Masculine Chic

Since I've been posting a lot of feminine fashion recently, I thought I should take a little time out for the boys. As a follow up to my post about the fall 2013 J.Crew fashion presentation, I thought it might be interesting to look at how the menswear director for J.Crew, Frank Muytjens lives at home.  Lonny magazine featured his Brooklyn apartment and Elle Decor took a look at his upstate New York weekend home.  Both are filled with various vintage finds and inspiration that often makes it way into the men's collection. Both spaces also remind me of his office which I included in my book Creativity at Work.  Maybe I'll post a few of those pics next.  To read the whole Lonny story, click here and for Elle Decor, click here. 

Photos via Lonny, ELLE DECOR, and Brooklyn Mag

Pembridge House

I found the photo above on Pinterest and of course had to find the whole house.  Turns out the London townhouse was designed by Peter Mikic and featured in the April 2012 issue of Elle Decor.  You can read the whole story here as well as other photos. The designer studied fashion design before finding his true calling in decorating.  Seems like the perfect space to post before the kick off of fashion week.  Enjoy. 

Photos via here and here.

European Eclectic

I had planned to work on this post from the plane yesterday but the wifi had other ideas.  That's what I get for flying Delta instead of Virgin America.  But I digress.  I was catching up on my magazine reading when I noticed how much I loved Harper's Bazaar UK editor Kim Hersov's London home in the October issue of Elle Decor.  (You can read the entire story here.) It was designed with Hubert Zandberg and has that eclectic mix of periods and styles that Europeans do so well.  It also features pieces by Christian Astuguevielle who I posted about on Monday.  See, there is a method to my madness. 

Photos by Simon Upton for Elle Decor