Covet
aug + sept 2011
Another birthday, another reservation for tapas at 8 p.m. Rather
than sulk, why not pamper thyself with an innocent indulgence?
Diamond industry marketers have been sublimating the
insecurities of single women like this for years. The magnificent
Cléopâtre collection from Saint-Louis makes it all go away
beautifully. The master glassblowers and engravers at the
revered crystal factory in the Lorraine region handcraft each
piece, nurturing a divine paradox: barware so exquisite it seems
sent from the gods, and yet its fragile decadence is entrusted
to mortals. Green may be the color of envy, but Néodyme, that
entrancing lavender/blue hue, is the color of true satisfaction.
To order, michaelcfina.com
From the first clash of thieves and heroes, across tribes and nobility, to woo and be wooed,
for getting lost in the disco inferno—nothing could have happened without fire. At home,
our wild, scintillating element is tended to, lavished by an exclusive collection of tools and
accessories bearing all the seductive flashes of Italian design. Studio Barazzuol/Malisan, in
collaboration with Ferrari, imparts a sculptural sensibility to practical objects. The simple,
abstract forged Ferrum tools and modern Jana leather log basket wear shapes and forms
unfamiliar to the hearth yet in keeping with the ultra-tailored modus of Roberto Barazzuol
and Cristian Roberto Malisan. The Opus Focus series for Ferrari features rounded leather
handles and containers, tempered glass screens and striking iron firewood holders—
handmade materials detailed so completely, a roaring fire is no longer a prerequisite. For
information, barazzuolmalisan.it wittus.com
