Party Like an Indie Rockstar
Crowded House
Guests cram into Knowles’ home office for a photo op
Balancing Act
Knowles and son Julez in her bedroom
Balancing Act
Local art-fair finds hang above her sofa. “My parties start off mellow,” says Knowles, “then get loud.”
Turning Tables
Top: Knowles, in a Madewell blouse and skirt and Pierre Hardy shoes, preps the dining room with Julez; a Malick Sidibé photograph hangs in the background.
Bottom: She sources tableware from Anthropologie and Williamsburg’s mc&co Taylor’s goat-cheese- and-cherries dessert.
Give guests a cool place to hang their vintage bags
Tom Dixon Peg Coat Stand, Fluoro, $750, tomdixon.net
Decorate Geometri- cally
Dusty pillow, $110, johnrobshaw.com; Steel Lupe rug, $450–$2,800, madelineweinrib.com
Dress Sharply
Lucielle lean skirt, $118, madewell.com; Lady Grey necklace, $370, shopcurve.com
Get the Door
Clockwise from top left: Refinery29's Piera Gelardi, Chairlift's Polachek, and Knowles; jewelry designer Jill Martinelli and husband Wimberly; designers Darlene and Lizzy Okpo; Jassine Chrisphonte, rapper Ingrid "IB" Burley, and Saada Ahmed.
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