From Suits To Suites
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In a time when many designers are striving for the edgiest, most avant-garde styles imaginable, some homeowners yearn for classic looks. These traditionalists may be happy to learn that Brooks Brothers, the 187-year-old stalwart of conservative American fashion, has introduced a line of wallpaper.
Now men can choose some of the argyles, paisleys, and foulard patterns that adorn their neckties for the walls of their studies or dens. The wallpaper collection also goes beyond Brooks Brothers’ signature clothing patterns, with floral designs, toiles, hunting scenes, and nautical patterns. There are 22 wallpaper designs and five borders in all, including a trompe l’oiel design of a bookcase full of books.
Brooks Brothers teamed with Gramercy, a brand of the 116-year-old F. Schumacher & Co. – another classic American firm – to create the wallpaper.
One of the Brooks Brothers wallpaper designs will be used to cover Wynton Marsalis’s dressing room at Jazz at Lincoln Center; designer Robert Verdi will be decorating the room.
The wallpaper is priced at $29.99 to $46.99 for a single roll or 5-yard spool. Designs are available in multiple colors, and the paper is pre-pasted and trimmed, washable, and strippable. The collection is available at wallpaper stores nationwide; call 800-332-3384 for local Gramercy retailers.
