{"id":58375,"date":"2019-06-05T17:18:48","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T16:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/?p=58375"},"modified":"2019-11-22T16:53:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T15:53:43","slug":"interior-designers-kelly-wearstler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/interior-designers-kelly-wearstler\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Interior Designers | Kelly Wearstler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kelly Wearstler<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is an American\u00a0designer and one of the very top interior designers in the world, admired for her bold designs and fantastic interior projects. She served as a judge on\u00a0Bravo\u2019s\u00a0Top Design<\/em>\u00a0and in 2012 Rizzoli published her fourth book,\u00a0Rhapsody<\/em>. Under the pseudonym\u00a0Kelly Gallagher, she is\u00a0Playboy\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0Playmate of the Month\u00a0for September 1994.\u00a0The New Yorker<\/em>\u00a0once called her \u201cthe presiding grande dame of West Coast interior design\u201d.<\/p>\n

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In spring 2011 Wearstler launched her own eponymous fashion line,\u00a0Kelly Wearstler<\/strong><\/em>. The first collection, for Fall 2011, was four years in the making, incorporating patterns and design aesthetics seen within Wearstler\u2019s interior design work. Booth Moore, of the Los Angeles Times, \u201ctotally wearable\u201d and having the appearance of being handmade or one-of-a-kind, even if not. The Winter 2011 line was sold exclusively by Bergdorf Goodman, and featured ready-to-wear, clutches and jewelry. This debut season was described as having \u201cfeminine sensibility\u201d by Style.com\u2019s Nicole Phelps. Her Spring 2012 line, featured clashing patterns and what Phelps described as a mod-glam look. Her clothing continues to be sold at Bergdorf Goodman, as well as at Neiman Marcus, Holt Renfrew and Net-a-Porter.<\/div>\n
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Biography<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In 1994\u00a0Kelly Wearstler<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0was Playmate of the Month for September, under the pseudonym Kelly Gallagher in Playboy. She used the money she made from posing in Playboy to pay off her student loans and help start her interior design business.\u00a0Kelly Wearstler<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0says that she is \u201cnot ashamed of\u201d having posed in Playboy: \u201cIf people ask me, I did it\u2026but I don\u2019t talk about it\u201c, explaining that \u201cit\u2019s a little different now \u2026I didn\u2019t, you know, hang out at the mansion and things. It was just, I did it and that was it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In 1995\u00a0Kelly Wearstler<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0opened her design firm,\u00a0Kelly Wearstler Interior Design<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(Kwid). In the late 1990s, she decorated the house of real estate developer Brad Korzen (whom she married in 2002), eventually providing design services for residential properties owned by Korzen\u2019s Kor Realty Group. Wearstler would go on to redo the interior of the Avalon, a late 1940s-era hotel in Beverly Hills owned by Korzen. This launched her foray into hotel interior design, creating what the New York Times has described as \u201cretro-theatrical\u201d interiors for Korzen\u2019s collection of boutique hotels, Viceroy Hotels and Resorts.<\/p>\n

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Her work within the hotel industry built her reputation as a notable west coast designer.\u00a0Kelly Wearstler<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0also designed the restaurant and lounge, BG, at the Manhattan Bergdorf Goodman store. In 2006, HarperCollins published Domicilum Decoratus, a photography book by Wearstler, featuring photographs of her Beverly Hills mansion and herself dressed in evening gowns. She has published three other books: Rhapsody, Hue and Modern Glamour. Wearstler was a judge on Bravo\u2019s reality show contest Top Design for the 2008 season. That same year, she introduced a line of decorative home goods for New York-based department store Bergdorf Goodman, which continues to carry her line. Kwid also designs exclusive bed sheets for Sferra, rugs for the Rug Company, fine china for Pickard China, and wall treatments for F. Schumacher & Co.<\/p>\n

Background & Realizations<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Residential<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Manhattan Apartment<\/p>\n

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Evergreen residence<\/p>\n

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Spring street residence<\/p>\n

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Tribeca Loft<\/p>\n

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Commercial:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Bergdorf Goodman Restaurant<\/p>\n

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Viceroy Miami<\/p>\n

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Bergdorf Goodman Boutique<\/p>\n

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The Most Iconic Projects<\/strong><\/h2>\n

BELLAGIO RESIDENCE<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The 10,000 sq. ft. Bellagio Residence was a 1939 Georgian Revival overlooking the manicured links of the Bel Air Country Club that was in need of a modern touch. Stripped down to the studs, Wearstler worked to create an additional 3,000 sq. ft. of living space, pushed up the ceiling heights, broadened windows and doors to allow more light and completely carved out a new master suite upstairs.<\/p>\n

See Also: Denton House: A Unique View on Design<\/a><\/p>\n

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VICEROY ANGUILLA<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The 40-acre Viceroy Anguilla marks the first international location for the brand and Kelly Wearstler\u2019s most textural interpretation of Viceroy style to date. The expansive property provides a serene setting for its guests with the designer\u2019s signature mix of organic elements.<\/p>\n

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MALIBU BEACH RESIDENCE<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The focus of the house was clearly the ocean, and\u00a0Kelly Wearstler<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0worked, as she says, \u201cto bring the outside in.\u201d In the living room, floor-to-ceiling windows frame the spectacular Pacific. At the center of the house, an enormous skylight was installed and sunshine pours in from above; one leafy tree, soaring two stories high, was planted in the main hall. The color palette, muted and complex, was drawn from the oceanfront setting: silvery barnacle gray, spindrift white and driftwood taupe. All of the building materials\u2014 bleached walnut flooring, Douglas-fir kitchen cabinetry, wave-patterned marble walls\u2014seem to mirror the natural setting. \u201cThe marble is so organic and full of movement, it feels like the ocean,\u201d says Wearstler, \u201cor like being inside a shell.\u201d A range of marble\u2014from watery green to brooding storm-cloud black\u2014was used throughout the house as wall coverings, custom vanities and dramatic fireplace surrounds. There are tiny, spiraling, fossilized shells embedded within the marble kitchen counter, and an enormous sculpture of a chambered nautilus in the foyer seems to tumble to the floor, evoking a Jules Verne vision where the known world spins into the imaginary (a Wearstler trademark).<\/p>\n

See Also: studioHEIMAT: Clean, Elevated and Edgy Design<\/a><\/p>\n

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Partnerships<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Kelly Wearstler<\/strong><\/em>\u2019s designs attract and inspire an enviable roster of A-list clientele from the film and music industries, as well as top celebrities, and tastemakers worldwide. Her trademark sumptuous and vibrant interiors imbue luxury hotels and grand residences from Beverly Hills to the Caribbean and around the globe. Among Wearstler\u2019s expansive and diverse lifestyle portfolio are collaborations with some of the most respected global brands across the luxury market space. Wearstler\u2019s lifestyle brand boasts its own bespoke furniture collection as well as a favored and long-standing presence on vintage and antique online retailer 1stdibs.<\/p>\n

Inspirational quotes by Kelly Wearstler<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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I love history\u2026 everything is inspired by history, so that\u2019s why I love vintage and antiques.<\/p>\n

My motto in life is \u2018Take risks;\u2019 you don\u2019t have a voice if you don\u2019t. You have to venture outside your boundaries. That\u2019s what life\u2019s all about.<\/p>\n

I look at every piece of furniture and every object as an individual sculpture.<\/p>\n

Having an eye is one thing, but you have to be able to execute.<\/p>\n

Whether you\u2019re going to a museum or a flea market or flipping through a book, always be on the lookout for something special.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Influence<\/strong><\/h3>\n

As an interior designer,\u00a0Kelly Wearstler<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0finds influence in Modernism and old Hollywood glamour as created by Dorothy Draper and William Haines, and the work of architect Aldo Rossi. Her style has been described as \u201cHollywood Regency\u201d and \u201cMaximalism\u201d. She is credited, alongside Jonathan Adler and Miles Redd as bringing \u201cthe florid and the decorative back to interior design\u201d, mixing modern and historical designs, such as a Rococo mirror, against a turquoise painted wall, accented by a shag rug. Wearstler visits auction houses to collect furniture and decor items for projects. In 2008 she was deemed a \u201cmega decorator\u201d by Domino, being described as reaching out to \u201cthe hip design public\u201d, in the many hotel interiors she has designed. Wearstler believes clutter to be the biggest faux pas in home decor.<\/p>\n

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See Also: Luis Laplace Between Architecture and Art<\/a><\/p>\n

Kelly Wearstler\u2019s advice<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Wearstler\u2018s advice to aspiring interior designers would be to travel. You have to see and study other cultures. If you have an opportunity in school to study abroad or to do any type of traveling, take every moment you can. And if you can\u2019t or don\u2019t have the means to travel out of your country, then take a road trip and explore another town you\u2019ve never seen. Being an interior designer is all about discovery and adventure.<\/p>\n

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Awards and Recognition<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Standout accolades for Wearstler include Vogue\u2019s Best Dressed list, Architectural Digest\u2019s preeminent Top 100 Architecture & Interior Design list, French AD\u2019s World\u2019s Top Interior Designers, and TIME Style & Design\u2019s elite \u201cDesign 100\u201d group of global creatives. Wearstler served as a judge on Bravo\u2019s popular interior design television competition series, \u201cTop Design,\u201d and has penned monthly style advice columns for InStyle, The Huffington Post, The Coveteur and Domaine. Her work and profiles have been featured in Vogue, Elle D\u00e9cor, Architectural Digest, InStyle, Harper\u2019s Bazaar, Elle, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler, Vanity Fair, The Wall Street Journal, Women\u2019s Wear Daily and The New York Times. International press includes the French, German, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Indian editions of Architectural Digest, Elle Decoration UK, Wallpaper, Vogue Paris, Vogue China, Residence, Belle, Vogue Living, House & Garden and Hong Kong Tatler.<\/p>\n

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