Architectural Digest

Architectural Digest is the world's foremost design authority, showcasing the work of top architects and interior decorators. It continues to set new benchmarks for how to live well—what to buy, what to see and do, where to travel, and who to watch on the fast-paced, multifaceted global design scene.

Architectural Digest • THE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AUTHORITY VOLUME 76 NUMBER 8

360° • PROMOTION INSPIRATION COMMUNITY

editor’s letter

Lip Service • How Mae West’s pout sparked a Surrealist sensation

AD VISITS Into the Woods • A weekend retreat in upstate New York brings creative renewal for jewelry scion Evan Yurman and his young family

Blanket Statements • Tapped by Hermès, Nathalie Du Pasquier designs two patchwork throws that pack some serious punch

Red Hot

WEAVING MAGIC

Paris Match • A team of tastemakers revives a French culinary icon

IN GOOD HANDS

Shore Things • RH dips its toes in the sand with a chic new design concept for coastal living

Lush Life • Radiating drama and dropdead chic, the New York offices of Studio Sofield are a study in sophistication

Très, Très Chic

IT BAG

Setting the Mood • What’s on the tabletop menu? Entertaining in high style, with favorite finds, pro tips, and more

Bold Thinking

Rising to the Occasion • On a scenic stretch of Long Island shore, architect Toshiko Mori devises a compact beach house to survive future storms

Sylvie Johnson • From her Paris studio, the design sensation weaves a new narrative

TRENDING GO LONG • Stretched and sculptural, our favorite new watches give great face

Give Me Libertine • Johnson Hartig channels the avant-garde aesthetic of his fashion line in a new textile collection for Schumacher

Have a Seat

THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL

Haute Menagerie

Material Lust • Mixing art and design practices under one roof, a New York–based duo hits their stride

BROOKLYN BOHÈME • In a light-filled Fort Greene row house, fashion designer Ulla Johnson and her family live in laid-back splendor

design notes • DETAILS THAT MAKE THE LOOK

Divine Intervention • Jacques Garcia’s latest masterpiece is a 17th-century Sicilian monastery, luxuriously reborn as a retreat for the celebrated designer and his friends

MATERIAL GIRL • Color and pattern converge in the sensational world of British designer Bethan Laura Wood

SORORITY HOUSE • For sisters Poppy and Cara Delevingne, living large in Los Angeles means keeping it all in the family

design notes • DETAILS THAT MAKE THE LOOK

REBELS WITH A CAUSE • Young, chic, and, ultimately, doomed, India’s most dashing royal couple transformed their corner of the subcontinent into an unlikely Art Deco oasis

THE ROYAL TREATMENT • To create a welcoming home for her own family, Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece calls on decorating legend François Catroux to breathe modern life into the grand 1913 Manhattan town house that her parents once called home

design notes • DETAILS THAT MAKE THE LOOK

resources

Nesting Instinct

DESIGN STORIES