Out of the Closet - Shizue Nobuta ; Clutch Bags On the Bookshelves, Shoes in the Fireplace and a Wardrobe in the Wine Cellar. Diminutive Handbag Designer Shizue Nobuta's Flat Is a Homage to Her Fabulous Collection of Clothes

Evening Standard - London › August 20, 2004

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Handbag designer Shizue Nobuta's storage system is quite unconventional. The fireplace has no grate because it's filled with shoes, the bookshelves are empty of books but groaning with bags and there's no wine in the cellar, just rails hung with extraordinary clothes. In this house fashion is more important than furnishings.

'My grandmother was a perfectionist with a passion for Chanel and Valentino couture and she had over 1,000 pairs of shoes,' says Shizue.

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Out of the Closet - Shizue Nobuta ; Clutch Bags On the Bookshelves, Shoes in the Fireplace and a Wardrobe in the Wine Cellar. Diminutive Handbag Designer Shizue Nobuta's Flat Is a Homage to Her Fabulous Collection of Clothes

'Even when she was dying she was still having her nails done and buying jewellery from her hospital bed.'

The family billions were made through property and golf courses in Japan and, in keeping with family ...

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