Diane von Furstenberg, 63, has recently unveiled a series of suites she has designed for Claridge's in London – marking the hotel's first collaboration with a fashion designer. The project marks von Furstenberg's first foray into interior design, and the rooms will feature original pieces of furniture. Von Furstenberg, who splits her time between homes in Paris, Harbour Island, Connecticut, Los Angeles and Manhattan, is also president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America. A line of textiles launches this summer followed by tabletop, bedding and bath lines that will be introduced in January.
What's your favourite home?
I can live in many places but if I had to live in one it would be my Connecticut home, Cloudwalk Farm. It is an old farmhouse, about 200 years old, and is comprised of five houses on the property. But it's the land that's really beautiful: wild and open fields, woods, rivers, waterfalls. It's just heaven. I bought it when I was 26. I also have an apartment in Paris, a beautiful little house on the pink sand of Harbour Island and a boat called Eos. Harbour Island used to be my mother's house. My apartment in Paris is on the Left Bank; I've lived on that street for 20 years so it's my neighbourhood and I walk everywhere. Interior designer François Catroux did both my apartment in Paris and our boat Eos. Interior design is always about comfort. For me, in order to be well designed, it has to be just super comfortable.