NOVEMBER 2009

NK – NOVEMBER 2009

WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO EXPAND INTO HOME DESIGN? WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES AND ADVANTAGES, COMPARED TO CLOTHES? 

I CAN ONLY THINK OF ADVANTAGES. WHAT BIGGER LUXURY CAN THERE BE THAN TO CUSTOMIZE EVERYTHING AROUND YOU THAT YOU USE EVERY DAY? WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT MY HOUSE I NEEDED TO FURNISH IT, AND FURNISHING IT ALL IN RUHLMANN AND MOLLINO AND EILEEN GREY WOULD HAVE COST MORE THAN THREE HOUSES, SO I FAKED IT BY SCOTCH-TAPING MY FAVORITE INSPIRATIONS TOGETHER JUST LIKE I DID WITH MY FIRST SMALL COLLECTION—WHICH I SELL EVERY SEASON TO THIS DAY. 

DESCRIBE THE VISION AND AESTHETIC OF YOUR FURNITURE. WALLPAPER MAGAZINE CALLED YOUR COLLECTION "FUNCTIONAL POETRY." DO YOU AGREE? 

FUNCTIONAL POETRY IS A LOT TO LIVE UP TO. I WOULD ENJOY THINKING THAT. JUST LIKE THE CLOTHES, I'M THINKING OF IDEALISM, DEFEAT AND DISCIPLINE. IN THAT ORDER. I ALWAYS SAY THAT MY CLOTHES ARE MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY, AND THIS APPLIES TO THE FURNITURE AS WELL. 

THE SPRING 2010 COLLECTION AND ITS INSPIRATION? 

I LIKED THE IDEAS OF FUNCTIONAL EXOTICISM AND OPULENCE. NOT DRAG QUEENY, BUT REAL. 

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE PEOPLE TO APPROACH THEIR CLOTHES AND INTERIOR DESIGN THIS SPRING? 

SIMPLE AND SPARE, WITH A MOMENT OF MADNESS.