132 ELLE DECOR
NOT FOR SALE
PRODUCED BY PARKER BOWIE LARSON
PHOTOGRAPH BY EVAAN KHERAJ
STYLED BY JJ CHAN
Each month, ELLE DECOR asks an artisan to create a
unique item for us. At the end of the year, these pieces will be
auctioned off to benefit the charity of each maker’s choice.
The
Dramatic
Exit
DESIGNER LORI WEITZNER
SHOWS US ONE WAY TO STORM
STYLISHLY OUT OF A ROOM.
As a textile designer, Lori Weitzner has a knack for creating wall-
coverings made of surprising materials. Take, for example, her Nimbus
paper, handmade from the bark of a South American fig tree. The
lat ticelike design is also versatile: It has been used on lampshades,
sandwiched between panes of glass for a translucent textural effect,
and now, employed on a pair of high heels. Weit zner teamed up on this
custom sartorial statement with her longtime friend, Manhattan-based
shoe artist (and clairvoyant) Llorraine Neithardt, whose designs inspired
the cobbler subplot in the movie P.S. I Love You. Like the storm clouds
that give the paper its name, these shoes make for a tempestuous state-
ment, albeit one that is closer to the ground. —Samantha Swenson
weitznerlimited.com
Custom mules in
Lori Weitzner’s
Nimbus pattern.