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Maria, 35

“I’m wearing a blue Miu Miu jacket and sunglasses, a Left Bank Books merch tee, a 90s silk Benetton skirt, and velvet Carel Mary Janes. I prefer shoes that make a sound when I power walk through the streets. My style and wardrobe are mostly built around thrifted pieces I treasure and want to wear forever. Just spent a gorgeous afternoon browsing rare books in the East Village with my friend of 20 years, and these vintage polka-dot knee socks take me back to the year we met. People often tell me that I dress like my art. As an artist and designer, I’m mostly driven by colour combinations, hidden poetry and dopamine dressing, like a main character in my own movie.“

The flat-paneled cabinets in this contemporary, open-ceilinged kitchen stop at a conventional 7 ft.; their tops provide gallery space for large decorative pieces.