Bunny Mellon Behind the Scenes with Bryan Huffman

This week, Paloma and Caroline welcome one of their best friends, Bryan Huffman, an esteemed and celebrated decorator from North Carolina. For the last decade of her life, Bryan chatted every night with style icon Mrs. Paul Mellon, or "Bunny" as her friends called her, became one her closest confidants. In this episode, Bryan shares endearing details of her iconic style and stories of how they became friends, how she and Jacqueline Kennedy developed a close relationship, how Bunny came to purchase her Rothko collection, her generosity, her humor and wit, and many, many more. But before the trio delve into discussions of Mrs. Mellon, they play a new game, "Would you Rather?" - a game of personal preferences and social etiquette.

Takeaways

• Dressing Appropriately
• Personal Preferences
• Social Etiquette Etiquette for party arrival
• Thank you notes and gifts
• Travel and lifestyle preferences
• Real estate and property preferences
• Friendship with Bunny Mellon Bunny Mellon's unique approach to interior design
• Influence of Swedish interiors on Bunny Mellon's aesthetic

Chapters

• 00:00 Dressing Appropriately
• 16:15 Personal Preferences
• 22:22 Etiquette for Party Arrival
• 28:11 Real Estate and Property Preferences
• 33:40 Friendship with Bunny Mellon
• 46:49 Bunny Mellon's Aesthetic
• 01:00:24 Bunny Mellon's Creative Process
• 01:09:20 Bunny Mellon's Humor and Wit