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Just overwhelmingly gorgeous: The no-nonsense, graphic utilitarian Eames lines of the furnishings; the strict and clean skeleton of the architecture; the naturally graphic design of those giant cactus and aloe vera plants framing all those clean industrial lines… Just eternally modern.

I once accompanied an interior designer friend to a client’s house that the clients' were renovating from the skeleton down. It was a gorgeous mid-century colossal building with this kind of architectural skeleton that had been left untouched until the client purchased the estate— even the sheer curtains. wood paneling, and green wall-to-wall carpets were still there. And they were going to gut the entire structure and modernize it to curret trends: These people didn’t even care what painting were going on the wall and left that privilege to an interior designer. All the money in the world and nt a whiff of personal refinement. ..:weeps:..
My ex's auntie was a big time interior designer in the east coast. On occasion she would mention how many of her "new money" clients knew nothing about culture. Their homes were filled with magnificent art and libraries lined with important books that they'd never heard of or would never bother to educate themself on. She'd explain to them the importance of such pieces, etc. and it would just fall on deaf ears. Such a shame.
 
US Vanity Fair August 1997
Prada Central

Photo Pascal Chevallier
Text Cathy Horyn
Subject Muccia Prada


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US Vogue June 1964
Fashions In Living | Curraghmore : The Glorious Irish House

Photo Norman Parkinson
Subjects Marquess & Marchioness of Waterford


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US Vanity Fair August 1997
Prada Central

Photo Pascal Chevallier
Text Cathy Horyn
Subject Muccia Prada


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Miuccia’s apartment is so depressing: Just has that abandoned, forgotten derelict vibe in an abandoned, forgotten Italian town some time in WWll where a lonely widow is left behind. …I imagine the lighting is that sickly fluorescent bulb hanging by a wire from the ceiling. If someone said that Raf decorated this depression, I'd believe it.
 
^ wait till you read the interview! ‘I’m such a communist, I have this but.. I wouldn’t relate to owning a palace, I mean, do I own a palace? yes, but I’m never there, and no furniture.. cause I’m such a communist, and surrounded by philosophers, cause.. I come from politics even though I joined my family luxury business right after graduation’ 😑

Wish they’d bring back interiors coverage and glimpses of the lives of clinically depressed ladies and marchionesses in the old world! you’re not forgotten! I’m sure their 2026 interiors look more or less the same but still curious.


The works reaching the floor… ahhh %+#£{€ I scrolled down fast.
 
^^^ LOOL Spawns of the privileged and wealthy cosplaying communists is so cute: Like observing primates at the zoo searching out carefully preferred food by the profession staff, and hidden around the space by the keepers to stimulate their senses. You know they will never go hungry— only from getting bored. Miuccia should cast her equally privileged and wealthy kin cosplaying communists Zohran Mamdani and Hasan Piker for her Prada shows and campaigns. The trustfund white saviours would lose their sh!t and make Prada their official brand for communists.

(The fawning over how she dresses still cracks me up: I can appreciate her making some effort to put on a pair of heels when she comes out for her bow, but she’s hardly some style maven anymore. I still adore pre-Raf Prada, and will continue to search and hunt own those collections. But just seeing Jake Paul dressed in complete Prada nowadays reminds me how gross of a joke the brand has become— much like Miuccia the privileged and wealthy communist.)
 
^ to be fair, it's more hilarious to judge them with our context but.. Miuccia did spend her youth in a crazy time in Italy full of terrorism, where the far-left had far more victims than any other group and the far-right was endorsed by the Mafia. I'm not sure an accusation of being performative would've helped much then. It's just odd that she joins a very extravagant sector of the corporate world, and that's all she's ever done really, but decades later, you don't see any sense of humor about it or sense of self-awareness. She still talks about herself as if she was primarily political, and.. she's not, nothing about her work has ever suggested that.

Mamdani = children of Bernie, with Denmark (not China) as the ideal model even though... it's a long way from the 'no universal healthcare' club the US is currently in, where the other two members are Nigeria and Pakistan lol. I don't know how Fox News content is exported but that's where the 'communist' label comes from, they never provided any explanation/analysis and I watch Fox News almost everyday.. we have our resident preacher at the gym and, like a totally sane person, he goes monitor by monitor switching the channel to Fox News and Newsmax so that we all watch the right stuff together. No one pays him any attention but I actually watch in between workouts... the way they move their eyebrows and hands, the Evangelical 3-word rotation, the f*cka*s makeup, the pauses as they wait for you to react while tackling your need for acceptance... ngl, there's something oddly satisfying about hearing someone 'do you know what Iran is doing?' and then telling you, verbatim, the song of the week on Fox that I already watched.. revealing themselves as weak/easy to use, should you need that for later. 🎭
 
Architectural Digest August 1983



Gardens : At Seven Pines | Peaceable Kingdom of Flora and Fauna in Pennsylvania
Photo Derek Fell
Text Elaine B. Steiner


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Architectural Digest August 1983
Magnificent Obsession | The Baron and Baroness de Breffny Restore Their Irish Country Estate

Photo Derry Moore
Text Brian De Breffny
Subjects Baron and Baroness de Breffny


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Architectural Digest August 1983
Spatial Harmonies | Redefining the Interiors of a Southampton House

Photo Rick Barnes
Interior Joseph Paul D'Urso
Text Peter Carlsen


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Architectural Digest August 1983
Summer Villa in Cannes | Neo-Classical Ambience on the French Riviera

Photo Robert Emmett Bright
Interior Toni Facella Sensi
Text Adrian Cook


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Architectural Digest August 1983
The Collectors : Unfolding of a Modern Aesthetic | Irene Gerassimov Expands Upon Tradition in Her Paris Home

Photo Pascal Hinous
Text Jean-Louis Gaillemin
Subject Irene Gerassimov


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Architectural Digest August 1983
Architectural Digest Visits : Diego Giacometti

Photo Pascal Hinous
Text Charlotte Aillaud
Subject Diego Giacometti


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Architectural Digest August 1983
Country Spirit | Designer's Penthouse in New York City

Photo Peter Vitale
Interior David Laurance
Text Carole Frankel


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US Vogue April 1, 1964
Fashions In Living | The Duke and Duchess of Windsor in Paris Pt. 1

Photo Horst P. Horst
Text Valentine Lawford


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US Vogue April 1, 1964
Fashions In Living | The Duke and Duchess of Windsor in Paris Pt. 2



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US Vogue March 15, 1964
Fashions in Living | Pucci the Magnificent

Photo Horst P. Horst
Text Valentine Lawford
Subject Emilio Pucci


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US Vogue February 15, 1964
Fashions In Living | The Leland Haywards of the "Haywire House"

Photo Horst P. Horst
Text Valentine Lawford
Subject Leland Hayward


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