Being the child of one of the decorating world’s undisputed gods surely makes it a challenge to carve out one’s own creative niche. Just imagine the shadow cast as well as the whispered comparisons. But Ashley Hicks, only son of David the great and powerful—a jet-setting style dictator who shook up the 1960s with his electrifying geometric patterns, impudent color combinations, and spectacular dandyism—has done just that.
