Chandelier Creative is a three-year-old, full-service creative agency based in New York City with a focus on fashion, beauty, retail, travel, and luxury lifestyle brands. Among Chandelier's clients are Coca Cola, Four Seasons, Parfums Givenchy, Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Old Navy,
Nanette Lepore, and
W Hotels. Though the agency's client list is certainly an impressive one, you know me: I find myself more taken with the interior design of its SoHo penthouse, designed by agency owner, Richard Christiansen.
Justin Timberlake wasn't kidding around when he said Manhattan is
the greatest city in the world. He's such a great admirer of the city that he decided to buy his own little slice of the Big Apple.
According to Real Estalker, Timberlake recently purchased a 3,000-square-foot, three-bedroom, three-bath loft home in Tribeca for $4.774 million.
Tomorrow, beginning at 9 a.m., Architectural Digest will give professional and non-professional designers alike the chance to come present their work to the magazine at Manhattan's D&D Building, quelling the notion that you need to have an "in" to have your work published in the pub. Editor-in-chief Paige Rense will moderate a townhall-style meeting with a panel of esteemed designers including Mario Buatta, Cecil Hayes, Geoffrey Bradfield, Lee Mindel, and Stephen Sills. Designers in the New York metro area must
RSVP online before arriving, and those in California can attend
open auditions this Spring.
The Manhattan home of fashion and interior accessories designer
Cynthia Rowley was recently featured in the October issue of Elle Decor, and it is the epitome of style. Could you really expect anything less? Against a cool palette throughout, you'll see a mix of antiques (and eras), flea market finds, original artwork, and Rowley designs as sophisticated as her ready-to-wear collections and as radiant as her home accessory line for Target.
New York magazine's
"The 72-Room Bohemian Dream House" unveils what is perhaps "the greatest real-estate coup of all time": 190 Bowery Street. In 1966, thanks to much pressure from his real estate agent, photographer Jay Maisel scrounged up enough money, $102,000 to be exact, to purchase the abandoned 1898 Germania Bank building in Manhattan's Bowery district, which then was largely middle-class and German and by no means a "hot" neighborhood. 42 years, Meisel still lives there with his wife, Linda, and daughter, Amanda.
For the bash I'm throwing in honor of
New York Fashion Week, I'll be serving everyone rounds of this drink, the Manhattan. Not only is it a classic cocktail, but it's sleek, urban, and distinctly New York. The best thing about this bar classic?
Elle Decor was recently welcomed into the West Village Victorian townhouse of fashion designer
Nanette Lepore, which she shares with her daughter and husband. The interior is a mishmash of design styles from every era, incorporating modern and traditional, but mostly lively and eccentric pieces. I personally would kill to move right in, and wouldn't change a thing.
If you follow Casa, you've probably heard of
Michael Aram, the internationally acclaimed American metalware designer. His collections of home accents and serving and dining wares are beloved by design shops around the world for their distinct, contemporary take on natural forms, which are marked by a fresh, handmade quality. New York Social Diary recently caught up with Aram in his West Village apartment and shared photos to prove it.
If you follow modern design, you've probably heard of
Harry Allen. His reality series produced by Areaware consists of decorative objects cast from pre-existing ones, including his
Bestow Vase and his
Branch Table, and are in all the hot design shops these days. New York Social Diary recently caught up Allen in his East Village apartment and shared photos to prove it.
Heidi Klum, the host of my all-time favorite reality show, just sold her West Village penthouse, which she's owned since 2002. The lucky new owners are photographer, gallery owner, and collage artist
Steve Joester and his wife, Debra.
The Joesters spent $5.35 million for Klum's penthouse — a quarter million dollars under the the asking price.
