tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post4455997606964492659..comments2024-03-28T01:39:53.154-04:00Comments on The Peak of ChicĀ®: Meet James AmsterThe Peak of Chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811933436075145329noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-67417832591798698612011-02-19T14:30:46.574-05:002011-02-19T14:30:46.574-05:00I guess I'm one of the few who wasn't fami...I guess I'm one of the few who wasn't familiar with his beautiful work! But I was drooling over Todd Romano's feature in AD - those walls!!quintessencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14484326999396839391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-54563431686970827172011-02-17T19:29:37.566-05:002011-02-17T19:29:37.566-05:00Oh, i fell in love with this last apartment, I pos...Oh, i fell in love with this last apartment, I posted a little while ago, so chic!<br />Thanks for the intro to James Amster Lovely!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572400688345132982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-5679072529239624812011-02-17T13:39:35.996-05:002011-02-17T13:39:35.996-05:00I don't know what it is about so many of the m...I don't know what it is about so many of the magazine photos lately -- the rooms just don't seem lived in. There's something lacking. Of course, the old photos were just as staged as the current ones, but there's something ineffable about the old photos -- maybe the aura of inhabitants? Maybe the type of film used? Maybe the rooms we see today are photographed pre-usage? I don't know, can't put my finger on it. They leave me cold, and the oldies leave me feeling like I've seen a home, rather than a set piece.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-76513104783758363042011-02-17T13:26:50.332-05:002011-02-17T13:26:50.332-05:00His eclecticism and sense of luxury was phenomenal...His eclecticism and sense of luxury was phenomenal. I love the mirrored walls and the high gloss paints.JWChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11188661357305138356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-51195882071179602232011-02-17T12:58:47.340-05:002011-02-17T12:58:47.340-05:00I like these rooms as much as I did when I first s...I like these rooms as much as I did when I first saw them forty years ago. Chic and timeless indeed.The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-72057344769819120102011-02-17T12:19:30.875-05:002011-02-17T12:19:30.875-05:00Something about Amster's style speaks to me - ...Something about Amster's style speaks to me - it is probably the blue, but also the mix.<br /><br />There should be some sort of retrospective of Norman Norell's work - much of it had the simplicity of Givenchy in the Audrey Hepburn era.Kathleen Luckardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-51684453442590865092011-02-17T12:05:37.522-05:002011-02-17T12:05:37.522-05:00I love both Romano's and Amster's design f...I love both Romano's and Amster's design focus. Amster is truly the epitome of perfection of the second half of the 20th c. Thanks for making the connection. Marymaryhttp://mjhdesignarts.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-90293097492022196852011-02-17T10:30:34.971-05:002011-02-17T10:30:34.971-05:00The Amster Yard buildings were raised but rebuilt,...The Amster Yard buildings were raised but rebuilt, I think, almost exactly. House & Garden had a story about Amster ages ago, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-41852523030885535362011-02-17T08:24:34.626-05:002011-02-17T08:24:34.626-05:00James Amster would have been happy to know his int...James Amster would have been happy to know his interiors were still providing inspiration today.The Devoted Classicisthttp://tdclassicist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com