Valeria McCulloch

Designer

the apartment was actually my parents’. It’s funny, my dad has vertigo, but he always chooses places that are like really high up. They hired

Juan Montoya, who was a very prominent interior designer, to design it. It’s beige and light brown, beautiful. I am a designer and have used the apartment for a few presentations. There are actually a lot of powerful women in the building. Lorraine Schwartz and the founder of Bond No. 9; I’ve seen her like three or four times. She’s a total entrepreneur. Keiko Aoki of Benihana. I think it’s because you’ve got the Diamond District really close by, all the shoe showrooms, Bergdorf ’s at 57th, Saks at 49th.