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NEW YORK CITY The Insiders’ Guide

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ABOUT TOWN

Viva’s Zoe Walker and Babiche Martens hit New York to bring you this special edition issue. From food to fashion, NY is full of great finds.

See more of Viva’s NYC trip at viva.co.nz

1. Cafe Gitane 242 Mott St Fashionable clientele, a delicious FrenchMoroccan influenced menu and waitstaff decked out in retro green dresses and blue workmen’s boiler suits. When we visited, ex-Disney star Joe Jonas was there taking time out from his role as NY Fashion Week correspondent for New York magazine.

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7 The Good Life Model Ashleigh Good 8-9 Girls Jet-setting Kiwi models 10-11 Live Like a Local Stylish places off the tourist route 12-13 Beyond Glamour We preview The Met’s new fashion exhibition 14 Empire State of Mind Get the look in New Zealand 15 That New York Feeling Karen Walker and those Seinfeld moments 16 Part of the Crew Fashion mechandise planner Annik Bunting 17 Hawaii Hot Spot A sunny way to fly 18 The Fashion Hit List The 10 Days of Fashion in the City are going to keep you fabulously busy 19 A Pretty Pair The product development leaders at M.A.C

3. Bookmarc 400 Bleecker St Designer Marc Jacobs’ take on a bookstore, this cute corner shop offers plenty of affordable gifts for taking home — branded compact mirrors, coloured pencils, paper weights, notebooks and, yes, bookmarks. The selection of books is impressive, from rare coffee-table publications to classic paperbacks.

4. Momofuku 207 Second Ave Make a night of it at this trifecta of goodness: try bar Booker and Dax for inventive cocktails and Ssam restaurant for dinner. Cross the street for the Milk Bar and try the insanely sweet “Crack Pie” and Cereal Milk Soft Serve that tastes like the leftover milk from breakfast.

Pictures / Babiche Martens, Supplied

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2. Dover Street Market 160 Lexington Ave The London retail institution opened a New York outpost in January, with designers and creatives offering unique retail-slash-art installations throughout the seven-level space.

Expect Paris’ famed Rose Bakery, artwork throughout (pictured is a pillar decorated by artist Magda Sayeg), and spaces from the likes of Prada and Yves Saint Laurent.

5. The Smile to Go 22 Howard St A charming little cafe with fresh salads, sandwiches and sweets, conveniently located across the road from Opening Ceremony, another New York must-visit.

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FOOD & DRINK

23 Brooklyn Cool Hip and stylish cafe Five Leaves 24-25 Eating in the City That Never Sleeps What to check out in the city’s thriving food scene 26 Hot Dogs, Diners and Delis Nici Wickes finds the best in Auckland 27 Homegrown Flavours The Kiwi drops at the top of Public’s wine list 28-29 A Bite of the Big Apple Make your own tacos, ribs and clafoutis 30 The Dish The latest food news from around town

AT HOME

31 Treasure Trove Love Adorned in Nolita 32-35 Big City Cool The Stylish Apartments of Four New Zealanders 36-37 The Beat Goes On Top hotelier Sean MacPherson on his new venture 38 Photo Ready Photographer Henry Hargreaves’ favourite things

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FROM THE EDITOR New York. Just saying it fills you with a sense of energy and possibilities. That’s why we just had to dedicate this issue of Viva to discovering what makes it the most exciting city in the world. Our fashion features and digital editor Zoe Walker and photographer Babiche Martens flew to the Big Apple to scope out all that’s hip and stylish. A tough assignment, indeed. From the best bars, restaraunts, museums, cafes and shops, there’s nowhere cooler or more exciting. This issue will take you on a journey far from the typical tourist routes, to ensure you experience the magic of this city like a local.

Amanda Linnell, editor • Tickets are selling fast for The Viva Sesssions next wee with the first night selling out. There are still a few tickets left to see “In Conversation with Karen Walker’’. To find out more, go to viva.co.nz/sessions. Plus, you can email any questions you might have for Karen to viva@nzherald.co.nz.

ON THE COVER: Model Ashleigh Good on the rooftop at Ford Model Agency. Picture / Babiche Martens

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Have and hold Derek Lam’s 10-year-long collaboration with makeup artist Tom Pecheux continues beyond New York Fashion Week with this clutch of makeup goodies. In keeping with the American designer’s “luxury without formality” ethos, he has fashioned a minaudiere in navy satin with a signature clasp. It houses five Estee Lauder essentials for lips and eyes customised by backstage genius Pecheux, in the runway-fresh nude shades he loves. The clutch doubles as an excellent little evening bag, with enough space for a credit card and a few essentials. The Estee Lauder Derek Lam collection is $180, available at selected Estee Lauder counters from March 3.

MADE IN NYC Izola’s range of candles are made from vegetable wax in Chelsea, with scents such as Green Moss and Golden Thyme evoking the American countryside where the wax is produced. Made from renewable resources and hand-poured into a recycled glass container, we love the masculine aesthetic, unusual in the ever-growing candle world. Pictured is the Sandalwood blend $69, with glass dome $49, and vintage dish $12, all from Weekend Trader. Ph (09) 378 9128.

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HER STYLE Can Joaquin Phoenix bring back high-waisted pants for men? He gives it a good go in Her, Spike Jonze’s latest film in cinemas from tomorrow. Set in Los Angeles, it follows Phoenix as a lonely writer who falls in love with an operating system (voiced by Scarlett Johansson) — a concept that doesn’t seem so ridiculous given the popularity of iPhones and apps like Siri. New York store Opening Ceremony has released a capsule collection inspired by the film’s costumes, with button-up shirts with smaller collars, T-shirts printed with a city skyline and sweatshirts with iPhone-sized chest pockets and removable safety pins. And yes, those high-waisted pants. For those who can’t make it to their Howard St boutique in NYC, the range is available online at openingceremony.us.

TWO FRIENDS IN NYC We love how Kate Sylvester creates a story behind every collection — this season she is all about two characters living in New York who “have love birds on their fire escape and bugs in the kitchen”. Inspired by an iconic 1950s Irving Penn photograph of models hanging out looking expensively bored, the range features 1950s-inspired party dresses, cocoon-shaped capes — a reference to the blankets Sylvester’s characters have to wrap up in when they can’t afford to pay the heating bill — and a print inspired by the big city lights. New Zealand models, and real life friends based in New York, Ashleigh Good and Anmari Botha feature in the campaign, a recreation of that Irving Penn image. Ashleigh wears blazer, $645, and trousers, $385, and Anmari wears top, $295, and skirt $285.

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• Read more about Anmari and Ashleigh on page 8.

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RIGHT NOW TALKING TO . . . TOME Australians living in New York, Ramon Martin (on left) and Ryan Lobo, are taking on the American fashion industry with their label Tome, which has appeared in the pages of Vogue and is soon to be sold through Saks Fifth Avenue.

They launched the brand in 2011, after Lobo had worked as a stylist and editor and Martin as a design director for Derek Lam. Grown-up and practical, they describe the brand as pure, precise and purposeful.

“Meaningful, practical clothing that simply slips into a wardrobe rather than dominating it. Soft power is our signature,” explains Lobo. Luckily for New Zealanders, Tome will be stocked at Scotties Boutique from the end of this month. Fresh from showing at NYFW, we asked them a few questions.

What do you love most about New York? All the cliches: the pace, the food, the architecture, the global convergence of people . . .

You’re both from Sydney — why was it so important to base yourselves and the brand in NYC? The fashion industry here is so all-embracing of new voices. We have been welcomed with open

arms and couldn’t have achieved what we have without the support of some very special people here.

Does the city influence the Tome aesthetic?

Definitely. The Tome woman is a downtown New Yorker inside and out. Urban, sophisticated, artistic, worldy and more than a little kooky.

You were finalists in the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund last year — what was the experience like?

What impact has it had on the brand? It’s almost impossible to quantify what kind of attention we have received as a result of being nominated for the top 10. It has engendered immense growth.

Tell us a little about the collection you showed at NYFW. This season we are inspired by Iranian artist Shirin Neshat and her particular brand of art in exile. Further to this is Shirin’s interest in Oum Kalthoum, the ‘‘Egyptian Maria Callas”. This season she is a nomadic woman with more than a hint of 60s glamour.

Your must-visit places in New York? The Met. The Minetta Tavern. Bergdorf Goodman.

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Jo Burzynska Wine editor. Babiche Martens Photographer. Jaime Cassie Designer. Isobel Marriner, Sue Baxalle, Shandelle Battersby Sub-editors. Lucy Casley, Anna Lee Interns. Rob Turvey, Suzanne Johnston App designers. Editorial inquiries viva@nzherald.co.nz Advertising inquiries Jodie Gladstone, Channel manager (09) 373 9481 Email: jodie.gladstone@apn.co.nz Amanda Bush, Account manager (09) 373 6479 Email: amanda.bush@apn.co.nz

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She’s over the snow and her feet are sore, but nothing — certainly not below-zero temperatures — will stop Ashleigh Good in her ascent as one of the top models in the world right now.

“Discovered” on Auckland’s North Shore by local agency RPD Models, Ashleigh came to New York two years ago and now spends about a third of her time in the city between lucrative jobs — including, recently, a Prada campaign, posing for French photographer Patrick Demarchelier, and the Chanel show in Dallas (she is an ongoing favourite of Karl Lagerfeld, who has cast her in seven consecutive Chanel shows; she told us she was skipping London Fashion Week to work on a project with Karl in Paris).

New York is a second home for the tomboyish beauty, who appreciates the city’s hard-working, fun-loving attitude, and nowhere is that more evident than during New York Fashion Week. This was Ashleigh’s fourth NYFW, a typically hectic week of 15 shows including appearances for Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Alexander Wang, Donna Karan, Diane von Furstenberg and Vera Wang. When Viva met her in the 18th-floor office of her New York agency Ford Models, she had come from the Diesel show and was on the way home to her apartment near Times Square.

The fast pace of the city has definitely transformed her. “I’d like to say New York hasn’t changed me, but it has. I can multitask very well, I’m always on my iPhone — very New York. I can cross the street with my eyes closed,” explains Good. “I’m more confident.

I’m very independent, I’ve learned to be okay with being alone. But mainly it has just made me appreciate being home in Auckland and spending time with my family.” — Zoe Walker

• Read more about Ashleigh’s New York life over the page.

Picture / Babiche Martens

THE GOOD LIFE

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GIRLS The capital of fashion is also home for these jetsetting New York-based New Zealand models. Zoe Walker catches up with them

ASHLEIGH GOOD “I live by Times Square — most people think this is crazy because it’s so busy and loud but I live a few blocks across, closer to the Hudson River, so I’m far enough away for it to be comfortable.

“I love the hustle and bustle of the area, there is everything you need there. And my awe of the size and lights of Times Square never goes away. At night, it’s still magical to me.

“How to make it in New York? Just go with it. Learn the subway and how to hail a cab, you’ll be fine. It’s very easy to get around, you just have to feel comfortable, move with the crowds and try not to get trampled. Just make it your city, allow it to consume you — there’s no point fighting it. Oh, and don’t bother trying to drive. You will surely kill or be killed.

“I love the fact that the city swallows you up, you become part of an enormous energy that is New York City. It’s so fast-paced, fun-loving and hard-working, which is what I love. But at the same time you can hide in your apartment away from the world and watch it from your window while watching endless Netflix and ordering food deliveries ... my real favourite thing about about the city.”

ASHLEIGH’S NY FAVOURITES Ford Model Agency My agents in New York have so much to do with my life but I don’t get to see them all the time, so sometimes when I’m free I love to go and hang out there, say hi to everyone, sit and chat, meet new girls and look at my work in magazines that I haven’t seen yet.

Plus, they have the most amazing penthouse balcony that overlooks Central Park.

Omen A Japanese restaurant in SoHo. I went there for the first time for dinner with Karl Lagerfeld — he loves Japanese and so do I — and now I go back all the time. It’s cash only and a bit pricey, but worth every penny. The black cod will have you hooked.

Central Park My mum always tells me to go for a walk in Central Park when I’m not feeling 100 per cent. It’s so pretty and grand, any time of the year. It’s just nice to stroll and watch: couples in love, mums chasing after kids, families playing together, squirrels running up trees, friends chilling together. It’s very zen, even on a busy day.

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ANMARI BOTHA With its countless galleries and museums, New York is heaven for an art-lover like Anmari Botha, who counts the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) as a favourite. The South Africanborn, New Zealand-raised model made New York her home just over a year ago, taking an apartment in Williamsburg. This season was her fourth New York Fashion Week, walking in shows for Oscar de la Renta, Jason Wu, J. Mendel and more.

“Every city I have lived in has changed me, but New York especially. There are so many creatives here that it’s impossible not to get inspired. I’ve been exposed to so much art and culture that it’s influenced me and my work.

“Don’t try and compete with the pace of the city; you will destroy yourself if you do. I learned the hard way, which turned me into a sleep-deprived, stressed-out individual.

Learn to say no. There is always going to be something happening. Don’t have Fomo [fear of missing out].

“The most New York experience that I have had? Watching a Super Bowl game in a bar with a bunch of blokes while eating chicken wings.”

Art-lover Anmari Botha in front of Isa Genzken’s Oil XI (2007) installation at the Museum of Modern Art. Picture / Babiche Martens

ANMARI’S NY FAVOURITES MoMA I have a membership there so I can go whenever I have a chance. I live for art, so when things get too much and I need an escape I go there and forget about any problems I have.

Rosarito Fish Shack Good tacos; every Rosarito’s night is a good one.

Classical drawing classes in Brooklyn Drawing to me is meditative. The world disappears and it’s just me and my canvas. Can’t get more therapeutic than that.

EMMA CHAMPTALOUP There’s a snowstorm outside but inside a cosy coffeehouse in Chelsea, Emma Champtaloup is keeping warm with a soy spiced chai. In a few days she will fly to London, then Milan, having just finished her second New York Fashion Week walking in shows for Proenza Schouler, Thakoon, Rebecca Taylor, Rag & Bone and more. The 25-year-old New Zealand-born model moved to New York in January, relying on her background as an energy healer to keep her grounded in a city that never stops.

“What I love most about the city is that everything is available at all times. There’s so much choice and it’s always so alive. New York has always been that way, the capital of excess — hopefully this trend chills out a bit.

“The most New York thing that has happened to me . . . probably getting into the NY mentality of ‘run, don’t walk’. But not really, I try to go at a gentle pace and not get too involved in the fast life here. I’m still on Kiwi time. ‘‘New York has made me focus on my ‘livingness’ more. In a calmer city I’m not so rigid with my meditation habits, but in NY I make sure I do it every morning and night. It’s really important to switch off and come back to me, as the city can be so intense.

“How to make it in New York? Same as anywhere: be yourself, be professional, be kind.”

Emma Champtaloup at Chelsea’s Grey Dog coffeehouse.

Picture / Babiche Martens

EMMA’S NY FAVOURITES Bergdorf Goodman A luxe department store with beautiful clothes. It has a restaurant/cafe with the most amazing views, and the best tea selection. I’m a massive tea lover so this place is heaven.

Lovely Day My favourite place to eat. The food is incredible and again, delicious pots of tea. It’s super cosy and cute.

Wholefoods I love supermarkets (my weird obsession). Mum and I have been supermarket junkies since I was teeny, so just being in one reminds me of her. And this place has everything.

HOLLY ROSE EMERY

HOLLY’S NY FAVOURITES The High Line I love the West Side High Line, a walking path from West 12th all the way to West 30th, above road level. You can look down all the streets and understand how amazing New York is, and the fact that it’s a grid, and on the other side you can look out over the Hudson River.

Saks It has everything: my idea of heaven. I can safely blame my newfound shopping addiction on Saks.

Holly Rose Emery loves exploring the High Line, here overlooking Washington St. Picture / Babiche Martens

It’s freezing on the High Line, a long, elevated park built on disused rail lines above New York’s streets, where icy snow and skeletal trees are level with city rooftops. It has become one of Holly Rose Emery’s favourite New York spots since the Auckland teenager moved to the city in August last year.

Holly, who missed NYFW this season, thinks making it in New York is the same as any other city: “It’s just another city, so you do what you have to do. There is a lot more competition so you have to keep dreaming and keep a positive attitude.

“New York is such a contrast to Auckland.

There is a certain buzz about it, the way everything is 24/7 and how it has crammed so many cultures and demographics into one city.

It really feels like a place where dreams come true — it has for me and many others.

“A yellow-taxi ride, roasted chestnuts in winter, eating a bagel or ordering Chinese food online and having it delivered feels very Sex and the City. Diners at any time, day or night — so cliche and New York.

“Since living here I have added a few phrases to my vocabulary, like “I can’t” and “major”. ‘‘I am definitely more mature. I have grown to appreciate where I have come from and where I am now. I appreciate the wonders of big-city life such as squirrels living in a concrete jungle or the beauty of powder snow in Central Park. ‘‘New York has certainly opened my world.”

Ground Support Cafe Hands down the best iced coffee I have ever had.

The iced coffee in New York is very different to New Zealand’s take.

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GOING PLACES

LIVE LIKE A LOCAL Visiting New York and not sure where to begin? These New Zealanders who have made it home share their favourite haunts with Zoe Walker

SANDRA NUNNERLY Interior designer

BEL AMI CAFE 30 East 68th St

This is the perfect place to stop for a cup of gourmet coffee or a delicious pastry while shopping on Madison Ave or after a stroll through Central Park.

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Owner and chef of The Musket Room

ANTICA PESA 115 Berry St

Located in Brooklyn, this is the newest outpost of the famous Italian restaurant linking Rome and New York through traditional recipes using local products and a modern approach.

NEUE GALERIE 1048 5th Ave

My favourite small museum featuring early 20th-century German and Austrian art and design. A must when visiting museums along Fifth Ave. It features two cafes carefully appointed with objects and furnishings from renowned 20th-century designers.

BLUE HILL FARM 75 Washington Place, Greenwich Village Located in a landmark “speakeasy” in downtown Manhattan, the ingredients are locally sourced with produce grown on the Rockefeller Estate just 40km outside the city.

The food is always fresh and the menu is often inspired by the week’s harvest.

JEFFREY 449 West 14th St

A New York favourite long before the Meatpacking District became famous. This trendy boutique with personal shopping services carries carefully edited collections and has one of the best shoe selections in town.

THE JUICE PRESS 250 Mott St

Fresh juices and smoothies. Very healthy and a quick way to make sure you’re getting what your body needs. Lucky Seven is my favourite.

CARL SCHURZ PARK CONSERVANCY E 86th St and East End Ave

This is where my wife and I take our son, Pierce, to play, chase dogs and burn that endless energy supply. You might find your child playing with Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz’s children.

BOWERY COFFEE 89 East Houston St

Awesome coffee shop which I think is the best in the city. We used it for many meetings while The Musket Room was being built.

FLIGHT CLUB 812 Broadway

The best sneaker shop on Earth. Throw-back Jordans to back-to-the-future Nikes, they have them all. I personally only mess with Nike but they have everything: adidas Crazy 8, New Balance, the lot.

KITCHEN ARTS AND LETTERS 1435 Lexington Ave This place only sells cookbooks, particularly hard-to-find, first-print stuff; even books published only in other languages.

MAISON GERARD 43 East 10th St

A key source for top New York designers specialising in fine French antiques and midcentury furnishings.

RIZZOLI BOOKSHOP 31 West 57th St

The antithesis of the average bookstore featuring elegantly displayed, photographybased books.

PROENZA SCHOULER 822 Madison Ave

Designed by well-known London architect David Adjaye, this Madison Ave boutique is defined by its fusion of craftsmanship and attention to detail. I love the youthful, tailored look of their clothes and the well-developed use of fabrics.

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MULBERRY PROJECT 149 Mulberry St

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Down a set of dark, obscure stairs and through an unmarked door you’ll find one of Little Italy’s gems. It’s part candle-lit and cozy bar, part patio restaurant. Thanks to Kiwi chef Michael Camplin, the Mulberry Project specialises in custom cocktails. You’ll never want to look at another drinks menu again.

MCNALLY JACKSON BOOKSTORE 52 Prince St

When you visit McNally Jackson you can sit on the leather stools in cosy corners and flick through obscure books on design, food, fashion, poetry and travel. Or head for the self-published section where New York’s fledging fiction writers have their ideas bound by the bookstore itself. Or grab a bagel and a latte in the cafe, where I sometimes bump into Gaby Hoffman and Sofia Coppola at the counter. Or head downstairs to hear Geoff Dyer and Joan Didion read passages from their latest offerings. The magazine section is pretty great, too.

BLUEBIRD COFFEE 72 East 1st St

This tiny, sun-drenched East Village coffee shop is where I watch New York’s finest hipsters wander past the wide bay windows on a Saturday morning. You can also order that rare New Zealand favourite: a flat white.

BUVETTE 42 Grove St

Ask any New York girl about “that waiter with the bun” and she’ll know what you’re talking about. Good-looking Frenchmen serve even better looking French food at my favourite, very narrow and always busy, West Village spot for brunch and dinner and everything in between.

In the Lower East Side, in what appears to be a rundown old building, is an amazing French restaurant. They have live jazz and brilliant food. The last time I went I felt as if I had travelled back in time to the 1920s.

FAT CAT 75 Christopher St

A cool jazz bar in the West Village. It’s the perfect place to listen to great live bands, chill out on a couch with a cocktail, and take it all in. Or you can play pool, ping-pong and board games too. Endless fun.

THE M.E.T 1000 5th Ave

My favourite museum in all of New York.

It’s so diverse and rich in history, I could spend hours drawing here. It would take a lifetime to see everything on display, the clothes, artifacts and sculptures, but I would certainly not mind spending a lifetime in this museum.

THE BEDFORD HILL COFFEE BAR 343 Franklin Ave, Brooklyn

My local. It’s nestled a wee bit underground and is always cosy and filled with interesting people. I have met several illustrators drawing here, now friends. We hang out here in the weekends and draw until late at this coffee shop. It’s open till midnight, which makes it a winner.

CREPERIE 135 Ludlow St

Again in the Lower East Side. It’s not a fancy dessert parlour at all — expect a hole in the wall the size of a cupboard. At about $10 a crepe the prices may seem outrageous, but the food is insanely good. Its Nutella and strawberry crepe is to die for. I walk to the ATM to get money out for this place way too many times.

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A high-end punk boutique where everything is hand-made by the owner, Doug Abraham.

I spend hours in there looking at stuff and hearing his stories.

DUFF’S 168 Marcy Ave, Brooklyn

Our local. A metal bar. It has a glass elevator — with a skeleton inside — going down to the dungeon. There are cheap drinks, the city’s best music and it’s just a two-minute walk home.

THE NEWSSTAND Metropolitan Ave. G and L Station

The founders of art book fair 8-Ball Zine Fair have a new stand at the Lorimer L stop. They sell the best limited-edition zines by New York artists and are always having events to launch them there. A bunch of real talented people doing cool stuff.

HAPPY BONES 394 Broome St

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BEYOND GLAMOUR

Zoe Walker previews an exciting new fashion exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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fashionable crowd is swooning over a model wearing a dress weighing 10 pounds. Elettra Wiedemann, the daughter of Isabella Rossellini, is parading a replica of Charles James’ famed “Clover Leaf” ball gown, a sculptural masterpiece that is considered to be an icon of mid-century couture.

We are in the newly named Anna Wintour Costume Centre in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, for a preview of the upcoming exhibition Charles James: Beyond Fashion. Opening in May, the exhibition will examine the career and work of the 20thcentury designer who created glamorous and revolutionary ball gowns for New York society women in the 1940s and 50s. And while James’ name may not be as well-known as those who have previously had their work celebrated at The Met (Alexander McQueen, Miuccia Prada, Schiaparelli, Chanel, Poiret), his influence on fashion is important. Harold Koda, the charming curator-in-charge of The

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GALLERY GUIDE The exquisite dresses designed

by Charles James (centre, in 1936), including the “Butterfly” gown from 1954 (left) and the famous “Clover Leaf” gown worn by Elettra Wiedemann (far left), are on show at The Met from May. Pictures courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sotheby’s

Costume Institute, credits him with creating design techniques that designers continue to use today: poufs, body-hugging sheaths, figure-eight skirts, ribbon capes and dresses, and more.

At the early morning presentation during New York Fashion Week, Koda explained to a small crowd — including Aerin Lauder, Suzy Menkes, Andre Leon Talley and the centre’s namesake Anna Wintour, resplendent in a fur coat and perfectly coiffed bob — that the exhibition will be an opportunity to readdress the awareness of the “underappreciated designer”.

“It’s time to readdress the public perception of this great man.”

Outlining the glamour and beauty of the Charles James gowns that will be presented at the exhibition is a story Koda came across during his research. At an earlier retrospective of James’ work in 1982, there was a small fashion show. “The curator approached one of the teenage models, who was small enough to fit into one of these magnificent dresses, and she said, ‘I will never wear one of these gowns, what does it feel like to wear it?’ The young girl answered, ‘It feels like a lesson in beauty’.”

• Charles James: Beyond Fashion opens at the Costume Institute’s Anna Wintour Costume Centre in New York on May 8.

Other museums and galleries to visit while in New York KELLY GALLERY 154 East 71st St (pictured)

On three floors of an Upper East Side townhouse, this elegant gallery specialises in 20th-century decorative and fine art. Whether browsing or buying, you will find Stephen E. Kelly’s Art Deco collection featuring glass, ceramics, silverware, jewellery, paintings and sculpture by notable designers and artists including EmileJacques Ruhlmann, Eileen Gray, JeanMichel Frank, Jean Dunand, ArmandAlbert Rateau, Henri Simmen, Man Ray and others.

MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK 1220 5th Ave

Capturing two contrasting worlds of the city are two exhibitions currently at this museum: Gilded New York explores the city at the turn of the 19th century when wealth was flaunted through extravagant costumes, jewellery, and decorative objects, while City as Canvas showcases more than 150 works from the street art collection of East Village artist and graffiti art collector Martin Wong. The exhibition runs until August 24.

SPERONE WESTWATER 257 Bowery

This contemporary art gallery in SoHo, designed by worldrenowned architects Foster and Partners, was the first to move on to the Bowery in 2010, exhibiting an international roster of prominent artists, among them Guillermo Kuitca and Julian Schnabel.

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n one of my earliest trips to New York, we were staying at the St Moritz on Central Park South, a grand old hotel famous for the story that Judy Garland, who was living there at the time, once tried to jump from an upper-floor window. In the lift early one morning Mikhail [Gherman, Karen’s husband] found himself eavesdropping on a conversation between two just-landed, pre-Perestroika Russians.

He translated for me that their conversation consisted of one of them telling his companion that he should drop his bags off and then bring the vodka to his room, to which the response was, “We’ve just landed in New York, don’t you want to see what civilisation looks like?”

This is pretty much how I feel about New York myself, even after dozens of trips here.

That’s not to say Auckland isn’t civilised, but to have New York’s opportunities and possibilities opening up before you is exhilarating: that sense of there being everything you could want just outside the door and no ceiling to what you can achieve.

I think the constant sound effects from the city help create that mood; there’s always the sound of traffic, horns, sirens and voices, and, if you strike a blizzard, the hourly scraping of the snowplough.

But it’s the little “only-in-New-York” vignettes that really create the texture of the city for me. The elderly ladies uptown with their wonky wigs and bright lipstick shopping in Bergdorf’s or walking their chihuahuas while gripping on to their maid’s arm, the pig I once saw being taken for a walk in Central Park, the cab driver practising his flute every time we stopped at traffic lights, the chunk of carcass dropped by a seagull on to a car bonnet as we drove through the Meatpacking District, seeing Johnny Ramone shopping for envelopes in a Lower East Side stationery store or Lou Reed breakfasting at Pastis wearing cycling shorts. Forget about the shopping, food, culture and history. It’s See Karen Walker these Seinfeld-worthy moments that at The Viva Sessions make New York special to me and keep on Thursday March 6. me coming back again and again.

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Fashion merchandise planner Annik Bunting stays true to her style, choosing black and muted shades over the vibrant hues favoured by her J.Crew colleagues

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wo weeks after arriving in New York in 2012, Annik Bunting was offered a job at J.Crew, a brand that represents a unique kind of New York style. Her role as merchandise planner for Madewell, a line owned by the J.Crew company, involves determining how much product to buy, analysing and forecasting trends and sales and controlling stock levels.

“Every day is different working in retail which keeps things interesting,” says Bunting, photographed here near her office in the East Village. After studying law and philosophy in Auckland, she “fell into fashion by luck and someone taking a chance on me”, and has since worked at Lee Jeans, Farmers, Levi’s and Country Road in New Zealand and Australia — before achieving her dream of moving to New York.

What has living in New York taught you in terms of your career?

I had always dreamed about living in New York and thought I would never be able to make that dream a reality. However, after some encouragement from friends already based in NYC and meeting a few industry people I discovered quickly that there are so many opportunities here and that the city is not quite as daunting as I believed. I guess it has really just taught me not to be scared to take a risk.

What’s your workday style?

Madewell is casual and really “anything goes’’. About 90 per cent of my wardrobe is black, which is different from the most of my co-workers: colour definitely rules in J.Crew.

New York has made me very casual in the way I dress which I think comes from the time

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The Woman: Annik Bunting What She Does: Fashion merchandise planner for Madewell in NYC. What She Wears: A casual mix of black jeans, black blazers, plain T-shirts in muted colours, black ankle boots. you spend walking here — the heels I wore in Auckland and Melbourne have been replaced with boots, sneakers and flat sandals.

Describe your office environment.

There about 1200 people working for J.Crew, so it is big. Everyone is young, passionate about fashion and they are mostly female.

The urban legend of our CEO, Mickey Drexler, talking all day over a PA system is true, it sometimes feels like you are working in an airport.

Much has been written about the style of J.Crew’s creative director and president, Jenna Lyons. Does her look influence how people dress at the office?

Definitely. Jenna Lyons has such an amazing, distinctive sense of style and you can see that girls in the office try to emulate the way she dresses all the time.

Is there any pressure to dress creatively, working in the fashion industry?

I don’t think I would call it “pressure”. I have always really been into fashion so the way I dress is just part of who I am. I have remained pretty true to my style throughout the years and I don’t really indulge in trends that much. I feel that the way I dress and the amount of black I wear is still very influenced

by New Zealand designers. I don’t dress like a typical J.Crew girl, which probably makes me stand out a bit in my office. — Zoe Walker

Fashion merchandise planner Annik Bunting on the streets near her East Village office.

Picture / Babiche Martens

ANNIK’S NY FAVOURITES Samurai Mama 205 Grand St, Brooklyn One of my favourite restaurants in Williamsburg, the freshly made udon is amazing and the ambience chilled out. This place never disappoints.

The Butcher’s Daughter 19 Kenmare St, Nolita Cool juice bar and vegetarian cafe, gorgeous space filled with plants and beautiful people. An easy place to watch the world go by.

Toby’s Estate 125 North 6th St, Brooklyn In a city where finding a good coffee can be a struggle, this place is a coffee snob’s paradise. Always packed but worth the wait for a perfect flat white and tasty food.

Oak 28 Bond St, East Village; 55 Nassau Ave, Brooklyn Unexpected mix of established and up-and-coming designers for men and women, this shop is almost all black, white, grey and minimal. If I could choose one shop to be my wardrobe this would be it.

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HAWAII HOT SPOT A sunny stopover came as welcome relief when the Viva team flew Hawaiian Airlines to New York

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ight hours in Hawaii provided a blast of tropical air for the Viva team flying to New York with Hawaiian Airlines. The stopover broke up the long journey and offered sunshine, cocktail-filled coconuts and a spot of shopping; a week after battling -3C temperatures and snowstorms in New York City, an overnight beachside stay on their return was the perfect thawing mechanism.

Hawaiian Airlines began flying from New Zealand a year ago and flies from Auckland to Honolulu three times a week. The only North American carrier to fly from New Zealand, the airline’s A330 planes take about nine hours each way.

Once in Honolulu the airline offers connections to four neighbouring islands, as well as 11 United States destinations including Las Vegas and Seattle. From March 11, the airline will launch Ohana by Hawaiian, a new inter-island service that will bring the outer islands of Lana’i and Moloka’i closer.

Viva photographer Babiche Martens wouldn’t miss a Hawaiian stopover, saying it’s one of her favourite spots for its mix of beach and shopping. “I particularly love going there to buy bikinis, as they have cute styles and a lot more choice than New Zealand,” she explains, having added two new swimsuits to

her collection this trip, as well as hitting the big brands such as Chanel and Louis Vuitton during her stay. With the combination of luxury brands, streetwear shops, mega-malls like Ala Moana and department stores such as Macy’s, a low sales tax compared with most other US states, and a two 32kg bag allowance from Hawaiian Airlines, it’s wise to allow a few days’ shopping time before or after your US trip. If you just have eight hours en route, hit a few shops then slot in a swim, and grab a delicious shake from Ruffage Natural Foods, a Viva favourite.

Viva digital and fashion features editor Zoe Walker enjoyed staying at Vive Hotel Waikiki by the beach and indulging in the tropical cliche, sipping Blue Hawaiian and Mai Tai cocktails from the requisite coconut.

“Hawaii flies with us” is the promise the airline makes to all its passengers, with their onboard service celebrating the culture, natural beauty and essence of Hawaii. Local snacks and on-demand travel videos will get you in the holiday mood before you land.

From August 1, Hawaiian Airlines will introduce the new “extra comfort” premium economy seating, available on routes serviced by the A330. Offering more legroom and other amenities, passengers can upgrade for about $120 each way to Honolulu and about $70 each way to mainland US destinations.

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THE FASHION HIT LIST Diaries out! The 10 Days of Fashion in the City are going to keep you fabulously busy NEW ZEALAND’S LONGEST CATWALK Saturday 8 March, Queen St

A fashion event that will literally bring Queen St to a standstill — 125m of catwalk, 40 models and 70 outfits for any style and every occasion, put together by one of New Zealand’s top stylists, Kylie Cooke. There will be garments, shoes and accessories from over 40 brands including Kate Sylvester, Mi Piaci, Huffer and Zambesi and better yet, every single piece on show can be shopped straight from the surrounding stores and boutiques.

“Can’t say I have worked on a 125m catwalk show before! And it’s the first time I’ve shot 70 outfits in one day, for the show lookbook. New Zealand’s Longest Catwalk is a great opportunity to see current in-season collections, styled together.”

— Kylie Cooke, stylist for NZ’s Longest Catwalk BRITOMART FASHION SESSIONS Friday February 28 and Saturday March 1

One of Auckland’s most beautiful and concise places to shop, eat, drink and be, Britomart will play host to Fashion Sessions, a stylish set of exciting catwalk shows by some of New Zealand’s leading designers, set in the Atrium on Takutai shopping gallery. As well as a seat at the show with enviable catwalk views, ticket holders will be treated to free valet parking and a stylish pre-show at The Nathan Club, with drinks, nibbles and a gorgeous goodie bag. Free standing entry is also available to all shows on a first-come, first-serve basis.

“We’re so proud to be part of the Britomart precinct, and Fashion Sessions is a great event that enables us to bring what’s usually a trade event to our customers.

We’ll be showing an exclusive screening of our beautiful Winter ’14 film to the public for the first time, followed by a catwalk presentation.” — Juliette Hogan

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FASHION WORKSHOP WITH ANNA CASELBERG Wednesday March 5

Wardrobe full of clothes but nothing to wear? Wardrobe consultant and author of The Closet Stylist, Anna Caselberg shares her expert tips and advice for one evening only, at the city library.

THE HEIGHT OF FASHION Thursday February 27 and Friday March 7

An unmissable luncheon in the sky, as SkyCity brings together 10 leading fashion houses and Peter Gordon’s iconic cuisine for an exclusive fashion show/dining experience.

“The thing I think is most special about the lunch isn’t that it’s at the wonderful Sugar Club or that you get to see capsule collections from some of New Zealand’s best designers, it’s that you get to sit and have lunch with the designers and talk to them about what they do and where they get their inspiration from.” — Sarah Jane Hough, producer for The Height of Fashion

THE VIVA SESSIONS Thursday March 6

Join Viva columnist Noelle McCarthy as she hosts “In Conversation with Karen Walker” at the luxe Nathan Club. This is a rare opportunity to hear about the woman behind the brand. Enjoy a complimentary drink, canapes and a gift bag full of treats as you consider your style stance. To book, go to viva.co.nz/ sessions.

HELLO, WE ARE THE NEW ZEALAND FASHION MUSEUM Saturday March 1-Sunday March 9, Silo Park

This is an exciting pop-up exhibition of garments and visual imagery. Museum founder and Kiwi fashion legend Doris de Pont tells us about this unique one-weekonly event: The exhibition includes four fashion stories . . . The “Black in Fashion” garments have been chosen to illustrate our relationship with wearing black, and looks at that history, starting with a fashionable mother-of-thebride dress in black from 1913. “Looking Terrific: the story of El Jay” covers 50 years of high-fashion style, according to Gus Fisher.

“Home Sewn” demonstrates the wealth of creativity that can be found in the domestic arena and includes an early piece made

by Margi Robertson of Nom*d. Seventies styles, so evident in this season’s fashion, are brought sharply into focus by revisiting the originals in the “Age of Aquarius”, with men’s sartorial splendour evident in a trim fitted suit with 28-inch flared trousers.

The space is pretty unique . . . Once part of the industrial heart of the waterfront, the six concrete silos at Silo Park provide a lovely raw and aged canvas as background to our garments, while the circular walls and high vaulted roof bring an interesting texture for the projections.

There will also be a pop-up photo studio and Daniel Davis’ visual elements . . . The photo studio is being set up by Kingsize Studios in one of the silos. Anyone can bring along pieces from their own collection of New Zealand fashion history and have them professionally photographed and added to the online NZ Fashion Museum collection. This is an opportunity for anyone to share their fashion story. We first saw Daniel’s innovative work with digital mapping as part of “Art in the Dark” and approached him about collaborating on this project. We’re delighted he accepted the challenge and know this is going to be sensational.

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He’s intense and deliberate, she’s relaxed and exuberant. The complementary opposites work as a team ushering in worldwide trends. As vice-presidents of global product development at M.A.C’s New York headquarters, they share a love of finding new formulas. Gavrelis specialises in skincare and foundations, while Masson’s brief is to look after lip, eye and cheek colour and mascaras.

Their jobs are a balancing act of creativity and commerce, a coming-together of science and artistry, with an eye to sales.

Fashion weeks are their fulcrum. It is backstage in New York, London, Paris and Milan that products are tested in the most pressured of beauty hothouses and either loved, reworked or discarded. About 90 per cent of development ideas are rejected, often before they even get to the artists. Some might be good ones too, but are adjudged not the right fit for the brand.

“We know it’s a winner if they try to steal it,” laughs Masson. She loves it when this happens, although if the product is still under wraps, and if the artist isn’t an official tester, it can get tricky. But their enthusiasm is her inspiration. If they rave about something, then it is a good sign the public will, too.

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Makeup artists are rhapsodising about new types of products that prime and finish skin for that flawless look everyone’s after, and intensely pigmented eye and lip shades that have an increasingly weightless feel.

Developing these products is what many cosmetic houses are focusing on. Products that fuse longer-term skincare benefits with instant cosmetic improvement while feeling barely there. It explains the release of multi-tasking BB, CC and now blur creams, designed to make the skin look better, but as if by nature rather than obvious artifice. To protect and perfect. To deflect and define.

Or, in the case of next-generation lipsticks, to caress and colour.

Gavrelis talks of how film formers and polymers are becoming more flexible, so “they move with skin, look like skin”. In foundation, they support pigment, active ingredients and moisture. “We are seeing other products that cross between being a cream, a powder, a liquid and a gel.” These are easy to blend and bring a seamless gel aspect for lightweight colour clarity.

New foundations and illuminators use improved reflection and refraction technology so skin tone shows through while coverage is achieved. Balmy waxes with silicones help smooth skin. When M.A.C first launched its primer, “artists started to flip over it”, the pair recall; it went on to be a hit in store.

“It was a backstage secret that real women and men can use. Guys love it, because it will take the shine away.”

M.A.C product development leaders Nicole Masson and Nick Gavrelis.

Primers are now commonplace for many brands and M.A.C’s own Prep n Prime range is much expanded, with a new focus on multi-tasking skincare and colour correction.

Powders are another much-improved area across the industry thanks to jet milling and new pigment and binder coatings. (Look out for M.A.C’s new Studio Sculpt Defining Powder, launching here in September).

“Powders are dusting less and giving superior skin affinity, comfort along with superior wear,” says Gavrelis. They polish skin while leaving it looking non-cakey — in short, powder without the powdery finish.

WHAT’S NEXT

The job of a product developer is, says Gavrelis, about “trying to deliver a promise”.

Extensive testing ranges from brainstorming sessions with key artists to giving products a backstage workout and hype-building exposure. With its own labs in home country Canada and near its New York base, M.A.C also taps into independent laboratories in Italy, France, Japan and Korea.

This spread helps Masson keep her colour forecasting on trend to a global audience yet regionally relevant. In deciding what shades to discard she doesn’t only look at sales, but at specific niche demand. With 50 collections launched by M.A.C each year there may be 150 new lip shades to juggle; some are limited edition releases, others may make the permanent line-up at the expense of existing shades.

Ask these former makeup artists what they are most excited about and Masson says she loves that colour has got brighter and glossier. More importantly it has become easier to wear, she says, thanks to adaptive formulas.

“The colour is not going to be sitting on your skin, it’s going to blend with your skin.”

This show-through allows the wearer to try shades that might not have suited their skin tone in a more opaque mix.

In the pipeline are improved compact foundations and sumptuous synthetic brushes, plus more of those super-fine powders.

Gavrelis’ dream: “Ultra high broad spectrum UV protection in the thinnest, most flexible fluid foundation that has true shade colour purity from the very lightest shade to deepest dark. Combining high SPF with shade integrity is a tremendous challenge for chemists and product developers.”

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Five Leaves, capital of cool and Brooklyn mainstay, was Heath Ledger’s last business venture before his untimely death in early 2008. His business partner, Judd Mongell, still runs the perennially packed and bustling cafe and restaurant, a small corner spot on the border of Williamsburg and Greenpoint.

US-born and raised, Mongell spent some of his teens in New Zealand and paid his dues pulling coffees at cafes along on K Rd. There are remnants of the impact in his formative years visible in the restaurant: the Five Leaves Burger is a nod to the Kiwi variety and features a sunny-side-up egg and housepickled beetroot.

You can get a flat white, Kiwi-ish Devils on Horseback and there are even tiny jars of Marmite available on request.

There are also killer cocktails, a kale salad with aged gouda, hazelnuts and a spicy anchovy dressing, and the very popular truffle fries. Well worth the 30-minute wait.

— Martha Jeffries

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Every budget can be met, every wild and wonderful whim satiated. From discount doughnuts to 15-course feasts, New York is sure to have exactly what you want, when you want it. Here are a few of this year’s notable trends and stand-out specials.

A recent culinary migration from Manhattan into the surrounding boroughs has seen more and more of the city’s new, star-worthy eateries appearing in Brooklyn. Samantha and Carrie be damned, Brooklyn is now officially where the best eating is at.

Clockwise from top: Red Rooster for a taste of Scandinavian soul; Maison Premiere for liquors, liqueurs and oysters; Brooklyn, New York’s latest foodie hot spot.

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With Manhattan rents skyrocketing, Brooklyn has become a place where entrepreneurs can experiment. And, like many of New York’s great artists, musicians, writers and poets, the chefs have moved off the island and over the East River.

Brooklyn is now seen to represent everything locally grown, wholesome, ethical and chic. Restaurants and bars revive the style of Prohibition-era speakeasies, with purposely peeling painted walls, vintage enamel sinks and naked Edison bulbs.

The trend for home-made, hand-crafted, boutique and small-batch “Made-in-Brooklyn” is flying higher than ever. The best place to sample these goods is Smorgusburg, an outdoor food fair on the Williamsburg waterfront every Saturday. There, you can sample small portions of everything, from baby back ribs to fusion tacos to bite-sized cheesecakes.

While you’re in Williamsburg it would be a shame to miss Mast Brothers Chocolate — an open-air factory and store that sells dark, rich delights unlike anything you’ve ever tasted.

The chocolate is hand-crafted from bean to bar. So the story goes, a pair of handsome and hip bearded brothers bring organic cacao beans back from the Caribbean on a threemasted schooner and then craft the sublime bars at their factory in Brooklyn. The effort is reflected in the price, but there are plenty of in-store samples to satisfy.

If you do fork out, the chocolate will be well worth it. Flavours such as fleur de sal, serrano pepper and almond pair perfectly with the single origin beans, and these bars of the moment have pretty packages that make them great gifts.

Craft cocktails dominate the drinks landscape. If you need a bevvy after all this eating, head to absinthe and oyster bar Maison Premiere on Bedford Ave. The

establishment is inspired by Parisian hotel bars of bygone days and has a convivial round bar that allows you to sit and watch your drink being created from a huge selection of small-batch liqueurs and liquors. The results are incredible.

A menu of small plates is offered, but go for the raw bar and order freshly shucked oysters. A menu with more than 30 types of oyster takes some showing around. Luckily, a seafood “sommelier” talks you through the varieties.

On one recent visit, our oyster sommelier mentioned notes of watermelon, salted butter and forest floor. I was sceptical at first but that man knew his shellfish and I was delighted to savour the flavours he had brought to my attention in each silky bite. This is New York at its best. Where else can you find an expert in such a particular area but in a city this size?

A more relaxed atmosphere in which to sample the surging trend for raw bars and New England comfort food is the Lobster Joint, a seafood mainstay in Brooklyn, the Lower East Side and Rockaway Beach. Large wooden tables are communal; food is ordered at the bar. I recommend the classic — a lobster roll stuffed with fresh herb mayonnaise and rich lobster meat, served with the ubiquitous NY sandwich sides, potato chips and a pickle.

Cocktails can be ordered in pitchers, a trend that’s increasing around town. I predict these will soon be served on tap, with the inevitable corresponding drop in cost. I like the sound of that!

If meat is your thing, head to Fette Sau for a real taste of Americana. A mouth-wateringly delicious barbecue joint that serves slowcooked pulled pork, Berkshire sausages, Heritage Farm Wagyu cheeks and more.

Unlike our version, American barbecue is slow-cooked for 12 hours over fire or coals, giving the meat a distinctively smoky flavour and an unbelievably tender bite.

The sides at this spot are as sublime as the meats. The home-cooked baked beans will redefine your view on the dish and the tangy coleslaw and simple potato rolls perfect the meal.

Wash it all down with a craft beer on tap.

Shared wooden tables give the place a beer garden feel, even indoors.

I risk excommunication by true-blue Southern friends but this place is as good

(better!) than anything I’ve ever tasted west of the Mississippi, as New York often tends to do local specialities as good as the originators.

Scandinavian food has exploded on to the scene with a variety of establishments all over town. Swedish coffee shops Konditori and Fika (which translates to coffee break) offer fresh coffee and small snacks and celebrate Sweden’s love affair with the strong, dark brew.

Star chef Marcus Samuelson’s Red Rooster restaurant in Harlem fuses elements from his Swedish upbringing with Southern Soul food.

Dishes like Helga’s Meatballs and Grandpa’s Gravlax appear alongside Southern favourites like Chicken and Waffles.

If you make it to Harlem, this place is a must, but call ahead — the wait can be long.

In addition to the mouthwatering menu, you’ll enjoy live jazz there most days, and Bill Clinton, plus a host of uptown’s glitterati, are devoted regulars.

If you are looking for high-end Scandinavian multi-course feasts go to Luksus or Aska.

Both offer degustation menus featuring hand-picked local ingredients with a Swedish flavour. Aska has been awarded a Michelin star.

On the topic of Michelin stars, New Zealand chef Matt Lambert has also been lauded with the Michelin mark of approval with one star awarded to his Nolita restaurant, The Musket Room, coowned with his wife and front of house expert Barbara.

Left, The Musket Room, owned by New Zealand chef Matt Lambert; and, right, a lobster roll from seafood chain the Lobster Joint.

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This one is in Manhattan. The smoked scallops with black garlic and sea beans are divine and, depending on how long you’ve been away from home, the pavlova may well be worth the trip down memory lane.

If Michelin stars are beyond your pocket, head to Chinatown for cheap eats like dim sum, bahn mi and bubble tea. Joe’s Shanghai, on Pell St, is a must for superb soupdumplings — shredded pork with rich, hot, duck soup inside the dumpling. Order at least two servings.

But my favourite Chinatown spot is Xian Famous Food. You don’t go there for the service (order at the counter and your number is yelled when ready) but the food is worth sharing a plastic table with strangers.

The small hole-in-the-wall restaurant is a father and son outfit that pumps out fresh, delicious Western-Chinese food such as chewy, firm to the bite, hand-ripped noodles, spicy Cumin Lamb Burgers and a few less familiar dishes such as “spicy tingly lamb face salad”.

The food is fresh, unusually good and cheap; $10 buys a feast.

The brand has recently expanded, opening new restaurants all over Manhattan and, most recently, in Queens. Now there is a borough that has exciting food.

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HOT DOGS, DINERS & DELIS Nici Wickes goes in search of New York City flavours at home

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hink of New York City eating and you can’t help but imagine old-school delis serving pastrami sandwiches and pickles, bagel shops brimming with lox, carts selling hot dogs spilling mustard and bright green relish, diners peddling burgers and grits with gravy, restaurants specialising in meatballs and bars serving wings — buffalo wings that is — and milkshakes laced with booze. Sound familiar?

With the wave of American-influenced eateries popping up in Auckland, it’s easy to have your own Big Apple dining experience without even leaving home. Let’s go . . .

HOT DOGS

The key to a decent dog is a soft-as bread bun so that each bite doesn’t shoot the fillings out the end, standout sausages, and plenty of sauces. These ones get it right.

Imperial Lane The hot dog stand in the cute, cobble-stoned Imperial Lane nails it with soft Vienna bread rolls and delectable fillings inspired by the flavours of Vietnam, Morocco and Spain.

Open from 5pm Mon-Sat, 7 Fort Lane, City, ph (09) 929 2703. theimperiallane.co.nz Food Truck Garage For the health-conscious, head to Food Truck Garage for their puppy dogs — soft, spelt flour buns, freerange chicken, leek and spinach sausage with tomato salsa, savoy cabbage and rocket. Delicious!

City Works Depot, 90 Wellesley St West, City, ph (09) 973 2305. foodtruckgarage.co.nz

Dogmatic Situated on a busy corner by Britomart Train Station, this joint gets its sausages from award-winning Ellerslie Meats and they ain’t half bad. Try the chilli dog — chunky beef sausage, jalapeno relish and a decent dollop of chilli beef and beans.

2 Queen St, City, ph (09) 973 7067.

DINERS & DELIS

All-day diners and delis are an institution in New York, providing a meeting place, a kitchen and a dining room for locals to meet up in neighbourhoods across the city. And now we have some of our own.

Federal Delicatessen Adjacent to the ever-popular Depot, Al Brown’s Federal Delicatessen (“The Fed”) will transport you to another time and place altogether. Jars of pickles and mustard line the shelves, back-lit signs in bold black type proclaim “Genuine Pastrami”, “Pie by the Slice” and “Sour Pickles”, waitresses wearing cute matching pastel uniforms bustle about, and the team manning the deli counter is straight up in neat white hats.

We’re in 1950s New York territory for sure, except the food is better! For breakfast, there’s latkes, bagels (Best Ugly of course), hashes, mashes and griddle cakes, as well as the bottomless cup of Joe (that’s filtered coffee). Once 11:30am rolls around the menu opens up to include sandwiches, bagels, kettle soups, meats, rotisserie chicken and more. It’s brilliant.

84 Federal St, City, ph (09) 363 7184. thefed.co.nz Late Night Diner Diners don’t come better than this. Head to Ponsonby Rd after 5pm on any day to sit at the counter or a booth at Late Night Diner and order a serve of battered pickles with spicy mayo, a well-built burger or huge layered grilled Reuben sandwich on rye and you won’t be sorry. There are also hard shakes — a vanilla thickshake laced with cigar-infused bourbon or a chocolate shake spiked with rum and Grand Marnier. Hello happiness.

152 Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby, ph (09) 361 2320. latenightdiner.co.nz Al’s Deli A small sign on City Rd points to this new deli (owned

by Aleks Lazic, aka Al) which takes up the corner site of City Rd and Queen St. Look up and you’ll find it.

It’s more Canadian than NYC but with buffalo wings served with genuine Frank’s hot sauce and cooling ranch dressing, we think it qualifies.

2 City Rd, City, ph (09) 373 2961. alsdeli.co.nz

MEATBALL MANIA

Meatballs are moving in on our city at an alarming rate — expect to see more meatballbased eateries setting up shop this year. This comfort food successfully finds a home in the smart and casual eats departments.

Baduzzi I thought crayfish and meatballs surely belonged in different worlds. Enter Baduzzi, the smart dining room and kitchen owned by the team from The Grove. “Food of the People” say the signs outside this North Wharf eatery, and their list of polpette features crayfish meatballs that are soft, sweet, musky and deliriously delicious. They also have wagyu meatballs, which drip with tradition in a hearty onion gravy.

Cnr Jellicoe St, and Fish Lane, North Wharf, ph (09) 309 9339. baduzzi.co.nz Bedford Soda & Liquor Named after one of the hippest streets in one of the coolest neighbourhoods in NYC — Bedford St in Williamsburg — Bedford Soda & Liquor is a bar with a drinks menu packed full of American and retro favourites . . . but they serve meatballs, too. There are pork, beef, chicken or vegetarian, served on their own or on mash, polenta, spaghetti, risotto, or in sliders, or on bigger sliders called subs, with sauces or without, with a salad or fries. Get in there.

Ponsonby Central, 136 Ponsonby Rd, ph (09) 378 7362. bedfordsodaliquor.co.nz

Al Brown’s Federal Delicatessen (above), Ponsonby Rd’s Bedford Soda & Liquor (below), and Late Night Diner (left).

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PIZZA

We couldn’t talk about New York City eats without mentioning perhaps their greatest export of all — pizza. The debate rages over what makes “the perfect NY-style pizza” and with all the options in our city, from gourmet to downright terrible, it’s easy to get lost. I ascribe to the claim that NY-style pizza was designed, with its thin base, crisp middle and soft, puffed-up, chewy crust, to be ideal for cab drivers, travellers and other busy city types to fold and hold, making for a no-fuss snack. To this end, Sal’s Authentic New York Pizza gets the tick. Available by the slice, floppy and soft but never soggy, at six locations around Auckland, Sal’s does NYC proud. Grab a slice from their latest pizza joint in Jellicoe St, in Wynyard Quarter, and imagine yourself in a movie about the mob.

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Jesse Webster, the New Zealand-born wine director of Michelin-starred Public restaurant, talks wine trends with Jo Burzynska

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fter starting out prepping salads in a Ponsonby Rd restaurant, Jesse Webster has risen through the international ranks to become the beverage director for New York’s AvroKO Hospitality Group, which owns a number of high-profile bars and restaurants in the city including the Michelin-starred Public restaurant in SoHo. At Public, he’s created a wine list featuring one of the one strongest selections of Antipodean wines in the US. I caught up with him to find out what wines are hot in NYC and how its diners are taking to Kiwi wines.

What wines are hot in the Big Apple?

Pinot noir is still king, at least in our two restaurants here, despite different regional and national points of reference. Trends towards a hot new grape or wine style are less the point now, but rather the wine-drinking public are ever more discerning and adventurous. Tastes evolve and often the over- and super-charged wines that first appealed become too much, too fruity, too alcoholic or too oaky.

This evolving palate is perfect for the appreciation of cool-climate wines. If I had to pick one trend, it might be the embrace of these wines and, of course, New Zealand is well-placed to offer great selections.

What do New Yorkers make of Kiwi wines?

It’s safe to say that if asked to describe a New

Zealand wine, almost everyone in NYC will still fall back on sauvignon blanc as a first response, and it will be a positive reference. A growing number, though, will have some awareness of pinot noir as a key varietal — helped by the idea that New Zealand is a lot like parts of the US’ Pacific Northwest and therefore close in style to Oregon’s Willamette Valley. At Public, we are fortunate to have great Kiwi chardonnays, and Hawkes Bay and Waiheke reds, too, and find that our diners are happy to explore. It’s very easy to find a Kiwi sauvignon blanc on a wine list by the glass in a joint that has no other connection to New Zealand: the wines still offer value and deliver an identifiable wine aroma and taste that are hard to beat. New Zealand has also managed to remain free of the “anti-trend” that the Aussie wine producers have had to endure over the past few years.

What excites you about New Zealand wines?

By and large the wines are great with food which gives someone like me — who loves to eat and cook — plenty to choose from. If I can say this without sounding too cliched, the freshness of NZ wine continues to impress. It’s when wines are trying too hard to be big, fat and over-the-top that they are the least interesting. This ties into the cool-climate point that poise and structure are critical and, without this, wines are, well, a bit passe.

What do you personally enjoy drinking?

Cool-climate Aussie shiraz/syrah is just starting to find its way here and some of it is great; pepper and spice and balanced fruit make for less exhausting

THE HOT NZ WINES ON PUBLIC’S WINE LIST:

Quartz Reef Methode Traditionelle NV $35. Available from Glengarry, Fine Wine Delivery and Caros Wines.

Pyramid Valley Kerner Marlborough Pinot Blanc $29. Available at Great Little Vineyards, Vino Fino and pyramidvalley.co.nz.

Kumeu River Hunting Hill Chardonnay 2009 $50. Available from Kumeu River Wines, Caros, Glengarry, Fine Wine Delivery Co, and all fine wine retailers.

Seresin Rachel Marlborough Pinot Noir 2011 $57. Available at Moore Wilson’s, The Village Winery, Herne Bay Cellars and Vitis Cellars.

Millton Te Arai Gisborne Chenin Blanc $28. Available from Farro Fresh, Caros, Liquorland and all fine wine retailers.

drinking. I am a big fan of the red wines and blends now being made from Italian grape varieties in California, such as blends of sangiovese and even nebbiolo that are really crunchy alternatives to the more well-represented classic French varietals.

Chardonnay, too: I think many are taking another look at chardonnay now that we have all recovered from a generation of overwrought wine that leaned too heavily on new oak. Chardonnays from the Sonoma Coast are fantastic. And, of course, New Zealand wine: pinot noir is an essential but also some great, sweet wines are showing up here and drinking well. New Zealand chardonnay, too, which I think is truly world-class and I’m really loving some of the merlot-predominant blends from Gimblett Gravels and Hawkes Bay at large.

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A BITE OF THE

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NYC is like a giant deli, packed with ritzy restaurants, cool diners and street food carts. Recipe editor Angela Casley pays tribute to the city with a trio of dishes

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wish I could say I had just returned from New York and been involved in the big freeze. Ice skating in Times Square, seeing a show on Broadway, spending a day shopping in Bergdorfs, and, of course, scouting out all the amazing places to eat. From iconic bagels and hot dogs, to dumplings in Chinatown and hot chestnuts on a street corner, the diversity of food offerings is as numerous as the people who fill this dynamic city.

In an ode to all things New York, I’ve chosen three simple, tasty dishes.

First up, soft tacos. Oh-so easy, fun to make and delicious. In New York they are often served with crab. I have used tuna, however, which is easier to find here than crab.

Snapper would also be delicious.

Allow the mixture to marinate for 30 minutes as this slightly cooks the fish to make for a tender mouthful. You could, of course, make a bigger version for a meal and serve them with your favourite filling of beef or chicken.

The key to cooking the tortilla is a very hot pan; if it’s not hot enough the tortilla will be tough.

The US of A and ribs go hand-in-hand. Melt in the mouth sticky ribs are best cooked on the barbecue, thus leaving all the mess outside.

There are hundreds of rib recipes, but I like this one as it has just a few ingredients and the whole family will enjoy its simplicity.

Add a few extra chilli flakes if you like to spice it up a little. Cooking the sheets of ribs as a whole will ensure they remain juicy. A fresh salad and, maybe, some corn cobs and rice will complete a very simple meal.

Finally, plum pie. Now this is a New York special. This clafoutis is, however, a lighter version without pastry. It’s a quick dessert to whip up and you can use any stone fruit you have — apricots are another favourite of mine.

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The only preparation of the fruit is removing the stones. Simply cut around the plums, twist to separate the halves and flick out the stone.

You then pour the simple batter over the fruit in an ovenproof dish.

I like to add more fruit than batter. The batter will fluff up in the oven then sink quickly when removed. Serve with a large dollop of whipped cream.

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SOFT TACOS WITH TUNA AND AVOCADO Makes 18

TACOS 150g fine cornmeal or flour ½ tsp salt 100ml cold water 1 Tbsp olive oil

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FILLING 150g tuna, diced into little pieces ½ red onion, diced small ½ red pepper, diced small 1 avocado, diced small ½ cup diced cucumber ½ cup chopped coriander Juice of 2 limes Salt and pepper to taste Extra limes for serving

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1. In a bowl place the cornmeal and salt.

Add the water and oil and mix until you have a smooth dough.

2. Divide into 24 small balls. Cover and rest for 10 minutes in the fridge.

3. Flatten each ball with the palm of your hand. Place between two pieces of baking paper. Roll to 3mm thick and a 10cm diameter.

4. Heat a heavy-based frying pan to very hot.

Lightly spray the surface with oil.

5. Cook the tortillas for 1 minute each side until lightly browned. Wrap in a cloth to keep warm and soft.

6. For the filling: In a small bowl place the tuna, onion, pepper, avocado, cucumber and coriander. Add the lime juice and season with pepper and salt. Stir well and place in the fridge for 30 minutes.

7. When ready to serve place a little of the tuna mix on to top of each tortilla. Serve with extra lime wedges.

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1. In a small bowl place the hoisin, paprika, chilli, vinegar and salt. Mix. Place the ribs in a large dish and pour the marinade over. Mix, cover and refrigerate until needed.

2. Set a barbecue to a medium heat. Cook the sheet of pork ribs, brushing with extra marinade as they cook for 15 minutes each side or until cooked through. Use a small knife to cut into the flesh to check they are cooked.

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1. Heat oven to 180C. 2. Lightly grease an ovenproof baking dish.

In the dish place the plums cut-side down. It doesn’t matter if they are slightly piled.

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Need-to-know openings and food finds around town

WHAT’S ON — Now this sounds lush, relaxing with a glass of wine at Stoneleigh’s Wonder of Nature. The multi-sensory experience includes a suspended garden by award-winning New Zealand landscape designer Jules Moore and acoustics captured from Stoneleigh’s Marlborough vineyards by Grammy award-winning musician Paul McLaney. The R18 event is at Queens Wharf from Feb 28-March 8, 10am-10pm.

— Get in Mardi Gras mode and head to Miss Clawdy for a taste of New Orleans next Tuesday night. From 6pm-9pm Nick D will be providing tunes, there’ll be a carnival dance show, and a special menu featuring delicacies such as whole roasted suckling pig with caramel popcorn, oyster shooters and an aged beef, bone marrow and harmony pork burger. Ph (09) 969 6986.

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The hole-in-the-wall bagel-stop also offers items such as breakfast salads and coffees, and has plans to be licensed soon. “It’s a New Zealand-influenced cafe menu that’s been bagel-erised,” Cornes explains.

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An edited wishlist from our visit to the charming store in Nolita, Love Adorned: a bundle of Palo Santo wood incense; a Hasami Porcelain mug; a bottle of In the Library, a book-scented essential oil from New York perfume makers CB I Hate Perfume; a book on tree houses; a hand-woven wool blanket by Brooklyn artist Wes Lang and Indigofera; rosemary-scented cutting board oil handmade in Kingston, New York by Blackcreek Mercantile & Trading Co; handpainted hanging ceramics — jingle bells, moons, daggers — by Brooklyn-based Michele Quan.

Do the rounds several times at this treasure trove of a space and, like us, you’ll continue to discover something new and special. Jewellery from independent designers is displayed on crystals, pieces of wood and greenery in vintage glass cases, alongside eclectic homewares, accessories and other random objects, and a dried tree branch hangs overhead. Opened by Lori Leven, the Elizabeth St store is an extension of her long-standing East Village tattoo parlour, New York Adorned (tattooing was illegal when it opened, so there was a jewellery store in the front as a cover), and sister to a space in East Hampton.

— Zoe Walker

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VALERY GHERMAN Makeup artist Valery Gherman has lived in Manhattan’s famous Peter Cooper Village since 2009, sharing a two-bedroom apartment with a flatmate, the photographer Derek Kettela.

Built following World War II as a private housing community, the 32.3ha complex on Manhattan’s East Side is a sprawling series of red brick apartment buildings, and is now home to lots of families as well as people who have lived there since the 40s.

“It’s not really aware of its coolness,” jokes Gherman, who moved to New York 11 years ago.

The Ukrainian-born New Zealander collaborates frequently with Kettela, working on shoots for the likes of Carine Roitfeld’s CR Fashion Book website, US Vogue, Details and more. Last year they flew to Antarctica for Kate Upton’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover.

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The look is kind of minimalist mid-century with quirky, boyish touches: dark wooden floor, a classic stainless steel Arco floor lamp hanging over a black leather couch and vintage coffee table with black stone top, a Le Corbusier chair, a Chuck Close Walker Art Centre poster, toy cars on a bookshelf, snowboarding gear in the corner, a video projector and a vintage “Open 24 Hours” sign sitting on the floor in the hallway.

Like most creatives’ homes, the main features of the space are art — framed prints

by Fabian Baron and Derek Henderson — and an extensive collection of art and photography books.

There’s a mini version of the famed Helmut Newton SUMO book, complete with bookstand for ready display (the original version weighed 35.4kg and came with a Philippe Starckdesigned holder). Plus, unsurprisingly for those who contribute to some of the world’s top titles, a library of magazines.

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MIRANDA DEMPSTER AND GUS MCKAY Miranda Dempster, an art director at New York magazine, and Gus McKay, a tailor at luxury Italian label Brunello Cucinelli, moved into their airy two-bedroom Brooklyn apartment in November, decorating the space with pieces collected from around New York and from home in New Zealand.

The couple’s mutual design backgrounds are hinted at throughout the house: a bookshelf of photography and art books, typographic references such as Van Gogh letters in the window, an ampersand pillow and a Richard Lewer postcard proclaiming “I Must Learn to Like Myself”. These sit with mid-century touches and pops of colour: a Saarinen-style tulip table, sofa

by Danish designer Jens Risom, coloured glass vases.

The living area’s 5.4m-high roof and large windows are the highlights of the apartment.

Elsewhere in the block the space has been converted into a mezzanine, but in Dempster and McKay’s apartment the tall white walls offer the perfect showcase for their art.

Many of the pieces were collected through the years or were gifts from artist friends such as Daniel Malone, Kate Small and Julian Dashper (McKay’s brother is Wellington art dealer Hamish McKay, which helps). A drawing of an orange hopping rabbit is by Martin Poppelwell, a fellow student of Dempster’s at Elam.

“That was his first-year submission; they failed him ... he gave it to me because he thought it was funny.

“It is mostly stuff that friends gave to me, or that I acquired; I haven’t actively collected but it accumulates over the years,” explains Dempster, who has called New York home for 20 years.

She moved back to New Zealand in 2009, before returning to the city with McKay and starting at New York in 2011.

They moved into a “very small” West Village brownstone, where Dempster had lived for more than 10 years, but the size proved difficult.

“When you live in a really small space, I think you end up living in denial about the reality of it; you just have to, it’s the only way you can cope,” explains Dempster.

The reality hit home after the couple returned from a holiday, and began looking for a place to buy.

“I had wanted to move to Brooklyn for a really long time, but I wanted Gus to live in Manhattan before that — it’s a different experience.”

And though Dempster feels they haven’t had a chance yet to explore their new neighbourhood, it feels like home.

“The neighbourhood is not nearly as ‘pretty’ as where we were, but the people who live here feel more like our community ... It feels like we fit in.”

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TESSA GOULD An adorable small Pomeranian has taken over Tessa Gould and Edward Rogers’ apartment, a sunny, two-bedroom space near the Williamsburg Bridge. The couple recently adopted Lola from a rescue shelter in North Carolina, bringing her to their Brooklyn home that has something many New Yorkers dream of: a small rooftop outdoor area, covered in snow today but a dream in summer.

New Zealanders Gould and Rogers both work in advertising — Gould at website The Huffington Post as director of native advertising (an increasingly popular online concept where advertisers provide content) — and have lived in New York for four years.

They moved into their apartment two-and-ahalf years ago, with an assortment of pieces collected from the city and home.

In the main living room they have hung several black and white photographic prints of NYC from their photographer friend Tom Gould (a fellow New Zealander, but no relation to Gould), including a large framed

image of the city skyline with ubiquitous helicopter hovering in the corner. The decor is a combination of feminine and masculine — a well-stocked bar trolley, Polaroids in the shape of a heart.

They also have a growing assortment of ceramics and glassware, including pieces from Kosta Boda — two clear glass candlestick holders that together form the shape of a heart, a bowl and vase with hand-painted flowers — and several pieces the couple made themselves, attending private lessons with a well-known Brooklyn-based pottery artist, Shino Takeda. Gould is also a fan of milk glass, with vases in the living room, spare room and bedroom; one holds a collection of matches.

Elsewhere there are hints of the couple’s travels: above two editions of The New York Times’ 36 Hours travel guide series sits a handmade toy Rogers brought home as a gift from Mexico City, while below is a hint of home: the classic Kiwiana version of Russian stacking dolls.

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KARIE HIGGINS On the gritty street below, it’s traffic, graffiti and rubbish, but beyond a black-painted door plastered with the word “Presidential” is the orderly calm of jeweller Karie Higgins’ Bushwick apartment. It is railroad style — long and narrow with windows at either end.

Entry is via a small kitchen that looks out to the outdoor area of a cocktail bar below.

Lush plants sit against wooden floors and a red-brick wall is a feature in the kitchen and bedroom, with skulls, scented candles and jewellery popping up throughout the apartment.

There are also pieces that showcase a sense of humour: framed artwork by 7-year-old Seattle artist Yung Lenox, who draws rappers, a watercolour of PBR beer by Higgins’ partner Lee Gibson, a framed Damien Hirst print sitting on the wooden floor, a “birdhouse bookshelf” by Thing Industries, a company founded by Higgins’ friends and fellow Kiwis Bridie Picot and Matt Smith.

In the small lounge area in the middle of the apartment, a piece made by Gibson for 8135743AA

Higgins’ birthday with the words “Always be Knolling”, a reference to the New York artist Tom Sachs’ manifesto in which he tells his workers to put away everything that isn’t in use, group all “like” objects, and align or square all objects to the surface they rest on.

In other words: be neat and organised.

Higgins, who launched the jewellery label D-Luxe in Wellington before moving to New York to work as creative director of jewellery brand Bing Bang, moved into the apartment with Gibson about a year ago. Before that they were in Williamsburg, and before that, Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

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Zoe Walker talks to top New York hotelier Sean MacPherson about his latest venture, The Marlton

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ike many buildings in New York’s historic Greenwich Village, The Marlton Hotel has a storied past heavy with Beat icons. Formerly a single room occupancy known as Marlton House, it housed writer Neal Cassady, comedian Lenny Bruce while he was on trial for obscenity, Valerie Solanas (living there when she shot Andy Warhol) and Jack Kerouac, who wrote The Subterraneans and Tristessa while boarding in the building.

That history is something the hotel’s current owner Sean MacPherson wanted to honour.

“It’s a landmark building, 114 years old and a very special part of New York City and Lower 5th Avenue. I wanted it to very much feel contextual to the neighbourhood, and I wanted to honour the history of the building and the neighbourhood,” explains MacPherson on the phone from New York. “I tried to make it feel as if it was almost a Lower Fifth Avenue apartment.”

Like most New York apartments, the rooms in it are small (think cosy); for those with bigger budgets and luggage there are two penthouses with terraces on the ninth floor.

One of New York’s top hoteliers, low-key MacPherson was born in New Zealand (he holds a New Zealand passport) but grew up in Malibu, California, with his surfer mother Janet MacPherson. His father, Tim

Murdoch, still lives in New Zealand although MacPherson hasn’t been back in about a decade. “I’ve been caught up in New York,” he jokes. He arrived in the city in 2000, having opened several successful restaurants in Los Angeles. In New York he furthered that success by opening hip boutique hotels and restaurants, like The Bowery, The Maritime, The Jane, and restaurant The Waverly Inn (with Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter).

His secret to successful hotels in New York?

A clear message that speaks to its audience.

“There are many hotels and many markets.

I think it’s important to speak to your market as opposed to being generic or off-message.”

MacPherson opened The Marlton, a 107room “baby grand” hotel, in September, following a multimillion-dollar renovation and eclectic fit-out inspired by the small hotels of post-war Paris — a character-filled, romantic, retro aesthetic, the antithesis of minimal, with warm shades of wood, brass fixtures, bold light fixtures inspired by Parisian designer Serge Mouille, turquoise velvet bedheads, chicken wire closet doors and vintage rugs.

MacPherson envisioned the busy, cosy, ground floor lobby as an open space for guests and neighbours to visit and relax, a “sort of living room for the community”. Coffee and cocktail bars sit near a cosy fireplace and mismatched lounge chairs, with charming, small, red

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The hotel is already popular with the fashion crowd: before it opened the editor of Another Magazine, Jefferson Hack, held a dinner party in the restaurant, and during New York Fashion Week, we spotted model Edie Campbell, writer and Barneys’ ambassador Simon Doonan and Leandra Medine of the fashion blog Man Repeller.

MacPherson’s next venture is across town on the Lower East Side, a 187-room hotel called The Ludlow.

“The Marlton is dainty and refined; The Ludlow will be more rock’n’roll, rough’n’tumble; a younger, more ruckus audience,” says MacPherson, who hopes to open it in the northern summer. That diversity is what he loves most about the city.

“I love the energy for sure. I love the density, and I guess the energy is a product of that. I love that it’s all walks of life co-habitating. It’s really inspiring,” says MacPherson, who lives in the West Village. “In New York there are individual social groups, but the density forces all types of people to rub shoulders.”

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McPherson’s vision for the Marlton was inspired by the small hotels of postwar Paris.

Pictures / Annie Schlechter, Babiche Martens

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Innovative expat photographer and former model Henry Hargreaves is inspired by art and interesting market finds

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enry Hargreaves may be just another New Zealander living in New York — Brooklyn to be exact — but he’s the only one doing such clever and beautiful things with a camera, cake mix and a deep-fryer.

His recent exhibition in Venice of No Seconds and Comfort Food (his first solo exhibition outside the United States) depicts the lavish, and often partly fried, final meal requests of death-row inmates.

The haunting images have generated a lot of hype, including nearly 1.75 million views on media-sharing site Buzzfeed last week.

Other shows have included the re-creation of famous art galleries from gingerbread cakes in The Gingerbread Galleries, the making and lighting on fire of cake “donuts” and “burgers” in Burning Calories and the deepfrying of iPhones and computers in Deep Fried Gadgets. The photographer and former model has produced two cult books dedicated to the 3D representation of breasts, 3DD and 3DD Deluxe, which are available on Amazon.

He lives with his French girlfriend and travels a lot. “I’m never sure how long I want to stay in one place so usually keep my belongings to a minimum to be mobile.”

However his apartment harbours some interesting finds and he lists his mum’s homemade Kiwiana cushions, a Game Boy-shaped iPhone case and a Polaroid Big Shot camera along with these favourite things.

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Five Leaves coffee cup

I’m obsessed with the cafe design on togo coffee cups at the moment, and how nearly nobody does it well. This cup comes from Five Leaves in Greenpoint, Brooklyn [see story on page 23] — a class establishment that gives you a cup that makes you feel you got your $4 worth.

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Butterfly chair from Greenport

This dirty butterfly chair we found at a market in Greenport is my summer-afternoon reading chair. So ugly but so comfortable.

Also, you can see a birthday card next to it

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4 that I made for my lady with “You, Me, Oui”, fashioned from a couple of thousand staples.

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Les Nouveaux Cocktails Classiques by Frederic Le Bordays

Hands down, the most beautiful cocktail book ever released. But only available in French; I picked this up on my last trip to Paris and then went on a pilgrimage to find the bartender who wrote it. I finally found out where he worked and journeyed to his bar on my final night in town, and it was closed for no reason other than that’s how it goes in France.

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Danish-inspired bedside table

My girlfriend recently won a long battle to get rid of my Ikea bedside table. I’m glad she did that as I really dig this Danish-inspired piece. It also serves as a resting place for my Le Labo candle (that I hardly use as I never want to spend that much on a candle again), a Deborah Turbeville photo that I bought at auction after too many drinks, and a silhouette cut-out that an old Amish woman did of me, that doesn’t look much like me at all.

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