Tiny Apartments are In Now

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Whoa, Mark Badgley and James Mischka live in a 546-square-foot studio in midtown. We'd be having a, "Fashion royalty, they're just like US" moment, except they also have a weekend estate in Kentucky where they raise horses. In the WSJ slide show, though, their tiny place looks huge because the couple turned their fashion skills to interior design "just like when you're cutting a dress or a gown, it's very elongating when the fabric is a single-color fabric or texture," said Badgley. "The same thing is true for an apartment." [WSJ]