Shelf Life

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Five designers share the styling techniques that please the eye and, often, the soul.

Fancy goods, such as this strapless Laundry by Shelli Segal evening dress and old furs from the ’60s through Y2K, reside in an upstairs room.

Second Life, First-Class Style

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A Prairie Village home doubles as a luxury consignment destination where fashion-hungry fans gather to shop vintage and designer labels.

On the ITLF stage, Hailes met people’s eyes, introduced herself, and moved through the space as both headliner and someone sharing in the music. Designed to “erase that barrier and really make it a communal experience,” Living Room fostered a symbiotic exchange in which “the audience also has to make space for the performer.”

An Invitation, Not a Show

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Inside Living Room by Hailes, where a Kansas City-born performer, an immersive West Bottoms lounge, and the five visionaries behind it draw artist and audience into one soulful, shared experience.

Parisian Style with Dear Society owner Chanel Jezek

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For Dear Society, fashion is an emotion—and the space is designed to make you feel it.

On Cydney, an Ulla Johnson dress and Loeffler Randall sandals. On Jillain, a navy top and pant set by 3.1 Philip Lim, and Staud sandals. Models represented by Voices and Models.

Living Well, Dressing Well with Clairvaux owner Joni Johnson

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For Clairvaux, fashion and interiors share the same philosophy: beautiful, intentional, and meant to be lived in.

On Austin, a blue shirt and pants by Studio Nicholson.

New York Vibes with Mergers owner Emily Emke-Hays

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A conversation about intuitive style, creative spaces, travel, and the evolving world of Mergers.

In the dining room, a wine cellar behind glass with a stone surround existed, so the designers chose to make it a special, if not convenient, focal point of the space. To the right is a photograph by Julie Blackmon. The ceiling light fixture by Apparatus hangs over a trio of Tom Corbin sculptures, adding a playful note to the elegant turned-leg table by Alfonso Marina, with 18th-century Portuguese influence.

Change of Scenery

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A dream-home detour became an opportunity for adaptation and reinvention of a family’s furnishings and collections.

Iron-rich stoneware vessels are treated with handcrafted glaze of foraged minerals and other natural elements from her travels. Krahn’s father designed the gold ring with an opal from Australia, and offered gold, presented to him in a basket filled with nuggets by a friend in Papua New Guinea who owned a gold mine.

An Alchemist at Heart

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While practicing pediatrics part-time for the past 35 years, Kansas City ceramist Eve Krahn has always nurtured her artistic side.

Janesko’s basement studio, surprisingly, is swathed in carpet. She likes to work barefoot and on the ground. A tarp usually takes care of any potential problems.

Silhouette & Soul

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Fashion, architecture, photography, and lived experience weave together in Jennifer Janesko’s evocative figurative and abstract works.

Dressed in Color

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Known for her “not boring” interiors, designer, artist, and television personality Jennifer Bertrand celebrates a life inspired by fashion, travel, and imagination in her signature way.

In the dining room, a 1950s abstract by St. Louis artist Kenneth Trueblood sits above the mantle. The unique dining table with its custom inlaid top is from the ’70s. The French art deco étagères hold Ford’s large collection of bronze deco Dirigold bud vases.

Dynamic Duo

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The owners of shop Afternoons have spent years cultivating a shared eye for vintage design. But step inside their homes, and you’ll discover two distinct expressions of the same creative language.

The Sweet Spot

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Everyone knows the satisfaction of retail therapy. The good juju continues once the fashionista behind this dream closet gets home.

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