Jeffery West Shoes

With names like "Fallen Angels" and "Hannibal," the Jeffery-West shoe collection—the work of childhood friends Mark Jeffery and Guy West—fall somewhere between a swanky gentlemen's club and Sweeney Todd's closet. Blood-red leather linings and handmade soles, inscribed with "Decadence, Sleaze and Excess,“ ooze with the kind of luxe horror that arguably only Brits can successfully pull off. Both born in England's historical shoe making area …

Claire de Lavallée Ceramics

by Zeva Bellel Photos by Fabrice Fortin French ceramic artist Claire de LavalleÌe draws on her skills from her former life as a baker to works her clay into brightly-hued organic shapes. Surrounded by wall-to-wall cupboards, cutting boards and rolling pins galore, her wonderfully-cluttered Left Bank atelier has the look and feel of an industrial kitchen. But instead of turning out batches of rustic tarts …

Arcadia: Cross-Country Style, Architecture and Design

by Anna Carnick The new book "Arcadia: Cross-Country Style, Architecture and Design" interprets its namesake (the remote mountain region of Greek mythology) for the modern age, surveying contemporary alpine and back-country architecture, bespoke furniture and interior design projects that take their inspiration from the beauty of their natural surroundings. Demonstrating an awesome range of possibilities for integrating of-the-moment aesthetics with breathtaking environments, the book's traditional …