Fashion and architecture are often together in the art of dressing an interior. A trend as intriguing as the one that dress bodies, season after season. Because fashion and architecture are two related disciplines. They both intercept the change of the cities and show it constantly: one “by living bodies” the other by “dressing places”! This is what Walter Benjamin said at the beginning of the twentieth century and it is what many of us continue to think, today.
I can’t think about fashion, without thinking of architecture and vice versa. When I feel the need to change my wardrobe, I often feel the need to change my house and dress up the rooms of my place. I don’t obviously speak to modify spaces and structures, but to work with the furnishings and accessories, coloring the environment with new trends, just like for clothes.
Spring and Summer are the perfect seasons to fill the house with light, flowers and colors. The windows stay open for most of the day and, unless you don’t live in a crowded street, the sound of birds – yes even in the center of Rome – and the smell of the plants enter everywhere during all the hours of the day. To dress up an interior with new life you need few ideas and a bit of time for yourself.
Just as in fashion magazines, that offer us floral trends declined in the most diverse plant species, we can add flowers in a transparent vase with organic shapes, like the famous Alvar Aalto’s one, or paint pillows and towels with a romantic taste, a simple idea that will make your return home sweeter. Floral prints have that retro and vintage flavor capable of making unique, every single corner of the house.
From fashion we can also take the ability to use a palette of soft and delicate colors inspired by nature, such as waves crashing on a deserted beach. Tones of beige and shades of blue for an interior that recreates the atmosphere of small architectures inspired by the Mediterranean islands. N.B. Add some shells and light candles in pots or trays, to fill the house of memories and good feelings.
And if you have time to create something, this is definitely the best time of the year to paint a wall of blue or pull out colored plates and glasses and to tint a few bottles or cans ,ready to be filled with flowers.
And so let the Summer starts on our clothes, our homes and, especially, in our mind.
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7 Responses to “Fashion and architecture together to dress an interior”
I don’t have any stripes in my home – definitely need to get some! This is a really nicely put together article with lots of style inspiration
Suze | LuxuryColumnist
Great pictures, let summer begin!! And a Hammock in my living would be so nice!! Happy week my dear.
Glamoury Armory Blog
wow.. these are some really stunning spaces.
Che meraviglia queste foto,adoro il mix tra fashion e architettura
LA BORSA DI MARTINA
great pics
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Awesome decor tips- these spaces are so pretty!
-Ashley
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I love inner decor! In my house, I’m always changing something. I also make my own floral arrangements! I paint, so I often change the paintings in my home and I relocate them.
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