DIANE VON FURSTENBURG TO DESIGN INTERIORS FOR CLARIDGE'S

ICONIC FASHION DESIGNER DIANE VON FURSTENBURG WILL BE UNVEILING HER FIRST INTERIOR DESIGN PROJECT THIS SUMMER FOR THE LUXURY ART DECO HOTEL CLARIDGE'S, LONDON. VON FURSTENBURG, A FREQUENT GUEST AND ADMIRER OF THE HISTORIC HOTEL, WILL BRING HER CLASSIC PRINTS AND BOLD COLOURS AS WELL AS ORIGINAL PIECES OF FURNITURE AND ACCESSORIES TO A SERIES OF ROOMS AND SUITES. CLARIDGE'S AND VON FURSTENBURG HAVE ENJOYED AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP SINCE THE 1970s AND SOME OF HER PAST COLLECTIONS HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY THE RENOWNED HOTEL. 'ONE OF MY FONDEST MEMORIES WAS WHEN I WAS IN LONDON AS A YOUNG, INDEPENDENT BUSINESSWOMAN AND STAYED AT CLARIDGE'S', THE DESIGNER RECALLS. 'I KNEW I HAD MADE IT. TO ME, CLARIDGE'S IS THE MOST GLAMOROUS HOTEL IN THE WORLD; I REGARD IT AS MY HOME AWAY FROM HOME.'