Elle Decor - USA (2019-09)

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.