WORLD OF CABANA

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Meet the creatives and tastemakers who truly inspire Cabana. Read interviews with some of the design world's most exciting talents, and essays on the legacies of those we admire.

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The Interview: Will Cooper

Texas-born New York-based designer, Will Cooper, is the Chief Creative Officer of acclaimed design studio, ASH NYC, and the owner and designer behind some of Cabana's favorite hotels.

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The Magic and Mystery of Renzo Mongiardino

Renzo Mongiardino: the once-in-a-generation Italian design master whose influence on Cabana could scarcely be more significant. Sara Pierdonà goes in search of the mystery and magic behind Mongiardino's mastery.

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Inspired by: David Hicks

For those who wish to see the very best of English design, David Hicks’ incomparable interiors are an excellent place to start, writes design consultant, critic and Editor-in-Chief of The London List, Benjamin Weaver.

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Inspired by: Robert Kime

In tribute to the late great Robert Kime, one of Cabana’s true inspirations, we have gathered our favorite interviews with, videos of, and interiors by, the inimitable antiquarian and decorator.

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The Interview: Lisa Fine

Textile designer, Lisa Fine, lives between New York and Dallas in homes adorned with many of her own fabrics and wallpapers, inspired by her travels in India and the Middle East. Lisa shares her greatest challenges, dream dinner guests and unorthodox childhood.  

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The Interview: Erdem

Erdem Moralioglu launched his eponymous label in 2005 and quickly took the fashion world by storm with his dramatic florals and elegant, highly crafted designs. In the years since he has won numerous accolades, and in 2020 was awarded a MBE for services to fashion. Erdem shares with Cabana his love of Japan, dream dinner party companions, favorite gifts and greatest challenges.

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Inspired by: Federico Forquet

The sublime style, enduring allure and charming humility of couturier turned interior and garden designer, Federico Forquet, makes him one of Italy's greatest, yet most discreet, talents, finds Francesca Simpson.

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Cristiana Brandolini d'Adda

Widely credited with launching the career of Renzo Mongiardino, nonogenarian Italian Countess, Cristiana Brandolini d'Adda, is a tastemaker and fashion icon through and through. Francesca Simpson explores her unique joie de vivre, spectacular homes in Paris and Vistorta, and unfaltering personal style.

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Inspired by: Gabriella Crespi

Effortlessly stylish, creatively prolific, daring and original, Gabriella Crespi was truly one-of-a-kind. As a designer, she was a visionary, but what about the woman behind the work? Cabana speaks to her daughter, Elisabetta Crespi, about her luminous mother and their industrious life, both in public and private.

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Inspired by: Carlo Scarpa

Venetian architect, Carlo Scarpa, explored the expressive potential of light to magnificent effect. Even his earliest projects show his distinctive artistic language: a complex system of shapes, colors and materials, with a focus on ornamentation and the natural world, finds landscape designer, Elizabeth Tyler. 

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The Interview: Remy Renzullo

Anglo-American decorator and antique advisor, Remy Renzullo, is making waves on both sides of the Atlantic with his distinctive, layered aesthetic. Remy sits down with Cabana to share his career-defining moments and fondest memories.

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Inspired by John Fowler

As Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler launch a selling exhibition featuring many of John Fowler's exceptional antiques, Ros Byam Shaw explores the life and legacy of the legendary British decorator - discovering an intriguing polymath whose immense talent and knowledge was matched by a formidable temper and fearsome wit.

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Inspired by: Yves Saint Laurent

A dreamer and a visionary, an introvert and an exhibitionist, the enigmatic Yves Saint Laurent had an extraordinary ability to empower women and capture the cultural zeitgeist, discovers Francesca Simpson.

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Inspired by: Barbara Cartland

A style icon, a wit, a prolific author and national treasure, Dame Barbara Cartland was truly one-of-a-kind. As Cabana Issue 18 exclusively reveals, the show-stopping home she lived in for more than 50 years, Barbara Cartland's granddaughter, Charlotte di Carcaci, explores the life and legacy of the original Pink Lady.

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Inspired by: Dorothy Draper

Dubbed the 'Duchess of Decorating', American interior designer, Dorothy Draper, made waves with her wide-striped wallpapers, huge repeat chintzes and penchant for vast chessboard floors and oversized objects. Dramatic, irreverent and non-conformist, she was also a true leader and design heroine, finds Natasha Fraser.

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The Interview: Bethan Laura Wood

Multi-award winning British designer, Bethan Laura Wood, lives and works in London in a colorful world of intense creativity. Bethan shares with Cabana her experiences, inspirations and obsessions, from influential travel experiences in Mexico and Japan, to her inimitable 'Buckaroo' style.

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