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definer, as young designers can showcase their work on a marquee national scale and established designers can flex their creative talent to launch trends, such as Mario Buatta's flat ceiling-mounted canopy bed in 1984, which Architectural Digest hailed as "the bedroom that shook the world." Kips Bay Decorator Show house launched its first show house in New York City in 1973, opened its first Palm Beach show house in 2017, and its first Dallas show house in 2020. The book features charming anecdotes from top talent, including Alexa Hampton, who vividly recalls a third-grade field trip to Kips Bay in the '70s, where her father Mark Hampton's "dramatic dark brown library" left a lasting impression. The club-like camaraderie among Kips Bay designers is also notable — Jamie Drake fondly recalls having a room next to an encouraging Albert Hadley at his first show house in 2002. Drake's lavender and bright pink bedroom in 2007 was deeply exhilarating and struck that harmonious Kips Bay magic chord of being both au courant and timeless — and that's what becomes an icon. "It is a vehicle for this country's top designers to showcase their very best work and an opportunity for all visitors to get inspired by not only the interiors, but the latest sources, artists, and vendors." — Bunny Williams Clockwise from left: Sitting room, Mark Hampton, 1985. Bedroom, Mario Buatta, 1985. Bedroom, David Barrett, 1993. 50 PHILLIP H. ENNIS KIPS BAY BOYS & GIRLS CLUB ARCHIVE PETER VITALE