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Rachel Roy: “Because I am constantly surrounded by colors, prints and fabrics at work, I like my apartment and my bedroom to be as clean and sparse, yet as comfortable, as possible,” explains Roy of her overall design philosophy. Her Poliform modernist sofa is strewn with colorful throw pillows, some made from Hermès scarves and others from fabrics she found in Ghana while on a trip for OrphanAid Africa. The oversize, industrial-style lamp is from the Wyeth showroom in New York City.