Alexia Kondylis.(Brief article)

Byline: Hamish Bowles

I'm always after a good basic so I don't look too cuckoo-and then I add in all the junk," says the ravishing half-Greek, half-German/Austrian interior designer Alexia Kondylis. Accentuating her statuesque figure, she chooses dresses with streamlined structure and loves Oscar de Renta, Cristobal Balenciaga, Zac Posen, and "Narciso, who is clean and unfailingly collected. I like that Marni is so whimsical. And I have a ton of Chanel, most of it vintage and in strong colors like purple and electric red. You can be more risky with color there because the form is so simple."

Recent vintage online obsessions have yielded collections of items as disparate as Nancy Reagan-era Adolfo suits and antique beaded Inuit mukluk boots. She admits to a "shoe addiction" currently fueled by Blahnik, Louboutin, and Vivier. "I know I should be wearing flats," says the five-foot-eleven Kondylis, "but I just love heels!" She also adores quirky antique jewelry and mixes real and fake with Chanel-esque ...