Guest blog / Julia Black: Shopping for Seventies

Julia Black: On a recent Etsy shopping spree I was overcome by an urge to shop for retro-style stuff so, when I came across a talented ceramic artist by the name of Jill Rosenwald, I knew I had struck pay dirt. Jill’s work is totally chilled out and playful, and completely on target for the 70's colours, patterns and shapes I was after, and, after more digging into Rosenwald- land I found out that it was her time spent as a kid at summer camp in Vermont - surrounded by a hippy-ish arts and crafts culture - that set the creative ball rolling for her. Now Jill calls Boston home, and you might spy her work on the shelves at Barney’s and Nieman Marcus, in mags like In Style, oh, and not forgetting my personal fave, on the desk of sexpot/PR maven Samantha Jones in HBO's Sex and the City. Sweet!

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High heels and dining tables

I really think you should be able to walk into a space and get a sense of who lives there, almost a peek into their style and their personailty. And the best interiors that have that kind of feel don't get put together in a weekend, nope, they take time and are carefully filled with pieces that each have their own history. Take a look at the dining room below, and take a wild guess at who might own it. The title of this post is a gi-normous clue, and the fact that it's taken from a glossy design book from Taschen - New Paris Interiors Volume 2 - should go a long way to helping you too. Okay, I'm letting the cat (or le chat, lol) out of the bag. This snap is from the home of Christian Louboutin, shoeware designer extraordinaire. If that doesn't ring any bells, then he's the guy who's trademark red soled heels make some folks go weak at the knees (watch Sex and The City and you'll definitely spy a pair or two). Anyhoo, I love the space, and while that buttery yellow isn't quite my cup of tea I think it really works with all the vintage furnishings (I'll bet he stops in regularly at my fave flea market; Porte de Vanves).