This Supermodel's Apartment Is Intentionally Uncluttered

janvier 08, 2026

Thursday, January 08, 2026

Supermodel Karen Elson has always been one of the coolest girls around—so it's no surprise that her new apartment in downtown New York is just as cool. She designed it with Louisa Pierce and Emily Ward, cofounders of design studio Pierce & Ward. But unlike Elson's Nashville home, which they also designed, this one is all about turning the page: giving up her beloved English cottage clutter, getting used to having a grown-up daughter, and celebrating her now not-so-new marriage to music producer Lee Foster. Talk about fresh starts—and the best part is that we can buy some of the pieces ourselves via West Elm.

—Elisa Lipsky-Karasz, head of editorial content

Supermodel Karen Elson Starts Fresh—and Embraces a Decluttered Look—in New York

The former Nashville resident enlisted Pierce & Ward to revamp her Seaport loft.

"I'm in my empty nest era," says supermodel Karen Elson. The chapter includes not only a new husband, Electric Lady Studios owner Lee Foster, whom she wed in September 2024, but also a light-filled Manhattan loft that, when she moved in, needed a tightly curated makeover. "I'm trying to scale down the clutter, which is NOT easy for me," she says.

The English-born fashion model and muse has been walking couture runways since the 1990s, starring in campaigns for Chanel, Louis Vuitton, and Yves Saint Laurent, to name just a few. In 2006, she moved permanently to Nashville to raise her family, also taking up a new career as a singer-songwriter in the process. She has released three albums so far, The Ghost Who Walks (2010), Double Roses (2017), and Green (2022), which feature lush, retro-tinged acoustics and Elson's soulful vocals.

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