Fashionably Extreme

PERFECT FIT: Wong’s all-white master bedroom inspired an ivory sequined dress from her fall collection. “It’s the first house I’ve had that is a natural habitat for the clothes. The mood, the romanticism, the opulence, the period feeling, it really works with the clothes,” Wong says.  (Mark Boster / LAT)

INSIDE OUT: The pool pavilion looks across gardens and onto city views. It took almost two years to restore the estate, which has 16 rooms, six baths and a grand ballroom.  (Mark Boster / LAT)

A Moroccan lamp casts shadows and adds to the villa’s glory.  (Mark Boster / LAT)

Untouched for 80 years, the once grimy surfaces and Corinthian columns in the ballroom and solarium now glow with restored gold leaf. Wong’s designs for upholstered furniture, including a round tufted banquette, ziggurat-back couch and curvy desk help return the Hollywood-style home to its Golden Age heyday. “Having bought the house, I felt it was my responsibility to be its chatelaine, to be its guardian or caretaker,” Wong says.  (Mark Boster / LAT)

PURPLE MAJESTY: Sue Wong stands in front of a mirror in a Moroccan- themed suite that pays homage to Jimi Hendrix, who once lived in the Los Feliz house. To get the right purple palette, Wong had furniture tinted with henna  (Mark Boster / LAT)

Sue Wong uses beadwork and applique design on her drapes in the ballroom of her Los Feliz home.  (Mark Boster / LAT)

GRAND: Legend has it that the many decorative lions in the Cedars guarding a library fireplace, were modeled after the MGM mascot.  (Mark Boster / LAT)