Gambrel above a chest of drawers room with bowls or platters Gambrel raves as well: Forristal points out that agrees. “This has a hand- and stocked with a collection that contrast with the dark “Exactly what I think of when though it might be too small wrought look perfect for the of Nancy Drew or Hardy wood.” Forristal sees it as I think étagère. Its height for a grand room, “it has a country,” he says. “And the Boys books.” Forristal prefers more rustic: “I’d love it over- and scale, the brass and show-off finish and would be tall middle section is spa- it in another room: “It would flowing with ferns. To me, it’s mahogany, make it a useful stunning in a dressing room.” cious enough to hold a tele- be perfect in an entry or a pure English country house.” and glamorous piece.” vision set, which is rare.” bathroom. It’s meant to hold Height: 52.5\"; width: 19\"; depth: a lot of stuff and disappear.” Height: 72\"; width: 24.5\"; depth: Height: 96\"; width: 36\"; depth: 13\"; material: solid cherry with Height: 82\"; width: 42.5\"; depth: 24.5\"; material: solid beech in 14\"; material: polished-brass walnut inlay in Saratoga finish 24\"; material: hand-forged iron in Height: 50\"; width: 18\"; depth: aged European-umber finish with frame with mahogany shelves (other finishes available) with rust finish (other finishes avail- 8\"; material: acrylic; delivery: 3–4 brushed-nickel sockets; delivery: (other materials available); deliv- nickel sockets; delivery: 4 weeks; able) with glass shelves; delivery: weeks; price: $340 4–6 weeks; price: $1,750 ery: 10–12 weeks; price: $12,600 price: $1,212 4–6 weeks; price: $6,520 The opinions featured are those of ELLE DECOR’s guest experts and do not necessarily represent those of the editors. All measurements, delivery times, and prices are approximate. 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philadelphia City Hall, with a Claes The interior of the changed. Back then, downtown was tough, and nothing was open FROM TOP: BRANKO JAKOMINICH; © DEAN FOX/SUPERSTOCK; ROY ZIPSTEIN; © MICHAEL P. GADOMSKI; COURTESY OF THE RITTENHOUSE; © JEFF GOLDBERG/ESTO Oldenburg sculpture. furniture and de- after 6 P.M. Now it’s a real 24-hour city.” sign store Usona. A lunch counter Visitors would do well to start in Washington Square or nearby Rit- at the Reading The Presidential tenhouse Square, two of the five original urban parks created by city Terminal Market. suite at the founder William Penn to reflect the city’s aspirations to become a new Eighteenth- urban arcadia. Their mature trees, wrought-iron fences, and stately century rowhouses Rittenhouse hotel. mansions reek of historic glory while still reflecting Philadelphia’s new on Society Hill. vitality. In other words, many of those old piles contain hip new stores, Verizon Hall at the like the 1896 Beaux Arts stunner at the corner of Walnut and 18th Kimmel Center, de- streets, the former home of financier Alexander van Rensselaer, now signed by Rafael Viñoly. the flagship of the bohemian clothing chain Anthropologie, with much of the original interior detailing quirkily restored. Then stop in at La82 ELLEDECOR.COM Colombe. The mood of the 12-year-old café and roaster (which sup- plies beans to Manhattan’s Le Bernardin and restaurant Daniel) is cosmopolitan and upbeat—call it noninvasive Euro-chic. Just east, closer to the Delaware River, are the oldest parts of the city, including Society Hill, Independent National Historical Park (an L-shaped swatch of green chockablock with landmarks), and Old City itself. The whole area, where the city grid is squeezed between the Schuylkill and the Delaware rivers, is a dream for wanderers. Cobbled streets are lined with narrow redbrick houses stitched together with back alleys and the occasional carriage house. On corners here and there are old storefronts converted into BYOB restaurants, simple but crowded little eateries without liquor licenses, where ambitious chefs experiment. In Old City, Third Street is lined with design shops selling everything from wares by local artisans to the latest in Italian mini- malism. History is always just around the corner, whether it’s the Free Quaker Meeting House at Fifth and Arch streets, built in 1783, where Betsy Ross meditated (on alternate flag motifs, perhaps) or the lovely moss-and-stone Christ Church burial ground, Ben Franklin’s last stop. On certain Fridays, Old City is anything but sleepy, however. First Fridays have become a popular tradition. Some 40 galleries, shops, and restaurants throw open their doors, serve drinks, play music, and otherwise turn the streets into a sprawling cocktail party. Nearby at 138 Market Street, the Continental Restaurant and Martini Bar, a Sinatra- esque lounge located in a former diner, is always thronged. It was the first of many scene restaurants opened in the city by Stephen Starr, Philadelphia’s answer to Manhattan’s Jeffrey Chodorow. The Con- tinental was an instant hit in 1995, credited by many as a turning point for Old City. “I have this big bang theory about what’s happening in Philadelphia,” says Starr, who grew up in South Jersey but visited the city often (“A lot more interesting than hanging out in Asbury Park,” he jokes). “When the condos started to explode, it created motivation for people like me to make the next move. The city has the same DNA as New York, the same well-traveled people with money who are hungry for new experiences. For a long time there was a void where it should have been fun. Then things started to happen. And now the city feels fresh.” So fresh, in fact, Starr is exporting two of his most popular Phila- delphia restaurants, Morimoto and Buddakan, to Manhattan. But it takes more than a hot meal to make a city hum, and in other regards Philadelphia has also kept pace. Not only does the public trans- portation system run smoothly and extensively, but the city has brought back one of its 1940s trolley lines. Even more ambitious and high- tech, plans are in the works to make Philadelphia the nation’s largest citywide wireless Internet zone. On the cultural front, there’s plenty of expansion as well, starting with the (text continues on page 86)



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The Ritz-Carlton, 10 Ave. of the Arts, the world are a specialty of this casualcocktail party as 40 galleries and shops Franklin Court, 316–322 Market St., 523-8000; ritzcarlton.com: In the heart café, which is popular with the locals.open their doors and serve refreshments 597-8974; nps.gov/inde/Franklin_Court: of Center City, this stately landmark hasto celebrate the neighborhood’s come- Ben’s house is gone but memorialized 299 tasteful rooms and all the amenities. Where to Shopback (625-9200; oldcityarts.org). by a “ghost house” and an underground Thomas Bond House, 129 S.Paddle your own canoe, or at least drive museum designed by Robert Venturi. 2nd St., 923-8523; winston-salem-inn- Belle Maison, 4340 Main St., 482-6222;along the Schuylkill Expressway, to get the Franklin Institute, 222 N. 20th St., 448- .com/philadelphia: The 12 rooms bellemaisononline.com: A wide rangemoney shot of Boathouse Row, the cluster 1200; sln.fi.edu: Science and technology in this restored 1769 townhouse in Old of vintage and new French imports, in-of Victorian structures just north of the made accessible with interactive dis- City feature Chippendale furniture. cluding painted armoires, wrought-ironequally romantic Fairmount Water Works, plays such as a walk-through heart. benches, and colorful enamelware.an 1815 dam dressed as Grecian temples. Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Where to Eat Flotsam + Jetsam, 149 N. 3rd St., 351-Visit the Reading Terminal Market 260 S. Broad St., 790-5800; kimmelcen- 9914; flotjet.com: An idiosyncratic mix(922-2317; readingterminalmarket.org), ter.org: The city’s answer to New York’s Amada, 217–219 Chestnut St., 625- of antiques and contemporary works.with some 76 vendors, offering Fisher’s Lincoln Center, designed by Rafael 2450; amadarestaurant.com: Tapas, Foster’s Urban Homeware, 124 N. 3rdsoft pretzels, pork sandwiches, raw Viñoly, includes an all-wood concert hall a wide range of cured meats, and St., 267-671-0588; shopfosters.com:oysters, and organic produce. Open in the shape of a cello. even garlic dulce de leche, all served High and low, and a bit of everything inevery day but Sunday. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine in a minimalist setting. between, from Iittala to local artisans.Stroll Rittenhouse Square, one of five Arts, 118 N. 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La Colombe, 130 S. 19th St., 563-0860; 0606; matthewizzo.com: Midcenturycollection, loaded with masterworks, in lacolombe.com: A popular café off furniture and chic women’s fashions.its original house setting, before it Where to Stay Rittenhouse Square, where the coffee Moderne Gallery, 111 N. 3rd St., 923-moves to Benjamin Franklin Parkway. is as good as the people-watching. 8536; modernegallery.com: PostwarChrist Church, 20 N. 2nd St., 922-1695; Alexander Inn, 301 S. 12th St., 923-3535; Matyson, 37 S. 19th St., 564-2925; marvels, strong on George Nakashimaoldchristchurch.org: Ben Franklin and alexanderinn.com: Located in a his- matyson.com: One of the few BYOB and Wharton Esherick pieces.four other signers of the Declaration of toric 1901 building, with 48 rooms that spots open for lunch, with sea- Petulia’s Folly, 1710 Sansom St., 569-Independence are buried in the church- evoke an Art Deco ocean liner. food stew and homemade ice cream. 1344; petuliasfolly.com: Inside the carvedyard of this gloriously plain chapel. 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WILLIAM WALDRON Style Sometimes it takes a lot of changes to make a home work, sometimes only a few. Fortunately, doors and windows and sofas and chairs can prove surprisingly adaptable. Ingenious sliding doors transform the Manhattan pied-à- terre of landscape designer Mario Nievera. Roland and Kathleen Augustine find the chal- lenge in building a country house is achieving the perfect balance of walls and glass. Katie Ridder and Peter Pennoyer rescue a grand Park Avenue apartment by taking it back to its roots, while Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber mix equal parts romance and restraint in their new Malibu home. And in his Lower East Side digs, John Derian lets time and chance bring about the kinds of modifications he loves. 93

BEAUTY AND THE BEACH WITH THE HELP OF DESIGNER MICHAEL SMITH, CINDY CRAWFORD AND RANDE GERBER CREATE A HOUSE IN MALIBU THAT MERGES HIS PENCHANT FOR PURITY WITH HER LOVE OF TRADITION TEXT BY CATHERINE ETTLINGER PHOTOGRAPHY BY SIMON UPTON94

Facing page: Rande Gerber and Cindy Crawford in their Malibu, California, home, designed by Michael S. Smith; the architect is Oscar Shamamian of Ferguson & Shamamian Architects.This page: The infinity pool overlooks a private beach and the Pacific; thelandscape design is by Rios Clementi Hale Studios. See Resources.

In the living room, custom-made teak sofasupholstered in Jim Thompson’s Thai Silk IV flanka pair of tables by Charles Jacobsen; abovethe fireplace is a photograph of Crawford byHerb Ritts. The Kay floor lamp is by ChristopheDelcourt from Ralph Pucci International, theEvreux pendant lights are by Vaughan, and thebamboo matting is by Patterson, Flynn & Martin.Facing page: The 1860s Anglo-Indian armchairin the hall, which is paved with Turkish travertine,is from Ann-Morris Antiques. See Resources.

After they married seven years ago, Cindy Crawford and open, weather permitting, leading to ample decks and anRande Gerber settled into her Manhattan apartment, then infinity pool. “When you live on the beach, you use it,” ex-moved to her house in Los Angeles. His bachelor pad in plains Crawford, who sets up there for the day with GerberMalibu became a weekend retreat. But now they’ve de- and their children, Presley, 6, and Kaia, 4. “We feel likecided to live at the beach full-time. “This is the first place we’re on a perpetual vacation. Our kids are in the pool fivewe’ve done together,” she says. “This is our married house.” times a week. We live outdoors as much as in, and it’s al- ways casual—we are a no-coaster household.” It’s perched on a precipice overlooking the Pacific, andthough the property, which slopes down to a private beach, Gerber, who owns restaurants, clubs, and bars, has anis grand even by Hollywood standards, the house, the result office nearby, and Crawford works from home. In fact, sheof five years of planning, building, and decorating, ex- rarely makes the hour drive into Los Angeles more thanudes warmth and welcome. “We wanted to live like we twice a week. They have everything they need in the house,were at a resort, so we tried to think of everything we love from a fully loaded gym to a screening room and a base-about our beach vacations,” says Crawford, barefaced ment “club” for entertaining. “Rande wants our house to beand barefoot, in jeans and a T-shirt. the place where everyone, including our kids’ friends, wants to come,” says Crawford, who loves to cook and have Their life is focused on the outdoors, and so is the house. friends for dinner. “We have drinks around the fire pit on theAll the principal rooms have pocket doors that remain ELLEDECOR.COM 97

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