Finaly!’70s Fantasy Collection signed by Marisa Berenson arrived to Zara
- Editor
- Jun 4
- 3 min read
Marisa Berenson, a fashion muse and accomplished actress who appeared in such memorable films as Cabaret and Barry Lyndon, picked up on it all. Over the years, her work has straddled the worlds of film, theater, fashion, modeling, and jewelry design. And now she’s broadened her horizons even further, launching The House of Marisa Berenson, a 45-piece collection for Zara and Zara Home, which will debut online and at select Zara stores on June 5.
The House of Marisa Berenson collection was created due to Berenson's friendship with Marta Ortega, the chair of Inditex, the parent company of Zara and Zara Home. Berenson dedicated nine months to the project, drawing inspiration from her different residences and her current riad.
“It’s very personal to me,” she says of the collection. The offerings are playful and cheeky.
The collection features stainless steel cutlery with tree-shaped handles, decorative plates showcasing Berenson's kohl-lined eye, and tumblers embellished with ladybugs. Borosilicate candlesticks shaped like snakes or butterflies would undoubtedly bring joy to summer dinner parties, along with the golden insect place card holders. Zodiac symbols are presented as embroidered designs on linen napkins and printed on glassware. Schiaparelli's influence is evident, as she was captivated by celestial imagery and incorporated it into her creations.
Whether at home in Marrakech or on holiday in East Hampton, Berenson likes to create tabletops that meld textures and colors, and generally make her guests feel good. She considers it a form of personal expression and creativity.
“It’s for joie de vivre, for enriching one’s life. The Zara Home Collection is all that in 45 little objects. They are accessible for anyone to put in their homes to add a little joy, a little beauty, a little glamour, a little sophistication. It’s bringing a bit of pizzazz,” she says.
Berenson confesses that this family relationship and the intimate influence of her grandmother have most marked her style. This, in turn, has shaped the pieces the actress has created as part of this collaborative capsule collection. She just got it in her DNA. Her grandmother, the esteemed couturier Elsa Schiaparelli, hosted salons in her Parisian townhouse, which featured paintings on every wall, leopard skins draped over furniture, and infinite treasures from all her travels. These salons attracted friends and collaborators like Salvador Dalí and Jean Cocteau.
“My grandmother loved symbols; she was very into things that had a meaning. I feel that too. I love symbolic things and beautiful universal mysteries. I’m very into the spiritual world. I guess I inherited that from her,” says Berenson.
Berenson’s mother, Gogo Schiaparelli, followed suit, unafraid of setting an attention-grabbing table and regularly welcoming guests such as Gene Kelly and Greta Garbo to the family’s elaborately decorated Christmas retreat in Switzerland.
“I was brought up surrounded by art and beautiful things,” Berenson tells ELLE Decor, calling in from her richly textured Marrakech house. “My family was always very cultured. I have this love for beauty, for interiors. I’ve always decorated my homes. If I wasn’t an actress, I would have been a decorator. I just love creating environments, you know?”
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