Kelly Wearstler - Personal Life

Personal Life

Kelly Wearstler was born in 1967 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Her father was an engineer, and her mother was a closet interior designerand antique dealer.

She graduated from the Massachusetts College of Art, obtaining her bachelors in interior and graphic design. Her mother's career in design had a major influence on Wearstler at a young age; she would come home from school to often find rooms painted new colors. In 1994 she moved to Los Angeles, hoping to work in the movie industry. Wearstler briefly worked a low-level job in the art department for the film So I Married an Axe Murderer and decided not to pursue a career in the film industry. She met Brad Korzen in 1996, and they married in 2002. The couple have two sons, Oliver and Elliot. Wearstler lives and works in Los Angeles. She credits Peggy Guggenheim and Doris Duke as being her style icons.

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