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Chay Studio 1/29

By Danielle Directo-Meston
  • Photos: Chay Studio
  • Designer Chay Wike in her Downtown studio. Tell us more about your path from acting to designing. I was an actress from the ages of 10 to 23. I did a few TV shows and some indie films that never made it past
  • What inspired the apartment-like design and aesthetic of your shop? My grand fantasy is to have a retail space that resembles a home so that each room can have the appropriate merchandise. The living room can have seating, the bedroom a bed and li
  • What else can we expect from you in the near future? I'm launching two fragrances this spring—I've been working on them for a year and a half. [I'm also launching] some smaller lifestyle pieces, [and] I'm also planning to open another s
  • Tell us more about your new blog. I launched my blog BUTTER last fall. I have a series that I shoot on it called

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