There is a new nostalgia for the kitsch features of the classic 1930s homes, says Elizabeth Wilson, visiting professor at the University of Arts in London.

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Van Noten's retail spaces so closely echo the designer's finely wrought blend of old and new, classic and kitsch, and exotic and traditional that you'd expect both the fashion and the decorative styles to have sprung from the same source.

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But the Neiman shows the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, rather than his customary jock kitsch, and the over-all feel of the offices is boardroom, not locker room.

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