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Solange Azagury-Partridge
London

BACKSTORY Jewelry designer Azagury-Partridge was, as she puts it, "made in Casablanca but born in England. My nature is Moroccan-Jewish, but my nurture is British. That may have something to do with my aesthetic." Her Notting Hill shop is lined in red velvet; the cabinets, by British furniture guru Tom Dixon, display gems sized somewhere between the grand prize in a gumball machine and a Ping-Pong ball, Bombay pearls, and her signature ruby-and-enamel Union Jack rings. Since 2001, she has also been creative director of the Paris jewelry house Boucheron, known for adorning countesses, maharanis, and actresses of the Belle Époque. "The aristocracy and bohemia can be very good partners. The British in particular are quite good at mixing them up." NOW VOYAGER Paired with nightlife impresario Oliver Peyton to design his restaurant, the Admiralty, at the 18th-century Somerset House. "I started with a portrait of an admiral and then imagined what he might have brought back from his travels." Chandeliers in the shape of galleons light the three dining rooms. FAVORITE PLACE "I always rent this wonderful villa in Lazio, not far from Viterbo. The gardens were landscaped by Vignola, who also did the ones at the Villa Lante. It's gorgeous, like something out of a Visconti movie."



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