{"id":100250,"date":"2013-04-27T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-27T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/bridging-the-gap-between-fashion-and-interiors\/"},"modified":"2022-12-05T13:11:26","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T18:11:26","slug":"bridging-the-gap-between-fashion-and-interiors","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/bridging-the-gap-between-fashion-and-interiors\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridging the Gap Between Fashion and Interiors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A few years ago Philippe Starck made a splash by collaborating with Italian cashmere company According to some, this trend is a throwback to the past. \u201cIn the 18th century, fashion fabrics and decorative fabrics were very similar,\u201d says \u201cThere are design principles that both practices share when creating furnishings in a space or an ensemble of clothing: determining a focal point, creating the silhouette, balancing proportion and details,\u201d says \u201cWe work a lot like fashion designers,\u201d says Patrick Reymond, co- founder of \u201cWorking with fashion companies helps us to develop products that are not in our range, like a new challenge,\u201d says Lelievre. That makes sense to us, from both a creative and business sense. Consider that while perusing a few of the most interesting collaborations between interior design and fashion that have come to market in recent months.<\/p>\n
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\n Ballantyne
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\n , just as
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\n Missoni
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\n started building hotels and Zac Posen designed interiors for the
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\n 16w21 condos
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\n . After decades of determined separation, interior and fashion designers are playing nicely together\u2014or at least sharing the same playground.<\/p>\n
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\n Patrick Lelievre
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\n , chairman of the Parisian textile house
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\n Lelievre
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\n , which has successfully partnered with
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\n Rochas
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\n Kenzo
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\n Sonia Rykiel
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\n and most recently
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\n Jean-Paul Gaultier
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\n Lindy Donnelly
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\n , who established her own interior design practice in 2003 outside of San Francisco, after 18 years as a fashion designer in New York. There she worked her way up from design assistant at Liz Claiborne to head designer for Tommy Hilfiger.<\/p>\n
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\n Atelier O\u00ef
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\n , a Switzerland-based architecture and design firm who has collaborated on bottles for Bulgari Parfums and, most recently, furniture for Louis Vuitton. \u201cWe have to have materials in our hands. Playing with materials, experimenting, being inspired by them,” says Reymond. “There\u2019s always a connection between materials and the story.\u201d<\/p>\n