If you’ve got a penchant for fashion and want to take your style sensibilities from your wardrobe into your home, you don’t have to look too far for inspiration. Whether you’re looking for pieces to add to your inspiration board, are shopping online for furnishings and accessories, or are looking to expand your fashion vocabulary, looking to these designers’ lifestyle brands and clothing stores can get your décor ideas spinning and can get you to look at your closet staples in a whole new light.
Visit these fashion houses for everything from high end, avant garde pieces to budget-friendly accessories, and be inspired to keep your space in vogue 24/7.
The Splurge: Hermès
The ultimate in French luxury dives into the home with opulent linens and surprisingly modern graphic prints in monochromatic palettes and deep, rich hues. With the signature patterns that dot their silk scarves now on everything from candles to bed linens, you don’t need to invest in a Birkin to capture Parisian chic in your home.
To Save: Consider investing in pieces with rich textures. Hermès is known for producing quality goods—train your eye to look at furniture with impeccable varnish, linens with high thread counts and crystal in classic designs.
Beyond Basics: Zara Home
The popular Spanish brand has been on Asian shores for a number of years now, offering less pricy alternatives to runway looks each season. Around the world, their Home line is slowly expanding (in Asia, they are available in China), offering nearly every home accessory available from bed to bath, tableware to living room. Rich in neutrals with pops of color in classic patterns, their collections mimic the same “high fashion for a fraction of the cost” look that are trend-appropriate, but can last you through the years as well.
Buy it here: While online shopping for Zara Home is still unavailable, it is easy to capture their timeless, easy breezy looks in your own home by moving towards a dominant neutral palette, cotton threads in cream and white, with only the faintest hints of color. Filling tablescapes with votives, book shelves and various ephemera can also give your room a distinct personality that you can add or subtract to according to trends, but always, no matter what the season, offers a look that is complete and whole.
Asian Influence: Natori Home
US-based Filipina Josie Natori has made a name for herself in the international fashion scene since the 1970s with her brand of lingerie, loungewear and underwear. Distinctly Asian in influence, her products are lush and possess a unique Indochine sensibility that is rare among other designers in the West. Her recent foray into home has her dabbling with home accents in oriental lacquer, dragon-themed displays and both Chinese and Japanese-inspired linens and towels.
Go local: Explore the exotic by diving deep into the shelves of neighborhood markets, take road trips to the province to discover handicrafts not sold in big box stores, and look to heirloom pieces for accessories in furniture that don’t just add décor to a space, but can work as conversation pieces as well.
Have any home and decorating questions for the author? Email her at chinggaylabrador@yahoo.com
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