WORLD OF CABANA

MASTERS & MUSES

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

Inspired by: Loulou de La Falaise

Ten years since the publication of The Glamorous Romantic, Natasha Fraser and Ariel de Ravenel's 2014 monograph on the late Loulou de la Falaise, the visionary stylist and tastemaker continues to captivate. As Cabana launches a vintage collection directly inspired by Loulou's unstudied style and indefatigable spirit, Natasha Fraser examines her life and legacy.

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Inspired by: Josephine Powell

Susan Scollay explores the extraordinary life and legacy of her close friend, Josephine Powell (1919-2007), the renowned photographer, collector and intrepid traveller - who spent her life documenting art, textiles, architecture and ethnographic subjects along the famed Silk Road routes.

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Inspired by: Gretchen Anderson

A London legend whose intuitive eye delighted interior designers and customers alike: Karen Howes remembers the talent, and the home, of the late antique dealer, Gretchen Anderson, founder of The Lacquer Chest on Kensington Church Street.

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Inspired by: Marianne North

The intrepid botanical artist Marianne North traversed the globe alone for 15 years in the late 19th century. Her eponymous gallery at Kew Gardens in London is rife with inspiration for lovers and nature and art. Hannah Kroes, a London-based art historian, explores North’s fascinating career and the quiet beauty of botanical illustrations.

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Inspired by: Verde Visconti

The late great Italian decorator, Verde Visconti, possessed a magical ability to transform anything into beauty, just like an alchemist transforming metal into gold, writes Fabrizia Caracciolo. Fabrizia explores Verde's life, style and legacy, speaking to friends and former clients, while Derry Moore shares beautiful images of Verde's home in Orvieto.

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Inspired by: Manfredi della Gherardesca

With his innate sophistication, extravagant dandyism and glorious sense of humor, Manfredi della Gherardesca was, "the most dazzling peacock among us". As Dreweatts prepares to launch a major auction of the late designer's collection, Manfredi's close friend, Alex di Carcaci, remembers a "wholly original" friend and a true inspiration.

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Inspired by: Madeleine Castaing

Charlotte di Carcaci explores the life and legacy of Madeleine Castaing (1894-1992), an eccentric, visionary decorator who lavished her much-lauded rooms with pattern, fringe, whimsy and nostalgia.

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Inspired By: Min Hogg

In the age of beige, legendary editor Min Hogg will forever be a heroine to those who enjoy decoration, eccentricity and individuality, writes her friend, Charlotte di Carcaci. Charlotte explores Min's irresistible panache, alongside glorious photographs of her home.

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Inspired by: Lina Bo Bardi

Benjamin Weaver explores the life, style and considerable legacy of Italian-born Lina Bo Bardi, the architect behind Sao Paulo's extraordinary 'Glass House' and the pioneer of a new Brazilian Modernism.

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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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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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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 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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