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'{{short description|American designer (born 1967)}} {{Infobox person | name = Kelly Wearstler | image = Kelly Wearstler Seating.png | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name above --> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|11|21}} | birth_place = Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | nationality = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = [[Massachusetts College of Art]] | occupation = [[Interior designer]], [[graphic designer]], [[business owner]], [[fashion designer]] | years_active = 1990s-p | era = | employer = | organization = | known_for = Hotel interior design, product design, commercial and residential design | notable_works = | style = | television = ''[[Top Design]]'' judge <small>(2007-2008)</small> | boards = | spouse = Brad Korzen<!-- Use article title or common name --> | awards = {{flatlist| *[[Vogue (magazine)|''Vogue'' Top 10 Best Dressed]] <small>(2007)</small><ref name="weqhomebio"/> * [[TIME (magazine)|''TIME'' Style & Design 100]] <small>(2007)</small><ref name="weqhomebio"/> * [[Elle Decor|''Elle Decor'' Best Designers A-List]] <small>(2015)</small><ref name="elleecor_oalist"/> *[[Wallpaper*|''Wallpaper*'' Top 20 Interior Designers]] <small>(2015)</small><ref name="wallpapersa"/> *[[Architectural Digest|''Architectural Digest'' AD100]] <small>(2016)</small><ref name="AD1002915"/> }} | website = [http://www.kellywearstler.com KellyWearstler.com] | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | footnotes = }} '''Kelly Wearstler''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|ɜːr|s|l|ər}};<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fQENtzmKCg&t=1m40s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/3fQENtzmKCg |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=Kelly Wearstler Teaches Interior Design {{!}} Official Trailer|publisher=MasterClass|date=March 18, 2020|access-date=May 5, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> born November 21, 1967) is an American [[designer]]. She founded her own design firm '''Kelly Wearstler Interior Design''' (or '''KWID''') in the mid-1990s, serving mainly the hotel industry, and now designs across high-end residential, commercial, retail and hospitality spaces. Her designs for the Viceroy hotel chain in the early 2000s have been noted for their influence on the design industry.<ref name="ElleDecor"/> She has designed properties for clients such as [[Gwen Stefani]],<ref name="NewYorker1"/> [[Cameron Diaz]]<ref name="bdiza"/> and [[Stacey Snider]],<ref name="NewYorker1"/> and served as a judge on all episodes of [[Bravo (U.S. TV channel)|Bravo]]'s ''[[Top Design]]'' reality contest in 2007 and 2008.<ref name="LAT1"/> Wearstler has released five books, and her first, ''[[Modern Glamour: The Art of Unexpected Style|Modern Glamour]],''and more! was named a best seller by the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' in 2006.<ref name="weqhomebio"/> Other publications include ''[[Domicilium Decoratus]]'' and her most recent, Evocative Style in 2019. Her eponymous luxury [[lifestyle (sociology)|lifestyle]] brand incorporates her own designs as well as pieces she finds at [[auction houses]], and she sells her own furniture, lighting, home accessories, and [[objets d'art]] collections.<ref name="weqhomebio"/> Wearstler is the design partner for the Proper Hotel Group. Wearstler is the first interior designer to be part of the MasterClass Series and the first outside designer to partner with Farrow & Ball.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Latterner|first=Timothy|title=Kelly Wearstler Is Teaching the First Interior Design–Themed MasterClass|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/kelly-wearstler-is-teaching-the-first-interior-design-themed-masterclass|access-date=2021-06-10|website=Architectural Digest|date=18 March 2020|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Rus|first=Mayer|title=Farrow & Ball Taps Kelly Wearstler For This California-Inspired Collab|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/farrow-and-ball-taps-kelly-wearstler-for-this-california-inspired-collab|access-date=2021-06-10|website=Architectural Digest|date=10 February 2021|language=en-US}}</ref> She has won numerous awards including AD 100 Hall of Fame, Time Magazine the Design 100, Elle Decor A-List Designers and Vogue Best Dressed. == Early life and education == Kelly Wearstler was born in 1967 in [[Myrtle Beach, South Carolina]]<ref name=sepkingly/> and raised in Myrtle Beach.<ref name="weeUnplugged"/> Her father was an [[engineer]] and her mother an [[antique dealer]].<ref name="AllTheBest"/> Her mother's interest in design had a major influence on Wearstler from a young age. She would come home from school to find rooms often painted new colors.<ref name="AllTheBest"/> When they were young, Wearstler and her older sister would accompany their mother to thrift shops,<ref name="WSJ1"/> auctions, and flea markets,<ref name="weeUnplugged"/> which helped develop Wearstler's early interest in fashion and design.<ref name="WSJ1"/> She started collecting vintage clothing at age 15<ref name="wejtmagcollage"/> and later attended the [[Massachusetts College of Art]] in [[Boston]], where she took architecture classes,<ref name="imdebwearster"/> and obtained her bachelor's degree in interior and [[graphic design|graphic]] design.<ref name="NYT1"/> While paying her way through college<ref name="NewYorker1"/> by waitressing,<ref name="NewYorker1"/> she held internships at the design firms [[Cambridge Seven Associates]] in Boston and [[Milton Glaser]] in New York.<ref name="NewYorker1"/> Wearstler moved to [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] in her mid-twenties,<ref name="NewYorker1"/> hoping to work in the [[film industry]]<ref name="CBS1"/> as a set decorator.<ref name="NewYorker1"/> In 1992 she was a [[production assistant]] on ''[[HouseSitter]]'', and the following year she served as an uncredited assistant art director on ''[[So I Married an Axe Murderer]]''.<ref name="imdebwearster"/> After working small roles on several sets<ref name="welgard"/> she decided not to pursue a film career,<ref name="CBS1"/> though the experience did lead to an interior design commission from a film producer.<ref name="NewYorker1"/> While working as a hostess at a Beverly Hills restaurant in 1994, she was scouted by a ''[[Playboy]]'' photographer and was featured as [[Playboy Playmate|September Playmate of the Month]] under the name Kelly Gallagher.<ref name="NewYorker1" /> She used the money from the photoshoot to pay off [[student loan]]s and help start her interior design business.<ref name="CBS1" /> ==Design career== ===Early projects and hotel design (1990s-2000s)=== In 1995 Wearstler opened Kelly Wearstler Interior Design, her own design firm.<ref name="weeUnplugged"/> The following year she was introduced to [[real estate developer]] Brad Korzen, who hired her to design his house in the [[Hollywood Hills]]<ref name="NewYorker1"/> and several residential properties owned by Korzen's company Kor Realty Group.<ref name="ElleDecor"/><ref name="weeUnplugged"/> The first of the residences was the Avalon hotel in Beverly Hills,<ref name="NYT1"/> which re-opened in 1999 with a style described in the press as "a playful take on mid-century modernism."<ref name="NewYorker1"/> With apartments filled with pieces from modernist artists such as [[Arne Jacobsen]], [[Eero Saarinen]] and [[George Nelson (designer)|George Nelson]],<ref name="welgard"/> ''[[The New York Times]]'' would write a decade later that "her playful, elegantly over-the-top designs for the Avalon Beverly Hills changed the look of boutique hotels around the world."<ref name="NYT2"/> In 2000, she designed the small Maison 140 hotel in Beverly Hills.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maison 140 Hotel redesigned by Kelly Wearstler {{!}} Los Angeles Homes|url=https://www.losangeleshomes.eu/trending-now/maison-140-hotel-redesigned-by-kelly-wearstler/|access-date=2021-10-30|website=www.losangeleshomes.eu}}</ref> Her work on the Avalon and the Maison 140 led to a commission designing Viceroy Hotels and Resorts, a new chain of [[boutique hotel]]s,<ref name="NYT1"/> which she gave an "almost theatrical" [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] aesthetic.<ref name="weeUnplugged"/> The Viceroy in [[Palm Springs]] became "her most accomplished work" in 2001,<ref name="weeUnplugged"/> and the design of the Viceroy that opened a year later in [[Santa Monica]] also earning praise in the press. By that time she was also working on the Viceroy Miami,<ref name="wedcurbed"/> and other notable designs include Viceroy Anguilla on the island of [[Anguilla]]<ref name="fvogueviceory"/> and The Tides Hotel South Beach in [[Miami]].<ref name="gpowerhousecurbed"/> ''[[Elle Decor]]'' would later write that "her luxury hotel interiors" featured "elegant [[bergère]] chairs, unexpected lacquer finishes (glistening lemon yellows, Amazon parrot greens) and old-style stately wallpapers."<ref name="ElleDecor"/> As of 2002 she had also completed design projects for clients such as [[Mercury Records]], [[Ben Stiller]], and [[Jeanne Tripplehorn]].<ref name="welgard"/> In 2006 Wearstler designed the restaurant and lounge, BG Restaurant, at the Manhattan [[Bergdorf Goodman]] department store.<ref name="AllTheBest"/><ref name="sassy"/> ===First books and ''Top Design'' (2004-2008)=== {{Main|Domicilium Decoratus}} Wearstler published her first book of design in March 2004. Titled ''[[Modern Glamour: The Art of Unexpected Style]]'', it was co-written with Jane Bogart and released through [[Regan Books]].<ref name="weoglamour"/> ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' wrote that the book's "large, full-bleed color photographs do justice to the variety of [Wearstler's] creations."<ref name="wepmodernglamour"/> [[HarperCollins]] published Wearstler's ''[[Domicilium Decoratus]]'' in 2006, a style book featuring photographs of her Beverly Hills [[mansion]] and herself dressed in [[evening gown]]s.<ref name="NYT1"/> David Colman of the ''[[New York Times]]'' described it as "a kind of lavish brochure for Ms. Wearstler’s vision (she has a fabric line and has carpet, furniture and china lines in the works), which involves a decadent Hollywood riposte to [[Martha Stewart]]’s stolidly tasteful East Coast domesticity."<ref name="NYT1"/> With filming starting in 2006, she served as one of three primary judges on ''[[Top Design]]'', a reality show contest that premiered on [[Bravo (US TV channel)|Bravo]] in January 2007.<ref name="imdebwearster"/> Wearstler appeared in all twenty episodes<ref name="imdebwearster"/> before the show's end in 2008,<ref name="NYT1"/> and attracted a fair degree of attention in the press with the outfits she wore while judging. ''The New Yorker'' wrote in 2009 that "most people, say they watched just for Wearstler’s getups,"<ref name="NewYorker1"/> with ''[[The New York Times]]'' writing that "Wearstler’s fondness for [[pastiche]] in fashion garnered a lot of attention... but those hats aren’t calculated." The latter article quoted Wearstler stating that "sometimes I might look a little crazy, but sometimes beautiful things happen. I don’t take it too seriously.’’<ref name="NYT2"/> In 2007, she was named to ''Vogue’s'' Top Ten Best Dressed list,<ref name="weqhomebio"/> and also that year ''[[TIME (magazine)|TIME]]'' named her to its Style & Design 100 list of international creative professionals.<ref name="weqhomebio"/> ===Retail stores and home and fashion lines (2008-2012)=== In July 2007 Wearstler opened her first brick and mortar retail space in the form of a boutique<ref name="flagshipboutieq"/> in Bergdorf Goodman's home-furnishings department,<ref name="NewYorker1"/> and the following year her office was based in [[West Hollywood]] on [[La Cienega Boulevard]].<ref name="NewYorker1"/> Also in 2008 she introduced a line of decorative home goods for Bergdorf Goodman,<ref name="NYT1"/> which was sold out of her own retail shop in the store.<ref name="NewYorker1"/> In late 2008 she started working on a line of jewelry, scarves, bags, and belts, with plans to expand into women's apparel at a later time.<ref name="NewYorker1"/> By 2009 she had designed the top suite of the Las Vegas [[Hard Rock Hotel]] and a home for [[Stacey Snider]] of [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks]], and was in the process of decorating a large contemporary house for [[Gwen Stefani]] and [[Gavin Rossdale]].<ref name="NewYorker1"/> She released her book ''Hue'' in early 2010, which features photography in chapters organized by color.<ref name="NewYorker1"/> Wrote the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' about the book, "Hollywood glamour, neoclassical ornamentation, pattern and texture prove to be Wearstler signatures, but color, she writes, 'is everything.'"<ref name="weanewhuen"/> In 2011 she was named to [[Architectural Digest|''Architectural Digest's'' AD100]] list, which is also dubbed the Top 100 Architecture & Interior Design list. The French version of the publication would also name her to its World's Top Interior Designers list.<ref name="weqhomebio"/> By early 2011 KWID had designed [[Carpet|rugs]] for the Rug Company<ref name="WSJ1"/> and [[Porcelain|fine china]] for [[Pickard China]],<ref name="Pickard"/> and KWID would also for a time<ref name="partnerships"/> continue designing a line of wall treatments for [[F.&nbsp;Schumacher & Co.]] and exclusive [[bed sheets]] for Sferra.<ref name="WSJ1"/> Wearstler announced her own eponymously named fashion line, Kelly Wearstler, in spring 2011. Her first fashion collection was four years in the making, incorporating patterns and design aesthetics seen within Wearstler's interior design work. Booth Moore of the ''Los Angeles Times'' said the collection had the "appearance of being handmade or one-of-a-kind, even if not."<ref name="LATimes1"/> The ''[[Wall Street Journal]]'' called her [[ready-to-wear]] clothing and [[jewelry]] "reflections of her modern, but also classic and opulent, aesthetic,"<ref name="WSJ1"/> while magazine ''[[W (magazine)|W]]'' described that season's fashion collection as "a bold mix-and-match collection of hand-painted blouses, cropped jackets, full-legged pants, and pouf skirts," as well as "stone-laden metal clutches and sculptural jewels" for accessorizing.<ref name="W1"/> As of July 2011 her home furnishing,<ref name="NYT1"/> clothing and accessories continued to be sold at Bergdorf Goodman, as well as through [[Neiman Marcus]], [[Holt Renfrew]], [[Net-a-Porter]],<ref name="WSJ1"/> and her website.<ref name="WSJ1"/><ref name="LATimes1"/> Her new fashion collection debuted at those same stores in August 2011,<ref name="WSJ1"/> and was shortly afterwards sold through a new flagship boutique she opened on [[Melrose Avenue]] on September 1, 2011.<ref name="LATimes1"/> David A. Keeps of the ''Los Angeles Times'' dubbed the store "a sleek [[atelier]] where [[Art Deco]] meets 1970s [[Minimalism]] and the 1980s Italian style known as [[Memphis Group|Memphis]]."<ref name="LAT1"/> Her winter 2011 fashion line was sold exclusively by Bergdorf Goodman, and featured ready-to-wear, [[Clutch (handbag)|clutches]] and jewelry. This debut season was described as having a"feminine sensibility" by Nicole Phelps of [[Style.com]],<ref name="StyleWinter2011"/> with Phelps describing Wearstler's spring 2012 line as featuring clashing patterns and a mod-glam look.<ref name="StyleSpring2012"/> As of late 2012, Wearstler's home furnishing continued to be available in the Kelly Wearstler Boutique at Bergdorf Goodman.<ref name="weqhomebio"/> ===''Rhapsody'' and recent buildings (2012-2015)=== Her fourth book, ''[[Rhapsody (book)|Rhapsody]],'' came out on October 12, 2012.<ref name="LAT1"/> Wearstler explained that the book is about combining varied textures, scales, and time periods, opining that mixing "antiques, vintage and contemporary design pieces and art" leads to a more "soulful" interior.<ref name="LAT1"/> According to the ''Los Angeles Times'', the book's photography demonstrates how some of her interiors are "kaleidoscopic confections while others have a classical elegance."<ref name="LAT1"/> The review further opined that the book is "Art Deco meets 1980s Italian design," and that it "explores how the worlds of fashion and décor merge."<ref name="wekkeeps"/> By that time Wearstler had also written monthly advice columns for publications such as ''Domaine'', ''The Coveteur'', ''[[InStyle]]'', and ''[[The Huffington Post]]''.<ref name="weqhomebio"/> In May 2014 her work studio in Los Angeles was featured in ''The New York Times'',<ref name="wehvideonyt"/> and in 2015 her Malibu beachfront home was featured in a photoshoot by ''[[Elle Decor]]'',<ref name="ElleDecor"/> with ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]''<ref name="weavogegalleries"/> and ''In Style'' following suit.<ref name="wemkellyweastlerss"/> ''[[Wallpaper*]]'' named her one of its Top 20 Interior Designers in October 2015.<ref name="wallpapersa"/> In 2014, Wearstler collaborated with Los Angeles-based confectioner Compartés on a line of chocolates. According to Architectural Digest, both the flavors and Wearstler's "whimsical" packaging are inspired by features and locales of Los Angeles. A second line of flavors debuted in May 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Keller|first=Hadley|title=Kelly Wearstler and Compartés Debut the World's Most Stylish Chocolate|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/kelly-wearstler-compartes-chocolate|access-date=2021-06-10|website=Architectural Digest|date=30 April 2015|language=en-US}}</ref> {{ external media | align =right | video1 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FuxE10r8wg Kelly Wearstler on visiting Australia and her design advice] (''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', July 2015)<ref name="webvoforliving"/> | video2 = }} In early 2015 Brad Korzen officially launched Proper Hotels, a hotel chain<ref name=newproper/> focused on "creating an environment that is both culturally sound and keeps some elements of the classic grand hotels intact."<ref name=newproper/> Wearstler was announced as interior designer for a number of upcoming Proper Hotel properties, including locations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Monica, [[Brooklyn]], Miami, [[Napa Valley]],<ref name=newproper/> and [[Austin, Texas]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=New Proper Hotels Brand Celebrates Innovation Districts|url=https://www.travelpulse.com/news/hotels-and-resorts/new-proper-hotels-brand-celebrates-innovation-districts.html|access-date=2021-06-10|website=TravelPulse}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Faucett|first=Mimi|title=Kelly Wearstler Chats with AD About Her Exciting New Hotel Venture|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/kelly-wearstler-proper-hotels|access-date=2021-06-10|website=Architectural Digest|date=4 February 2016|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="admagazine.com">{{Cite web|date=2017-12-26|title=San Francisco Proper Hotel por Kelly Wearstler|url=https://www.admagazine.com/lugares/san-francisco-proper-hotel-por-kelly-wearstler-20171226-2183-galerias.html|access-date=2021-06-10|website=AD Magazine México y Latinoamérica|language=es-MX}}</ref> Wearstler was also commissioned to design the $800 million renovation for [[Westfield Century City]],<ref name="crealbusiness"/> a shopping center in Los Angeles. According to the developers, construction will be complete by 2017.<ref name="elaracked"/> ===Lifestyle brand (2015-present)=== Her clothing is no longer sold at Bergdorf Goodman or related retailers, as Wearstler no longer has a fashion collection, instead focusing on furniture, lighting, textiles and accessories sold at her flagship store and website.<ref name="partnerships"/> She continued to operate her Los Angeles boutique as of July 2015, with ''Architectural Digest'' writing at the time that the store "showcases the breadth and daring of her creative output."<ref name="wecdigest"/> The store contains antique and modern pieces, as well as home furnishings and jewelry designed by Wearstler.<ref name="wecdigest"/> The items are also available on her website. As of 2015 she was involved in a number of collaborations and designing lamps with the Italian furniture company [[Kartell]].<ref name="partnerships"/> KWID also has ongoing partnerships with The Rug Company, E.J. Victor, and [[Pickard China]],<ref name="partnerships"/> and as of 2015 she designed collections of fabrics, wall coverings, and trims for Lee Jofa, before also being sold at her boutique, website, and other stores.<ref name="weqhomebio"/> Kelly Wearstler Furniture Collection, described by ''[[Elle Decor]]'' as her "first comprehensive portfolio of furniture" was released in October 2015. In March 2016<ref name="wllapperplaunches"/> an "exclusive 'London edit'" of her designs debuted in [[Harrods]], with Wearstler calling the arrangement a "dream come true."<ref name="cakuq"/> Her collection was the first Californian homeware brand to be stocked at the store. Opined ''[[Wallpaper*]]'', "all the pieces are imbued with personality. From the brushed copper through to the walnut that coats the inside of the furniture pieces, a particular ardour resides in the wares."<ref name="wllapperplaunches"/> In June 2016 Wearstler launched a new [[bridal registry]] featuring designer products for the home.<ref name="bridescome"/> Also in June 2016, ''[[Elle Decor]]'' named her to its A-List of the world's best designers<ref name="elledecor"/> for the second year in a row.<ref name="elleecor_oalist"/> In 2016, Wearstler was also the interior designer in charge of remodeling the restaurant Viviane, located in the Avalon Hotel in Beverly Hills.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-06-07|title=Oasis mid-century en L.A.|url=https://www.admagazine.com/interiorismo/restaurante-viviane-los-angeles-diseno-decoracion-kelly-wearstler-20160607-2147-articulos.html|access-date=2021-06-10|website=AD Magazine México y Latinoamérica|language=es-MX}}</ref> In the same year, she designed a New York home for former Bare Escentuals CEO Leslie Blodgett.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home Tour: 21st Century Soho|url=https://www.departures.com/lifestyle/home-design/soho-new-york-apartment-tour-designed-by-kelly-wearstler|access-date=2021-06-10|website=Departures|language=en}}</ref> In 2017, Wearstler's Malibu home was photographed for Melanie Acevedo's photobook The Authentics.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Acevedo|first1=Melanie|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-iw8DwAAQBAJ|title=The Authentics|last2=Caponigro|first2=Dara|date=2017|publisher=Crown Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-8041-8925-5|language=en}}</ref> In September 2017, Wearstler completed the interior design of the first Proper hotel in San Francisco.<ref name="admagazine.com"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Net|first=Hospitality|title=San Francisco Proper Hotel has officially opened|url=https://www.hospitalitynet.org/announcement/41000623/san-francisco-proper-hotel.html|access-date=2021-06-10|website=Hospitality Net|language=en-us}}</ref> In 2018, Wearstler also debuted her first retail project design, a chocolate shop in Los Angeles called Compartés Chocolatier, created in partnership with Jonathan Graham.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gomes·News|first=Soraia|title=Kelly Wearstler Makes Her Debut In Retail Project Design|url=https://delightfull.eu/inspirations/2017/09/21/kelly-wearstler-makes-debut-retail-project-design/|access-date=2021-06-10|website=Inspiration & Ideas {{!}} DelightFULL Unique Lamps|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2019, Wearstler was the first American designer to collaborate with [[Georg Jensen]] on a six-piece home accessories collection called "Frequency."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Doyle|first=Jessica|date=2019-02-21|title=Kelly Wearstler and Georg Jensen pair up to create Californian designs mixed with Scandinavian cool|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/design/kelly-wearstler-georg-jensen-pair-create-californian-designs/|access-date=2021-07-07|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> In May 2019, Wearstler announced she had designed a new collection of carpets as part of her continuing collaboration with The Rug Company.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kelly Wearstler Brings Her Signature Aesthetic to a New Collection for The Rug Company|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/kelly-wearstler-new-collection-the-rug-company|access-date=2021-07-07|website=Architectural Digest|date=21 May 2019|language=en-US}}</ref> In June 2019, Wearstler launched a new line of wallpaper designs.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-06-07|title=Kelly Wearstler Launches New Collection Of Wallcoverings And Textiles|url=https://www.hauteresidence.com/kelly-wearstler-launches-new-collection-of-wallcoverings-and-textiles/|access-date=2021-07-07|website=Haute Residence: Featuring the best in Luxury Real Estate and Interior Design|language=en-US}}</ref> The Santa Monica Proper Hotel with an interior designed by Wearstler also opened in July 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=These Are Los Angeles's Best New Hotels|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/los-angeles-best-new-hotels|access-date=2021-07-07|website=Architectural Digest|date=8 July 2019|language=en-US}}</ref> In December 2019, Wearstler debuted her new furniture collection for 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-13|title=Kelly Wearstler Just Won 2020 With Her New Furniture Collection|url=https://www.sightunseen.com/2019/12/kelly-wearstler-new-furniture-collection-travertine-marble/|access-date=2021-07-07|website=Sight Unseen|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2020, Wearstler's Beverly Hills home was featured in The New York Times and In Residence.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Berlinger|first=Max|date=2020-03-31|title=Kelly Wearstler's Home Is Filled With Hollywood Secrets|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/t-magazine/kelly-wearstler-home.html|access-date=2021-07-19|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=In Residence: Kelly Wearstler|url=https://www.nowness.com/series/in-residence/kelly-wearstler|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-19|website=nowness.com}}</ref> The Austin Proper Hotel designed by Wearstler opened in February 2020.<ref name=":1" /> The Downtown L.A. Proper hotel also designed by Wearstler is now slated to open in June 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cohen|first=Edie|date=2020-02-09|title=Kelly Wearstler Expands Her Impeccable Oeuvre With a Multi-City Hotel Brand|url=https://www.interiordesign.net/articles/17584-kelly-wearstler-expands-her-impeccable-oeuvre-with-a-multi-city-hotel-brand/|access-date=2021-07-19|website=Interior Design|language=en-us}}</ref> In 2020, Wearstler overhauled a house on Malibu's Broad Beach that was believed to have been built by Frank A. Garbutt, co-founder of [[Famous Players-Lasky]], which later became [[Paramount Pictures]]. At one point, the house was also owned by Carroll O’Connor.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Magazine|first=Wallpaper*|date=2021-03-29|title=Kelly Wearstler makes over a midcentury Malibu beach house|url=https://www.wallpaper.com/design/kelly-wearstler-malibu-beach-house|access-date=2021-07-19|website=Wallpaper*}}</ref> In March 2020, Wearstler became the first instructor to teach the interior design course on the [[MasterClass]] platform.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-18|title=Kelly Wearstler Is Teaching the First Interior Design–Themed MasterClass|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/kelly-wearstler-is-teaching-the-first-interior-design-themed-masterclass|access-date=2021-07-19|website=Architectural Digest|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2021, Wearstler collaborated with Farrow & Ball to create her own collection of signature paint hues inspired by the state of California, called the California Collection.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-10|title=Farrow & Ball Taps Kelly Wearstler For This California-Inspired Collab|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/farrow-and-ball-taps-kelly-wearstler-for-this-california-inspired-collab|access-date=2021-07-19|website=Architectural Digest|language=en-US}}</ref> In March 2021, Wearstler also designed a virtual garage to commemorate the launch of [[GMC Hummer EV|GMC's Hummer EV]], which she said was imagined for [[LeBron James]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-22|title=Kelly Wearstler imagines virtual garage for LeBron James' electric Hummer|url=https://www.dezeen.com/2021/03/22/kelly-wearstler-virtual-design-garage-hummer-ev/|access-date=2021-07-19|website=Dezeen|language=en}}</ref> In 2021, Wearstler invested in the company Block Renovation,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-10 |title=Block Renovation Raises $50 Million in Funding, Announces Plans for National Expansion In 2022 |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211110005386/en/Block-Renovation-Raises-50-Million-in-Funding-Announces-Plans-for-National-Expansion-In-2022 |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=www.businesswire.com |language=en}}</ref> which provides a technology based platform that helps homeowners and contractors to digitize and simplify the home renovation process. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Block Renovation Raises $50 Million in Funding, Announces Plans for National Expansion In 2022 |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/block-renovation-raises-50-million-133700484.html |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=finance.yahoo.com |language=en-US}}</ref> In early 2022, she became an investor and partner of the female-founded [[tequila]] brand Casa Del Sol,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-26 |title=Kelly Wearstler Kicks Off Coachella With Casa Del Sol |url=https://www.surfacemag.com/articles/kelly-wearstler-coachella-casa-del-sol-party/ |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=SURFACE |language=en-US}}</ref> which was co-founded<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carruthers |first=Nicola |date=2022-01-11 |title=Casa Del Sol Tequila expands senior sales team |url=https://www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2022/01/casa-del-sol-tequila-expands-senior-sales-team/ |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=The Spirits Business |language=en-US}}</ref> by actor [[Eva Longoria]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Casa Del Sol {{!}} Strategic Partners |url=https://www.brandevolution-llc.com/brothers-bond-copy |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=Brand Evolution LLC |language=en}}</ref>. In June 2022, Wearstler also became an [[angel investor]] in the startup Vergo, a [[Financial technology|Fintech]] company that caters to the architecture, design and building industry.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |date=2022-06-22 |title=Vergo—the Kelly Wearstler–Backed Banking Startup Built for Designers—Nabs $4M in Seed Funding |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/vergo-the-kelly-wearstler-backed-banking-startup-built-for-designers-nabs-dollar-4m-in-seed-funding |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=Architectural Digest |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vergo - Funding, Financials, Valuation & Investors |url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/vergo-7f2d/company_financials |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=Crunchbase |language=en}}</ref> In 2022, Wearstler took over ''[[Wallpaper (magazine)|Wallpaper]]'' magazine as a guest editor for their October 2022 issue. The magazine also did a special 20 page feature on her studio’s design work and evolution.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Magazine |first=Wallpaper* |date=2022-09-09 |title=Kelly Wearstler on design and the metaverse, cool co-creators, and her Wallpaper* takeover |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/design/kelly-wearstler-guest-editor-profile |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=Wallpaper*}}</ref> In the same year, she partnered with [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] on their Amazon Influencer Program where her products will be available on her Amazon storefront. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Kelly Wearstler’s Amazon Storefront Is Full of Spring Decor |url=https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/kelly-wearstler-amazon-storefront-decor-37076541 |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=Apartment Therapy |language=en}}</ref> Inspired by the strides in [[Light-emitting diode|LED]] technology, Wearstler in 2022 designed a new line of designer lighting for Visual Comfort called Tech Lighting. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-22 |title=Technology Is the Magic Word for Kelly Wearstler’s New Lighting Line |url=https://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/a39004465/kelly-wearstler-visual-comfort-tech-lighting/ |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=ELLE Decor |language=en-us}}</ref> ==Style and impact== Wearstler has described her own design work, particularly her interior design for hotels, as "romantic" in style.<ref name="weeUnplugged"/> ''[[Elle Decor]]'' wrote around 2015 that "Wearstler encapsulates contemporary sophistication and wit, with a nod to the past and a wink at the future. The mix is altogether her own and is tailored to every job."<ref name="ElleDecor"/> In 2019, the Financial Times described her as "the woman who brought West Coast style to the world."<ref>{{Cite web|last=O’Flaherty|first=Mark C.|date=2019-10-18|title=Kelly Wearstler: the woman who brought West Coast style to the world|url=https://www.ft.com/content/e262ae51-4e7b-4241-8937-f3476c6bec51|access-date=2021-07-07|website=www.ft.com|language=en-GB}}</ref> In 2020, Domino Mag said her toolbox of trademarks included "peacock green and brass, painterly geometric prints, warm marble, slick lacquer, standout vintage from Ettore Sottsass to Tobia Scarpa, and—always—the earthy naturalism of her West Coast home."<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-05-29|title=Exclusive: Interior Designer Kelly Wearstler on the Power of Home|url=https://www.domino.com/content/kelly-wearstler/|access-date=2021-07-07|website=domino|language=en-US}}</ref> With a style periodically described as [[maximalism]],<ref name="NYT1"/> she has been one of several designers credited with bringing "the decorative back to interior design" and mixing modern and historical designs.<ref name="NYT1"/> ''The New Yorker'' opined that since the late 1990s, "her style has evolved from mid-century modern to glammed-up Hollywood Regency to an ornate, layered look inspired in part by the late Hollywood set decorator and interior designer [[Tony Duquette]]. She uses intense colors, [[David Nightingale Hicks|David Hicks]]-like graphic patterning, and contrasting textures (lacquer, parchment, shagreen)."<ref name="NewYorker1"/> In 2009 Dana Goodyear of ''[[The New Yorker]]'' dubbed Wearstler "the presiding grande dame of West Coast interior design,"<ref name="NewYorker1"/> explaining that "Wearstler represents the uninhibited side of Los Angeles, the part that celebrates how far the city is from strict East Coast notions of good taste."<ref name="NewYorker1"/> Mayer Rus, the design and culture editor for ''[[Los Angeles Times Magazine]]'', stated that "I think for many people around the world Kelly's work exemplifies this fantasy of beautiful sun-baked life, glamour in California. Kelly's genius is her ability to mix elements from all different eras, styles and periods. There's a certain bravery in what she does that flirts with going over-the-top, but always stands just back from the edge."<ref name="CBS1"/> In 2022, Wearstler partnered with [[University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture|UT School of Architecture]]’s Interior Design program, to establish the Kelly Wearstler Endowed Fund for Design Students to provide undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships to design students who require financial aid. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Designer Kelly Wearstler Mentors and Supports UTSOA Interior Design Students {{!}} Texas Architecture {{!}} UTSOA |url=https://soa.utexas.edu/headlines/designer-kelly-wearstler-mentors-and-supports-utsoa-interior-design-students |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=soa.utexas.edu}}</ref> ==Influences and methods== Kelly draws inspiration from many different areas of design, including fashion, architecture, graphic design, landscape design, art, and jewelry.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-16|title=Kelly Wearstler's 8 Tipsor Finding Design Inspiration|url=https://www.masterclass.com/articles/kelly-wearstlers-tips-for-finding-design-inspiration|url-status=live|website=masterclass.com}}</ref> Wearstler credits [[Peggy Guggenheim]]<ref name="WSJ1" /> and [[Doris Duke]]<ref name="AllTheBest" /> as being her style icons.<ref name="WSJ1" /> As an interior designer, Wearstler finds influence in [[Modernism]] and [[old Hollywood]] glamour as created by [[Dorothy Draper]] and [[William Haines]].<ref name="W1" /> Jacque Grange is cited as her favorite designer, in part for "the way he puts things from different periods together so beautifully,"<ref name="weeUnplugged" /> and she also names [[David Nightingale Hicks|David Hicks]], [[Mark Rothko]], Ettore Sottsass, Misha Kahn,<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|date=2016-12-15|title=An Eye for Luxury|url=http://derj4nszqmdyo.cloudfront.net/1006/mindfood-winter-2016_eye-for-luxury.pdf|journal=Decor|volume=Winter 2016|pages=50–54}}</ref> and [[Piero Fornasetti]]<ref name="welgard" /> as among her aesthetic influences.<ref name="weeUnplugged" /> She has furthermore cited the work of architect [[Aldo Rossi]] as an influence,<ref name="W1" /> as well as artists Victor Vasarely,<ref name=":0" /> [[Sheila Hicks]] and [[Yaacov Agam]].<ref name="W1" /> Wearstler visits [[auction house]]s to collect furniture and decor for projects, as well as designing her own.<ref name="W1" /> She believes clutter to be a big faux pas in home decor,<ref name="WSJ1" /> as well as "somebody buying all their furniture from one place. The result just looks flat; it has no depth or dimensions, like a showroom."<ref name="weeUnplugged" /> She has also criticized the trend of "too much oversized furniture," explaining that "to create a successful design you need to play with different scales."<ref name="weeUnplugged" /> Wearstler has collaborated with several emerging designers to bring more eclecticism to her projects.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-13|title=Kelly Wearstler discusses "fiercely local" Santa Monica Proper Hotel|url=https://www.dezeen.com/2020/08/13/kelly-wearstler-santa-monica-proper-hotel-video/|access-date=2021-07-07|website=Dezeen|language=en}}</ref> ==Personal life== Wearstler and her husband, Brad Korzen,<ref name="weavogegalleries"/> married in 2002 and now have two sons, Oliver and Elliott.<ref name="NYT1"/><ref name="NYT2"/> The family has remodeled and sold a number of houses in Southern California,<ref name="NewYorker1"/> including the former [[Beverly Hills]] estate of film producer [[Albert Broccoli]], which they moved into and renovated in 2007.<ref name="NewYorker1"/> Continuing to work primarily out of Los Angeles,<ref name="WSJ1"/> as of 2015, Wearstler and Korzen maintained homes in both [[Malibu, California|Malibu]] and Beverly Hills.<ref name="weavogegalleries"/> Wearstler is active on [[social media]], and in early 2014, ''[[Architectural Digest]]'' included her on a list of 15 Must-Follow Designers and Architects on [[Instagram]].<ref name="ainstagra"/> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' also noted her Instagram account as "must follow."<ref name="dcktelegraph"/> ==Recognition== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" !Yr !Award !Nominee !Category !Result |- |rowspan="2"|2007 |rowspan="1"|''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' | rowspan="20" |Kelly Wearstler | Top Ten Best Dressed<ref name="weqhomebio"/> |{{Won}} |- |rowspan="1"|''[[TIME (magazine)|TIME]]'' | The Style & Design 100<ref name="weqhomebio"/> |{{Won}} |- |rowspan="1"|2011 |rowspan="1"|''[[Architectural Digest]]'' | AD100: Top 100 Architecture & Interior Design<ref name="weqhomebio"/> |{{Won}} |- |rowspan="2"|2015 |rowspan="1"|''[[Elle Decor]]'' | A-List Designers<ref name="elleecor_oalist"/> |{{Won}} |- |rowspan="1"|''[[Wallpaper*]]'' | Top 20 Interior Designers<ref name="wallpapersa">{{cite news | title = Top 20 interior designers who know how to create sublime spaces | url = http://www.wallpaper.com/design/top-20-interior-designers?iid=sr-link2 | newspaper = [[Wallpaper*]] | date = October 12, 2015 | access-date = 2015-12-06 }}</ref> |{{Won}} |- |rowspan="2"|2016 |rowspan="1"|''[[Architectural Digest]]'' | AD100: Top 100 Architecture & Interior Design<ref name="AD1002915">{{cite news | title = The 2016 AD100 | url = http://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/meet-the-25-women-of-ad100#11 | newspaper = [[Architectural Digest]] | date = November 2015 | access-date = 2015-12-06 }}</ref> |{{Won}} |- |rowspan="1"|''[[Elle Decor]]'' | A-List Designers<ref name="elledecor"/> |{{Won}} |- | rowspan="2" |2017 | rowspan="1" |''[[Architectural Digest]]'' |AD100: Top 100 Architecture & Interior Design|AD100: Top 100 Architecture & Interior Design<ref>{{Cite web|title=5 Top Risk-Takers in Design & Architecture - AD100 2017|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/the-daredevils|access-date=2021-04-14|website=Architectural Digest|language=en}}</ref> |{{Won}} |- |''[[Elle Decor]]'' |A-List Designers<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-06-22|title=ELLE Decor A-List 2017: Meet the Best Interior Designers of the Year|url=https://www.interiordesignmagazines.eu/elle-decor-a-list-2017-meet-the-best-interior-designers-the-year/|access-date=2021-04-14|website=Interior Design Magazines|language=en-US}}</ref>|A-List Designers<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-06-22|title=ELLE Decor A-List 2017: Meet the Best Interior Designers of the Year|url=https://www.interiordesignmagazines.eu/elle-decor-a-list-2017-meet-the-best-interior-designers-the-year/|access-date=2021-04-14|website=Interior Design Magazines|language=en-US}}</ref> |{{Won}} |- | rowspan="2" |2018 | rowspan="1" |''[[Architectural Digest]]'' |AD100: Top 100 Architecture & Interior Design<ref>{{Cite web|title=Introducing the 2018 AD100|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/introducing-the-2018-ad100|access-date=2021-04-14|website=Architectural Digest|date=6 December 2017|language=en-us}}</ref>|AD100: Top 100 Architecture & Interior Design<ref>{{Cite web|title=Introducing the 2018 AD100|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/introducing-the-2018-ad100|access-date=2021-04-14|website=Architectural Digest|date=6 December 2017|language=en-us}}</ref> |{{Won}} |- |''[[Elle Decor]]'' |A-List Designers<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fox|first=Danielle|date=2018-05-08|title=Meet the Doobs: See the Miniature Versions of This Year's A-List Designers|url=https://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/interior-designers/g20199968/a-list-2018-doobs/|access-date=2021-04-14|website=ELLE Decor|language=en-US}}</ref>|A-List Designers<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fox|first=Danielle|date=2018-05-08|title=Meet the Doobs: See the Miniature Versions of This Year's A-List Designers|url=https://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/interior-designers/g20199968/a-list-2018-doobs/|access-date=2021-04-14|website=ELLE Decor|language=en-US}}</ref> |{{Won}} |- | rowspan="4" |2019 | rowspan="1" |''[[Architectural Digest]]'' |AD100: Top 100 Architecture & Interior Design<ref>{{Cite web|title=Introducing the 2019 AD100|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/introducing-the-2019-ad100|access-date=2021-04-14|website=Architectural Digest|date=11 December 2018|language=en-us}}</ref> |{{Won}} |- |''[[Elle Decor]]'' |A-List Designers<ref>{{Cite web|last=Editors|first=ELLE DECOR|date=2019-06-15|title=The 2019 A List: 100+ Of ELLE DECOR's Favorite Interior Designers|url=https://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/interior-designers/g3076/a-list-interior-designers/|access-date=2021-04-14|website=ELLE Decor|language=en-US}}</ref> |{{Won}} |- |''AD Spain'' |Top International Designer<ref name="editor">{{Cite web|date=2018-12-17|title=The World's Top 5 Interior Designers|url=https://www.deconewyork.net/interior-design/worlds-interior-designers/|access-date=2021-04-14|website=DecoNY|language=en-US}}</ref>|Top International Designer<ref name="editor"/> |{{Won}} |- |''LuxDeco'' |Top 50 Interior Designers<ref>{{Cite web|title=Top 50 Interior Designers To Know In 2019 #LUXDECO50|url=https://www.luxdeco.com/blogs/styleguide/top-interior-designers-2019|access-date=2021-04-14|website=LuxDeco|language=en}}</ref>|Top 50 Interior Designers<ref>{{Cite web|title=Top 50 Interior Designers To Know In 2019 #LUXDECO50|url=https://www.luxdeco.com/blogs/styleguide/top-interior-designers-2019|access-date=2021-04-14|website=LuxDeco|language=en}}</ref> |{{Won}} |- | rowspan="4" |2020 |''[[Dezeen]]'' |Interior Designer of the Year<ref>{{Cite web|title={{!}} Dezeen Awards 2020 {{!}} Longlist|url=https://www.dezeen.com/awards/2020/longlists/kelly-wearstler-2/|access-date=2021-04-14|website=Dezeen|language=en}}</ref> |Nominated |- |''[[Elle Decor]]'' |A-List Designers<ref>{{Cite web|last=Editors|first=ELLE DECOR|date=2020-06-24|title=The 2020 A-List: 125 of ELLE Decor's Favorite Interior Designers|url=https://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/interior-designers/g3076/a-list-interior-designers/|access-date=2021-04-14|website=ELLE Decor|language=en-US}}</ref> |{{Won}} |- |''AD France'' |French AD100: The Top 100 Interior Designers<ref>{{Cite news|title=Les 100 Decarateurs de Moment|work=Architectural Digest France|url=https://www.giulianoandreadelluva.it/front/assets/pdf/magazines/AD-100-Aprile-2020.pdf|access-date=April 13, 2021}}</ref>|French AD100: The Top 100 Interior Designers<ref>{{Cite news|title=Les 100 Decorateurs du Moment|work=Architectural Digest France|url=https://www.giulianoandreadelluva.it/front/assets/pdf/magazines/AD-100-Aprile-2020.pdf}}</ref> |{{Won}} |- |''LuxDeco'' |Top 100 Interior Designers<ref>{{Cite web|title=Top 100 Interior Designers To Know In 2020 #LUXDECO100|url=https://www.luxdeco.com/blogs/styleguide/top-interior-designers|access-date=2021-04-14|website=LuxDeco|language=en}}</ref> |{{Won}} |- |2021 | rowspan="1" |''[[Architectural Digest]]'' |AD100 2021 Hall of Fame<ref>{{Cite web|title=Top Designers AD100 2021|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/ad100-hall-of-fame-2021|access-date=2021-04-14|website=Architectural Digest|language=en}}</ref> |{{Won}} |- |} == Bibliography == {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;font-size:100%;" |+ ! Yr ! Book title ! Wearstler's role ! Publishing details ! ISBN |- | 2004 || ''[[Modern Glamour: The Art of Unexpected Style|Modern Glamour]]'' || Author along with Jane Bogart || New York: [[HarperCollins]] || {{ISBN|0-06-039442-0}} |- | 2006 || ''[[Domicilium Decoratus]]'' || Author || New York: [[HarperCollins]] ||{{ISBN|0-06-089798-8}} |- | 2009 || ''Hue'' || Author || Pasadena: AMMO Books ||{{ISBN|1-934429-35-X}} |- | 2012 || ''[[Rhapsody (book)|Rhapsody]]'' || Author || New York: [[RCS MediaGroup|Rizzoli]] ||{{ISBN|0847838587}} |- |2019 |''Evocative Style'' |Author along with Rima Suqi |New York: [[RCS MediaGroup|Rizzoli]] |{{ISBN|978-0-8478-6603-8}}<!-- | 201 || '' || || || |- --> |} ==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;font-size:100%;" |+ ! Year ! Series/film ! Release details ! Wearstler's role |- | 2007 || ''[[Top Design]]'' season 1 || TV series by [[Bravo (U.S. TV network)|BRAVO]] || Judge for all ten episodes<ref name="imdebwearster"/> |- | 2008 || ''[[Top Design]]'' season 2 || TV series by [[Bravo (U.S. TV network)|BRAVO]] || Judge for all ten episodes<ref name="imdebwearster"/> |- <!-- | 201 || '' || || |- --> |} ==Further reading== *{{cite news | title =California dreaming: Kelly Wearstler | url =https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2002/jun/09/features.magazine77 | newspaper =[[The Guardian]] | date =June 9, 2002 }} *{{cite news | title=Kelly Wearstler: The Decorator, the House and the Deal-Breaker | newspaper=[[New York Times]] | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/30/fashion/sundaystyles/30poss.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1429056431-iCt8tjPi55jv1jZIYDZNmw }} July 30, 2006. *{{cite news | title =Lady of the House: Kelly Wearstler's maximal style | url =http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/09/14/lady-of-the-house | newspaper =[[The New Yorker]] | date =September 14, 2009 }} *{{cite news | title =Interior designer Kelly Wearstler discovers a new 'Hue' | url =http://www.latimes.com/home/la-hm-wearstler-2009dec21-pictures-photogallery.html | newspaper =[[Los Angeles Times]] | date =January 7, 2010 }} * *{{cite news | title =Kelly Wearstler's new 'Rhapsody' | url =http://www.latimes.com/home/la-lh-kelly-wearstlers-new-rhapsody-photos-20121009-photogallery.html | newspaper =[[Los Angeles Times]] | date =October 9, 2012 }} *{{cite news | title =Inside Kelly Wearstler's Studio | url =https://www.nytimes.com/video/t-magazine/100000002883599/inside-kelly-wearstler8217s-studio.html | newspaper =[[The New York Times]] ([[T Magazine]]) | date =May 16, 2014 }} *{{cite news | title =Kelly Wearstler and Compartés Debut the World's Most Stylish Chocolate | url =http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/daily/2015/05/kelly-wearstler-compartes-chocolate | newspaper =[[Architectural Digest]] | date =May 28, 2015 }} *{{cite news | title =Kelly Wearstler's Store Opens in Los Angeles | url =http://www.architecturaldigest.com/shop/2012-02/kelly-wearstler-los-angeles-store-slideshow | newspaper =[[Architectural Digest]] | date =July 2015 }} ==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em|refs= <ref name="weqhomebio"> {{cite news | title =biography | url =http://www.kellywearstler.com/biography/world_of_kelly_biography.html | publisher =kellywearstler.com | access-date = 2015-09-29 }}</ref> <ref name="bdiza"> {{cite news | title =Creating a Scene: Cameron Diaz's Manhattan Apartment | first =Kathleen | last =Hackett | url = http://www.elledecor.com/celebrity-style/celebrity-homes/news/g498/cameron-diaz-manhattan-apartment/ | newspaper =[[Elle Decor]] | access-date = 2015-09-29 }}</ref><ref name=newproper>{{cite news | title=New Proper Hotels Brand Celebrates Innovation Districts | first=Ryan | last=Rudnansky | url=https://www.travelpulse.com/news/hotels-and-resorts/new-proper-hotels-brand-celebrates-innovation-districts.html | work=[[TravelPulse]] | date=January 23, 2015}}</ref> <ref name="elleecor_oalist"> {{cite news | title =Meet Elle Decor's Newest Class Of A-List Designers | url =http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/interior-designers/news/a7335/elle-decor-2015-a-list/ | newspaper =[[Elle Decor]] | date =May 19, 2015 | access-date = 2015-09-03 }}</ref> <ref name="crealbusiness"> {{cite news | title =Westfield Ramps Up Work on $800 Million Century City Remodel | first =Kari | last =Hamanaka | url = http://wwd.com/business-news/real-estate/westfield-century-city-mall-remodel-800-million-10204872/ | newspaper =WWD | date =August 20, 2015 | access-date = 2015-09-29 }}</ref> <ref name="elaracked"> {{cite news | title =Westfield Century City's $800 Million Facelift: Kelly Wearstler Design, Purple Line Access | first =Natalie | last =Alcala | url =http://la.racked.com/2015/8/24/9195713/westfield-century-city-kelly-wearstler | newspaper =Racked LA | date =August 24, 2015 | access-date = 2015-09-29 }}</ref> <ref name="weeUnplugged"> {{cite news | title =There's Something About Kelly | url =http://www.designunplugged.net/theres-something-about-kelly/ | newspaper =Design Unplugged | access-date = 2015-09-29 }}</ref> <ref name="LAT1">{{cite news | title=Kelly Wearstler on her latest 'Rhapsody' | newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] | url=http://www.latimes.com/home/la-lh-kelly-wearstler-rhapsody-book-melrose-20121010-story.html#page=1 | access-date=October 10, 2012 | first=David A. | last=Keeps}}</ref> <ref name="wejtmagcollage"> {{cite news | title =Her Roving Eye | url =https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/02/t-magazine/02well-collage.html | newspaper =[[The New York Times]] | date =April 27, 2010 | access-date = 2015-09-29 }}</ref> <ref name="welgard"> {{cite news | title =California dreaming | first =Ian | last =Phillips | url =https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2002/jun/09/features.magazine77 | newspaper =[[The Guardian]] | date =June 9, 2002 | access-date = 2015-09-29 }}</ref> <ref name="wedcurbed"> {{cite news | title =Design Powerhouse Kelly Wearstler on the Future of Hospitality, Being 'Under the Radar,' and Fierce New Competition | first =Amy | last =Schellenbaum | url =http://curbed.com/archives/2013/06/26/design-powerhouse-kelly-wearstler-on-the-future-of-hospitality-being-under-the-radar-and-fierce-new-competition.php | newspaper =Curbed National | publisher =[[Curbed.com]] | date =June 26, 2013 | access-date = 2015-09-29 }}</ref> <ref name="partnerships">{{cite news | title = Partnerships | url = http://www.kellywearstler.com/kelly-wearstler-partnerships-%26-collaborations/partnerships_collaborations.html | publisher = kellywearstler.com | access-date = 2015-09-29 }}</ref> <ref name="fvogueviceory"> {{cite news | title =Travel: Viceroy Anguilla | first =Richard | last =Alleman | url =http://www.vogue.com/874223/vd-travel-viceroy-anguilla/ | newspaper =[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] | date =December 8, 2009 | access-date = 2015-09-29 }}</ref> <ref name="NewYorker1">{{cite magazine|last=Goodyear|first=Dana|title=Lady of the House: Kelly Wearstler's maximal style|magazine=The New Yorker|date=Sep 14, 2009|pages=60–65| url=http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/09/14/090914fa_fact_goodyear|access-date = 2011-04-27}}</ref> <ref name="gpowerhousecurbed"> {{cite news | title =Design Powerhouse Kelly Wearstler on the Future of Hospitality, Being 'Under the Radar,' and Fierce New Competition | first =Amy | last =Schellenbaum | url =http://curbed.com/archives/2013/06/26/design-powerhouse-kelly-wearstler-on-the-future-of-hospitality-being-under-the-radar-and-fierce-new-competition.php | publisher =[[Curbed.com]] | date =June 26, 2013 | access-date = 2015-09-29 }}</ref> <ref name="NYT1">{{cite news | title=Kelly Wearstler: The Decorator, the House and the Deal-Breaker | newspaper=[[New York Times]] | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/30/fashion/sundaystyles/30poss.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1429056431-iCt8tjPi55jv1jZIYDZNmw | access-date=September 18, 2011 | first=David | last=Colman}}</ref> <ref name="wepmodernglamour"> {{cite news | title =Modern Glamour: The Art of Unexpected Style review | url =http://publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-039442-4 | newspaper =[[Publishers Weekly]] | publisher =[[Reed Business Information]] | access-date = 2015-09-29 }}</ref> <ref name="NYT2">{{cite news | title=Kelly Wearstler | department=Design, Travel | newspaper=[[New York Times]] | url=http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/profile-in-style-kelly-wearstler/ | access-date=September 18, 2011 | first=Christine | last=Muhlke | date=April 27, 2010}}</ref> <!-- Not in use <ref name="werchocolate"> {{cite news | title =Kelly Wearstler and Compartés Debut the World's Most Stylish Chocolate | first =Hadley | last =Keller | url =http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/daily/2015/05/kelly-wearstler-compartes-chocolate | newspaper =[[Architectural Digest]] | date =May 28, 2015 | access-date = 2015-09-29 }}</ref> Not in use--> <ref name="ElleDecor">{{cite web | title=Kelly Wearstler's Ultra-glam Beach House | work=Design + Decorate | date=9 October 2009 | publisher=[[Elle Decor]] | url=http://www.elledecor.com/decorating/articles/kelly_wearstlers_ultra_glam_beach_house | access-date=September 18, 2011}}</ref> <!-- Not in use <ref name="deledecot"> {{cite news | title =Kelly Wearstler's New Line Is A Gold Lover's Dream Come True | first =Tim | last =McKeough | url = http://www.elledecor.com/shopping/furniture/a7533/kelly-wearstler-new-furniture-line/ | newspaper =[[Elle Decor]] | date =August 7, 2015 | access-date = 2015-09-29 }}</ref> Not in use--> <ref name="weoglamour">[https://www.amazon.com/books/dp/0060394420 ''Modern Glamour: The Art of Unexpected Style''] Hardcover – Regan Books - March 16, 2004 (by Kelly Wearstler and Jane Bogart) {{ISBN|978-0060394424}}</ref> <ref name=sepkingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=gallagher%2C+kelly&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=10 April 2012}}</ref> <ref name="weanewhuen"> {{cite news | title =Interior designer Kelly Wearstler discovers a new 'Hue' | first =David A. | last =Keeps | url =http://www.latimes.com/home/la-hm-wearstler-2009dec21-pictures-photogallery.html | newspaper =[[Los Angeles Times]] | date =January 7, 2010 | access-date = 2015-09-29 }}</ref> <ref name="elledecor">{{cite news | title = The A-List Issue | url = https://issuu.com/lili25/docs/elle_decor_usa_-_june_2016 | newspaper = [[Elle Decor]] | date = June 2016 | access-date = 2016-06-30 }}</ref> <ref name="wllapperplaunches">{{cite news | title = Californian dream: Kelly Wearstler opens a soulful shop at Harrods | first = Sujata | last = Burman | url = http://www.wallpaper.com/design/kelly-wearstler-launches-london-shop-at-harrods | newspaper = [[Wallpaper]] | date = March 10, 2016 | access-date = 2016-06-30 }}</ref> <ref name="cakuq"> {{cite news | title = Cali design Queen comes to London | first = Damon | last = Syson | url = http://www.robbreport.co.uk/design/cali-design-queen-comes-to-london/ | newspaper = [[Robb Report]] | access-date = 2016-06-30 }}</ref> <ref name="bridescome">{{cite news | title = Desert Glam | url = http://www.brides.com/blogs/aisle-say/2016/06/kelly-wearstler-desert-glam-bridal-registry.html | newspaper = [[Brides (magazine)|Brides]] | date = June 28, 2016 | access-date = 2016-06-30 }}</ref> <ref name="AllTheBest">{{cite web | title=Profile: Kelly Wearstler | publisher=All The Best | url=http://allthebest2007.blogspot.com/2007/11/profile-kelly-wearstler.html | access-date=September 18, 2011}}</ref> <ref name="wemkellyweastlerss"> {{cite news | title =At Home with Kelly Wearstler | first =Dean | last =Kaufman | url =http://www.instyle.com/home-decorating/home-tours/home-kelly-wearstler | newspaper =[[InStyle]] | date =2015 | access-date = 2015-09-29 }}</ref> <ref name="WSJ1">{{cite news | title=Kelly Wearstler | department=Fashion | newspaper=[[Wall Street Journal]] | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303812104576441910575723234 | access-date=September 18, 2011 | date=July 16, 2011}}</ref> <ref name="wekkeeps"> {{cite news | title =Kelly Wearstler's new 'Rhapsody' | first =David | last =A. Keeps | url =http://www.latimes.com/home/la-lh-kelly-wearstlers-new-rhapsody-photos-20121009-photogallery.html | newspaper =[[Los Angeles Times]] | date =October 9, 2012 | access-date = 2015-09-29 }}</ref> <ref name="imdebwearster">{{cite web | title = Kelly Wearstler | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0302420/ | website = [[IMDb]] | access-date = 2015-09-29 }}</ref> <ref name="wehvideonyt"> {{cite news | title =Inside Kelly Wearstler's Studio | first =Max | last =Landes | url =https://www.nytimes.com/video/t-magazine/100000002883599/inside-kelly-wearstler8217s-studio.html | newspaper =[[The New York Times]] ([[T Magazine]]) | date =May 16, 2014 | access-date = 2015-09-29 }}</ref> <ref name="CBS1">{{cite news | title=Kelly Wearstler's Over-the-Top Glamour | work=[[CBS News]] | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/09/26/sunday/main6902855.shtml| access-date=September 18, 2011}}</ref> <!-- Not in use <ref name="bloomingdales">{{cite news | title = Kelly Wearstler Zuma Collection - Bloomingdale's Exclusive | url = http://www1.bloomingdales.com/shop/product/kelly-wearstler-zuma-collection-bloomingdales-exclusive?ID=1474460&CategoryID=1004678 | publisher = Bloomingdales.com | access-date = 2015-09-29 }}</ref> Not in use--> <ref name="sassy">{{cite news | title=Prada's Sassy Sister Knows How to Party | first = Cintra | last = Wilson | date = August 2, 2007 | work=The New York Times | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/02/fashion/02CRITIC.html?ref=fashion | access-date=September 28, 2011}}</ref> <ref name="flagshipboutieq">{{cite news | title = Flagship Boutique | url = http://www.kellywearstler.com/flagship-boutique/world_of_kelly_boutique.html | publisher = kellywearstler.com | access-date = 2015-09-29 }}</ref> <ref name="Pickard">{{cite web | title=Kelly Wearstler Tableware | work=Kelly Wearstler | publisher=Pickard China | url=http://www.pickardchina.com/info.cfm?action=kelly_wearstler | access-date=September 19, 2011}}</ref> <ref name="weavogegalleries"> {{cite news | title =At home with Kelly Wearstler | url =http://www.vogue.com.au/vogue+living/interiors/galleries/at+home+with+kelly+wearstler,36569 | newspaper =[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] | access-date = 2015-09-29 }}</ref> <ref name="LATimes1">{{cite news | title=Kelly Wearstler's designs on fashion | department=All the Rage | newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] | url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2011/04/kelly-wearstlers-new-fashion-line.html | access-date=September 19, 2011}}</ref> <ref name="dcktelegraph"> {{cite news | title =The Telegraph's must-follow Instagram accounts | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/11574777/The-Telegraphs-must-follow-Instagram-accounts.html?frame=3287194 |newspaper =[[The Daily Telegraph]] | access-date = 2015-09-22 }}</ref> <ref name="W1">{{cite web | title=J'adore: Kelly Wearstler | work=Art & Design | publisher=[[W (magazine)|W]]| url=http://www.wmagazine.com/artdesign/2011/08/kelly-wearstler-obsessions | access-date=September 19, 2011}}</ref> <ref name="wecdigest"> {{cite news | title =Kelly Wearstler's Store Opens in Los Angeles | first =Anne | last =Monoky | url =http://www.architecturaldigest.com/shop/2012-02/kelly-wearstler-los-angeles-store-slideshow | newspaper =[[Architectural Digest]] | date =July 2015 | access-date = 2015-09-29 }}</ref> <ref name="StyleWinter2011">{{cite web | title=Kelly Wearstler | work=Winter 2011 Ready-to-wear | publisher=[[Style.com]] | url=http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/S2012RTW-KWEARSTLER | access-date=September 18, 2011}}</ref> <ref name="webvoforliving"> {{cite news | title =Watch: Kelly Wearstler for Vogue Living July/August 2015 | url =http://www.vogue.com.au/vogue+living/design/watch+kelly+wearstler+for+vogue+living+july+august+2015,37101 | newspaper =[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] | date =July 8, 2015 | access-date = 2015-09-29 }}</ref> <ref name="StyleSpring2012">{{cite web | title=Kelly Wearstler | work=Spring 2012 Ready-to-wear | publisher=[[Style.com]] | url=http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/S2012RTW-KWEARSTLER | access-date=September 18, 2011}}</ref> <ref name="ainstagra"> {{cite news | title =15 Must-Follow Designers and Architects on Instagram | first =Alessandra | last =Branca | url =http://www.architecturaldigest.com/blogs/daily/2014/01/best-designers-architects-to-follow-instagram | newspaper =[[Architectural Digest]] | date =January 2014 | access-date = 2015-09-29 }}</ref> <!-- <ref name="">{{cite news | access-date = 2015-09-29 }}</ref> {{col-begin}}{{col-break}} {{col-break|gap=4em}} {{col-end}} {|class="toccolours" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:offwhite; color:black; width:20em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5" |style="text-align: left;"|"QUOTE" |- |style="text-align: left;"|— Kelly Wearstler in |} --> }} ==External links== *[http://www.kellywearstler.com KellyWearstler.com] {{Kelly Wearstler}} {{Design}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wearstler, Kelly}} [[Category:1967 births]] [[Category:American interior designers]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1990s Playboy Playmates]] [[Category:People from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina]] [[Category:Participants in American reality television series]] [[Category:American women interior designers]] [[Category:21st-century American women]]'