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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

One of the most iconic couturiers of our time, Christian Lacroix spent his childhood in Provence, dreaming of Paris. By his early 20s, he reached the city and within a decade had opened the House of Lacroix. Christian discusses life after couture, career defining moments and laughing with Princess Diana.