SALE ALERT! Shelterpop – one of my favorite sites for home decor news & inspiration – is partnering up with the genius, members only sample sale site Gilt to curate an exclusive flash sale featuring an amazing selection of retro chic goods for your home at up to 70% off retail price!
The team at Shelterpop tapped some of their favorite design bloggers (including moi!) to help spread the word and asked us to illustrate how we’d use one of the items from the sale in our homes. Well- have a look at the pretty pink Vitrocolor glass jars shown above. Cute, right? I think they’d make the perfect bud vases! You can buy these at the Shelterpop flash sale which starts at Noon EST today through Sunday, October 9th. Hurry and shop now before all the good stuff is gone! Enjoy!
After taking the fashion world by storm as a model then launching cosmetics, fragrance, apparel and accessories, celebrated supermodel and fashion icon Iman is making her first foray into the world of home decor with the debut of IMAN Home. The IMAN Home brand is initially launching with a gorgeous collections of globally influenced fabrics and will later expand to include a complete line of home furnishings. The beautiful fabrics are available exclusively through Calico Corners and feature rich colors and bold prints like exotic ikats, ethnic inspired damasks, batik florals, desert inspired ombres, and subtle animal patterns. The designs are chic and affordable with prices ranging from $24.99 – 52.99 per yard. “Home is where I seduce my husband, nurture my children, entertain my friends and nourish my soul”, says the mogul and mom whose intense passion for home is what inspired her to launch this collection. “I truly believe that great homes are great escapes.”
Here’s IMAN earlier this summer at the press launch for IMAN Home showing off Punjab Peacock which is one of my favorite patterns from her new collection. The peacock feather pattern is printed onto a cotton fabric with metallic threads woven throughout for a subtle metallic sheen.
With Spring/Summer 2011 New York Fashion Week just days away, Iman is collaborating with interior designer and Elle Decor Editor-at-Large Carlos Mota to showcase her new IMAN Home fabrics at the exclusive Mercedes-Benz Star Lounge. The lounge is a retreat for designers, editors, celebs and VIP’s partaking in New York fashion Week. Guests at this year’s Star Lounge will experience an exotic, tribal oasis equipped with cozy couches, chairs, daybeds, a full bar and a private sitting area designed exclusively by Iman and Mota and featuring many of her gorgeous fabrics. You can see the full line of IMAN Home fabrics here.
I recently stopped by the D&D to check out Thom Filicia’s new fabrics for Kravet at the D&D the other day and I have to say, I really like it! The patterns and color combinations are fresh and modern yet the collection still has a timeless appeal. I’m especially a fan of the citron colored faux bois fabric shown on the bench above. You can see all of the collection swatches here and below are a few more photos from Kravet’s Inspired Talk blog. As a bonus, head over to Inspired Talk to watch a video of Filicia discussing his collaboration with Kravet and the making of the collection!
The Thom Filicia display at the D & D’s Kravet showroom
Thom Filicia
After months of speculation over who would replace Paige Rense as editor-in-chief of Architectural Digest (Rense is retiring), it was announced today that Elle Decor’s Margaret Russell will take the helm. She begins her post September 7th and her first issue will hit stands in January 2011. I can’t tell you enough how excited I am about this appointment. AD has long been criticized for being dated and formulaic in its approach and many have agreed that the magazine is in dire need of an overhaul. I believe Russell will bring a fresh point of view to the AD and has the talent and vision to help revive the title. Despite it’s criticism though, AD is hardly struggling. The magazine has a healthy readership of 5MM plus and ad pages for its September 2010 issue are up 5.4% to last year. Nate Berkus also mentioned during the Right Now In Design event last week that for architects and designers, AD is one of the only magazines where a feature actually leads to new clients, which I thought was quite interesting. I’m excited to watch AD evolve and am actually anticipating the arrival of it’s January issue. Congrats Margaret on your new position! And now we can begin the speculation over who will take over Elle Decor!
Photos: elledecor.com and architecturaldigest.com
Former Domino Editor-in-Chief has just landed a new gig! Beginning September 1, Needleman will hold post as Editor-in-Chief of WSJ, The Wall Street Journal’s glossy lifestyle magazine, and will also oversee a new Saturday Lifestyle section that will debut this fall. She succeeds Tina Gaudoin who is moving back to London and will contribute to The Wall Street Journal Europe. For the last few months, Needleman has been consulting at WSJ, overseeing the redesign of the publication’s weekend pages. Now, with her permanent position, Needleman will really make her mark on the WSJ, enhancing its overall lifestyle travel and culture content as the publication looks to grow its female readership. We won’t see the first issue of WSJ under Needleman’s influence until December (it’s currently published 6x a year but rumored to be increasing its frequency) but her vision will definitely be seen sooner when the daily version’s new Saturday Lifestyle section launches. The Wall Street Journal isn’t necessarily a publication I’d look to for lifestyle content but now that Needleman is at the helm I’ll definitely be checking it out! Will you?
