Early this morning, as Gotham fizzed with Spitzermania, we got a call from one of our Favorite Publicists, who today found herself milling about the set of the Today show. "Quick, turn on NBC," she managed to simultaneously bark and whisper. "Eric Villency just got here, and he has an Emeco chair!"

We dashed for the nearest television just in time to see a black-clad Villency (president and CEO of Maurice Villency) standing among shiny homegoods. In an attempt to convey how viewers could get a piece of the trend for metallics (and blissfully unaware that some of the metallics didn't read as such on screen), Villency confidently raced from sequined pillows to shimmery tiles ("if wallpaper's dating, this is getting married") to his "favorite tip": giving your vintage furniture a foil-like finish by taking it to the local auto body shop. But as predicted, his best moment came in the few seconds he was given to extol Emeco's Navy chair, an icon in recycled aluminum. Primed for soundbites, Villency summed up the chair and its storied origins: "It's tough, it's lightweight, it's ready for war."