Article: Second nature: former fashion designer Adrienne Vittadini launches a new career, on Florida's sultry west coast.

What does a fashion designer do when she decides to quit fashion? For Adrienne Vittadini, who sold her label in 1996 after 30 years in the business, the answer was obvious: design interiors. The move to the home front was a logical one for Vittadini. "When I had my fashion company," recalls the elegant blond, "one of the things I loved most was the home collection: the sheets, bath accessories, and wallpaper." But she "didn't want to work with clients at this stage of my life, or run around from showroom to showroom." So she came up with the ultimate designer branding statement: buying properties, collaborating with local architects on building homes, then decorating and ...

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