Elizabeth Fiore
Andy Warhol, Private Collection, New York; Photographer: Elizabeth Fiore
If you could have a second home anywhere, where would you live? Paris
What are three words to describe your style?
1. Contemporary
2. Sophisticated
3. Refined
Tell us about your childhood bedroom? A custom built platform bed with a cubby hole for my dolls and toys. Extremely tidy.
What’s the first investment piece you ever bought for your house? A Heywood Wakefield desk and an Alighiero Boetti painting that proved to be a very good investment.
In the history of design, if you could hire any designer other than yourself, who would it be?
I am currently working with my dear friend Sean Johnson from Sean Johnson Interior Design and am loving every minute of it!
No room is complete without art.
People think of me as serious, but I am really playful.
Things you omit from:
A flower arrangement: Baby’s Breath
An hors d’oeuvre platter: Salami
A bar cabinet: Nothing!!!
A song for:
Dinner at home: Edith Piaf “La Vie en Rose”
Working at your desk: Glenn Gould, Goldberg Variations
Going for a run: Carly Simon You’re So Vain
Biggest Vice? My current vice is jewelry.
If you were on an Ambien high and internet shopping, what would you buy? Shoes.
Do your clothes reflect your design sensibility, if so, how? Well thought out and elegant.
Who is your star crush? Liam Neeson
What is the thing you would never do on a project, but don’t detest when you see others do it? Match the art to the décor.
If there were a fire, and you could only keep one design book, what would it be? Claude Berri Meets Leo Castelli. A book about the late French film director’s art collection.
For posterity, what would you like your work to be known for? Helping people build collections that reflect who they are.
Ryan Wallace, 20 East End Avenue Penthouse, New York; Copyright: Corigin
Your Favorite:
Movie: Any film with Audrey Hepburn or Meryl Streep - The Bridges of Madison County and Roman Holiday for example.
Book: The series by Elena Ferrante – My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, Story of the Lost Child.
Scent: Guerlain, Shalimar
The artist you always come back to: Gordon Parks and David Shrigley
Dream project: Building The Neiman Marcus Art Collection for Hudson Yards
Meal: Sushi
Drink: My morning smoothie
Hotel: The Langham London
Travel Destination: Anywhere and everywhere. My bags are always packed!
Artist: Alighiero Boetti and Janaina Tschape
A cause near and dear to me: Educating and caring for children
Thing to collect obsessively: Besides art? Nothing!
Era in the history of design: Mid Century
Museum: Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature in the Marais in Paris
Paint Color that always looks great: Dove Grey
Favorite person to follow on Instagram: HRH The Duchess of Cambridge
Dogs, Cats, or No Pets? None
