Come sail away — to Chelsea.
There, the under-the-radar fashion designer and writer Barrie Blue — aka Barrie Denn — has at 217 W. 14th St. for $1.25 million. Blue also owns the adjacent one-bedroom apartment, which for $1.15 million. The homes can also for $2.4 m🐭illion.
The two-bedroom residence was designed with a sailboat theme in mind — think multiple portholes, a hand-painted “state room” mural and Art Deco stained-glass doors that open to a walk-in closet. To maximize space, the sleeping quarters are two loft spaces with skylights and a “captain’s room” that leads to a private garden. The kitchen even features vintage dials as handles.
Blue ♓once worked as a stringer for the Herald Tribune in Paris and India, where he took 𒐪up meditation, according to reports.
That’s where, around half a century ago, he also became inspired to create a line of “meditation clothing,” Kensington Blue, which was worn by George Harrison and Cat Stevens.
Blue went on to become a ghost designer, going behind the scenes for brands like Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger; he was also the former creative director of Coogi, the Australian ꦬclothing brand.
These days,♔ Blue is consulting and working on projects, dividing his time between Florida and his home upstate — a 200-year-old former h🐎orse barn on 4.5 acres.
The listing brokers of the two Chelsea apartments are Sara Schwartz and Maddi Durrett ൲of Corcoran.
