My Wish List: Cordelia de Castellane
The French artistic director of Dior Maison and Baby Dior shares her design collectables and entertaining essentials for the party season.
The French artistic director of Dior Maison and Baby Dior shares her design collectables and entertaining essentials for the party season.
The French artistic director of Dior Maison and Baby Dior shares her design collectables and entertaining essentials for the party season.
Your preferred way to entertain?
In my garden at a table under my pergola with 10 people and wisteria all around us.
Best piece of advice for styling a table?
Fresh and seasonal flowers.
The best gift you could wish for?
The most beautiful gift I’ve been given is my kids.
Favourite up-and-coming artist?
My son Andreas, who just got into music as a producer. He has released a song called Lily Rose, which I listen to on repeat.
Interior find you would most like to take home?
Everything from Nicky Haslam’s homes.
Design luminary you would still like to meet?
Gabriella Crespi.
Travel destination on the top of your hit list?
Rajasthan, because I’ve been dreaming of that trip for years and I never have the time to do it.
The hotel you’d like to experience next?
Amangiri in Utah and Estelle Manor in England.
Building you’d love to call home?
Italy’s La Posta Vecchia.
Latest book on your reading pile?
I’m reading the late Czech French novelist and Nobel prize for Literature winner Milan Kundera again.
TV show that excites you the most?
La Grande Librairie. It’s a French TV show about books; it’s really cool and often very emotional.
The present you always give to new parents?
The Baby Dior Toile de Jouy pyjama set. It’s so, so cute.
Latest tech obsession?
Measurements of my glucose on my phone, as I am careful of how much sugar I take. I’m also very curious to see everything AI technology can bring to design.
Wellness pursuit you are most keen to try?
Floating in sensory isolation. You float in warm water four times saltier than the Dead Sea.
Homeware treasure you could never part with?
My Dior Maison silver cutlery set and wicker baskets.
Where is your happy place?
My countryside homes in France and Gstaad, but most of all where my family is.
Describe an ideal Sunday:
Gardening and being with my loved ones.
Personal style icon you wish you’d met?
Jane Birkin for sure.
This story appears in the December issue of WISH Magazine, out now.
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