January 2010

Our hometown source for down, United Feather and Down, has teamed up with the famed cosmetic company Borghese for a new luxe bedding line. The new comforters and pillows are made of 300-thread-count Italian Tile Dobby Cotton and finished with an aloe vera treatment to make them super soft. All bedding comes with samples of Borghese skin-care products. Villa di Borghese bedding is sold exclusively at Bloomingale’s. A king-sized comforter is $500. Hmmm. Wonder if any of this will eventually find its way to one of United’s popular warehouse sales?

—JAN PARR

I stopped in to see my friend Tom yesterday (he’s in the midst of revamping his shop to include more mid-century items) and fell for this lamp—the base is a stunning clear blue. It looks like it came from Holly Golightly’s apartment, but it’d look great in yours, I bet. It’s one of a pair. 

—JAN PARR

By popular demand from her clients, Cindy Galvin of Bardes Interiors has opened a new shop in Winnetka called Maze Home, filled with new and antique furnishings ranging from sofas, tables, and chairs to lamps, pillows, and linens—all with a sophisticated-yet-cozy European feel. In addition to carrying her own line of upholstered pieces (in the most amazing, richly embellished fabrics), Galvin also exclusively represents in the area New Jersey–based artist John C. Traynor (a collection of his peaceful pastoral scenes and still-lifes fills a room in the store), along with the Parisian linen company D. Porthault, which was founded in 1920 and is famous for its colorful screen-printed patterns that have graced the beds of Audrey Hepburn, Coco Chanel, and many other luminaries (the company also makes towels, robes, and pajamas).

—GINA BAZER