While preparing for her book about designers and dogs, my friend Susanna Salk asked me if I would like to be included. Of course I would have jumped at the opportunity to be featured (Salk just gets everything right and I absolutely adore her) but sadly my beloved whippets, Rupert and Nigel, had passed away.
I continue to hold a warm place in my heart for those out there who live with and celebrate their four-footed friends, and so as you might imagine, I was overjoyed to receive Salk’s beautiful Rizzoli offering. With a wonderful narrative and immersive photos taken by the impossibly talented photographer and fellow blogger Stacey Bewkes of Quintessence, At Home with Dogs and their Designers: Sharing a Stylish Life will make a perfectly lovely gift for any dog lover and/or designer. Incidentally, Salk and Bewkes also make up the divine duo behind the “At Home With” video series which I highly recommend!
The tome features the chicest collection of designers: among them, my dearest friend Robert Couturier is captured quite well! While visiting Kent, I actually got to see first hand how wonderfully he spoils his pack of precious Shih Tzus – Hercule, Dora, Clara, and Zazou.
Of course my whippets were terribly spoiled as well, and had the run of our home. These exquisite companions bless us with their unconditional love and bring such joy and warmth into our lives, how could one not spoil them? I am quite pleased to see that so many of my fellow designers share my opinion! Do hurry and secure your copy of At Home with Dogs and their Designers: Sharing a Stylish Life.