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As the only child of rocker Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet, Zoë Kravitz has been surrounded by creative energy since birth. Now, the 26-year-old actress, singer and fashion darling shows the world a talent all her own.

112 Marine Layers

On San Francisco’s vertiginous, scenic thoroughfares, autumn’s menswear-inspired and structured pieces are uniquely matched for the City by the Bay.

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124 Perfect Landing

On a wooded hillside high above Napa Valley, surrounded by her precious cabernet sauvignon vineyards, Los Angeles entrepreneur Jamie McCourt found her dream house—swimming pool included.

132 Hard Drive

Meet the women who are helping to reshape the culture of the Silicon Valley with their talent and tenacity, powering the digital economy and emerging as a new breed of leaders.

140 Life of the Party

Restaurateur Anna Weinberg will wine, dine and entertain you at her growing empire of San Francisco hot spots.

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140 ON OUR COVER ZOË KRAVITZ photographed by Daniel Jackson for Dior. STYLIST Mattias Karlsson. HAIR Sascha Breuer. MAKEUP Aminata. MANICURE Magalie Sanzey.

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CONTENTS Departments 28 FOUNDER’S Letter An ode to Northern California.

32 C PEOPLE

Who’s who behind the scenes of C.

38 To NorCal, with LOVE

Seeing the Bay Area through the eyes of some of its notable residents.

41 C WHAT’S HOT

Jessica Alba talks about her new makeup line—it’s honestly beautiful. A leather collection signals a bright outlook for Future Glory Co. Mr Chow’s signature wine label makes its debut.

52 REPORTS FROM THE SOCIAL FRONT

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57 C FASHION

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71 C BEAUTY

The Golden State gears up for the season with autumn fragrances, wellness routines and skin-care trends.

75 C DESIGN

Kelly Wearstler’s latest and greatest. On the radar: Mill Valley’s shoppable treasures. The California Workshop sheds light on new fixtures.

87 C MENU

Petit Crenn brings flavors of the Brittany coast to San Francisco. Gjelina reveals its best recipes. Santa Monica gets a new neighborhood spot: Local Kitchen + Wine Bar.

93 C TRAVEL

London according to The Beaumont’s Jeremy King and Lauren Gurvich King. A taste of Italy in Newport Beach.

97 C CULTURE

Inside the desert world of Andrea Zittel.

145 SHOPPING Guide 146 C CALIFORNIA

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Get cozy with Burberry’s customizable Scarf Bar. Jason Wu, artistic director of Boss Womenswear, dishes on the label. The Apple Watch and Hermès join fashion forces.

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FOUNDER’S LETTER

I still remember the first time I went to San Francisco almost 25 years ago. It was a high-school field trip and a week in S.F. was on the docket. We saw all the tourist sights from Alcatraz and Ghirardelli Square to the Mission District and everything in between. It was life-changing for this girl from Michigan, and sparked a love of the city that will always linger. As I visited more and more as an adult, a different view began to emerge. I saw past the obvious and started experiencing the city’s real magic. From breakfast at Boulette’s Larder to a quick spree on Maiden Lane, lunch at Marlowe for an amazing burger with Brussels sprout chips, to dinner parties with white-glove service in the chicest of homes, the city is unlike any other. This, coupled with an amazing array of museums, a charity circuit that is bar none, a tech community that is changing the world and the palpable energy that pulses from the steep streets, all adds up to something that surpasses even the highest expectations. On top of that, if you venture beyond S.F.’s borders, there’s Marin, Napa, Silicon Valley, Berkeley and more. There are so many best-in-class experiences to be had in Northern California one could spend a lifetime trying to take it all in. So, when it came time to go on location in our Golden State for this month’s issue, we couldn’t pick just one spot that epitomized Northern California. How can you bottle the allure? Near impossible, we say. With that in mind, we present some highlights: Meet some of the women shaking up the tech world, visit with the new darling of the San Francisco culinary set, pick out your fall sartorial musthave in our fashion portfolio (shot all around the city), and don’t forget a weekend escape to wine country in a modern manse that fits perfectly into the topography. It is just that, the landscape of Northern California, that gets me every time. Whenever I see the bay glistening in the distance from atop Nob Hill, or look back at the city from Marin with the Golden Gate Bridge in the foreground, or bike past the vines in Sonoma, I am reminded how lucky we are to live in this state full of so many amazing moments…north or south, savor them all.

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C PEOPLE Who’s who behind the scenes of this month’s issue, plus their favorite California places

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Daniel Hennessy Zen Sevastyanova “My [role] felt like the spirit of the city, sophisticated yet playful,” says model Zen Sevastyanova of posing amid S.F.’s urban landscape in “Marine Layers” (p.112). “The whole team had such synergy, it didn’t feel like work at all.” The brunette beauty, artist and jewelry designer has modeled in editorials all over the globe, from Vogue Russia to Harper’s Bazaar, and walked the runway for top fashion names like Chanel, Hermès, Max Mara and Prada. C SPOTS • Yosemite National Park • Lake Tahoe • McArthur-Burney Falls for its enchanting beauty

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“It was really inspiring to see elements of art, function and survival incorporated into every area,” says contributing photographer Daniel Hennessy on shooting Andrea Zittel’s unique Joshua Tree art-life practice (“Outliers,” p.97). Based in L.A., Hennessy has trained his lens on subjects across the nation, capturing a home in Pennsylvania for Martha Stewart Living and a project in Kansas City, MO, for Dwell. He has even gone to such lengths as donning a full-body contamination suit to photograph lab interiors for Amgen. C SPOTS • Nepenthe in Big Sur for burgers and amazing coastal views • Cafecito Organico in Echo Park for espresso • Crystal Cove in Laguna Beach—love staying in the cottages on the sand

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“There’s something about stepping inside C’s office and hearing phones ringing and mouses clicking, and the smell of coffee brewing that makes you feel inspired,” says L.A. native Danielle DiMeglio, who recently joined the C team as assistant editor after a yearlong post at Time Out Los Angeles. “For me, rounding up fall fashion, beauty trends and design imagery further fueled that inspiration.” C SPOTS • Heroes Garden in Malibu • The Four Seasons Biltmore Santa Barbara for Spanish guitar nights • Il Pastaio in Beverly Hills for dreamy panna cotta

“Tommy Clements of Clements Designs and I fused our design aesthetics to create a one-of-a-kind look for Jamie [McCourt],” says L.A.-based interior designer Waldo Fernandez on dreaming up Jamie McCourt’s Napa Valley home in “Perfect Landing” (p.124). For 25 years, the Cuba native has designed everything from estates and restaurants to yachts and hotels, including a recent remodel of the oceanfront Malibu Beach Inn. C SPOTS • Petit Trois in Hollywood • Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House for its iconic architecture • Regen Projects Art Gallery in L.A.

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“Working on this story reminded me of just how much female talent there is in [Silicon] Valley,” says Willow Bay, professor and director of the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Journalism, of the feature “Hard Drive” (p.132): “They work hard to support each other, mentor young women, and promote gender parity in companies, VC firms and public boards.” Bay’s illustrious résumé includes roles as special correspondent and host of Women to Watch for Bloomberg TV, and her current position as senior strategic adviser to The Huffington Post. C SPOTS • Sambar in Culver City • Burn60 • Brentwood Farmers Market

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Esteemed members of Silicon Valley’s “girls club” sit down with C to talk tech’s promising new phase (“Hard Drive,” p.132).

Fall’s masculine suiting and sweeping silhouettes take shape on the steep streets of San Francisco (“Marine Layers,” p.112).

Lenswoman Aubrie Pick captures a dayin-the-life of restaurateur Anna Weinberg and family (“Life of the Party,” p.140).

Chef Jesse Barber of new indie retail and restaurant concept Dudley Market talks all things Venice (“Market Watch,” p.88).

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Denise Hale

“...was 16 years old. The city put a spell on me, and I told myself I would eventually move here.”

Philanthropist “…fell in love with my husband. I had no choice: I had to leave Beverly Hills. That’s what you do for love.”

Anya Fernald

Sustainable Food Expert and Restaurateur “…discovered Pyeongchang Tofu House on Telegraph Avenue. Great soup and kimchi, nice people, and I can bike there.”

Letters

Max Armour Designer “...visited my mother, who was on a business trip. I took SuperShuttle in from SFO and I’ll never forget seeing a woman get out of the shuttle bus and walk into her Victorian. I have no idea where I was, but it made me realize that San Francisco is not the fantasy place I had in my head—and I thought, If she can do it, why can’t I? I moved the next year after graduation from university.”

Realtor

“…was delivered by Dr. Green at Children’s Hospital (now CPMC). It was on!”

Jessica Silverman Gallerist

“…walked through the Mission, into a yoga class with Stephanie Snyder, had lunch at Tartine Bakery and visited SFMOMA all in the same day.” C 38 OCTOBER 2015

Model “…left. My heart sank as I flew away and watched the bay recede into the horizon. As the streets in New York became cold and salted, I felt my aching to return to the Golden State. After four years, it was not a choice as much as a need: a need to feel the sun set while driving over the bridge, a need to run through the trails in China Camp [State Park], a need to be with the oaks and redwoods. We are made of the land where we are from, and for me, I cannot thrive without it.”

Palmer Weiss Designer

“...took a trail run through the Presidio and attended The Castro [Theatre] Sound of Music sing-along in the same day! Where else on earth could you do that?” ILLUSTRATIONS CHAD WEAVER.

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“The food in San Francisco makes it the most interesting city in California. I love popping by the CUESA Farmers Market at the Ferry Building, and I always grab one of the delicious porchetta sandwiches from Roli Roti. Swan Oyster Depot is another favorite of mine, and you can’t beat the experience (and the roast chicken) at Zuni Café. For late-night eats, I love going to R&G Lounge for some great Cantonese cuisine.”

Liz Prueitt

Pastry Chef and Restaurateur “All of the microclimates within San Francisco never cease to fascinate me. We live in a hilly spot right now and you can see the fog coming over Twin Peaks like a giant ocean wave, cooling off the neighborhood, but then go to the Mission where our businesses are and it’s so warm everyone is in summer dresses—then drive 15 minutes to Ocean Beach and it’s like you are on the Maine coast— cool, breezy and overcast.”

Lily Kanter

Chef and Restaurateur

“My love for San Francisco stems from its bohemian tradition, cafe sidewalks, friends who bear opposite opinions to my own and a dedication to art and beauty.”

“My proximity to San Francisco, comedy, live music, great shopping and restaurants, and interesting people.”

Serena Dugan

Designer and Entrepreneur “The rough edges around my glittering seaside town of Sausalito.”

Letters Chris Cosentino

Chef and Restaurateur “...ride my bike in wine country, whether it’s mountain biking or road riding.”

Maggie Rizer Model “…to enjoy one of the many natural beauties our area has to offer with my family. Whether we’re out on the bay, having a picnic in the vineyards in Napa or walking the Iron Horse [Regional] Trail, I know we’re blessed to live in one of the most beautiful places in the world.”

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“...to go to Crissy Field; it’s a great place to gather friends, to exercise, and to walk my dogs. It is a place to restore the soul.”

“...host alfresco dinner parties in St. Helena for my dear friends and family.”

Joy Venturini Bianchi Philanthropist “...work at Helpers’ two stores, benefiting those who are developmentally disabled.”

Suzanne Tucker Designer

“...visit the farmers market at the historic Ferry Building.”

Amy Guittard Chocolatier and Entrepreneur “...a four-way tie between untangling seaweed from my dangling feet during morning paddle sessions at The Patch, balcony ballet views, riding the 22 Fillmore across the city, or pedaling from the bay to the beach on a Sunday morning for a slice of cinnamon Toast with a capital T from Trouble.”

Jennifer Siebel Newsom Filmmaker and Actress “...spend time with family and friends at Stinson Beach.”

“...spend an evening at the Steep Ravine cabins, while cooking on the wood stoves and watching the sunset over the ocean. There is no other place like it. It is totally my happy place, and I try to make it out there as much as I can.” OCTOBER 2015 C 39

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Joanna Newsom grew up in Nevada City, CA, 60 miles northeast of Sacramento, and found her calling at a young age. She came home one day from school and asked her parents (who are both doctors; she’s also a distant cousin to Lt.

Gov. Gavin Newsom) if she could start playing the harp. Now, 29 years later, she has released three solo albums with her label, Drag City, and toured with the likes of Devendra Banhart and Vetiver. In fall 2013, she married her longtime love, Andy Samberg of Saturday Night Live fame, in Big Sur, and in the spring they moved into the iconic Moorcrest estate in L.A.’s Beachwood Canyon.

But don’t expect her to fall into the Hollywood mold. This month, the intensely private singer-songwriter releases her fourth album, Divers (Drag City)—a blend of pop-synth, folk and ragtime packed with raw, expansive lyrics that transcend any chorus/verse template. Many of her songs span up to seven minutes in length—and even then, it’s not enough. dragcity.com. •

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MRS. PEASY Founder Jennine Jacob. The South Park Picnic box includes Falcon plates, vintage African indigo textiles and Mrs. Peasy handdyed hemstitch napkins.

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Sporting Guide: Los Angeles, 1897 by Liz Goldwyn (Regan Arts, $30).

Jennine Jacob’s new venture, Mrs. Peasy, takes the fuss out of hosting with curated boxes of artisanal and vintage table settings that “balance luxury and informality,” says the S.F.-based tastemaker, who honed her craft hosting events during New York Fashion Week for her organization Independent Fashion Bloggers. This fall, she introduces brass and wood elements as well as farm tables, benches and handwoven rugs to complete the ultimate Instaworthy spreads. $25-$600; mrspeasy.com. Graff by Vivienne Becker, Maria Doulton, Nina Hald, Joanna Hardy and Suzy Menkes (Rizzoli, $95). From left: FUTURE GLORY CO. Walking Rock Rolltop Backpack, $295. Rockwell Mini bag, $295.

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Toast Points Artist Peter Blake’s portrait of Michael Chow seated between wrestlers Frisco and Lorenzo Wong was originally commissioned for the restaurateur’s London outpost in 1966. Today, the image has found renewed purpose on the label for Mr Chow’s debut in-house wines (chardonnay and cabernet) in collaboration with Justin Vineyards & Winery. mrchow.com.

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MR CHOW Private Reserve, 2013 Central Coast Cabernet Sauvignon, $70.

Friends Theresa Lee and Jennie Chen left their day jobs two years ago to begin their accessories label, Future Glory Co., with one premise: “to design products for women by women,” says Lee. From their Dogpatch studio, the duo creates architectural leather bags fastened with gold ring handles, sophisticated moto backpacks and, next, a vibrant marbled leather collection. The locally crafted line supports women’s charities and recently launched an apprenticeship program: “The bigger vision is to be able to train and provide jobs to marginalized women,” says Lee. $125-$375; futureglory.co.

Wayne Thiebaud by Kenneth Baker, Nicholas Fox Weber, Karen Wilkin and John Yau (Rizzoli, $150).

Visionary Women by Angella M. Nazarian (Assouline, $50).

Between the Lines: A Coloring Book by Contemporary Artists Volume 5 (RxArt, $20).

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SANTA MONICA

Eastern PROMISES Lori Leven, the founder of cult tattoo and piercing parlor New York Adorned and the equally beloved jewelry and lifestyle gallery, Love Adorned, has migrated west. Perched on Santa Monica’s Main Street, the new installment is replete with a private cactus garden and brimming with handpicked baubles, objects, books and textiles (many sourced during Leven’s travels), as well as works by West Coast designers, from Joy Smith and Nick Potash-designed jewelry to ceramics by Trent Burkett. 2923 Main St., S.M., 310-450-2227; loveadorned.com.

Santa Monica is the third location for LOVE ADORNED, which already has boutiques in New York City and Amagansett, NY.

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Inspiring serious closet envy, Joy Venturini Bianchi, the director of S.F.-based charity Helpers House of Couture and a longtime collector of high fashion, opens up her extensive wardrobe for an exhibit at Hedge Gallery. More than 41 gowns will be on display, including many from her new favorite, Tom Ford. “Until we have Ralph Rucci again, Tom Ford is it for me. He has the hands of God.” Oct. 17; 501 Pacific Ave., S.F., 415-433-2233; hedgegallery.com.

LOS ANGELES

SECOND Course This month, Chris Phelps and Zak Walters move their West Hollywood hot spot Salt’s Cure to a freshly envisioned space on Highland, housed in the former site of Ammo. The new digs, created by Spacecraft Design Group, feature expanded indoor and outdoor seating for 70 in a Scandinavian-meets-rustic setting replete with oak tables to complement the daily changing local menu. 1155 N. Highland Ave., L.A.; saltscure.com.

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JESSICA ALBA As The Honest Company launches beauty this season, its glowing founder sits down to talk shop. When did you first start wearing makeup? As a teen…it was the ’90s, so I outlined my lips with lip pencil and jet-black eyeliner all around the eye and inner rim. [My mom] was training to be a cosmetologist; she tried beauty trends and makeup techniques on me. Best beauty secret? I swear by my friend and facialist, Shani Darden. Hydration is also everything. What was the motivation behind Honest Beauty? I’ve been a longtime beauty junkie and I was tired of trying products that were natural and ineffective or effective and made with ingredients that I would react to or didn’t think were safe. Favorite Honest Beauty product? Truly Lush Mascara + Primer. What’s in store for Honest Beauty? We are working on hair care, body products and broadening the skin-care collection. Best beauty indulgence? A bath! I love to de-stress and relax before bed by taking a warm bath [with salt and essential oils] and using hydrating face masks. honestbeauty.com.

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In the heart of SAN FRANCISCO, architect CRAIG STEELY and his wife, artist CATHY LIU, have collaborated on a SPACE where both of their mediums shine “We’re pretty easygoing people,” says architect Craig Steely standing in the kitchen of the modern townhouse he designed for his family (wife, Cathy Liu, a fine artist, and their 12-year-old son, Zane). While that statement is largely true, let the record show that this is a couple who has remodeled their current digs no less than four times. Near the intersection of Noe and Market streets amid rows of historic Victorians, the couple’s highly conceptualized dream home has been a long time in the making. They bought the dilapidated rental property 22 years ago, partly because it was all they could afford at the time—and offered room for them to grow as a family—and partly because, as a young architect, it was an incredible opportunity for Steely to experiment with ideas. Each remodel was in response to a new need—space for their son, a home office, a garage. In its current state, the layout features a lower-level apartment, a spacious office

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Above: CATHY LIU and CRAIG STEELY in the living room with Liu’s paintings and the couple’s instruments in the background.

Above: Steely’s home office now comfortably fits his team of four. Left: The home’s exterior is custommilled ipe siding.

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Clockwise from top left: Sedum angelina and jade are planted in the deck’s sod mound. Liu’s painting area is just off the kitchen. The split-level living area.

for Steely and his team, and a split-level living area that opens onto a deck with a sod roof. Liu’s fluid, abstract paintings hang throughout and feel as if they were custom made for the place—or vice versa. “I’m pretty impressed with how similar our tastes are,” says Steely. “In terms of Cathy’s paintings and my architecture, I think they are really complementary.” After 25 years of cohabitation, “we’ve kind of rubbed off on each other,” Liu admits. The pair met in 1989 while studying abroad in Italy before relocating to the Bay Area—Liu originally hails from San Jose and Steely from a small town in the Sierras. In 2000, Steely got a fortuitous call from a client who wanted to build a home on the Big Island of Hawaii. After the first site visit, he, too, fell in love with the area’s landscape and topography and began an in-progress construction of a series of homes on a remote 1955 lava flow— including a second home for his family, where they now split their time. “We surf and garden on repeat,” says Steely of their island lifestyle.

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In the master bedroom, the kimono is a handme-down from Liu’s cousin. The bedspread is a quilt made by Steely’s mother using Liu’s father’s old ties. Below: Liu takes a seat in a Herman Miller La Fonda chair.

“You have this idea about Hawaii if you’ve never been there, that it’s all sunburnt tourists, and so I was a little hesitant,” says Liu. “But it has been really great, and it helps us appreciate San Francisco when we come back.” Indeed, the juxtaposition between Hawaii’s raw, tropical countryside with the dense, gritty streets of San Francisco is a welcome contrast. But that’s not to say that San Francisco is evolving in a way they disagree with. Steely, after all, is responsible for helping to shape the look and feel of this urban center, from the neighborhood ramen joint that he designed (Orenchi Beyond) to a residential project above Dolores Park that incorporates a system of movable louvers of wood sourced from the Presidio. “In such a short time there has been so much change, and I love how it’s becoming a vertical city,” says Steely, adding, “Market Street keeps getting developed and the secondary streets around it are becoming activated…change is good.” • KELSEY McKINNON

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Sizing up CALIFORNIA’S glamorous SCENE one BASH at a time

Elsa Pataky and Chris Hemsworth

John Moore

Gabrielle Reece

OUTERKNOWN

Presley Gerber, Rande Gerber and Cindy Crawford, Kaia Gerber

Jason Statham

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Danny Moder and Julia Roberts, Kelly Slater, Henry Daniel Moder, Phinnaeus Moder, Hazel Moder

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Angela Lindvall

Elizabeth Chambers and Armie Hammer

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Cody Horn, Robbie Rogers

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Salvatore Ferragamo celebrated its centennial with the grand unveiling of the brand’s newly designed Rodeo Drive flagship by architect William Sofield in Beverly Hills. The opening also marked the kickoff of 100 Years 100 Days, an online visual diary chronicling the histories of Ferragamo and Hollywood with 100 consecutive daily updates.

KEN FULK + Pottery Barn S.F. interior designer and consummate party host Ken Fulk threw a fun-filled bash at his SoMa design headquarters to fete his new 100-piece collaboration with Pottery Barn. Euro-inspired nautical chairs, a sleek bar cart and the rest of his striking line were on display for a first look.

Summer Tompkins Walker, Ken Fulk, Douglas Emhoff and Kamala Harris Joy Venturini Bianchi

Eric Buterbaugh, Demi Moore, Tallulah Willis, Scout Willis

Massimiliano Giornetti, Freida Pinto

Anne Waterman, Leigh Matthes

OUTERKNOWN: STEFANIE KEENAN. FERRAGAMO: CHARLEY GALLAY. FULK: DREW ALTIZER

Kelly Slater and John Moore launched their sustainable menswear label, Outerknown, in Malibu at architect Harry Gesner’s wood-planked Sand Castle House, complete with beachside bonfires and an A-list crowd. The 11-time world champion surfer-turneddesigner mingled with Julia Roberts, Chris Hemsworth, Jason Statham, Cindy Crawford and her husband Rande Gerber, who supplied the bash with his and George Clooney’s label, Casamigos Tequila.

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Australian sisters Nicky and Simone Zimmermann kicked off the flagship opening of their swim and ready-towear label with a cocktail soiree. The 3,000-square-foot space on Melrose Place attracted attendees including Miranda Kerr and January Jones, who enjoyed an intimate dinner in the boutique’s posh courtyard.

GIANT STEPS Charity Gala

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Zachary Bogue and Marissa Mayer

Maria Manetti Shrem, David Gockley

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S.F. Opera GALA

Glamorous gowns and coattails filled the War Memorial Opera House at the S.F. Opera Gala to mark the company’s 93rd season opening. The “Moonlight and Music”themed evening included a wistful tribute to General Director David Gockley’s final year, a lavish dinner under the Tyrolean tent, an opening-night showing of Giuseppe Verdi’s Luisa Miller, and an opulent after-party scored by the N.Y. band The Bob Barwick Sound.

Ringing in its sixth year of equestrian festivities, The Giant Steps Charity Classic partnered with Hermès and celebrity wedding and event planner Colin Cowie for the Classic Six Bar and Gala. The six-day run drew riders and guests to the scenic track of Sonoma Horse Park for a VIP dinner, live auction and juniorto Olympic-level competitions.

Simone Zimmermann, Nicky Zimmermann

Miranda Kerr

Nathan Turner + THE VILLAGE

Denise Hale

Paul and Nancy Pelosi

George and Charlotte Shultz

Trevor Traina, Dede Wilsey

Carolyn Chang

Interiors guru Nathan Turner toasted his debut pop-up store, Nathan Turner American Style, with a cocktail preview party at his West Hollywood flagship. The new all-American boutique opened its doors at The Village at Westfield Topanga.

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Nathan Turner, Estee Stanley

Clare Vivier, Mary McDonald

GIANT STEPS: CLAUDINE GOSSETT FOR DREW ALTIZER. ZIMMERMANN: DONATO SARDELLA. S.F. OPERA: DREW ALTIZER. TURNER: JOHN SCIULLI

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Art, Archived Edited by HEATHER SEVERS

Clear your coffee table for this season’s must-have tome: Rizzoli’s Bottega Veneta: Art of Collaboration ($135) comprises campaign images shot by 20-plus photographers since 2002. The ultimate art-meetsfashion body of work was the brainchild of Creative Director Tomas Maier, whose passion for photography informs his use of the medium “to broaden the impression of what Bottega Veneta means today,” he says.

Annie Leibovitz, Steven Meisel and Alex Prager are among those who’ve been tasked to envision and create “narratives and scenarios that go beyond the typical fashion image” for the brand, which is supporting the Hammer Museum’s fall gala on Oct. 10. In Maier’s words, “Our customers are intelligent people; they deserve something more than what is obvious.” Available at Bottega Veneta boutiques. • KATHRYN ROMEYN

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FASHION Trend 2.

1. DOLCE & GABBANA Astrakhan fur clutch, $4,395, Dolce & Gabbana, B.H. 2. CHANEL bracelet, $1,825, Chanel, B.H. 3. ALEXIS BITTAR cameo portrait cuff, $895, alexisbittar .com. 4. STUART WEITZMAN Highstrung boots, $745, Stuart Weitzman, C.M. 5. ETRO crystal drop earrings, $481, Etro, B.H. 6. GIANVITO ROSSI Chantilly high heel boots, $1,650, Just One Eye, L.A. 7. BALENCIAGA crest brooch, $815, Balenciaga, W.H. 8. DIOR tribal earrings, price upon request, dior.com. 9. GUCCI lace-up boots, $1,750, Gucci, B.H.

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DARK + STORMY

The VICTORIAN look is all about DETAILS: the ruffle, the brooch and a touch of LACE LACE 7.

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The Boss Man

From left: Backstage at the Fall 2015 show. BOSS Bespoke bag, $1,495. Designer Jason Wu. ISLY Small Sona water snake clutch, $375.

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Near & Far Although Isly Handbags is based in San Francisco, it is founder Sobia Shaikh’s native Pakistan and its “bonanza of colors” that serves as the refined luxury line’s primary inspiration, yielding a spectrum of multihued, blackand-white and exoticpatterned snake and calf-hair clutches, totes and cross-bodies, made in the U.S. with Italian hardware. islyhandbags.com.

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Bedazzled Fashion (bits) Cartier’s new Étourdissant high jewelry collection conjures the French Riviera with a prismatic range of baubles (spanning statement rings to beaded diamond chokers), garnished with gems like corals, opals, sapphires and onyx—inspired by the Mediterranean coastline’s reflective waters and twilight shadows. By appointment at Cartier boutiques; cartier.com.

What is your vision for Boss? My aim was, and still is, to build a strong, new, contemporary identity for Boss Womenswear, with all the precision and tailoring expertise of the menswear, but with an incredible sense of femininity underpinning everything. What inspired the new Bespoke bag’s design? You’ll see lots of the textiles from the Boss Womenswear show in the Boss Bespoke bags—the gray and vermillion felted wool from Fall/Winter, for instance. The Boss Bespoke bag has a strong link to the fashion we put down the runway. It’s a 360-degree vision. What’s in the brand’s future? My work at Boss is about contrasts, about the attraction of opposites— masculine and feminine, or the contrast of the European aesthetic of Hugo Boss with the influences of New York. I feel like I’m injecting a contemporary viewpoint, a distinct fashion aesthetic, and an understanding of modern luxury and femininity. The company is 90-plus years old and almost 80 of those years didn’t involve womenswear. My role here is to interpret the distinct Boss DNA and make it feel relevant both for the house, and for a new generation of women. 414 N. Rodeo Dr., B.H., 310-859-2888; hugoboss.com.

Wu’s C List Hotel Mr. C Beverly Hills. Restaurants Mr Chow, Little Next Door. Stops in L.A. Mameg and Maxfield for shopping, LACMA and the Hammer Museum for culture and Giorgio Baldi if I am there on a Saturday night.

CARTIER Étourdissant Collection bracelet, price upon request.

Favorite Golden State designer Eric Buterbaugh for his outrageously sophisticated florals. If you could live in California, what area would you choose? Santa Monica Canyon.

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FASHION Studio Visit From left: Sheryl Lowe dressed in fall collection necklaces. Chrysoprase, chalcedony and aquamarine pieces, also from her fall line. Inside Lowe’s design studio.

Sheryl Lowe PLAYS with METAL for more of a GOOD THING

Fashion (bits)

Inside the lofty Montecito studio of Sheryl Lowe Designs, a team carefully tweaks and perfects the latest line. Signature silver-and-diamond ohm symbols sparkle next to delicate strands of bone and gold while chunky sandalwood bracelets and Malta beads stack near candy-colored cocktail rings. The collection has always been a little bit beachy and a little bit rock ’n’ roll, and now the designer (and mother of two sons with husband actor Rob Lowe) is narrowing the gap with self-described “crossover pieces” by mixing mediums so that nothing’s too precious or too mature, she says. “I’ve always been inspired by European women, who make it look so easy and effortless,” she says. The new collection is filled with moody iolite, labradorite and rose gold, plus one-of-a-kind statement necklaces, such as a layered chain link paired with a gold antique-inspired coin pendant. The aim: versatile pieces that can be carried from California to Hawaii to New York. “Ocean meets city,” she says. “That’s my vibe.” Available at select Neiman Marcus stores; sheryllowe designs.com. • JENNIFER BLAISE KRAMER

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Left: A muslin form adorned with strands of natural kyanite, blue topaz and labradorite from the Fall 2015 collection. Below: A mood board for the Spring 2016 collection showcases Lowe’s inspiration, including antique beads, tribal details and ’70s style icons.

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ROCK Solid

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FASHION JASON CAMPBELL (far left) shows off his bling. Campbell at Zuma Beach in Malibu.

MALIBU

MAKING A SPLASH

Good TIMES

Fashion (bits)

Putting an end to world hunger is now closer at hand thanks to Michael Kors’ limited-edition Bradshaw 100 watch. The designer teamed with Kate Hudson to present two unisex gold and black timepieces for his 3-year-old Watch Hunger Stop campaign; for each accessory sold, 100 children receive a wholesome meal. michaelkors.com.

MIU MIU Amiulet Project bag, $3,050.

MICHAEL KORS Watch Hunger Stop Bradshaw 100, $295.

LOS ANGELES

Casual Encounter According to Megan Baca, vice president of design and merchandising for Chaser, living in L.A. “puts an innate casual, beachy twist on everything I do.” What started as a luxe graphic tee line has evolved to a full contemporary range, and now, debut boutique, on Robertson Boulevard. Indigo and rope rugs and Danish chairs dot the space, where playful music and travel-inspired clothing (think fringed woven ponchos, patterned jumpsuits and printed sweatshirts) and home goods such as tapestry jacquard pillows and blankets shine. 134 S. Robertson Blvd., L.A., 310-461-1200; chaserbrand.com.

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CHASER Tahoe T-shirt, $68.

Precious Cargo The debut of Miu Miu’s new one-of-a-kind Amiulet Project bags is guaranteed to incite a citywide fervor when they hit the Beverly Hills boutique, one of the few outposts that is privy to a selection of the fine artlike accessories, intended to be worn as talismans and crafted from materials like python and plexiglass or craquelé leather. 317 N. Rodeo Dr., B.H., 310-2472227; miumiu.com.

WRITTEN BY LINDSAY KINDELON AND KATHRYN ROMEYN. CAMPBELL (2): COURTESY OF JASON CAMPBELL. CHASER: COURTESY OF CHASER BRAND

Jason Campbell Malibu, the Hollywood stylist’s eponymous new atelier, showcases rare, diverse labels uncovered in far-flung locales spanning São Paolo to Bali. The Jamaicaborn Campbell cites “edgy printed leggings from the likes of KTZ, high-impact simple dresses from Horiyoshi III, and eclectic jewelry” as big draws, and has even received orders for the boutique’s bold lighting fixtures of his own design. 21217 Pacific Coast Hwy., Malibu, 310-456-3594.

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LONG Story

FAR-REACHING RINGS speak to the woman who isn’t afraid of making a statement 7.

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1. STEPHEN WEBSTER Thorn long finger ring, $25,000, Stephen B.H. Webster, B.H 2. MONIQUE PÉAN Gilalite elongated oval ring, $11,300, Barneys New York, B.H. 3. SYLVA & CIE vintage estate pin ring, $47,000, Saks Fifth Avenue, B.H. 4. ALEXIS BITTAR Blueberry Marquis pavé drama marquis ring, $1,795, Alexis Bittar, Venice. 5. VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Miroir des Eaux ring, $23,900, Van Cleef & Arpels, B.H. 6. TODD REED palladium and diamond ring, $13,695, Todd Reed, Venice. 7. CARTIER Panthère de Cartier ring, price upon request, Cartier, B.H. 8. DIANE KORDAS Rectangle mesh ring, $6,440, Neiman Marcus, B.H. 9. COLETTE gold and black diamond ring, $5,600, Maxfield, L.A. 10. EVA FEHREN XL Auto Cocktail ring, $9,735, Jeffrey New York, N.Y.

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FASHION A selection of ANDREA FOHRMAN Galaxy rings, from $2,500$3,200.

PACIFIC PALISADES

Outward Bound Cara Delevingne wearing a BURBERRY scarf. Classic Cashmere Scarf in check and dots, $650.

Fresh Prints Burberry’s ’s chief creative officer and CEO, Christopher Bailey, has been putting his stamp on the house’s signature check for the past 10 years. Now, devotees of the British house can do the same by way of The Scarf Bar. Fall’s cozy It accessory can be personalized with more than 30 cashmere hues, along with new motifs (polka dots, hearts) and threads to create your own monogrammed staple for the (moderately) crisp West Coast nights ahead. 301 N. Rodeo Dr., B.H., 310-550-4500; burberry.com.

L.A.-based jeweler Andrea Fohrman attributes her appreciation for nature’s beauty to her childhood in Marin. Known for her colorful multi-stone rainbow charms, Fohrman’s new Galaxy collection also looks skyward, featuring rutilated quartz over lapis and black spinel to create the illusion of shooting stars. “When I saw these stones,” she says, “I was immediately [transported] into outer space.” Available at Jamie Geller, 15310 Antioch St., P.P., 310-4545392; andreafohrman.com.

SADDLE Up Industry favorite Joseph Altuzarra is embracing a new outlet for his signature take on sexy sophistication: handbags. And like the rest of Altuzarra’s collections, the Ghianda bags—two hobos and a saddle style—are embedded with cultural references. The ropes used by bull riders informed the leather braiding of the shoulder strap, which takes upward of six weeks, while the hardware references vintage French cigarette lighters. Exclusively at Barneys New York; barneys.com.

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APPLE x HERMÈS Double Tour watch, $1,250.

ALTUZARRA Ghianda Bullrope Hobo in Burgundy Crocodile Leather, $28,000.

French Dressing The Apple Watch has found its sartorial match in Paris-based luxury house Hermès. The mega-brand collab marries Apple’s smartwatch technology with the classic leather band design of the Hermès Cape Cod, Clipper and Espace watch and is available in a single or double signature leather strap, or a cuff version. apple.com.

WRITTEN BY LINDSAY KINDELON, KATHRYN ROMEYN AND HEATHER SEVERS. BURBERRY: COURTESY OF BURBERRY

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Summer Soiree

Brooke and Blake Davenport

Carlos Lopez, Jennifer Hale, Todd Traina

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At a private residence in Hancock Park, Brooke Davenport and Todd Traina hosted C Magazine’s Summer Soiree. Steven Petrarca Events catered the enchanted evening, which drew guests including Kathy and Rick Hilton, Armie Hammer and his wife Elizabeth Chambers, Angelique Soave and Jane Buckingham. Guests sipped Dr. Jekyll’s gourmet craft beer and Blackbird Vineyards’ rosé as an overture to supper cooked on grills provided by Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet, including authentic wood-fire-grilled pizzas. Blueand-white checkered tablecloths were bedecked in Christofle table settings and artfully arranged white dahlias while a lit pool and candles placed throughout the venue created a cinematic backdrop to a charmed night.

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Inside SPOKE & WEAL’s San Francisco salon.

Crème de la Crème Reboot your ROUTINE with the season’s newest sensations: charcoal everything (from juice to bodywash), SPICY fall scents, fast-acting WRINKLE FIGHTERS and more Written by CHRISTINE LENNON Edited by JENNY MURRAY OCTOBER 2015 C 71

BEAUTY

Gear Up

LOS ANGELES

Vision Quest

Three lines up their game this season with new offerings for the gym-bound. • S.F.-born designer Derek Lam’s diffusion line 10 Crosby partners with Petaluma brand Athleta to launch a collection of luxe geometrical separates—from color-blocked tanks to leather track pants and cashmere knits. $64-$498; athleta.gap.com. • London brand Sweaty Betty is opening a flagship West Coast boutique on Abbot Kinney in Venice, and in honor of the expansion, on offer is a California-inspired athleisure lineup of printed leggings, mesh yoga tanks and slouchy pastel sweaters. $55-$280; sweatybetty.com. • L.A. model and Sweat The Style blogger Adrianne Ho continues to roll out her sportif streetwear line Sweat Crew with PacSun this month, including camouflage sports bras and terry sweatshirts. $27-$65; pacsun.com.

Jessica Snow tells a great story. As an L.A.-based guided meditation teacher, she has led some imaginative mental safaris—across a moonscape, through a desert lightning storm, into a magical forest—to help people tap into their inner creativity and peace. Snow’s fans will drive to Manhattan Beach, deep into Beachwood Canyon or trek to Griffith Park to experience her sessions, which are often accompanied by a live music “sound bath.” Her inventive visualizations get the literary treatment in her new self-published book (with help from a Kickstarter campaign), 99 Visions ($33), illustrated by Margaret Gallagher. It’s the perfect gift for spiritual seekers and a bedside companion for inspired dreamers. jessicasnowmeditation.com.

LOS ANGELES

This October, Sephora’s newest outpost opens the doors to its nearly 5,000-square-foot location at The Grove. Look for hard-to-find collections from brands like Burberry cosmetics and Sally Hershberger hair.

Beauty (bits) 1. SWEATY BETTY ensemble from Autumn/Winter 2015 collection. 2. BURBERRY Lip & Cheek Bloom, $30. 3. JESSICA SNOW. 4. LOLË White Tour 2015 in Montreal. 5. FALL FRAGRANCES Alaïa, $115. Jo Malone in Mimosa & Cardamom, $125.

Mysterious Ways

SANTA MONICA

White Out

Canadian yogawear brand Lolë is slated to finish its epic White Tour in Santa Monica this autumn. The series of stunning group events also staged in Montreal, New York, Paris and Toronto gathers thousands of yogis—all wearing white, practicing on sun-yellow mats—to promote peace and community. A crowd of 10,000 is expected to attend. lolewomen.com.

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New fall-friendly fragrances are rich with deeply aromatic spices and edible notes, from exotic seedpods and pepper to tea and coffee. • Bulgari’s latest Au Thé Bleu was inspired by oolong tea. $72-$160; neimanmarcus.com. • Jo Malone takes a bohemian turn with its new Mimosa & Cardamom scent. $125; jomalone.com. • Alaïa’s first fragrance calls back to the designer’s Tunisian roots, with spicy pink pepper to balance leather and musk. $115-$150; saksfifthavenue.com. • Noir Exquis by L’Artisan Parfumeur will transport you to a Parisian patisserie with notes of coffee and glazed chestnuts. $120; artisanparfumeur.com.

“GEAR UP” WRITTEN BY CAROLINE CAGNEY. SWEATY BETTY: COURTESY OF SWEATY BETTY. LOLË: COURTESY OF LOLË. SNOW: CHARLIE CHIPMAN

One Stop

BINCHOTAN: COURTESY OF INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY. SPOKE & WEAL: ROB NORTHWAY. OLIVE & JUNE: BONNIE TSANG. RANCHO LA PUERTA: COURTESY OF RANCHO LA PUERTA

Coal Train

Charcoal, known for its toxinabsorbing properties and purifying prowess, infuses everything from juice to bodywash to facial sponges. One Love Organics Bamboo Charcoal Heart Cleansing Sponge, $10, oneloveorganics.com. Earth Therapeutics Purifying Exfoliating Gloves, $8, Body Wash, $10, and Mesh Exfoliator, $7, earththerapeutics.net. Pressed Juicery Lemon Lavender Honey Activated Charcoal, $45, pressedjuicery.com. Bulletproof Coconut Charcoal Supplements, $18.95. Japanese Binchotan facial soap, $29, toothbrush, $6.50, and scrub towel, $18, Individual Medley, Atwater Village, individualmedleystore.com.

SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES

Smooth Operators

When the owners of the Spoke & Weal salons, stylist Jon Reyman and colorist Christine Thompson, aren’t backstage at New York Fashion Week or in their recently opened SoHo salon, they’re splitting their time between S.F. and L.A. Their newly recruited West Coast devotees come for Reyman’s skill with dry cutting and Thompson’s commitment to more natural, less-damaging color. And now, for those who need next-level conditioning help, the salons offer a silk-amino acid Signature Smoothing Treatment. After one application, extra-dry strands appear instantly silky and healthy for 12 weeks. $350 or $75/add-on; spokeandweal.com.

1. CHARCOAL exfoliating gloves from Earth Therapeutics, $8, Binchotan facial soap, $29. 2. SPOKE & WEAL co-owner Jon Reyman. 3. INSTANT BEAUTY with Clé de Peau’s new Lip Serum, $95, and Juice Beauty’s overnight creme, $68. 4. OLIVE & JUNE’S new Pasadena store. 5. RANCHO LA PUERTA in Baja.

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Fast Company

Instant gratification is the name of this season’s skin-care game, with new products and treatments offering seeit-now results. • San Francisco-based Juice Beauty expands its Stem Cellular Collection with a new Overnight Cream, which uses vitamin C and sacred lily to smooth while you sleep. $68; juice beauty.com; ulta.com. • Le Métier de Beauté’s new Instant Line Perfecting Serum is activated by the heat of the skin, and acts to tighten and fill wrinkles on contact. $150; neimanmarcus.com. • Clé de Peau’s new Lip Serum adds immediate moisture and fullness to lips with a hyaluronic acid cocktail, and works to keep them in shape for the long run with its signature “illuminating complex,” designed to reduce cellular stress. $95; cledepeaubeaute.com.

Fingers on the Pulse

Just two years after the first location opened in Beverly Hills and secured its status as one of the most fashionable destinations for a mani-pedi in town, Olive & June has opened its second spot in Pasadena, connected to Drybar. And rumor has it even more locations are in the works. In need of some fall polish guidance? Olive & June swears by Essie’s Penny Talk and RGB's Peacock and Toast. 146 S. Lake Ave., Pasadena, 626-4409700; olivejune.com.

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Two spas beloved by Californians are ditching their hushed, adultsonly programs for a couple of weeks of mother/daughter (or father/son) bonding. • Rancho la Puerta in Baja reintroduces its kid-friendly week of healthy living, with a schedule including family life lectures, cooking and art classes, and self-defense (July 30-Aug. 6). rancholapuerta.com. • Cal-a-Vie near San Diego revives its mother/daughter weeks, one for teens (June 12-19) and another for college-bound offspring (July 31-Aug. 7). cal-a-vie.com.

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The KELLY Credit TK WEARSTLER Furniture Collection produced with E.J. Victor furniture house: Laurel Lounge Chair, $5,145, Pickfair Floor Mirror, $6,225, and Effie Credenza, $14,385.

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Bronze Age Written and edited by

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After years of custom and limited-run pieces, sought-after designer Kelly Wearstler is launching the Kelly Wearstler Furniture Collection this month, comprising 59 distinctive introductions. Crafted by artisans spanning the globe, the offering’s highlights include pieces that embody the California spirit (and are made locally), including the Huntley Cabinet and the Bauble Stool. For Wearstler, the launch is

the culmination of a career spent studying craftsmen at work and educating herself on materials. “I’ve always been intrigued by the tension of opposites,” she says of the line, which balances elements including bronze and gunmetal patinas. “Juxtaposing masculine and feminine, raw and refined, edgy and organic—it creates a vibrancy and soul.” 8440 Melrose Ave., W.H., 323-895-7880; kellywearstler.com. •

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THE CALIFORNIA WORKSHOP chandelier from two vantage points, from $390.

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“I’m a mechanical engineer by training,” says Michael Towey of The California Workshop, a contemporary furniture studio in Costa Mesa. So it makes sense that his guiding force is precision. The collection spans a lightweight chair inspired by Gio Ponti’s famed Superleggera to new lighting pieces, which follow the reductionist principles that influenced Noguchi’s paper lamps. Towey’s laser-cut linen pendants, sconces, table lamps and chandeliers are origami-like studies in minimalism. “If there’s something I can remove, I will,” he says. “I’m trying to make a high-quality diffused light with frugal materials.” The range is available at vintage emporium Empiric (which Towey founded and previously owned), and through his website. 912 W. 17th St., C.M., 323-642-7205; thecaliforniaworkshop.com.

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Brass Beauties Chelsea Shukov and Jamie Grobecker, co-founders of Sugar Paper and masters of the well-appointed office, have designed a capsule collection of vintage-inspired brass desk accessories. With their shared passion for sending perfectly penned letters, it’s no surprise that their personal favorite is the “snail mail” letter opener. The line, which will expand in 2016, ranges from $40-$120. 225 26th St., L.A., 310-451-7870; sugarpaper.com.

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Positive Energy Brad and Jenna Holdgrafer, the husband-and-wife co-owners of new home boutique Formerly Yes, embrace a Dieter Rams “less, but better” philosophy—a view cemented while living on a sailboat in Newport Beach. “We had 36 feet to fit everything, so we only owned pieces that were made well, and had a function. It changed the meaning of good design for us,” says Brad. Their Downtown locale, an evolution of their online store, stocks everything from ’30s-era Lyngby vases to paper blocks from Japan’s Ito Bindery. 954 S. Broadway, L.A., 213-332-4254; formerlyyes.com.

The Good Life Nathan Williams’ first home-design book is as tightly curated as his wildly popular magazine, Kinfolk. The Kinfolk Home (Artisan Books, $35) features 35 diverse residences across five continents, each with owners who have created environs that are authentic to their values and living style. Four of the featured dwellings are in L.A., including the masterfully spare Pasadena digs of Momo Suzuki and Alexander Yamaguchi.

WRITTEN BY MELISSA GOLDSTEIN, MAILE PINGEL AND ANDREA STANFORD. CALIFORNIA LIGHTING: WENDY HAWORTH. FORMERLY YES: JUSTIN SEGURA. SUGAR PAPER: DIANA RELTH

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Inn Demand Hotelier Jeff Klein (JK Hotel Group) has mastered the art of blending luxury with privacy. With his recent acquisition of San Vicente Bungalows in West Hollywood, he is setting the bar even higher. But before he begins a major renovation in 2016 to convert the once clothing-optional gay refuge into a swanky private club, he is using the current inn as a sort of bohemian canvas. “Everything I create ultimately belongs to the people. I can’t even move a sofa at The Sunset Tower [another one of his assets] without someone noticing—and caring. This has been so liberating,” he says. Klein reached out to friend and photographer Paul Robinson and artist Kate Schelter, who he found on Instagram. Schelter took up residence as she transformed rooms with her fashion-forward illustrations, while across the pool, Robinson was installing his fine art wallpaper. Together they’ve created the final, interesting layer on this hidden gem with a very colorful past. 845 N. San Vicente Blvd., W.H., 310-854-6915; sanvicentebungalows.com; kateschelter.com; pallpaper.com.

Clockwise from above: The SAN VICENTE BUNGALOWS’ facade. Bungalow with Palm Springs-themed wallpaper by PaulPaper. Room art by Kate Schelter. Closeup of PaulPaper.

Coming of Age “Teens have tremendous exposure to design through web and social media platforms and are becoming tastemakers in their own right,” says Gary Friedman, chairman and CEO of RH, Restoration Hardware. He is hoping these same style arbiters will be customers this fall with the debut of RH Teen, a new online collection of high-end furnishings, linens and decor including sophisticated beds, smart desks and Louis XV-style canopy chairs alongside playful faux-fur beanbags and typographic pillows that lend themselves nicely to hashtags. rhteen.com.

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NEW AGAIN After five years of online retailing, Haskell Collection has gone brickand-mortar. Run by husband-and-wife team Laura Haskell and Andrew Stoneman, the wood-clad shop (originally built as a home in the 1940s) brims with a mix of custom and refurbished vintage pieces and accessories—spanning an antique Moroccan wool pom-pom throw to a Japanese ceramic vase. “We fabricate and finish everything by hand, with domestic materials selected for quality and eco-sensitivity,” Stoneman says of the sustainable creations, which include a forthcoming range of lamps to complement the brand’s signature Erle line of powder-coated tables and chairs. 445 E. 17th St., C.M., 949-945-8928; haskellcollection.com.

WRITTEN BY MAILE PINGEL AND ANDREA STANFORD. SAN VICENTE BUNGALOWS (4): EMILY BERL

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A former logging and railroad town located just 11 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge, Mill Valley has emerged as a bona fide design destination. From a new interior showroom housed in a 4,000-squarefoot converted auto-mechanic garage, to a husband-and-wife-owned shop stocked with finds from around the globe, we’ve homed in on five not-to-be-missed treasure troves around town. At Henrybuilt (356 Miller Ave., 415360-2915; henrybuilt.com), the Seattlebased manufacturer of clean-lined kitchen systems and furniture, work with a team of architects to create a dream wardrobe, bathroom vanity or kitchen, replete with handmade pulls, custom drawer inserts and an array of wood finishes spanning white ash to iron-stained walnut. • Wood-paneled walls and reclaimed wood shelves line the interior of Mint Design+Play (167B Throckmorton Ave., 415-383-6468; mintdesignplay.com), a boutique stocked with apothecary items and home goods ranging from molded resin cups, made by local San Francisco-based artist Tina Frey, to tribal-inspired ceramic urns. • A fire truck-red shingled building, once the historic Mill Valley Lumberyard, serves as the headquarters for Guideboat Co. (129 Miller Ave., 415888-2871; guideboat.com), a boating and clothing purveyor. Opened in 2013

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Design (bits) From top: GUIDEBOAT CO. interior with a custom canoe. At REVELATION, a Melissa Stirling Parhm painting, vintage decanter and cast-iron crocodile. HENRYBUILT showroom. A vintage claw-foot tub fountain by Cavan Clark at MOSS & DAUGHTERS.

by oarsman and Restoration Hardware founder Stephen Gordon, and YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley, the upmarket general store stocks splatter-printed enamelware, whipstitched wool blankets, industrial-inspired copper pendant lamps, and handcrafted Adirondack-style boats and wooden paddles. • Three years ago, husband-and-wife duo Michelle Bevilacqua and Robert Clink joined forces (she’s an artist and interior designer, he’s a lighting and furniture designer) to open design shop Revelation (401 F Miller Ave., 415-383-2000; therevelation companies.com). Feast your eyes on finds such as alpaca throws by New York designer Alicia Adams, a 1960s Danish FK82 chair by Preben Fabricius and Jorgen Kastholm, and original oil paintings by Mill Valley-based artist Melissa Stirling Parhm. • Meanwhile, for hostess gifts including letterpress boxed card sets, handmade aprons, and antique oddities culled from travels abroad, head to Moss & Daughters (1 El Paseo Ln., 415384-8087). Opened by Mill Valley native Tolan Clark Florence, wife of Food Network star Tyler Florence, the shop also features a well-edited mix of home and culinary goods including bath salts by Barr & Co. and midcenturyinspired milk glass cake stands by Mosser Glass. • JENNIE NUNN

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“It’s a little piece of heaven—very Europeanfeeling,” says chef DOMINIQUE CRENN of the mostly white Petit Crenn space, where rope-corded pendant lights nod to the maritime heritage of her native Brittany, France.

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French Open Edited by LESLEY McKENZIE “While Atelier Crenn is an homage to my father, Petit Crenn celebrates the women in my life,” says Michelin-starred chef Dominique Crenn of the guiding impulse for her second eatery, newly opened in the former Bar Jules location

in S.F.’s Hayes Valley. The expatriate’s upbringing in the coastal French region of Brittany informed not only the very personal seasonal menu (“It’s what I used to eat at my mother and grandmother’s table,” says Crenn), but also the overall dining experience: Two nightly seatings serve up prix fixe family-style dishes like whole roasted trout and escargot in mushroom broth, with an array of Breton

ciders on hand to complement the allseafood and vegetable menu. Meanwhile, breakfast and lunch offer a faithful interpretation of classics such as oeufs à la coque, tartines and buckwheat crepes. Says Crenn, “It is a taste of Brittany’s simple and rustic food: lighter, more thoughtful, delicious and interactive.” 609 Hayes St., S.F., 415-864-1744; petitcrenn.com. • LINDSAY KINDELON

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Clockwise from above: JESSE BARBER and wife Celia. The space features an assortment of gourmet and lifestyle products. The exterior.

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On the Seine

Part restaurant, part market, part retail space and entirely charming, Dudley Market is the brainchild of Conner Mitchell and Executive Chef Jesse Barber, who sharpened his skills at nearby neighborhood eatery Barnyard. Here, California native Barber talks shop and all things Venice. Where do you source produce locally? The farmers market, Apricot Lane Farms, Coleman Farms and Weiser Farms. Favorite place for a drink in the area? I go to Scopa Italian Roots for a cocktail or just to unwind. Their booze selection is pretty amazing. Describe Dudley Market in three words. Organic, thoughtful, welcoming. What keeps you in Venice? The community: It’s one of the only thriving walking communities in Los Angeles. Everyone knows each other and says hi as they walk down the street and pass each other. 9 Dudley Ave., Venice, 424-744-8060; dudleymarket.com.

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A slice of Paris has landed in S.F.’s Market Square with Bon Marché Brasserie & Bar. Sip espresso at the cafe, dine on steak tartare from a menu overseen by chef and co-owner Mark Liberman (also of sister restaurant AQ in SoMa), have a drink at the oyster bar or brewery, and pick up blooms at the flower shop—complete with vintage bicycles. 1355 Market St., S.F., 415-802-1700; bonmarche-sf.com.

Chef TRAVIS LETT of Venice’s GJELINA, GTA and GJUSTA.

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BEACH Read In his new book, Gjelina: Cooking from Venice, California (Chronicle Books, $40), out this month, chef Travis Lett reveals the secrets to roughly 150 of the farm-to-table dishes that have earned his luxe-rustic restaurant destination-worthy status around the country. Just as compelling as the signature recipes including pork meatballs and butterscotch pots de crème are the images shot by Michael Graydon and Nikole Herriott, capturing the singular vibes of Venice Beach.

From far left: BON MARCHÉ BRASSERIE & BAR’s Art Deco bar accents are evocative of 1920s France. Soupe de poisson with saffron and pommes dauphine.

WRITTEN BY LINDSAY KINDELON AND LESLEY Mc McKENZIE. DUDLEY: JESSE BARBER. BON MARCHÉ: COURTESY OF BON MARCHÉ. GJELINA: MICHAEL GRAYDON AND NIKOLE HERRIOTT

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MAIRE BYRNE’S new Local Kitchen + Wine Bar ups the CULINARY ANTE in Santa Monica Six years after launching her first restaurant, Thyme Café & Market, on Ocean Park in Santa Monica, chef Maire Byrne has debuted her second venture, Local Kitchen + Wine Bar, just down the block. The concept for the new eatery, which opens in October, began as a pizza place, “but it’s so much more than that,” says Byrne, who hired Stephen Murray, sous chef at Michael Chiarello’s Bottega in Yountville, to helm the kitchen, where he’s dishing up seasonal small plates alongside Neapolitan-style pies. “Thyme is very casual, more breakfast and lunch,” explains Byrne, a thirdgeneration Angeleno and graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in New York. “Local is more lunch and dinner.” An engaging wine list and a full bar round out the offerings. “We’re the only people doing craft cocktails in the neighborhood,” she adds. And while Byrne

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Menu (bits) Above: Banana budino. Below: Inside, the copper bar serves as a focal point. Bottom left: Lavender bourbon sour.

Clockwise from top left: Fall vegetable caponata. LOCAL’s outdoor patio is covered in a wood trellis from the decommissioned Chapala Street Bridge in Santa Barbara. Owner MAIRE BYRNE.

has worked with culinary stars like Alice Waters and Michael Mina, and garnered plum roles at Chez Panisse in Berkeley and Ajax Tavern in Aspen, she will tell you that a stint as a private chef for a San Francisco family was the training that really honed her skills. “I was able to experiment, to develop my style,” she says. “That’s how I became who I am as a cook.” For Local’s interiors, Byrne called on designer and longtime friend Leslie Hunt (who also designed Thyme) to create a warm, industrial feel. Hunt centered the 2,500-square-foot space on a wood-burning pizza oven, and employed exposed brick, a copper bar, subway tile, butcher-block tables and leather banquettes to set the sophisticated tone. An outdoor area is even more reason to visit—and to linger. “The clientele here wants nice things. I don’t know if this could be the new Abbot Kinney, but,” she says with a wink, “it’s a nice spot to land.” 1736 Ocean Park Blvd., S.M., 310396-9007; localkitchenandwinebar.com. • MAILE PINGEL

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Fall may not usher in the traditional East Coast-style changing of the seasons in Southern California, but that’s no reason not to celebrate its arrival. Newport Beach’s only five-star resort, Pelican Hill, is leading the way, welcoming autumn through a series of cultural events, including its annual Festa dell’Autunno. On the menu at the fourday event: Michelin-starred guest chef

dinners, Italian Street Festa and a children’s Carnevale dei Bambini (Oct. 8-11). Alternatively, sign up for an art and architecture tour of the property or indulge in one of the resort’s afternoon tea parties, while enjoying sweet and savory Italianinspired bites—a British tradition given an Italian twist, naturally. 22701 Pelican Hill Rd. S., Newport Coast, 855-315-8214; pelicanhill.com. • SUSIE DRAFFAN

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TRAVEL Clockwise from far left: THE BEAUMONT’s Presidential Suite, when opened up to adjoining rooms, becomes a five-bedroom suite. A Daimler awaits at the valet. The Mayfair property’s impressive facade. The Art Decoinspired lobby.

THE BEAUMONT’S Jeremy King and Lauren Gurvich King share their secret LONDON Restaurateurs Chris Corbin and Jeremy King of The Wolseley, The Delaunay and Fischer’s fame knew they wanted Art Deco murals to cover the walls of The Colony Grill Room, the London restaurant located inside the duo’s first hotel, The Beaumont (thebeaumont.com). They called on S.F.-based artist John Mattos, whose inimitable work blends the digital with an authentic ’20s feel to transform the classically styled room. Elsewhere, the grand-yet-intimate property boasts a Turkish hamam spa, an inhabitable artwork by sculptor Antony Gormley and a coveted Mayfair location, close to the West End’s best galleries and shops. Below, King and his wife, interiors stylist Lauren Gurvich King (who also worked on the property), share their favorite local haunts. THE RIVER CAFE We love chef Ruthie Rogers and we can always find a million reasons to go to this wonderful restaurant. rivercafe.co.uk. • D.R. HARRIS & CO. LTD. Jeremy’s apothecary for 35 years is based in St James’s [district] and supplies The Beaumont with its toiletries. It also has royal warrants to the Queen and Prince

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Travel (turn) of Wales. drharris.co.uk. • BERRY BROS. & RUDD Also in St James’s, this historic wine supplier has changed little since it opened in 1698; their wholesale division supplies all of our restaurants. bbr.com. • HEYWOOD HILL All of the books for The Beaumont were chosen in this jewel of a bookshop. heywoodhill.com. • ANYA HINDMARCH A standout British handbag and leather designer—see her creative bespoke collection on Pont Street. anya hindmarch.com. • PAUL SMITH Jeremy has been friends with Paul since the ’70s… whilst all his shops around the world are unique, there is something particularly special about his Albemarle Street shop, where extraordinary furniture and fashion sit side by side. paulsmith.co.uk. • ANDERSON & SHEPPARD This new readyto-wear shop on Clifford Street makes one of Hollywood’s favorite tailors more accessible. anderson-sheppard.co.uk. • THE WALLACE COLLECTION Near The Beaumont on Manchester Square, this is the perfect museum on so many levels, featuring both fine and decorative arts. wallace collection.org. • SUSIE DRAFFAN

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Looking East: How Japan Inspired Monet, Van Gogh, and Other Western Artists was organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Presentation is made possible with the generous support of Mr. and Mrs. William K. Bowes Jr., The Bernard Osher Foundation, Diane B. Wilsey, United, Estate of Kazuko Imagawa Zolinsky, The Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang Fund for Excellence in Exhibitions and Presentations, Robert Lehman Foundation, and Union Bank. Left Image: The water lily pond (detail), 1900, by Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926). Oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Given in memory of Governor Alvan T. Fuller by the Fuller Foundation, 61.959. Photograph © 2015, MFA, Boston. Right Image: Bamboo Yards, Kyobashi Bridge (detail), 1857, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, by Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858). Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, William Sturgis Bigelow Collection, 11.26350. Photograph © 2015, MFA, Boston.

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Outliers In not-so-desolate JOSHUA TREE, Andrea Zittel’s unique A to Z art practice BLOOMS in the desert and beyond Written and edited by ELIZABETH KHURI CHANDLER Photography by DANIEL HENNESSY

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Traveling from Palm Springs on Highway 62 toward Joshua Tree, the road ascends through hills and into the high Mojave Desert, past those famous namesake trees, scattered across the scrubby plains, their hairy arms akimbo like windblown scarecrows. Keep cruising, past Cactus Mart, past Pie for the People, past Cross roads Café, and before you hit Twenty nine Palms and the largest military base in the U.S., you’ll find yourself at Andrea Zittel’s artlife practice, AZ West (“an in stitute of investigative living”). The 50yearold Escondido native behind the endeavor has been based in Joshua Tree since 2000, when she jetti soned 10 years of city life in Brooklyn for an experiment in bringing contemporary art away from traditional epicenters. In the city, her work quickly found an en gaged audience: The New York Times and Artforum spilled flattering ink on proj ects such as her (still ongoing) handmade AZ Uniforms series, utilitarian garments that she wears for months at a time, and her multipurpose “Living Units,” struc tures designed to compress life necessi

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Andrea Zittel and her dog Owlette in front of converted trailers that have hosted the occasional working artist. The interior of a Wagon Station Encampment.

ties into a simple, compact system. “It was a real shock coming from a very suburban, lower middle class, rural community,” Zittel notes of her initiation into the New York art world as she strides through the living room of her 1940s homesteader cabin. Today, surrounded by dogs, cats, fellow artists and her 11year old son, Emmett, Zittel’s work continues to be wideranging and collaborative, yet specific. Projects explore everything from isolationism (think: an inhabitable float ing island on a lake in Indianapolis), to community, as in her interactive Wagon Station Encampment, where she invites guests to live in Sputniklike pods planted behind her home in exchange for working one hour a day at the compound. Or, in the case of her AZ Aggregated Stacks work (recently shown at the Palm Springs Art Museum and born from her dependence on online ordering thanks to her remote ge ography), social constructs: “These beauti ful boxes would come and I would end up saving them,” she explains of the project’s impetus. She encased the cardboard boxes in plaster like a cast. “It clearly relates to

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Above: A collection of A-Z Aggregated Stacks in Zittel’s kitchen. The tiles are an artwork that Zittel fabricated in Mexico. Left: A view of Zittel’s multipurpose large flat platform, which is influenced by Donald Judd’s “Bench,” currently in the living room of her cabin. “I love this idea that maybe it would be the only piece of furniture that you would have in your house,” Zittel says.

the idea of a grid—how the grid is representative of this kind of idealism that we create, but the reality of human perfection is that the grid always shifts.” Artists, visitors and participants in her projects are always passing through. On her compound, when she’s not using her looms for her own work, she opens them up to local weavers. MFA students stay on the property for an eight-day seminar based on Life Practice. “It’s for students who are on the fast track to have big fancy careers in the gallery system,” she says. “Some are fixed on this one end point, and they miss the opportunity to figure out what relevance art would have just within day-to-day living.” She struggles to define exactly what she wants to teach these newbies. Finally she settles on critical thinking: “You need to be able to see one’s life with a kind of perspective; to understand how society works and how your decisions fit into that. We want autonomy, but we also need to be part of a community—it’s how you engage life.” Perched on a chair in her kitchen, she talks about one of her more wellknown endeavors, High Desert Test Sites (HDTS): a group founded in 2002 by Zittel, Lisa Ann Auerbach, John Connelly, Shaun Caley Regen and Andy Stillpass. Every other year, the marquee event begins with artists and art lovers downloading an often out-of-scale map and schedule, and meanderingly following

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From above: Zittel and her head weaver Kelly Gazlay. Zittel’s woven work follows a series of “rulesets.” Some metal scrap found near the encampment. “I think people used to go out there to camp and shoot guns before I moved in,” she says.

the itinerary of installations and points of interest across the desert. “A lot is left up to chance and circumstance,” Zittel says. They might get lost in a row of pinwheels spinning at night, admire the guerrilla takeover of a billboard, attend a poetry reading, or behold the glow of a solar-powered light installation. Throughout the year, the loose network of creatives in the HDTS community also run local events at swap meets, book clubs and postcard fundraisers. But the desert is changing. Thanks to innovations such as Airbnb, Joshua Tree has become more and more accessible to visitors. Zittel decided “to make HDTS, slated for early October, more challenging this year,” she says. The team is focusing on a remote community in Utah that sits

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ULTRA SOUND After an alleged nighttime visit from an extraterrestrial in 1953, engineer George Van Tassel was inspired to build a time travel machine in Landers. The acoustically perfect Integratron, now a relic of 1950 UFO culture, offers healing sound baths. integratron.com.

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From top: Interior of Zittel’s studio. Gouache paints. Zittel speaking with Gazlay. The Zittel piece she is working on will be a part of an exhibit at Sprüth Magers gallery in Berlin this November.

PURE ART Just off the main drag of Joshua Tree, Noah Purifoy’s dreamscape of assemblage and largescale environmental sculpture lives. The postwar American artist spent his last 15 years in the desert after working in Los Angeles and founding the Watts Towers Art Center. noahpurifoy.com.

High MARKS “When I first started doing High Desert Test Sites, the thing I really loved was that it was such alien and new ground for people,” says Zittel. “There was a total collapsing of hierarchies.” This year at Green River, UT, people can experience the work of more than a dozen artists from all stages in their careers, spanning contemporary artist Allan McCollum, to emerging Angelenos Alyse Emdur and Michael Parker, to output from the roaming creative residency Cabin-Time. Oct. 9-12; highdeserttestsites.com.

INTEGRATRON: DANIEL HENNESSY. PURIFOY: SUSAN HALLER

at the edge of the longest portion of interstate highway in the lower 48 states without services. Explorers will mine the art found and embedded in and around the town of Green River by the nonprofit Epicenter, a collective of architects and urban planners who curate everything from affordable housing to magazines. As for her own latest work, Zittel recently crafted a platform that also serves as a seat. The term “functionally fixed” is a word she’s playing around with. Her objects attempt to break free from the idea that you assign a function to a thing and then fixate on that function rather than seeing its alternative potential. “I like the idea that it could be the only piece in your house and you could use it for everything,” she explains. “All of these different planes—they almost become different planes of reality!” So what’s next? Zittel wonders a bit if she created a monster through her experiments in living. Joshua Tree is no longer a remote outpost, she says. “It’s an interesting moment when artists can no longer afford to live in typical urban areas. And what happens to contemporary art when it goes further into the world?” she posits thoughtfully, before concluding, “It doesn’t matter where you are. It’s what you bring to it.” zittel.org. •

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As the only child of ROCKER Lenny Kravitz and ACTRESS Lisa Bonet, ZOË KRAVITZ has been SURROUNDED by creative ENERGY since birth. Now, the 26-year-old actress, SINGER and FASHION darling shows the WORLD a talent all her own

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It’s not often that you hear of someone coming down with strep throat during the summer months, but in the last week of August, Zoë Kravitz whispers coarsely into the phone the worst part of it all: “I had to sell my Burning Man ticket. It was really painful.” The six-time Burner concedes that the event isn’t what it once was. “It used to be kind of magical and now it feels exposed, like a fad.” Instead, the 26-year-old actress and singer took her malady as an opportunity to schedule in some comparatively lowkey family time; and when your dad is Lenny Kravitz, that means flying to Chicago to rendezvous on his current tour stop. Kravitz’s boyfriend (George Lewis Jr., aka Twin Shadow, a Dominican-American singer, producer and writer) has joined her for the weekend—just three weeks earlier, she performed there at Lollapalooza with her band, Lolawolf, and two years before that she took up residence in the Windy City while filming her breakout role in Divergent. Tonight, though, she’s happy to be an observer. “I’ve seen my dad play so many times. It’s inspiring to see how well he does it, how tight his band is and how passionate he still is,” she says proudly. Lolawolf is named after Kravitz’s 8-year-old half-sister (Lola Iolani Momoa) and 6-year-old half-brother (Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa) from her mother Lisa Bonet’s second marriage to actor Jason Momoa. It started as a jam session with friends Jimmy Giannopoulos and James Levy of the indie band Reputante while Kravitz was filming 2014’s The Road Within. Kravitz, who has struggled with eating disorders in the past, lost 20 pounds to play the role of Marie, an anorexic woman who tags along on a road trip with Robert Sheehan’s character, who has Tourette’s syndrome, and Dev Patel’s character, who suffers from OCD. For her, music was a kind of therapeutic outlet from the intensity of the project; the trio recorded their first album, Calm Down, at Kravitz’s father’s house in the Bahamas in 2013 and over the course of the last year opened for Lily Allen, Miley Cyrus and, naturally, Twin Shadow. This month they are headlining

“PEOPLE who have known me my WHOLE LIFE say that I was always DESTINED—or Feature doomed, depending on how you look at it—to be in the entertainment INDUSTRY.”

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at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, which will mark a full circle moment for Kravitz, who grew up in Topanga Canyon: “I always sang. I don’t really know when it started, but I remember putting on shows for my grandparents and making them watch me sing ‘Over the Rainbow’ and stuff like that. People who have known me my whole life say that I was always destined—or doomed, depending on how you look at it—to be in the entertainment industry.” Perhaps no one was more acutely aware of this than her mother (also known as Lilakoi Moon), who grew up in San Francisco and became a household name playing Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show in the mid-1980s. “I don’t think she was necessarily ready for that role,” says Kravitz. “[When] she got that job, all of a sudden she was incredibly successful and famous. She [has always been] protective of me, and maybe I was a little bit irritated by it, but I appreciate the way she made me take my time.” When she was 11, Kravitz moved to Miami at her mother’s encouragement to spend time with her father, who had recently released his hit single “Fly Away.” She began to realize her parents were different from other parents. “You couldn’t change the channel without hearing it,” she remembers. “I was like, OK, this is a thing.” During her senior year of high school in New York, she landed her first role in the 2007 rom-com No Reservations and for the next few years steadily added supporting roles to her résumé, including a stint on Showtime’s Californication and a turn in X-Men: First Class. It was an early education into what it’s like to be a young biracial actress (a term that hardly scratches the surface of defining her background—she’s Russian Ashkenazi Jewish, African-American, Caribbean and American) in Hollywood. “My mom and I talk about it a lot,” Kravitz says. “I’m not auditioning for roles for white girls just to prove a point. I try to be color-blind and audition for roles that are for me and that I can relate to.” This year, she starred as Nakia, the love interest in the gangster comedy Dope, Christina in the Divergent sequel, Insurgent, and “Toast the Knowing,” an empowered damsel on Continued on p.144

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On a wooded hillside high above NAPA Valley, surrounded by her precious CABERNET SAUVIGNON vineyards, Los Angeles entrepreneur JAMIE McCOURT found her DREAM HOUSEâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;swimming pool included

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Designers Waldo Fernandez and Tommy Clements selected seating upholstered in gray and lichen washed linen by Bernie de Le Cuona. The white table, designed by John Dickinson, is from Sutherland. Opposite: L.A. architect Scott Johnson designed the house to sit gracefully and almost transparently on the oak and cedarshaded site high above Rutherford.

Clockwise from top: The gleaming kitchen is Jamie McCourt’s pride and joy. In the living room, Fernandez and Clements customdesigned furniture in soft monochromatic tones, set against exposed Douglas fir ceilings and practical concrete floors, so that the landscape comes vividly into focus. “The fabrics are luxurious but don’t stand on ceremony,” says McCourt. In the bedroom, textiles include washed linens by Bernie de Le Cuona and cashmere gauze curtains.

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Los Angeles-based entrepreneur, angel investor and philanthropist Jamie McCourt knew it was time to stake a claim in Napa Valley when she realized that her visits up north for wine club events and other functions had become a regular habit. Over the last 12 years, McCourt has immersed herself in the lively food and wine culture of Napa (she was an early member of the prestigious inviteonly private wine club, The Napa Valley Reserve), and developed close ties with top vintners Ann Colgin, Bart and Daphne Araujo, Hi Sang Lee, Beth Novak Milliken of Spottswoode, and chef Thomas Keller. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have a great affinity [for] Napa Valley, and love it throughout the seasons,â&#x20AC;? she says. Now a devoted wine collector and burgeoning vintner, the mother of four

grown sons made her name outside of the viticultural realm: Her investment company, Jamie Enterprises, deals in high-value real estate, biotechnology ventures and technology start-ups. And from 2004 to 2012, she was co-owner, president and CEO of the Los Angeles Dodgers, making her the highest-ranking woman in baseball and one of the few female executives in professional sports. After deciding that it was time to plant roots up north two years ago, she found her idyll in an over 22-acre property atop one of the highest points on the eastern ridges of the valley. The Rutherford property includes four hillside acres of superbly landscaped cabernet sauvignon and petit verdot grapes, flourishing in rich volcanic soil.

Above: McCourt perches on a sofa in her living room. Below: In the breakfast corner, a table with a sandstone top by Pierre Jeanneret is surrounded by vintage Pierre Jeanneret chairs and accented with an abstract portrait.

McCourt, a devoted swimmer, spends an hour each day swimming laps, rain or shine. On the sunny hillside beyond the sheltering oak and manzanita trees lies one of her vineyards.

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Her light-filled house, open to the mossy oaks, madrones and vineyards, was designed in 2002 by California modernist architect Scott Johnson of Johnson Fain. (Johnson’s other notable local projects include the turreted Opus One winery, built in 1991 for Robert Mondavi and the Baroness Philippine de Rothschild.) “I’d given the Realtor my list of top requirements: vineyards, privacy, fantastic views, modern architecture. As soon as we drove onto the property, I knew this was the one,” McCourt says. Clean-lined and mostly glass with elegant, slender steel columns, the structure seems to float among the trees. With a galvanized steel roof, exposed plywood ceilings supported by stripped Douglas fir joists, and polished concrete floors, it echoes the classic agricultural barn vernacular of the region, and also features a 75-foot lap pool, shimmering against the lush foliage. McCourt enlisted Los Angeles interior designer Waldo Fernandez, who teamed with designer Tommy Clements, for an intensive redesign. “I feel great respect for [Fernandez’s] work, his eye, his collaboration. I called him the moment the house closed,” she says. She spent the next year updating the space, which was initially organized as a series of small rooms, by opening up the interiors and taking the kitchen down to its studs.

“For the color scheme, we took inspiration from the landscape, the rocks and trees,” says Fernandez. Working closely with Clements, he devised a relaxed mix of overscale custom sofas and chairs upholstered in moss, lichen and slate linen for the living room. An array of Bernie de Le Cuona allnatural fabrics were artfully incorporated throughout the guest house and the two-bedroom main house, including ecru cashmere gauze for bedroom curtains, stone-colored linen jacquard for bedcovers, and drapey agate-colored cottons and linens in the guest suite. A high-powered new kitchen design was also a priority, complete with a Bluestar range by Garland, a Traulsen freezer, a Sub-Zero refrigerator and a work island with a butcher-block counter. There’s also a breadmaker and extensive wine storage. “A professional-grade kitchen is essential,” says McCourt, who spent her early 20s studying the culinary arts in Paris, and is currently working on a lifestyle book centered around cooking. In fall 2014, she celebrated the completion of the house and christened the estate with her first harvest. Working closely with legendary vineyard manager David Abreu and winemaker Nigel Kinsman (formerly of Araujo Estate Wines), McCourt produced a single estate cabernet sauvignon—with a splash of petit verdot—that is now in barrel. “Our first release, the 2014 vintage, is set for release in 2017,” she says. “I’m very hands-on: It’s a great adventure.” •

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From top: The sitting room and study. A Catherine Opie oil portrait of Diana Nyad, a friend of McCourt’s. Opposite: In the dining room, the striped column is by artist Phyllida Barlow. The orange painting is by Walter Darby Bannard. The aluminum chairs were a vintage discovery by Fernandez and Clements at Lucca Antiques and the custom dining table is Douglas fir.

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Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Sergey Brin, Larry Page, Mark Zuckerberg—the big names in Silicon Valley have historically been men. The gender gap starts early: Women earn only 18 percent of computer science degrees at major universities. More men go on to start tech companies; just 10 percent of startups are led by women, who receive only 7 percent of the venture capital that gets young startups off the ground. As for the decision makers at those VCs, only 4.2 percent are women, and more than three-fourths of venture firms do not have a single female partner. But today, a new generation of women in Silicon Valley is dramatically narrowing the divide. Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg, Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer and Google’s Susan Wojcicki, to name a celebrated few, have broken through the silicon ceiling and are inspiring others to follow. Significantly, the myth of computer programming as an all-male enclave is wearing thin. At the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Journalism, where I teach— and where 74 percent of our students are female—we have never had more interest in coding, the new language requirement of the digital age. Journalism students eager to create news apps and tools to enhance their storytelling are clamoring for more (in no small part due to two female professors, Amara Aguilar

and Peggy Bustamante, who are leading the coding charge). The next phase of the Web—mobile, social and consumer-driven—is creating opportunities for women in tech. As Padmasree Warrior, former chief technology officer of Cisco, recently told me, “The industry is becoming more multidisciplinary. It’s combining design with engineering, and with business. I believe women excel at that.” Indeed, the women of Silicon Valley are creating, funding and managing some of tech’s top next-gen companies. To borrow from the lingo of the tech world, they are “disruptors,” challenging conventional ways of doing business; building new marketplaces to connect people, products and ideas; launching startups, and taking them to scale. They are influencers, forging powerful connections with their users, and driving traffic and revenue to their bottom lines. These savvy networkers are creating a robust culture of female support and empowerment, forging a “girls club” unrivaled in any city or by any industry, whose secret handshake is a willingness to share your expertise, your contacts and your advice. Here, in the pages that follow, is a select group of women who are helping reshape the culture of the Valley with their talent and tenacity, powering the digital economy and emerging as a new breed of leaders.

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Sukhinder Singh Cassidy Founder and CEO of Joyus, an online video entertainment network dedicated to shopping based in S.F., with offices in L.A. and NYC Résumé Formerly president of Asia Pacific and Latin America at Google, CEO of Polyvore, founder and SVP of business development of Yodlee, director of J.Crew Group and adviser to Twitter. Your big break Seven months after I arrived in Silicon Valley, I met the founders of Junglee. I joined, and in less than six months we were acquired by Amazon to become the first generation of Amazon marketplace working with other e-tailers. Less than a year after that, the founders of Junglee introduced me to five engineers with a startup looking for a business founder. That’s how I got to start my first company, Yodlee. Favorite app Hobnob, a brand-new mobile invite app that easily creates personalized event invitations on the go. Trend you’re observing Northern California’s obsession with Southern California, and vice versa, continues. Industry hot topic Diversity in tech and why we’re lagging, despite being considered the world’s leading talent economy. Women to watch Katrina Lake, the founder and CEO of Stitch Fix, who has reimagined the fashion experience online using data and personalization to create a new consumer obsession. And Yael Aflalo, the founder and CEO of Reformation, who has done a great job of building an online and in-store experience women love that’s vertically integrated with a great social following. Biz-speak you’re guilty of overusing We need more leverage. Phrase you’d like to ban The Uber of… Best place to rub elbows You’ll always find an interesting conversation at the Village Pub in Woodside.

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Résumé Previously worked in private equity at Blackstone Group and in investment banking at Goldman Sachs; part of the founding team at art collecting and education platform Artsy; and also worked in strategy and business development at online retailer Gilt Groupe. Your big break Going to Oxford. I was the first person in my [British Pakistani] community to ever get into a top university, and it opened up a huge world of opportunity I never knew existed. Favorite app Audible. It makes it really easy to download and listen to books that had previously been languishing on my bookshelves. Trend you’re observing Complaining about how expensive rents in S.F. are. Industry hot topic Getting more women into tech. Women to watch Caroline Ghosn at Levo League, Katrina Lake at Stitch Fix and Michelle Zatlyn at CloudFlare. Biz-speak you’re guilty of overusing Referring to companies worth over $1 billion as unicorns. Best place to rub elbows [Angel investment firm] SV Angel (headed by prolific investor Ron Conway) has a great CEO summit with lots of passionate founders.

Aileen Lee

Founder, Cowboy Ventures, a seed-stage focused fund based in Palo Alto that seeks “to back exceptional founders who are building technology products that re-imagine work and personal life,” according to its mission statement Résumé Cowboy-backed companies include Dollar Shave Club and Styleseat; Lee was previously senior partner at VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; founding CEO of digital signage company RMG Networks; and has worked in various operating roles at Gap Inc. Your big break I’ve had many, including being born into a great immigrant family who emphasized education; and getting hired at The Gap at a time when khakis were rocking the nation, then working for legendary CEO Mickey Drexler as his chief of staff. Favorite apps The Accompany app (in private alpha-testing) to refresh myself on who I’m meeting with, and the Rise app to log my meals and get diet tips. Trend you’re observing The proliferation of Food 2.0 services. Industry hot topic The “unicorn” thing: $1 billion-plus private and public tech companies—why they are growing in number, which ones are built to last, and how many will become “unicorpses.” Women to watch I’m biased, but we’ve backed some outstanding founders, including the CEOs of companies like Brit + Co, Guildery, Heartwork, Mightybell, Styleseat, Textio and True & Co., all of whom happen to be female. Biz-speak you’re guilty of overusing Burn rate. Phrase you’d like to ban Brogrammer. Best place to rub elbows I spend a lot of time at Philz Coffees around the Bay Area, Mayfield [Bakery &] Cafe in Palo Alto, and at The Battery in S.F. They are all great places to bump into friends and interesting people.

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Résumé Helped to shape management teams at Google, Amazon, DocuSign, Bloom Energy, Shazam, Chegg and One Kings Lane. Led the development of Kleiner Perkins Women Leaders (KPWL), an initiative aimed at mentoring and developing the next generation of female entrepreneurs, and is a frequent guest on Bloomberg TV and contributor to Fortune as a Fortune Most Powerful Women Insider. Your big break Moving to Silicon Valley and joining KPCB. Favorite apps Shyp for [mailing] efficiency, Waze for traffic management, Dexcom Share for monitoring my son’s Type 1 diabetes from afar. Trend you’re observing The walking meeting. Industry hot topic Diversity [in the tech world]—or lack thereof. Women to watch Jini Kim of Nuna Health; Emily White, former COO of Snapchat; Amy Chang of Accompany; Tracy DiNunzio of Tradesy. Biz-speak you’re guilty of overusing Disruptive. Phrase you’d like to ban The Uber of… Best places to rub elbows Re/code conference, Vanity Fair’s New Establishment Summit and Burning Man.

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Senior partner at one of Silicon Valley’s top venture capital firms, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), headquartered in Menlo Park, with offices in Shanghai and Beijing

Jessica Herrin CEO and founder, Stella & Dot, a social selling boutique-style jewelry company based in San Francisco

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Résumé Co-founded WeddingChannel .com. Since 2010, Herrin raised more than $2 million toward stimulating education and empowerment in women’s lives and garnering awareness for breast cancer and autism as founder of the Stella & Dot Foundation. In May, she will release her first book, Be Extraordinary: How to Dream Bigger, Live Happier, and Achieve Success on Your Own Terms by Embracing the Entrepreneur in You (Penguin Random House). Your big break Appearing on Oprah after co-founding my first company. Many women reached out to me for advice on how to become an entrepreneur. I realized I didn’t really have a great answer for them, and that began my journey to reinvent flexible career opportunities for women. It was part of my lightbulb moment, which led to us being a family of brands: EVER Skincare, KEEP Collective and Stella & Dot. Favorite app FaceTime. Trend you’re observing Rationalization. Once again, some irrational exuberance is settling. I like it better that way. Industry hot topic Women at work, and creating more equality. Woman to watch Blythe Harris, our chief creative officer, is a dynamo. We’ve launched a new rocket-ship company this year called KEEP Collective, based on her innovative design. Biz-speak you’re guilty of overusing Pivot, of course. We all love to pivot, and be agile. Phrase you’d like to ban I really don’t care if people play buzzword bingo. I don’t take it that seriously. Best place to rub elbows [S.F. members club] The Battery. Who doesn’t love a breakfast or dinner meeting there? It’s fun and chic.

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Résumé On the board of IfOnly, Aspen Art Museum and the Contemporary Jewish Museum; member of the Wexner Heritage Program; and recent appointee to the 2015 Young Global Leader class. Your big break Being a guest on Martha Stewart’s show Martha. Favorite app Flavour. I’m a wannabe foodie and prioritize checking out restaurants and bakeries in S.F. or wherever I travel. Trend you’re observing Concern that artificial intelligence could destroy human civilization within the next 100 years. Industry hot topic Three hot topics for online and mobile shopping: responsive design, combining content and commerce, and video. Women to watch Payal Kadakia of ClassPass, Katrina Lake of Stitch Fix, Nicole Shariat Farb of Darby Smart. Biz-speak you’re guilty of overusing Empowered customers. Phrase you’d like to ban Change e-commerce to commerce. Best places to rub elbows [Technology, entertainment and design conference] TED, [invite-only European tech gathering] Founders Forum, [invite-only “thought leader” conference] The Lobby.

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Executive editor of tech news and analysis site Re/code; host, Re/code Decode podcast; and co‑executive producer, Code Conference, an annual gathering of top industry influencers for in‑depth conversations about the impact of digital technology

Résumé Co-produced D: All Things Digital, a major high-tech conference featuring leading players in the tech and media industries. Previously worked as a reporter at the Washington Post and wrote a regular column, “BoomTown” for the Wall Street Journal. She is also the author of aol.com: How Steve Case Beat Bill Gates, Nailed the Netheads and Made Millions in the War for the Web, and its sequel, There Must Be a Pony in Here Somewhere: The AOL Time Warner Debacle and the Quest for a Digital Future. Your big break When I started working in the style section of the Washington Post as a news aide. Favorite app Twitter. Trend you’ve observed Food tech and obsession with health. Industry hot topic Lack of IPOs. Woman to watch Erica Joy of Slack (formerly of Google). Biz-speak you’re guilty of overusing I don’t use it; I mock it. Phrase you’d like to ban Unconscious bias (it is always conscious). Best place to rub elbows [S.F. restaurant] Zuni, always Zuni.

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The curio-dotted interior of The Cavalier. Opposite: Anna Weinberg (center) hosts Silicon Valley entrepreneur David Shimmon (at left), Gary Danko GM Greg Lopez (pouring Champagne) and hairstylist Alex Chases (far right) for a nightcap at Marianne’s following this year’s S.F. Opera Ball.

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As the morning unfolds in the SoMa high-rise Anna Weinberg shares with her husband, financier and CEO James Nicholas, and their toddler, Leo, Weinberg (who hails from New Zealand) waves her iPhone like a baton over the joyful cacophony that is the music of her life. Following cuddles with the couple’s adorable 2½-year-old towhead, this particular day holds great excitement: Weinberg and Nicholas, co-founders of the Big Night Restaurant Group (which includes Marlowe, The Cavalier and Marianne’s, S&R Lounge in SoMa, and Park Tavern in North Beach) are to sign the lease on their soon-to-open project, Leo’s Luxury Oyster Bar, in collaboration with partnerchef Jennifer Puccio. “Under chef Puccio, our focus is a fresh raw bar paired with craft cocktails, rosé and Champagne,” Weinberg explains. “Leo’s is about glamour. And excess, because I’m determined to bring daytime drinking back in vogue.” Located in the city’s Financial District just two doors away from Wayfare Tavern (owned by their Food Network star pal, chef Tyler Florence), the Leo’s space is, for the moment, stark. But that only fuels Weinberg’s team’s collective creative vision. Led by interior designer Jon De La Cruz (lead Marlowe and Cavalier designer under the direction of Ken Fulk, who serves as Big Night’s brand guru and creative partner), the group has gathered to animatedly debate the Mad Men-era decor vision, comprising tile floors, vintage rattan and a back room. “I’m always looking for a back room,” enthuses Weinberg, who already has one to her name—Marianne’s, a late-night, Rolling Stonesinspired, members-only spot behind The Cavalier. “After the birth of Leo, James insisted on buying me jewelry,” she recalls. “But all I wanted was a cool, sortof-secret back room. So Marianne’s is my ‘push prize.’ ” The request fits with her decidedly rock ’n’ roll, yet sleek and structured fashion sense (Saint Laurent cigarette pants, Rag & Bone blouse, chunky Alexander Wang jewelry)—a look that is embellished with a touch of boho-chic. (It’s worth noting that at

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heart, she is also a rugby-mad tomboy.) “When Anna was my Barbuto maitre d’, she was a hot mess,” says Jonathan Waxman (the pioneering, James Beard Award-winning New York-based chef, who cut his teeth at Alice Waters’ Chez Panisse) with a hearty laugh. “But she brought a party atmosphere to the game, which instantly increased our nightly covers. Together we transformed a good restaurant into an amazing one.” At the time, Weinberg was 24 and going through a divorce. She had yet to meet Nicholas, a fifthgeneration San Franciscan, who was also in the Big Apple at Princeton Capital, where he launched his venture capital career. “Anna has a rare gift: She’s a mad genius with natural élan who innately understands how to bring hospitality to a new level. Some nights you feel like crap. But that’s not allowed in front-ofthe-house—what we do is performance art,” Waxman continues. “With chef Puccio’s skill and James’ business acumen, they make a mighty team.” Nicholas recently lent those skills to Waxman, assisting the Berkeley-born chef on lease details for his new Italian restaurant opening later this fall at Ghirardelli Square. The couple’s team also includes top investors, many of whom rank among San Francisco’s tech titans: Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, financier Carl Pascarella and angel investor Ron Conway. “Anna and James have added highquality restaurants to the San Francisco scene,” writes Conway, via email. “Anna brings so much energy to the culinary experience.” So deeply entwined is Weinberg in each space that she fondly describes her restaurant children as “fraternal” rather than “identical.” And she easily thumbnails the vibe of each: Park Tavern is “all-occasion” chic, attracting the likes of such grand dames as Denise Hale. Marlowe is a haven to budding techsters and hipsters. The Cavalier is the go-to for tech types toiling nearby at Twitter, Salesforce and Uber. The menus at each star Puccio’s beloved Marlowe burger and signature crispy Brussels sprout chips bar snack. In 2014, star pastry chef Emily Luchetti signed on with Weinberg and company. Continued on p.144

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rant critic Michael Bauer. “But we don’t want to grow too big,” says Nicholas. “The restaurant business is service-driven and all about quality of experience and food. Our goal is to keep that experience polished to a high gleam.” Yet even as they strive daily to create stellar memories for their guests, Weinberg and Nicholas are often challenged to make time for their own experiences. In addition to being CEO of Big Night, Nicholas is also an angel investor. Weinberg not only hustles to make her guests happy but also their 380-person staff: Between greeting guests, flashsolving any problems and keeping an eye out to promote talent and create actual culinary careers for her employees, she often spends 15-hour days shuttling between their restaurants. “There are days when we’re dying to see each other. But sometimes I’m not home until 2 a.m. And James is awake by 5:45 a.m.,” Weinberg says. “When it works, we’re a bit like an old couple: We have a standing 4:30 p.m. date for an early dinner at Swan Oyster Depot.” In-between the Leo’s lease-signing and a 6 p.m. design meeting at Fulk’s loft, Weinberg sneaks in a break at Wayfare Tavern, where Florence’s wife, Tolan,

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has the staff set out delicious snacks and refreshing Tom Collins cocktails. She wonders aloud if she’s crazy to open a fifth spot—although, as Leo’s will only hold 35 seats, she’s thrilled to be starting small again. “But large or small, the second guests walk into our restaurants they are greeted by an engaged staff, who are not staring at their phones sending texts,” says Weinberg, whose own phone is tellingly emblazoned with typewriterstyle letters that spell out “Type A.” “Those guests are not even going to think about going somewhere else because our staff makes them feel like they’ve landed at the best party in town.” She praises her husband for being an amazing analyst, who will “game out” any possible business scenario: a trait balanced by Weinberg’s understanding of the theatricality inherent in the restaurant world, where she occupies a front-row seat. “I’m lucky because I get to know some of our guests who are creating amazing things that are changing the world,” she says, recalling her teen years as a budding TV soap-opera star. “If the restaurant’s front-of-the house performs well— and this is coming from a self-proclaimed failed actress—then some nights you savor applause at the end of our show.” •

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the run in Mad Max: Fury Road. On the docket, there’s action thriller Vincent-NRoxxy with Emile Hirsch, punk-inspired romantic drama Viena and the Fantomes, and two more films in The Divergent Series, Allegiant and Ascendant. “I think there was a point when I resisted being categorized,” she reflects. “I got past that and started to really dig deeper and learn more about my roots. I identify as everything, and am proud and connected to the rich history that I come from.” Much of Kravitz’s path to selfdiscovery has played out in her fashion choices—with favorite designers including Dior and Alexander Wang. “Fashion really inspires me and always has. It triggers all kinds of memories and ideas and associations. It’s just the biggest F.U. when you have confidence and you’re wearing something crazy.” Her daily uniform is an urbaninspired study in black and white— revealing enough to show off some of her ink (including a cassette tape, a mermaid, an arrow and the words “Free at last,” an ode to Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech). Her coiffure, these days, is lustrous, torso-grazing braids: “I originally did them as a joke, like an ode to the ’90s,” she says. “They aren’t some symbolic thing, but it still feels important, I think, to be a brown girl with natural hair. You see blond girls with the same hair in every movie.” That’s the crux of Kravitz’s appeal: She’s not afraid of trying new things, but still maintains her core. As she explains about Lolawolf, “I have no idea what our next record will sound like. We’re very comfortable changing our sound based off what inspires us. I feel like we are still evolving.” •

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Capturing the Golden State of Mind

Robert Mondavi, Chardonnay Grape Stomp, circa 1972 He’s widely regarded as the godfather of Napa Valley, having helped to put California on the map as a respectable winemaking region, upped the standards for cabernet sauvignon and pioneered terms such as Fumé Blanc; the late Robert Mondavi is nothing less than an industry icon. Today, we take for granted that California’s viticulture scene is considered to be one of the best in the world, thanks, in part, to Mondavi and his pioneering family. But in the early ’70s—decades before the scenic region would become an adult amusement park for locally sourced fine dining, garden tastings and cellar touring—when the mogul was captured (above) toasting to the harvest, the landscape was a far different place: on the brink of its renaissance, and just beginning to show the promise of upsetting the European monopoly on fine wine.

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