“ It’ s mixing objects and textures to make things have a unique personality.”
liberal arts college. I said,‘ I think I’ d really like to do something in interior design.’ I was never the greatest student, and I thought, what do I really want to study all this stuff for? So I went to a junior college. From very early on, it was something that I loved. I love furniture, I love homes. I was very lucky to get an extraordinary job eventually at Parish-Hadley, with the best education anybody in the world could have. In those days, they worked in the grandest, most fabulous houses in America. So I got to learn at the top, and it was kind of amazing.”
Bunny recommends that anyone new to the field should work for somebody.“ But again, what’ s so interesting is that people can create themselves on Instagram now. You want to be a designer? You can create yourself. I don’ t know that you’ ll be a
great designer, but you will get work, and people will follow you. I came up the hard way. I didn’ t start my own company until I was 44 years old. I wasn’ t looking for fame when I was 25, because I worked at a firm where I knew I didn’ t know what Mrs. Parish and Albert knew, and I saw the extraordinary houses they were working on. But I learned it and got a feel for it. Now, this next generation is,‘ Oh, I’ m going to be an influencer and I’ m going to be an interior designer.’ You can create yourself. It’ s changed the industry. I think they’ re more interested in being at home on their computer than going to look at stuff and experiencing things. It changes the intellectual, creative energy and the experience of it. You’ ve got to go look at things if you’ re going to do interesting work.” n
Bunny Williams at home with her husband, John Roselli.( Annie Schlechter)
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