Although he shot to fame in 2018 when he turned one among Queer Eye’s beloved fab 5 hosts, Tan France had spent the final 20 years curating a profession as a distinguished womenswear designer, stylist, memoirist, and TV character. Along with his visible background, it naturally adopted that France, a longtime resident of Salt Lake Metropolis, could be closely concerned within the design of his household’s new residence.
“I selected to maneuver right here as a result of I assumed it was essentially the most stunning place I’ve ever seen in my life,” says France, who’s the son of Pakistani immigrants and was raised in South Yorkshire, England. “The individuals are the kindest I’ve ever skilled.”
Alongside his husband, Rob, an illustrator and painter, the Subsequent In Style host spent three years erecting what would grow to be a red-brick Tudor-style residence that includes a mix of South Asian, English, and American inside touches. (You’ll be able to watch the challenge come to life in AD’s Residence at Final video collection.) “I handled this home like a set,” France says. “In case you’ve ever been to a runway present, it ought to inform a narrative. I wished the highest of the home to be just like the opening look of a runway, and I wished the ultimate look to be stunning because the showstopper.”
To attain this degree of element would require painstaking analysis for any designer. Luckily, Tom and Cara Fox, the husband-wife staff behind the Fox Group, specialise in bringing formidable visions to life. “We’ve been impressed by our travels, particularly to Europe,” Cara says. “I believe that’s why it was such match with Tan’s residence, as a result of he wished it to really feel prefer it was from the 1800s in England however with fashionable luxurious and comfort.”
So as to produce essentially the most correct framework, the Fox Group’s lighting staff went to England to check the posh division retailer Liberty London, which famously makes use of beams with timber from two historic Royal Navy ships. “Once we did the inside and exterior Tudor beams, and the home windows, we made positive these could be completely genuine in form, dimension, and texture,” Cara says.
