A Brief History of Victoria Hagan's Brilliant Career
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1/11Victoria Hagan is born in New York City and raised in Pocantico Hills, New York. She grows up frequenting fabric stores with her mother, a fashion illustrator.Victoria Hagan is born in New York City and raised in Pocantico Hills, New York. She grows up frequenting fabric stores with her mother, a fashion illustrator.
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2/11Visits Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello with her family. “I remember being taken with the architecture,” Hagan says. “It really inspired me.”Visits Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello with her family. “I remember being taken with the architecture,” Hagan says. “It really inspired me.”
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3/11Attends Parsons School of Design, where she meets interior designer Simone Feldman through a mentoring program. While in school, she lands her first big project: the renovation of a historic West Side apartment. “I don’t know that I knew what I was doing, but I figured it out.”
1985
Launches Feldman-Hagan Interiors with Feldman. “We had great synergy. She taught me to be open-minded, and that it’s okay to think a little differently, which gave me great confidence in finding my own design voice.”Attends Parsons School of Design, where she meets interior designer Simone Feldman through a mentoring program. While in school, she lands her first big project: the renovation of a historic West Side apartment. “I don’t know that I knew what I was doing, but I figured it out.”
1985
Launches Feldman-Hagan Interiors with Feldman. “We had great synergy. She taught me to be open-minded, and that it’s okay to think a little differently, which gave me great confidence in finding my own design voice.” -
4/11Photograph by Peter VitaleFeldman-Hagan Interiors designs a salon at the Kips Bay Decorator Show House. A year later, after Feldman’s death, Hagan opens Victoria Hagan Interiors. “I quickly learned that completing a project takes a village. You need to know who you can rely on.”Photograph by Peter VitaleFeldman-Hagan Interiors designs a salon at the Kips Bay Decorator Show House. A year later, after Feldman’s death, Hagan opens Victoria Hagan Interiors. “I quickly learned that completing a project takes a village. You need to know who you can rely on.”
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5/11Marries media investor Michael Berman, with whom she later has twin boys, Alex and Harry.
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6/11“The birth of my sons is my proudest accomplishment.”
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7/11Introduces VH Collections, a line of furniture and textiles. “I saw a void in the market for classic furniture that mixes well with other styles.”Introduces VH Collections, a line of furniture and textiles. “I saw a void in the market for classic furniture that mixes well with other styles.”
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8/11Designs Number One Observatory Circle, the official residence of the vice president, for Joseph Biden.Designs Number One Observatory Circle, the official residence of the vice president, for Joseph Biden.
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9/11Photograph by Pieter EstersohnPublishes Victoria Hagan: Interior Portraits (Rizzoli).
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10/11Photograph Courtesy of the Decorators Cluberves as president of the Decorators Club, a women’s organization that promotes education and awards scholarships to interior design students. “It’s nice to help young designers learn about the field.”Photograph Courtesy of the Decorators Cluberves as president of the Decorators Club, a women’s organization that promotes education and awards scholarships to interior design students. “It’s nice to help young designers learn about the field.”
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11/11Photograph by William WaldronParticipates in the Kips Bay Decorator Show House for the second time. “I like to think that design is my sport. I work hard at it, and I always want to be on my game.”Photograph by William WaldronParticipates in the Kips Bay Decorator Show House for the second time. “I like to think that design is my sport. I work hard at it, and I always want to be on my game.”
This article appears in the October 2016 issue of NYC&G (New York Cottages & Gardens).
