Growing up I always hated the fact that my birthday was during the first week of school.  Because, can you guess?  Not much celebration or gifts would materialize.  But now, that I’m old enough and a little bit more aware about the importance of the month of September in the design world, I’m pleased to be celebrating my birthday today.  September is known as the month when a new year in fashion begins, or at least that’s what Anna Wintour says in The September issue, many design shows open this month in different countries.  My birthday in September has become one of my favorite things!  Thanks to my mom for giving birth to me in a day like today and for she has been my wings, my rock and my hardest critic sometimes.  I adore my mother for all that she is!

 

Not all rock stars live in dark leather covered spaces with skulls hanging from the walls.  This cozy and elegant home belongs to Bryan Ferry, the front man in The Roxy Music band.  Bryan designed his home himself in a very quintessentially British style where comfort takes center stage in the form of comfortable furniture from various periods collected during his travels, beautiful textile and his own collection of ceramics.  “Fabrics are important,” he says,  “because I don’t go for that hard-edged modern look; I like frayed edges.” I couldn’t agree more.

A Moroccan rug in front of a Gothic Revival fireplace covered in english Minton tiles and Italian marble.

“You must have a room, or a certain hour or so a day, where you don’t know what was in the newspapers that morning… a place where you can simply experience and bring forth what you are and what you might be.”  Joseph Campbell