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Spring 2020 STATEMENTS Starry nights: the showstoppers from Chanel’s exclusive pre-Oscars party....................................................................................... 39 A new monograph brings Carmel photographer Edward Weston’s legacy into focus............................................................... 46 Fashion plate: Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura Beverly Hills is now accepting reservations....................................... 54 A new massage salon concept that may spark a “kindness revolution”.................................................................................................. 58

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AMBER VALLETTA: PAMELA HANSON. DINING MUSTS: JAKOB LAYMAN. STYLE TRENDS: LUCAS JACKSON. PARTIES: STEFANIE KEENAN/GETTY IMAGES. EVENTS: MARK GRIFFIN CHAMPION.

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ope springs eternal in this issue of C … with stories that leave you cheering for the good guy — or good girl, as the case may be. Take our cover subject, French phenom Léa Seydoux. In No Time To Die, Hollywood’s latest Bond installment, she reprises her role as Madeleine Swann, matching 007 step for step.

A formidable actor, she delivers consistent performances in every project she attaches herself to, and in our sartorial portfolio of this season’s romanticism, her strength shines through the delicate details.

On the topic of power: Artist Judy Chicago is a legend in the art world. Her tremendous body of work speaks for itself, with statements — including her iconic feminist installation The Dinner Party, which recently marked its 40th anniversary — that have changed the cultural conversation. Still as relevant today as she was five decades ago when she first came onto the California scene, she is now a global force that continues to make waves — her inclusion in the recent Dior couture show is yet further proof of her mainstream reach.

But let’s not forget about the guys, as one of our country’s most celebrated chefs, Thomas Keller, persists in refining the art of food and taking it to the next level.

My first experience at The French Laundry will be forever etched in my memory. To visit him in his garden, where inspiration first sprouts, is like pulling back a magician’s curtain.

How fitting that an issue timed to a season of renewal is filled with people who continue to keep things fresh. At the end of the day, life is about sharing your passion (in pursuits cultural or culinary or everything in between) in the most perfectly pitched performance.

And if done right, the world will be watching.

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LÉA SEYDOUX. Photography by ALISTAIR TAYLOR-YOUNG. Creative & Fashion Direction by ALISON EDMOND. Hair by RENATO CAMPORA at The Wall Group using Oribe. Makeup by MARY WILES at Forward Artists using Dior. Manicure by EMI KUDO at Opus Beauty using Chanel Le Vernis.

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MARK GRIFFIN CHAMPION ALANNA HALE Based in San Francisco, photographer Alanna Hale’s work has appeared in Bon Appétit, Elle Decor and The New York Times, as well as several cookbooks. Hale photographed Thomas Keller for “Keller Instinct,” p.86. She shares her home with “one handsome man and perhaps a few too many houseplants.” MY C SPOTS • The Gin & Celery drink at S.F. bar ABV — is there anything more refreshing? • Verjus is the best of curated wine/snack/bar/shops in Europe, but in S.F.! • Backpacking in the Emigrant Wilderness

Texas-born fashion and portrait photographer Mark Griffin Champion moved to Los Angeles in 2011 by way of New York. Griffin, who describes his work as having an East Coast aesthetic with West Coast notes, photographed the jewelry feature “Art Shaped,” p.78, in addition to the looks in our Style Trend pages. MY C SPOTS • HomeState in Los Feliz for San Antonio-style breakfast tacos • The Win-Dow at American Beauty in Venice has a cheap, delicious hamburger • Bronson Canyon is my favorite Hollywood hike

FANNY SINGER A writer, curator and co-founder of the design brand Permanent Collection, S.F.-based Fanny Singer is also the author of Always Home, a new memoir about her relationship with her legendary mother, Alice Waters, which we excerpt in “Maternally Grateful,” p.60. MY C SPOTS • Tacos Oscar: The boys behind this Oakland joint — Oscar Michel and Jake Weiss — are flavor geniuses • Mameg in L.A. is a clothing store-cumdesign and art mecca • Cushion Works Gallery in S.F. is a project space run by Jordan Stein, the Bay Area’s preeminent arts agitator

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EMI KUDO Born and raised in Japan and based in L.A., nail artist Emi Kudo has a client list that includes Billie Eilish, Anne Hathaway and Emma Stone. Kudo lent her talents to this month’s cover story, “Suddenly Seydoux,” p.64, and jewelry feature, p.78. MY C SPOTS • Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo — its pink Champagne cake is a musttry • Bindupoint in Encino is one of the few meditation centers in L.A. and great for “not religious but spiritual people” • Counterpart Deli — love walking around Echo Park with one of their hemp lattes in hand

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TOAST OF THE TOWN Chanel’s longstanding connection to Hollywood is never more evident than at the house’s exclusive pre-Oscars party. Here, C goes behind the velvet rope

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or the last 12 years, Chanel has thrown a starstudded dinner the evening before the Academy Awards with a guest list packed with celebrity firepower drawn from film and fashion. Co-hosted

by British multihyphenate Charles Finch, this edition saw leading ladies Margot Robbie and Penélope Cruz join Hollywood royalty Robert De Niro, Sofia Coppola and Michael Keaton, and C cover girls Lucy Boynton and Margaret Qualley, for an evening of revelry and speculation before the biggest night of the year in film.

C Magazine was given exclusive access to photographer Greg Williams’ portrait portfolio of the stars.

France’s most storied fashion house’s connection to cinema is deep-rooted: Gabrielle Bonheur “Coco” Chanel’s relationship with film in fact began on the stage, when she designed costumes for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in the 1920s. Then, coinciding with Hollywood’s Golden Age, she headed to L.A. at the invitation of United Artists president Samuel

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In the days leading up to the Oscars, the fashion world also came to town. For its fall collection debut, M Missoni, sustainable sister brand of the Italian house, threw a party in the Pink’s Hot Dogs parking lot on La Brea. Having arrived in L.A. three years ago from New York, Baja East stormed the Edition hotel on Sunset Boulevard with a desert disco-themed show, featuring fringed hats like the custom one Billy Porter wore to the Grammys. And Tom Ford — designer, director and L.A. resident — amassed a front row for the ages, including women of the hour Renée Zellweger and Jennifer Lopez, as Gigi, Bella and Kendall walked in his inimitably glam eveningwear. A.B.

YOURS, TRULY Luxury consignment mainstay The RealReal has opened a new flagship in the heart of its hometown, San Francisco. Taking over two levels of the former temporary Hermès boutique in Union Square, the new brickand-mortar comprises a full-service store — stocking men’s and women’s designer readyto-wear, accessories, jewelry and watches, as well as cosmetics, home decor and furniture — and an office where experts can help authenticate, value and repair goods one on one. The 8,000-plussquare-foot space features works by Bay Area artists, including Elaine Mayes and Barry McGee, plus an in-house eatery called CafeCafe — the perfect place to refuel. 253 Post St., S.F., 415-554-3700; therealreal.com. M.J.

Statements - News 1 PALM PERFECT Since 1940, Two Bunch Palms has beckoned city dwellers to its 72-acre Desert Hot Springs retreat.

This spring, America’s first carbon-neutral resort reveals a $2 million renovation by L.A.’s Studio Mai. Private soaking tubs adorn the new suites, one of which is named for gangster Al Capone, who decades ago hid out in the healing haven that now offers shamanic treatments, craniosacral therapy, aquatic sound baths, a new CBD Vibrational Facial and more. Don’t miss fresh culinary concept Twine, where tapas are paired with organic and biodynamic tea and wine.

67425 Two Bunch Palms Trail, Desert Hot Springs, 760-676-5000; twobunchpalms.com. K.R.

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NAILING IT Three innovative salons to stop by BE ROSY The Palisades’ latest salon offers indulgent manicures, makeup consultations and pampering add-ons like massages. berosybeauty.com.

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BELLACURES The L.A. chain’s new VR manipedi combines a VR headset (transporting you to an exotic locale) with themed treatments and scents. bellacures.com.

SAUNDERS & JAMES Impeccable design (ceramic pedicure tubs) meets organic treatments and trendy nail art at this fresh Oakland salon. saundersandjames.com. F.T.

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Clockwise from above: TOD’S top, $2,595, and skirt, $4,045, DIOR twobracelet sets, from $420 (seen throughout), and AGL sneakers, $395. VINCE top, $225, and skirt, $345, CHAN LUU wrap bracelet, $225 (seen throughout), and CELINE clogs, $920.

REDVALENTINO dress, $1,7 75, and stylist’s own necklace.

MONSE top, $890, tank and skirt, similar styles available, and AGL sneakers, $395.

ETRO sweater, $6,300, and belt, $340. ALTUZARRA top, $445, and skirt, $1,295.

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INTO FOCUS The new linen-bound monograph Edward Weston (Chronicle Chroma, $35) celebrates the legacy of the titular lensman — the early 20th-century artist who called Carmel home and California his muse. Featuring a collection of 125 of Weston’s haunting, hyperdetailed black-and-white landscapes, nudes, still lifes and portraits (among them, those of Igor Stravinsky, Frida Kahlo and his longtime friend and colleague Ansel Adams), the comprehensive tome also includes firstperson excerpts from the seminal photographer’s daybook. A.J.B.

West Hollywood’s new blowdry bar Kova was inspired by the elegant parlors that French model Emma Moquet frequented in Paris.

Using haircare products by Parisian hairstylist David Mallett — whose devotees include our cover star, Léa Seydoux — and Stockholm’s Sachajuan, the blushtoned salon specializes in 12 customizable looks named for style icons, including Catherine Deneuve (voluminous with big, loose curls) and Vanessa Paradis (sleek and straight). Sip espresso or Champagne while your locks get coiffed, and receive complimentary makeup touch-ups with Laguna Beachbased clean cosmetics line Ilia Beauty. Opt for the monthly membership to get access to exclusive events, such as expert-led panels and classes, surprise guest stylists and more. From $60/blow-dry; $9/monthly membership. 132 S. Robertson Blvd., West Hollywood, 310734-7771; kovahair.com. A.J.B.

Statements - News 2 DRINK IT IN

JONO PANDOLFI DESIGNS mug, $38, at SANTA YNEZ GENERAL.

Wine and culinary destination Santa Ynez has officially nailed the lifestyle trifecta with the addition of a design shop to call its own. Founded by married couple Pearson McGee and Spencer Turnbull in November 2019, the modern farmhouse-styled Santa Ynez General recently expanded to accommodate McGee and Turnbull’s holistic vision for a space that can house all manner of exclusives (such as Coqui Coqui perfumes), bedding (new for spring is the addition of brand Area), barware and rotating art — not to mention winemaker dinner parties. 3630 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez, 805-691-9947; santaynezgeneral.com. M.G.

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Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdale’s, Nordstrom, Macy’s, AG, Alice + Olivia, Anthropologie & Co., Apple, Drybar, FIG & OLIVE, Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, GARYS, Hyde Park Jewelers, Lilly Pulitzer, Louis Vuitton, Nespresso, Peloton, Rebecca Taylor, RED O Mexican Cuisine by Rick Bayless, Restoration Hardware, Rolex, St. John, SUITSUPPLY, Tesla Motors, THE LOT, Tommy Bahama Home, TravisMathew, True Food Kitchen, Vince, Voluspa, Zadig & Voltaire. Partial list.

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ALEXANDER McQUEEN jeweled clutch, price upon request. EMMANUEL TARPIN orchid earrings, $63,000. TOM FORD baseball hat, $475.

ATELIER SWAROVSKI Tigris cuff, $275. STELLA McCARTNEY eco metallic Falabella bag, $595.

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hile artist Danielle Kroll was growing up on the East Coast, her family’s preferred way of vacationing was the all-American road trip.

“I do love the feeling of being behind the wheel, but what I love most about road trips is looking out the car window, listening to music, letting my thoughts wander, trying to take in everything as it passes by,” says the New York-based painter and illustrator, who previously worked as a designer for Anthropologie. Feeling the West Coast was calling out to be explored, with roads that offer uninterrupted stretches for meditative me time, Kroll embarked on a six-week journey, which she beautifully chronicles in her debut title, Pacific Coasting (Artisan Books, $20), available May 26. In her signature playful style, Kroll colorfully depicts everything from a meticulous glossary of tide pools in La Jolla and roadside wildflowers to the flora and fauna in Muir Woods. The pages also function as a guide for even the state’s most seasoned road warriors, with illustrated routes, playlists, pit stops, packing lists and, after a long day on the road, the must-stop bed-and-breakfasts and campsites.

Kroll begins her journey in San Diego, winding through the beach towns off Highway 1 until reaching the 101. She takes readers from the cliffs of Torrey Pines to San Clemente — providing detours on the history of surf culture and local folklore. As the palms give way to redwoods in the central and northern coasts, where “the air is saltier, cooler, fresher,” Kroll’s journey canvasses majestic Big Sur and the Bay Area, continuing up through the Sonoma vineyards and Sequoia National Forest before traveling on to Oregon and Washington. “I had hoped to do some painting on-site while on the road trip but never found the time. There was too much exploring to do,” says Kroll, who painted the book back home in the Catskills. Whether you take a month-long adventure or spend just a few hours on the road, she says, “Every trip along this coastline has inevitably led to the same result: a memorable vacation that left me feeling inspired and grateful.” Just try to keep your eyes on the road. 2

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hen three-Michelin-star chef Massimo Bottura called up Gucci CEO Marco Bizzarri and suggested they debut his first U.S. restaurant on the rooftop of the Gucci building in Beverly Hills, Bizzarri didn’t hesitate. “Marco, on the other side of the phone, said, ‘OK, let’s do it,’” Bottura says. “A year later, we opened.”

It wasn’t a hard sell. The two are childhood friends — and had already opened a Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura in Florence in 2018 — and Bottura is the man behind Osteria Francescana, the establishment in Modena, Italy, which sat at the top of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list in 2016 and 2018.

The indoor-outdoor Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura Beverly Hills is intimate, just 50 bistro-style wicker seats at red marble tables, and reflects Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele’s self-professed “attic chic” style, from botanical wallpaper to ornate Italian terra-cotta planters. To open the Beverly Hills edition, Bottura brought over chef Mattia Agazzi from Florence’s osteria to serve as chef de cuisine.

Here, a meal might start with Noah’s Ark pâté made with whatever they have in the kitchen, so nothing goes to waste. (Bottura founded the Food for Soul nonprofit project four years ago to raise social awareness about food wastage and hunger.)

Insalata di mare is made from squid and shrimp sourced from fishermen in Santa Barbara, and lightly cooked to preserve the natural flavor. Agazzi’s contribution, risotto as pizza, is perfectly al dente rice topped with a bold tomato sauce, fragrant basil, puddles of stracciatella and a sprinkling of dark, delicious caper powder to mimic the crust.

Tortellini are modeled after Bottura’s grandmother’s. Tiny as your thumbnail, they sit in a creamy Parmigiano Reggiano sauce made only with 36-month-aged cheese and water, not cream. Says Bottura, “The essence of our cuisine is to look at the past with a critical eye — never a nostalgic one — to bring the past into the future and use technique to highlight the ingredients, and not the chef’s ego.”

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PLATEFIT VENICE Signature 27-minute classes incorporate a medical-grade device that uses harmonic vibration to destabilize the body, testing your balance during every move and becoming exponentially harder as you use the majority of your muscles at once. Meanwhile, the vibrations from the Power Plate device wake up your cells, increase circulation, drain and detoxify the lymphatic system, reduce inflammation and accelerate recovery time. $27/class. 1919 Lincoln Blvd., Venice, 310-439-1234; platefit.co.

group settings. Although it’s technically still a pop-up — they’re hunting for a permanent location — this 8,000-squarefoot space features two training rooms, one for boot camp and the other a 55bike cycling room. $38/class. 8599 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood; aarmy.com.

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This premium, indoor running studio caters to clients of all ages and fitness levels. Whether walking or running on the state-of-the-art Woodway Treadmills, the Stride Certified Run Coaches push you toward achieving your body goals. The classes integrate strength training, core and cardio to the sounds of nightclub-worthy beats. $28/class.

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Shakira, Alicia Keys and Kelly Ripa get their body-shaping moves from New York fitness queen Anna Kaiser, who is launching a slew of California studios in 2020. WeHo will be among the first to open, serving up her AKT technique — a combination of dance, circuits and HIIT classes in which you’ll simultaneously stretch and strengthen while challenging yourself on every plane of motion. $35/class. 7111 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, 323-336-6774; theakt.com. •

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FEEL GOOD INC. Amy Krofchick is out to spark what she calls “a kindness revolution.” Co-founder of the Tuluminspired massage boutique The Now, Krofchick has pivoted to her newest project, Lifehood, at Culver City’s Platform. It’s based on a “love it forward” model — when booking a massage, clients are incentivized to spread kindness by gifting a session to a friend. Whether you’re “giving it” (celebrating someone else) or “feeling it” (treating yourself), the ritual-focused experience unfolds amid 1970s-styled interiors by Brigette Romanek, whose circular karmic motif adorns everything from a sculptural mirror

by Ahdom Sayre to woven spherical pendant lights, all set against Douglas fir-paneled walls — a nod to Frank Gehry. Treatment add-ons include CBD gumdrops from Lord Jones and an immersive Pacific Coast-themed VR experience. Enjoy on the house the signature essential oil: a heavenly blend of sandalwood, amber, cedarwood, black pepper and coriander by Jiva-Apoha that Krofchick sums up as “sunshine in a bottle.” Platform, 8810 Washington Blvd., Ste. 101, Culver City, 323-316-8926; thelifehood.com. M.G.

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Inspired by California’s surf and psychedelic art culture, the specialedition collection marks GLCO’s 10th anniversary and comprises six pairs of sunglasses (including metal and acetate frames with sepia, green, blue and black lenses), two luggage sticker sets and a limited-edition white gloss Essential Cabin Suitcase stocked with such extras as a beach towel, surf wax, a luggage tag and specs, all crafted just for the occasion. rimowa.com; garrettleight.com. M.G.

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SPICE WORLD Chef Srijith Gopinathan (of Campton Place) and entrepreneur Ayesha Thapar have opened Ettan in Palo Alto, melding California influences with south Indian flavors; think jackfruit kebab with spicy fig chutney, and caramelized banana pudding with guava and cardamom. 518 Bryant St., Palo Alto, 650-752-6281; ettanrestaurant.com. F.T. From far left: The indigo interiors of the new Palo Alto restaurant. ETTAN’s chicken pulao.

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MATERNALLY GRATEFUL In her new culinary memoir, Fanny Singer reflects on life with her mother, chef icon Alice Waters curriculum (soil sampling in biology, threshing ancient grains in history and so forth). At the far end of the garden is a Kitchen Classroom, a structure containing a culinary facility in which students are, on a weekly basis, instructed in the basics of making and sharing delicious food, under the tutelage of one of the most empathic and gifted teachers around, the aptly named Esther Cook.

In the early days, because of overflow, there was a temporary classroom — in one of those deeply dispiriting trailer things usually reserved for use by construction site managers — that was placed on the school grounds in close proximity to the Kitchen Classroom building. My mom, her tolerance for the industrial taupe of the prefab kitchen building having worn thin, dipped, I believe, into her personal accounts to have the structure repainted aubergine. The crew charged with this task mistook the nearby classroom trailer for a related building and, in error, repainted it too. The next week, my mom received a handwritten card from the sixth graders whose class she had inadvertently beautified, thanking her for making their space feel special — thanking her for caring about them. I was always struck by the poignancy of that story, because it demonstrates that those things I often perceive as my mom’s utter folly (example: she also repaints our recycling and garbage bin brown every few years because she finds the underlying powder blue offensive) translate to a language of care. It’s not really about beauty in the end, but about care. If food is plated carefully, it will almost always be beautiful. If a child is surrounded by lush color, by growing

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y mom speaks a language of beauty that I think very few are fluent in. In fact, only my mom can use the word beauty without its sounding cliche to me (although I am a jaded member of the art community, where the word beauty is frowned upon). When musing on my mom’s particular contributions to civic life in Berkeley, a philanthropist and longtime supporter of her Edible Schoolyard Project suggested to me that above all she ought to be credited for emphasizing the importance of beauty in one’s life. I think it’s true that beauty is generally now considered to be superfluous, something merely cosmetic, but the way my mom thinks about it — which is to say practices it, really — places it at the core of a set of values she’s evolved into a kind of pedagogy. The first Edible Schoolyard (at the Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in Berkeley), which I sometimes think of as my mother’s second child, was in a sense conceived out of beauty, or a perceived absence thereof. When the school’s principal caught out my mom for publicly maligning its quasi-derelict appearance (she had said something offhand to a reporter for a local paper), conversations began that resulted in the ripping up of an acre of asphalt.

Within a year, the Edible Schoolyard Project had begun to take shape. That once litter-strewn stretch of pitch had been replaced with a nutrient-generating cover crop of alfalfa, fava and clover. Soon thereafter, a truly magical garden (a friend’s 5-year-old son recently told him that it was his “favorite place in the whole world”) began to take shape, and its tending by students was woven into the

places, by the variegated plumage of the chickens that run wild across her schoolyard, that child, I would wager, feels and registers that care on a profound, if subconscious level.

It would be a bit tautological to suggest that beauty and care were things I grew up with and felt — beauty was the total fabric of my existence. I always think it’s important, however, to stress that my mom’s fixation on beauty never approached preciousness. The reason this whole system functioned was the general lack of sentiment attached to any given object. Yes, an antique bowl from France might be loved, but it would also be used and brazenly put in the dishwasher and crazed and glued and finally broken beyond repair, but that was the only way to live with things — why buy them otherwise? One would think this almost cavalier attitude could not live alongside the impulse to acquire nice objects — our house is full to bursting with culinary treasures, flea market finds, linens, books — but for my mom, atmosphere (which is about so much more than appearance) extends well beyond the organization of belongings. I am wary of overemphasizing the degree to which she is intolerant of poorly conceived spaces — especially ones in which a reception or meal or some other variety of convivial activity is meant to take place — as it can make her seem disproportionately blinkered, even insensitive to the widely held belief that hers is an unachievably romantic existence. Yes, she will arrive at the governor of California’s mansion in Sacramento for the inaugural event she’s catering and immediately insist on starting a fire in the disused, presumed- decorative fireplace — for grilling the bread for bruschetta, of course! Despite the initial eye rolling, sweating, and concerned protestations from the staff, my mother prevails — and the first guests arrive to the smell of woodsmoke and grilling bread, an elemental perfume. The grilled bread, the handmade mozzarella, still warm from the brine, the splash of green olive oil, together with the aroma of the room, make the place feel like no other well-heeled political event out there.

All of this amounts to an attitude toward living born of sensitivity to one’s surroundings, dedicated to care, to the slow, meaningful collection of objects — not to money or privilege. She built her sensibility over decades of travel, of work, of friendship. The long-ago generosity of a stranger in Turkey when she was 20 — a young goatherd who left a bowl of fresh milk outside her tent — has everything to do with how she extends herself, or elaborates her sense of atmosphere, into a public milieu meant to be experienced and enjoyed beyond herself. To become a restaurateur (or “restauratrice,” as my mother has always put it, proud to be a woman occupying a traditionally male role), you have to want to share something of yourself with others; it might be among the most generous, most intimate professions out there. And Chez Panisse was built by a group of friends in what was originally a house, so, I think, a feeling of intimacy — of visiting someone’s home — is especially redolent still.

My mom basically never stops creating atmosphere, whether her focus is a room of her own, a room in the

restaurant, or a room in the home of an unsuspecting Airbnb host. No one, and I mean no one, gets to work as swiftly as my mom when there’s a space — which is to say, most spaces — in “need” of a few alterations. If she has recently landed in a rental property in which she plans to remain for even the briefest of stays, she assumes the mien of a five-star general on a mission. She shifts heavy things she would normally ask me to move, she delegates if there’s anyone to delegate to, she finds a room — preferably a capacious closet — into which undesirables can be ruthlessly deposited. Vase shaped like a flying pig?

Decorative indoor weather-vane sculpture? Cutting boards shaped like the things meant to be cut upon them? Into the closet. A scribbled map is drawn to remind herself, and any

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other witnesses, where these items must be returned prior to departure. Inevitably, the pig vase meets its (un)timely demise in the back-and-forth. We are almost never returned a security deposit.

But sometimes it’s not a question of the pig vase, it’s just a matter of lighting, of a bulb that needs to be replaced with something of a lower wattage or perhaps just a lamp that needs a little dimming or a leaf of paper wrapped around it to dull the glare. Yet other times, just the slightest of interventions is required: a burning branch of rosemary, waved through room after room like a smudge stick to chase out the demons. If I ever smell the scent of burning rosemary anywhere outside of Berkeley, I feel myself lose equilibrium for a moment — it’s as if my mom has just trailed through the room, expunging the ghosts through the introduction of her own. X ESSAY EXCERPTED FROM ALWAYS HOME: A DAUGHTER’S RECIPES & STORIES

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e meet for breakfast at the Chateau Marmont — perhaps the most obvious place for a celebrity interview, but Léa Seydoux is not your typical Hollywood actor. As she relaxes into an armchair in her early morning, postworkout outfit of track pants and Nikes, she exudes a louche and intelligent French candor, seamlessly changing topics from the sustainable Louis Vuitton gown she wore to the Oscars, to her 3-year-old son George’s love of Paw Patrol, to how she and her countrywomen Isabelle Huppert and Marion Cotillard never get bothered at the supermarkets in France because celebrity culture is different in Europe than it is in America.

Despite calling Paris home, Seydoux has begun to adopt some of Los Angeles’ preferred accoutrements during her brief visits here. For her avocado toast, she requests gluten-free bread. To accompany her black coffee, she asks for du jour oat milk. And in L.A., “you have the best vintage shops,” she says in her raspy Gallic tenor. “I’m always excited to come here. In France, you just have regular milk. Even the food you eat here — I’m crazy about pancakes. We don’t have them in France. We have crepes.”

Seydoux, 34, is no stranger to American audiences, with small roles in Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, and the blockbuster Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. For this spring’s Cary Fukunaga-directed No Time To Die (out in April worldwide), the 25th James Bond movie, the actor reprises her role as Dr. Madeleine Swann, Bond’s enigmatic psychiatrist love interest from 2015’s Spectre.

She can’t reveal anything about the movie, which may or may not be Daniel Craig’s last go-round as 007. “But there’s a lot of emotion in this Bond,” she says. “It’s very moving.

I bet you’re going to cry, if you like to cry.

[When I watched it,] I cried, which is weird, because I play in it.”

According to internet fandom, a Bond girl has never before returned for a second adventure — the universe’s best-loved spy tends to love ’em and leave ’em. Seydoux insists Swann is much more than ornamental window dressing. “She’s not a character written to please men,” Seydoux says. “She’s not objectified. She doesn’t define herself through her sexuality. She’s smart. She’s independent. And I think she has a real depth.”

That description, as it turns out, applies to Seydoux herself. She lays claim to a refined French background. Her grandfather is the chairman of the French film company Pathé; her father founded the wildly successful French wireless company Parrot. “I don’t really come from a family where they valorize that you’re an actor,” she says. “For a moment they didn’t even know I was an actress.”

They’ve only recently started to watch her films, she explains.

As a child, she hoped to be an opera singer.

“I had a beautiful voice, but I lost it. I was too shy,” she recalls. “I went to the Conservatoire de Paris, and I tried to learn how to properly sing. It was too difficult. You have to do all the breathing exercises. You have to have a very strict regimen.”

Seydoux ascribes her global success to studying American culture and learning English at a young age. In addition to a steady diet of Disney animation like Dumbo and Bambi, arty black-and-white Jean Cocteau films and a strong, nonironic affinity for Saved by the Bell — “the style, the characters and the fact that it’s in a high school; I loved it” — her parents also sent her to summer camp in the U.S. as an adolescent.

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film graphically and delicately portrayed a relationship between two young women. Seydoux starred opposite Adèle Exarchopoulos, whom she still considers “a part of my body. I really, really love her.” In a rather unprecedented move, the Cannes Film Festival awarded Seydoux, Exarchopoulos and their director, Abdellatif Kechiche, the Palme d’Or. Winning that honor “was such a thing.

It’s engraved in me,” she says. She will likely return to Cannes this May for her role in the new Wes Anderson film, The French Dispatch, in which she plays a prison guard, and perhaps for Bruno Dumont’s On a Half Clear Morning, in which she plays a journalist.

Attending the film festival will always remind her of that “big moment of my life.”

“I don’t think I realized at the time how strong and powerful it was,” Seydoux says of Blue Is the Warmest Color. “And now that I’m older, I completely understand the depth of it. There is a rawness and truth.” At the time, she spoke out about director Kechiche’s treatment of her and her co-star on set, that he was playing out his male fantasies and treating his actors like “prostitutes.” “I got bullied after I spoke.

Especially in France, I didn’t get support from journalists. [Kechiche] made it into a social war, and they twisted it. In France, the fact that you come from a bourgeois family and you’re successful — they hate that.

They hate success.”

Seydoux says she’s therefore thankful to be able to work outside of her home country.

She made five films this year, which kept her away from her family — George and her partner, André Meyer — more than she would have liked. “Sometimes the nanny is like, ‘Look, it’s Mommy on a magazine,’ and I’m like, ‘No, don’t tell him,’” she says. “Still, I think it’s good to have parents that are passionate about something. I hope he’ll be proud.” For now, he’s “obsessed” with Paw Patrol. “He’s laughing, I’m watching, and I’m like, ‘This is too stupid for me.’”

She wants George to learn English, and not just from an animated series about dogs. That means a potential move to London, or even Los Angeles, she suggests.

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Seydoux says. “I have a shyness that probably comes from this period, a big fear of miscommunication. I think I was raised with many lies around me. People lied to me as a kid.” (Her parents divorced when she was 3.)

“As an adult, I’m obsessed with truth. For me it’s terrible to be in fake relationships.”

That’s in part why she stays away from social media. “I had Instagram for a bit of time,” Seydoux says. “But actually I found it terrible. I don’t want people knowing what I’m doing. I don’t want to show the backstage of my life. I prefer intimacy.”

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As the title of On Fire at 80 (2019) asserts, artist JUDY CHICAGO isn’t cooling down.

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espite her name, Judy Chicago is inextricably linked to the West Coast. “I’ve always maintained that my artistic roots are in Southern California, as I developed as an artist there in the 1960s and ’70s when the spirit of self-invention was strong,” she says from her home in New Mexico, where she’s lived for the past 34 years.

And the pioneering feminist artist, now 80 years old, is coming back to California. This May, San Francisco’s de Young museum will unveil an exhibition that reflects her fivedecade career. And although Chicago has long been a vital force in contemporary art, this marks her first comprehensive retrospective.

That it should open in California is significant, as it was here where Chicago spent her formative artistic years.

She received her Master of Fine Arts at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1964; founded feminist art programs at California State University, Fresno, and the California Institute of the Arts in the early ’70s; and debuted her most famous artwork, The Dinner Party, at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 1979. A massive, five-year undertaking produced with scores of collaborators, The Dinner Party is composed of 39 place settings for historically significant women — including Sacagawea, Sojourner Truth, Virginia Woolf and Artemisia Gentileschi — at a triangular table. Chicago enlisted artisans who specialized in crafts that were often dismissed as decorative

or “domestic art,” such as ceramics and embroidery, to create the labor-intensive place settings, many of which feature plates decorated with stylized, sculptural vulvas.

“San Francisco plays an important role in the history of the reception of the work,” explains exhibition curator Claudia Schmuckli.

“It was displayed to enormous popularity and was a highly attended exhibition that drew thousands of visitors, but it was critically annihilated by the art establishment. An institutional tour was never realized. Judy went ahead with volunteers to make a world tour of The Dinner Party. It was an entirely grassroots effort.”

Despite its initially harsh critical reception, The Dinner Party is now regarded as one of the most influential works of feminist art. Since 2007, it has been permanently housed at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum.

With the retrospective, Schmuckli aims to introduce audiences to Chicago’s rich oeuvre beyond her most well-known work. “Many people primarily associate her with The Dinner Party because it was so important and notorious,” Schmuckli says. “They don’t know the full scope of her practice. The goal is to paint a broader and more nuanced picture of who she is as an artist.”

To this end, the retrospective will feature 150 pieces, ranging from her early forays into minimalism and the California Light and Space movement to iconic milestones in the history

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The 2004 re-creation of Rainbow Pickett, from Chicago’s first solo gallery show, in 1965.

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Museums of San Francisco on March 27, at the inaugural On The Edge benefit. Taking place on the eve of the de Young’s 125th anniversary, the event will also pay tribute to landscape designer Walter Hood and technologist John Maeda. This is just the latest among Chicago’s several recent accolades, including in 2018 being named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People and one of Artsy’s Most Influential Artists. And this past winter she was recognized by the fashion world: Maria Grazia Chiuri, the creative director of Dior, invited the artist to create a 225-foot-long inflatable anthropomorphic “goddess” structure on the grounds of Paris’s Musée Rodin to show the house’s Spring/Summer 2020 couture show.

Chicago, with her signature purple-dyed locks, attended the show in a custom gold Dior suit.

Throughout her career, change has perhaps been the only constant for Chicago, who utilizes whatever medium fits her needs — from painting to sculpture, textiles to film, ceramics to performance. Born Judy Cohen in Chicago in 1939, she changed her name twice: to Gerowitz after her first marriage and then to Chicago in the mid-’60s as a declaration of independence and rebirth.

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of feminist art, such as “Birth Project” (19801985), a response to the lack of birth imagery in art; “PowerPlay” (1982-1987), a series of paintings, weavings and bronzes exploring the construct of masculinity; “Holocaust Project” (1985-1993), a collaboration with her husband, photographer Donald Woodman, which includes two stained-glass windows and a tapestry; and “The End: A Meditation on Death and Extinction” (2015-2019), a body of work that explores mortality and environmental crisis through the painstaking medium of glass painting. The Dinner Party will not travel from Brooklyn but will be well represented by drawings, films, sculptures and test plates.

The museum has even commissioned one of Chicago’s signature smoke sculptures — pyrotechnic displays that emerged out of the artist’s interest in the emotional resonance of color and the desire to feminize her male surrounds — which will be performed Aug. 15 at dusk on the music concourse between the de Young and the Academy of Science. Rainbow plumes of smoke will cascade down one of two staircases, swirl around a central fountain and appear to crawl up the other set of stairs.

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INSTALLATION VIEW OF THE FEMALE DIVINE: KRISTEN PELOU/DIOR. SAPPHO PLACE SETTING AND WING ONE FROM THE DINNER PARTY: DONALD WOODMAN/ARS, NEW YORK. IMMOLATION FROM WOMEN AND SMOKE: ARS, NEW YORK/THROUGH THE FLOWER ARCHIVES. EARTH BIRTH FROM THE BIRTH PROJECT: DONALD WOODMAN/ARS, NEW YORK.

After she graduated from UCLA, her early works, such as minimalist constructions and automotive lacquer paintings on car hoods, showed a connection to other Angeleno artists associated with the Light and Space movement, before she switched to more feminist modes of art-making. Schmuckli explains, “She established herself within the L.A. art scene, first by trying to fit into the boys club, and finally recognizing she wanted to come into her own and have her own voice.”

Much of Chicago’s work has a politically progressive stance, but she points out that her creativity is not in service of any particular political or aesthetic agenda. (Though the retrospective purposely coincides with the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women suffrage.)

“Art has no responsibilities. Only artists have responsibilities, and the beauty of art is that each artist gets to define what responsibilities they wish to tackle,” Chicago says. “Some artists want to be concerned only about the formal properties of art-making. That is their right, though for me, it accounts for a lot of boring art. Other artists see the potential power of art as a way to make political statements.”

Certainly no one can accuse Chicago of making boring art. “I have eschewed both these paths as I have pursued an artistic quest that involves making the female experience a pathway to the universal, in the same way the male experience has been,” she says. “This has led me to tackle subjects of human significance, like whose history is important; birth and death; the construct of gender, both feminine and masculine; our capacity for evil, as in ‘Holocaust Project’; our potential for a better future, as in ‘Resolutions’; and our relationship with other species — playfully, as in ‘Kitty City’; and more seriously, [as] in my recent project ‘The End: A Meditation on Death and Extinction.’”

When her retrospective opens this spring, audiences will get a chance to see the full breadth of her artistic quest, an unveiling that has been a long time coming. “For so many decades, my body of art was obscured by the shadow of The Dinner Party and the intense resistance of the art world,” Chicago explains.

“Many people remarked that the 2018 show at [the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami] surveying three decades of my career was a ‘revelation.’ My hope is that as people can see more of my work, they will continue to feel that way, as my lifelong goal has always been to make a contribution to art history.” •

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As he celebrates 25 years at the helm of California’s most decorated restaurant, Thomas Keller shares his secrets to building an empire while sticking to his own principles of sustainability

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n a misty February morning in Yountville, Calif., the honeybees are quiet. Only a few of the fuzzy insects flit about their stacked hive in a corner of the 3-acre culinary garden that supplies and informs seasonal daily menus at The French Laundry.

That world-renowned temple of gastronomy, expertly assembled by equally renowned chef Thomas Keller, is, literally, a stone’s throw across a quaint two-lane street from this working, but public, garden.

This Edenic garden is marked by a wood crèche displaying a legend of the crops growing in 51 beds — such as his famous “24-karat” carrots, and romaine lettuce, which blooms like roses inside the protected “Hoop House” — for his Yountville restaurants. There’s also a coop of Rhode Island Red hens, which daily lay some 20 golden-yolked orbs for the kitchen.

In its France 2020 Guide, Michelin introduced the “green clover” for standout sustainable restaurants. But that concept has long existed in Keller’s playbook. “We want to ensure we’re taking care of the land across the street, rotating crops, nurturing the soil,” he says. “But I don’t believe sustainability should only be perceived as ingredients or a geographical area. Sustainability should encompass the best possible ingredients and support our communities and individuals, how we treat each other.”

Keller, who is well versed in culinary history, explains, “Going back to Marco Polo and the spice route, travel was about discovering food. Switzerland is famous for chocolates, but there’s not a cocoa plantation anywhere in Europe. So suddenly, because it’s now fashionable to use these words, we’re arguing about what is local while drinking a cup of imported coffee and sounding like worse hypocrites than before. … Sustainability is important. But as it relates to a chef, that makes me bristle. If you really want to address carbon footprints, we should look at factory farms.”

But Keller applies a wide lens to sustainability, one that extends far beyond how a carrot is raised: “We buy some of our lobsters and mussels from Deer Isle, Maine.

There’s nothing near there. But we see sustainability as the opportunity to sustain this community of doctors, lawyers, teachers, priests, librarians. That community relies on their fishermen to sustain those fisheries and have access to wider markets.”

Closer to home, his establishments have been a boon for small Northern California purveyors,

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such as The Apple Farm in Philo, owned by Sally Schmitt, and Petaluma cheesemonger Soyoung Scanlan, who in 1999 founded Andante Dairy and also manages The French Laundry’s cheese program. “My business wouldn’t exist without his support and respect,” Scanlan says. “His entire career, Thomas has pursued perfection, professionalism and excellence. I’ve met the

world’s leading young chefs, training with Thomas in his kitchen. The French Laundry is not only the best restaurant, it’s the best school in the world for modern cooking.”

Keller, who’s received almost every accolade in the book (from a James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award to France’s highest civil honor, being named a Chevalier of the Legion of

From top: Keller inspects freshly harvested Tango celery. Labeled jars of spices and aromatics in the pantry of The French Laundry annex.

Opposite: Edible flowers, romaine lettuce, baby leeks and Tango celery harvested from The French Laundry’s culinary garden.

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Honor), has trained a list of heralded proteges as varied as The French Laundry’s 15,000-bottlecapacity wine cellar: Grant Achatz, the molecular gastronomist, helms the three-Michelin-star Alinea in Chicago; Corey Lee founded the threeMichelin-star restaurant Benu in San Francisco; and Eric Ziebold, former French Laundry chef de cuisine, steers two one-Michelin-star restaurants, Kinship and Métier, both in Washington, D.C. Keller speaks with a quiet, fatherly pride of staff and alumni, and joyfully celebrates them on his lively Instagram feed. Meticulous mentorship is a key ingredient of his success and legacy.

That includes Ment’or, a nonprofit foundation dreamed up by legendary chef Paul Bocuse, who engaged his son, chef Jérôme Bocuse; chef Daniel Boulud; and Keller as founding trustees to provide structure for young chefs competing in the Bocuse d’Or, a biennial culinary competition in Lyon, France.

“For me, it’s important to run French Laundry at a very high level. But the bigger picture is setting aside our egos and increasing our profession’s standards by giving opportunity to young individuals,” explains Keller. “Look at Kaelin [Ulrich Trilling] down the street at La Candela; he’s only 27 but does a terrific job with Oaxacan cuisine.”

The initials TFL are shorthand for the enterprise comprising Keller’s restaurants (Bouchon, Bouchon Bakery, La Candela, Ad Hoc + Addendum) and culinary emporium (Finesse, The Store), which spill like pearls along

Washington Street, Yountville’s main drag.

Keller still reigns as the only American-born chef to hold three Michelin stars at two different restaurants simultaneously — The French Laundry and his Manhattan restaurant, Per Se. There’s also his line of best-selling cookbooks; global collaborations (including All-Clad and Cangshan Cutlery steak knives); and a new caviar partnership, Regiis Ova, with former Tsar Nicoulai Caviar CEO Shaoching Bishop.

In 2019, Keller opened TAK Room, an ode to Continental cuisine at Hudson Yards in New York. The year prior, he resuscitated the old Surf Club at a new Four Seasons Hotel near Miami. But The French Laundry is his first success, and last year, Keller and his team celebrated its 25th anniversary.

This year, Keller recognized another anniversary: He paid homage to The French Laundry’s former owners, the late Don Schmitt (a former Yountville mayor who passed away in 2017) and his wife, chef Sally, a California cuisine pioneer who in 1977 renovated the rustic circa-1900 National Register of Historic Places building (formerly a saloon, brothel and actual French laundry), creating a beloved destination of handcrafted dining in this once sleepy village.

“At our anniversary, I stood at the entrance, greeting 650 guests. So I had time to think,” recalls Keller, who turns 65 this October. “I realized I was being a bit selfish, in the sense I was celebrating 25 years of Thomas Keller at

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To Keller, the new wood-and-glass kitchen — inspired by I.M. Pei’s glass pyramid at the Louvre — represents the link between The French Laundry’s storied past and its bright future.

Opposite: Chefs prep for service in the refreshed, state-of-the-art kitchen redesigned by Snøhetta and Keller.

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The French Laundry. … The French Laundry is already a generational restaurant — Don and Sally passed it to me; I’m sure I’ll pass it on to someone else — and we want to maintain that heritage. We always talk here about ‘standing on the shoulders of those who came before us.’ That’s true of Don and Sally. And I’m very grateful for the opportunity they gave me.”

Keller’s own story began at Camp Pendleton, in Oceanside, Calif., where he was born in 1955, the youngest of five boys. His late father, Edward, was a Marine Corps officer.

Following his parents’ divorce when he was a young boy, his mother, Betty, moved the family to Florida, where Keller’s career was sparked as a teenager when he worked as a summer dishwasher at the Palm Beach Yacht Club.

“I was always in the kitchen, so I couldn’t play baseball. But I’ve always said I run a baseball franchise at night,” says Keller with a laugh. “Like a baseball diamond, a kitchen, for me, feels the same. You have a team of people executing different disciplines. Their skills, their stations, their positions are all different — server, maitre d’, sommelier, reservationist — for the sole purpose of winning that night’s game.”

In 2014, Keller, working with the architectural team Snøhetta (designers of the 2016 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art expansion), embarked on a three-year, $10 million-plus renovation of his flagship property.

The new kitchen and annex has revamped areas for a pantry, butchery, produce receiving and breakdown, offices and a wine cellar rendered in California redwood shelves that one navigates via a sliding library ladder.

The French Laundry has expanded its high-efficiency geothermal loop system that controls temperature variances for the hot water, radiant heat and refrigeration. New solar panels reduce energy costs and supply

their own batteries. The building exteriors are preserved using a Japanese-style wood treatment, eliminating the need for paint touch-ups and toxic weatherproofing.

The French Laundry’s heralded casual-yetsumptuous service and design was developed

by Laura Cunningham, Keller’s decades-long collaborator. A former general manager of The French Laundry, St. Helena native Cunningham now serves as the Thomas Keller Restaurant Group’s vice president of branding and creative development. Her exquisite, precise vision informs everything from marketing and philanthropic partnerships to the five-star guest experience at all of Keller’s establishments. Last spring, Cunningham was honored by the Culinary Institute of America with the prestigious Augie Award, conferred upon those the institution designates as “masters of hospitality.”

Keller no longer mans the stoves for a full-service shift.

But when he’s in town, he’s in the kitchen with the chefs at The French Laundry, talking, tasting and mentoring. Though he’s loath to admit it, Keller now feels more like a symbol in the kitchen. “I still love to cook with the young chefs, but I can’t get in their way too much,” he says. “That would be like Derek Jeter deciding he wants to play shortstop again. You realize you can’t participate at the same level you did when you were younger. So you organize your structure around the purpose of your restaurant, to relieve yourself from being the franchise player. If you haven’t achieved that, then you haven’t done service to the purpose you started with: running a great restaurant.”

Keller divides most of his time between The French Laundry and Per Se. There are currently no plans for any new projects. Unless, of course, this golf devotee, who recently played Pebble Beach, decides to hang up his apron to focus on winning the Pro-Am cup.

His daily goals remain teaching, training and mentoring staff on their purpose in the kitchen. “If you do those three things correctly, then they become better than you,” Keller explains. “Because if they’re not better than you, you’ve done a shitty job.” X

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The Los Angeles-based direct-to-consumer house, backed by investors such as Serena Williams, is wedded to personalization: Brides go online to select runway-quality dresses (created by designers formerly at labels like Zac Posen and Monique Lhuillier) that will then be waiting for them in a private dressing suite, along with a custom playlist and a digital wedding mood board, all facilitated through Floravere’s online questionnaire. Also on offer are accessories like lace veils, chiffon capes, makeup from Kosas, and flowers from Fibers and Florals.

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MARCO BICEGO Masai ring, $6,390, Shreve & Co., San Francisco. ESQUELETO Deco Quartet ring, $5,840, shopesqueleto.com. GLEIM THE JEWELER Rombi ring, $1,300, Gleim the Jeweler, Palo Alto. PADIS Memoire ring, $8,250, Padis Jewelry, San Francisco. MARINA B Trisola ring, $6,500, marinab .com. HARRY WINSTON Traffic ring, price upon request, South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa.

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“With a little nod to tradition along the way,” adds Britz Fogelson. rumcakestudio.com. A.J.B.

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JUST YOUR TYPE Does this make me feel gorgeous? Can I dance in it? These are the important questions to ask yourself when choosing a wedding dress, according to Laura McLaws Helms, co-founder, with Susan Winget and Daniele King, of Marshmallow Weddings — the new gown source of choice for California’s nontraditional brides-to-be.

“We seek to design clothes that answer those questions in the affirmative,” she adds. Launched last summer, Marshmallow Weddings offers a wealth of romantic, feminine, easy-to-wear options, including ruffle-trimmed bodysuits and long, full skirts in bright colors and unexpected prints like gingham. “We wanted to create designs that would look beautiful at the altar, but that everyone would want to wear again. We offer a range of (customizable) looks, suitable for different body types,” McLaws Helms says. Repurposing their wedding designs is a huge motivating factor for the trio: Marshmallow intentionally designs looks as separates to mix and match, and styles and fabrics can be created to suit any wedding vision. ladyworld.tv/lady-shop. K.A.

Dedicated to supporting women in viniculture, the new wine label Une Femme recently launched with its first two varietals: The Callie and The Juliette.

The former is a sparkling rosé made in collaboration with Samantha Sheehan of Napa’s Poe winery, and opens with notes of ripe strawberry and rose petals on the nose. The latter, crafted in partnership with Julie Médeville of France’s Gonet-Médeville, is a vibrant premier cru brut Champagne with notes of lemon zest and almonds — a perfect pairing for wedding cake. Co-founded by bicoastal Jen Pelka (of The Riddler bar in San Francisco and New York) and her brother, Zach, Une Femme is available online and exclusively through a select number of stockists in New York and California, including the Bay Grape wine shop in Oakland and the Old Lightning cocktail bar in Marina Del Rey. unefemmewines.com. A.J.B.

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Two years after launching artisan ice company Disco Cubes — which has crafted stunning creations with herbal sprigs, edible roses, citrus peels and more for the likes of Coach, Miu Miu and Glossier — Los Angeles-based photographer Leslie Kirchhoff has penned a tome, out in April, on executing your own flawless icy art. Beyond the basics (molds and trays, freezing techniques and secrets for crystal-clear ice), Disco Cube Cocktails (Chronicle Books, $19) introduces 100-plus recipes, such as the juicy Soul Makossa, with tangerine-turmeric cubes; The Dinosaur, with a pickle-brine sphere; the experimental White Label, with coconut corn crushed ice; and the author’s favorite punch, the French 77, with the perfect lemon ice block. As a bonus, Kirchhoff, who is also a DJ, sprinkles a handful of mood-setting playlists throughout, just to ensure your status as top host is totally solidified. discocubes.com. M.L.

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“What we really wanted to explore was ‘less is more,’ but with flowers,” explains Studio Mondine co-founder Amanda Luu of the raison d’être behind the San Francisco-based floral design studio she runs with Ivanka Matsuba. Since launching in 2014, the pair has satisfied the industry’s increasing appetite for minimalist, one-of-a-kind florals, reinterpreting the art of ikebana in irreverent arrangements. Now, their first book, Ikebana Unbound: A Modern Approach to the Ancient Japanese Art of Flower Arranging (Artisan Books, $25) — written with C senior editor Melissa Goldstein — offers a crash course in the ancient tradition’s major philosophies, as viewed through a modern lens. Divided into themes of naturalness, movement, balance and simplicity, the book’s 31 projects see Luu and Matsuba detail their processes and inspirations (from modern dancer Pina Bausch to California’s super bloom), inviting readers — including forward-thinking brides-to-be — to cultivate their own sense of self-expression. P.D.

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njecting extra adventure into your first few days post-nuptials — courtesy of a far-flung honeymoon — offers the chance to further connect while experiencing a radically different setting together.

But where to go? A bold option is the Indonesian archipelago of Raja Ampat, traversed by yacht. Not just any yacht, mind you: the new 180-foot-long sailing vessel Prana (from Ibiza hotel group Atzaro), which cruises the tropical, uninhabited islands in style with up to 18 guests and a 12-person crew. Marvel at pristine beaches, surf spectacular waves and swim with sea turtles; or enjoy Prana’s nearly 9,700 square feet over four decks, encompassing nine well-appointed cabins, a yoga deck, and a lounge serving Western and Asian fusion dishes made with local ingredients. From $14,500/ night; ultimate-yachts.com. Couples who prefer terra firma may choose the newly opened Kwitonda Lodge or Kataza House (an exclusive-use villa), situated on 178 verdant acres at the edge of Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. Established by Singita — a conservation brand dedicated to preserving African wilderness and, in particular, Rwanda’s endangered mountain gorillas — Kwitonda and Kataza were constructed according to strict sustainability principles and count 12 luxurious guest suites between them, with all accommodations featuring nature-inspired interior design, indoor and outdoor fireplaces and heated plunge pools. From $1,495/ night per person at Kwitonda Lodge; from $6,877/night at Kataza House in green season; singita.com. For something even more secluded, venture to Cayo Espanto, a private 4-acre island and five-star resort 3 miles off the coast of San Pedro, Belize. Book a one- or two-bedroom beachfront villa (complete with private plunge pool, veranda and dock), or splurge for Casa Ventanas, an 1,100-square-foot bungalow that hovers over the turquoise Caribbean waters. The property can arrange scuba and snorkeling charters, fishing trips and birdwatching tours; or you can stay put to enjoy in-suite spa services like the Mayan Coffee Scrub and Cocoa Wrap ($130/60 min.), followed by local whitefish tacos with fresh pico de gallo catered to your villa. From $1,795/night through May 31; aprivateisland.com. •

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ROSANTICA Sentiero earrings, $315, net-a-porter.com. SUPERNAL Cosmic Glow oil, $108, supernal.co.

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n 2016, actor Emma Roberts was so certain that her friends — fashion designer and stylist Brit Smith and film and TV producer Billy Hines — would hit it off as a couple, she and another co-conspirator planned a gathering so they could connect. “I didn’t want a party to be thrown for our first meeting,” recalls Brit, who co-founded the womenswear label Elkin with her sister, Kara. “So I texted Billy and said, ‘Let’s go out on our own terms.’”

After a long dinner at Pace in Laurel Canyon, the two became inseparable. They arrived at Roberts’ party five days later as a couple. “It was quite a surprise for everyone to see,” Brit says. Two days after that, they flew to Mexico for Billy’s birthday, where Brit met his friends and family.

While in Paris in fall 2017, Billy proposed to Brit amid hundreds of white roses in their room at the Four Seasons Hotel George V, and 14 months later, the L.A.-based couple welcomed their first child, son Henry. “Instead of rushing into a wedding while being pregnant, we decided to wait and enjoy the engagement and the birth of our child,” Brit says. The couple enlisted California-based event planners Alexandra Kolendrianos and Mindy Rice to execute their vision: “elegant with an Old World European theme with lots of florals and vintage botanical prints — but at the same time, effortless and California cool,” Brit explains.

On Oct. 12, 2019, as Brit was getting ready, Billy sent over a love note and a surprise gift: a sapphire and diamond ring that the bride immediately put on to wear with her custom French lace Dana Harel gown — the first of five dresses she would wear that evening. “It was my something blue!” she says.

The couple wedded before 250 guests at the Old Mission Santa Barbara church before heading to Billy’s parents’ Montecito estate for a reception featuring French-influenced dishes by Duo and chardonnay and pinot noir from one of Billy’s father’s first vintages. After dinner, guests danced the night away under the stars, surrounded by centuries-old eucalypti and oaks, candles and twinkling lights. “One of my favorite moments of the evening was my first dance with my father, because it was also my first dance with Henry,” Brit says. “It was all so magical.” •

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It just so happened that it was at a castle of a decidedly different ilk, Chateau Marmont, where Amanda met director Joachim Rønning (who called the Chateau his L.A. home for a number of years, and whose film credits include Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and Kon-Tiki). So when it came

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On the day of the wedding, a private ceremony for family was held at one of the castle’s intimate guesthouses. As friends arrived, they were guided through the estate

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time to plan their wedding, they had the very Dickensian idea of a modern fairy tale that would include both regal settings. She says, “We called it a tale of two castles.”

The pair organized the summer weekend from London, where Joachim was filming Maleficent: Mistress of Evil. “We wanted people to feel like they were going to a party at someone’s house,” Amanda says.

Following a daytime party at the iconic Neptune Pool, guests were invited to a Norwegian-themed welcome dinner — in honor of Joachim’s heritage — that took place in a Scandi-style converted barn on the grounds, complete with a friendly Clockwise from top: The ceremony at the Casa del Mar guesthouse. Attendees gather outside the tent for dancing.

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Amanda, who is deeply committed to sustainability through her eco-fashion company, Maison de Mode, made every effort to minimize the weekend’s footprint. There was virtually no plastic used; all the flowers were repurposed and donated to a local charity; invitations were printed on recycled paper; and, naturally, Amanda’s wardrobe was highly considered. Her childhood friend Nicky Hilton Rothschild made the introduction to Fernando Garcia, Oscar de la Renta’s co-creative director. “Fernando made my dress with textiles from other gowns so that everything was upcycled,” she says.

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dress for dancing and a Giambattista Valli couture dress for her getaway look — were all borrowed. “It was about telling the story of the ways you can dress sustainably for a wedding. Borrowing is one way. If you are having something made, talk to the designer about upcycling or recycling, or use natural textiles like silk.”

The morning after the reception, a caravan of all 175 guests departed for Los Angeles, where a final wedding event took place at the Chateau Marmont. Amanda donned another upcycled Oscar de la Renta look, a

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Bardot-style dress she sums up as “much more modern, fun and sexy.” After cocktails in the penthouse and a vegan feast in the garden, the dance party in the poolside bungalow commenced with Amanda’s childhood friend Paris Hilton behind the DJ booth — putting a Hollywood spin on a storybook California weekend. “[Joachim and I] both have our own unique histories [in California], and it is where we met and fell in love,” says Amanda, who moved to L.A. from her native New York shortly after the wedding. “Now it is where we are building our life together.” X

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Bohemian Rhapsody Lindsay Wolf and Jesse Macht’s musicinfused fete echoes the wild romance of misty Mendocino

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Opposite, clockwise from top: A restored Victorian farmhouse sits on 22 acres with staggering views of the Mendocino coast. Guests gather around the veranda for cocktails and passed hors d’oeuvres. Brass candleholders and monochromatic flowers mark the long dinner tables. The pink glow on the dance floor comes from a neon sign that reads “Carpe Noctem” — the couple’s unofficial theme for the night, which would end with passed grilled cheeses and a late-night guitar session around the fire. The newlyweds share a kiss. A table of refreshments, including fruit-and-herb-infused water and canned wine by RAMONA. Jesse serenades his bride.

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h e first time Lindsay Wolf and Jesse Macht locked eyes they were at a dive bar in Santa Barbara back in 2006.

Jesse was in a band that was in the process of recording an album, and Lindsay’s friend was dating the producer. A night spent drinking whiskey together turned into a summer fling that ended when the two went their separate ways: Lindsay to Boston for school and Jesse to New York for his music career. Nine years later, they were both living on L.A.’s East Side and kept bumping into each other. Friendly follow-up emails turned into long nightly phone conversations. “I was hesitant to take it back to a romantic place,” Lindsay admits. “But he’s the most charming human in the world, so it was pretty hard to resist.”

After two and a half years of dating, Jesse proposed one evening in October 2018; Lindsay returned home to find their place blanketed with flickering candles and twinkle lights.

And even though both grew up in L.A., they chose to forgo palm trees for something more rustic. “Northern California is so special,” Lindsay says. “It’s moodier, and the seaside towns have a New England bent to them.”

They settled on Switzer Farm just outside of Mendocino, a lovingly restored 1884 Victorian home full of charming original details. Riffing on the landscape — wild, unfussy and deeply romantic — to set the tone for the weekend, they enlisted the help of S.F.-based Ashley Smith Events to bring the festivities to life.

The couple was married at sunset on a bluff overlooking the Pacific. They walked hand in hand — with Jesse occasionally twirling Lindsay down the windy path from the house to a chuppah accented with ornamental grasses and long-stemmed calla lilies. The couple laughed and cried as they read the vows they’d written for each other.

Guests retreated to the house for cocktail hour on the veranda before heading into a tent made over with twinkling lights, long wood tables covered in dripping taper candles, and mismatched vases filled with bleached amaranthus and dried lunaria.

They danced into the wee hours to a mix of Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie and Robyn.

But perhaps the sweetest moment of the night was when the groom took the mic to perform “Scar on the Sky” by Chris Cornell.

With 160 of the couple’s closest friends and family listening, Jesse sang their favorite love song as his muse swayed and mouthed the words along with him. X

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Clockwise from top left: Guests check out the view from the balcony. The Last Supper-inspired dinner setting. A Sicilian folk band serenades the newlyweds. The 13th-century venue TONNARA DI SCOPELLO. SOPHIE MONET wears a MORGANE LE FAY dress. En route to cocktail hour. Listening to Sophie’s sister’s toast. “We both have a sense of adventure,” the bride says.

POSTCARDS FROM ITALY Sophie Monet and John Paul MacDonell’s enchanted destination wedding The love story of Venice-based jewelry designer Sophie Monet and marketing consultant John Paul “JP” MacDonell is about as Californian as it gets. The Golden State natives met at Surfrider Beach in Malibu in spring 2014. They got engaged at the Venice surf break in summer 2018. And JP is the founder of surf brand Urban Barrels. But for the couple’s September 2019 wedding, they felt the pull of Italy. And so, with

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Bunge of Isa Isa designed the flowers, including Sophie’s bouquet of local stephanotis vines. Following the reception, guests sipped Aperol Spritzes and Negronis by the water’s edge. A highlight among the “too many to count”? Says the bride, “Dancing in an ancient stone cave that we transformed into a dance floor after the reception, allowing the party to continue into the wee hours.” • M.G.

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While history is a key element of the hotel, the modern-

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RITZ PARIS: VINCENT LEROUX. FLUCTUART: GRÉGORY BRANDEL. GALERIES LAFAYETTE (PEOPLE SHOT): SALEM-MOSTEFAOUI. GALERIES LAFAYETTE (DRESSING ROOM): MICHEL-FLORENT. CASA TUA: STEFANO CANDITO. CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN: GUILLAUME FANDEL.

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In case you missed it, the hotel closed its doors for the first time ever from 2012 to 2016 to complete a full $450 million renovation overseen by architect and designer Thierry W. Despont, whose other projects have included interiors at the Getty Center, the restoration of the Statue of Liberty, and private homes for clients like Bill Gates and Calvin Klein. The hotel was first opened in 1898 by César Ritz, who went on to create the Ritz-Carlton brand; the property has been owned by Mohamed al-Fayed — of Harrods fame — since 1979.

The Ritz’s now 71 rooms and 71 suites are refreshed with contemporary comforts and technology yet retain their Belle Epoque aesthetic. While standard rooms are enough to please even the most seasoned traveler, the 16 Prestige Suites take luxury to a new level. Many of those

day Chanel au Ritz spa (the only one in existence) and newer activities, like pastry-making classes from François Perret and aquatic barre classes taught by former Paris Opera dancer Karine Villagrassa, keep things feeling fresh.

Elsewhere in the city, new openings abound. Take in a perfect springtime sunset at Girafe (girafeparis.com) — the Joseph Dirand–designed venue combines a modern seafood menu (oysters, caviar, raw bar, plus lobster pasta, wagyu beef and Milanese-style swordfish), art deco design and a rooftop terrace that overlooks the Eiffel Tower. The just-opened Casa Tua (casatualifestyle.com) follows its

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Take in the springtime sunset on the terrace of Girafe world. Its latest iteration, debuted last year, moves the family-owned department store firmly into the future of retail by setting up shop (galerieslafayettechampselysees. com) in a 70,000-square-foot space designed by Bjarke Ingels Group on the Champs-Élysées. While the store is the largest retail space on the famed boulevard, it is a fraction of the size of the company’s Boulevard Haussmann flagship and offers a more intimate and upscale shopping experience.

The world’s first-ever floating street art museum, housed on a platform over the Seine, opened last summer at the Pont des Invalides. Fluctuart (fluctuart .fr) is free, open until midnight, and spans three floors with permanent and temporary exhibitions from artists like Banksy and Keith Haring and lesser-known names like Maxime Drouet and Gérard Zlotykamien, plus a bookstore and a rooftop bar. The Palais de la Porte Dorée (palais-portedoree.fr) dips its toes into contemporary programming for the first time with its exhibit “Christian Louboutin, Exhibition[niste].” The show offers a behind-the-scenes look at the shoemaker’s inspirations as well as never-before-seen collaborations with artists as diverse as filmmaker David Lynch and Spanish choreographer Blanca Li. The exhibit runs through July and is the perfect way to round out a season of French legends experiencing a renaissance. •

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Aspen and Miami outposts with a homey space designed

by Austrian-born, Florence-based architect Michele Bönan, featuring furniture from Cartier, Hermès, and Paris flea markets. Located between Boulevard SaintGermain and the Seine, the restaurant serves relaxed Italian food with a French flair under the direction of chef Michele Fortunato, who came from the Michelin-starred Il Carpaccio at the Royal Monceau.

Two of the city’s most acclaimed names in retail have also been reimagined. When Colette closed its doors in December 2017, Marvin Dein and Sébastien Chapelle, two of the concept store’s former tenured employees took over the space to launch Nous (nousconcept.com). With backgrounds in watches and electronics (Chapelle) and sneakers (Dein), the pair launched their own concept boutique, selling everything from artisanal rolling papers to enhanced Rolexes from cult brand MAD Paris. Founded in 1912, Galeries Lafayette is a Parisian institution, which now counts 65 stores around the

Clockwise from top right: The reimagined GALERIES LAFAYETTE on the Champs-Élysées.

The department store’s BJARKE INGELS-designed pink dressing rooms.

Inside the new CASA TUA restaurant in Paris.

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by SHEPARD FAIREY, MISS VAN and other street artists. The Mackerel shoe, created by CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN in 1987, in front of the Tropical Aquarium of PALAIS DE LA PORTE DORÉE. The refreshed lobby of the Ritz Paris. The Fluctuart center floats on the Seine.

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he made-to-order philosophy that defines couture is fast becoming the beauty industry’s benchmark — but in the case of the latter, it’s about designing and pricing to reach the masses, not just the privileged few. “Consumers are looking for products and experiences that are unique to them,” explains Dr. David Lortscher, cofounder of San Francisco-based Curology (curology.com), a prescription skincare service that targets acne and antiaging.

Customers complete questionnaires and upload photos for analysis, then a licensed dermatologist prescribes custom formulas starting at $20 per month.

“Sustainability is another consideration for going custom,” says Nhu Le, founder of cosmetics brand Finding Ferdinand (findingferdinand.com). “Producing on demand reduces waste and allows us to ship our customers freshly made products.”

Finding Ferdinand’s customers can “mix” their dream shades of lipstick for $9 to $30 using a simple process: Choose four colors from a grid of 25 pre-existing swatches, adjust the concentration percentage of each hue, select your desired finish and voila!

Atolla (atolla.co), meanwhile, focuses on personalized serums created in response to in-depth skin analysis kits that include strips that test oil, pH and moisture levels monthly. (The company

tracks the formulation over time using its proprietary algorithm.)

And lest your mane feel underserved: There is Prose (prose.com), whose custom haircare products (shampoo, conditioner and masks, starting at $25) are created using extensive intake data, which generates unique product recommendations for each customer.

(They also offer a stylist consultation.) And cult favorite Harklinikken (harklinikken .com) battles hair loss with custom extracts selected from a gender-based evaluation of scalp condition, oil production, hair type and hair thinning pattern. “Our extract is formulated and mixed by hand after the initial consultation,” explains founder Lars Skjoth. The formula (from $88) is then evolved over time using client response and compliance. K.A.

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MIRANDA KERR Miranda Kerr, founder and CEO of skincare line Kora Organics, proudly embraces self-care, especially nighttime rituals. “Chamomile tea and meditation before bed help me relax and unwind. My phone goes on airplane mode so I won’t be distracted by alerts, emails or texts,” explains the model turned entrepreneur. “Your bedroom should be a calm space for you to rest and unwind from the outside world.”

Kora recently added to its range Noni Night AHA Resurfacing Serum, now a staple in Kerr’s routine.

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My pores look smaller, my pigmentation spots are almost gone and my skin feels super smooth.”

A busy mom of three, Kerr finds the secret to feeling more balanced lies in doing something enjoyable each day.

“Whether that’s exercise, meditation, a facial or massage, even reading a book, to just switch off for 20 minutes, check in with myself and do something that makes me feel good means I’m able to then give so much more to my family, work and friends.” koraorganics.com. K.A.

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Louis Vuitton silk tulle dress and brass brooch, prices upon request, Louis Vuitton, Beverly Hills, 310-859-0457; louisvuitton. com. Irene Neuwirth diamond pavé bow earrings, $5,210, Irene Neuwirth, West Hollywood, 323-285-2000; ireneneuwirth.com.

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p.28 Loewe cotton organdy balloon-sleeve dress in white, $13,200, only available at Loewe, New York, 646-350-1710. Alexandra Jules pearl and diamond pendant earrings, $5,000; alexandrajules.com.

Irene Neuwirth ring with diamonds, $5,430, Irene Neuwirth, West Hollywood, 323-285-2000; ireneneuwirth.com. Messika Paris Move XXL hoop earrings, $28,430; messika.com.

p.52 Erdem Estefan long-sleeve blazer with wrap train, $3,215, and Eduardo wide-leg pants, $1,690; erdem.com. Carolina Herrera black-and-white polka-dot fluid dress, $1,990, Carolina Herrera, Beverly Hills, 310-276-8900. Michael Kors Collection large dot crepe de chine dress, $2,250; michaelkorscollection. com. Sacai polka-dot top, $1,390, jacquard fringe top, $900, and polka-dot skirt, $625, Dover Street Market Los Angeles, 310427-7610. Hermès leather sandals, $880, Hermès, S.F., 415-3917200; hermes.com. Ganni printed Georgette top, $160, Ganni, L.A., 323-807-0965; ganni.com. Altuzarra Goldenrod Magnolia and black printed crepe de chine dot dress, $2,895, similar styles available; altuzarra.com. David Yurman pinky ring in organic white ceramic, David Yurman, Beverly Hills, 310-8888618; davidyurman.com. Oscar de la Renta asymmetric strappy sandals, $850, Oscar de la Renta, L.A., 323-653-0200.

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p.44 Tod’s white leather top, $2,595, and white leather laser-cut skirt, $4,045; tods.com. Dior white bracelet set, $420, and multi bracelet set, $590, Dior, Beverly Hills, 310-859-4700. AGL white woven sneakers, $395; agl.com. Vince crochet tank in Vanilla, $225, and crochet skirt in Vanilla, $345, Vince, West Hollywood, 323-782-1007; vince.com. Chan Luu compressed turquoise mix wrap bracelet, $225; chanluu.com. Dior multi bracelet set, $590, Dior, Beverly Hills, 310-859-4700. Celine Les Bois clogs 25 in tan calfskin, $920, Celine, Beverly Hills, 310-888-0120; celine. com. RedValentino black dress, $1,775, similar styles available, RedValentino, S.F., 415-543-4900. Chan Luu compressed turquoise mix wrap bracelet, $225; chanluu.com. Dior multi bracelet set, $590, Dior, Beverly Hills, 310-859-4700. Monse torn Botanical T-shirt, $890, floral Intarsia halter knit top, and floral embroidery and stripe mini skirt, similar styles available; monse. com. Chan Luu compressed turquoise mix wrap bracelet, $225; chanluu.com. Dior multi bracelet set, $590, Dior, Beverly Hills, 310-859-4700. AGL pink woven sneakers, $395; agl.com/us_en.

Etro knit sweater, $6,300, and belt, $340, Etro, Beverly Hills, 310248-2855. Chan Luu compressed turquoise mix wrap bracelet, $225; chanluu.com. Dior multi bracelet set, $590, Dior, Beverly Hills, 310-859-4700. Altuzarra Bauer red multi-color top, $445, and Halyard Paprika multi-stripe printed crepe de chine skirt, $1,295; modaoperandi.com.

p.58 Cartier Panthère de Cartier watch, mini model with diamonds, price upon request, Cartier, Beverly Hills, 310275-4272. Bulgari Serpenti Seduttori Tourbillon watch with diamonds and sapphires, price upon request, Bulgari, Beverly Hills, 310-858-9216. Rolex Pearlmaster 34 with diamonds, price upon request, Rolex, South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, 714-241-8088. Vacheron Constantin Heures Créatives Heure Romantique watch with diamonds, price upon request, Vacheron Constantin, South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, 714-955-4057.

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p.63 Valentino dress, $5,200, Valentino, Beverly Hills, 310247-0103. Giuseppe Zanotti black Etoile sandals, $1,495; giuseppezanotti.com. p.64 Miu Miu top, $930, sweater, $1,240, and skirt, $2,030, Miu Miu, South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, 714-617-6927. Adina Reyter Grace half flower marquise ring, $3,498; adinareyter.com. Jimmy Choo mini lizard printed leather sandals in black, $895, Jimmy Choo, South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, 714-327-0644; jimmychoo.com. p.66 MM6 Maison Margiela tuxedo wool blazer with open sides and flower brooch, $1,155, and white pants with veil, $780; maisonmargiela.com. Jimmy Choo mini lizard printed leather sandals in Latte, $895, Jimmy Choo, South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, 714-327-0644; jimmychoo.com. p.67 Dior dress, $35,000, Dior, Beverly Hills, 310-859-4700. Adina Reyter 3 marquise ring, $1,498, and short stack baguette ring, $1,200; adinareyter. com. Alexandre Birman Lovely Clarita 100 metallic sandals, $595, similar styles available; alexandrebirman.com. p.68 Louis Vuitton silk dress with lace details, price upon request, Louis Vuitton, Beverly Hills, 310-859-0457; louisvuitton.com. Irene Neuwirth hoop earrings with rainbow moonstones, pearls and diamonds, $5,650, Irene Neuwirth, West Hollywood, 323-285-2000; ireneneuwirth.com. p.69 Brunello Cucinelli knit cardigan, $1,995, Brunello Cucinelli, Beverly Hills, 310-7248118. Adeam pleated tulle gown, $5,500; adeam.com. Alexandra Jules triple row diamond huggies, $2,400; alexandrajules.com.

Christian Louboutin So Kate black patent leather pumps, $695, Christian Louboutin, West Hollywood, 310-247-9300; christianlouboutin.com. p.71 Dior dress, $35,000, Dior, Beverly Hills, 310-859-4700. Irene Neuwirth forward-facing hoop earrings with diamonds, $11,080, Irene Neuwirth, West Hollywood, 323- 285-2000; ireneneuwirth.com. p.72 Loewe cotton organdy balloon-sleeve dress in white, $13,200, only available at Loewe, New York, 646-350-1710. Alexandra Jules pearl and diamond pendant earrings, $5,000; alexandrajules. com. Irene Neuwirth ring with diamonds, $5,430, Irene Neuwirth, West Hollywood, 323-285-2000; ireneneuwirth. com. p.73 RedValentino dress, $1,575, similar styles available,

RedValentino, S.F., 415-543-4900. Alessandra Rich crystal net mini cape, $2,105; net-a-porter.com. Makeup: Dior Dior Forever foundation, $25, Dior Forever Skin Correct concealer, $36, Dior Backstage Contour Palette, $45, Dior Backstage Custom Eye Palette in Universal Neutral, $49, and Diorshow waterproof mascara, $29.50; dior.com.

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p.78 Marco Bicego hand-coiled triple drop earrings with diamonds, $1,790, and hand-coiled concentric circle drop earrings with diamonds, $4,510, Saks Fifth Avenue, Beverly Hills, 310-275-4211. p.79 Graff round diamond ring, emeraldcut diamond ring, radiant-cut yellow diamond rings, and Bombé diamond ring, prices upon request, Graff, S.F., 415-926-7000; graff.com. p.80 Messika Paris Move XXL hoop earrings, $28,430; messika.com. Cartier Panthère de Cartier rings, small model, with emeralds, onyx and diamonds, from $9,850, and Panthère de Cartier rings, medium model, with emeralds, onyx and diamonds, from $35,700, Cartier Beverly Hills, 310-275-4272. Pomellato Tango white diamond cuff bracelet, $117,600, Tango brown diamond cuff bracelet, $72,600, Tango brown diamond bracelet, $25,950, and Tango bracelets with diamonds, from $57,900, Pomellato, Beverly Hills, 310-550-5639. p.81 Chopard diamond earrings from the Precious Lace Collection, prices upon request, and diamond and sapphire bracelet from the Haute Joaillerie collection, price upon request, Chopard, South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, 714-432-0963; chopard.com. Forevermark Tribute collection beaded diamond rings in silver, $995, delicate diamond rings in rose gold, $1,700, diamond stackable rings in silver, from $596, three stone diamond ring in rose gold, $1,600, Feminine diamond rings in silver, from $1,700, classic bezel stackable rings in rose gold, from $598, and milgrain bezel rings, $1,695; forevermark.com/en-us. p.82 David Webb Wedding Cake ring with diamonds, $56,000, Hexagon ring with pavé-set diamonds, $32,000, Crossover ring with diamonds, $24,500, Lane bracelet with diamonds, $29,500, and Park Avenue bracelet with diamonds, $29,700, David Webb, Beverly Hills, 310-858-8006; davidwebb.com. Piaget Possession pendant with diamonds and malachite cabochon, $11,500, Possession pendant with diamonds and carnelian cabochon, $11,500, Possession pendant with diamonds and lapis lazuli cabochon, $12,600, and Possession pendant with diamonds, $12,000; piaget.com. p.83 Buccellati Macri Giglio cuff bracelet with diamonds, $35,500, and Opera cuff bracelet with sapphires and diamonds, $66,000, Buccellati, Beverly Hills, 310-276-7022; buccellati.com. p.84 Van Cleef & Arpels Snowflake brooch with diamonds, $124,000, Escargots brooch from the Arche de Noe collection with sapphires, garnets, tanzanite, tourmalines and diamonds, $281,000, and Snowflake Noeud brooch with diamonds, $153,000, Van Cleef & Arpels, South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, 714-545-9500; vancleefarpels.com. David Yurman High Jewelry Linear pavé hoop earrings with diamonds, price upon request, David Yurman, Beverly Hills, 310-888-8618. Tiffany & Co. Tiffany T T1 narrow diamond hinged bracelet, $9,000, narrow hinged bracelet, $3,200, wide diamond hinged bracelet, $28,000, wide hinged bracelet, $5,300, and wide diamond hinged bracelet, $17,000, Tiffany & Co., Beverly Hills, 310-273-8880.

Hoorsenbuhs mini Vin ring with diamonds, $4,800, Dame classic tri-link ring with diamonds, $10,000, Dame Phantom ring with diamonds, $6,000, Asset ring with diamonds, $7,500, Dame Phantom Clique ring with diamonds, $10,500, Brute Phantom ring with diamonds, $9,500, and Klaasp earrings with diamonds $6,500, Hoorsenbuhs, Santa Monica, 888-692-2997; hoorsenbuhs.com. p.85 Bulgari Fiorever collection necklaces with diamonds, from $29,600, Bulgari, Beverly Hills, 310-858-9216.

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p.46 Jimmy Choo Madeline shoulder bag in Cuoio, $1,495, Jimmy Choo, Beverly Hills, 310-860-9045; jimmychoo.com. Michael Michael Kors luggage studded medium Delancey canteen bag, $228, Michael Kors Collection, Beverly Hills, 310-777-8862. Celine

by Hedi Slimane Teen Triomphe bag, $2,850, Celine, Beverly Hills, 310-888-0120. Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello small Kaia satchel bag, $1,490, Saint Laurent, Beverly Hills, 310-271-5051; ysl .com. CH Carolina Herrera cognac Initials satchel bag, $1,730, CH Carolina Herrera, South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, 714-662-0572.

AZURE THINGS

p.48 Balmain Poja printed sandals, $1,440; balmain.com. Alexander McQueen blue jeweled clutch, price upon request, Alexander McQueen, Beverly Hills, 323-782-4983. Emmanuel Tarpin one-of-a-kind orchid earrings with white diamonds, Paraíba and Namibian tourmalines, $63,000, Just One Eye, 323-969-9129.

Tom Ford Sky blue silk satin baseball hat, $475, Tom Ford, Beverly Hills, 310-270-9440; tomford.com. Atelier Swarovski Tigris cuff in Majestic blue, $275; atelierswarovski.com. Stella McCartney eco metallic Falabella bag in light blue, $595, similar styles available, Stella McCartney, West Hollywood, 310-273-7051.

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Favorite hike? When I was little, we used to live on a street below Will Rogers [State Historic Park], so we would hike there all the time. It’s a special place for me and always brings back great memories.

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Favorite getaway? Montecito and Santa Barbara. I love the new Rosewood Miramar Beach hotel, which is beautiful, but when we go, we usually stay with our friends and tend to just be low-key, going on walks, bike rides and hikes.

Favorite coffee shop? Sweet Laurel in the Pacific Palisades — not only for coffee but also incredible baked goods. They’re made well, healthy and really pretty. My friend Laurel [Gallucci] runs it.

Favorite farmers market?

The one on San Vicente [Boulevard] in Brentwood for flowers; my brother Patrick, usually gets food; and my sister, Christina, usually gets sweet treats.

Where do you work out? Physical Artistry in Santa Monica.

Favorite skincare products?

I use Ayur Medic Enrichment Cream at night with some Shiva Rose oil. In the morning, I use SkinCeuticals hyaluronic acid, and then I always put on sunscreen.

Favorite facialist? Vanessa Hernandez [in Brentwood].

Favorite sunglasses? I like Quay Australia, and Le Specs has a really great cat-eye.

Favorite musicians? Kacey Musgraves and Maggie Rogers.

Something you use every day?

This old-school Polaroid camera my husband [Chris Pratt] got me for Christmas.

What’s your writing ritual?

I like to work first thing in the morning; if I get writer’s block, I go outside or take a walk. And it’s really important to me to set a schedule. •

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