Trina turk collection

Bright colors and bold patterns are hallmarks of designer Trina Turk’s eponymous clothing and home decor lines, reflecting her love of California’s culture, landscape, and architecture. When she’s not in the studio or overseeing her 11 retail stores, Turk and her husband, photographer Jonathan Skow, advocate for historic places. Preservation spoke with Turk about finding inspiration in old buildings.

How did you and your husband first become interested in preservation?

We met in college, at the University of Washington in Seattle. There were a lot of interesting buildings on campus, so I think that, combined with our love of thrift shopping and vintage clothing, led to an interest in the interiors and the architecture in which this clothing would have been worn. We started going on architecture tours when we moved to Los Angeles in the mid-ˇ80s. We learned about the hotbed of midcentury architecture by all the greats, right in L.A.

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