tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post6183416417818056775..comments2024-02-26T07:35:50.281-08:00Comments on the style saloniste: The Brilliant, Inspiring Charlotte MossDiane Dorrans Saekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-25654566107736749792011-11-10T15:47:12.503-08:002011-11-10T15:47:12.503-08:00Diane,
I have just found your blog while searching...Diane,<br />I have just found your blog while searching for books including works by Ira Yeager. I have just acquired one of his paintings and am ecstatic about it... my current post features the new piece over my mantel. Anyway, I have purchased 5 of your books and already own one. Through a little more research, I discovered your blog and can't believe I've missed it! I see many of my regular commenters on your blog list and am so excited to sit back tonight and read through your posts... I just posted about our trip to Napa recently as well... you must know Brian at Ira Yeager Studios.. have been in close contact with him for the last couple weeks... <br />Anyway, such a small world! Will add you to my bloglist on my blog immediately!<br />Jan<br />The French TangerineThe French Tangerinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02833895261490013346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-69398536100195200282011-04-25T17:27:58.571-07:002011-04-25T17:27:58.571-07:00Hello, Bomm-
Welcome!
Thank you for your fine com...Hello, Bomm-<br /><br />Welcome!<br />Thank you for your fine comment. I totally see your point--the newness--and they are evidently designed. <br />American is a newish country...and many houses or apartments are quite recent. An eighteenth-century apartment does not exist here...and we don't have centuries of ancestors' hand-me-downs. San Francisco was founded in 1848 approx, for example, and Paris or London or Antwerp were centuries old at that time.. So grandfather's old chest...was not brought around the Horn, let's say. We don't have dusty chateaux or 16th-century country houses. We weren't even born when Palladio was at his height.<br />What we have is freshness, a new approach, a feeling for light and air and new ideas. Either way--centuries-old or relatively new--it's all good. <br />Please stay in touch. I appreciate your acute insight, so well expressed.<br />best, DIANEDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-24904076036522685642011-04-25T09:02:55.916-07:002011-04-25T09:02:55.916-07:00I, too, think that Moss's interiors, though Eu...I, too, think that Moss's interiors, though European in their references, look quite American, mainly because they are so evidently designed. Even if individual pieces are old, one does not feel that the room developed over time; her interiors are governed by a single, highly coordinated intention. The "starting from scratch" approach seems very unEuropean to me.bommhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428607792478971766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-49344169693564179942011-04-23T10:18:31.765-07:002011-04-23T10:18:31.765-07:00Hi Jon!
This is such a good question!
Maximilian...Hi Jon!<br /><br />This is such a good question!<br /><br />Maximilian Sinsteden was a student in college two or three years ago--and his dorm room was voted 'most preppy' and featured in New York magazine in a design feature. And it was said then that at the age of 21, he already had decorating clients.<br />Well, as Jon said...where is he now?<br />I'll have to do an investigation. Anyone know Max?<br />Anyone hired him? Anyone seen him hanging out in the design showrooms of New York?<br />I hope he apprenticed with a top designer--that would be best--or transferred to a design school to study interior design. Let's see if we can trace him.<br />Thanks, Jon, great question.<br />cheers, DIANEDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-9464991876585170692011-04-23T09:46:43.591-07:002011-04-23T09:46:43.591-07:00anytime i see the name charlotte moss, i wonder wh...anytime i see the name charlotte moss, i wonder what happened to max sinsteden -<br /><br />john in ncAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-13018196284259127732011-04-20T23:36:37.666-07:002011-04-20T23:36:37.666-07:00Dear, dear Friends-
Such wonderful comments, and ...Dear, dear Friends-<br /><br />Such wonderful comments, and such great insight. You all get it!<br />Yes, absolutely...these are rooms that would have looked elegant twenty or thirty years ago--and will look wonderful in years to come.<br />Square with Flair, our dear friend in Canada, said it well, that Charlotte's style is a little 'ancien regime', said with deep praise.<br />I agree...I love her personal style. She wears lots of Ralph Rucci.<br />Ingela-you said it well, also, that she brings together cultures and traditions of many countries!<br />And it is all done in a welcoming and effortless manner.<br />So happy to hear from you all...just wonderful.<br />And, yes, Sally, this book is a must.<br />You are all brilliant.<br />cheers, DIANEDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-5017849730671710922011-04-20T15:31:11.570-07:002011-04-20T15:31:11.570-07:00I agree with Square with Flair when she says "...I agree with Square with Flair when she says " these pieces and rooms would have been lovely 50 years ago and will look wonderful in decades to come" <br />I also love her style of dressing.<br />You conducted an excellent interview<br />Many thanks<br />Helen Tilston<br />www.pleinairecottageartists.blogspot.comhelen tilstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791882664528962799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-52884999717877330492011-04-19T19:55:06.806-07:002011-04-19T19:55:06.806-07:00I very much look forward to Charlotte Moss’s new b...I very much look forward to Charlotte Moss’s new book.<br /><br />She has beautiful taste, somewhat ancien regime, and I admire it greatly. I wasn’t a fan of her work when she started, finding it a bit formulaic and not always of the best quality, but I think with experience she has become excellent. This is elegance, the kind of elegance that comes with taste, years of studying architecture and the decorative arts, a knowledge of sourcing things, and deep pocketbooks. I cannot say that there is anything strikingly original in her work, but the pieces are so beautifully chosen, scaled and perfectly coloured, that I think she is one of the best in the business today. Basically it is the look of the best 18th century models (original or good reproductions), with a smattering of Chinese and other ethnic accents. Accessories related to fashion and design and charm and personality to many of her rooms.<br /><br />I would also say that she her taste also extends to her clothes and presentation of self. Her wardrobe colours, accessories and coiffure are so beautifully chosen, that she has become even more attractive with time. <br /><br />Few designers, other than people like Mario Buatta or David Easton, understand this type of classical design, and that it is not necessary to re-invent the wheel. Ms. Moss has my respect and admiration for continuing the tradition of elegant, livable, classic, interiors. These pieces and rooms would have been lovely 50<br />years ago, and they will look just as wonderful decades in the future…that can’t be said for the work of most interior designers today. <br /><br />I’d love to know her opinion of the depressing beige Belgian look. Is it finished yet? I do hope so.Square With Flairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10587474304650348836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-52884634542522868702011-04-19T11:48:09.553-07:002011-04-19T11:48:09.553-07:00Hi Diane, I think this post is wonderful! Charlot...Hi Diane, I think this post is wonderful! Charlotte is so beautiful and has a gracious, elegant, exquisite style. She is one talented lady (like you)! Great post.<br /><br />xo TerriWindlosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17014227226507484798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-90798405792031774002011-04-19T08:20:00.680-07:002011-04-19T08:20:00.680-07:00Love your questions, Diane. CM what a treasure. xx...Love your questions, Diane. CM what a treasure. xxpeggybraswelldesign.compeggy braswellhttp://peggybraswelldesign.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-12906358683288299152011-04-19T07:10:08.010-07:002011-04-19T07:10:08.010-07:00Such a wonderful interview of this elegant lady. ...Such a wonderful interview of this elegant lady. I have most of her design books, and can't wait to add this one to my collection!!designchichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11814501245552660696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-45034732380455192282011-04-19T06:28:13.518-07:002011-04-19T06:28:13.518-07:00What I love about Charlotte Moss and her design is...What I love about Charlotte Moss and her design is that whatever her choices are they are sublime matches and look like a natural choice. The interiors are elegant and comfortable from my point in of view.<br />Being brought up with different cultures myself, I also find her blend of styles interesting as they bring forward her influences from traveling and all kinds of daily life over a longer time, for not looking at the latest trends.<br /><br />So I'm looking forward to explore her latest collaboration of rugs with Stark, but also do I look forward to her future collection of textiles.<br /><br />Thank you Diane for a charming chat!<br /><br />Hope to see you both in Sweden....<br /><br />IngelaLove Your Homeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851498393111241566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-23065589057446657572011-04-18T17:53:03.298-07:002011-04-18T17:53:03.298-07:00Quite honestly, swoon...
Charlotte's elegance...Quite honestly, swoon...<br /><br />Charlotte's elegance is evident in everything that she does. I love her use of color.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04922270492303539101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-85129528620058342582011-04-18T14:57:22.767-07:002011-04-18T14:57:22.767-07:00With so many of the recent decorating books a comp...With so many of the recent decorating books a complete disaster in terms of text, this was a wise decision to bring in one of the current best writers of decoration, Mitchell Owen. I am a fan of Charlotte Moss's work, and am sure the book will be a big success.The Devoted Classicisthttp://tdclassicist.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-30144839978464329182011-04-18T13:11:52.154-07:002011-04-18T13:11:52.154-07:00Oh no, another book I must have!
Thanks Diane....g...Oh no, another book I must have!<br />Thanks Diane....great interview.GRAYSONFAVOURhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00395420253863103741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-79600897233253337002011-04-18T12:39:17.373-07:002011-04-18T12:39:17.373-07:00Such sumptious design work, as always. Thank you f...Such sumptious design work, as always. Thank you for a little visual treat Diane. Charlotte does beautiful homes. Shiree'shiree segerstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482618172002009222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-74891246013934189172011-04-18T11:19:47.448-07:002011-04-18T11:19:47.448-07:00Hi Jane and Lance-
Your comment is much appreciat...Hi Jane and Lance-<br /><br />Your comment is much appreciated...and it is fascinating.<br />From this side of the pond--Charlotte's work would be seen as, at times, 'English-inspired'.<br />It is also French-inspired and cosmopolitan, reflecting her broad interests, her travels, her sense of comfort and tradition.<br />Traditional, elegant, classic rooms in American houses are often seen here as 'English country' or 'Colefax and Fowler' or 'David Hicks' inspired, etc. <br />I love your comment that her work does not feel English to you--and I know all the designers and editors who avidly read THE STYLE SALONISTE will find it provocative and thought provoking. Perfect!<br />Thank you so much, DIANEDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-53656934769684519732011-04-18T10:57:57.537-07:002011-04-18T10:57:57.537-07:00Hello:
A most interesting interview combined with ...Hello:<br />A most interesting interview combined with some very attractive interior images.<br /><br />Viewing this from an English perspective, it is fascinating to note styles and trends in decoration which appear, at times, quite 'foreign'. There is, most certainly, an American look which does not altogether correspond to its English counterpart.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com