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Mary Katrantzou for Bulgari/Alexa

Mary Katrantzou, the London-based fashion designer known for her audacious color sensibility, has been named the first-ever creative director of Bulgari leather goods and accessories. While her debut collection in this new position launches in August, the award-winning designer’s relationship with the brand (which celebrated its 75th anniversary last year) dates to her 2019 couture show (at the Temple of Poseidon in Greece) where models were swathed in heritage Bulgari High Jewelry. A capsule collection of “Serpenti Through the Eyes Of” bags followed two years later, which saw the so-called “Queen of Prints” rethinking Bulgari’s iconic serpent motif in gold-plated brass...

Christian Louboutin x Pierre Yovanovitch chairs/Forbes.com

Christian Louboutin collaborated on a collection of chairs with his friend, the famed interior designer Pierre Yovanovitch. The collection was introduced at Yovanovitch's Chelsea studio the same week as the Frieze art fair in New York City - nine designs, each inspired by a real or mythological powerful woman. All were made by hand in France by couture-level artisans, and available in editions of 10. Read the story and see the range here. Photo credit: © Eric Petschek...

Venice as a year-round destination/ELLE magazine

Who doesn't love Venice? Despite significant issues with overcrowding due to tourism, the City of Canals remains alluring to the creative set. “Everyone wants to come here, for the Biennale but also for Venice,” says Karole Vail, director of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation director for Italy. Read why, here.  ...

Gemfluencers in Alexa

Every year I'm tasked with finding interesting stylists, historians and other in-the-know jewelry types to quiz about a variety of things including their first jewelry splurge, dream jewel and favorite red carpet moment. Stylist-to-the-stars Cristina Ehrlich and Claibourne Poindexter, the VP/Senior Specialist in Christie's Jewellery Department weighed in this year. You can see their answers here. ...

New Eye Candy for Design Lovers/The New York Times

May is a huge month for art and design in New York City, with numerous fairs and events taking place throughout the boroughs. The largest and most established include Frieze New York (Thursday through Sunday) followed by TEFAF New York (May 10-14), the NYCxDesign Festival (May 16-23) and, for major design aficionados, the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (May 21). But fairs and galleries aren’t the only places to see remarkable design in the city. Aesthetes visiting after a year’s absence will find an abundance of eye candy in neighborhoods like TriBeCa, Chelsea and the Lower East Side. And there’s intriguing design...

Profile of Kit Kemp in ELLE

Kit Kemp is the creative director and co-founder (with her husband, Tim) of Firmdale Hotels. In New York this means the Crosby, the Whitby and their latest, the Warren Street. She's a septuagenarian powerhouse, and self-taught, and shows no signs of slowing down. You can read the profile here....

How do you celebrate the 100th birthday of a fashion icon? In the case of Cartier’s Trinity ring, it’s with an impressive list of A-list stars and influencers toasting the brand at a series of fêtes in three cities—New York, London, and Paris—and by introducing a new branch of the Trinity family. The latest collection, which already has the style set abuzz, features the iconic three rings, reinterpreted in a fresh-yet-surprising square shape that will no doubt have the staying power of its elder sibling. Read about the week-long journey here....

How Art Changed Mexico City/ELLE magazine

For the February issue of ELLE magazine, I wrote about how art changed Mexico City. The Zona Maco art fair, going on as I write this, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Its founder, along with Grupo Habita co-founder Rafael Micha, AGO Projects Rodman Primak and artist Tony Moxham were some long time residents who weighed in on this topic. You can read the entire piece here....