Tag: actors and actresses

I often use films as associations for design products and projects because set decoration, in my eyes, is interior design. The actors and actresses who move around in the movies must have interiors in which to exist.

In my diary entry Earnest in Paris, guest blogger Miles Stephenson delved into the differences between the writing of Ernest Hemingway and film director Wes Anderson. One wonderful evening in Paris, Anderson appeared with one of his favorite muses, Tilda Swinton.. In The Architecture of Tango, I admit envy regarding Sally Potter and her films, This post presents The Tango Lesson, a sensuous exploration of the Argentine Tango with Pablo Veron.

In A Midcentury Cougar on the Prowl, Anne Bancroft is the femme fatale; and in Heaven Shall Be Here, Alan Rickman stars in his own directorial debut alongside Kate Winslet and Matthias Schoenaerts. In The Seat of Scottish Power, a sexy Billy Connolly stars as John Brown, a Highlander who serves as Queen Victoria’s groom after she loses her husband. In How to Set a Mood, Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway play chess.

It’s the cast of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival I celebrate in Celebrating Shakespeare. In Find Your Red Carpet Style, I present beautiful Oscar gowns worn by Liz Taylor, Janet Gaynor, Scarlett Johansson, Lauren Bacall, Vanessa Williams and Margot Robbie. There are many more posts in which I feature actors and actresses so I hope you’ll stop by my blog and enjoy them.

Fashion Furniture Design

Find Your Red Carpet Style

“Find Your Red Carpet Style,” urged Currey & Company’s Brand Ambassador Denise McGaha during a presentation in the company’s Manhattan showroom last week. The point…

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Renovating During the Tudor Era

Saxon Henry February 2, 2016 actors and actresses Anne Boleyn architectural storytelling Cardinal Wolsey England famous writers grand residences Great Britain Groundbreakers Hampton Court Palace Hans Holbein the Younger Henry VIII historic castles House of Tudor London Medieval Times monarchs nobility nonfiction writers painters Royal Courtiers royal palaces Tudor Era

Hindsight is 20/20, as they say. Looking back to the Tudor Era from this great distance, it’s easy to see how barbaric a sport jousting was.…

The luminous stained glass dome in the bar area of The National Arts Club in New York City.

Films Historical Design Literature

The Red Carpet Treatment

Saxon Henry December 1, 2015 actors and actresses books of letters decorating history Edith Wharton famous writers grand residences libraries literary design encounters memoirs New York City novelists popular movies set decoration

There is a momentum to writing that, once interrupted, is challenging to reboot. I’ve experienced this first-hand during the past two months as I have…

The Harvey's bring a fountain to The Decorative Fair

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Cinderella in the South of France

Saxon Henry July 5, 2015 actors and actresses antiques shopping in Europe design narratives England fine antiques France Great Britain London Louis XIV Louis XV set decoration The Literary Adventurer

Cinderella in the South of France “From morning until night, Cinderella worked very hard. She carried water, got the fire going, cooked, cleaned, and washed.…

DXV Design Panel detail by Justin Shaulis

Books Interior Design Literature

A Room with a View x 2

Saxon Henry June 28, 2015 actors and actresses architectural storytelling cathedrals to explore design industry leaders design narratives Emotionality of Architecture England famous writers fine porcelain Florence Great Britain Italy novelists popular movies set decoration summer reading list

When I saw the expressive twin spaces Justin Shaulis created as one of American Standard’s 2015 DXV Design Panel participants, I knew I had to…

Books Interior Design

The Old Familiar Faces

Saxon Henry April 13, 2015 actors and actresses books of letters British poets dead poets society decorating history design narratives famous writers keeping diaries literary design encounters London New York City novelists poetry salonniere Shakespeare The Literary Adventurer

…I have been laughing, I have been carousing, Drinking late, sitting late, with my bosom cronies, All, all are gone, the old familiar faces… These…

Blonde bombshell Jean Harlow on Saxon Henry

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Harlow at Bergdorfs!

Saxon Henry January 14, 2015 actors and actresses design industry leaders design narratives literary design encounters New York City nonfiction writers

I stood for a while admiring the chandelier in the window at Bergdorf Goodman. There was something about its icy lozenges of light telescoping out…

Architecture Books Travel

Dream of Venice

Saxon Henry December 10, 2014 actors and actresses American poets architectural storytelling authenticity design industry leaders Emotionality of Architecture Henry James Italy nonfiction writers novelists Peggy Guggenheim poetry Venice

When JoAnn Locktov asked me to contribute a poem to the book she was planning to publish in collaboration with photographer Charles Christopher, I didn’t…

Films Literature Travel

Ode to The Panther

Saxon Henry November 11, 2014 actors and actresses architectural storytelling dead poets society Emotionality of Architecture famous writers nonfiction writers poetry popular movies The Literary Adventurer

During my first trip to Argentina in 2004, my bucket list included visiting the Buenos Aires zoo. This was not a wish born of an…

Cultural Explorations Furniture Design Literature

The Valentino Lair

Saxon Henry October 31, 2014 actors and actresses American furniture manufacturers American poets dead poets society design industry leaders design narratives High Point Market literary design encounters poetry set decoration

Before The Beatles turned teenaged girls into a screaming, weeping throng and George Clooney made even the most reserved woman a bit toasty under the…