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Christopher Guy Expands Into Harrods, Remodels in Las Vegas

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Christopher Guy not long ago made the move to Beverly Hills, but more recent expansion plans have the British designer of fabulous furnishings enlarging his footprint in London. The 2,000-square-foot space area inside the Chelsea location will showcase the Christopher Guy Harrods Collection, hand-carved and hand-finished pieces influenced by Alice in Wonderland. Among the oversized chairs and ornate mirrors of the kind that have graced 'rooms' in Casino Royale and The Devil Wears Prada will also be examples of masculine- and feminine-themed lobbies and lavish dining rooms.

On this side of the Atlantic pond, Guy has been preparing his Las Vegas showroom at the Robert Allen | Beacon Hill space for a debut during the Las Vegas Market next month. Three windows displays will surround the 3,000-sq-ft space, and to enhance the connection many of the pieces on display will be upholstered with Robert Allen's trademark fabrics. If you're headed there, you'll find him in Building C at the World Market Center, August 2-6.

Gallery: Samples of Christopher Guy's 2010 Collection

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Eric Slayton's Blok Line of Home Furnishings

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Eric Slayton is a Brooklyn-based photographer and furniture designer who uses industrial wood-and-steel and concrete-and-steel to create around-the-house items. In the former department is his Blok series that includes the Solid Legged Blok Coffee Table (pictured), which uses Poplar taken from warehouse beams resting on water-cut steel supports. There are a few open-legged versions as well using natural and stained woods such as Cypress, Walnut, and Redwood, and a series of benches, too. For a closer look at his work, samples can be found at Ford & Ching in Los Angeles, Calypso Home and ABC in New York, and Scout in Chicago.

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Robert Isabell Auction

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When he wasn't planning some of the most memorable parties in New York and in jet setters' playgrounds -- Caroline Kennedy's wedding, galas for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and New York City Ballet, birthdays for Bette Midler and Saul Steinberg, White House holiday parties for President Clinton -- Robert Isabell applied his meticulous design sensibilities to his home. With his passing in July, the experience of attending one of his legendary fetes can never be repeated, but Sotheby's is making it possible to own some of his collection of 20th century design, with an auction scheduled for December 17.

Gallery: Isabell Design Trove

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Christopher Guy Coming to Beverly Hills

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Christopher Guy, the eponymous maker of home furnishings, is coming to Beverly Hills. Or rather, a 2,000-square-foot flagship boutique is coming to the home of Rodeo Drive, and will house new collections downstairs and an upper lounge for design confabs with architects. Having kitted out rooms for celebrities, hotels and resorts, and a few film sets like Ocean's 13, Casino Royale, and The Devil Wears Prada, we can only wonder what took Guy so long to move to star central.

One of the new collections you can expect to see will be the Silk Cut line of dining tables and upholstery pieces. Fitting right in with Guy's contemporary-classic ethic, the pictured Silk Cut chair also employs Guy's "Chris-X" -- crisscross, get it? -- leg design. His Canopy and Bird's Nest collections make cameos as well, and feature carved mahogany and velvet.

Christopher Guy opens on October 8, 2009, at 9699 Wilshire Boulevard.

Gallery: Christopher Guy Coming to Beverly Hills