"Office" and "serenity" are two words not often uttered in the same sentence. Step inside the offices of Los Angeles-based designer Barbara Barry, however, and serenity prevails
At 5 a.m. on an ordinary day, you’ll find New York designer Robin Bell still enjoying a little well-deserved REM. On this chillier-than-normal morning, however, she’s wide awake--nestled next to a warm campfire and halfway through a hot cup of coffee.
Even when she begins with a neutral palette, color follows Michelle Smith everywhere. For the fashion designer and founder of the clothing line Milly, it's a hazard of the job.
At work in her Houston home office, Ruth Gay jots notes on a client's building plans. Occasionally she glances up, scanning her elegant sanctuary for inspiration.
The intense color hits you as soon as you walk in the door of the small atelier and shop nestled on a quiet street in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood.
Rarely do the terms “glamour” and “trailer” go hand in hand, except when you’ve tiptoed into actress Marcia Cross’s chocolate-and-aqua-velvet-encased trailer on the set of Desperate Housewives at Universal Studios.
