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Fashion Hotels: The Pelican's Jungle Experience

August 18, 2006 at 10:40 AM | 0 Comments

Miss Sixty wasn't the first jeanswear line to open up a hotel.

Diesel Jeans did it with the Pelican Hotel in 1994 in Miami. But this isn't some opulent hotel with extravagant furniture and gold-plated everything. Instead, this hotel has recycled furniture, recylced oak floors and all-natural toiletries.

And each of the 30 rooms are all completely different. They were each designed by Magnus Ehrlan who scoured flea markets and antique stores all over Florida. But perhaps to give you a better idea of what the rooms are like, check out just some of the room names:

· Executive Zebra Suite
· Love, Peace and Leafforest
· Best Whorehouse
· Me Tarzan, You Vain

The hotel does have modern amenities like wireless internet service and OnCommand movies, but you might be more interested in the Pelican's location across the street from the beach.

But what's it like to stay in one of these rooms? A recent guest says this:

[The staff] then helped us carry our bags to our room (our number one choice Best Whorehouse). The room itself was more than spacious enough for two, and had a very industrial/decadent atmosphere about it (remember this is a boutique hotel that is owned by the kitschy clothing company Diesel. Every one of its 25 rooms is unique and retro-fun). The furniture was a bit worn (remember these are authentic retro pieces), but the room was very clean and the cleaning staff was always present and hard at work.

So you shouldn't mind that the room furniture came from a garage sale in Ft. Lauderdale 12 years ago, so long as the housekeeping is cleaning hard.

In case you missed our other stories on Fashion Hotels this week, here they are:

· Donatella's Palazzo Versace
· Ferragamo's Florence Hotels
· Miss Sixty Hotel Opens

Image via Jones-Brain/Flickr

Related Stories:
·  Pelican reviews [TripAdvisor]