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In the March 2010 issue of American Vogue with Tina Fey on the cover, Hamish Bowles featured the London home of Suzanne Sharp, the designer of the Sellarsbrook Blue rug that is now on our living room floor. The interview is insightful: Sharp started The Rug Company with her husband Christopher. When they were living in Riyadh (Christopher was working in film), they started collecting Afghan rugs from souks. When they finally returned to London, they opened a store and started selling the rugs. This led to the production of their own rugs by Nepalese weavers. They also invited top decorators in London and when that proved to be a success, they invited fashion designers as well.

Below is a photo of the Sellarsbrook Blue rug in the Sharp's study.

Close-up:

Our own Sellarsbrook Blue rug:

Chic Flick - Vogue The September Issue starring Anna Wintour trailer

After catching the Valentino The Last Emperor movie when we were in New York a few weeks ago, we kind of sad that we won't be able to see the Vogue movie The September Issue which will be shown in the US on August 28. 

For all the negative publicity and questions raised about her relevance, Anna Wintour for us remains the single most important name in fashion. She turned Vogue around and made it glamorous again after the reign of Grace Mirabella.

Our only beef is the actresses on the covers - especially July cover girl Sienna Miller (and cover of the September issue featured in the movie) who is dull, uninteresting and looks commonplace. Plus, she is really not doing anything significant or noteworthy.

Anyway, enjoy the trailer below. Haven't quite figured out how to attach a video just yet so hopefully this work. If not the link is below.

http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2009/06/video_the_september_issue_coul.html