Michael Berman

What’s Your Favorite….

Accessory: Large, georgeous, overscaled men’s cuff links from the ‘70s
Activity:  Swimming at home in Palm Springs
Actor:  Steve McQueen
Airport:  Eero Saarinen TWA Terminal at JFK
Bar:  Red Pearl Kitchen in L.A. for the Jade Mistress martinis
Broadway show:  Sweeney Todd
Car:  My 1964 Oldsmobile Starfire and all GM cars of the ‘60s and ‘70s
Chair:  Warren Platner wire chair, circa 1967
City:  New York
Color:  Chartreuse green
Country: Greece
Fashion: designer Prada
Flower:  Chocolate cosmos
Food:  Indian-chicken tikka masala and raita
Garden:  Lotusland in Santa Barbara, California
Hobby: Antique stores
Hotel:  Cipriani in Venice, Italy
Jewelry:  Georg Jensen silver bracelet
Lamp:  Black lacquered classic Maison Charles, circa 1977
Luggage:  My Bottega Veneta oxblood leather hard suitcases
Magazine:  Maison Française
Memory:  Meeting my life partner, Lee, in 1981
Movie:  Cinema Paradiso
Museum:  Musée D’Orsay, Paris
Perfum/cologne:  Roger & Gallet “Cologne”
Singer:  Dionne Warwick singing Bacharach
Toiletry:  Agragria Balsam body lotion

MICHAEL Berman is one of the country’s most respected designers with a sophisticated signature style that artfully marries understated glamour with a fresh livability. He calls it American Trans-Modern.