The Globe and Mail Matthew Hague Published March 10, 2021
It all started with a vintage white Ferrari.
In 2017, the Montreal-based fashion retailer Ssense partnered with Arthur Kar, a Parisian dealer of rare and vintage autos, on a line of Ferrari-emblazoned cotton T-shirts. The most buzz-worthy item in the collection was a $200,000 restored 1978 Ferrari 308 GTB in white with jet black leather seats.
The collaboration continued Ssense’s longstanding practice of mixing luxury with streetwear, art and industrial design. On its website, you can find splurge-y clothes such as Gucci mohair slacks sold next to everyday casual buys like Nike swoosh sneakers. Installations at its Montreal showroom, like a 2018 recreation of Off-White founder Virgil Abloh’s office space, often look at how fashion extends beyond the runway. Its 2019 debut of pet accessories (including a black and gold Versace bathrobe that chicly cinched around a pampered pooch’s waist) tested the theory that des
Star Tap by Emily Furr. Furr paints celestial visions that place cool, hard-edged objects within weightless, star-filled voids. Furr’s artwork plays with a codex of motifs, exploring their potential formations through a process of repetition. The artist’s serialized tropes take the shape of tongues laden with hallucinogenic sugar cubes, sloping conveyor belts adorned with astral points, rocket engines with acutely sharp, almost erotic edges, tubes, chains, and myriad metal hardware. Furr’s paintings can be positioned in relation to postmodern artists such as Lee Lozano (American, 1930–99) and Forrest Bess (American, 1911–77), whose depictions of archetypal shapes, colors, and quotidian objects…
We see interior designers expertly mixing patterns on Instagram and in glossy magazines, but how do you do it in your home when you don t have formal training or a professional eye? There are some basic rules for getting multiple patterns to coexist harmoniously. Start by selecting a main motif that will set the tone. You need to have one statement pattern to start with, and then go from there, says Edith-Anne Duncan, an interior designer, who recommends using a floral or chinoiserie wallpaper or fabric as a launching point. Then layer in supporting designs. Pattern-mixing is a chorus, and you need altos, sopranos, tenors and a bass line, Luckett says. She advises mixing patterns with large and small scales, juxtaposing motifs that have movement (florals) with designs that have structure (geometrics), and embracing repetition through a cohesive colour scheme.
Palm Beach s Iconic Colony Hotel Gets a Fun, Fresh Redesign
Kemble Interiors turned the lobby into the living room of your dreams. Brantley Photography The Colony is much more than a hotel The Colony is a state of mind, says Sarah Wetenhall. Admittedly, Wetenhall is a bit biased she, along with her husband Andrew, have been the owners of this iconic Palm Beach property since 2016. But, as any local or loyal visitor can attest, the famed pink hotel is a beloved stalwart of the Florida town and a nostalgic bastion of the kind of preppy beach style that made Palm Beach famous. Now, thanks to Kemble Interiors s Celerie Kemble and Mimi McMakin with help from de Gournay the hotel has a brand new (but still wholly Palm Beach) look.