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For globe-trotting supermodel Paloma Elsesser, being in her Brooklyn town house, appointed by Gregory Rockwell Interiors, is the real vacation

- HANNAH MARTIN

When you travel so much, being home really feels like the vacation,” says supermodel and body advocate Paloma Elsesser. She’s sitting at an Ettore Sottsass table in her dining area in Brooklyn, a painting by Taylor Simmons hanging behind her. It’s been a long shoot day—and in an hour she’ll head to the airport to catch a flight to Los Angeles—but she’s effervescent as she speaks about her newly finished home. “We really leaned into that here,” she continues. “When I cut away all the noise of the job, what do I want to be surrounded by? For me, it’s color. It’s levity. It’s things I love.”

IN THE KITCHEN OF MODEL PALOMA ELSESSER'S BROOKLYN HOME, DESIGNED BY GREGORY ROCKWELL INTERIORS, A 1969 LIGHT BY FRANCO ALBINI AND FRANCA HELG HANGS ABOVE THE MARBLE-AND-WALNUT ISLAND, FITTED WITH A KOHLER FAUCET. WALLS PAINTED IN BENJAMIN MOORE'S RAINFOREST DEW.OPPOSITE ELSESSER (WEARING A DRESS BY NICKLAS SKOVGAARD, MANOLO BLAHNIK SLINGBACKS, SOPHIE BUHAI EARRINGS, AND A CARTIER WATCH) IN THE LIVING ROOM. THE ARMCHAIR IS COVERED IN A VINTAGE SUMBA IKAT FROM XENOMANIA, AND THE PAINTING IS BY GEORGE MORRISON. FASHION STYLING BY ALY COOPER.

Home, she has found, can be a balm to all that comes with a fast-paced life in the spotlight. Discovered on Instagram by makeup artist Pat McGrath in 2015, Elsesser got a big break two years later when she appeared nude on billboards for Glossier. Stepping out into the fashion world at a time when body ideals were shifting, she began her ascent to It girl status, walking runways for brands like Fendi, Balenciaga, Ferragamo, and Victoria’s Secret and appearing on the cover of Vogue. Still, one of her biggest life goals was one many can relate to: buying a house.