the best, most luxurious cashmere, silk and cotton available. Jessie learned there is an abundance of colors and textures available to her in this city, and in her lingerie as in her home, “pretty much anything goes when it comes to color. I’m not afraid to use color in my home or in my designs,” she declares, “I also love to use bold prints. And of course everything must be soft and comfortable.” Her loft boasts beauty and order, patience and boldness. Jessie is not capricious; she is a woman who can wait. “Everything I own has been collected over time”, she says. “I only choose things I absolutely love and if I can’t find what I want I just live without it until I find exactly what I’m looking for.” Jessie made do for years without a dining room table. Now she has found her perfect piece and has bravely paired it with modern chairs dressed in exotic, floral fabric. She admits, “I’ll keep this table forever.” Love is her guide in design and life. Jessie only chooses things that make her heart jump and “somehow they all mesh together.” For example, she fell for two African rugs that were later sewn together and a boisterous club chair in a myriad of colors from Anthropolgie The textural and spatial contrasts you see in her loft might have been influenced by two of Jessie’s design icons: Kelly Wearstler and Gilles Mendel. Jessie believes “Kelly Wearstler’s creativity is unparalleled. I love her bold use of color and prints and how she takes Hollywood regency style
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