Innehållsförteckning för September 2017 från Architectural Digest

Kate Moss is not an oversharer. She rarely gives interviews, shuns social media, and has revealed that “Never complain, never explain” is a favorite motto. Thus, being granted an exclusive peek into her London home—her glamorous bathroom, at that—feels especially intimate and rare. And Ms. Moss does not disappoint: She collaborated with bespoke wallpaper house de Gournay to create a truly spectacular pattern, unveiled in our story. Speaking of supermodels, our smashing cover star, Claudia Schiffer, is another glamazon who has preserved her mystery and privacy by remaining resolutely a woman of few words. Although she and her husband bought a grand Tudor mansion in the British countryside some 15 years ago, they are just now generously opening the doors of Coldham Hall to outside eyes. And the house, like…

DESIGN ON THE EDGE IN HIS NATIVE MELBOURNE, industrial designer Christopher Boots grew up hunting rocks. His favorite find? Quartz. These days, hunks of the common crystal join a sprinkling of lapis lazuli in the Aussie’s first room divider. “I like to get my hands dirty,” says Boots, who cast the celestial screen in bronze using a lost-wax method to leave hand marks and a surface-of-the-moon texture on the limited edition of eight. Of his innate draw to minerals, the designer says: “I do believe in their healing power. We would probably improve as a species if we had more elements of nature in our interiors.” Available through Twentieth in Los Angeles and christopherboots.com.…

I have farmers’ hands,” says Lily Kwong, examining her palms over breakfast at New York’s Standard hotel. Just yesterday she installed a green roof and potted garden at 33 Greenwich, a new restaurant nearby. “All my guys were wearing gloves, but I was bare-handed,” she says. “I love playing in the dirt.” Some might be surprised to learn that the northern California– born, New York–based fashion model—and cousin of designer Joseph Altuzarra—has a soft spot for soil, but Kwong insists, “I’ve always felt connected to plants.” She comes from a long line of green thumbs—before her grandfather (himself the descendant of a famous Chinese herbalist) found a career as a banker, he spent his teenage years working on farms. And at her hippie high school in NorCal, agriculture was her…

As a kid I was not interested in glass,” says Marcantonio Brandolini D’Adda, surveying shelves of Murano cups sprinkled with stars, stripes, and swirls at Palazzo Brandolini, his family’s illustrious Gothic home in Venice. “I was always breaking it!” His mother, the Paris-born Marie Angliviel de la Beaumelle, began making glasses under the moniker Laguna B in 1996 after moving to Venice to wed Brandino Brandolini D’Adda. A few years after her passing, in 2013, something changed for Marcantonio. He quit his job in Milan, returned to Venice, and took a trip to Murano. “I saw so much potential,” he recounts. These days the 26-year-old makes his morning commute by boat to the island where craftspeople have been blowing glass since the late 13th century. But while he works with…

The pastoral pleasures of Litchfield County have long been an open secret among the style set. Diane von Furstenberg put down roots in this corner of Connecticut in her 20s, purchasing a sprawling farm known as Cloudwalk that remains her spiritual center. Bill Blass found bliss at an estate now owned by Daniel Romualdez. And Annette de la Renta still holds court at the home she shared with her late husband, Oscar, not far from Robert Couturier’s own private haven. The list goes on and on. No wonder André Leon Talley dubbed the region “the fashion belt,” though he might have just as well called it the fashion parachute—an escape from the industry’s relentless pace. Today the area is luring a new generation of tastemakers, among them Brett Heyman, Ariel…

Combining theater, disco, café, nightclub, and every other entertainment divertissement known (and some unknown) to 20th Century Man. . . .” So went the modest description of a new Manhattan venue on the occasion of its April 26, 1977, opening. Located on West 54th Street, the establishment in question called itself Studio 54, and the above bit of artful, entirely prophetic hype appeared in its original PR blast. The artifact is one of the many treasures found in Studio 54 (Rizzoli), a new omnibus commemorating the 40th anniversary of the hot spot to end all hot spots. The book has been shepherded by Ian Schrager, who, with the late Steve Rubell, created the hedonistic Eden that André Leon Talley extolled as an “artificial paradise.” After all, Studio 54 didn’t just…

THE STORY BEHIND AN ICONIC DESIGN In the late 1990s, Peter Kjelgaard, now with the Danish auction house Bruun Rasmussen, noticed an amusing chair on the block. Perched on cartoonish beech legs, its fabric-covered seat and back formed the shape of a happy open clam. You could buy the chair, with no known designer, for about $300. In fact, it was only after a series of misattributions—the Danish architect Viggo Boesen; the unknown Norwegian Martin Olsen, which turned out to be merely the name of a now-defunct Oslo furniture store—that the chair’s actual creator was identified in 2013. The much-loved mollusk was designed in 1944 by Philip Arctander, an obscure Danish architect best known for his work on affordable housing. “Arctander is such an oddity,” says Kjelgaard, who verified the…

THE BEST IN SHOPPING, DESIGN, AND STYLE DISCOVERIES at home with When Jessica Hart split from her longtime boyfriend earlier this year, her friend Lauren Santo Domingo promptly set her up on a blind date—with a decorator. “We got together and it was like a match made in heaven,” says Hart of Remy Renzullo, whom she hired immediately. (A Cartagena house for Santo Domingo’s family is among the rising design star’s other projects.) Newly settled into a light-flooded one-bedroom apartment overlooking Gramercy Park, Hart was faced with the pressing matter of editing the contents of her life: What she gained in 14-foot ceilings she lost in square footage. Still, she says, “I came across this and was like, ‘Wow. This is where I want to wake up.’ ” To make…

Malachite Mania THE GEODE DU JOUR OF THE INTERIORS WORLD SHOWS ITS COLORS ON TODAY’S FIRST-CLASS TIMEPIECES. DISPLAYED IN POLISHED MALACHITE SPECIMENS, FROM TOP, ALTIPLANO 60TH-ANNIVERSARY EDITION TIMEPIECE BY PIAGET WITH 18-KARAT YELLOW-GOLD CASE, PATINATED GREEN DIAL, AND ALLIGATOR STRAP, $25,200; PIAGET.COM. LVCEA TOURBILLON WATCH BY BULGARI WITH JADE DIAL SET WITH DIAMOND INDEXES, PRICE UPON REQUEST; BULGARI.COM. GRAND BAL PLUME WATCH BY DIOR WITH TSAVORITE GARNETS, MALACHITE, AND FEATHERS, PRICE UPON REQUEST; DIOR.COM. TABLE FROM ARTOCARPUS AT SAINTOUEN MARKET IN PARIS. Ponti Scheme WITH A MARQUETRY DIAL COMPOSED OF LAPIS, AGATE, CACHOLONG, AND OBSIDIAN, THE ROTONDE DE CARTIER WATCH RECALLS ITALIAN ARCHITECT GIO PONTI’S BEGUILING FLOOR TILES, PRICE UPON REQUEST; CARTIER .COM. TILE DESIGN BY GIO PONTI PRODUCED BY CERAMICA D’AGOSTINO FROM THE PARCO DEI PRINCIPI HOTEL IN SORRENTO,…

WHERE TO SHOP New Preston lays claim to the county’s quaintest boutiques, with the perfectly curated Pergola Home (pergolahome .com), Privet House (privethouse.com), and Plain Goods (plain-goods.com) all within steps of one another. But Washington Depot now boasts its own design destination, George Home, filled with an artful mix of contemporary and vintage treasures (georgehomect.com). In Kent, AD100 decorator Robert Couturier swears by antiques emporium RT Facts, which expanded into a second space (rtfacts.com). The determined hunter, however, should arrive early Sunday morning at the Elephant’s Trunk Flea Market, where Brett Heyman can regularly be found scouring the many booths (etflea.com). WHERE TO STAY Set on 58 acres, the Grace Mayflower Inn & Spa reigns as the oasis of local luxury, with stately rooms—many recently refreshed—inventive American cuisine, and a…

Claudia Schiffer—member of the original supermodel club, iconic Guess? girl, magazine-cover star times a thousand, and savvy businesswoman—is well versed at navigating runways. So 15 years ago, when the Teutonic bombshell and her now husband, English film director Matthew Vaughn, turned into a half-mile-long driveway— unannounced and on a whim—to inquire whether the owners might consider selling the historic house at the end of it, Schiffer naturally won over her audience. “We basically knocked on the door and said, ‘We love this place,’ ” she recalls of the serendipitous moment. “They had no idea who we were or what we were doing there.” Months later, the couple, having closed the deal, were married there in front of 120 guests. The 14-bedroom Tudor mansion on 530 acres now serves as the…

Kate Moss isn’t exactly famous for being a morning person, so the fact that the master bath in her London home is inspired by dusk is rather fitting. “It’s my favorite time of day,” coos the legendary model and night owl, slinking about the grisailleenveloped space in a short silk kimono. “Picture a summer night when it goes silvery-blue from the light of the moon,” she continues. “I wanted that kind of film noir feel in here.” Nearly three decades in front of a camera lens have given Moss a rich photographic library—which comes in handy with respect to more than just her iconic way of putting clothes together. Her interiordesign style is equally innate. Eclectic, too: “I love mixing old and new things, all different eras.” While she collaborates…

Items pictured but not listed here are not sourceable. Items similar to vintage and antique pieces shown are often available from the dealers listed. (T) means the item is available only to the trade. COVER: Electric Chair series by Andy Warhol; warhol.org. Dita table lamps by Paolo Moschino for Nicholas Haslam Ltd.; nicholashaslam.com. Kingsman decanter by Higgs & Crick; higgsandcrick.com. IN THE BAG PAGES 52–54: Interiors by Matt Blacke Inc.; mattblackeinc.com. Architecture by Swis. Loc Architecture; swisloc.com. PAGE 52: In dining room, 1960s Niels Otto Møller rosewood-andleather dining chairs from Lief; liefalmont.com. Bronze Wishbone table by BDDW; bddw.com. Vintage French 18-light iron chandelier from Wilson Antiques; 561-802-3881. Vintage French industrial iron convex mirror from Carl Moore Antiques; carlmooreantiques.com. Antique bleached oak chest from Lee Stanton Antiques; leestanton.com. On table, midcentury…

WHERE ART MEETS COMMERCE SPECIALTY: Rare and one-of-a-kind collectibles, primarily jewelry and objets d’art. HISTORY LESSON: “Decorative boxes, vanity cases, and clutches were produced from the late 19th century through the first half of the 20th by many notable jewelry companies,” says owner Fiona Druckenmiller. “They had in-house lapidary artisans and jewels in their vaults.” KEY MANUFACTURERS: Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Fabergé, Verdura, Tiffany & Co., and Paul Flato. RARE ACQUISITION: “A box that once belonged to the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna. When the Romanovs fled Russia, some of her treasures were reportedly stuffed into pillowcases that were left at the Swedish embassy and not found for close to 100 years. A gold cigarette case decorated in neoclassical architectural motifs from this same cache went for over $1 million…

On the Sundays Melanie Courbet spent in the French countryside while growing up, she and her mother would visit the shop of a local glassblower. “The women in my family are in the arts, and the men are merchants,” explains Courbet, a descendant of the 19th-century painter Gustave Courbet. “So as a kid I said, ‘What if I bring them together? If I take Gérard the glassblower into the shop, people can see how beautiful it is when he makes the glass.’ ” Some three decades later, her idea has become reality. In Les Ateliers Courbet, her Nolita shop-gallery hybrid (which will move to Chelsea in September), she has hosted Japanese master craftspeople, held indigo-dyeing workshops, showcased new and old designs from Sèvres porcelain, and nourished the careers of young…

WHERE TO GO, WHO TO KNOW, WHAT TO SEE CULTURE architecture Three years ago, Pierre Bergé, Yves Saint Laurent’s longtime partner in business and in life, contacted architects Olivier Marty and Karl Fournier, also partners in business and life, and asked them to design a museum in Marrakech that would house Saint Laurent’s legacy and, in no small part, his own. His directive was deceptively straightforward: “It’s simple—I want something strong, Moroccan, contemporary, and, above all, absolutely uncompromising.” Oh, is that it? For Bergé, who had never commissioned a building from scratch, to award the job flat out was a stunning leap of faith, though he already knew Marty and Fournier well. The architects had met him years before through Bergé’s tight-knit circle of friends in Morocco, where the duo’s…

Parisians, prepare for a double take. Here in Pigalle, which was once an artists’ enclave and later a red-light district, a group of contemporary aesthetes have joined forces to transform a modest basketball court—wedged between two apartment buildings—into a riot of color. With the help of Nike, Stéphane Ashpool of the French streetwear label Pigalle collaborated with the creative agency Ill-Studio to soak the space in vivid hues, blending gradients reminiscent of Rob Pruitt paintings and geometric graphics that recall the Memphis Group. Unveiled this past June, the makeover marked the latest fashion partnership between Pigalle and Nike, and follows up on their and Ill-Studio’s previous update to the court. We call the new look a slam dunk.…