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Melt Meee
chandelier,
Amarynth.

Alice in
Wonderland
playing cards,
Alice in
A li c e i n
Prospero Art.

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Produced by MEG CROSSLEY | Text by ARREN WILLIAMS
Clothing,
Miu Miu.
Take one ingenue, add a surreal fantasyland peppered
with oddly attired characters, including bloodthirsty
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll royalty and a crazed milliner, and what do you get? No,
(Everyman’s Library, 1992), Indigo. not the story behind John Galliano’s latest collection,
this is all about Alice in Wonderland, and the tale’s
hotter-than-hot treatment in the hands of filmmaker
French Canopy
Tim Burton. When it opens in March, we’re expecting
chair, Artistic Frame.
a visually sumptuous feast that’s inspiring and edgy.
And, of course, Johnny Depp!
Speaking of inspiring, while Lewis Carroll’s novel
first dazzled children in 1866, it’s Sir John Tenniel’s
quirky illustrations of Alice that are on trend now,
making an impression on cushions, drinking glasses
and playing cards. Not to mention the storybook feel
of Starck’s decidedly odd Melt Meee chandelier and
John Derian’s Victorian découpage wonders. So, gather
the kids, plunk yourself down in that cool hooded chair
Multi-Phlox cachepot, and delight them with a chapter of Alice’s adventures.
John Derian. Sourcing and styling by Arren Williams/Photography by Jessica Lin (cards, glass, shoes, book)/First View (clothing)

Christian Louboutin Corto
heels, Holt Renfrew.

Wonderland
glasses,
Urban
Outfitters.

White Rabbit
pillow cover, Nuka.

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