Wide open windows, gorgeous beams of light, powder pink antoriums, burning Diptyque candles, and some good tunes in the background...I saw Aslı welcoming me--in a black mini dress--through the luminousness to her minimalistically chic and impeccably decorated house. 

   Yves Saint Laurent Tie-Up Suede And Metal-Plate Pumps

It was 12 pm and she was giving me my first coffee of the day. However she had already had hers, long before I came, before going her shoot for Harper's Bazaar Magazine at 7 am in the morning. She is the fashion director of Bazaar and also designer of Beymen.

The red box with the peculiar head illustration on the cover of the 36th issue of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern is by artist Matt Furie. It began in 1998 as a literary journal that published only works rejected by other magazines. That rule was soon abandoned. This issue features a handwritten, illustrated story, four postcards, uncut roll of fortune-cookie fortunes, eight booklets and more. Each issue comes with a different design and different content.

Helmut Newton vintage lithographs with signatures.

 

A timeless iconic Louis Vuitton Nomad Noe bag originally produced for champagne bottles.

 

 

iPad in hand and a cup of tea at her side. Wearing a silk kimono or a cotton robe, with white ballet shoes that complement her Frenchitude--this is how you can imagine Aslı sitting in her balcony on sunny days.

The plastic ice-cube tray was an invitation for Stella McCartney's Spring 2012 fashion show. Stella's invitations and campaigns are always unique and full of humor--I love it!  The invitation  connects with her post-show comments: "It's a celebration of energy, freshness, and fitness".

 

 

Some women are like no other. They emanate a natural charisma, charm and power. Furthermore, Samra is the closest thing that I have seen to an amateur artistic polymath, evidenced by her creative fingerprints throughout her house and her extensive curriculum vitae.

Hello Louboutins! Named after one of his favorite neighborhoods in Paris, the "Pigalle" was one of Christian's first beloved styles; and so was hers! Samra has a big  love affair with this iconic sky-high sexy pumps. 

 She puts her books with the spines facing inwards after reading. 

 

She has a wide collection of gloves and these are from Guy Laroche.

Her accessories are responsible for adding a twist to the whole ensemble. These outstanding pieces deserve being called art rather then accessories. 

Silver Jean Paul Gautier cross& Veronique Leroy bulb bracelet

 

 Junya Watanabe zip necklace and 20's art deco candle holders from Denmark

Vase is a gift to his father from Jale Yilmabasar.

 

Chair Edra the Anemone by Campana Brothers

Selin, is a perfect friend and an amazing person. Due to our studies abroad we were seeing each other occasionally during holidays.  What's more she is a good teammate. We have really good memories in this beautiful house mostly after our nights out coming home and playing Trivial Pursuit in the summers. 

 

The black armchairs used to belong to her grandmother, and the candles are from a small store in Le Marais, Paris where she used to work before moving to her homeland, Istanbul. With its checherboard marble tiles, entrance is one of my favorite parts of the house.

 

playing with 'Pablo'

 

She bought this purple YSL bag from New York and the rug it sits on is a purchase from Machu Picchu, Peru. From the time she volunteered in an orphanage.

This is a scratch-off map that Selin purchased from Singapore. She though its a cute way of keeping track of her travels, her sister also has one.

Selin loves to travel and she has many souvenirs in her room from the places she visited. The boomerang she recently got from Gold Coast, Australia, the Tumbi sculpture and hand crafted mini-notebooks she bought from Cusco, Peru, the Buddha sculpture from Bangkok, Thailand and a hardcover book from Singapore.

  

Although the living room generally has a Scandinavian effect with its colors, I noticed a few objects like this hand made Ottoman Iron Curtain that create a cozy Bosphorus house feeling. This was designed by her mother and Armenian craftsman made.

You can see the candles reflections seem endless.