Decorating dynamos will be talking lampshades and wallpaper at the annual President’s Dinner to kick off the Kips Bay Decorator Show House. The black-tie dinner’s chairs are Architectural Digest editor Margaret Russell and decorator Bunny Williams, along with vice chairs Jamie Drake, Tony Ingrao, Randy Kemper and Richard Mishaan. Joining these interiors superstars will be Read More
Conde Nast announced this afternoon that Elle Decor editor Margaret Russell will be the new editor of Architectural Digest. Her first day is September 7, and her first issue will be the January issue. Paige Rense’s last issue will be for November.
Architectural Digest will also relocate from Los Angeles to New York.
Ms. Russell was an Read More
Keith Kelly reports this morning that Margaret Russell will likely be named the next editor of Architectural Digest. Back in early June, she was one of our top favorites when we assembled a shortlist of candidates. She’s a hot talent in the shelter industry, and back then, we made a list of pros and Read More
Paige Rense is done! And for the first time since 1975, there will be a new editor at Architectural Digest.
Condé Nast spokeswoman Maurie Perl said the search is only just beginning now. But who will Si Newhouse and Tom Wallace speak to about the job?
The magazine has been struggling, and they need Read More
On Thursday, Oct. 15, at the Park Avenue Armory, the International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show celebrated its 21st birthday, hosted by the Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center—“the quintessential antiques show,” as Heather Leeds, the president of the society, put it. “All the top-notch dealers are here.”
Ms. Leeds posed for pictures with Read More
The city was quiet on Monday evening, Sept. 29. Most New Yorkers were either celebrating Rosh Hashanah or feeling too down on the economy to venture out for a social gathering. But on the third floor of Christie’s in Rockefeller Center, socialite and interior designer Celerie Kemble welcomed friends to a private party hosted by Read More
Spring is here, sigh, a leaf trembles. If you’re going to throw everything out the window and repaint top to bottom—which New Yorkers often do because they have so much time on their hands—what color is the color of the moment? All the experts say the subject is too personal: pink for Heather, umber for Read More
