Charlotte grabbed the opportunity of Covid and moved her entire operation — family, husband, and shoe workroom — from London to the bucolic English countryside.
The landscaping is by The Land Gardeners, a fascinating site that promises “Healing our soils, healing our plants, healing our planet.”
(Naturally occurring soil compost info here: https://www.thelandgardeners.com/farmers-gardeners)
Charlotte Dellal, most famous for spectacularly dangerous stilettos, discovered that a few years away from her London night life persona has brought her down to earth, and back to the basics of her “Kitty” flats.
Her house, as photographer for the Financial Times of London, owes a lot the the famed craziness of the Paris dealer/interior designer Madeleine Castaing (1894-1992). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Castaing
Her bedside table pays homage to her obsessions: shoes (with photographs by Guy Bourdin) and her outdoors gardens.
If you’d like to slip into her Kitty flats, try some recycled versions at Vestaire: priced from $102US to $336US. https://www.vestiairecollective.com/women-shoes/charlotte-olympia/kitty/#brand=Charlotte%20Olympia%232680_gender=Women%231
