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Stylist’s Corner
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BY KATHRYN O’MALLEY
In Japan, yakitori restaurants are the antidotes to long, taxing days at the office: smoke-filled joints offering sticks of juicy meat and bottles of ice-cold sake and beer.
These are places to wash away stress, and just as the food is fuss-free, so too is the décor. “It’s all very casual and laid-back,” says prop stylist Tom Hamilton, who returned from a recent trip to Kyoto with new food memories and 30 antique plates he picked up along the way—a few of which are pictured here.
To recreate the effortless beauty of a yakitori restaurant table involves a certain degree of controlled chaos. You want to mix and match a variety of colors, textures and patterns, but unite them with a common theme or color palette (in this case it’s red, blue and green). And, “Be patient,” advises Tom. “Trust your eye, and experiment with different options until you’re satisfied with the final result.”
