Lisa Fontanarosa | Source | Lavender grower and flower stylist, interior stylist residential private clie...

Styling, Sourcing, Arranging, Creating

During my career as an interior stylist, I’ve traveled all over the world working with A-list designers and style makers and collecting the beautiful objects that I surround myself with in my shop and in my home.

I create luxurious spaces for private clients and work with designers who create custom pieces for some of the biggest names in the business, including Bergdorf Goodman and Barneys, and hospitality projects all over the globe.

I see myself, first and foremost, as a curator and creator of a world filled with poetic pieces. My choices are guided by Paris, where the mix of antique and modern complement each other like favorite old shirt and shiny new shoes.

My interest in design started at age 14 when my mother, who was born in Sicily, and my dad, who was from Naples, took me on a trip to the Mediterranean.

It left an indelible mark on my heart and led me to France and the lavender fields of Provence, where my passion for design, art and flowers became the inspiration for my styling business in which I source unique objects, lighting and textiles to incorporate into the rooms I style.

I spent my early career in the New York fashion scene working for magazines such as Vogue and Architectural Digest. It was a job styling the window displays for the Henri Bendel department store that solidified my love of interior design and styling and ultimately led to an international design career and the founding of my business, The Lisa Fontanarosa Collection www.lisafontanarosa.com in 1997.
My latest passion project is creating what I call Floral Fashions – accessorizing vintage dressmaker’s mannequins that I clothe with dried lavender-laden bouquets. Filled with dried flowers from my gardens and include dahlias, cosmos, alliums, roses, sunflowers and lavender.

My floral fashions are made of dried flowers and feature artistically arranged petals and blooms.

These runway-ready sculptures, inspired by all things femme and French.