Sheer Opulence

Nicholas Haslam is one of the world’s finest interior designers,

sought by rock stars, royalty, and the aristocracy alike. His interiors have chutzpah and a touch of opulence that seduce you the momentyou catch a glimpse. Rooms look glamorous and sexy, yet liveable in, practical, and, above all, flattering to their owner and their surroundings. He makes great use of the completely unexpected and is known for effects such as linen carpets, silver-papered ceilings, slashed leather curtains, and Picasso-inspired fabric footstools.

Sheer Opulence, with specially commissioned photography by

David Montgomery, reveals Haslam’s decorating secrets and

instinctive approach to both classic and contemporary interiors in a visual diary with Haslam’s own watercolor plans accompanying the stunning photographs of rooms around the world.

* The first book from the rock stars' and royalty's favorite interior designer.

* Previously published in hardcover by Watson-Guptill (ISBN:082347970).

* His autobiography, Redeeming Features, is published by Random House.

 

David Montgomery is a celebrated international photographer. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he attended photography courses run by Alexi Brodevitch along with working for the award-winning photographer, Lester Bookbinder, for four years. Following Lester Bookbinder to England in the early 1960s, David Montgomery fell in love with the soft, romantic English light and took up residence in London. Today he continues to live there with his wife and children.

David Montgomery is internationally known as a portrait photographer of high profile statesmen and personalities within the entertainment field. Among some of his previous sitters are Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen Mother, Prince Andrew, Baroness Margaret Thatcher, Lord Hume, Edward Heath, James Callaghan, Jack Straw, Bill Clinton, Pierre Trudeau, HM King Hussein, Baron Thyssen Bornemisza, Prince and Princess Thurn and Taxis, Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones, Sir Paul McCartney, Chrissy Hinde, Pierce Brosnan, Clint Eastwood, Barbara Streisand, S Club 7 and Atomic Kitten, just to name a few! David Montgomery’s portrait of Jimi Hendrix appeared on the cover of his album, ‘Experience Hendrix’ as well as shooting the iconic cover for ‘Electric Ladyland.’

Many books on home style include his work; four in association with Tricia Guild of Designer’s Guild, a definitive English flower book for Pulbrook & Gould and four books on New Age aromatherapy entitled Romance, Relaxation, Vitality and Well-Being. As well as having been previously commissioned by the Post Office to do a special edition stamp for the Millenium issue, He also contributes regularly to the Sunday Times, Vogue, House & Garden and Rolling Stone magazine.




NICHOLAS HASLAM has been an interior decorator since 1971. Educated at Eton, where he decorated his study with fake leopardskin walls and a carpet of artificial grass, he has lived in New York as Art Director of US Vogue, and latterly LA. Since 1971 he has designed town and country interiors all over Europe and the US for clients including British royalty, stars

such as Ringo Starr and Joan Collins, Vanity Fair and the New Yorker. He lives in London and Hampshire.