This New York Fashion Insider’s Apartment Is a ‘Gentleman’s Salon,’ Dressed in Menswear Fabrics

Small living room with cream walls, a brown velvet sofa, large prints and a glass dining table.

The beauty and magic of a window display is something of a fantasy… It’s an invitation to step inside.’ So says Robert Rufino, who started his career as a young window designer in the prestigious New York department store Henri Bendel. It’s a quote that could well be ascribed to his own, very inviting, home.

Sitting room: An elegant tabletop tableau displays a plate and lamp that Robert has owned for decades. Plaster lamp, Giacometti. Plate, Fornasetti (Image credit: Stephen Kent Johnson)