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Fashion And Interiors
May 19, 2008

We’ve seen for some time how fashion, colors and fabrics and motifs, have moved from the runway to the driveway.  The Independent has an article Ready to ware: Why fashion houses such are turning to interior design by Harriet Reuter Hapgood.  The article indicates it’s a growing trend and right now you can wear Versace, for example, smell of Versace and have your home look like Versace did the interior design.

Buying an accessory from Versace, whether a scarf or a cushion, enables the consumer to buy into the brand in the same way that cosmetics commercially uphold couture fashion. It's possible to purchase the whole lifestyle – from paint, wallpaper and bedlinen, to scent and couture fashion – from one brand. People who are insecure about their taste might rely on the prestige of a label instead of making personal decisions. If you like the Versace label, then you'll buy from the interiors range and holiday in the hotels.

Madeleine Thompson, whose cashmere beanies have adorned the heads of Sienna Miller and Keira Knightley, says

I think that there's very little difference between dressing yourself and your home – you accessorise your home in the same way that you accessorise yourself."

Is that what it is really all about, people who are insecure about their taste? 

Or is it as  Marnie Fogg, author of the book "Couture Interiors: Living With Fashion" says  "Interiors and fashion have always shared significant aspects of the prevailing culture: both are intrinsic to the way we perceive and express ourselves."

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Posted by Mike Landfair on May 19, 2008 | Comments (0)