Q: Did I read that Gloria Vanderbilt had become an interior designer? Last I heard, she was making jeans.

A: I don't think Ms. Vanderbilt has given up her day job — being one of the world's wealthiest women — but you are partially correct. She did try her hand at interior design again when she created a room at this spring's famous Kips Bay Show House in New York.

I should say "recreated" a room. Now 85, Vanderbilt was inspired by a room that was originally ...

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