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After nearly four decades of designing jewelry for brands such as Marc Jacobs and Oscar de la Renta, Roxanne Assoulin launched her namesake line in 2016. Her first offering—an eye-catching bracelet crafted from enamel tiles—sold out in one day. Seven years on, that playful piece—now available in a seemingly infinite number of color combinations—is accompanied by additional feel-good accents, all of which are created to make you smile. Below, Assoulin shares her go-to accessory of the moment, and more of the staples she swears by for her day-to-day
Photo: Chris Bernabeo (Assoulin)
Since opening in 2005, New York City’s intimate Demisch Danant gallery has become sought out for its exceptional collection of postwar French design. This is, in large part, thanks to co-founder Suzanne Demisch, whose reverence for what’s come before can also be seen in her own 19th-century East Village apartment. Here, she shares the treasured finds she can’t live without, from Pierre Paulin furniture to vintage Japanese textiles and beyond
Photo: Stephen Kent Johnson (Demisch)
After spending several years as a jewelry editor at Vogue and W, Grace Fuller Marroquin exchanged bijoux for blooms in 2019. Today, the New York-based landscape designer, who collaborated with The Row on a collection of handcrafted ceramic planters last spring, can be found tending to gardens in the West Village and Coahuila, Mexico alike. But, once a sartorialist, always a sartorialist, as evidenced by her most prized picks, which she shares below
Photo: Heidi Harf (Fuller Marroquin)
Joana Avillez grew up doodling alongside her father, the late artist Martim Avillez. Now, in her thirties, the New York-bred, Rhode Island School of Design-trained author and illustrator has caught the attention of everyone from Hermès to the New Yorker and the Museum of Modern Art, thanks to her signature whimsical sketches. Below, Avillez shares the items that she keeps on hand in her Tribeca loft
Photo: Atisha Paulson (Avillez)
Days after seeing a William Eggleston show at the Getty Museum in the early 2000s, Alex Prager, then 21, taught herself how to use a Nikon N90s. Two decades later, the celebrated Angeleno’s oeuvre—with its cinematic, Old Hollywood-inspired streak—encompasses photography, sculpture, and film, as seen in Lehmann Maupin’s New York exhibition Part Two: Run. Below, Prager shares her display-worthy items of choice
Photo: Christopher Michel (Prager)
Louis-Géraud Castor, who studied archeology and art history at the Sorbonne before becoming an antiques dealer, may not have planned to become the French fashion world’s preeminent florist, but when he traded Art Deco designs for his own subtly striking seasonal bouquets—which he arranges out of a Marais studio—in 2017, he quickly caught the attention of the likes of Chanel, Hermès, and Prada. Here, the born-and-bred Parisian reveals his must-haves, from a Dali-esque objet to the candle he lights up at home
Photo: Leon Prost (Castor)
It’s easy to mistake Jean Prounis’s hand-wrought jewelry for pieces displayed in the Met Museum’s Greco-Roman gallery—and with good reason: since 2017, the New York-based designer, who has found endless inspiration in decorative artifacts, has used ancient gold-smithing techniques to craft her signature recycled 22-karat band rings and precious gemstone pendant necklaces. Below, Prounis shares her everyday essentials—both old and new
Photo: Emma Marie Jenkinson (Prounis)
When it comes to Manhattan’s see-and-be-seen spots, few names are more known than that of Kyle Hotchkiss Carone, the young restaurateur and man-about-town behind American Bar, Saint Theo’s, the revived Lambs Club, and, most recently, Holiday Bar, where martinis and seafood are served in a decadent, 80s-inspired setting (mirrored walls, tubular banquettes, and all). Here, Hotchkiss Carone shares his must-haves, from crystal glassware to the vintage cookbook that inspires him most
Photo: Evan Sung (Carone)
As the woman behind Desert Vintage—whose Tucson and Lower East Side boutiques have become sartorial meccas for discerning designers such as Emily Bode and Sophie Buhai—Salima Boufelfel is no stranger to hunting down singular and strikingly unusual finds, be it a 1930s gilded cape or a Madame Grés bias-cut dress from the 1970s. Here, the Arizona native shares more of her choice discoveries, from Parisian tea to a traditional Moroccan lip stain
Photo: Kam Boufelfel (Boufelfel)
When Rafael Prieto, the cofounder of the design practice Savvy Studio, isn’t working with clients like Mast Books and Saint Theo’s, he can be found crafting Casa Bosques’ chocolate bars—laced with blue corn maize or hoja santa leaves—in collaboration with artists including Harold Ancart and Lawrence Weiner. Here, the chocolatier and creative mind shares his everyday essentials, from the toothpaste he turns to post-sweets to the supplement he swears by while traveling between his Tribeca and Mexico City ateliers
Photo: Adrianna Glaviano (Prieto)
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