Designer chandeliers look great but can cost hundreds of pounds. Perri Lewis shows you how to revamp an old light fitting to get a bespoke look for less

The More Dash Than Cash edition of Vogue was always going to get people talking. A dress made from plastic bags? Tsk, how very silly. You think anyone's going to wear that, Mrs Vogue Editor? Tsk tsk tsk. You are just SO SILLY.

Erdem, the "digital" fashion designer, on why he feels at home in his new east London studio

East London is my Notting Hill; it's so central, I could never work anywhere else. I moved in here a year ago from nearby Mare Street. This studio is about quadruple the size of my old one – 900sqft. I'm quite proud of our pattern-cutting table, which is almost 7m long, built on the spot by two handymen, quite amazing. Anne Hathaway stopped by the other day to meet me and we had lunch on it. She was lovely. Samantha Cameron has come in a few times because we're working on a line of Smythson diaries. It's nice to finally make things that I can use for a change.

I am a digital designer. I scan things on to my Mac, such as a wallpaper I found in Japan, and using

George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg, interior designers to high-end stores and hotels, show off the latest of their four homes – a condominium in New York's West Village

When interior designers George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg first saw their New York home, they were looking for "a little pied-à-terre". At 4,000 sq ft, with floor-to-ceiling views of the Hudson river, this wasn't that, but it was irresistible. It didn't hurt that the building was designed by star architect Richard Meier, nor that its location was the leafy West Village, or that it came with some pretty famous upstairs neighbours.

"Nicole Kidman's got a floor and Hugh Jackman and Calvin Klein have got three floors each," says Pushelberg. "We haven't seen Hugh or

Painting UPVC windows, furniture marinaded in cigarette smoke and paint to withstand a shower's power

Can you recommend a paint I can use on UPVC windows?
If you use a UPVC primer, you can then apply topcoats of traditional paint. DIY expert Julian Cassell recommends International UPVC primer (£11.99 a litre, from focusdiy.co.uk). The windows must be spotlessly clean before the primer is applied, and topcoats (ideally with a gloss finish, for durability) must be applied within a few days because the primer is not weather-resistant.