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features 102 Girl on the rise In her first interview as an adult, Dakota Fanning— bedecked in ethereal Chanel Haute Couture—talks about her new grown-up roles.

William Laman and Bruce Gregga’s Montecito manse deftly displays their personal treasures—from abstract paintings to delicate porcelain.

116 fire and ice Glistening in the season’s coolest gems, writer, model and up-and-coming actress, Jessica Joffe opens up about Hollywood life. daKota fanninG in chanel haute couture blue taffeta and sequin embroidered dress with boat-neck collar, worn with matching bolero, navy multi-strap suede pumps, chanel haute couture earrings and chanel fine Jewelry ring.

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love to gild the lily with just the right finishing piece—be it the perfect bag or necklace that tops off the dress oh-so-right. And, when looking through our feature well, I realized the stories in our May issue—while mostly devoted to the finest spring accessories—had another thing in common: smart and sophisticated Californians who are accomplished in their own rights. (For example, there’s the talented design duo Bruce Gregga and William Laman, who opened up their

uber-fabulous Montecito manse for us.) Recognizing such visionaries who live life to the fullest, I decided the best attribute is being passionate about what you do.

Our cover subject has taken that motto to heart. Not having wasted a day of her youth,

Dakota Fanning broke onto the scene in I Am Sam (holding her own opposite Hollywood veteran Sean Penn) when she was only six years old. Over the next 12 years, she has led numerous films and has developed from child star to true thespian. That she turned 18 within days of our shoot makes the pictures that much sweeter—she’s a girl now on her way to womanhood.

Our fashion subject, Jessica Joffe, is another woman to keep an eye on. The former New Yorker recently moved back to California to focus on her acting career. I say “back” because she studied out west at Stanford (there’s much more to the European-born talent than her Victorian good looks). We present her in this season’s prettiest pastels and throw in the ultimate adornments to pair them with…mainly jewels!

Another European model who is now focusing on her acting craft is the very beautiful Liberty Ross. Don’t let her accent fool you: This English rose grew up in the ’bu (Malibu, that is). Living by the beach until she was seven years old, she was a Golden State girl until her family returned to the U.K. Now that she’s in California with her talented director-husband and two gorgeous children, Liberty has come full circle with a house in Malibu overlooking the beach where she was raised. Maybe the term “house” is too liberal; it is actually situated within one of the country’s most iconic mobile-home parks. She has transformed her weekend escape into a comfortable and chic cottage for her family.

In fact, the best accessories in life would be the ones you surround yourself with…family and friends. That, and as my grandmother would say, a big smile also goes a long way in finishing

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people who’s who behind the scenes of this month’s issue, plus their favorite california places

Randall Slavin “Dakota [Fanning] and I have a mutual love of ‘Shark Tank’ on ABC Friday night,” laughs photographer Randall Slavin. The Hollywood native who shot “Girl on the Rise” (p.102) is currently working on an exhibition with The Joffrey Ballet. C SPOTS • Any native Angeleno knows about the magic of Tito’s Tacos in Culver City • Chateau Marmont, the greatest hang in the city • Pinky’s Automotive on Melrose Avenue

Kelsey McKinnon “There was nothing about Dakota [Fanning] that reminded me of when I was 18,” says C’s Senior Editor Kelsey McKinnon (“Girl on the Rise,” p.102). “She’s mature, confident and has impeccable taste.”

C SPOTS • Hotel Bel-Air Spa

by La Prairie • Book Soup on Sunset Boulevard • If you can get past the name, Unphogettable in West Hollywood is the real deal

Nicole LaMotte “In preparing for the shoot, I read through [Shiva Rose’s] The Local Rose blog and couldn’t peel myself away from all of the good information and inspiring bits,” says L.A.-based photographer Nicole LaMotte (“Pure Intentions,” p.67). LaMotte also shoots for One Kings Lane and interior designers. C SPOTS • Upstairs at Pierre Lafond in Santa Barbara • Hiking in Sullivan Canyon • At Sugarfish, the Trust Me never disappoints

Ruthie Sommers “Working with Chris [Miller] was like working with my brother. We finish each others sentences, and we both appreciate the same things in design, comfort, modesty and originality,” says interior designer Ruthie Sommers of her recent project (“Above It All,” p.73). Sommers just welcomed her third child. C SPOTS • Café Gratitude in Larchmont Village for lunch • The Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino • Point Dume for Scrabble and surfing

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Steve Erle “My Siren Studios partner Craig Chapman co-produced a recent film Jessica [Joffe] was in called Machine Gun Preacher, so right off the bat we had a cool commonality,” says photographer Steve Erle (“Fire and Ice,” p.116).

The N.Y. native is planning a retrospective to be held at Siren later this year. C SPOTS • Yang Chow in Chinatown for slippery shrimp • Hiking up to the Griffith Park Observatory • Angelini Osteria

Kristina Brown “Working with Jessica [Joffe] was a treat, not only because of the way she looks, but also because of our connection to Palo Alto [Brown grew up there; Joffe attended Stanford]— we both had great memories,” recalls L.A. makeup artist Kristina Brown (“Fire and Ice,” p.116). Brown’s skillful hand has appeared in Elle and Teen Vogue. C SPOTS • Knapp’s Castle in Santa Barbara is tough to find, but it’s worth it • The Ennis House in L.A. • The Griffith Park Observatory for its Art Deco architecture

Kendra Anderson “Shooting all transparent products presents many challenges,” says L.A.-based prop stylist Kendra Anderson of working on “Loud + Clear” (p.51). C SPOTS • Sundays at The Hudson in West Hollywood • Manhattan Beach is close enough to L.A. but far enough that it feels like a getaway • Girasole in Larchmont Village

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While most name-protected areas in Italy adhere to strict aging and varietal rules, winemakers may blend freely among the three regions of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Trentino Alto Adige and Veneto. This resulting bianco of the I.G.T. Delle Venezie sports a distinctive snap with a tropical note, yet enough body to stand up to a Memorial Day spread (we’re thinking lemon-kissed fish with tartar sauce, and charred-pepper tapenade). >>

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<< To help honor generations of theatrical talent, Barrymore enlisted Angeleno artist Shepard Fairey and his Studio Number One to redesign her family crest. Teaming up with Wilson Daniels, a 33-year-old Napa Valley name in big-ticket wine importing (think DRC, Royal Tokaji), her premiere release for the label—2,000 cases of Pinot Grigio—comes to California this spring. “Wine is all about the journey, the discovery of new places and new varieties,” Barrymore explains. “I’m excited about sharing this with my friends and family and other wine lovers.” •

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he modern woman is one who will be changing diapers in the morning, then going to work, and in the evening, heading off to some extravagant ball,” says Lorenz Bäumer. The Artistic Director of Louis Vuitton Haute Joaillerie was recently in L.A. to present the newest L’Ame du Voyage collection, Escale à Paris (his fourth set for Louis Vuitton), in time for this summer’s inauguration of a dedicated fine-jewelry shop among the gems of Paris’ Place Vendôme. Though designed as a tribute to the City of Lights, Bäumer’s global aesthetic also reflects his visits to New York and Tahiti. 295 N. Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills, 310-859-0457; louisvuitton.com.

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THE OUTSIDERS L.A.’s rough-and-tumble sentiments from Nicholas Ray’s 1955 masterpiece Rebel Without a Cause are back. Presented by Gucci and in conjunction with MOCA, the “Rebel” exhibition will feature original works from Paul McCarthy and son Damon McCarthy, S.F.-born Aaron Young, Douglas Gordon, Harmony Korine, Ed Ruscha, James Franco and Terry Richardson throughout J.F. Chen’s sprawling, 34,000-square-foot contemporary design space. May 15-June 23; 941 N. Highland Ave., L.A.; jfchen.com.

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The former creative director for Kate Spade New York, Julia Leach spends half her time in N.Y.; the other half in Los Feliz. She launched her clothing and accessories line, Chance, last year. Her second collection, scheduled for a pop-up at Barneys New York in Beverly Hills this month, was fueled by the Golden State (she even made a short film with the pieces in Palm Springs). chanceco.com.

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Performing at the Hollywood Roosevelt and at private events for heavy-hitters including Justin Timberlake, the Aqualillies have made a splash at pool parties across town since 2010, when Mesha Kussman (the dancer, director and choreographer who founded the water ballet troupe) turned the pool into a stage.

Feeling inspired? This month at the Annenberg Beach House, the Lillies begin summer classes (teaching sculling and torpedo techniques). aqualillies.com.

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Viennese Art Deco chairs are a focal point amid the womenswear. “Romaine” exterior. Vintage Cartier eagle bracelet.

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Moving into one of Hollywood’s illustrious buildings, Paola Russo and Just One Eye look toward the future BY KELSEY McKINNON

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oward Hughes’ command post until the 1950s, “Romaine” was where the notorious producer, playboy and TWA owner edited films such as Hell’s Angels (1930) and Scarface (1932) while a team of operatives tended to his vast empire and extravagant demands.

For a time, he was one of America’s richest and most powerful men who held lavish dinner parties here and seduced the starlets of his day (Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Ava Gardner). Author Joan Didion’s 1967 essay “7000 Romaine, Los Angeles 38” makes special tribute to the building forsaken by the societal recluse that Hughes would later become.

With such a riveting past, it would be the perfect home for Paola Russo’s new destination retail concept Just One Eye. Drawing from her extensive background in fashion, Russo turned the labyrinthine compound into curated salons of fine art, furniture, jewelry and clothing for men, women and children. In the spirit of a “moving installation,” displays are changed every three weeks, swapping Carlo Bugatti throne chairs for colorful Victor Douieb bronzed rhinos and pieces from Costume National, Proenza Schouler, The Row, Mark Fast and Anthony Vaccarello.

“The space is really for someone who knows her stuff—who knows about fashion and art and who’s not after something that is heavily commercialized,” says the store’s buyer. As such, Just One Eye opened last winter with a book signing by Laura and Kate Mulleavy; Russo enlisted Ed Ruscha to design the brand’s online homepage. Just One Eye is also the exclusive U.S. distributor of Gaultier-veteran Alexandre Vauthier and will soon collaborate with Santa Monica jewelry line Hoorsenbuhs.

In the lobby hangs an old black-and-white portrait of Hughes. It’s as if he never left. 7000 Romaine St., Hollywood, 323-969-9129; justoneeye.com. •

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MID WINTER GALA Chanel joined the San Francisco Legion of Honor and de Young Museum for the Junior Committee of the Fine Arts Museums’ eighth-annual Mid Winter Gala. Patrons enjoyed Grey Goose Vodka cocktails and Swanson Vineyards wines as they saluted “Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde.”

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Ahna O’Reilly, Brad Goreski, Deborah Lloyd

Paula Carano, Deepa Pakianathan

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VERA WANG + HAL RUBENSTEIN Honoring Hal Rubenstein for his new book, 100 Unforgettable Dresses, gown guru Vera Wang joined guests at chef David Myers’ WeHo brasserie Comme Ça.

Katherine Ross

Jessica Alba

BRAD GORESKI + KATE SPADE NY Kate Spade NY President and Creative Director Deborah Lloyd invited Brad Goreski’s celebrity clientele and friends to toast his print debut, Born to be Brad. Servers at Sunset Tower dressed in colorful bow ties, Chuck Taylors and Hudson denim as a nod to the stylist’s signature look.

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CHANEL Madeo Los Angeles set the scene for Chanel’s annual pre-Oscars dinner with media entrepreneur Charles Finch. A who’s-who of film and fashion showed up to mix and mingle before the most anticipated night of awards season.

WOMEN IN FILM Diane Kruger

Shiva Rose, Kirsty Hume

Perrier-Jouët, Max Mara and M.A.C. joined Women in Film’s Cathy Schulman and Academy Award-winner Gwyneth Paltrow at Cecconi’s West Hollywood to celebrate this year’s nominated leading ladies—both on-screen and behind the scenes.

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Dior VIII White 33mm automatic with silver opaline dial set with central ring of diamonds, diamond snow-set bezel, and ceramic bracelet, $14,200. Westime, 1227 Prospect St., La Jolla, 858-459-2222; Dejaun, 14006 Riverside Dr., Ste. 35A, Sherman Oaks, 818-783-3960.

BULGARI

Monete handbag in poudre soft-grained calf, and Monete Bucket handbag in clay soft-grained calf, with light gold chain handle and metal coins, $2,300-$2,350.

201 N. Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills; South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa; 800-BVLGARI.

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Baroque Golden South Sea cultured pearl, ďŹ re opal and diamond Phoenix Necklace, $410,000.

9500 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, 310-205-8787; South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, 714-424-5440.

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Deep Sea Vintage Chronograph, $11,200. 9490B Brighton Way, Beverly Hills, 310-734-0525; jaeger-lecoultre.com.

JACOB & CO.

Crystal Watch with natural mother of pearl dial and 7.82 carats, on a leather band, $36,000. Neiman Marcus, 9700 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, 800-365-7989; Westime, 10800 W. Pico Blvd., Ste. 197, Los Angeles, 310-470-1388.

HARRY WINSTON

Ocean Sport Quartz, price upon request.

310 N. Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills, 310-271-8554; South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, 714-371-1910.

POMELLATO

Bahia ring in 18-karat rose gold, London blue topaz and pink sapphires, $10,285. 320 N. Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills, 310-858-1300; Neiman Marcus, 9700 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, 310-550-5900.

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Phillip Lim sandals, $625.

Emporio Armani tote, $1,345. Rag & Bone eyewear, $370, shopbop. com. Balenciaga

by Nicolas Ghesquière bracelet, $415.

Christian Louboutin pumps, $795.

Emporio Armani bracelets, $205 each. Oscar de la Renta sandals, $895. Marni earrings, $280, Neiman Marcus.

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Dries Van Noten sandals, $1,195, Barneys New York.

Valentino Garavani minaudière, $3,695.

Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière Smooth bracelet, price upon request, and Burst bracelet, $595. BaubleBar bib necklace, $134. Jimmy Choo clutch, $3,495.

Bottega Veneta sandals, $680.

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by Linda Farrow Projects sunglasses, $430. Alexandra Von Furstenberg Trillion acrylic side table, $9,800.

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fashion Faux pearl earrings, $110, and choker, $195.

HIGH ART “The type of woman I see wearing [this collection] is unique, confident at any age and a lover of art,” says L.A.-based jeweler Victor Velyan of the abstract-glam baubles for summer in his signature assemblage of raw gemstones and diamonds.

From $3,500; victorvelyan.com.

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frican jade, petrified wood and even hand-carved woolly mammoth tusk are just a few of the new materials British eyewear doyenne Linda Farrow experimented with when designing signature specs for Oscar de la Renta this spring. The house’s extensive line of costume jewelry informed the nine Old Hollywood looks—channel the glamour with a pair of your own. $530-$1,060; lindafarrowgallery.com.

SNEAK ATTACK In honor of the sneaker brand’s centennial, fashion sensation The Row has joined with Superga to produce a classic lace-up in neutral canvas and cashmere styles. $190; Neiman Marcus.

Charmed Wren’s Melissa Coker and Fallon’s Dana Lorenz are longtime friends (they both grew up on Chicago’s North Shore and met in their twenties while living and working in New York), so it’s about time the clothing designer and jeweler teamed up on a short-run collection. The four pieces debuted during Spring/Summer fashion week in a short film by Gia Coppola in collaboration with Lula Magazine’s Leith Clark.

From $110; wrenstudio.com.

BEVERLY HILLS

Fresh Finery Tanzanite ring, price upon request.

Italian jeweler Pomellato is adding to 2007’s Pom Pom haute joaillerie collection with daring and unconventional settings. The recently opened boutique in B.H. will be first worldwide to carry these one-of-a-kind baubles. 320 N. Rodeo Dr., B.H., 310-858-1300.

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Chestnut aviators, $1,030.

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Taking Strides Jimmy Choo’s enchanting new outpost is a platform for success

Black Linda sandals, $695.

Stepping into a pair of Jimmy Choo stilettos is a fashion enthusiast’s rite of passage, established long before Carrie’s “Lost Choo” episode in “Sex and the City.” Now, the British accessories brand has opened its premiere free-standing boutique in San Francisco, marking its sixth California location. “We consider the new store to be our jewel box,” says CEO Joshua Schulman, “with a high level of personal service.” The intimate Union Square space echoes the brand’s sensibility with crystal chandeliers, lush tufted seating and mirrored tables. A series of ’40-esque boudoirs highlight a colorful, progressive selection tailored for the west-coast client.

Standouts—such as the Verena black-suede wedge sandals, and the Mini Tube mirrored clutch—will be available along with exclusives like the glittering Tyler iPad case in salt and pepper. 166 Geary St., S.F.; jimmychoo.com.

LOS ANGELES

Jeweled jeans, $2,250, Nordstrom.

J Brand has paired up with U.K.-based designer Christopher Kane for another go after the recent success of the L.A.-meetsLondon resort collaboration.

Look for variations on simple silhouettes, from embellished shorts and classic jeans to powder-blue jackets à la Naomi Campbell, circa 1990. $225-$2,250; nordstrom.com.

TIMELY, TIMELESS Continuing its golden-anniversary celebration, Valentino is set to release a 50-piece capsule collection that’s ever-so-modern. For a walk on the wild side, try pairing the sleek Zebra-pattern cape in double cashmere with a high-shine black leather Chelsea boot and panther-graphic silk scarf. 360 N. Rodeo Dr., B.H., 310-247-0103.

Jaguarprint coat, $3,290.

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SHOE-IN What better way for Florentine mainstay Salvatore Ferragamo to herald its arrival in San Diego than by piling on the moda? At the Fashion Valley boutique, summer’s tropical must-haves are offered in a soft, champagne-hued environment adorned with custom Italian furniture and Mondrian walnut.

Fashion Valley Mall, 7007 Friars Rd., S.D.; ferragamo.com.

Color-blocked suede bag, $1,390, and orange sandals, $550.

Midnight clutch, $180.

BEVERLY HILLS

With a new N.Y. flagship in place, Beverly Hills couple Michel and Sally Perrin continue to expand French leather goods brand Perrin Paris 1893— mixing unmistakable traditional elegance with a bit of edge.

346 N. Beverly Dr., B.H., 310-786-9936; perrinparis.com.

WELL IN HAND For L.A.-based handbag line R.B. of McD’s latest take on the motorcycle wallet, Creative Director John McDavid Lehman III accented supple leather with a seasonal marine palette.

What’s more, it easily doubles as a pochette. $180-$1,180; rbofmcd.com.

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Northern Lights From her Sonoma County studio’s carved-wood Moroccan design table, jewelry designer Robindira Unsworth is turning out exotic new hammered gold vermeil earrings and bangles—totally in line with spring’s delicate textures. robindira.com.

Tan clutch, $995.

Stone earrings, $375, Margaret O’Leary, S.M., 310-496-1800.

VENICE

Time Traveler For La Mer Collections’ summer release, designer Martine Llana drew from her recent excursions to Croatian beaches and Paris proper. Fittingly, new styles range from chunky sportif classics to the electric-hued wrap versions of the popular watch named after her homebase of Venice. $90-$1,450; lamercollections.com.

Lucite watch, $150.

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Gold, white and rose gold bracelets, from $6,250.

Cartier brings back the basics this spring with a relaunch of Juste un Clou, wrap-nail bangles cast in yellow, white and rose gold (as is or with diamond accents).

Though originally conceived

by Aldo Cipullo in 1970s New York to reflect the lighthearted and rebellious Studio 54 vibe, past those disco days, now think of it as a refined display of your inner wild child.

370 N. Rodeo Dr., B.H., 310-275-4272; cartier.com.

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For Guess’ 30th-anniversary capsule collection, the L.A. denim line has combined vintage washes with classic cuts—like the high-waisted cigarette jeans Claudia Schiffer donned as she skyrocketed to supermodel status. $39-$138; guess.com.

White Eva floral jeans, $138 (worn by Eva Herzigova in 1992). ABOVE The ’90s campaigns (here, Schiffer) also make an encore this season.

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HIGH DRAMA

Full-force femininity is in bloom as Roberto Cavalli gives his L.A. home a facelift

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evered by L.A.’s glam-boho set for his couture-like workmanship and hyper-hued prints, Florentine designer Roberto Cavalli has carved out a specific niche for sartorial trailblazers. This season, he has transformed his Rodeo flagship with Baroque-style mirrors in the VIP room, crystal cubes to show off bags and, in true Cavalli style, armchairs upholstered in snakeskin printed leather. “The Beverly Hills client is very glamorous,” says Cavalli, who naturally has an affinity with the SoCal habitué. “The experience of luxury begins Roberto the moment the customer steps through Cavalli the door.” In addition to women’s prêt-à-porter collections and accessories, the store will also house the brand’s expanded men’s collection and exclusive items for the newborn. 362 N. Rodeo Dr., B.H., 310-276-6006; robertocavalli.com.

Spring Summer 2012 looks.

Gold pumps, $1,785.

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Bold Strokes David Yurman returns to his roots for a redesign of the Rodeo Drive boutique

Ceramic watch, $3,400.

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aving spent his formative years as a sculptor in Big Sur and San Francisco, fine jeweler David Yurman reopens his Beverly Hills flagship this month with a nostalgic concept: an artist’s atelier. For the first time, the designer will display his paintings and sculptures, plus those by his wife (and creative collaborator), Sybil.

“It’s a gallery of sorts,” says Yurman, whose 32-year-old jewelry business is best known for mixing metals and that classic twisted-cable motif. “The jewelry is really the expressive form of our combined art. I wanted to include my direct-weld sculptures—an immediate, fluid way of shaping a metal form directly with heat. Much of our jewelry is derived from this technique.”

The renovation by architecture firm Gabellini Sheppard Associates more than doubled the store’s size with marble flooring, walnut countertops and trevira wall coverings. Not to be outshone by its new digs is the collection itself—pieces created exclusively for the west coast include statement-makers such as a Moonlight Ice Cable bracelet with Blue Topaz; Three-drop Starburst earrings; and the new Men’s Spiritual Bead bracelets with black and white pavé diamonds, pavé color-change garnets and pavé blue sapphires. 371 N. Rodeo Dr., B.H., 310-888-8618; davidyurman.com.

Tourmaline and sapphire Lagoon ring.

Diamond bracelet.

Three-drop Starburst earrings.

STRINGS ATTACHED “I needed travel pouches to hold my rings and cards,” explains L.A. jewelry designer Jacquie Aiche of what would become her “accidental” new line. The functional-chic clutches and shoulder bags debut this spring in an array of rich shades and python or crocodile textures. jacquieaiche.com.

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Python clutch, $1,500, Madison.

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Arunashi necklace, Neiman Marcus.

Bulgari High Jewelry earrings, price upon request.

Neiman Marcus for Forevermark earrings, price upon request.

Mikimoto ring, $7,400.

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Shiva Rose in her garden. LOWER Greek Taverna feta cheese, Hepp’s Salt, raw goat’s milk yogurt. LOWER RIGHT Farmer Ground flour, Fat Uncle Farms almonds, California Olive Ranch oil, Artisana walnut butter and coconut oil, Hepp’s Salt Barrel roasted garlic salt.

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o visit the Pacific Palisades abode of actress-cum-lifestyle blogger Shiva Rose is to step into a rustic bohemian wonderland. Kundalini music streams throughout the house as the lovely hostess whips up a homemade brew of Rooibos tea with Manuka honey. Rabbits and chickens roost in the garden, where the offerings span from sweet peas to blackberries. The conversation skips from Rose’s Buddhist practice to her latest panacea—coconut oil—to talk of the house’s coming members: a raven and a colony of bees.

The mother-of-two (daughters are Colette, 15, and Charlotte, 6) shares this idyllic tableau in blog form on her holistic site The Local Rose, launched in February of last year.

“I like to get on soap boxes—I have an activist nature,” says the free-spirited Persian American, revealing her doublearrest record for protesting during the Iraq War. “I realized

NATURAL FAVORITES ● Rodin Olio Lusso Body Oil, $110 So luxurious—like something women in the Harem would put on after a bath. ● Nude Advanced Cellular Renewal Moisturiser, $92 For dry skin, it seems to penetrate thoroughly. ● La Bella Figura Barbary Fig Renewal Serum, $125 It reverses

I could bring about change by raising awareness—presenting an alternative to people.” Described by Rose as “a hippie Goop” (Gwyneth Paltrow’s website), the blog examines all aspects of living: health-conscious recipes (think drunken French lentils and pear-marzipan pie); bespoke teepees; non-toxic hair salons; and artisanal wood nymph fashion, for starters.

“I have girlfriends who laugh at me, like, ‘You’re putting guava on your face?’ But you don’t have to lose glamour or the ability for something to work just because it’s natural.

On the contrary, it can work better,” says the star of an upcoming John Steinbeck adaptation at Venice’s Pacific Resident Theater.

The eco-evangelist also has a book in the works and a perfume oil with Chicago-based La Bella Figura launching soon.

The central note? Persian rose, naturally. thelocalrose.com. •

Shiva Rose Shares Her Beauty Secrets environmental damage, lightens dark spots and nourishes the skin. ● RMS Beauty Cosmetics, $28 Rose-Marie Swift does a whole natural makeup line with an amazing new gold shimmer eye shadow (Solar). ● Arcona Mandarin Brightening Peel, $78 The all-enzyme based peel literally takes away

the spots on your face.

with wakame.

● Simply Divine Botanicals Gypsy Rose Tea, $30 Inspired by a 1,500-year-old formula made for the queen of Hungary, this toner eliminates blemishes and minimizes pores.

● Komenuka Bijin Original Daily Hair Shampoo, $44 It’s made out of rice bran, has no parabens and makes your hair really silky.

● Sai-Sei Mineral Seaweed Bath Crystals, $34 I gift this to everyone. They’re from Japan and infused

● Vered Anti-Aging Face Treatment Oil, $118 I use the oil in the daytime and evening, and all over the decolletage as well.

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Le Feu Bleu Nuit candle.

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t’s not often you hear of candle makers looking to Grace Kelly, Chanel nail lacquer and Rodarte sketches for inspiration, but for graphic and textile designer Wendy Polish and makeup artist Jo Strettell, founders of L.A. line Le Feu de L’eau (The Fire of The Water), storyboards are key. As creative types, “This process of gathering information is very important to us,” says Strettell.

Their freeform candles are sculpted underwater and come in six blends such as Musk|Smoke or Black & Red Currant. $55; Lost & Found, L.A.; lefeudeleau.com. lefeudeleau.com

Kristie Streicher.

BELOW Aforé, $45, streicher beautybar.com.

$15, sephora.com.

BRIGHT LIGHTS British nail care brand Ciaté hits the Golden State this season in an array of electric hues, from Cupcake Queen (a delicious fuchsia) to Mistress (a glam red).

LOS ANGELES

PRIMED FOR PRIMPING Brooklyn salon and apothecary Woodley & Bunny has landed on the west coast to bring a perfectly curated selection of global goodies in addition to salon services such as haircuts, brow shaping and power facials. 8318 ½ W. 3rd St., L.A., 323-951-9906; woodleyandbunny.com.

Oil Slick Long before brow master Kristie Streicher launched her L.A. beauty bar, she concocted her own blend of virgin organic Moroccan argan and aloe vera oil to soothe skin and soften hair pre-tweezing.

At the demand of clients, Aforé is available starting this month.

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emorial Day just got chicer with a new limitededition Kate Spade and Shutters on the Beach meet-up. The Bon Shopper collaboration, a graphic tote made of Florence Broadhurst-print cotton, is the ideal size for seaside essentials. What’s more, for après-sun, One spa at the resort now offers an array of treatments using N.Y.-based cult-hit Red Flower and products by Omorovicza. shuttersbeachstyle.com.

Red Flower is part of the revamped menu at One spa.

The Bon Shopper Solar print, $198.

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n early 2010, Chris Miller traded his house in the Hollywood Hills, where he’d lived for 10 years, for an eighth-floor two-bedroom rental in L.A.’s iconic El Royale building, a skyline landmark where an eclectic bunch of celebrities, directors and industry execs have hung their hats since 1929. “That home had 360-degree views and a swimming pool,” he says. “I downsized in a way that makes me much happier.” (Besides, if the Flower Films co-president and Revolver bar co-owner is in the mood for a dip, he can head to his place in Palm Springs.)

Who would decorate his new abode? Ruthie Sommers, designer of East Coast-chic-meets-West Coast boho interiors, of course. The two have been good friends since Miller and Drew Barrymore (his production colleague) stumbled upon her now-shuttered store, Chapman Radcliff, a few years back.

Sommers ended up designing their offices as well as Barrymore’s home.

Miller’s apartment was very much a collaboration. “Chris would text me about a chair while he was in a meeting,” she laughs. Before Miller moved in, he and Sommers made some changes, installing pristine marble countertops in the kitchen and painting the walls and cabinets a cool lime green. The floors were finished in black-and-white, peel-and-stick vinyl. In fact, this cheap-and-cheerful, high-low mix is representative of the whole dwelling. Sommers brought in a cozy sofa she already had and reupholstered it in luxe, orange French velvet; underfoot is a rug purchased at Sotheby’s Sunset auction for $250; there’s a Story & Clark baby grand piano—“a splurge after producing Whip It.” Views from the master bedroom, complete with a John Saladino bed, stretch north to the Hollywood sign and south to downtown. The result is swell; the place looks like Miller has lived there forever. Most important, he says, “It’s somewhere I can come home to at night and feel comfortable.” •

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SLEEP WELL New from Rose Tarlow for spring: the dreamy Pencil Post canopy bed.

Handmade in Los Angeles, it features an upholstered headboard and is finished in a tête-de-nègre crackled lacquer (also available in mahogany).

To the trade; 8540 Melrose Ave., L.A., 323-651-2202; rosetarlow.com.

Smart Set Former Rug Company exec Tim Gledhill recently launched Huddleson, his L.A. line of Italian linen tablecloths, runners, placemats and napkins embellished with whimsical and artistic digital prints (drifting flowers and feathers; Rothko-esque motifs). Need something specially tailored to a room or event? He’ll custom create any design. From $95; huddlesonlinens.com.

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Joining the ranks of California’s organic bedding makers is Anaheim’s Live Good. All items are sourced and crafted in the U.S., including soft sheets and duvet covers for grownups—plus sweet baby pillows. livegoodinc.com.

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STREET PARTY Decorators and decor enthusiasts will descend upon L.A.’s La Cienega Design Quarter this month for the district’s three-day Legends 2012 celebration, “Windows to the World.” May 9-11; lcdqla.com.

Baby pillow, $80.

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ollaborating with the Republic of Fritz Hansen, Danish designer Arne Jacobsen debuted the Series 7 in 1955. The contoured veneer became an instant pinnacle of simplicity—just before he hatched the equally iconic egg chair. Now, those undulating tops make waves with spring’s release of nine new colors and woods. fritzhansen.com.

$498-$3,400; Jules Seltzer Associates, L.A.

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Is it sculpture or furniture? Open Claude & FrançoisXavier Lalanne, a sumptuous compendium of the French designers’ works, and discover both. From François’ hippo bar to Claude’s crocodile bench, everything is captured in lush detail at Les Lalannes’ Ury studio by the couple’s longtime gallerist, Paul Kasmin. $60; rizzoliusa.com.

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The Point Reyes collection.

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When they brought the twice-fired ceramics to the California Cactus Center for staging (the art of “marrying the plant to the vessel”), the Pasadena nursery loved the handnumbered prototypes, and so did Potted in Atwater Village. Now joining Esther Studios’ Big Sur stripes is a matte set in bone-white and black, and a Point Reyes colorway—“a bit darker and moodier,” explains Siegrist. Plus, look for another bright idea: lamp bases available at Peter Dunham’s Hollywood at Home. From $34; estherstudios.com.

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$2,345; available at DWR; dwr.com.

• CALISTOGA Forni-Brown Gardens annual sale. Through May 26; 707-9426123. • SAN FRANCISCO Botanical Garden annual spring sale. May 4-5; sfbotanicalgarden.org. • MONTEREY Secret Gardens of Old Monterey opens for the season. May 1; 831-649-7118.

TAKING IT OUTSIDE

From $75, 310-453-3311; lillabello.com.

Le Corbusier once said: “Chairs are architecture; sofas are bourgeois.” He’d be proud: Next up in this season’s lineup of design classics rethought for backyard use: Le Corbusier’s tubular Basculant LC1 by Cassina.

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For a casual housewarming gift, like this contemporary vessel of hydrangea, succulents, hypericum and berzillia berries, and cymbidium orchids, venture to Lilla Bello Studio, now relocated to Santa Monica gallery complex Bergamot Station. 2525 Michigan Ave., S.M.

THE C LIST GETTING THE DIRT ON L.A. “It was like a sequel to 27 Dresses,” says Mary Seidel of new floral company Poppies and Peonies. “Having made unique arrangements for so many friends’ engagement parties, showers and weddings, strangers started asking me for my card.” Here, Seidel shares three favorite go-tos: • L.A. FLOWER “MART” It opens at 2 a.m. and to the public at 6 a.m. Ranunculus and hydrangea are fresher here than at the farmers’ market. laflowerdistrict.com.

• Mercury glass, curry-colored milk glass and old blue-glass inkwells—all great as vases.

For finding antiques, OLDE GOOD THINGS downtown is great. ogtstore.com. • The poppies bloom over the fields in ANTELOPE VALLEY now— it looks like The Wizard of Oz. parks.ca.gov. 323-710-9809.

Poppies and Peonies’ Mary Seidel

WRITTEN BY ALISON CLARE STEINGOLD. LILLA BELLO STUDIO: MIMI HADDON. POPPIES AND PEONIES (2): ANDRE VIPPOLIS. ESTHER STUDIOS: STEVE SIEGRIST

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Rivaling California’s obsession with Dungeness crab, to try the sweet, scallop-like abalone warrants a notch in a true Golden Stater’s belt. Abalone has been harvested in the rocky kelp reaching from Baja to Oregon since the prehispanic Ohlone. What was once plentiful now dwindles; gone are the halcyon days of “ab-grabbing” and beach barbecues. >> written and edited by alison Clare steingold may 2012

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Size limits and allowances accommodate for the mollusk’s slow reproduction cycle, overfishing and poaching (estimated at 200,000 creatures annually). ear the ragged coves of what’s now Point Lobos State National Reserve, you’ll find iridescent remnants suggesting the location of California’s first abalone cannery (1899-1928).

Commercial diving, too, closed in 1997, but the moratorium has actually pushed aquaculturing forward. Farms along the coast are now the lone places in CA to purchase the meat (about $20/pound). Large outfits like The Abalone Farm in Cayucos and Cultured Abalone in Goleta, for

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The chef de cuisine was inspired to prepare a seaweed butter as accompaniment to the “textural, slightly crispy and chewy” seafood he’s known since the Superbowl parties of his NorCal youth.

However scarce, you don’t have to visit these gastroCimarusti’s nomic wonderlands to smoked experience local legend. panna cotta, Monterey A short drive from that abalone, original cannery, at Pesgeoduck clam, cured cadero haven Duarte’s sea trout.

Tavern, around since 1894, you can’t beat a fried abalone-steak sandwich. •

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Mixed Well

Along with indie shops dedicated to beauty, green living and denim, the gourmet purveyors that have been opening doors since February at The OC Mart Mix are housed in an airy mini-complex with ample seating and a mellow, Ferry Building vibe.

After a rosetta-topped cappuccino at Portola Coffee Lab, shoppers can source everything from pantry goods to party indulgences: cold-pressed oil straight from the fusti at We Olive; piment d’espelette at Savory Spice Shop; scoops of chocolate sorbet from Scandinavian-byway-of-Abbot Kinney gelato maker N’ice Cream; and bacon jam at The Cheese Shop (same owners as San Clemente’s Cellar). What’s more—SOCO Collection offers the most resourceful use of a parking lot yet: the Saturday morning Farmers’ Market. South Coast Collection, 3313 Hyland Ave., C.M., theocmartmix.com.

ABOVE The roaster at Portola Coffee Lab. BELOW The Cheese Shop carries everything from Mast Brothers Chocolate to Cowgirl Creamery’s finest.

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WINE + DINE San Diegans shouldn’t have all the fun.

At least, that’s what Cucina Urbana proprietors Urban Kitchen Group were thinking when opening Cucina Enoteca earlier this spring at the Irvine Spectrum. The S.D. restaurant’s sister eatery takes on boho Cal-Ital with porchetta, polenta boards and taleggio pizza topped with melted leeks and mushrooms. And Nero d’Avola isn’t the only thing for sale; here, the unique furnishings, from the tangerine-hued Bend chairs to the burlap pillows, are also on the menu. 31 Fortune Dr., Irvine, 949-861-2222; cucinaenoteca.com.

Get ready for Auction Napa Valley—four juicy days of eBidding, vintner dinner parties (check out Joshua Skenes at Oakville’s Gargiulo Vineyards) and Saturday’s gavel gathering for big-ticket items like cases of Bond and paintings by Lygia Chappellet. May 31-June 2; auctionnapavalley.org.

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Hungry Like the Wolf

SMOKING SECTION The maison of Saint-Louis takes an architectural edge with its new Oxymore stemware in misty grays and cobalt blues.

Available at Gearys Beverly Hills; saint-louis.com.

Former Quince pastry chef William Werner brings modern patisserie Craftsman and Wolves to the Mission this May 15. Those who recall his Tell Tale Preserve Company’s “Rebel Within” egg-stuffed savory muffin can expect the same off-the-wall creativity as well as a partnership with boutique label Naivetea. 746 Valencia St., S.F.; craftsmanwolves.com.

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Malted milk, almonds, chocolate, caramel and smoked-marshmallow cube cake.

Flannel gray hock, $265.

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ehind the See’s Candies retail cottage perched awkwardly on L.A.’s La Cienega Boulevard, two giant towers—each filled with 80,000 pounds of Guittard chocolate—stand like steam stacks as workers arrive in the cooler wee hours.

Past security, recognizable scents mingle at stations: fresh roasting almonds for California Brittle; molasses for honeycomb-like chips; peppermint for patties. A shockingyellow machine (aptly named Tweety) measures molten butter, sugar, corn syrup and peanuts, then flips and flattens the batter with its spatula-like arm. On parallel conveyer belts, thousands of candies bask under waterfalls of tri-color chocolates, dry off, and go in for another dip in the enrobing room. Here, Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance trained for the 1952 episode of “I Love Lucy” wherein the comediennes, on the assembly line, wrap chocolates at breakneck pace—hilariously stuffing them into their hats, shirts and mouths.

Employees—many of whom have been there for more than 40 years—don crisp white coats as they pack and quality-check. Is it 1957? ’86? 2012?

The scene isn’t far, or far removed, from the historic first store on 135 Western Avenue and second at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre (look for a pop-up through June 30 at adjacent Hollywood & Highland).

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The Latitude of Local

The lounge at Parallel 37.

A fixture in NorCal fine dining since his beginnings as the French Laundry’s original sous-chef, Ron Siegel now uncovers CA flavors (candy-cap fungi, elder flower) at the renovated Parallel 37, set in the grand Nob Hill Ritz-Carlton. Not so peckish?

Settle into an ikat-upholstered wing chair with concoctions of house made hibiscus bitters and Fernet Branca by bar star Camber Lay. 600 Stockton St., S.F., 415-773-6168; parallel37sf.com.

HISTORIC PHOTOS: COURTESY OF SEE’S CANDIES. CANDY: JACKIE GOODLIN (7)

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FROM TOP Chocolates are inspected by hand—to this day.

During war years, ingredient scarcity led to candy rationing (and long queues).

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uests arrive by way of mahogany motorboat to the lauded Hotel Cipriani, tucked away on Italy’s Giudecca Island. Since 1958, the crème de la crème of European and Hollywood royalty have reposed by the legendary pool—the grande dame of the property (and one of very few in Venice)—and recharged in one of the 79 handsomely-appointed suites.

The breathtaking vistas are matched only by the secret

gardens, where hosted picnics, plein air painting and the floral scents of the old city beckon with tranquility.

On the deck at Cip’s Club, overlooking the lagoon and Piazza San Marco, nothing rivals an elegant dinner bookended with Cipriani’s famed Bellini cocktail and a Buona Notte—a nightcap named after frequent visitor George Clooney’s film Good Night, and Good Luck. Those who get to partake are lucky, indeed. hotelcipriani.com. •

Hotel Cipriani’s private boat, Shirley, makes the four-minute crossing to the heart of the city as well as jaunts to glass-makers’ paradise Murano and Byzantine-era Torcello. edited by jenny mUrray may 2012

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FROM TOP Longchamp tote, $775, South Coast Plaza, 714-436-1963.

Reed Krakoff bag, $4,990, Saks Fifth Avenue; reedkrakoff.com.

Bottega Veneta tote, $7,800, 212-371-5511; bottegaveneta.com.

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Perfect Pairings Now at Montage Beverly Hills, under-the-radar £10 lounge has partnered with Lalique for refined crystal design such as Mossi votives and Owl decanters, while the chic new Parq Bar features evening performances by local musicians. montagebeverlyhills.com.

FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS With names like HKG and DXB, Parisian perfumer Gerald Ghislain’s new line, The Scent of Departure, evokes jet-set destinations around the globe.

VOYAGE

The double-decker, wide-body Air France Airbus A380—complete with six bars and new noise-reduction technology—begins twice-daily non-stop service from Los Angeles International to Paris-Charles de Gaulle on May 28. Get the Louis Vuitton travel-set ready. airfrance.com.

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ith nearly a century of service under its PARIS, FRANCE <<< belt, the Hôtel Plaza Athénée remains one of the world’s most romantic destinations, marrying traditional Parisian luxury with modern finesse. Set in the eighth arrondissement, the boutique hotel’s guestrooms showcase Louis XVI- and Art Deco-inspired decor and overlook the famed La Cour Jardin, a geranium-adorned setting for summer cocktails or dinner al fresco.

Two musts: a trip to the Dior Institut spa for its decadent L’or de Vie facial—just before taking in Le Bar du Plaza Athénée and its vibrant, fashionable scene. plaza-athenee-paris.com.

Haute Palace

LAX, $45; thescentofdeparture.com.

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ortunately, South Coast Plaza brought me to

SHOW STOPPER We are so fortunate to have Segerstrom Center for the Arts (714-556-2787). I love to attend a Pacific Symphony concert, see a Broadway show at Segerstrom Hall or a first-run play at South Coast Repertory (714-708-5555).

coastal O.C. more than 12 years ago,” says Executive Director of Marketing Debra Gunn Downing. “It’s like living in a sophisticated slice of beach paradise.” RISE AND SHINE Alta Coffee Shop (506 31st St., N.B., 949-675-0233) is a little

bohemian cafe. I order the hot six-grain cereal and a vanilla chai latte. FRESH FINDS The Corona del Mar Farmers’ Market (949-361-0735) is part of my Saturday morning ritual. The flowers, artisanal honey and the guacamole from the Salsa Guy are not to be missed. HE’S A CATCH James Hamamori at Hamamori Restaurant & Sushi Bar (3333 Bear St., C.M., 714-850-0880) is one of the top sushi chefs in the area. His omakase is the best. GUILTY

planting materials and a full-service landscape department—

PLEASURE A white cake donut with chocolate icing at Seaside

all on a rambling property—make Rogers Gardens (2301 San

Donuts (2108 W. Oceanfront, N.B., 949-675-2533). CHEERS

Joaquin Hills Rd., C.D.M., 949-640-5800) the Hermès of horticulture.

Hi-Time Wine Cellars (250 Ogle St., C.M., 949-650-8463) is

CLEAR YOUR MIND I walk the beach from the Wedge on the Balboa

a beloved institution with every imaginable wine and spirit—plus

Peninsula to the Balboa Pier at least once a week. NIRVANA I’m

a lively tasting bar, too. PICNIC We bring our own small grill,

addicted to Bikram Yoga at The Camp (2937 Bristol St., Ste. A200,

turkey burgers and a great bottle of wine to watch the sunset at Old

C.M., 714-429-7900). RESTORE Spa Nordstrom (714-549-8300) at

Man’s Beach (San Onofre), below the windswept bluffs. FLORA +

SCP is a hidden gem on the fourth level. HAIRSPRAY Richard

FAUNA Classical music, incredible garden design, furniture, gifts,

Michael at the Aveda Salon (714-427-0407) is the go-to for Newport

CAFFEINE FIX The beans at Portola Coffee Lab (3313 Hyland Ave., C.M., 949-284-0596) are all roasted in-house.

Beach hipsters and socialites alike. WEEKENDER The beautiful Montage Laguna Beach (30801 S. Coast Hwy., L.B., 866-271-6953) is just minutes from home. • Pacific Symphony with Carl St. Clair.

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Ed Ruscha, Rebel, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 24 inches, Courtesy of the artist.

JAMES FRANCO DOUGLAS GORDON HARMONY KORINE

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Founded after a Mount St. Mary’s college professor attended a series of intimate music salons in italy, the 39-year-old Da Camera Society matches the mood of iconic Socal architecture with distinctive period performances. this May, unearth Mozart at the 1925 Park Plaza grand Ballroom in hollywood, jazz piano on the deco-styled rMS Queen Mary in long Beach, and ancient chants at St. Sophia greek orthodox cathedral in l.a.’s Byzantine-latino Quarter—for the echoes of another era. dacamera.org.

Marco Borggreve

Stile Antico, a British ensemble of Renaissance singers, performs at St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral in L.A.’s Historic Adams District. written and edited By elizaBeth Khuri chandler may 2012

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Fancy Fingers At 16, Malibu native Andrew von Oeyen made his concert piano debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. This month, the globetrotting 32-year-old returns to join the Pacific Symphony for a program of Prangcharoen’s competitionwinning Sattha for strings, piano and percussion (inspired by the 2004 tsunami), Mendelssohn, and Schubert. May 10-12; pacificsymphony.org.

HUMBOLDT COUNTY

Sculpture a-Go-Go Back in 1969, pre-Burning Man, a showdown between two artists along Ferndale’s Main Street spawned The Kinetic Grand Championship.

Human-powered vehicles embark on three days of bicycling over 42 miles of variegated terrain and stormy seas.

What’s now dubbed the Triathlon of the Art World awards prizes for breaking down, flipping and the big one: mediocrity. May 26-29; kineticgrandchampionship.com.

The traveling troupe was founded at Dartmouth College in 1971.

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SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL

Orange County gets a front-row seat to the appendage-scrambling, acrobatic poetry of Pilobolus, a company known for gutsy collaborations with everyone from puppeteer Basil Twist to children’s book luminary Maurice Sendak. May 17-19; thebarclay.org.

For those who experienced the infamous Bay Area Loma Prieta quake in 1989, a repeat performance is probably not on your bucket list. But the California Academy of Sciences’ latest exhibition, Earthquake, offers a panoply of ways to understand the phenomenon that is simply part of life in the Golden State. Opening May 26; calacademy.org.

ANDREW VON OEYEN: CAPITAL CONCERTS. KINETIC RACE: TINA KERRIGAN. EARTHQUAKE: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. PILOBOLUS: JOHN KANE/PILOBOLUS

This year, von Oeyen will tour with Sarah Chang as well as release a solo album.

Botanical curator Alice Eastwood surveys Point Reyes after the 1906 earthquake.

STOP—and head to the Frieze Fair on New York’s Randall’s Island. Previously exclusive to London, the event has commissioned eight artists for the project, including Boyle Heights rogue Joel Kyack.

May 4-7; friezenewyork.com.

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sketch of Zerlina.

Rodarte’s Kate and Laura Mulleavy.

Gustavo Dudamel.

Frank Gehry.

Opera in the City of Angels hits a high note this month LBO has a reputation for daring productions.

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Held at Disney Hall with sets by spatial maestro Frank Gehry and costumes by the intrepid Mulleavy sisters of Rodarte, Mozart’s rendition of a lothario with lady problems gets an only-in-this-city treatment with exuberant conductor Gustavo Dudamel. May 18-26; laphil.com.

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Young married couple Ailyn Pérez and Stephen Costello stars at the Music Center in the uber-popular version of Puccini’s La Bohème by Herbert Ross (filmmaker behind Steel Magnolias and Footloose). Houston Opera Music Director Patrick Summers leads the run. May 12-June 2; laopera.com.

The Industry, Yuval Sharon’s experimental company, debuts with a “hyperopera,” a “mega-collaboration” across different disciplines. Crescent City juxtaposes sets by six L.A.-based artists, music by avant-garde composer Anne LeBaron and a libretto by Douglas Kearney. Expect a simmering smash of technology, structure, words and sound. May 10-27; theindustryla.org.

The toy vendor Parpignol in Act II.

Opera singer Timur (left), of Timur and the Dime Museum, performs in Crescent City.

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Andy Warhol’s Liz, estimate $25,000-$35,000.

LONG BEACH OPERA: KEITH IAN POLAKOFF. ZERLINA CONCEPT DESIGN: KATE AND LAURA MULLEAVY OF RODARTE. RODARTE: AUTUMN DE WILDE. TIMUR AND THE DIME MUSEUM: SANDRA POWERS. LOS ANGELES OPERA: ROBERT MILLARD. ARTWORK: LOS ANGELES MODERN AUCTIONS (2)

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Long Beach Opera takes on Grammy-winning classical composer Osvaldo Golijov’s first opera in a SoCal debut that weaves the Argentine’s dramatic, tango-influenced score with librettist David Henry Hwang’s poetics. Ainadamar (“fountain of tears” in Arabic) is a study in 1930s fascist tragedy. May 20, 26; longbeachopera.org.

Roy Lichtenstein’s Thunderbolt, estimate $80,000-$100,000.

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Fortune Tellers With a blend of tech and wild NorCal inspiration, the duo at Future Cities Lab designs for a new age

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n a small machine-shop studio overlooking the San Francisco Bay, two young builders plot their version of Utopia, a series of complex ideas often revolving around natural phenomena such as hot springs. Blueprints by Nataly Gattegno and Jason Kelly Johnson of Future Cities Lab have already garnered real-world acclaim from as far afield as Greece and as close as SFMOMA, where their latest model, Hydramax, a prototype of an avant-garde pier set 100 years ahead, is part of the current Buckminster Fuller exhibition.

When the married couple talks about their profession, the word “hybrid” is tossed out a lot; a mix of “architects,” “technologists,” “artists,” “craftsmen.” They’re interested in how the tentacles of architecture extend into other formats. “We like to hijack things that already exist,” explains the Cambridge-educated Gattegno.

For example, the Hydramax model borrows from Miga Motors, a company that developed a new kind of motor for satellites in space. That innovation helps Hydramax bridge the interstices between earth and water, powering fan-like structures that extend from the roof when the fog bank rolls in. These “fog-feathers” harvest mist to run an internal Aquaponic system—first using water for tanks to grow fish protein, then to fertilize plant fields. The other components are also sensitive to the outside environment—even pier floors float in reaction to rising sea levels. “We see buildings becoming responsive and robotic, and places such as S.F.’s ports

becoming productive again,” says Johnson.

This theme of using technology as interplay with environment is an overarching motif in their work, which at this point remains mostly in plan form or as art. “Our relationship with nature should be soft and porous and reactive,” says Johnson, who was raised in Canada. For example, recent plans for a hotel within a skyscraper imagined bottom floors for hollowed-out parks and public spaces, re-calibrating microclimates and rooms suspended in hive-like pods above the greenery. Likewise, the stunning Aurora exhibition in New York (2009) explored how ice-floe movement in the Arctic was affected by humans, and through that, a shifting light field.

Trilux, another art installation in Hayes Valley this past fall, used a mash-up of machine-fabricated pieces and handiwork.

“That’s the funny thing about technology; there is definitely a synthetic craft aspect,” adds Johnson. Up next, a sensory-light installation with Philips for San Jose’s September, 2012 Zero1 Biennial, a festival focused on the nexus of arts and technology.

Those who’ve read The Fountainhead are aware that an architect’s career trajectory can be notoriously long and arduous before one’s magnum opus scratches city sightlines, but gratification is nevertheless on the horizon: Gattegno and Johnson are in the midst of proposals for interactive interiors at big-name startups in Silicon Valley (after all, L.A. street artist David Choe was responsible for Facebook’s interior mural and could clear $200 million in the wake of Facebook’s April IPO). Better yet, Greece will break ground on a version of Future Cities Lab’s Thermaespheres in 2015.

The starfish-shaped theater, part of Renzo Piano’s master plan for the new Faliro Park on the coast of Athens, is a bright spot for the embattled country. In true Homeric fashion, the open-air pavilion aims to connect the city back to the wine-dark sea.

“The Utopian Impulse: Buckminster Fuller and the Bay Area,” through July 29; future-cities-lab.net. •

PHOTOS: ZECHARIAH VINCENT. DRAWINGS: FUTURE CITIES LAB

the Hydramax pier, on display at SFMOMA. The Glaciarium, an interactive instrument with a core of ice that starts to melt when a visitor looks at it. The “architects.”

A schematic of their hybrid Super Galaxy hotel and public space.

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t’s Spring Break—the time when most undergraduates depart on their annual rite of passage to Cabo or Cancun for a margarita-induced week of debauchery. Instead, Dakota Fanning, a freshman at NYU’s Gallatin School, and I are having a sober lunch at the Sunset Tower, just down the street from her parents’ house in the Hollywood Hills. Appropriately, we’re discussing why she’ll never be a typical college student: “I’m not going to school for a career. I’m going for my own interest, for myself. I already know what I want to do forever.”

Of course, acting is what she’s done all along.

This summer, she’ll film Very Good Girls—opposite Elizabeth Olsen—a movie about best friends racing to lose their virginity the summer after high school who end up falling in love with the same guy (played by Anton Yelchin). A torrid teenage love triangle? “It’s really the story of girls trying to figure out who they are and what their place in the world is,” Fanning says diplomatically. And how fitting: In reality, Olsen and Fanning both roamed the hallways of Campbell Hall in North Hollywood before matriculating to NYU. (They still share a group of friends.) The two first met when Olsen, four years her senior, was Fanning’s tour guide as an incoming high-schooler. Although there’s no current boyfriend, I ask Fanning if she’s ever had to fight over one in real life. “Maybe. I guess so.”

Did she win? “Yeah,” she giggles.

Fanning was home schooled until eighth grade; for better or worse, the young star spent her formative years on set, where the rules of sharing and problem solving seemed hedged in her favor.

Understandably so—which other six-year-olds do you know have been nominated for a SAG Award? As for “traditional school,” she became a member of the cheerleading squad (“one of the flying ones”), was crowned homecoming queen and graduated with honors last year. In the wake of her 18th birthday, she finds a fresh beginning to an already impossibly charmed life.

“I feel like this new chapter as an adult is almost like starting over,” she says. “That’s the interesting part about getting older in this business. I’m excited to present myself differently.” In Effie, which will be released this fall, Fanning plays a woman— not a child—for the first time. Written by Emma Thompson, the Victorian period piece places Fanning (the only non-Brit cast member) as the title-character wife who receives a hard-won annulment from the hugely influential, yet sexually inept, 18th-century art critic John continued on page 134 Ruskin. “She realized

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“Bruce cleans up the spaces and gives them detail so the result is edited and orderly,” Laman says.

“The home is private and very comfortable.”

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ou can never predict what draws someone to a house. For interior designer Bruce Gregga, it was an exotic street name—China Flat Road—that first intrigued him in the early 1980s.

Three years ago, when he and his partner, William Laman (of the local decor mecca), were looking for a new residence in Montecito, the serendipity of finding a property for sale on that street was irresistible. It helped, too, that the 40-year-old Hollywood Regency-style dwelling had exquisite mountain views and 5,000 square feet of space for the pair’s elegant, varied collection of furniture and art.

But updating was needed. Gregga lengthened the already-tall windows and doors, replastered and moved some walls, and he laid marble underfoot in the entryway and gallery and antique herringbone-patterned wood floors elsewhere. In the living room, he introduced high oval windows, “inspired by Venetian architecture,” and removed extraneous gilt from a fireplace.

“Bruce cleans up the spaces and gives them detail,” Laman says, pointing to an 18th-century Italian table with bone inlay under an arrangement of drawings, across from another table in English Brighton Pavilion style. The result is “edited and orderly,” he says, and while the groupings are formal, the feeling is warm and personal, thanks, no doubt, to the fact the pieces are longtime favorites.

“It’s a collection of things I like,” says Gregga, adding lightly, “We cart the same old junk from house to house.” There’s a Botero oil Gregga bought in 1958 in Mexico, before anyone had heard of the artist, and Russian Constructivist works acquired over a span of 25 years. It’s not the fame of the artist that’s the attraction, Laman notes. For Gregga, it’s the form, texture and time period; Laman has a love of form and whimsy.

“I always wanted to play with furniture,” Gregga adds.

“When I was growing up, my mother would never know where it would be or what color,” because of his early decorating efforts. He went on William Laman and Bruce to a noteworthy career, designing sets and inteGregga with riors for the first Estée Lauder ad campaigns. their Parsons Through his Chicago-based design firm, Jack Russell terrier, Mazie.

Gregga worked with clients like Marshall OPPOSITE A 1926 gouache painting Field’s and Oprah Winfrey—even outfitting

by Anna Kagan a custom 180-foot yacht. sits above the 18th-century It was in the Windy City where he and bone-inlaid Laman met 26 years ago. In 1995, they moved Italian table— to Montecito and established William Laman adorned with a Picasso platter— Furniture.Garden.Antiques. A 150-year-old in the living room.

cottage proved an ideal setting to display pieces from the 17th through 19th centuries that could still fit a contemporary lifestyle.

The overall effect—“we call it early California cockamamie,” Gregga says—is a bit more casual than that of their residence.

The demands of the business leave little time for entertaining; instead, the house, which they share with an attentive Parsons Jack Russell terrier named Mazie, is “private and very comfortable,” says Laman. “I love the flow of it.”

A long gallery with striking abstract paintings connects the living room with the master bedroom, where étagères (designed by Billy Baldwin for Cole Porter’s New York apartment) hold everything from an African mask to a Chinese Hanperiod bear and English porcelain. Along the way, the library is a serene space for reading, while farther on the sunroom opens to a swimming pool.

The spirit of eclecticism is especially apparent in the dining room: Brighton Pavilion-style chairs surround the stone-based table custom made in Los Angeles by Dennis & Leen. This coupling sits under a William Laman shop chandelier that’s part of a lighting collection inspired by Giacometti and fabricated continued on page 134 in France. An industrial wooden screw,

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pillows grace a Parisian Empire daybed with Egyptian-head finials. An oil by Fernando Botero hangs above a 18th-century rocaille giltwood pier table. Louis XVI period chairs upholstered in 19th-century French linen bedsheets flank the marble fireplace that centers the living room.

The guest room.

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Kochmeider created the black-and-white collage in the library, where Gregga added a fireplace and bleached the original dark-wood paneling. Dutch garniture rests above shelves of 19th-century English china.

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T here’s a German phrase that goes Aller anfang ist schwer. It means, “The first step is always the hardest.” For Jessica Joffe, the Hamburg-born writer, model and now actress, the hard part is over. Two years ago, she packed up her Manhattan apartment and relocated to Beverly Hills in order to take acting more seriously. (She nurtured her passion for theater as a boarder at Bedales School in England as well as during her earliest stint in California as a Stanford undergrad.)

What originally brought her here (“boys wearing no shirts and riding skateboards around campus”), however, was a different dream, and after earning her degree in comparative literature, she moved to N.Y., took a job with the New York Observer and later freelanced for other publications such as Glamour and German Vanity Fair. Immersed in the city’s fashion scene, she returned to modeling at the age of 25.

Soon enough, Joffe was everywhere, from top ad shoots (Banana Republic, J. Crew) to Fashion Week and the best parties. “Although I think the relationship between modeling and acting is tenuous, when I started doing commercials and shorts, the bug bit me again,” she says.

Last year, in her on-screen premiere, she played an aid worker in Marc Forster’s Machine Gun Preacher and, more recently, appeared in the comedy Celeste and Jesse Forever. With an unwavering wit and old Hollywood good looks (she’s also a new face of Elizabeth Arden), the ingénue meets the world on her own terms. “It may have been an unconventional path,” she admits to rediscovering acting, “everyone gets to where they need to be in their own time.” •

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ith a jet-black mane, fair white skin, paleblue eyes and an affable English voice, this London transplant is as articulate as she is beautiful. She still models, doing “bits and bobs here and there,” but Liberty Ross has also begun to appear on film—first in Madonna’s W.E. and now Snow White and the Huntsman (out June 1), directed by her husband, Rupert Sanders.

Her family of four resides mainly in the Hollywood Hills, but on the weekends, they cozy up in their chic Malibu mobilehome. With a vintage VW van parked out front, Ross is as Californian as any native.

KC : WHEN DID yOu FIND THIS HOuSE? LR: About four years ago. Weirdly, we used to come to this spot of beach most weekends and spend the day here. I would look up at this very deck and say, ‘Gosh, I wonder who lives there. It looks so amazing. They would never ever leave it, because why would you?’

I honestly thought it was, like, John Travolta’s house. I had no idea.

KC: THEN WHAT HAPPENED? LR: I saw a little “for-sale” sign. So I said to Rupert, ‘Rather than go

to Europe this summer, why don’t we just rent one of those beach houses?’ My mum and I walked onto that deck. I called Rupert, who was on a shoot in Mexico, and I said, ‘I found a house, Honey.

Keep working!’ It really transformed our life here. It was really meant to be—that’s all I can say. We were completely sold.

KC: SO, yOu ARE ORIGINALLy FROM LOS ANGELES? LR: I was born in London, though I lived here until I was seven.

Even when we went back to England, I would return to L.A. for every holiday. I grew up on this very sand. When I sent my mum a photo of my children running along the beach, she sent me the exact same photo of my brother and me. That’s when I realized I was sort of repeating history. We were here because my dad [Ian Ross] owned Flipper’s, the famous roller disco in the ’70s and ’80s. Supposedly, Quentin Tarantino was a junior skate guard there. We’ve got pictures of Arnold Schwarzenegger putting on blue-suede roller skates. I’m in the early stages of making a film about it...The shocking things my older brothers got up to there! [Atticus Ross won the Academy Award with Trent Reznor for the The Social Network’s score; Milo Ross now manages punk bands in London.] continued on page 134

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Tom Binns Design ring (left), $125. David yurman ring, $1,350. Daughter Skylaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s room.

Wall artwork by Pop artist Joe Tilson, and a monkey sculpture made by African children out of flip-flops. The guest bedroom.

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Ross on her deck.

Vera Wang corset, price upon request, and skirt, $695.

Salvatore Ferragamo sandals, $595.

David yurman ring, $2,950. Sunglasses, Rossâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; own. Cubbies in the entryway hold beach gear.

The organic touch of a Lily Lodge bonsai contrasts a Paul Smith rug and Pat McGann Gallery bolsters on a pair of George Smith sofas.

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Equipment shirt, $228. Missoni culottes, $220.

David yurman bracelet with stones, $3,350, and bracelet, $595. Vintage dressing table from London.

OPPOSITE Michael Kors dress. David yurman ring, $3,200. A portrait of Ross by N.y. artist Claudia Doring Baez hangs next to the Kenneth Cobonpue master bed from Twentieth.

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what you see is what you get continued from page 86 mother’s recipes, See’s opened signature shops all over the western U.S. with a matching fleet of sidecar Harley-Davidsons.

Production was split between L.A. and S.F. in 1935. Today, there are more than 200 retail stores—and even New Yorkers can find beloved Bordeaux at Bloomie’s. The 91-year-old brand takes pride in taste. Says Senior Production Manager Chuy Soria, “Our ingredients are to our specifications. The cream that we use is 36% fat—it’s like the whipping cream you find in the market but 10% better.” Better? “Better. More fat. More flavor,” he smiles.

Annually, the confectionery produces 1 billion pieces and sells 31 million pounds of sweets. So are you a “Nuts and Chews” or “Soft Centers” fan? In a quick poll, the popular (albeit non sequitur) answer: “Why don’t they bring back the peanutbutter lollypop?” sees.com. •

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she should be loved and that she deserved more.” Has Fanning ever been in love? “Ahh, not really. No. I would have to say no…But, Effie wasn’t really in love with her husband, either, which made it easier.”

The transition is truly like looking at Fanning for the first time. As much as we never want to see the little six-year-old girl from Conyers, Georgia all grown up, it’s hard to fathom that Fanning’s true range is still unknown. Last year, she wrapped The Motel Life with on-screen brothers Stephen Dorff and Emile Hirsch. She plays Hirsch’s girlfriend, forced into prostitution in Reno, Nevada. When life spins out of control after a tragic car accident, Fanning provides the steering voice of reason.

She says of Dorff, who appeared in Sofia Coppola’s 2010 film Somewhere with her younger sister Elle, “When I first met him, he was like ‘OMG, you sound just like Elle.’ I was like, ‘Elle sounds just like me. I was here first.

She learned it all from me.’” Dakota does indeed carry the torch: Elle’s debut role was playing the younger version of Dakota’s character in I Am Sam when she was only two. “We relate to each other in a way that naturally other people can’t,” says Fanning.

“Eventually, I’m sure we’ll do another movie together.” For now, they are fueling a sartorial bonfire as the most anticipated sister duo since the Olsen twins. And, while they may not be cashing in on any perks of adulthood yet, the Fannings love getting dolled up.

Dakota, whose uniform at Campbell Hall consisted of a navy-blue polo shirt and khakis, was photographed for this portfolio in just-off-the-runway Chanel Haute Couture.

“Elle went to the show in Paris. I was very jealous,” she says in a proud, big-sisterly way.

Fanning, after all, had her first photo shoot with Karl Lagerfeld when she was 13 and still remembers her earliest “fancy” bag being a small Chanel purse she still carries. While designers used to custom-craft fashions for Fanning, she’s excited to be mature enough to fit into ready-to-wear. Today, it’s a smart pair of army-green Céline sandals and a billowy white blouse that casually reveals a lace bra.

Indeed, she’s a young woman now.

Last year, Fanning was the subject of much discussion stemming from a Marc Jacobs ad that was banned in the U.K. because of a provocatively placed, oversized perfume bottle. She says, “We all ended up laughing about it. My friends were like, ‘You’re corrupting the London youth with your Oh, Lola! ads’—I was like ‘I know!’”

If you’re worried about Fanning growing up too fast, rest assured: There are no apparent warning signs—no hangover, no new tattoos, piercings or cigarettes sticking out of her purse. She can’t even have a fake ID (“that just wouldn’t work”). It’s not a mystery why she’s thus far made it unscathed.

Her theory (take note, Dina and Lindsay): “My mom is just my mom.” Before uprooting the family from Georgia for pilot season 12 years ago, her parents were both professional athletes—her mother a tennis player; her father a baseball player. For Fanning, it’s a mixed bag of traditional values and discipline. “Just because I can make decisions in my career doesn’t mean that crosses over at home.

My parents tell me what to do. Luckily, they don’t believe in grounding.”

I ask Fanning if she has any more exciting plans for Spring Break, since this interview surely can’t be at the top of the list.

“No. I think this is fun,” she insists. I’d long forgotten I was talking to an 18-year-old until she excitedly blurts out, “Plus, I’m going to Disneyland with my friends on Saturday.” •

boxwood hedge with nearby bonsai planters with century-old varieties of white pine, gingko and bougainvillea.

There are sculptural touches, too: a stone column from France, mushroom-like staddle stones, an ancient Turkish oil jar turned upside down. On their international shopping trips for the store several times a year, they don’t intend to buy pieces for the house. But, says Gregga, “When you see something you like, it’s spontaneous combustion.” •

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Kc: When did you move stateside?

Lr: In 2004, Rupert and I came to have our first baby here. We were in England, and I sort of had this big career, and he was really doing well with commercials. Then I got pregnant, and we wanted to be where we didn’t really know anyone. My agents all said that I might as well move to Beirut.

Kc: Do you surf?

Lr: We actually paddleboard. It’s quite funny; there’s a whole etiquette that goes down on these beaches. When we first moved in, a lot of surfers came over and were like ‘Hi, do your surf?’ Once we said no, they were like, ‘Welcome!’ They’re so happy when you’re not stealing their waves.

Kc: The Volkswagen van says a lot about your lifestyle!

Lr: For Christmas, I surprised Rupert with the VW. It has always been his dream car.

We’re planning our own camping trip to El Capitán in Santa Barbara. There are a lot of people we pile into this trailer. It’s probably one of the reasons for getting the VW. It can be an extra bedroom.

Kc: What’s the best thing about living here?

Lr: To have contrast in life is so important.

When we get here, we turn off our mobiles.

We have no computers. It’s just what it is. We’re quite social during the day, and we love having loads of people over. All of our neighbors know my family. It’s a good vibe. •

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mounted like modern sculpture, contrasts with shelves of 19th-century English china and garniture of Delftware.

With cream walls and a restrained palette, the home’s interior relies on paintings, porcelain and the occasional chair textiles for color. Likewise, outdoors, where Gregga worked with landscape architect Heide Baldwin, the overall effect is textured shades of green. Behind the pool, globe-like bay trees alternate with spiky cypress; around the house, a series of garden “rooms” enclose a precisely trimmed low

In C What’s Hot “Forward Planning” (p.30), Michael Kovac’s name was misprinted and incorrectly states Norm Macdonald as one of his clients. • In C Fashion “Golden State of Mind” (p.44), Kendall Conrad’s website was misprinted.

The correct address is kendallconraddesign.com.

• In C Culture “Twists and Turns” (p.87), the image of John Clifford in 1981 was taken by Donald Dale Bradburn. • In “A Point of View,” on Gary Friedman’s residence in Belvedere, the pair of teak sofas (p.98-99) was mis-credited. They were designed and manufactured by David Sutherland. davidsutherlandshowroom.com. Clarification: Kendall Agins Friedman and Michael Agins contributed to the original interior decor and collaborated with architect Howard Backen.

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on our CoVer Dakota Fanning was photographed in Chanel Haute Couture with all scenery and props custom-made by Chanel to replicate the 2012 Spring Haute Couture show in Paris. The six styles she wears on the CoVer, table of Contents and in girl on the rise are exactly as they appeared on the runway. For purchase, contact Chanel Haute Couture, +33 1 44 50 64 83, and reference the look numbers listed below. CoVer Look 60. p.12 Look 11. p.102 Look 45. p.103 Look 61. p.104-105 Look 34. p.106-107 Look 59. *All drop earrings and shoes are Chanel Haute Couture, prices upon request, Chanel Haute Couture +33 1 44 50 64 83. Chanel Fine Jewelry 18-karat white gold and diamond Camelia Brode toi et moi ring, $15,500, and 18-karat white gold and diamonds Camelia Brode bracelet, $6,100, Chanel Fine Jewelry boutiques, 800-550-0005.

table of Contents p.12 Chanel Fine Jewelry 18-karat yellow gold, diamond and onyx Premiere ring, $6,900, Chanel Fine Jewelry Boutiques, 800-550-0005. p.14 Bottega Veneta washed chiffon evening gown, $16,000, Bottega Veneta, B.H., 310-858-6533. Gucci mesh sandals with leather piping, $660, select Gucci stores, gucci. com. David Yurman amethyst Waverly bracelet, $1,800, amethyst classic Cable bracelet, $625, and Point ring, $625, David Yurman, B.H., 310-888-8618.

C fashion loud + Clear p.51 3.1 Phillip Lim sandals, $625, 3.1 Phillip Lim, B.H., 310-358-1988; 31philliplim.com.

Emporio Armani tote handbag, $1,345, Emporio Armani, B.H., 310-271-7790; armani.com. Rag & Bone clear Keaton eyewear, $370, shopbop.com. Balenciaga

by Nicolas Ghesquière Grand Drape bracelet, $415, Balenciaga, N.Y., 212-206-0872. Christian Louboutin PVC and red suede Un Bout pumps, $795, Christian Louboutin, L.A., 310-247-9300; christianlouboutin. com. Emporio Armani clear, black and white bracelets, $205 each, Emporio Armani, B.H., 310-271-7790; armani.com. Oscar de la Renta Barry sandals, $895, Oscar de la Renta, L.A., 323-653-0200; oscardelarenta. com. Marni clear gray earrings, $280, Neiman Marcus, 310-550-5900. p.52 Dries Van Noten pink leather and quartz Lucite heels, $1,195, Barneys New York, N.Y., 212-826-8900. Valentino Garavani minaudière with gold studs, $3,695, Valentino, B.H., 310-247-0103.

Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière Grand Deforme glass bracelet, price upon request, and Burst glass bracelet, $595, Balenciaga, L.A., 310-854-0557.

BaubleBar Romanov Ice bib necklace, $134, baublebar. com. Jimmy Choo Cadence wristlet clutch, $3,495, 866-524-6687; jimmychoo.com. Bottega Veneta suede and PVC sandals, $680, Bottega Veneta, B.H., 310-858-6533; bottegaveneta.com. Prabal Gurung

by Linda Farrow Projects sunglasses, $430, lindafarrowgallery.com. Alexander Von Furstenberg acrylic Trillion side table, $9,800, alexandravonfurst enberg.com. Pandora’s box p.64 Neil Lane baguette-cut diamond and platinum brooch, price upon request, Neil Lane, L.A., 310-275-5015. Neiman Marcus for Forevermark 18-karat white gold earrings, price upon request, select Neiman Marcus stores, forevermarkdiamond.com. Fred Leighton emerald and diamond ring, $40,000, Fred Leighton, Bellagio, N.V., 702-693-7050. Bulgari High Jewelry 18-karat white gold, diamonds, and precious stone earrings, price upon request, 800-285-4274, bulgari.com.

Mikimoto pearl, black onyx and diamond ring, $7,400, 888-701-2323; mikimotoamerica.com. Arunashi pearl and precious stone necklace, $135,000, arunashi.com.

girl on the rise *All drop earrings and shoes are Chanel Haute Couture, price upon request, Chanel Haute Couture, +33 1 44 50 64 83. p.102 Chanel Fine Jewelry 18-karat

white gold and diamonds Fil de Camelia bracelet, price upon request; and 18-karat white gold and diamonds Camelia Brode cuff, $59,000, Chanel Fine Jewelry, 800-550-0005. p.104-105 Chanel Fine Jewelry 18-karat white gold, diamonds, and onyx Premiere ring, $6,900; and 18-karat white gold and diamonds Ruban ring, $6,600, Chanel Fine Jewelry, 800550-0005. p.106-107 Chanel Fine Jewelry 18-karat white gold and diamond Camelia Ruban earrings, $53,650; 18-karat white gold, diamonds, and pearls Ruban Couture bracelet, $53,950; 18-karat white gold and diamonds Ruban ring, see p.104.

fire and iCe p.116-117 Ralph Lauren Collection pale-blue jacket, $2,398, and shorts, $1,198, select Ralph Lauren stores, ralphlaurencollection.com. Equipment ice-blue blouse, $198, equipmentfr.com. Diane von Furstenberg crystal Sala sandals, $398, Diane von Furstenberg, L.A., 323-951-1947. Pomellato rose gold and brilliant-cut diamond Tango earrings, $29,700, Pomellato, B.H., 310-858-1300. Bulgari High Jewelry yellow gold bracelet with color sapphires and diamonds, price upon request, Bulgari, B.H., 310-858-9216. Van Cleef & Arpels two-finger Birds of Paradise Volutes ring, $17,800, and diamond clover-motif Perlee ring, $15,250, Van Cleef & Arpels, B.H., 310-276-1161; vancleef-arpels.com. p.118 Chloé nude sheer dress, $5,430, white shirt, $695, and white shorts, $595, net-a-porter.com. Manolo Blahnik for Carolina Herrera woven wedge sandals, price upon request, carolinaherrera.com. Tod’s cream leather Passante bag, $1,665, Tod’s, B.H., 310-285-0591; tods. com. Bottega Veneta sunglasses, $395, select Bottega Veneta stores, bottegaveneta.com. David Webb hammered yellow gold stud Bastille cuffs, $38,000 each, David Webb, B.H., 310-858-8006; davidwebb. com. p.119 Roberto Cavalli nude jacket, $2,260, select Roberto Cavalli stores, robertocavalli.com. Eres nude Baalat in marbre bra, $385, Eres, 888-656-3737; eresparis.com. Vhernier pink gold Vague clip earrings, $7,150, and pink gold Calla necklace, $23,800, Vhernier, B.H., 310-273-2444. Cartier pear-shaped diamond ring, price upon request; rose gold Love ring, $1,525; and Ballon Bleu de Cartier watch, $45,400, Cartier, B.H., 310-275-4272. p.120-121 Céline white peplum top, $1,200, Maxfield, L.A., 310-274-8800.

Tom Ford satin trousers, $1,600, Tom Ford, B.H., 310-270-9440. Pomellato rose gold chalcedony Capri earrings, $7,795, Pomellato, B.H., 310-858-1300.

Bulgari High Jewelry yellow gold and platinum necklace with color sapphires and diamonds, price upon request, Bulgari, B.H., 310-858-9216. Marco Bicego Jaipur bangle, $5,500, Neiman Marcus, B.H., 310-550-5900. Van Cleef & Arpels rose gold ring with diamond-clover motif, $14,850, Van Cleef & Arpels, B.H., 310-276-1161; vancleef-arpels.com. Bulgari pink gold and diamond ring, $8,000, Bulgari, B.H., 310-858-9216. p.122 Diane von Furstenberg green cotton jacket, $425, and silk Yvan appliqué top, $595, Diane von Furstenberg, L.A., 323-951-1947. Emporio Armani powder-blue trousers, $395, armani.com.

3.1 Phillip Lim powder-blue sandals with clear ankle strap, $625, 3.1 Phillip Lim, L.A., 310-358-1988. Harry Winston teardrop white diamond bracelet, price upon request, Harry Winston, B.H., 310-271-8554. Bulgari High Jewelry white gold and diamond chandelier earrings, price upon request, Bulgari, B.H., 310-858-9216. David Webb platinum, diamonds and carved rock crystal ring, $21,000, David Webb, B.H., 310-858-8006; davidwebb.com. p.123 Louis Vuitton green nylon, tulle, and cashmere sweater, $1,203; and organza wrapped lace print skirt, $3,046, select Louis Vuitton stores, 866-884-8866; louisvuitton.com.

Pomellato rose gold and chalcedony Capri earrings, $7,795, Pomellato, B.H., 310-858-1300. Cartier single-strand diamond necklace, price upon request, Cartier, B.H., 310-275-4272. Solange Azagury-Partridge

white gold and diamond graduated ball necklace, $298,000, Solange Azagury-Partridge, B.H., 310-276-4500. p.124 Prada blue and yellow lace Sangallo top, price upon request, pink lace Sangallo skirt, price upon request, and patent leather bag, $2,950, select Prada stores, prada.com. Louis Vuitton Merry-Go-Round lace-up mules, $1,470, select Louis Vuitton stores, 866-884-8866; louisvuitton.com. Harry Winston chandelier earrings, and teardrop diamond bracelet, price upon request, Harry Winston, B.H., 310-271-8554. Vhernier pavé diamond Abbraccio ring, $40,200, Vhernier, B.H., 310-273-2444. p.125 Lanvin pale-pink caddice blouse, $2,505, Lanvin, B.H., 310-246-0395. Oscar de la Renta embroidered skirt, $2,750, Neiman Marcus, 310-550-5900. Reed Krakoff leather Solar sandals, $795, reedkrakoff.com. Chloé lizard jade bag, price upon request, select Chloé stores, chloe.com. Vera Wang cat-eye Sarda sunglasses with jewel embellishment, $200, dillards.com. David Webb yellow gold, platinum, diamond and emerald lion bracelet, $16,500; and fish bracelet, $14,500, David Webb, B.H., 310-858-8006; davidwebb.com. Vhernier pink gold Visdomoni ring in smoky quartz and mother of pearl, $8,600, Vhernier, B.H., 310-273-2444.

free bird p.126-127 Missoni blue knit top, $800, and blue culottes, $220, Missoni, B.H., 310-246-3060. Asan Indigo dhurrie, The Rug Company, L.A., 323-653-0303.

Blue-and-white striped dhurrie, kantha quilt pillows, and British flag pillow, Pat McGann Gallery, L.A., 310-657-8708. Lambskin rug, Pacific Hide and Leather, PDC, WeHo, 310-657-9802. p.128 Lanvin blue washed fluid satin dress, $3,535, Lanvin, B.H., 310-246-0395.

Tom Binns Design ripple effect silver cuff, $525, The Tom Binns Megastore, N.Y., 917-475-1412. p.129 West German pottery, Lily Lodge, L.A., 310-360-9400. Asan Ruby dhurrie, The Rug Company, L.A., 323-653-0303. Dining room table, Maison Midi/ American Rag Cie, L.A., 323-935-3157. p.130 Yves Saint Laurent blouse with lace paisley print, $1,100, and pleated skirt, $2,990, Yves Saint Laurent, N.Y., 212-980-2970. Salvatore Ferragamo magenta and purple leather ankle-strap sandals, $595, select Salvatore Ferragamo stores, 800-628-8916; ferragamo. com. Tom Binns Design silver-plated brass spike ring, $125, The Tom Binns Megastore, N.Y., 917-475-1412.

David Yurman black onyx cable wrap ring, $1,350, David Yurman, B.H., 310-888-8618. p.131 Vera Wang techno cotton eyelet corset, price upon request, and purple drawstring skirt, $695, Vera Wang, L.A., 323-602-0174. Salvatore Ferragamo teal and purple leather ankle-strap heels, $595, select Salvatore Ferragamo stores, 800-628-8916; ferragamo.com.

David Yurman oval Mosaic ring, $2,950, David Yurman, B.H., 310-888-8618. Recycled glass bottle vases, Japanese juniper Bonsai, and vintage ceramic vase, Lily Lodge, L.A., 310-360-9400. Paul Smith Carnival rug, The Rug Company, L.A., 323-653-0303.

Swat Valley embroidered bolster pillows, and Bolivian textiles, Pat McGann Gallery, L.A., 310-657-8708. p.132 Michael Kors leopard chiffon embroidered feather gown, $12,995, Michael Kors Collection, B.H., 310-777-8862. David Yurman smoky quartz Cerise ring, $3,200, David Yurman, B.H., 310888-8618. Tibetan lamb pillows, Pacific Hide and Leather, PDC, WeHo, 310-657-9802. Indian throw, Pat McGann Gallery, L.A., 310-657-8708. Tribal floor covering, $1,250; sequin paisley pillows, $488 each; Zulu-red earth pillow, $265; and Kashmir paisley pillow, $325, Peter Dunham Textiles, L.A., 310-273-6200. Kenneth Cobonpue Voyage bed, $5,120, Twentieth, L.A., 323-904-1200. p.133 Equipment black Daddy shirt, $228, equipmentfr.com.

Missoni magenta culottes, $220, Missoni, B.H., 310-246-3060. David Yurman Starlight cable bracelet (with stones), $3,350; and silver ice bracelet, $595, David Yurman, B.H., 310-888-8618. •

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RICHaRD GERE, 1982 Herb Ritts and Richard Gere first met in 1979. On a road trip, Ritts, though not yet a professional photographer, had the mind to take some pictures of the soon-to-be-famous actor at a San Bernardino gas station. Later that year, when Gere needed photos for spreads in Vogue, Esquire and Mademoiselle, he thought of the film, and those shots launched Ritts’ career. Ritts continued to point his camera at the star (here, Brazilian painter Sylvia martins dives into a Hollywood Hills pool while Gere fields a call). He even introduced Gere to his first wife, Cindy Crawford, at a barbecue hosted by his mother in Westwood. Ritts became one of the world’s most celebrated celebrity photographers, and the two remained good friends until the lensman’s passing in 2002.

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