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Livingetc
Sarah Spiteri

Absolutely Fabulous — The Exuberant Design Style That Channels Italian Glamour in the Home

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Here’s why we’ve called our latest decorating shoot Absolutely Fabulous. It revels in the exuberance of Italian glamour, where confidence and wit meet bold color and irreverent form. Drawing on the spirit of the Seventies, it’s a look that thrives on play.

You'll see emerald greens with cobalt blues, cherry reds with flashes of gold, all layered in ways that seduce as much as they surprise. Furniture celebrates sculptural fluidity, with curving sofas, asymmetric tables and chairs that feel almost animated in their scale and charm. Pattern is unrestrained, from oversized geometrics to painterly florals, and surfaces shine with lacquer, velvet and mirror, catching the light with theatrical drama.

It's a design trend that recalls the spirit of Milan Design Week, where studios such as Dimore and Missoni showed how fearless color and form create interiors full of energy and character. On their own, each detail is striking. Together, they deliver a mood of unapologetic glamour — interiors that are witty, confident and, above all, absolutely fabulous.

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