When in Rome

I have a great passion for textiles and colour, which have inspired both my fashion and interior lives,” says Australian designer Collette Dinnigan from her 18th-century top-floor apartment in Rome’s Centro Storico where she is currently living with her husband, Bradley Cocks, and their son, Hunter. “I love an eclectic mix of old and new. I believe I always create a freshness to my spaces and most definitely give them a feminine edge.”

For Dinnigan, the power of femininity has always been central to her aesthetic. Having wound up her hugely successful fashion business in 2013 to spend more time