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Kimberly Ovitz

Kimberly Ovitz

Designer. New York

When we swung by her two-story loft, Kimberly Ovitz had recently made the move from her native L.A. to N.Y.C. Even though we walked right in on the middle of a serious guacamole-making session, she met us at the door with her two adorable English Bulldogs in tow and gave us the grand tour of her new space.

The minimalist downtown designer still radiates a distinctly laid-back, West Coast vibe: sharing her chalkboard of mantras, wall of inspirational images, and the small tree she transplanted to fulfill her "desire to see greenery in N.Y.C." Ovitz bonded with Jake over her collection of vintage cameras and black-and-white shots of musicians. She also filled us in on her reading list and recent transition over to an all-raw diet: "I began with a juice cleanse, which turned into a raw lifestyle. I appreciate simple tastes so much more and feel the best I’ve felt in my life". She also divulged her taste for weapon-like Gucci stilettos (we hardly blame her), experiments in attempting to get her dog Matza Ball to ride her skateboard, and her most surprising style icon, the late Steve Jobs. "I wear a uniform everyday: jeans and a T-shirt. I don’t like to think about outfits. I just like to be comfortable."

Ovitz's ultra-minimal designs totally translate inside her black-and-white digs, and it's clear that she completely lives and breathes her own design aesthetic. Ovitz broke it down for us: "My aesthetic is minimal, sophisticated, clean, easy, edgy. My first season was pretty representative of me, aesthetically: simple beauty, timeless, with feel-good fabrics." Case in point? Her pared-down closet, organized according to color: black, white, grey, with one single red dress, making Ovitz the perfect case study in living an edited life.

My closet. I'm anal about organization and color coordinating. I know there is so much color.

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Clothing, Various Designers

I want the entire wall to be chalkboard so I could draw on it, my friends could draw on it and so I can ultimately remind myself to do things. I miss the smell and sound of being by the beach!

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Shoes, Converse

My cozy nugget, Matza Ball.

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Tops, Kimberly Ovitz

My favorite piece of art at my place: “Modern art = I could do that + Yeah but you didn’t”.

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Top, Kimberly Ovitz

I wear a uniform everyday: jeans and a T-shirt. I don’t like to think about outfits. I just like to be comfortable. My style icon would be Steve Jobs.

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Dress, Kimberly Ovitz

 

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Tops, Kimberly Ovitz

“Let’s find some beautiful place to get lost,” in this dress.

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Dress, Kimberly Ovitz

This tree tides over my desire to see greenery in N.Y.C.

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Dresses, Kimberly Ovitz

I started my raw diet in October 2011. A close friend, a beacon of health and fitness, started it and turned me on to it. I began with a juice cleanse, which turned into a raw lifestyle. I appreciate simple tastes so much more and feel the best I’ve felt in my life.

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Cardigan, Kimberly Ovitz; Stilettos, Christian Louboutin

My aesthetic is minimal, sophisticated, clean, easy, edgy. My first season was pretty representative of me, aesthetically: Simple beauty, timeless, with feel-good fabrics.

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Shoes, Maison Martin Margiela

In college I got a guitar and told myself I’d be a pro by now, and it hasn’t happened. I still am playing the same five songs I started ten years ago… but it looks great right now as a shoe rack.

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Shoes, Maison Martin Margiela

A collage of shots of my favorite musicians. They inspire me! Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, Mick Jagger, John Lee Hooker, Bob Dylan…

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Skirt, Kimberly Ovitz

Favorite magazine is Fast Company. Books on the table at the moment: The Creative Process, edited by Brewster Ghiselin. Explained in their own words by 38 brilliant men and women including Albert Einstein, Vincent van Gogh, Jason Kuniyoshi, Friedrich Nietzsche, Carl Gustav Jung, Mary Wigman, A.E. Housman and others. Giving 2.0, by Laura Arrillaga, How Will You Measure Your Life, by Clayton M. Christensen, Zen: The Path of Paradox, by Osho.

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Shoes, Jimmy Choo

I tried to teach my English Bulldog, Matza Ball, to ride this skateboard, and it was a failed mission.

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Shoes, Ann Demulemeester

I love vintage cameras and these stilettos are dope, but every time I wear them I put a gash in my foot when I’m walking. Weapons.

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Shoes, Gucci

This was from Spring ‘11. The inspiration that season was based on an exhibit I saw at Pace Gallery called “On the Square.” The concept was about using the square as a base elemental form that defines and shapes the practice of modern and contemporary art. I implemented it into my work by starting patterns with a square and then draping from there, so there are elements of the garment that, when laid flat, become a square. My style philosophy? Less is more.

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Clothing, Kimberly Ovitz

 

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Shoes, Yves Saint Laurent

My books were homeless for a long time. I finally got around to getting a spot for them to place their bum.

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Clothing, Kimberly Ovitz

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My closet. I'm anal about organization and color coordinating. I know there is so much color. Clothing, Various Designers

I want the entire wall to be chalkboard so I could draw on it, my friends could draw on it and so I can ultimately remind myself to do things. I miss the smell and sound of being by the beach! Shoes, Converse

My cozy nugget, Matza Ball. Tops, Kimberly Ovitz

My favorite piece of art at my place: “Modern art = I could do that + Yeah but you didn’t”. Top, Kimberly Ovitz

I wear a uniform everyday: jeans and a T-shirt. I don’t like to think about outfits. I just like to be comfortable. My style icon would be Steve Jobs. Dress, Kimberly Ovitz

  Tops, Kimberly Ovitz

“Let’s find some beautiful place to get lost,” in this dress. Dress, Kimberly Ovitz

This tree tides over my desire to see greenery in N.Y.C. Dresses, Kimberly Ovitz

I started my raw diet in October 2011. A close friend, a beacon of health and fitness, started it and turned me on to it. I began with a juice cleanse, which turned into a raw lifestyle. I appreciate simple tastes so much more and feel the best I’ve felt in my life. Cardigan, Kimberly Ovitz; Stilettos, Christian Louboutin

My aesthetic is minimal, sophisticated, clean, easy, edgy. My first season was pretty representative of me, aesthetically: Simple beauty, timeless, with feel-good fabrics. Shoes, Maison Martin Margiela

In college I got a guitar and told myself I’d be a pro by now, and it hasn’t happened. I still am playing the same five songs I started ten years ago… but it looks great right now as a shoe rack. Shoes, Maison Martin Margiela

A collage of shots of my favorite musicians. They inspire me! Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, Mick Jagger, John Lee Hooker, Bob Dylan… Skirt, Kimberly Ovitz

Favorite magazine is Fast Company. Books on the table at the moment: The Creative Process, edited by Brewster Ghiselin. Explained in their own words by 38 brilliant men and women including Albert Einstein, Vincent van Gogh, Jason Kuniyoshi, Friedrich Nietzsche, Carl Gustav Jung, Mary Wigman, A.E. Housman and others. Giving 2.0, by Laura Arrillaga, How Will You Measure Your Life, by Clayton M. Christensen, Zen: The Path of Paradox, by Osho. Shoes, Jimmy Choo

I tried to teach my English Bulldog, Matza Ball, to ride this skateboard, and it was a failed mission. Shoes, Ann Demulemeester

I love vintage cameras and these stilettos are dope, but every time I wear them I put a gash in my foot when I’m walking. Weapons. Shoes, Gucci

This was from Spring ‘11. The inspiration that season was based on an exhibit I saw at Pace Gallery called “On the Square.” The concept was about using the square as a base elemental form that defines and shapes the practice of modern and contemporary art. I implemented it into my work by starting patterns with a square and then draping from there, so there are elements of the garment that, when laid flat, become a square. My style philosophy? Less is more. Clothing, Kimberly Ovitz

  Shoes, Yves Saint Laurent

My books were homeless for a long time. I finally got around to getting a spot for them to place their bum. Clothing, Kimberly Ovitz