Interview
IN GOOD TASTE Heralded as one of Britain’s brightest tastemakers, Suzy Hoodless is the name to know for truly inspired interiors. Here, she talks about challenging clients, cultivating colour and creating the new AllBright club in Mayfair Words BETHAN RYDER
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ondon-based interior designer Suzy Hoodless is on a roll. Fresh from completing a show apartment at the high-profile Television Centre in west London last year, this May saw the opening of The AllBright in Mayfair, the glamorous interiors of which were also designed by Hoodless and her six-strong team. This vast, five-storey townhouse is the second outpost of the women-only members’ club by entrepreneur Debbie Wosskow, OBE and former Hearst CEO Anna Jones. But while it might feel as if she’s just now hitting her stride, Hoodless has been busy successfully doing her thing for the past 19 years. “It’s just a very slow and gradual process building it up,” she says, stirring her hot chocolate. “It’s about dealing with people and very meticulous clients and suppliers, many of whom are craftspeople and creative. So I’m just bringing that together to create highly practical spaces that are comfortable, but also look good.”
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