Fashionable Home

An apology reader’s, Monsieur Man has been somewhat M.I. A, I am currently in the process of buying and moving house, it is definitely a rather stressful and busy period. However the moment I move in there, I cannot wait to put my own stamp on things. Which got me thinking…… about the relationship between fashion and interior design: There is definitely a crossover.

It is a relatively known fact that new trends in interior design often come from fashion, and that is understandable as we want to have the latest and most interesting designs from the catwalk on our sofas, walls and curtains. 

‘I’ve long believed that the eye runs naturally from the catwalk to the kitchen’ Anna Wintour, Editor of US Vogue. Well if she is saying it, it must be true!

Here are a few of Monsieur Man’s favourite crossover designs; and what we will be taking inspiration from, for our downstairs theme: Greyscale.

In our eyes Versace Home, does this best! The main sources of inspiration include neoclassic, baroque and ultra-modern styles. The collection was designed for those of you with a strong taste for details and decoration. Versace Home often uses contrasting moods, mixing classic and modern, offering a variety of sophisticated hints and inspirations for very contemporary homes.

Dining Room Style

Bedrroom Style

 Living Room Style

To link home ware to menswear- Tonal greys is a huge trend on the  runways for winter and looked best at Hermes, where the bomber or flight jacket is given a clean crisp contemporary look for winter and updates the fuller blouson silhouettes of past seasons. Leaner in cut, this time round it has an edgier feel when worked in to white sheepskin at Hermes.

For the bedroom style detailed rich textures and fabrics are needed, this is exactly what the rich fox trim parka at Viktor & Rolf does. 

The Paul Smith ensemble reflects the living room fantastically, the trousers and parka represent where they have injected a splash of colour to the wall (painting) to break up the monochrome feel, and spot the pop art graphic shirt on the living room floor.

 “There are design principles that both practices share when creating furnishings in a space or an ensemble of clothing: determining a focal point, creating the silhouette, balancing proportion and details,” says Lindy Donnelly, who established her own interior design practice in 2003 outside of San Francisco, after 18 years as a fashion designer in New York.

So there you have it, research would suggest there is definitely a correlation between fashion and interior- well who wouldn’t want a fashionable home….. next step designing mine!