Tag: Elsie de Wolfe

  • Elsie de Wolfe: The First Lady of Interior Design

    Elsie de Wolfe: The First Lady of Interior Design

    Long before “interior design” was a profession, Elsie de Wolfe had already invented it. A woman of dazzling wit, formidable ambition, and impeccable taste, she transformed how people thought about domestic space. Her life — stretching from Gilded Age New York to Belle Époque Paris, from Broadway stages to transatlantic salons — was as theatrical…