Inside Crate & Barrel’s Latest Collection, a Nod to Old Hollywood Glamor
The couch is the star, however the supporting solid is fairly nice. A stout, silver lamp accented with a tiger’s eye gemstone, a set of shell-shaped cocktail picks, a multi-shelved bar cart coated in shiny ivory lacquer—that is the ensemble that makes up Crate & Barrel’s latest collectiona collaboration with actress Laura Harrier and her design companion, Tiffany Howell. The 87-piece line launches at the moment; and fittingly, it was all impressed by Hollywood.
“I think the collection feels like something out of a David Lynch film, or a Danielle McKinney painting,” says Harrier. The references to silver display glamor vary from the on-the-nose (the cream-colored, aptly named Cinema self-importance) to the summary (the aforementioned couch is a nod to Elsa Peretti’s Bean necklace designed for Tiffany & Co.).
“What stood out was the clarity of vision that both Tiffany and Laura brought to the table,” says Sebastian Brauer, Crate & Barrel’s design head. (Also becoming: The two met years in the past when Harrier reached out to Howell for her first dwelling—this line is simply the most recent iteration of their design partnership.) “There was an immediate alignment around creating a world—not just a collection—that felt cinematic, glamorous, and deeply personal to their point of view.”
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It begins with some extremely luxurious supplies. Glossy lacquer options prominently (it makes up the Arlo bar unit, a favourite of each Brauer’s and Howell’s), because it does luxurious velvet upholstery, swirled burl wooden furnishings, and glossy metal dinnerware. It’s a little ’70s, a little Golden Age, a little up to date. “It pulls from different eras but still feels current; there’s a softness and warmth to the palette that’s lived-in,” says Harrier.
Fans of Crate & Barrel’s traditional furnishings will not be disenchanted, however should you’re searching for one thing smaller, you could simply discover that the accents are the very best half. The lighting is a explicit standout; from an Art Deco desk lamp impressed by an old-school fragrance bottle to an angular, gauzy pendant impressed by a ballgown, that is the class within the assortment not to ignore. “Fashion and interior design are both forms of self expression, and that connection was really central to the collection,” Howell explains. “You see it in the sculptural silhouettes and subtle details. Pieces like the lamp act almost like jewelry in a room.”
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