Hollywood glam, shimmer and shine the latest in home decor.

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Byline: Charlyne Varkonyi Schaub

Roll out the red carpet. Turn on the spotlights. And say hello to "Hollywood Glam."

Think back to the days when Tinseltown deserved its name. Imagine Greta Garbo and Jean Harlow dressed in luxurious, clinging gowns and Humphrey Bogart wearing a white dinner jacket.

Now translate this nostalgia for old-fashioned glamour into home fashion. Mirrored furniture. Chaises. Bars serving martinis and Manhattans. Vanities decked out with triple mirrors and elegant perfume bottles. Fabrics and furniture finishes with a touch of shimmer. Even politically correct fake fur throws.

Michelle Lamb, publisher of The Trend Curve newsletter, calls Hollywood Glam "a trend with legs" that promises to keep gaining converts. She and other trend watchers say it also ties in with signs that our color palette is ready to shift back into neutral.

"Everyone wants to feel like a star or a starlet," she said in a telephone interview. "People like the idea of being pampered. Glamour looks good, feels good and ties in with the luxurious fabrics of the moment ... linen, velvet and silk."

Lamb said Hollywood Glam also appeals to a need we all have for more time in a fast-paced world.

"It's the look of money," she said. "Jean Harlow had the time to sit before a dressing table. Hollywood Glam is about having the time to sit in a dressing room or mix a martini. Who has time for that today? I think it feeds the American dream. You can live like that and you can have the time to look like that."

The glam trend has been developing for a couple of years. Thomasville threw out the first salvo in 2002 with its Humphrey Bogart Collection, including signature pieces such as an elegant deco-inspired dressing table and a bar with a nod to the woodwork of French Art Deco designer Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann. And momentum has been...

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