A French Castle Filled With a Collector’s Treasures
The art and antiques dealer Yves Gastou was passionate about objects and their stories. His home in Biarritz overflowed with both.
By Aimee Farrell
Aimee Farrell
Aimee Farrell is a British freelance writer, editor and consultant. A regular contributor to T Magazine, she reports on London’s vibrant visual arts and fashion scenes. Her work often explores how the worlds of interiors, art and fashion interlink and inform one another.
From 2000 to 2014 she worked at British Vogue, first in the art department, then on the features desk covering music, exhibitions, theater and film. In 2008, she co-founded the biannual fashion book "Twin," working as the magazine’s features director. She commissioned writers including Miranda July and Carol Ann Duffy.
She lives in Cambridge, England, and contributes to luxury titles including The Financial Times, Vanity Fair, The Telegraph and American Vogue.com.
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other roomsA Garden Shed Becomes a Retreat Filled With Treasures
At the far end of her London yard, a British interior designer has created a richly adorned work space.
By Aimee Farrell and Emli Bendixen
Entertaining WithA Grown-Up Slumber Party at an English Country Hotel
To mark the opening of her latest hospitality project, Estelle Manor, Eiesha Bharti Pasricha hosted a celebration of female friendship and ingenuity.
By Aimee Farrell
By DesignIn Morocco, a Home Where Every Surface Is Covered With Treasures
Over three decades, the writer and botanist Umberto Pasti and the designer Stephan Janson have transformed a series of cottages in Tangier into a maximalist living museum.
By Aimee Farrell
Entertaining WithIn the English Countryside, a Lunch Where Craft Is Front and Center
At her home in Oxfordshire, the head of the brand Toast throws a party and shares her tips for thoughtful entertaining.
By Aimee Farrell
By DesignA Modernist London Refuge Drawn From Europe’s Aesthetic Past
Inside a nondescript building, Child Studio has created a hybrid work space influenced by Art Deco details and Yves Saint Laurent’s Paris salon.
By Aimee Farrell and Lee Whittaker
I Can’t Believe It’s Butter!
Elaborate dairy sculptures have graced dining tables since the 1500s. Now chefs and food artists are making them look like Le Corbusier chairs.
By Aimee Farrell, Anthony Cotsifas and Martin Bourne
Entertaining WithIn the Shadow of a Cornish Castle, a Vegetarian Feast for Beltane
The couple behind the British interiors brand House of Hackney had a group of similarly sustainably-minded friends over to mark the ancient Celtic festival.
By Aimee Farrell
An Elegant Notting Hill Flat Enlivened By Maximalist Flourishes
It was renovating his home in London that helped Enis Karavil hone his aesthetic and led him to start his own design business.
By Aimee Farrell
other roomsIn This Edwardian Townhouse, the Bathrooms Set the Tone
When renovating their London home, a creative couple sacrificed their guest bedroom for the love of a good soak.
By Aimee Farrell and David Fernández
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