484: When did furniture get so horny?
Plus Nour Hammour and Róhe private sales, Khaite pre-orders, and Diane Keaton's personal collection heads to auction.
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3daysofdesign begins tomorrow in Copenhagen, a place I am not. I did have an extremely design-y local weekend, at some exceptional venues, with a delightfully kink-positive through line, though. (Funny how fashion, the thing that actually touches bodies, hasn’t been truly “sexy” in years, and yet all good furniture lately comes from a place of being horny. Something to think about there!)
On Friday, Montez Press Radio hosted Daniel Humm, Emily Bode Aujla, Misha Kahn, others from New York’s creative elite to interview one another at the Judd Foundation. We weren’t special enough to be permitted to break the “no touching” commandment, and so I yet again did not get to recline on my ultimate impractical furniture crush: the black walnut double-back bench. But honestly, sometimes it is enough (better?) just to hear someone to list off the specs of a piece to grow the pleasure of desire. Say “patinated copper” again.
Sunday, I joined Knoll / DWR at The Glass House in New Canaan, CT for its annual Summer Party. The designer Dozie Kanu’s collaboration with Knoll, which I’d seen at Milan Design Week—leather fringed console tables propped up on platforms at a makeshift bar while people who quite literally go to openings for cans got sloshed on negroni sbagliatos around them, like some kink ritual—was completely recontextualized within the room’s serene, exposing walls…also totally perverse, as its architect Philip Johnson was openly known to be.
And finally, on Monday, I received an unexpected package from design studio Gachot. In it, an inflatable life saver that reads: DO NOT DISTURB / COCKTAIL PLEASE. One of the cleverer objects I’ve encountered, and among the few great memories I have from the Hamptons, is a freaky blow-up pool bed by Cindy Sherman x MoMA, designed to look like a warped iPhone selfie. Total repulsion-attraction, not to mention the rubber! Is there any reason an AD100 team should be making pool cheeky floaties? No, of course not; and thank god they are.
With News Editor Maya Kotomori.
What’s new
You can now pre-order Khaite Resort 2027 directly from the runway through Moda Operandi’s latest trunkshow. As with all Moda trunkshows, 50% is due at purchase, with the remaining balance collected when orders ship. Among the standouts: the Harris Plongé leather coat, an ink-black forever piece, and the Inez wool-silk crêpe de chine skirt that does paisley in a tessellated Khaite way rather than a Steven Tyler way.
An exclusive Tom Ford capsule has landed at Net-a-Porter, bringing together eveningwear, tailoring, and accessories unavailable elsewhere (for now, at least). We swoon over: the Envers satin gown and the blush-on-blush pink satin polka-dot suit separates. The capsule also includes several runway-exclusive sunglasses yet to arrive at other retailers, like the D-frame Brady-02 in green and silver.
Jamie Haller has added three more instant classics to the mercurial weather rotation: the scout shirt, track short, and boxer pant (a worthy item to add to Jalil Johnson’s recent Harper’s Bazaar piece on poplin pants). The track short and scout shirt share the same cotton twill fabric and make a great pair; mix color combos across the three colorways available, or go matchy-matchy.
Anna October’s Summer 2026 collection is filled with sweeping ankle-length dresses and, unexpectedly, a category that deserves more attention than it currently receives: the summer cape. The Marigold comes in mint, while the fringed Bernice comes in a shade of butter yellow that could be eyedropped from a cartoon pancake. The dresses remain the brand’s strongest proposition, like the ice-blue Kelly dress. (Could you imagine wearing this to a spring wedding?!) We see the capes combined with the Gill or the Gabriella dress—old-world made new via styling!
There’s also: The arrival of Savette PF26, bringing fresh shades to the Symmetry bag family alongside a handful of capacious new totes; and the Big Night x Parker Thatch launch, a trio of mesh carryalls aptly named to go, well, everywhere.
Home releases
Pieces from Diane Keaton’s personal collection are heading to auction at Christie’s, and the catalogue is available for browsing. Highlights include a George Nakashima dining table (estimated between $40k–60k…woof), a selection of Tiffany lamps, and singular works such as a Jean Prouvé daybed (estimated to go between $15k–20k) that would anchor just about any room fortunate enough to house it.
We know about statement dressing, and now we’re treating our kitchen cabinets like closets of their own with statement glassware. Venetian glassmakers Laguna~B sits at the center of two recent launches. The Murano glass atelier has collaborated with Dusen Dusen on a made-to-order trio of primary-colored handmade graphic drinking glasses, as well as lighting studio In Common With via the Meadow glasses, the first foray into homewares for the interior décor-centered brand.
Service Projects, the Copenhagen-based tableware brand, is now shipping U.S. orders through a new North American warehouse. There’s an immediate practical benefit of fewer surprise import costs on heavy, fragile shipments that go overseas (because, seriously, who buys one plate at a time?). Ordering full sets is now considerably less fraught, whether it be dinner plates, stainless steel serving trays, or a set of martini glasses.
There’s also: A freaky sample pair of martini glasses for sale from Ananas Ananas (one spiky, one non-spiky…you can find them here); Magniberg bringing its Wall Street stripe to bath linens; and Boll & Branch’s Americana edit, including red, white, and blue colorways of the waffle blanket, tailor-made for those awkward nights when it’s too hot for the duvet but too cold to run the AC overnight.
What’s on sale
Nour Hammour’s seasonal sale is now offering discounts of up to 50% off, providing a strong argument for buying leather in…June. The Avery ultra-mini leather skirt has dropped from $838 to $505, while the Briona suede coat is marked down from $1,944 to $1,171—that’s 40% off both items, which are arguably forever pieces.
We’re nearing the end of the Bergdorf Goodman private designer sale, so consider this a last call for a quick browse. As noted last month, the deepest cuts remain concentrated in footwear, like these leopard print Prada calf-hair loafers, now half off. There are still a handful of worthwhile ready-to-wear finds (all from Bottega Veneta?) like these canvas cropped flare pants, also half off.
RÓHE is having a private sale on its artful Danish wardrobe essentials, which are enticing no matter the season. The Copenhagen-based label is offering 40% off at checkout with code PRESALE; pieces like a sculptural twisted T-shirt, relaxed mid-waist tailored trousers, and a classic ocean blue chambray work just as well for breezy summer nights as they do layered on crisp fall days.
There’s also: Love Stories’ private sale, with lingerie and easygoing ready-to-wear up to 50% off, including the from bed-to-brunch Hailey shirt; Nili Lotan’s end-of-season event, packed with jackets for every conceivable forecast and headlined by the military-inspired Hadley cropped jacket; and 20% off spring at Shaina Mote, including the warm-weather essential linen Ignacio trouser.
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I believe that the Diane Keaton auction is at Bonhams. https://www.bonhams.com/stories/41285/diane-keaton-the-architecture-of-an-icon/
Funny timing, there is a billboard up in my neighborhood (Los Feliz) for Studio Serpentine that says "horny... table"