‘Carlos Mota is a glamour whisperer. He’s just got that special thing. He can go into any space and, through a few simple gestures—a flower here, a tchotchke there—can make it magnetic, memorable, and magical’. — Jonathan Adler
Carlos Mota is the mastermind behind the amazing photographs seen in all the top design magazines, including Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, House & Garden, Vanity Fair, Departures, and Interior Design. His gifted and educated eye for selecting furniture, textiles, accessories, and art has produced some memorable imagery.
Mota is known for adding color and sophistication to the set, often by way of his elegant flower arrangements. Mota’s styling influences the way we see the world’s most extraordinary interiors, bringing vivacity to the pictures of some of the finest homes.
His beautifully illustrated book, A Touch of Style presents a curated journey through some of these incredible spaces.
Carlos Mota is an independent stylist and Architectural Digest’s current international style editor, and former editor at large for Elle Decor. Mota has styled and produced feature stories for Vanity Fair, New York magazine, and T: The New York Times Magazine to name a few, and has created environments for the production of catalogs and advertising campaigns for Bloomingdale’s, Saks Fifth Avenue, Estée Lauder, Max Mara, and Pottery Barn, among others. Mota has also organized special events for Chanel and Valentino.
The book launch was held at Assouline Interiors Showroom within the Decoration and Design Building Center in New York, on April 14. Carlos Mota was joined by friends, socialites, friends and stars including Iman Abdulmajid, Prosper Assouline, Martine Assouline, Alexandre Assouline, Muriel Brandolini, Elizabeth Callender, Liliana Cavendish, Kiera Chaplin, Nathalie de Gunzburg, Ahn Duong, Linda Fargo, Christy Ferer, Marilyn Gauthier, Monique Lhuillier, Oscar Mora, Sebastien Ratto-Viviani, Inga Rubinstein, Sophia Sanchez, Peggy Siegal, Jessica Seinfeld and Jamie Tish.
