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My Favorite Things

A former Hollywood set designer, Robin Standefer is a bona fide expert in transforming any space into a scene-stealing destination. Since co-founding Roman and Williams in 2002, the acclaimed aesthete has left her mark everywhere from the Metropolitan Museum of Art to Jean-Georges’s Tin Building—not to mention Soho, where her design firm now has its very own furniture store, French restaurant, and art gallery. Here, Standefer shares the pieces she can’t live without

Assouline

$179.50

Brancusi New York 1913-2013

“Brancusi is one of my North Stars. His perfectly preserved atelier is a first stop when we’re in Paris to visit our workshops, and I find myself thinking of his pure forms when I sit down with a block of clay.”

Givenchy

$40

Le Rouge Sheer Velvet Lipstick

“This is the perfect red. I keep one in every handbag, from my gardening basket to my beat-up Birkin.”

Loro Piana

$5,750

Salzburg Belted Cashmere Jacket

“This cape moves seamlessly from city to country. It’s plain and fancy—I’m just as likely to wear it to walk to dinner at our restaurant, La Mercerie, as I am to throw it on to cut some herbs from the garden in Montauk.”

Lucie Rie

$8,810

Porcelain Bowl

“I’m obsessed with ceramics—I had to open a store and gallery since I had too many in the house! Lucie Rie, a pioneer of the British Studio Ceramics movement, is a favorite.”

Dyson

$429.99

Special Edition Supersonic Hair Dryer

“I have long hair, I love to be able to hop in the ocean at a moment’s notice, I try to squeeze 25 hours into a 24-hour day, and I don’t like to spend ages getting ready. This blow dryer has changed my life.”

Planeta

$51.99

Santa Cecilia 2018

“We entertain constantly, and this wine is always on my table. Not only is it a crowd pleaser, but it reminds me of Sicily, a favorite place for its ancient ruins, powerful history, and great food.”

Stihl

$65

PP40 Precision Hand Pruner

“Whether entertaining for twenty in the city, cutting branches in the store, or working in the garden in Montauk, I always have these clippers with me so that I can make an arrangement at a moment’s notice.”

Rick Owens

$1,450

Svita Ruched Jersey Maxi Dress

“Rick does things on his own terms. He’s an independent spirit, and he makes the best black clothing with impeccable sewing that never goes out of style. His dresses are gothic classics. I’ve worn them everywhere from the Met Gala to birthday parties.”

Alexandre Noll

$6,800

Olivewood Videpoche

“The abstract, organic designs of Alexandre Noll—a French mid-century furniture maker who eschewed industrial techniques in favor of the handmade—blur the line between sculpture and object. We collect his carved wood pieces, which are a touchstone for our own furniture collection.”

Tiffany & Co.

$22,000

Elsa Peretti Carnelian Gold Bone Cuff Bracelet

“I’ve worn a stack of bracelets long before a stack was a ‘thing’, from the antique Indian bracelets I got from my mother to a bone cuff by iconic designer Elsa Peretti. She made classics, as we aim to do.”

Richard Avedon

Price Upon Request

Twiggy, Hair by Ara Gallant, Paris Studio, January 1968

“I remember seeing Avedon at the grocery store in Montauk when I was growing up. It would be a dream to own one of his works, especially one of his timeless women.”

Roman and Williams Guild

$250

Reed Candlestick

“I had a vision of a meadow of candlesticks of different heights. Stephen began to turn them on a wooden lathe, which led to our original design for the Reed Candlestick. The collection continues to grow with new sizes and different metals.”

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