Pierce Mattie Public Relations New York

Gucci recently celebrated its 85th Anniversary and despite ignoring part of its history (pesky revisionist Italian historians) the brand has never been stronger. But after years of being led by strong personalities the new creative director, Frida Giannini, still feels like a mystery. Thankfully, Harper's Bazaar published a special Bazaar at Home segment that takes us mere mortals into Ms Giannini's "bella casa" (whose publicist thought this one up?). In true Gucci form, the 33 year old (only one year older than Tom Ford when he took the helm) has some very strong tastes it would appear. She tells Bazaar that she prefeers stylish art deco finds from the '30s and '40s/ She favors Meissen porcelain and chairs by Verner Paton. Her tastes skew so classically modern it is almost hard to compare her love of Modigliani with the hyper post modern collection she just showed in Milan. And yet there are still brief moments in which her choice of home decor do seem to influence her fashion design particularly in her apparent love of color. Anyone else enjoying a little red? Red furniture and red dresses bring together modern, post modern, home, and work for Giannini it would seem.