EDITOR’S LETTER
In this issue we consider the wonders and possibilities of living with art and antiques. Frankly, I can’t imagine living without either and applaud how tastemakers such as decorator Alexia Leuschen (living in Gilded Age glamour on Fifth Avenue; page 154) and dealer/collector Louis Bofferding (with no less style in a modest flat nearby; page 130), Polly Devlin (a hoarder/collector after my own heart; page 174), and indeed Luis Barragán (whose ravishing Casa Ortega I am so proud to showcase in this issue; page 194) orchestrated their findings with such élan. And I live in awe of artists. Anh Duong (page 186) spun into my life on a pair of Sidonie Larizzi bobbin heels and a pouffe dress in the mid-1980s. She was a conduit for Christian Lacroix’s Callas-meets-Arlesienne fantasies and posed…