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"    VOLUME 18 NUMBER 8 DEPARTMENTS 48 Editor&amp;#039;s Page 50 Our Crowd This issue&amp;#039;s contributors. By Stephanie Breakstone 54 Mailbox Our readers write 57 What&amp;#039;s Hot! Dispatches from the world of design 66 Two fashion showrooms dressed to the nines 72 A top-notch Paris dealer bids adieu with a grand finale  76 The International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show arrives 78 Seven glittering shops with haute looks for fashion and home 84 The newest crop of L.A. hot spots 88 News Flash 94 Design Dossier Sexy spaces, Fida Kahlo, and more. By Sophie Donelson 98 Trend Alert Safari styles let you walk on the wild side. By Anita Sarsidi 102 Insider Trading What&amp;#039;s new in the showrooms 106 Inspiration Christian Dior&amp;#039;s life is a lesson in style. By Mitchell Owens 114 Art Show Marilyn Minter reveals another side of beauty. By David Colman 120 RSVP Valentino hosts an affair to remember. By Kristina Stewart Ward 130 Everything You Need to Know About Poul Henningsen The Danish master still lights the way. By Shax Riegler 138 Shortlist The 12 things Thom Browne can&amp;#039;t live without. By Vicky Lowry 142 Carlos&amp;#039;s Cravings The key to a glamorous life? Simplify. By Carlos Mota 146 Great Ideas Window treatments are the finishing touch. By Samuel Cochran 150 Truth in Decorating: The 10 Most Dazzling Dressing Tables Nancy Corzine and Jan Showers give ELLE DECOR&amp;#039;s favorite vanities a close-up inspection. By Samuel Cochran 156 Daniel&amp;#039;s Dish Steak sides that rival the main attraction. By Daniel Boulud 160 ELLE DECOR Goes to Mumbai Art, fashion, fabulous food\u2014his ebullient Indian metropolis is still all the raj. By Diane Mehta 246 Resources Where to find it. By Molly Sissors 256 Etcetera Capture the moment with an elegant frame. By Alison Hall FEATURES 189 ELLE DECOR Style 190 Thoroughly Modern Milly Milly&amp;#039;s Michelle Smith unleashes her sprightly sense of style on a 1920s New York apartment. By Melissa Barrett Rhodes 198 High Gloss Disco decadence meets imperial China in Gilles Mendel&amp;#039;s posh Upper East Side duplex. By Kristina Stewart Ward 204 Paradise Found Valentino&amp;#039;s Charlene de Ganay kicks up her heels at a magical beach retreat in Bahia. By Nadine Frey 212 The High Life Jewelry star Loree Rodkin brings a bit of Bali to her West Hollywood home. By Rob Brinkley 218 Shopping: Film Noir For drama, nothing beats a splash of black. By Anita Sarsidi 224 Perfect Timing Seven years and untold clouds of plaster dust later, Josie Natori has the apartment of her dreams. By Jean Nathan 234 The A-Team Milly de Cabrol and Hani Rashid turn couturier Carlos Miele&amp;#039;s triplex into a thing of eccentric beauty. By David Colman 240 La Boh\u00E8me Valesca Guerrand-Herm\u00E8s revels in the atmospheric splendor of Manhattan&amp;#039;s historic Hotel des Artistes. By Vicky Lowry "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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