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Head to fashion designer Laura Kim’s and you’ll find two of her three “pinned” posts are actually food-related. Sandwiching a photo of an extraordinarily sculpted Oscar de la Renta white floral gown is a photo of a purple cauliflower baked right into a bread loaf and an apple tarte featuring slices arranged into an ombré rose that fan out and shift in color. The message? The way to Kim’s heart is through a very pretty plate.

“It's equally important to me that food looks as good as it tastes,” explains Kim of her culinary philosophy, weeks ahead of the launch of her first-ever home collection with Crate & Barrel—110 pieces to help cook, present, and table the perfect al fresco meal. Launching tomorrow, the collection is a reflection of Kim’s world—as co-creative director of Oscar de la Renta and Monse, but also of the keeper of a small but bountiful rooftop garden in SoHo that’s bustling with strawberries, tomatoes, Asian herbs—and no bugs.“I think the bugs are not moving to SoHo for one little garden, so I rarely have to spray anything!” It was as though she bottled up her photogenic life and presented it to Crate & Barrel; and in a way, she did.



The scented candles in smooth marble vessels (Earl Grey, Garden Dill, Garden Carrot) mimic the scents found in Kim’s garden. (“The smell of the candles don’t fight with the food—it can be offsetting to have a candle on when you're cooking, so these scents act as compliments,” she says.) And las.

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