madness Archives | Ouno Design https://ounodesign.com/tag/madness/ Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:06:26 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 This room is, believe it or not, a closet. https://ounodesign.com/2009/07/24/this-room-is-believe-it-or-not-a-closet/ https://ounodesign.com/2009/07/24/this-room-is-believe-it-or-not-a-closet/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:06:26 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=5614

This closet/dressing room is part of a townhouse on NYC’s West Side. The house was decorated by interior designer Samuel Botero in a mad eclectic mix of all possible ornate styles, including Egyptian Revival and Biedermeier and art deco, at his clients’ request.

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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2009/05/14/discuss-3/feed/ 6 This is the best costume for today https://ounodesign.com/2009/05/06/this-is-the-best-costume-for-today-at-grey-gardens-or-anywhere/ https://ounodesign.com/2009/05/06/this-is-the-best-costume-for-today-at-grey-gardens-or-anywhere/#respond Wed, 06 May 2009 16:27:22 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=3699

“This is the best thing to wear for today, you understand. Because I don’t like women in skirts, and the best thing is to wear pantyhose or some pants under a short skirt – I think – then you have the pants under the skirt, and then you can pull the stockings up over the pants, underneath the skirt, and you can always take off the skirt and use it as a cape.

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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2009/05/06/this-is-the-best-costume-for-today-at-grey-gardens-or-anywhere/feed/ 0 Decorating the writing/sewing/gun room https://ounodesign.com/2009/04/19/decorating-the-writingsewinggun-room/ https://ounodesign.com/2009/04/19/decorating-the-writingsewinggun-room/#comments Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:24:49 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=3338

From The Practical Encyclopedia of Good Decorating and Home Improvement, 1972. Via here. And for the family outdoors, see here.

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This gets points for adventurousness and imagination and magic, if not success. It’s another image from The Practical Encyclopedia of Good Decorating and Home Improvement, Greystone Press, 1970.

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Via.

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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2009/04/05/discuss-2/feed/ 1 Militant Guild of Rural Tailors – Young Meagher https://ounodesign.com/2009/03/08/militant-guild-of-rural-tailors-young-meagher/ https://ounodesign.com/2009/03/08/militant-guild-of-rural-tailors-young-meagher/#comments Sun, 08 Mar 2009 08:17:38 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=2697

Young Meagher’s “Militant Guild of Rural Tailors” is apparently a fashion line that doubles as a faux-museological collection of objects and textiles purportedly belonging to a revolutionary worldwide underground cult of rural tailors reaching back into early 19th C history.

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