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The same carefree, tiffany tiffany jewellery philosophy applies to her home, a bright fifthfloor apartment that she shares with her son, Romain. Miceli has decorated the cheap tiffany cuff links herself with a collage of styles and furniture, either picked up on a whim or made to measure. A reindeer rug from Sweden (captured when she went to investigate ice blocks for Louis Vuitton's Fall 2004 show), a rugged tiffany cuff links sofa (from her weekend vacation spot, Lège-Cap Ferret, on France's Atlantic coast) and a square Christian Liaigre chair (handed down from Marc Jacobs) are just as beloved as her more toned-down pieces, such as a Jacqueline Morabito dining-room table and Jean Prouvé chairs. Sprinkled throughout the space is a growing art collection that alternates between sophisticated contemporary works by tiffany cuff links Kusama and Takashi Murakami and kitsch artifacts, such as plastic dolls and Brazilian diorama scenes.Though she's known for the fabulously cosmopolitan fetes she throws for Louis Vuitton, Miceli's home provides the perfect backdrop for friends-only dinner parties. "I love to entertain in my house, but I never have a waiter serving dinner, I hate that," she says. "And I love to do my table." So for her cheap tiffany earrings at tiffany earrings, out come the white tablecloth, vintage china, antique silver, colored glasses, crystal Baccarat carafes for wine and water and a Hermès porcelain ashtray for each tiffany earrings. Then there's the table decoration, which could be composed of anything from a whimsical mix of plastic dolls, Chanel nail varnish and lipsticks to Coca-Cola cans for added color


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