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On Project Runway, Tim Gunn is every designer’s dream mentor—dapper and discerning, truthful yet tactful, and completely sincere in his hope that eventu-ally you’ll make it work. Now in its 10th season, the reality-TV series has transformed this former head of fashion design at Parsons into a household name. Gunn’s penthouse duplex apartment on New York’s Upper West Side is where he loves to retreat—and decorate. “I am a nester,” says Gunn, whose third book, Tim Gunn’s Fashion Bible (Gallery Books), has just been published. “I’m 59, and I still enjoy moving the furniture around.” A special collector’s-edition Tim Gunn Barbie doll—complete with a mix-and-match ward-robe—has also just launched. With luck, a Gunn-designed Barbie Dreamhouse will soon follow. BY INGRID ABRAMOVITCH

1 / NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY I love New York, but the tra� c is unimaginably

congested. The monthly MetroCard is my savior.

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the Netherlands, and my new wardrobe go-to.

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As one who is pushing 60, I rely upon these

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I began collecting these diminutive chairs

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architectural classics like the Farnsworth House.

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From Tutankhamen’s gold throne to the bronze Gia-cometti lamps commissioned by Jean-Michel Frank, metal furnishings have long lent sparkle and style to interiors. André-Charles Boulle lavishly decorated Louis XIV’s furniture with gilt bronze, the Arts and Crafts movement celebrated humble copper, and, in the 1960s and ’70s, Gabriella Crespi and Karl Spring-er made brass chic.

For designer Ariel Ashe, metal furnishings play a key role in rounding out the mix of materials in a room.

“Your eye is always drawn to metal,” she says. But she adds a note of caution: While a French gilt mirror brings richness, too much glitter can be a distraction.

Decorator Vicente Wolf seconds the call for re-straint, but likes to shake up expectations. “Every-body thinks gold leaf is traditional,” he says, “but I love using it in contemporary environments to add a sense of warmth.” He also embraces different types of metal, from copper to brass to gold. “Mixing them together gives a space depth,” he says.

the top 10 metal furnishingsDesigners Ariel Ashe and Vicente Wolf take a shine to furniture and accessories in copper, brass, and bronze that add a subtle gleam to any room

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ariel ashe together with reinaldo

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vicente wolf the well-traveled decorator

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Vicente Wolf and Ariel Ashe with, from left, a table by Minotti, a chair by Blu Dot, and a bar cart by Crate & Barrel. See Resources.

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image consciousFrom the 1940s until his death in 2004, fashion illustrator René Gruau brought an indelible vision of the glamorous life to magazines and advertisements. Beginning December 3, his de-pictions of soignée women are on display at the Miami show-room of Italian silversmiths Pampaloni (pampaloni.com). Meanwhile, Gruau: Portraits of Men (Assouline), surveys a lesser- known side of his work. And Zinc Textile is reproducing his radiant colors and swoop-ing brushstrokes on fabrics for the home (zinctextile.com).

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beauty spotthe australian beauty brand aesop has developed a reputation for daringly designed and very differ-ent boutiques—in collaboration with world-class architects—around the globe. its new manhattan branch, in the west Village, is a futuristic space con-structed from lime-washed plywood by mel-bourne architect rodney eggleston. outposts are also opening in boston and san francisco (aesop.com).

wHat we love Trends come and go, but the work of Charles and Ray Eames never goes out of style. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Ray’s birth, Herman Miller is debuting the couple’s iconic wire-base low tables in three sunny new colors that were Ray’s favorites: red orange, cobalt blue, and yellow gold (hermanmiller.com). The designing duo are also the sub-ject of a new monograph, Eames: Beautiful Details (Ammo), that sur-veys their work—from audacious modernist homes to children’s toys.

This season, serpentine shapes are slither-ing their way into fashion and the home. Jewelry designs by Bulgari, Coomi, Kwiat, Faraone Mennella, and Temple St. Clair bring the undulating curves of the snake to brooches, bracelets, watches, and neck-laces (Temple St. Clair Serpent ring, right; templestclair.com). Stationery from Bernard Maisner, below, is hand-painted with a shimmering gold illustration of the ever-fascinating rep-tile (bernardmais ner.com). And a new rug design by Kelly Wearstler for the Rug Company, above, renders looping, scaly coils, on a gray back-ground, to dramatic effect (therugcompany.com).

left: Aesop’s new Manhattan shop. below: A London branch.

froM top: Zinc Tex-tile’s fabrics featuring

illustrations by Gruau. A new book of the

artist’s male portraits.

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flower powersince the 1960s, sisters sarah campbell and susan collier have brought brilliant color and spir-ited patterns to english de-sign, from their famous liberty scarves, embellished with paisley and ethnic motifs, to floral textiles for yves saint laurent and habitat. a new book, The Collier Campbell Archive (ilex), traces the history of their successful partnership. and now campbell is collaborating with west elm on accessories such as floral pillow covers and paper flowers, right (westelm.com).

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