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Saturday Shopping with Martin Brudnizki

Sweden-born, London-based architect and interior designer Martin Brudnizki is renowned for his work on celebrated restaurants, hotels, and residences. Now with a New York outpost, Brudnizki makes selections from 1stdibs which reflect his rarefied eye and meticulous attention to detail.

Required Reading: Pierre Cardin: 60 Years of Innovation
Reviewed by Andrew Myers
Celebrating 60 years of stellar achievements of Pierre Cardin, mid-century futurist fashion designer and pioneering brand-master.

Style Compass with Matthew Patrick Smyth
Jane Garmey
No diva he, New York-based Matthew Patrick Smyth creates rooms that are the appealing essence of understated elegance.

The Talent with Dannijo Jewelry
Stephanie Vanamee
Both still under 30, sisters Danielle and Jodie Snyder are the co-creators of a glamorous line of jewelry that has captured the fashion world's attention.

Shop Talk: Eric Appel
Susanna Salk
Eric Appel got his start at the famed Twenty Sixth Street Flea Market, where he learned how to pick out a Christopher Dresser toast rack or a Josef Hoffmann ceramic box from piles of ordinary objects. Today, he's a leading expert in mid-century Modernism.

Style Compass with Eric Javits
Marcia Sherrill
Ask any woman — be she a princess, celebrity or mere style-setter — the question: "Who is your favorite milliner?", and five will get you ten that her answer is "Eric Javits." When it comes to elegant but practical hats, smart handbags and chic accessories, Javits wins the crown.

Editor in Chief: Samantha Yanks
Susanna Salk
Overseeing both Gotham and Hamptons magazines, the peripatetic Samantha Yanks is truly a town-and-country girl.

Not To Be Missed: Dennis Hopper at MOCA, LA
Through September 26
Marlena Donohue
Dennis Hopper is given a MOCA retrospective and, some would say, his due as a central figure in the Los Angeles contemporary art scene. Jeffrey Deitch discusses the late actor's many gifts.

Required Reading: Art Deco Complete: The Definitive Guide to the Decorative Arts of the 1920s and 1930s
Reviewed by Annie Kelly
Weighing in at 1,000 image-packed pages, Alastair Duncan's marvelous scholarly monograph is the last word (for now) on the multiple modalities of Art Deco.

Spotlight on Design: Ben Soleimani
Marcia Sherrill
The scion of a London-based family that has specialized in antique rugs and tapestries for four generations, Ben Soleimani first brought the company to the New World (he opened a Los Angeles branch while barely out of his teens) and then found a new audience, with Mansour Modern's contemporary couture rugs.

Eye on Design: Shoshanna Gruss
Dana Wood
Shoshanna Gruss presides over a fashion empire that may not be huge — yet! — but it's flourishing thanks to her focus on clothes that are "woman-friendly."

Required Reading: Coppola e Toppo
Reviewed by Caroline Rennolds Milbank
A new book celebrates the brilliant, brightly colored costume jewels of Coppola e Toppo, the accessories of choice for Italian fashion designers in the decades following World War II.

Not To Be Missed: The Spectacular Art of Jean-Léon Gérôme
At the Getty Center Through September 12
Wendy Moonan
Out of favor for nearly a century, the exotic, color-infused Orientalist paintings of Jean-Léon Gérôme are finding new favor, thanks in large part to an eye-opening show at the Getty Center.

Style Compass with Jennifer Post
Erika Heet
Jennifer Post has come a long way from the the wide-open spaces of Ohio to the chic streets of New York. Now she's set to conquer the world with what she calls her "sophisticated, elegant, modern and clean" aesthetic.

Shop Talk: Get Back Inc.
Susanna Salk
Most people pass a pile of forgotten factory fittings and simply walk on by. But not Tim Byrne, alchemist and proprietor of the home furnishings emporium Get Back Inc., who explains: “I just naturally see the beauty in stuff.”

Not To Be Missed: John Baldessari
At the LACMA Through September 12, 2010
Marlena Donohue
An éminence grise among LA artists, conceptualist John Baldessari has long explored the realm where text and image and painting and photography provocatively coexist. Now a LACMA retrospective takes visitors through this weird, witty and wonderful world.

Fashion: This Week's Get
Adriana Caras
What to wear now and how to wear it. Looks of The Week hits on current trends, styling of the moment pieces with those from 1stdibs vintage fashion. Links to each item make putting together your next outfit just a few clicks away!

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