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The Little Fashion Hotel That Could: Tcherassi Opens In Colombia

This year, Fashion Hotels have been very much...well, in fashion as it seems. Missoni debute the first edition of their hotel brand in Edinburgh, and Armani is still awaiting the opening of his first in the Burj tower in Dubai, and now designer Silvia Tcherassi has renovated a mansion in Colombia to become her own fashion hotel.

The 7-suite property sits in the UNESCO site of Cartegena de Indias, Colombia and is your typical retreat from the city, although with a true designer's touch as each room is uniquely decorated and sporting an open layout—yes, this means peekaboo bathrooms. Our favorite part of flipping through the gallery of images after the jump has got to be the vertical garden dominating a side of the pool courtyard; that's some very nature-conscious landscaping, if you ask us. Talk about maximizing space and bringing the outdoors in.

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Newest Fashion Hotel On The Block: Tcherassi In Colombia

It's official: 2009 is the year of fashion designer hotels. Missoni just debuted their first in Scotland, Palazzo Versace continue to proliferate, Diesel's creative director opened a Brazil retreat in spring, and Armani will have his first in Dubai on December 2. We can't just look at the biggest names as the only creators of boutique properties, however, as Colombian designer Silvia Tcherassi steps up to open her own tropical resort in fall.

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