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CONTENTS WHAT’S NEW at ELLE DECOR ONLINE Looking for more ideas, inspiration, and information? Be sure to check out elledecor.com for all the latest CLOTHES CALL Fashion designer Lisa Perry opens her Palm Beach home on page 140, and now she shares her wisdom as well. Check out her guide to organizing your closets (think color coding!), with a demonstration full of clever ideas that was shot at her chic Madison Avenue boutique (elledecor.com/closet). Good Vibrations (2013), by Julia Dault. 78 FEATURES The living room mantel of Amy 113 ELLE DECOR STYLE Mellen’s house in Dutchess County, 114 BAREFOOT IN PARADISE New York. For the ultimate getaway, Christian Liaigre and his family head to a simple house on St. Barts that he has imbued with his signature understated elegance. By Ingrid Abramovitch 124 INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT Two French designers give a rustic EXPERT OPINION Aspen lodge a dose of European Wonder what it would take to make élan without taking away any of its your home ELLE DECOR–ready? Once a humble charm. By Ian Phillips week, interiors editor Robert Rufno CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT: KELLY STUART; 132 NOBLE EFFORT gives his advice on how to bring reader KATHRYN WIRSING; WILLIAM WALDRON rooms to the next level in our video When he becomes the owner of a châ- series “Robert’s Refnements.” Be sure teau in the south of France, Pierre to watch for his inspiring tips, and Yovanovitch develops a new apprecia- feel free to submit photos of your own 148 tion for the 17th century. By Ian Phillips room (elledecor.com/yourroom). 18 ELLEDECOR.COM

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PROMOTION HAPPENINGS FARROW & BALL LAUNCHES ELLE DECOR CELEBRATES NINE NEW COLOURS FASHION ISSUE British craftsmen in paint and paper, To celebrate the ELLE DECOR 2013 Fashion Farrow & Ball has added nine enticing new issue, Estee Lauder Group President John colours to its paint palette. The new additions Demsey hosted a cocktail party at his range from soft neutrals to intense brights as Manhattan home. Guests included a mix of well as richer hues. For more information, visit notable fashion icons featured in the issue, farrow-ball.com or call 888.511.1121. as well as designers and friends. Breguet Beverly Hills boutique. BREGUET REOPENS BEVERLY HILLS BOUTIQUE Breguet has reopened its Beverly Hills boutique with a new brand image. Located at the heart of Rodeo Drive, the store is Breguet’s first U.S. location to be redesigned to exude elegance and luxury—a new brand design concept. The Bundles painted in Farrow & Ball new colours. boutique features decorative frosted glass enhanced with guilloche designs, a tribute to Kelly Rutherford; John Demsey; Kelly Bensimon. JAN SHOWERS FALL PREVIEW an art form first introduced to watch dials by the BENEFITS DWELL WITH DIGNITY brand’s founder, and the blue Breguet hands, a universal signature mark of a prestigious Jan Showers held a preview event to showcase timepiece, prominently displayed on the exterior. her new shipment of antiques from Paris. It benefited Dwell with Dignity, a nonprofit dedicated to creating soothing and inspiring homes for families who have struggled with homelessness and poverty.  James Anderson; Amanda Nisbet; Steven Gambrel. KNOLL Knoll’s Washington Collection transforms architect Lisa Robison, founder and president, Dwell with Dignity; Jan Showers, president, Jan Showers. David Adjaye’s sculptural vision into accessible objects for the home. Give the gift of Knoll this holiday season with the copper-plated Washington ™ Skeleton side chair. Shop knoll.com and ship for free from November 25 until December 3. FIND OUT ABOUT ALL ELLE DECOR EVENTS AND PROMOTIONS ONLINE AT ELLEDECOR.COM/HAPPENINGS

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STYLE SHEET CRYSTAL VISIONS This season, craggy, rough-hewn crystals are bringing their natural beauty to both jewelry and the home. Swa rov ski is collaborating with Maison Martin Margiela on avant-garde “crystal- actite” jewelry, melding BLOW uncut crystal and matte white resin into rings, bracelets, and pendants, above, that bear BY BLOW a striking resemblance to icicles (swarovski .com). A collection of glass vessels by artist and natural history enthusiast Thaddeus MAGAZINE EDITOR ISABELLA BLOW ALWAYS MADE A STATEMENT. Wolfe, top right, mimic the CLAD IN THE EXPERIMENTAL GETUPS OF FASHION WUNDERKIND cubic patterns formed ALEXANDER MCQUEEN AND HER EVER-PRESENT PHILIP TREACY during crystal lization HEADPIECES, SHE WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO MISS. HER EXPANSIVE (thaddeus wolfe .com). And Kathryn McCoy’s WARDROBE, NOW OWNED BY STYLE ICON DAPHNE GUINNESS, HAS selenite sculpture BECOME A CROWN JEWEL OF FASHION HISTORY. “ISABELLA BLOW: for a fireplace, bot- FASHION GALORE!,” AN EXHIBITION AT LONDON’S SOMERSET tom right, offers an alluring update on HOUSE, WILL DISPLAY MORE THAN 100 PIECES FROM THE COLLEC- flickering flames TION (THROUGH MARCH 2014; SOMERSETHOUSE.ORG.UK). (kathryn mccoy design .net). COLD FRONT As rope tows and chairlifts were being installed in 1930s France, a new look came into vogue: Alpine chic. A Sporting Life (Actes Sud/ Hermès), a book of Jacques Henri Lartigue’s period photographs, captures recreational skiers in their ultrastylish outfits. Hermès has drawn inspiration from its original ’30s ski line for a capsule collection that is sophisticated and slope-ready (hermes .com). French sportswear line Moncler Gamme Rouge, now under the direction of Giambattista Valli, brings a couture edge to ski- wear with suits that can walk TOP LEFT: ©MARIO TESTINO; BOTTOM LEFT, BLACK-AND-WHITE IMAGES: JACQUES HENRI LARTIGUE ©MINISTÈRE right off the runway and into the elements (moncler .com). Even Etro is decorating skis DE LA CULTURE-FRANCE/AAJHL (2); HERMÈS SKIWEAR: ZOE GERTNER FOR LES EDITIONS HERMÈS and snowboards with their A group of design-savvy sisters is proving that signature punchy paisleys SISTER creativity just might run in the family. Dawn (etro.com). and Samantha Goldworm, top left, are trans- ACT forming the world of scent, collaborating with brands such as Jason Wu and Rodarte on cus- tom aromas for stores and runway shows (1229scent.com). Aurélie and Laure Hug of Combray specialize in hand- stitched embroi deries, ranging from botanical motifs to severe geomet- CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: rics, bottom left (combraydesign.com). The ever-buzzworthy Olsen twins A Moncler Gamme Rouge launched their label The Row to perfect the T-shirt, but they have ended look from fall 2013. Jacques up fashion-world favorites—and not just for their collection of impecca- Henri Lartigue in Megève in 1932. Hermès skiwear. ble handbags, center (therow.com). And the armor-inspired jewelry of Etro skis. A still from a Lartigue Phoebe and Annette Stephens of Anndra Neen, right, evokes sculptural movie flmed in Chamonix. relics of an ancient civilization (anndraneen.com). 44 ELLEDECOR.COM PRODUCED BY HANNAH MARTIN

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PROMOTION HAPPENINGS CARL F. BUCHERER WHAT’S NEW, WHAT’S NEXT CELEBRATES 125 YEARS ELLE DECOR sponsored the New York Carl F. Bucherer, the independent, world- Design Center’s fifth annual “What’s New, renowned Swiss watch brand, celebrates its What’s Next” event showcasing new ideas, 125th anniversary of expertise in the production materials, and products. Industry profesionals of exquisite timepieces. To coincide with and design enthusiasts attended a panel this jubilee, the brand is discussion in the Century Furniture Showroom launching its first-ever hosted by editor in chief Michael Boodro, with Tourbillon. The Manero designers Mario Buatta, Brian J. McCarthy, Tourbillon has been and Bunny Williams. An additional ELLE limited to 188 DECOR event featured Amy Preiser, editor of exclusive pieces elledecor.com, and Christopher Guy Harrison, MissoniHome Master Classic collection now available at Plantation. to pay homage founder and CEO of Christopher Guy. PLANTATION NOW FEATURING to 1888, the MISSONIHOME PRODUCTS year Bucherer MissoniHome products, designed by Rosita was founded. For Missoni, are now available at Plantation’s more information, three California showrooms and in their online call 800.395.4306 boutique. Products sporting the brand’s or visit iconic zigzags and vibrant patterns range from carl-f-bucherer.com. pillows and poufs to bedding, fabrics, and The Manero Tourbillon, Limited Edition. home accessories, creating a statement in any room of the house. For more information, call 800.513.1621 or visit plantationdesign.com. Mario Buatta, designer; Michael Boodro, editor in chief, ELLE DECOR; Bunny Williams, designer; Brian McCarthy, designer. Store opening and launch event at Beijing Classic Living Co Ltd. Chaoyang District, Beijing. Barbara Friedmann, VP, publisher & chief revenue officer, ELLE DECOR; Christopher Guy Harrison, founder and CEO, The Waterfall Mansion illuminated in purple, the signature color VI-SPRING OPENS IN BEJING Christopher Guy; Amy Preiser, editor, elledecor.com; Newell of Pavonina. WITH GOLD Turner, editorial director, Hearst Design Group; Paul Watson, GLASHÜTTE ORIGINAL PRESENTS president, Christopher Guy. THE PAVONINA COLLECTION Vi-Spring, creator of the modern day mattress in 1901 and winner of the Queen’s Award of Glashütte Original welcomed guests to an Excellence in 2012, opens in Bejing with a major incredible 1920s theme party at the Waterfall gala event showcasing the exclusive Majesty Mansion in New York City to celebrate the gold collection, a limited-edition handcrafted launch of the Pavonina collection—the German mattress featuring plated coils and rare vicuña watchmaker’s first collection devoted entirely filling—an incomparably luxurious bed. For to ladies’ timepieces. For more information, more information, visit vispring.com. visit glashuette-original.com or call 866.204.7159. FIND OUT ABOUT ALL ELLE DECOR EVENTS AND PROMOTIONS ONLINE AT ELLEDECOR.COM/HAPPENINGS

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