The magic of the prin­ci­ples of design – bal­ance, pro­por­tion, rhythm, empha­sis and unity – is that they’re uni­ver­sally applied whether the sub­ject is art, inte­ri­ors, fash­ion, etc.. Domino mag­a­zine used to have a fea­ture based on this exact con­cept, where they would cre­ate a room inspired by a fash­ion­able ensem­ble. I dearly miss Domino mag­a­zine… that “spe­cial” pub­li­ca­tion they did a few months back did noth­ing to sati­ate my desires for new mate­r­ial from the shelter/lifestyle mag – it was sim­ply a repub­li­ca­tion of old arti­cles, and I’ve kept all my back issues so it was noth­ing excit­ing for me. Any­way, I’m off topic. Let’s switch it up and use rooms first to inspire our every­day dress­ing. Here’s a take on it, why not cre­ate your own?

I love the col­lected antiq­ui­ties of this home, belonging to Greek col­lec­tor Alke­tas Pazis. The dark, moody, mas­cu­line tone is com­fort­able and invit­ing, and I love the range of color and mate­ri­als – the look of achieved with time is well relayed. The end result is decid­edly fem­i­nine, with lay­ers of vari­a­tion uni­fied in sat­u­ra­tion, with a tex­tural bal­ance of soft fab­rics, cold met­als, cut crys­tal, sump­tu­ous leathers, and an empha­sis on mas­cu­line influence.

 

collected masculinity