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"    Photo: Billy Farrell Agency   Kelly Wearstler has never left a wall white. Instead she scrawls them with large loopy paint strokes that look like the blown-up prints of a child&amp;#039;s ravenous crayon drawings or creates jagged checkerboards in metallic pinks, black, and white. The interior designer has decorated spots including the famed Viceroy Hotel in Santa Monica and the BG Restaurant at Bergdorf Goodman. Over the past 17 years her rooms have been praised for being abundant with textures, colors, prints, and carefully cluttered objects that are orchestrated to invoke the sultry glamour of Hollywood regency. Wearstler, a two-time judge on Bravo&amp;#039;s Top Design, has a jewelry line, furniture and home accessories collections, and lines of textiles and wallpapers. She has also taken her style off the wall and parlayed it into fashion with a ready-to-wear clothing collection for Spring 2013.   In celebration of her fourth book, Rhapsody (Rizzoli 2012), guests filled The Rug Company in Soho, NYC, last night, jostling for Wearstler to tag a copy of her latest imprint in silver ink. The party space was festively styled, too\u2014handmade tapestries hung from the walls, and there were tall stacks of silk-and-cashmere Alexander McQueen rugs. Wearstler arrived fashionably late in cuffed jeans and a denim jacket thrown over a vintage tee; her petite frame balanced on glittering deep purple pumps. We talked to the woman of the night about her &amp;quot;maximalist&amp;quot; life and the styles that define it. ELLE: You have often said that in design, nothing should be held to a hard rule\u2014is there one element that is essential for every room? Kelly Wearstler: Yes, having a spirit and a soul. By acquiring all of your furniture from different eras and places and [mixing] things that are expensive and inexpensive, it will make your end product have a great spirit. I love history...everything is inspired by history, so that&amp;#039;s why I love vintage and antiques. ELLE: What are you hoping to bring to readers through this book? KW: Just to give them a sneak peek inside my process and how I organize projects. There are six different projects inside the book. One chapter is called &amp;quot;Metalliferous,&amp;quot; and it is just about my love of metals and mixing [them]. Another chapter is &amp;quot;Raw and Refined,&amp;quot; which is my love of pairing things that are refined with things that are raw, so it doesn&amp;#039;t look too over-designed and precious. ELLE: What ideas are inspiring you right now? KW: Things that are very French industrial and 1960s Italian. There was something with the Italian 1960s, there was such a point of view. ELLE: How do you create emotion in a space? KW: Emotion is what you put in, emotion strikes everyone differently. [Whether you have] an amazing piece of art or an amazing carpet, it is [about] how you put it together that strikes the emotion. ELLE: What is the difference between designing a room or styling a fashion collection? KW: There is a voice, and there is a DNA to how I design. So it&amp;#039;s just applying it to another medium. I am still a newbie in the fashion business, and I feel like the clothes are really finding a voice...the jewelry and everything, it takes time. Having a voice is the most important thing. ELLE: Do you have a favorite piece in your Spring 2013 collection? KW: Our denim. We are just launching denim, and I love denim but it is all novel. There is something very cool and thoughtful about every piece. I love knits and leather. ELLE: What&amp;#039;s next for you? KW: Continuing to evolve, grow, learn, and be challenged. I am just a curious gal who is continuing to be curious. I make mistakes all of the time. There are things [I make], and I don&amp;#039;t like them, but [I] keep chugging away and following [my] heart. See all the Fall 2013 Ready-to-Wear collections. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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