Mitchell Owens: Skill Set: When John Fowler Met Pauline de Rothschild

New York School of Interior Design presents a lecture by Mitchell Owens, executive editor of Elle Décor, on the designer-client relationship between John Fowler and Pauline de Rothschild. Fowler, along with his partners, Nancy Lancaster and Sibyl Colefax founded Colefax & Fowler, the legendary British firm that invented shabby-chic and the English Country House style. Fowler worked with the fashion icon and tastemaker Pauline de Rothschild to decorate her home in London in the 1970s. Her elegance and keen sense of style and his attention to detail and flair for color produced striking results. Mitchell Owens has written and lectured widely on interior, landscape, and fashion design as well as social history. He also edited Elsie de Wolfe: The Birth of Modern Interior Decoration (Acanthus Press, 2005) and Jansen (Acanthus Press, 2006) and is working on books about tastemaker Pauline de Rothschild and decorator Ruby Ross Wood. This is the second in a series of three lectures by Mitchell Owens on the behind-the-scenes stories of celebrated 20th-century residential projects. For more information visit www.nysid.edu. EVENT DETAILS: Wednesday, April 8, 6pm New York School of Interior Design 170 East 70th Street (between Lexington and Third Avenues) Free RSVP to [email protected] or 212.4721500 ext. 405