Q&A: Barbara Barry
Q&A from Inspired Styles
What’s Your Favorite….
Accessory: My Valextra handbag
Artist: Brancusi, Sargent, Sorolla, Egon Schiele
Bar: The Long Bar, designed by John Pawson, Hong Kong International Airport
Book: A General Theory of Love
Car: 1958 Mercedes 220 S Coupe in ivory
Chair: My Bracelet chair in ivory from Barbara Barry, Realized by Henredon Chef: Hiro of Nishimura, Los Angeles
Chocolate: Puccini Bomboni chocolate, Amsterdam City Amsterdam
Color: The color of the water in the bathtub
Country: Italy
Drink: Belvedere Vodka with fresh chopped ginger
Fashion designer: Balenciaga
Flower: Ranunculus & anemones
Gadget: Bose Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones
Garden: Jacques Wirtz’s own, Belgium
Guilty pleasure: More than one bath in a day & the NYT crossword puzzle
Hotel: Eichardt’s, Queenstown, New Zealand
Lamp: The Mariano Fortuny Umbrella floor lamp, 1907
Perfume/cologne: L’Heure Bleue by Guerlain
Restaurant: Noma, Copenhagen
Season: Spring
Shoes: Roger Vivier
Singer: Mirella Freni
Sport: Tennis
Barbara Barry is known for her soft, muted color palette and chic simplicity. Herself a modern day Audrey Hepburn in cashmere and pearls, her line of fabrics, wall coverings and trim for Kravet reflect an understated glamour and attention to detail that has become her signature.