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CONTENTS Fall Fashion i ssue 84

FASHIONABLE FITZ

Lauren Fitzpatrick is lighting up the worlds of real

estate and the arts—while inspiring our roundup of fall fashions. directed daniel cappello, photographed by Julie skarratt

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GILDED AGE GLAM FOR MONSIEUR CARDIN

the stops with a runway fit for a fashion king.

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Newport pulls out all elizabeth Quinn brown

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CAPTURING A GENERATION Robert Doisneau: The Vogue Years (Flammarion) illustrates the fashion photographer’s true eye—for society. by leslie locke

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FROM PARIS, WITH LOVE

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Monique Lhuillier stages her first-ever Paris fashion show, and the craftsmanship is nothing short of exceptional. by elizabeth kurpis Assouline brings brooke kelly

DONALD ROBERTSON: THE ANDY WARHOL OF INSTAGRAM

Robertson’s illustrious works to life in a new volume.

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A LEADER OF PREP FOR FORTY YEARS

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NEWPORT’S CANDY STORE CUP In its second year, a superyacht regatta shows off some of the world’s most spectacular racing. photos by george bekris

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MY SIBLING, MYSELF

J.McLaughlin is going strong at 40—and is teaching the fashion industry a thing or two. by daniel cappello

Some of Quest’s favorite siblings pose for the camera in looks by Ralph Lauren—from the 2006 archive.

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SNAPSHOT

The optimism of the 1960s and its impact on the fashion world. by david patrick columbia Our photog recalls how Calvin Klein surprised him in 1977 with a suite of supermodels.

Musings on the sport of tennis—and on today’s gender biases.

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Bill Blass was a force of fashion, and so was his Sour Cream Soufflé.

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Fall is calling for some autumnal threads. by daniel cappello and elizabeth meigher Michael Landes talks with us about starring in Hooten & the Lady. by elizabeth meigher

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All the noteworthy events and galas in the transition from summer to fall.

Reporting on the summer party scene. by alex travers and brooke kelly

Bonnie and Clyde turns 50, but its fashion and themes transcend time. by alex travers

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PUBLISHER’S LETTER

Clockwise from left: Pierre Cardin’s genius on the runway in Newport; a scene from J.McLaughlin’s fall campaign; Daniel Cappello styling our cover girl

WITH AN EARLY autumn breeze strongly at our back, Quest sails into the fall season outfitted in fashionable new togs and tweeds. Your grateful pub enjoys this seasonal transition more than the other three as the crispness of fall always provides a fresh beginning. There are new plays to be seen, new restaurants to be visited, new museum exhibits to be viewed, and old pals to be embraced as they return from their summer homes and haunts. And, who knows, maybe that talented young Yankee team might still be playing baseball into October this year; Pinstripe hopes spring eternal!

We have some terrific breaking news here at Quest, as our brilliant Fashion Director of the past seven years, Daniel Cappello, has taken the helm as our Deputy Editor—but fortunately without relinquishing his role as our highly respected fashion czar.

An educated son of fair Harvard and a well-trained editor at The New Yorker, Daniel has masterminded (yet again!) our Fall Fashion Issue’s cover story in tandem with the keen and styled eye of Julie Skarratt, Quest’s divine Photographer-at-Large. Don’t miss their “Fashionable Fitz” collaboration on pages 84–93.

Also not to be missed in this lively autumnal issue is a visual feast of Pierre Cardin’s creative genius, where we welcome back former editor Lizzie Brown to Quest’s pages, as she deftly chronicles Cardin’s runway show in Newport, Rhode Island . . . providing the perfect segue to our dynamic photo essay of The Candy Store Cup in Narragansett Bay, as shot by nautical lensman George Bekris. Sailing aboard these condor-like superyachts is a thrill for even the saltiest amateur yachtsman.

And please cast your eyes to Brooke Kelly’s review of Assouline’s new volume by Donald Robertson—the “Andy Warhol of Instagram”—and to Leslie Locke’s incisive glimpse of the photographer’s “mind’s eye”—in this case, the celebrat24 QUEST

ed Robert Doisneau. Finally, our newly minted Deputy Editor Cappello has contributed yet another compelling feature covering the 40-year legacy of J.McLaughlin, the quintessential preppy clothier that has well-tailored outlets in every tony town, village, and city up and down the Eastern Seaboard.

J.McLaughlin’s continued expansion speaks volumes to their clever business strategy of e-commerce–meets–bricks-and-mortar, creating hugely $uccessful result$.

So it’s “back to school” we go, my loyal Quest readers; there’s much to be learned in the pages you hold, and even more to be enjoyed! u

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ON THE COVER: Lauren Fitzpatrick wears Ralph Lauren Collection’s houndstooth Jacketing jacket, houndstooth silk shirt, and mini-houndstooth Jacketing pant, with Vhernier’s Bisquit ring, off Lower Fifth Avenue. From “Fashionable Fitz,” directed

by Daniel Cappello, photographed by Julie Skarratt.

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D AV I D PAT R I C K C O L U M B I A

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NEW YORK SO CIAL DIARY I CAME TO NEW YORK just out of college in early 1962.

I had come here to live, to make a life, and was starry-eyed just being in the big city. A college friend had arranged for me to stay at her mother’s apartment until I found a place to live. The apartment was at 740 Park

Avenue—a building this New England boy had never heard of, knew nothing about at the time—a 16-room duplex with a live-in Irish maid and a German cook. My hostess lived most of the time on her property on the coast of Maine, so I had the place to myself. Most exciting and in-

spiring was that my bedroom had a view of the towers in midtown, and the two giant neon signs in my purview were the RCA Building (at Rockefeller Center) and the IBM Building.

John F. Kennedy was in the White House. He and his wife, Jacqueline, were the

first generation born in the 20th century (he in 1917 and she in 1929) to occupy the White House. To my generation, they represented our future—and for that moment, it was a bright, shining, and highly optimistic one.

It was a very exciting time for a young man to be in the

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real world (versus the world of academe), effused with hope inspired by the new president, and by dreams of a future in the big city. I had a girlfriend who lived a few blocks down the avenue. Her father, a very prominent New Yorker, was an old friend of the new president’s father as well as a close friend of the president. This vague association for me only added to the excitement of living in the Big Town.

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light, the telephone, and the automobile. In fashion, women went from wearing long skirts to the floor to short skirts above the knee.

This was significant because, like the new inventions and technologies, until that time in the history of civilizations, going back beyond the Greeks and the Romans, that had never happened before. Some native tribes in tropical climes, the so-called Primitive People, were the

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only exception—and long forgotten for it.

My first interest in what is now called “Fashion” was entirely peripheral and in no small way influenced by these early personal associations— because of the man in the Oval Office and his especially glamorous and beautiful wife. The influence of their presence at the pinnacle was encapsulated at the time by a photograph of them in

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Esquire magazine with a caption identifying them as the first president and first lady who looked like movie stars.

My personal interest in fashion at that point in my young life was simply about the clothes on my back.

Following the style of my peers (my college fraternity brothers), I dressed practically—blue blazer, khakis by day, charcoal flannels by night—to fit in with the boys. Casual meant the same: a polo shirt or a crew neck or V-neck sweater, Weejun loafers, and button-down Oxford-cloth shirts, with or without a tie. It was a look.

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again, from almost a century ago where the costume had moved out of the Victorians and Edwardians into the Vassar-Yalie prep-school sensibility. A navy blue suit, good lace-up shoes, preferably English. Blue jeans when it didn’t matter or at a casual dinner or lunch, along with a blazer and the Brooks Brothers button-down.

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ity from very low to very high end, but Brooks and J. Press really owned the image that was referred to as “preppy.”

I opened my first charge account (I don’t have one anymore) at Brooks Brothers at 346 Madison Avenue.

Their shirts were expensive: $16 and $18! I bought two.

When I told the man who waited on me that I wanted to charge it (I didn’t have an account at the time), he asked for my name and address

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and a driver’s license. Then he wrapped up the shirts, put them in a bag and I was on my way.

H o w e v e r, at that time in the early 1960s, a man named Ralph Lauren, unknown to the public but, in retrospect, a man with a vision, came out with a new line of neckties.

They were silk, “wide” versus the classic “narrow,” and came in solid colors—navy, dark green, black. They were

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a little more expensive than Brooks Bros’ (at $5) but they were instantly popular. And they were snazzier. The neckties were so popular that this new guy expanded his business into a company called Chaps, making ready-to-wear men’s suits. (Also classic but fresher.) Eventually, as we know, Ralph Lauren took the Brooks Brothers classics and made everything newer and fresher and changed men’s fashion by adjusting the classics to a newer lifestyle.

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Aside from the then high cost of the shoe, the store itself also closed at lunchtime for an hour—unheard of in New York (or anywhere else in America). If you went into the store when they were about to break for lunch you were asked to leave, no matter who you were. And so you left. And returned later, hoping that they’d sell you the shoe. On top of that, the staff, all of whom were Italians from Rome, weren’t particularly welcoming when you entered at any time. It

was an excellent marketing device, assuming that was the intention. The “word” got around town and soon the women who could afford the price had to have that Walking Shoe, no matter how they would be treated as customers.

Gucci also made with a men’s loafer of soft brown leather, and, like the women’s, with a the little brass buckle on the lip of the shoe. These too were very expensive for the time: $41. (Weejun loafers retailed for $18.) The women who bought the Walking Shoe encouraged their

husbands and boyfriends to follow suit. I did. My first time ever in Palm Beach in the winter of 1964, literally every man I saw at parties, at restaurants ,or anywhere, was wearing a pair of Gucci loafers.

Those early, all-too-brief years of Jack and Jackie were accompanied by the emergence of Fashion as seen through the eyes and experience of one John Fairchild, who revived his father’s long-standing (and dreary to anyone but those in the

garment business) trade paper, Women’s Wear Daily.

In those early days in New York, the industry was called the Garment Industry, or more frequently “Seventh Avenue,” where many of its prime businesses had offices and showrooms. Its owners/ producers were referred to as “garmentos.”

John Fairchild took that single trade paper of no interest whatsoever to anyone outside of the industryand redirected its focus by highlighting personalities, transforming it into a small publishing empire that in a few years included popular magazines. It not only had a profound influence on the marketing of fashion but he began competing with the

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major dailies for readership.

And he succeeded. He did this in several ways but the most obvious to the public, or those outside of the garment business was by creating and publishing gossip to interest the readers, often involving the designers.

Society in New York was the target demographic for his new circulation.

Society—which ultimately is always about financial power—in those days of the “WASP Ascendency” was still in the hands of those men and women who could claim a birth or compatible connection to WASP’dom.

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them with photo coverage at private parties, at occasional charity benefits, and the social life of its personalities.

Until that time, most fashion designers were names attached to labels rather than social personalities. Bill Blass, for example, was the designer for the label Maurice Rentner.

Mr. Rentner owned the business and owned its designer. Women’s Wear began a

column that varied in size from a paragraph to at times a whole page, with photos of people at social parties or events, from cocktail parties, to a store opening, to a charity ball.

Now they were the first generation of designers becoming household names known by their own labels rather than affiliation with a backer who financed them, or a department store

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D AV I D PAT R I C K C O L U M B I A lauded guests at the best dinner tables. Those who were interested in expanding their own social lives, in the words of Luis Estevez, “designed for the masses and dined with the classes.”

The photos WWD published were personal—not always flattering, but they caught the flavor and style and the looks of those photographed. Bill Cunningham (pictured right) was one of the first, if not the first, to cover those parties. John Fairchild’s fingerprints were on the copy. He occasionally, but always noticeably, left his mark, which was not always kind, never pandering, and not infrequently tweak-

ing a personality.

The successful result of those tweakings were “feuds” that he created between himself (WWD) and an individual—usually a designer with whom he had some kind of disagreement.

At times, h o w e v e r, he’d go after a private individual. For example, there was a man named

Jerry Zipkin, a social character, a wealthy New York real estate heir who was devoted to his social life and the society matrons he often escorted. He was known for his generous gifts to friends, his wide social connections, his bitchy wit, and his sharp outspoken tongue with those he disliked for one reason or another.

A close friend of Betsy Bloomingdale,

Zipkin was often seen with her when she was in town (she lived in Los Angeles), and often photographed with her in Eye. Under Fairchild’s direction, captions for Zipkin’s photographs began referring to him not by name but as “The Walker.” The name gave the word another meaning, as intended, that became commonly substituted to refer to a gay man who was often seen with a married woman of social standing.

This both amused his acquaintances and detractors, and intimidated Zipkin, who had no recourse but to accept it. Eventually when the term became too ordinary and familiar, WWD

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D AV I D PAT R I C K C O L U M B I A took to referring to Zipkin as “The Social Moth” instead.

This insult was amusing enough to people in the know until the Eye started referring his friend Mrs. Bloomingdale in pictures with him as “Mrs. Moth.”

Mrs. Bloomingdale was very upset by this designation but also intimidated

by Fairchild’s media power.

Unable or unwilling to confront Fairchild himself, she called upon her friend Luis Estevez, who enjoyed an uncontroversial relationship with the editor/publisher, to persuade him to leave her out of the “joke.” And so it was.

The great success of Women’s Wear was affirmed

by the mainstream dailies and magazines.

Among the ladies of that that picked up on the subtime whose jects and public impeople whose age benefitnames apted the most peared in the from this paper. Those raising of fashionable the designladies who ers’ world also loved were socialthe personal ites who had (and favora personable) publical interest ity shed on in fashion them began such as Babe to find them- HR IN PLACE CLEAN Paley, Gloria selves in the UP AS NECESSARY Guinness, front rows of M a r e l l a the shows of the designers’ collections as Agnelli (pictured above), well as the subject of fashion Mona von Bismarck, Deeda articles in the newspapers Blair, Evangeline Bruce,

Pat Buckley, Nan Kempner, Robin Duke, Louise Grunwald, Anne Ford Johnson, Mary McFadden, Bunny Mellon, Merle Oberon, Judy Peabody, Lynn Wyatt, Jayne Wrightsman, Chessy Rayner, Anne Slater, Rosita Winston, Jacqueline de Ribes, Annette de la Renta, Helen Rochas, Aline de Romanones, Pauline Potter de Rothschild, Lee Radziwill, and, of course, her sister, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who shocked the world when as a widow married the Greek shipowner Aristotle Onassis in 1968. Many were already well known in the world of society but their familiari-

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ty to the public made some of them, particularly Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Babe Paley, fashion icons, giving additional heft (and sales) to the designers whom they patronized. An item worn by either woman could cause

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a sales panic. Mrs. Paley, photographed leaving a luncheon carrying an Hermès handbag with an Hermès scarf tied to its handle, literally started an enormous boom in sales of both (very expensive) items, making

them icons of contemporary fashion.

The 1960s were also a major turning point in the world as well as in the world of fashion. The optimism and excitement of the new decade darkened after the assassination of John Kennedy in 1963. It was followed by the continued rising of the Civil Rights Movement, the escalation of the war in Vietnam, the Women’s Liberation Movement, and the Gay Liberation Movement, as well as the Beatles’ arrival in America, with their long hair and Carnaby Street fashion style.

Change

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became a staple.

Men began to follow the Fab Four’s style, growing their hair long and burning their draft cards in rebellion against the war. Women en masse began burning their bras in public to protest for equal rights. The short (tothe-knee) skirt, which had its debut in the 1920s as a reaction to the centuries of women covering up, had a huge revival, even shorter (the mini), and, like the liberation movements, had a lasting effect as a fashion staple.

By the end of the Sixties, with the war in Vietnam continuing, the

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D AV I D PAT R I C K C O L U M B I A assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy, the national political atmosphere in transition brought the election of Richard Nixon to the Presidency. This was followed by the continuing protests against the war, and then Nixon’s Watergate scandal, which brought down his administration.

Change was everywhere.

This was, predictably, reflected in the national attitude and in Fashion.

Fashion designers were now dealing with corporate empires.

Conglomerates were acquiring designers’ businesses. Both Halston and Oscar de la Renta gave

in to the stupendous offers, both of which turned out to be a disappointment to the designers. But nevertheless, it had become big business.

In 1968, Anne Klein, who had been a designer for a manufacturer’s line called Junior Sophisticates, l a u n c h e d her own line backed by two Seventh Avenue investors, Gunther Oppenheim and Sandy Smith. Klein was the first designer after Coco

Chanel (pictured below) to adapt men’s clothing styles in the way outfits were designed and produced for women— jackets, suits, and shirts styled with a feminine touch.

Wo m e n ’s Lib had hit mainstream (and remains).

It was called sportswear and she soon became one of the most successful women’s designers in America, with her business-

es grossing the then fantastic sums of $2 to $3 million a year.

Anne Klein died at age 50 in 1974 from breast cancer.

Her assistant at the time, Donna Karan, took over as head designer of the firm.

She was so successful with the line that the company’s founders backed her in her own business. In 2000, Karan sold her company to LVMH for $450 million. Last year LVMH sold the company for $650 million. Those figures reflect the enormous changes in the Fashion industry since the early 1960s. It grew and grew into a multibillion-dollar market. Ralph Lauren’s company alone is a

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Fashion for men and women now has several profiles, including unisex.

The fashion objective remains the same for most of us of my generation but the market is wider in terms of choices, most of which reflect the changing lifestyles that have occurred over the past half century. Most of the fashion names and icons I’ve listed here have passed on to the greener pastures and with few exceptions are forgotten. Babe Paley (pictured right) and Jackie Onassis still stand out to those who can remember them or have been made familiar with them. Onassis is remembered for her glamour and her distinction as the wife of the late president.

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Paley is remembered for the artistry of her costume choices. Most women I know who even just saw her out in public (she died in 1978) can still remember exactly what she was wearing and how it impressed them so favorably.

But Fashion has changed dramatically with these times, which almost make the 1960s look calm and collected. Whereas it once indicated specific inclinations and socio-economic positions that separate people, the lines are now blurred almost, in some cases

Felix Mayr-Harting, Catherine Russell and Jerry Vittoria

Ian Jarvis and Carole Delouvrier

Lucia Magnani, Marc Rosen and Roshumba Williams

to the point of extinction.

The blue jean, for example, originally called dungarees, was originally made for men working at labor—on farms, in mining, in construction, in factories. Practical and durable and easy to clean with a wash.

Today there are women who are “fashionable” who pay as much as $300 or $400 for a pair of jeans that are status symbols because of the pre-sold large tears in the legs of the pants— the costume of poor people as worn by rich Hollywood stars. A great many men and women now

dress casually to the point where it looks like they don’t care how they look. If you go to the theatre in New York, or any public function, you see people dressed as casually (or carelessly) as if they have just finished cleaning their house or washing their car.

There are many exceptions of course, but the fashion now is basically whatever turns you on. Or off.

What always fascinates this writer about Fashion is what it reflects and what it portends. It is a matter of the collective unconscious at work, which is simply an indication of where we are with ourselves, and with life. And what makes it most interesting is that it always leaves a great tale to tell, no matter who is wearing it. u

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IT SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY WHEN I ARRIVED at Calvin Klein’s New York office to photograph him in 1977, the idea was to take one quick photograph of him alone. Yet, before I could get my camera out of the camera bag, a beautiful woman walked in. A few minutes later, another, then another, and finally a fourth.

Klein had arranged for his four favorite superstar models to be there for the photograph. It was a no-brainer—four beautiful women surrounding him would make people stop and look at the picture—and, of course, I was delighted to see that he had arranged the surprise.

These four sophisticates are not only beautiful, sexy, and successful, they typify the sensuous image of the “Calvin Klein woman.” Incredibly, they look as modern today as they did 40 years ago when the photograph was taken.

Not only a favorite of Klein, Shaun Casey was the face of Estée Lauder in the early ’80s. Calvin graciously designed her wedding gown, which I imagine was a most welcome perk.

Patti Hansen and Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards married in 1983.

Their beautiful daughters, Theodora and Alexandra, have followed in their mother’s footsteps. The three look like sisters when photographed together.

Lisa Taylor went on to act in films, including the 1978 noir thriller Eyes of Laura Mars, which starred Faye Dunaway.

When they first met in the early ’70s, Janice Dickinson’s dark beauty caused Eileen Ford to allegedly say she was “much too ethnic” to be successful. Several years later, Janice joined the Ford Modeling Agency, so I guess Eileen changed her mind. Never one to rest on past laurels, Janice has written books and enlivened the judging on TV’s America’s Next Top Model.

My wife, Gigi, came across this photograph of Calvin with his muses when researching the archives for my forthcoming book, Harry Benson: Persons of Interest (powerHouse Books), which will be out this month. And I’m glad she did. u 60 QUEST

Calvin Klein in his New York City studio surrounded by his favorite supermodels.

From left: Shaun Casey, Patti Hansen, Lisa Taylor, and Janice Dickinson, 1977.

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This page, from left: Margaret Osborne duPont; Althea Gibson (right) was the first African American tennis player to compete at the U.S. National Championships in 1950.

ONE OF MY MANY regrets is that when I was young and on the tennis circuit, I played as a man. I had a crush on Margaret Osborne DuPont—an older player who won numerous Wimbledon and U.S. national doubles titles—and a very pretty Karen Hantz, a Wimbledon singles winner, not to mention the Budding sisters 62 QUEST

from Germany. Had I thought of it back then (I am talking about the late Fifties), I could have been showering with them, not to mention competing against them.

Instead, I had my you-know-what kicked

by Nicola Pietrangeli, Rafael Osuna, Frank Froehling, Roy Emerson, and other male champions of the period.

Ironically, I once had a practice match with Althea Gibson, the first great female black American champion, and it was very close. We played in Rome and Althea asked me to go all out. She was ranked number one in the world and I was among the lowest in the rankings, yet it was damn close. The only woman

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This page, from above: An illustration of the first Wimbledon, which took place in 1877; Renee Richards on the court.

I ever lost to in a sanctioned tournament was Dick Raskind, but when we played he was a ranked male player. He eventually became Renee Richards, and competed against women, but by the time he became a she, he or she was past it. (RR is a noted eye doctor right here in the Big Bagel.)

I say all this because I’ve just watched a South African Olympic winner who looks like a man, sounds like a man, and whose testosterone count is that of a man, compete against women in what I would say is as unfair a contest as it gets. I don’t want to go into details, but the term “trans” is now meaningless, ever since it was stretched to apply to anyone who chooses to identify as the opposite sex, or indeed no sex at all. I’ll get back to tennis in a jiffy, but first let me get this out of the way: It’s today’s edition of “You Couldn’t Make It Up,” courtesy of the London underground, as the limeys call their subway. “Ladies and Gentlemen” is being dropped from the subway’s announcements to accommodate the “trans” community. Yep, the “transies” felt left out and made a fuss and the Brits caved in quicker than you can say “kiss my ass.”

A big shot on the subway system said, “We have reviewed the language that we use in announcements and elsewhere and will make sure that it is fully inclusive, reflecting the great diversity of London.”

In the future announcers will address the crowd with “Hello, everyone.” The LGBT pressure group Stonewall insisted on it. I wrote the subway boss a letter proposing they just address everyone with, “Hello, sailor.”

So, no more gender-specific announcements in London buses, trains, or subways. Mind you, there might be a backlash somewhere along the line. Don’t expect society always to go along with the

ever more absurd demands of the obsessive gender lobby. The fact that anyone today can choose whatever gender they like, no questions asked, is, frankly, the most ridiculous thing ever. The current LGBT movement is claiming everyone as one of theirs. Exactly 50 years ago the Brits legalized homosexuality, a natural thing to do in view that 90 percent of the aristocracy was homosexual. Last month, the commander of the British navy came out for trans rights. It’s only a matter of time before Admiral Nelson is outed.

He did, after all, in his dying breath at Trafalgar say, “Kiss Me Hardy!”

On a more serious vein, gender testing is very important because it ensures fairness. As John McEnroe said recently—before he got cold feet—Serena Williams would be ranked 700 if she played against men. I say she would not even be in the first 1,000. The gulf is not one of skill. It is the consequence of the skeletal structure and biology, the very different construction of the male and

female pelvic girdle—a difference that has a profound effect on generating force and speed. But try and say this to the “transies” attempting to cash in and you will be called a bigot, a fascist, a Nazi, a Taki—you name it, they’ll call you.

Basically it is a rejection of truth, all this relativism business. Allowing people legally to decide their own gender is a terrible idea. It is bound to destroy women’s sport, and the constraints it will place on freedom of speech are too horrible to contemplate. Worst of all will be the mind-warping effect it will have on children. This gender idiocy must stop, but don’t expect anyone in Washington to do anything about it. The LGBT lobby scares the daylights out of them.

This is the bad news. The good is that Taki could have had a wonderful youth, especially in the showers following the matches. And I coulda been somebody. I coulda been a contender. u For more Taki, visit takimag.com.

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SOUR CREAM SOUFFLÉ

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This page, from above: Bill Blass—or “Blass” to his friends—was a force of 20th-century American fashion as well as a formidable host, inspiring Alex’s Sour Cream Soufflé recipe (opposite page); the actress and author Brooke Hayward, who introduced Alex to Blass in the mid-1990s.

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IF PUNDITS ARE CORRECT—that New York changes every seven years—the New York I moved to 20+ years ago is nearly 400+ percent different now than it was then. It seems to me 4,000,000 percent. You can quote me.

In those days, in the social swirl, there were hosts and hostesses who actually entertained their guests at home. Some of them actually cooked, while others caused it to be done, but both cared about every bite. These hosts and hostesses were, more often than not, famous or celebrated in their respective fields, storied characters, wits, style-setters, op-ed personalities, and larger-than-life legends—each one unafraid to be bold. That’s also a different New York. And it’s impossible to speak of a group like that without dropping a name, so here it is: Bill Blass.

Blass—as close friends called him—was a self-styled aesthete.

He was handsome, generous, and rugged, yet refined. Though from humble beginnings in Indiana, he studied and educated himself to become a grand seigneur by the highest European standards, all the while remaining proudly American. He loved art, objects, houses, gardens, and food. And smoking and gossip. The clothes he designed were classic and did not succumb to trends, and, in turn, Blass was often criticized by the fashion press for designing “wearable” clothes. Imagine that.

Those “wearable” clothes, and Blass himself, for more than 40 years, commandeered unfettered loyalty from no fewer than zillions of American upper-class ladies who wanted a quality, cosmopolitan, New York look to wear to their luncheons in St. Louis, their garden parties in Atlanta, their seated dinners in Dallas. My grandmother, mother, and aunt were among them. The clothes aside, Blass’s licenses for fragrances, leather goods, underwear, Lincoln Town Cars, you-name-it, were big business—an empire even by today’s standards. Blass was a fitting Emperor.

His houses were stars in their own right—an apartment at One Sutton Place South done with Chessy Rayner and Mica Ertegun featured maybe the most sumptuous but masculine neoclassical urban interior that existed in America, and his country house in Connecticut, an 18th-century tavern, though a bit more relaxed, was singular in its uncompromising quality, its pride of place. If other designers imitated a style, Blass unapologetically invented his own.

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Brooke Hayward, author of the 1977 blockbuster Haywire, which is, to me, the finest book ever written about dysfunctional families—her own—called me one morning in the mid 1990s after I’d lived in New York for about three months.

“Good morning, darling,” her voice lilted. “Blass wants to meet you.”

“Really? Why?” I answered, knowing him only by reputation, and wondering what on earth I could tell Blass that he didn’t already know.

“Because I told him about you, that’s why,” explained Brooke. “So now, darling, you and I are going to see him.

Come to Connecticut this Saturday and we’ll go there for lunch. Love.” Brooke hung up.

It was February. A completely hateful, hideous day—the meteorologists called it a “wintry mix.” I called it sludge. I put on a green cashmere turtleneck, blue jeans, and a duffel coat and drove to New Preston to meet Brooke—and Blass. I knew he was sick with cancer.

We were greeted at the door by his major-domo, “Big Al,” and golden retrievers, Shelby and Barnaby, and ushered into the library. “Hello, kid,” Blass greeted me from his chair by the roaring fire, weak from his recent chemo treatment, but smiling, warm, and welcoming. “Why, hello, Blass,” I replied, that name ceremoniously reserved for intimates.

Everybody laughed. For the next six or seven hours we gossiped and chatted and laughed and drank—and ate the most delicious smoked salmon, Sour Cream Soufflé, and vanilla ice cream. Shelby and Barnaby got the ice cream, too. It was a treasured lunch on a treasured day to herald the start of a cozy and pleasant friendship for the next very few years before Blass died from cancer.

Although he was famous for his meatloaf, the recipe here is my favorite of the dishes in his repertoire. Sadly, I had to recreate it on my own as I never got the formula from him, but I’m proud of it. I think Blass would have liked this version, and relished in its “virtuousness.” As he told me, he served Sour Cream Soufflé instead of Cheese Soufflé to his friends and the ladies he dressed so they wouldn’t get fat—because, according to Blass, it only has half the calories of a soufflé made with pure cheese. You decide. u SEPTEMBER 2017 65

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Fresh Finds

BY DA N I E L C A P P E L LO A N D E L I Z A B E T H M E I G H E R

SEPTEMBER IS PROBABLY the most inspiring month of the year—not just for fresh starts, back to school, and summery skies giving way to cool fall days, but espeically for fashion. We got a head start on the season by shopping for some sleek and stunning looks for evenings out, as well as transitional looks for day. Along the way, we picked up a fine piece of jewelry or few—as well as some gifts for the guys.

Every neck needs Vhernier’s Ottovolante necklace in 18-kt. rose gold. $12,300.

Vhernier: 783 Madison Ave. or 55 Wall St.; 646.343.9551.

This season, trusted designer Naeem Khan Fans are flocking for Stuart

is giving new reason to

Weitzman’s black-knit SOCKHOP, just in time for fall. $695. Stuart

shimmer and sway in an array of elegantly

Weitzman: 625 Madison Ave., 212.750.2555.

edgy gowns. At naeemkhan.com or Bergdorf Goodman.

Estate Betteridge Collection Pavé Multicolored Diamond Hoop Earrings in brown and black diamonds and pink gold. $2,200 at betteridge.com.

For natural-looking fullness, reach for Benefit Cosmetic’s Foolproof Brow Powder, a velvety smooth powder that instantly adheres to hair and skin. $24 at benefitcosmetics.com.

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Add a sparkly splash of color with David Webb’s Couture Streamer Earrings with green tourmalines, diamonds, and yellow, blue, and pink sapphires.

Price upon request. David Webb: 942 Madison Ave., 212.421.3030.

Cool tulle: Giambattista Valli’s double-layered tulle dress and corset with embroidered flowers. For more, visit giambattistavalli.com or netaporter.com.

In need of a new interior designer? Look no further than Leta Austin Foster, offering a bespoke eye for style, down to the custom embroidered drapery.

Leta Austin Foster: 561.655.5489.

Entertaining guru Cathy Graham is a go-to for the art of gracious living, so be sure to pick up a copy of her new book, Second Bloom: Cathy Graham’s Art of the Table When evening falls or morning

(Vendome Press; $35).

breaks, be sure to slip into the India Amory Trousseau Collection Monogrammed Linen Mini Robe. $160 at indiaamory.com.

Traveling—or city shopping— is made easy, thanks to Belgian Shoes.

Swing by and pick up a pair of the favorite Midinette slipper, in a variety of colorways and materials. $390.

Belgian Shoes: 110 E. 55th St.

The ring’s the thing, especially when it’s one of these Wempe colored gemstone rings in tourmaline, tanzanite, or rubellite, set in gold with diamonds. Price upon request. Wempe: 700 Fifth Ave., 212.397.9000.

Fresh Finds Fall calls for Polo Ralph Lauren: green brushed twill sport coat ($995), long-sleeve wool Limited-edition Shell Cuff Links by

sweater ($395), and

Tateossian with whale backs and

cotton Sullivan 5-pocket

rhodium-plated metal with enamel ring around

denim pant ($145), at

the edges. $250 at neimanmarcus.com.

ralphlauren.com.

A classic for outdoors: Dubarry’s Galway Gore-Tex–lined waterproof signature leather boot with kneehigh leather ties, shown in black and brown. $489 at dubarry.us.

Select resale cabins are move-in ready at Pine Creek Sporting Club in Okeechobee, Fla. Or sign up for one of the limited Medallion Memberships, which don’t require property ownership. For details, call John Reynolds at 561.346.9365.

Purdey offers ideal hand luggage for a weekend trip, like this English oak bark tanned leather nettle cotton-

For the explor-

canvas holdall. $1,786 at

er in all of us:

purdey.com (with shipping worldwide).

Rolex’s 42-mm. stainless steel Oyster Perpetual Explorer II, offering fine precision, a robust look, and the reliability we’ve all come to trust. Visit rolex.com for retailers.

Majestic Stone Manor - Heralding back to a different era. Handsome English Brick Estate - Breathtaking water frontage on David’s Brook! ivy-covered stone façade with a slate roof. 12000 square feet of beautifully built and finely finished living space. Perfect for entertaining on the grand scale.

Seven Bedrooms. Home Theater. Gym. Sauna. Wine Cellar. Stone terraces overlooking the Pool and Pool House. Garages for eleven cars. Gated drive to five professionally landscaped acres in the heart of Penwood. $6,000,000

Over nine storybook acres with fine trees, English gardens, scenic pond and waterfall. Long, gated drive to perfect privacy. Magnificent brick and slate country house, originally built in 1939. Custom millwork, nine fireplaces and antique herringbone floors.WineTasting Room.4000-bottle Wine Cellar.Champagne Cellar.Cinema.Pool and Pool House with rooftop Dining Terrace.Two Bedroom Cottage. $9,000,000

Lindenwood- Visually stunning Country House with great warmth and Remarkable Country Estate scale. Wide board floors, graceful arches, wrought iron detailing and extensive millwork. Impressive Living Room with Fireplace, exposed beams and vaulted ceiling. Formal Dining Room with coffered ceiling. Wonderful Family Room open to Country Kitchen. Den. Five Bedrooms. Media Room with Fireplace.

Game Room/Gym. Four beautiful acres with deeded lake rights. $2,965,000

1930’s Cottage Style - Beautifully restored stone and stucco Country House. Gleaming hardwood floors, leaded-glass casement windows and plaster walls. Center Entrance Hall. Living Room with Fireplace. Family Room with heated travertine floor. Formal Dining Room. Butler’s Pantry. Country Kitchen.

Three Bedrooms. Central air. Stone walls, terraces, gazebo and rock gardens.

Walk to Mount Kisco train, shops, restaurants and theater. $929,000 (914) 234-9234

The ultimate destination designed for entertaining and family fun! Nearly six acres with Sport Court, Batting Cage, Luge Run and Pool and Spa with 42’ jetted slide to the water! Gorgeous grounds with Wisteria-covered dining terrace with fireplace, Bocce court and perfect privacy. Handsome Shingle Country House with high ceilings, exposed beams, stone fireplaces and Control 4 Smart House technology. $3,495,000

Historic Painted Lady -

One of Katonah’s most distinctive homes.

Remarkable Queen Anne Victorian, circa 1896, beautifully renovated and updated. Period details—wraparound front porch with gazebo, Purple Heart wainscoting and gingerbread detailing. Interior with stained glass, intricate oak millwork and wood floors. Side Hall Entrance with impressive oak staircase.

Five Bedrooms. Walk to train, library, shopping, park and school! $1,195,000

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Fresh Finds

She’s sure to swoon for Nirav Modi’s Canary Yellow and White Jasmine Bracelet, a creation of yellow and white jasmine-cut diamonds and faceted round rose-cut and briolettes.

Stubbs & Wootton

For inquiries, visit niravmodi.com.

teams up with British artist Luke Edward Hall for a new collection that includes these Popina Gold velvet slippers ($600): 300 Worth Ave., Palm Beach, Fla., 561.655.6857.

Get a flair for fall fashion with Cynthia Rowley’s sequin flared pants ($550) and striped cashmere T-neck ($308), available at cynthiarowley.com.

Discover local Palm Beach artists at the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County galleries, where Natalia Laskis’s “The Collector’s Room” is available for $5,000: 601 Lake Worth Ave., Lake Worth, Fla.

Veuve Clicquot and Charlotte Olympia celebrate inspirational women with a bottle of La Grande Dame Dress up any outfit with Charlotte Kellogg’s solid cashmere scarf made in Nepal ($295) and hand-woven clutch made in India ($225). For these and other colors, visit charlottekellogg.com.

Exclusively at Scully & Scully: the Halcyon Days “Summer in Central Park” enamel box, hand-made and handenameled in England. $595 at scullyandscully.com.

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that’s been designed by Olympia herself. To order this special gift set, visit sherry-lehmann.com.

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BY MEERA GANDHI

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$165

HOOTEN & THE LADY MY FIRST INTRODUCTION to Michael Landes was watching him play popular eighth-grader Kirk McCray on ABC’s hit show The Wonder Years. Kirk was awkward Kevin Arnold’s nemesis and Winnie Cooper’s first boyfriend, and for any seventh-grade girl tuning into The Wonder Years (myself included) in the late ’80s, Kirk was positively dreamy. I had the pleasure of meeting Michael in person years later, as he is the son-in-law of one of my favorite people, Harry Benson (a.k.a. “acclaimed Scottish photographer Harry Benson, CBE”).

Harry and his lovely wife, Gigi, have two beautiful daughters, Tessa and Wendy, the latter of whom married Michael in 2000.

Wendy, also an actress, and Michael met on a film set, and although the two have both gone on to enjoy greater postproduction career success (the movie went straight to video), the biggest achievement to come from their on-set introduction was a happy marriage and two beautiful babies.

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BY ELIZABETH MEIGHER

TELEVISION

This page: Lady Alex (Ophelia Lovibond) and Ulysses Hooten (Michael Landes) overcome crazed bandits and uncooperative camels in East Africa in order to solve a mystery of epic proportions. Opposite page: Hooten and Lady Alex “hang out” in the Amazon (above); Michael Landes and Wendy Benson-Landes at the premiere of Harry Benson: Shoot First, hosted by Magnolia Pictures and the Cinema Society (below).

television series that follows the story of two treasure hunters, roguish American adventurer Ulysses “Hooten” (Michael Landes) and British Museum curator Lady Alexandra (Ophelia Lovibond). Together, the two embark on a series of global treasure-hunting escapades. The show initially premiered in September of 2016 on Sky 1 and aired through November. The series premiered in the United States on the CW on July 13, 2017, and is currently available for viewing.

We sat down with Hooten & the Lady’s Michael Landes to find out more about him, Hooten, and his leading lady.

Q: How did you get involved with Hooten & the Lady?

A: My London agent sent me the first episode and I loved it.

I was very aware of the show and a big fan of its writer, Tony Jordan. I put some scenes on tape and then they flew me to London to perform chemistry reads with various actresses.

They offered me the role after that.

Q: What do you like best about the show? Why do you think viewers should tune in?

A: We traveled to four continents. To be in the actual locations was not only authentic, but also afforded the show “big production” value, which we don’t often see on television.

The show is ultimately about Hooten and Lady Alexandra’s

relationship and the fun banter that ensues. Oh, and there is some historical treasure hunting in each episode...

Q: Do you enjoy playing Hooten? Are you able to relate to him? Were there any particular challenges tackling the role?

A: I loved this character immediately on the page. He reminded me of all the action heroes I grew up watching and mimicking. His wisecracking and mischief is not far off from my temperament. Many of my school teachers would agree!

The physical challenge was very demanding but I enjoyed it all.

Q: Do you have a favorite episode and/or shoot location? Any memorable on-set anecdotes that readers would enjoy hearing about (funny moments, unforeseen accidents, etc.)?

A: I loved shooting at Angkor Wot in Cambodia. It’s hard because we went to so many places and I have amazing memories from all of them. In the jungle of Episode One, our snake wrangler caught about 37 snakes in two weeks. Most were deadly poisonous species, like the Black Mamba and the Boomslang.

Q: What was it like working with the cast?

A: Great fun. Ophelia is smart and funny and a hard worker, which is both inspiring and keeps you on your toes. We also had an amazing guest cast, with whom we all bonded mostly because the adventure took us to so many exciting places.

Q: What are you up to for the rest of the year?

A: I’m currently filming a two-part BBC drama called Silent Witness in London and having the best time. Will spend some time with friends and family in the Hamptons as well! u SEPTEMBER 2017 73

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MAKING A MARK B Y B R O O K E K E L LY

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look into some of the unrivaled amenities that make this hotel remarkably unique.

THE MARK SAILBOAT The Mark recently introduced their newest offering, and it’s a bateau! This rare nautical adventure is available to guests from July through October, and will take you on a three-hour journey across the Hudson with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres catered by the one and only Jean-Georges Vongerichten. Get on board before it’s too late!

THE FINEST FOR FURRY GUESTS With Central Park just steps away and a pet-loving door staff, The Mark urges you to bring your furry friend along for your stay! Upon arrival, dogs will be welcomed with a comfortable bed by Molly Mutt, a signature water bowl, and custom placemats. ...AND FOR YOUR LITTLE GUESTS The Mark proudly offers a number of amenities and services tailor-made for tiny travelers, such as custom-designed strollers and cheerful sur-

prises from neighborhood toy store Zittles. Perhaps most noteworthy is “The Mark’s Slumber Party” suite special that comes with a tent, daily chocolate milk and cookies, and more.

SWEETS FROM LADURÉE With pride, The Mark provides Ladurée’s small, fluffy, mouth-watering sweets bedside each night. What could be better than coming home to the world’s favorite macarons?

THE MARK PEDICABS Custom pedicabs parked outside the hotel are on-call to chauffeur guests around Manhattan’s stylish shops and restaurants.

Definitely take one of these chic rides to Bergdorf Goodman—The Mark provides special, around-the-clock access to personal shoppers and expert advice from the luxury department store’s staff.

These are only a handful of the amenities that make The Mark New York’s most boldly lavish hotel. Be sure to discover all, and prepare to be treated like royalty. u The Mark Hotel: 25 East 77th Street, New York, New York 10075. For more information, visit themarkhotel.com or call 212.744.4300.

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WITH AN ABUNDANCE of luxury hotels in New York City today, it is for good reason that global celebrities and A-Listers continue to find themselves at this jewel on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. In fact, The Mark Hotel is said to be the go-to stay for celebrities attending the Met Gala—New York’s most star-studded event. The hotel’s dining offerings by globally renowned chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten continuously attract the elite, as well as over 50 fabulous suites including the multi-bedroom terrace suites on the 14th floor, and America’s largest hotel penthouse suite at 12,000 square feet, known as the “Castle in the Sky.” Each of these serve as a chic and private oasis in the city’s most elegant neighborhood. However, it is really the numerous one-of-a-kind perks and unprecedented level of personal service you simply cannot find elsewhere that really make this hotel peerless.

The ethos of The Mark extends far beyond the mold of a traditional luxury hotel, and from the minute guests check in, they truly become a part of a very exclusive, customized lifestyle coined, “The Mark Experience.” Here, we

This page, clockwise from above: The Mark Hotel’s entrance, taken by Francesco Tonelli; the master bedroom of the Mark Five Bedroom Terrace Sutie; the luxurious five-bedroom suite features a terrace with lounge chairs and umbrellas; the entrance to the globally renowned restaurant by Jean-Georges; the hotel’s flower stand.

Opposite page: Sail away on The Mark’s stunning new bateau between June and October.

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KEY-VENTURES JOINS BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESERVICES B Y B R O O K E K E L LY

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BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESERVICES New York Properties recently announced its partnership with KeyVentures—the acclaimed real estate brokerage firm known for serving New York’s elite and international high-net-worth buyers over the span of 50 years. Following Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices’ recent expansion into New York, the unity of these two iconic brands is a vital milestone in the company’s strategy to enlarge its presence in the city’s competitive luxury residential real estate market.

The Key-Ventures team—led by co-managing principals Larry Kaiser and Craig Dix—will immediately join Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New York Properties’ office at 590 Madison Avenue. “We are thrilled to see this partnership of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New York Properties and Key-Ventures come to fruition, as both companies share many of the same core values of providing excellent client service,” said Ellie Johnson, president of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New York Properties.

The two companies boast well-rounded staffs of agents with impressive educations, incomparable knowledge of the local markets, and widespread contacts and resources—a matchless duo. “As real estate continues to evolve, relationships are more important than ever before. This monumental union is an oppor-

tunity to significantly expand our platform by sharing resources and knowledge with a company that has sold billions of dollars’ worth of New York City real estate over the years,” said Johnson.

Key-Ventures was established 47 years ago by Evelyn Kaiser and A. Laurance Kaiser IV and has since preserved a versatile and global profile, representing high-net-worth individuals, corporations, and foreign governments in both residential and commercial markets. Due to its history of ubiquitous relationships—both in New York and overseas—Key-Ventures was the first real estate company to sell a single-family home for over $1,000,000. Aside from maintaining a record number of sales in luxury condominiums, loft residences, and upscale townhouses, Key-Ventures also works with a number of premier New York development and construction families—relationships that have resulted in the purchase and sale of property for hotels and other commercial developments.

“This partnership represents a new era of real estate and is a testament to our confidence in the tremendous strength of the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices brand,” Kaiser said. “As the company continues to build solid momentum in New York, we’re excited to join the team and help cement Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices as a dominant force both in New York City and globally.” u

This page, clockwise from top left: View from the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New York office; Ellie Johnson, the president of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New York Properties; the conference room inside Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New York Properties; Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices recruits agents who are aligned with the company’s core values of integrity and service to all clients. Opposite page, above to below: Craig Dix and Laurance Kaiser—the Key-Ventures duo; the reception desk at the New York office.

EXCLUSIVITY IS COMING to East Edgewater. Two Roads Development’s Elysee Miami, the city’s newest luxury condominium, will feature 100 half-floor residences in a 57-story waterfront tower set directly on Biscayne Bay in downtown Miami’s East Edgewater neighborhood, and is expected to be completed in 2019. The boutique-style high-rise will offer expansive three-to-five bedroom residences measuring between 2,300 and 4,000 square feet in size. Designed by architect Bernardo Fort-Brescia of Arquitectonica, Elysee’s three-tiered telescoping shape will provide direct, unobstructed 180-degree bay and city views from every residence. Prices range from approximately $1.5 million to upwards of $14 million.

Elysee’s elegant design concepts are the creation of top French interior designer Jean-Louis Deniot.

Featured on the ELLE Décor and “AD 100” lists of the world’s preeminent talents in architecture and interior design, the Paris-based designer has been recognized worldwide for his eclectic and emblematic interiors. Deniot has drawn inspiration from the grand decors of the past and the glamour of the French Riviera in the 1930s and 1940s to create common areas that are fresh, stylish and varied, yet sleek, sophisticated and timeless.

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said Alicia Cervera Lamadrid, managing partner of Cervera Real Estate. “From the intimacy and exclusivity of living in a boutique-style building, to the full-suite of amenities and whiteglove concierge services, Elysee is the address of choice for residents seeking the highest level of luxury living in Miami.”

Elysee residents will have access to a host of additional amenities, including a 75-foot resort pool; an outdoor summer kitchen and barbecue terrace; fitness center and yoga studio; children’s room; men’s and women’s spa with sauna, steam shower, and private massage rooms; and a blow-dry bar on the building’s 7th floor. All residences will include floor-to-ceiling glass windows and sliding doors, private elevators and foyers, 10-to-11-foot ceiling heights, designer faucets and fixtures, premium appliances, top-of-the-line Italian kitchen and bathroom cabinetry, as well as two east- and west-facing terraces with 180-degree sunrise and sunset views.

Miami’s East Edgewater enclave is situated just east of Biscayne Boulevard. Surrounding Miami neighborhoods such as the Miami Design District, Wynwood Arts District, Miami Beach, and Brickell are all within easy reach, providing the top destinations for luxury shopping, high-end dining, and worldclass arts, culture, and entertainment. u For more information, please contact Cervera Real Estate at 305.767.1414 or visit elyseemiami.com.

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This page, clockwise from top: Elysee’s Sky Lounge will feature a dining room with seating for up to 30 guests with breathtaking views; the 30th floor’s library; the building’s 7th floor will include a children’s gaming room; the 30th floor will have a number of amenities designed for entertaining, including a spacious media screening room; the building’s 7th floor resort-sized lap pool with a poolside refreshment bar overlooking the bay.

Opposite page: Parisian interior designer JeanLouis Deniot’s seamless finesse and signature style can be found throughout Elysee’s common area spaces, including the building’s grand lobby, which features a foyer, sitting area, and bayside lounge.

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MODERN TUSCAN-STYLE VILLA A true gem located in New Preston, Connecticut FEATURED IN Architectural Digest, this dramatic Tuscan-inspired property sits on a lush green hillside, offering magical views of Lake Waramaug in New Preston, Connecticut. The modern villa was designed by the award-winning architect Steven F. Haas and is situated on over 11 beautifully landscaped acres crafted by the distinguished landscape designer Renny Reynolds. The idea: to evoke Italianate gardens, a scene similar to the beauty one would witness on Lake Como. Everything about the house was designed to bring natural light inside, including the gardens and the magnificent views beyond. To achieve this, the house is organized on either side of a wide

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barrel-vaulted, glass-ceilinged walkway, where generously proportioned rooms with double-height mahogany ceilings (most of which have limestone flooring) and floor-to-ceiling mahogany-framed “window walls� open to the outdoors.

On one side of the barrel vault is a well-appointed eat-in kitchen and family room that opens onto a tented pergola for outdoor dining. The kitchen includes two marble serving counters, a glass-doored Traulsen refrigerator, a commercial Bonnet cooking system, walk-in pantry with freezer, wet bar, coffee bar, wood-burning fireplace, and an outdoor wood-burning pizza oven and grill. The main dining room off

This spread, clockwise from top left: An aerial photo of the property, showing off the lush greenery and spectacular landscape design by Renny Reynolds; the property’s koi pond and outdoor sitting area with stunning lake view; the home’s main entry; the barrel-vaulted, glass-ceiling entry; the main dining room; the reflecting pond; the master bedroom affords all natural light and has one-of-a-kind views; views of the main house rear; the family and game room; the private master terrace; a screened porch.

the kitchen encompasses a table that seats 14, facing a koi pond and terrace with moving glass doors that open to the outside. The dining room opens to a grandly scaled living room, with 22foot mahogany ceilings and a very large wood-burning fireplace.

Off the other side of the barrel-vaulted walkway is a glassed-in conservatory, which is a home for plants and flowering trees and a more intimate (eight-person) dining space; a media room with builtin cabinets for television and audio-visual systems; and a library and a large home-office, appointed with built-in wooden cabinets. There is a large powder room off of the study as well. All of these rooms have the same floor-toceiling glass doors that open to the outdoors. The master suite is surrounded on three sides by glass walls and has sweeping views of the lake. It has its own private outdoor deck but also opens onto the terrace that runs the entire length of

the house facing the view. The master dressing room and bathroom are beautifully appointed with mosaic tiles, a large soaking tub, “his and hers” vanities and a large dressing room.

The lower level of the house offers an expansive family room with a pool table, cubbies for games, a pinball machine, and a game table. Surrounding it are three bedrooms, each with their own beautifully appointed baths.

The guesthouse is a little jewel of its own, with all of the same quality in finishes as the main house. It is situated within a great room that opens on three sides to the outdoors and to its own terrace facing the gardens and pool with a dining table that serves eight. The terrace also contains a hot tub with views of the lake. u For more information, visit klemmrealestate.com or call Peter Klemm at 917.864.4940.

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On September 4, Works and Process at the Guggenheim will host the world premiere of “Rotunda Project: Daniil Simkin Falls the Shadow” at the museum. Spearheaded by American Ballet Theatre Principal Daniil Simkin, and with new choreography by Alejandro Cerrudo, “Falls the Shadow” is a new 30-minute work specially made for the design of the Guggenheim Museum. For more information, call 646.765.4773.

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CHUCKLES AND CHUKKAS

The Saratoga Polo Association will hold its Polo Hall of Fame Tournament at Whitney Field (2 Bloomfield Road) at 5:30 p.m.

For more information, call 518.584.8108.

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Hall at Cooper Union at 6:30 p.m.

For more information, call 518.473.7105.

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The Saratoga Food and Wine Festival will take place from September 8–9 at SPAC. This year’s festival will also

feature an appearance by Boston Red Sox baseball legend David Ortiz. For more information, contact events@saratoga.com.

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The Pegasus Charity Cup will be held at NYC Polo Club at Haviland

SHADOW CHOREOGRAPHY

Works and Process at the Guggenheim will host the world premiere of “Rotunda Project: Daniil Simkin Falls the Shadow” at the museum. For more information, call 646.765.4773.

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IMMACULATE DESIGN

The Board of Trustees at the Nassau Museum of Art will host a cocktail party at The Frick Collection to celebrate “Glamorous Icons: Fragrance and Cosmetics Packaging as an Art Form,” which includes a retrospective of Marc Rosen’s designs. The event will take place from 3–5 p.m. For more information, call 516.484.9338.

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The popular indie band Miss Velvet and The Blue Wolf will perform at the Surf Lodge in Montauk.

For more information, call 212.966.7900.

The Empire State Archives and History Awards, hosted by Stephen Lang, will take place at The Great

Hollow Farm (815 East Branch Road, Patterson, New York) at 1 p.m. The event will include polo, dinner, dancing, and more. For more information, contact info@nycpolo.com.

On September 9, the Pegasus Charity Cup will take place at NYC Polo Club at Haviland Hollow Farm. The event will include polo, dinner, dancing, and more. For more information, contact info@nycpolo.com.

American Ballet Theatre will celebrate its Junior Turnout cocktail event and silent auction at the Bowery Hotel Terrace at 7 p.m. The evening will be held in support of the 2017 Dancer Sponsorship Fund and in honor of Principal Dancer James Whiteside. For more information, call 212.477.3030.

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EMERGING TALENT

The Baryshnikov Arts Center Fall Fête will take place at 450 West 37th Street at 6 p.m. For more information, call 646.731.3203.

LOVE AND GENEROSIT Y

The New York Women’s Foundation Fall Gala will be held at The Plaza at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 347.545.1105.

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The Royal Oak Foundation’s Follies Gala will take place at the Prince George Ballroom at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 212.480.2889.

On September 20, the Fourth Annual Rolex Central Park Horse Show, featuring five days of unique programming, will be held at Wollman Rink (830 Fifth Avenue), at 6 p.m. For more information, call 205.914.4563.

PASSION FOR BOATING

The 47th Newport International Boat Show, one of the largest and most prestigious boat shows in the country, will take place at the Newport Yachting Center at 10 a.m.

Special events, educational seminars, and hands-on training courses will also be available. For more information, call 401.846.1115.

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will take place at the Museum of the City of New York at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 212.329.1429.

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JUMPING TO VICTORY

The Fourth Annual Rolex Central Park Horse Show, featuring five days of unique programming, will be held at Wollman Rink (830 Fifth Avenue) at 6 p.m. For more information, call 205.914.4563.

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AMERICA’S POLO MATCH

The Victory Cup Fall Classic will be held at Governors Island at 10 a.m. For more information, call 914.406.5114.

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The annual Nantucket Arts Festival will take place through October 8 at 2 Centre Street. For more information, call 508.325.8588.

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HISTORIC DISTRICTS

The New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation will host its annual lunch at a landmark with honored guest Lord Richard Rogers. For more information, call 212.669.7819.

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The Brooklyn Art Song Society will open its eighth season with a performance of “La France I” at the Brooklyn Historical Society at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 917.509.6258.

The 7th Annual New York Harbor Regatta and Bash will be held at Island Oyster on Governors Island at noon. Before the event, guests will be able to watch the Regatta from the Manhattan II, a 100-foot yacht with a glass observatory. For more information, call 205.914.4563.

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The Milford Historical Society will hold special home tours from 11 a.m through 5 p.m. For more information, call 203.874.2664.

MEET YOU AT THE FAIR

The Nantucket Island Fair will take place at the Tom Nevers Fairgrounds at 10 a.m. For more information, call 508.257.4250.

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The New York Women’s Foundation’s Neighborhood Dinner in Manhattan

The annual Nantucket Arts Festival will take place from September 30 through October 8, with a home base at 2 Centre Street. For more information, call 508.325.8588.

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Lauren lights up the interior spaces of the Lalique showroom off Lower Fifth Avenue in a blush satin-back crêpe gown by Carolina Herrera; Harry Winston’s Chandelier earrings in fancy and round diamonds set in platinum; and Lalique’s Soleil de Gaia bracelet in yellow gold. All beauty styling: Jenny Smith, Nars Lead Makeup Stylist (makeup), and Mario Mele of Oscar Blandi Salon, New York (hair).

FASHIONABLE FITZ DIRECTED AND STYLED BY DANIEL CAPPELLO PHOTOGRAPHED BY JULIE SKARRATT

IT’S NOT EVERY WOMAN who can manage a full-time, highstakes job between two capitals of the eastern shoreline while dedicating herself to worthy causes—and look so good doing it.

But Lauren Fitzpatrick can, which is why she’s long caught our eye at Quest. Sure, it’s one thing to admire from afar, quite another to try to pin down this lovely lady for a photo sitting (yes, she is genuinely lovely in every sense of the word—disarmingly so, especially to anyone who’s had to negotiate the finer details of a deal from the other end of the table or telephone, when she flexes her inner might). We were willing to wait, of course, and when our favorite looks from this fall’s collections started rolling in, we doubled down and persuaded Lauren to take a day to be our muse. And what an easygoing yet elegant model she was.

Born and raised in the Hudson Valley, Lauren studied at Vassar before graduating with a degree in international business and communications from Marist College. From there, she went to work brokering high-end and luxury residential real estate. For the past five years, she’s worked for Douglas Elliman/The Alexander Team, dividing her time between New York City and Miami. She currently leads business development for Goldman Global Arts, an internal creative venture founded under the parent company Goldman Properties, a boutique real estate firm with offices in New York, Philadelphia, and Wynwood, in Miami.

When her flight schedule isn’t overly booked, Lauren works closely with several organizations, including Best Buddies International, National YoungArts, Donna Karan’s Urban Zen Foundation, and Artists for Peace and Justice, which is committed to long-term sustainable development in direct partnership with the Haitian people. The group aims to empower local Haitian communities through economic and educational growth. Lauren’s balancing act—and sample-size figure—might be explained 84 QUEST

by another part of her life: her passion for healthy living. She believes in a holistic approach, with an emphasis on nutrition and staying in shape.

On set for our photo shoot, Lauren got to talking about her role with Goldman Global Arts: “What I’ve always found to be enticing about real estate is place-making,” she explained, “and art plays a significant role in turning spaces into places. Goldman Global Arts is the perfect intersection between real estate and art, as we work with clients to reimagine how a specific curation of artistic concepts can change the way we experience spaces.”

It was all very fitting. We were sitting in a space that was— thanks to gorgeous crystal on the door panels, on the bookshelves, even flanking the walls of the staged bedroom—a definitive place: Lalique’s Interior Design Showroom, off Lower Fifth Avenue. The showroom is a sprawling mise-en-scène of some of Lalique’s most opulent and alluring creations, enclosed by a wall of floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Flatiron District. It showcases the evolving lifestyle of the French luxury brand with featured interior collections that include Lalique Maison, the Art Deco–inspired furniture and home accessories line by Lady Tina Green and Pietro Mingarelli; Classic Lalique architecture pieces; Orgue lighting by Studio Andrée Putman; and Lalique’s Interior Design Studio custom capabilities. The showroom—our set for the day—was sprinkled with a stunning array of crystal objets d’art from the company’s decorative arts collections, including limited-edition pieces by the likes of Damien Hirst and Zaha Hadid. We came prepared with sparkling diamonds, rich golds, and brilliant gemstones from some of the city’s greatest jewelry houses, all meant to play off both the clothes and the objects adorning the space. And, speaking of the clothes, we think we found some very smart fits for this very fine Fitz. —D.C.

Resplendent in repose in Valentino’s Fall/Winter 2017 Look 23 dress and sandals with Verdura’s Pebble Pendant earclips in amethyst and gold, Candy Ring in amethyst and turquoise, and Topkapi cuff in black jade, amethyst, green tourmaline, and diamonds.

Glittering in Michael Kors Collection’s jersey bodysuit and pant with merlot crystal embroidery and merlot fox cape coat; Vhernier’s Spire ring in white gold and diamonds; and Nirav Modi’s Classic and Grand gold Embrace bangles and gold Brocade Diamond earrings and necklace.

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Lauren wears a black and navy skirt and blue jacket by Christian Dior with Harry Winston’s diamond Cluster Chandelier earrings, diamond Winston Cluster Wreath necklace, and diamond Carpet bracelet, all set in platinum.

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Sitting pretty in Marchesa’s tiered gown in dégradé blush ombré silk roses and plunging V-neck of black Chantilly lace with velvet ribbon detail; Manolo Blahnik’s black leather BB heels; and Harry Winston’s Cascading Drop diamond necklace, Winston Cluster diamond bracelet, Winston Cluster diamond ring, and Winston Cluster Line diamond earrings, all set in platinum.

This page: In Carolina Herrera’s navy velvet open-back organza bow gown with Harry Winston’s diamond Ballroom Drop earrings and sapphire and aquamarine Sparkling Cluster bracelet and ring.

Opposite page: In Veronica Beard’s Sebastian cami and Ramsey tuxedo pant in gold with navy Cyprus sweater; Mish New York’s pavé Ric Rac bracelets and Lagoa earrings in gold, agate, and ammonite; Vhernier’s diamond and gold Plissé cuff; and Verdura’s gold, citrine, and tourmaline Candy ring.

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This page: In Ralph Lauren Collection’s modern glen plaid dress, Vhernier’s rose gold Giunco ring, and Verdura’s Rope Knot earclips in sapphire and gold; Bubbles necklace in gold and rock crystal; Dogwood cuff in black jade, gold, rainbow moonstone, and sapphire; and 18-kt. gold Curb-Link bracelet.

Opposite page: Lauren makes a fashionable exit in Ralph Lauren Collection’s houndstooth Jacketing jacket, houndstooth silk shirt, and mini-houndstooth Jacketing pant, with Vhernier’s Bisquit ring in gold and gray mother of pearl.

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GILDED AGE GLAM FOR MONSIEUR CARDIN

BY ELIZABETH QUINN BROWN “NEWPORT, NEWPORT” resounded at The Breakers. Matthew Gonder (who performs at the famous Maxim’s in Paris) had reworked Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” as chanteur and emcee for Pierre Cardin’s fashion show in Newport, Rhode Island. This summer, the exclusive event celebrated Cardin’s career: a chic parade of 90 styles that featured his current collections as well as his creations from the 1950s and 1960s. It was a chronicle of seven decades of fashion—from the “mod” to the “modern.”

The Preservation Society of Newport County welcomed the designer—a visionary who once said, “The clothing I prefer is the one I create for a life that does not yet exist, the world of tomorrow”—to the iconic mansion. The scene was haute Newport, with 250 guests who included Diane Brown, the 55-year client of Cardin who introduced Trudy Coxe, CEO and executive director of the Preservation Society of Newport County, to the house. Cardin, who was unable to attend, decorated the front row with his fashion team: Maryse Gaspard (Cardin’s muse and, now, his director of haute couture) and Rodrigo Basilicata (Cardin’s nephew) as well as Dominique Raczynski (his assistant) and Richard Raczynski (one of his designers). He also forwarded his best in a recording that was played for the audience: “I’m so sorry not to be there. You can imagine my sadness at not being with you. I am here in bed. It will be a lovely event and I wish I were there. Please forgive me. Thank you, Trudy. I kiss you.”

The attendees—well turned out, of course—would return

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This page, clockwise from above: The Breakers’ Great Hall welcomed

these sentiments across the ocean. The fashion show’s “finale” was held on the loggia of The Breakers, where, along with views of the Atlantic, there was cake and Champagne to toast the designer’s 95th birthday. Bonne santé, Monsieur Cardin!

Newport is an enclave that has embraced the fashionable, and their fashions, since the Gilded Age. And this moment for Cardin was as iconic as when Jacqueline Lee Bouvier married John Fitzgerald Kennedy in a dress by Ann Lowe, an African-American designer, at Hammersmith Farm in 1953. Or when Ralph Lauren designed the costumes for Robert Redford and the cast of the 1974 film version of The Great Gatsby, which was filmed at Marble House and Rosecliff.

For fashion fans who didn’t make it to Newport in time for his birthday, the Preservation Society is continuing the celebration with “Pierre Cardin: 70 Years of Innovation,” an exhibition that features 42 pieces from Cardin’s archives—from the space-inspired “Cosmocorps” collection of the 1960s to the thermoformed “Cardine” dress that was worn by Lauren Bacall in 1968. It also includes a section dedicated to Maxim’s (which Cardin has owned since 1981) that shows off works by Georges Goursat (or the artist known as “SEM”). This ode to Cardin and his inventiveness will remain on view at Rosecliff (548 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island) through January 1, 2018.

“The Preservation Society of Newport County was honored to be the host for Monsieur Cardin’s 70-year retrospective show and exhibition. We share his passion for art, design, and excellence,” said Coxe. “While we missed Monsieur Cardin’s presence on Saturday, we certainly felt his genius and design sensibility. He personally curated the entire show specifically for us in Newport, and we will all remember it forever.” u

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BY LESLIE LOCKE

IF A PICTURE is worth a thousand words, then Robert Doisneau: The Vogue Years (Flammarion) serves as a comprehensive biography of the brilliant career of Robert Doisneau, the French photographer known for using his Leica on the streets of Paris. He had an eye that no one could overlook, which was apparent even when he was just beginning his career. Soon, Doisneau was granted a contract after meeting Michel de Brunhoff, the former editor of Vogue Paris. Brunhoff knew that Doisneau’s talent could not be ignored.

In the book, Doisneau’s career at Vogue is broken down into three parts. The first covers the cultural life of Paris where he photographed the artists, writers, and creators who were the most talked about people at the time. The second shows his photography of fashion models. And the third highlights his documentation of society life, which was his most beloved job.

Robert Doisneau: The Vogue Years includes pictures from the late 1940s to the early 1960s, but has a clear concentration on the era he is best known Brigitte Bardot in a white dress designed by Jacques Fath, taken by Doisneau in 1950.

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for—the famed Fifties. Doisneau’s children recalled that he had his “own unforgiving verdict on his brief stint as a fashion photographer.” Though the years he spent photographing models were short, his work was concentrated.

Vogue never asked Doisneau for the occasional portrait; the fashion bible wanted stories that were up to ten pages long, with an incredible number of photographs on each spread. His work appeared in every edition from Paris to London to New York. Doisneau—who felt stifled by fashion photography— incorporated natural elements such as rain, snow, smoke bombs, shooting stars, and Bengal light to conceal his indifference to the subject. He believed these unconventional props made the shoots less stiff.

The great love of Doisneau’s life, really, was photographing society. Many of the balls and weddings he captured were considered the events of the century.

For those who were not invited, the lack of invitation was a sure sign that you had been cast out of the inner circle. Many who were dismissed never returned. This postwar period in France, however, offered plenty of chances This page: “Skiers,” an example of Doisneau’s fashion photography, with two models sporting the alpine style of 1950. Opposite page: Mireille and Emmanuel Berl at 36 Rue de Montpensier, Paris, 1950; the cover of Flammarion’s Robert Doisneau: The Vogue Years (inset).

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to overindulge. Women wore expensive couture gowns and then threw them into the depths of their closet, never to be seen again. The parties of this period were often so magnificent that guests would cross the Atlantic to attend. By Doisneau’s own account, he believed the ball of the century was Monsieur Beistegui’s in Venice. Guests had traveled first by Boeing jet and then by gondola to reach the Palazzo Labia. Most of the attendees were completely immersed in silk, fur, and jewels. The opulence of the period was a way for the upper crust of society to try to forget the horrors of war by “spending money like water,” noted Doisneau’s journalist counterpart, Edmonde Charles-Roux.

In Doisneu’s photographs, the gradual shift in society is clear: with each passing year, the subjects shed the tragic past of the war as time goes on. In Doisneau’s own words, “the images that remain act like guard rails, preventing the memory from slipping.” No one was going to be able to forget the memory of the war, but plenty tried to drown it in Champagne. u This spread: Countess de Bourbon Busset in a gown by Lanvin Castillo at Charles de Beistegui’s residence, Château de Groussay, May 1957.

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The great love of Doisneau’s life, really, was photographing society.

Many of the balls and weddings he captured were considered the events of the century.

This page: Delicate yet modern pink pleats and a ruffled collar define Look 25 from Monique Lhuillier’s Spring-Summer 2018 Collection. Opposite page: Monique Lhuillier and models backstage at the SS18 Collection runway show in Paris, which was held at the Hôtel d’Évreux

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FROM PARIS, WITH LOVE

BY ELIZABETH KURPIS

IN AN ATELIER IN THE MIDDLE of Los Angeles, over 68 artisans work on every

detail from cutting and sewing to beading and finishings. Over 3,000 hours later, it’s finally finished—“it” being just one of the show-stopping pieces in Monique Lhuillier’s Spring 2018 collection. The gown consists of strand after strand of silver fringe beads—12,000 to be exact—that shimmy and sashay with any bit of movement. A work of art, no doubt, and, based on the weight alone, a workout for some.

The mastery behind Lhuillier’s designs originates in her Los Angeles atelier, something that is becoming increasingly rare in the fashion industry. “All the pieces in the collections are American-made products, something I am proud to say, and the craftsmanship is top notch,” she notes during our phone conversation. As one of the few in high fashion to have chosen the west coast as her home SEPTEMBER 2017 105

This page: Monique Lhuillier SS18 Collection Look 38—a toile-like soft yellow print in the form of a sumptuous ball gown. Opposite page: Preparing Look 38 backstage before the show in Paris (above); Monique Lhuillier Resort 2018 Collection Look 30 shot outdoors in Paris.

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base, it is important to note this was no accident. Lhuillier grew up in the Philippines until she moved to Switzerland to finish out her high-school years at boarding school. It was there, at age 16, that she realized fashion was her calling. With family in the Los Angeles area already, she decided to pursue a degree in California at the Fashion Institute for Design and Merchandising, a non-traditional locale for someone seeking to pave a path in high fashion.

Once she received her degree, she gravitated towards bridal in an attempt to fill a gap in the market that she discovered by way of trying to find the perfect gown for her own wedding day. Eventually this led to designs in evening wear, and, most recently, separates, that go from day to night as well as accessories, including handbags and shoes. Lhuillier has stayed consistent in her aesthetic over the years, always drawing inspiration from floral prints and botanicals, and incorporating the more ethereal and feminine fabrics, such as laces, tulles, and chiffons.

Her knack for combining femininity with an edge is what keeps her loyal customers coming back season after season for more. Lhuillier eloquently describes these women as “confident, well-traveled, and quite worldly; women who don’t let

From left to right, top row: Monique Lhuillier RE18 Look 22 photographed en plein air in Paris; detail of a handbag backstage before the Monique Lhuillier SS18 runway show at Hôtel d’Évreux in Paris; Look 25 hangs backstage in wait at the runway show; models backstage. Middle row: Models pose backstage before the show; a detail of Monique Lhuillier SS18 Collection Look 36; Look 37, with 12,00 strands of silver fringe beads. Bottom row: Preparations pre-show; Monique Lhuillier SS18 Collection Look 18; Monique Lhuillier RE18 Collection being photographed in the gardens of Paris.

trends dictate their style.” With them in mind, she draws her inspiration from everyday living, where even a beautiful piece of fabric or piece of art can trigger a vision. Travel, too, plays a vital role.

Growing up, Lhuillier loved to travel, and although she has roots in Los Angeles, it isn’t the only city that holds a piece of her heart. She is half French, from her father’s side, which brought her to Paris every summer as a child. So when Lhuillier was looking to try something new for her Spring 2018 collection, naturally she thought of moving her show to Paris.

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exude romanticism and grandeur with the appearance of signature botanical prints; an abundance of ostrich feathers on skirts, dresses, and capes; dramatic, glimmering chevron embroideries; and iridescent, sparkling sequins on simple shifts.

Just as impressive is Lhuillier’s ability to seamlessly incorporate consistencies between the Spring 2018 and Resort 2018 collections, the latter of which was photographed while in Paris as well. Although subtle, the similarities can be seen in her use of feathers and florals. This is a strategic play by Lhuillier: both collections will overlap in stores, and maintaining a sense of continuity when the two collections will hang side by side is of upmost importance to her.

Although we here in the States will get to see many of these pieces next year on the floors of department stores or in one of Lhuillier’s flagship boutiques, it’s not so clear whether we will be lucky enough to see her show in New York. When asked whether she will continue showing in Paris or come back to New York for Fall 2018, she simply stated that she wasn’t sure just yet. Between huge successes coming out of her show in Paris and the romantic parallels between her designs and the City of Love, can you really blame her? I know I certainly cannot. u

This page: Monique Lhuillier SS18 Collection Look 26 presented during the designer’s first fashion show in Paris, held at the Hôtel d’Évreux.

Opposite page: It’s all in the floral details, down to the shoes, backstage before the runway show (above); Monique Lhuillier RE18 Collection Look 25 captured outside on Plâce Vendome.

DONALD ROBERTSON: THE ANDY WARHOL OF INSTAGRAM B Y B R O O K E K E L LY

Donald Robertson uses the Instagram account @drawbertson as a way of collecting, cataloging, and reacting to images he finds there. He then posts the resulting work to the same account that initially inspired it.

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PRIOR TO EARNING HIMSELF the moniker “the Andy Warhol of Instagram,” Donald Robertson was your average father of five. He worked in Manhattan with a daily commute from Westchester, and compulsive drawing was simply a hobby. It wasn’t until Robertson established an Instagram account in 2012 that he exploded into an inspiration not only for those in the worlds of art and fashion, but to all who have viewed his work.

Recognized by his hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram as @drawbertson, it comes as no surprise that Assouline—the premier brand for luxury reads—recently published a

book praising the art and accomplishments of Robertson. This art has not only caught the attention of millennials worldwide, but has also charmed a number of mainstream superstars such as Beyoncé, who regularly collects his art. Additionally, “it” brands like Smashbox and Bergdorf Goodman have collaborated with Robertson, contributing to his global rise—a presence that influenced the Council of Fashion Designers of America to nominate Robertson as “Instagrammer of the Year.” All this has collectively made Robertson the world’s favorite art bomber of the Instagram era. As said by Sarah Jessica Parker, “Discovering SEPTEMBER 2017 113

This page: Lips are one of Robertson’s biggest artistic inspirations, which can probably be attributed to the jobs he’s held in the world of cosmetics. Robertson helped launch MAC Cosmetics, and has played a huge role in the creative development of the Estée Lauder Companies. Opposie page, top to bottom: Photographer Kelly Klein explains, “With a simple brush of his stroke Donald creates the human body in the sexiest form...He sees the world in wonderful neon colors”; Robertson’s obsession with making art out of Gaffer tape began while bored in photo studios during his publishing days.

Donald is like recalling a bright, happy, vividly recalled moment from the past. His work and ideas of creativity are so wonderfully modern, very much like his own, and I will treasure the pieces I have and those I get to see.”

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proud of his first name, Robertson replies that he has always loved it due to its long history in his family. However, he goes on to express that none of his children are named Donald because of the sketchy associations like “the Disney Duck, the fast-food joint—and Trump!” He muses, “It’s a wonder anyone wants a piece of art signed Donald at all.”

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“Smile, and the world will smile with you. That is my feeling every time I look at Donald’s drawings—they always bring a smile to my face.”

—Leonard Lauder, art collector

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This page: Robertson’s constructions cull from a deep understanding of fashion and color. He launched American Marie Claire and redesigned American Glamour with Condé Nast and Hearst (above); Robertson creating some of his energetic and eye-catching art (below). Opposite page: Robertson is a huge fan of dogs—so much that he’s collaberated with the ASPCA to help abandoned animals (above); Robertson’s son Teddy told him to google his favorite animal, a King Cheetah. Ever since this

artist,” his family, and, most importantly, his deep appreciation for Assouline’s taking on “Project: Drawbertson.”

The remainder of the publication (and the vast majority of it) features the very best of Robertson’s work, as well as pieces he created solely for this eclectic volume. Most of the works included are coupled with playful anecdotes and quotes from creative industry leaders, fashion designers, and his many collaborators. Jeremy Scott, creative director of Moschino, best articulates the amazing impact of Robertson’s work: “When you see a Picasso, you know it’s a Picasso; when you see a Warhol, you know it’s a Warhol; when you see Donald’s illustration, you know it’s a Drawbertson! That is the true sign of any great artist—immediate recognition!” u 116 QUEST

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This page: The Presley blouse, from the J.McLaughlin Fall 2017 Collection, photographed by Squire Fox on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

Opposite page: The J.McLaughlin storefront at

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IN A WAY, it’s the tale of two companies: one, the high-end luxe establishment that goes the extra mile to ensure customer satisfaction above all else; the other, the down-home, makeyou-feel-comfortable-in-yourown-skin retailer of reliable staples just blocks from home on Main Street. To wit, a customer in Saratoga recently phoned the local J.McLaughlin store and explained to her regular saleswoman that she was getting ready for a trip but had no time to shop. Not a problem: by the time her suitcase was opened at home, the customer’s closet had been lined up with an array of looks hand-delivered from the store— all perfectly selected to meet her personal tastes, yet appropriate for a climate change a plane ride away. She paid for what she wanted, and the rest was sent back. It was a retail move straight from the Stanley Marcus playbook; Marcus, the founder of the ultimate luxury retailer Neiman Marcus, famously encouraged his employees to go the extra mile in treating customers like royalty, even if it meant getting on a plane on Christmas Eve to ensure deliveries for Christmas morning. For customers loyal to the J.McLaughlin label, this level of personalized service should come as no surprise. “Make a customer, not a sale,” is what Kevin McLaughlin, the co-founder and current chief creative officer of the brand, has always taught his employees to do.

This kind of high-quality customer care usually comes from retailers who pride themselves on polished marble entryways or Rem Koolhaas–designed flagships, but there’s nothing fussy or intimidating about J.McLaughlin. Quite the contrary: the

brand is so next-door-neighbor friendly and approachable that some customers don’t initially realize their local stores are part of a national chain. For instance, a customer from New Jersey remembers growing up visiting the J.McLaughlin store in Princeton, and always assumed it was a distinctly local shop. “I liked shopping there because it felt like a oneof-a-kind Princeton shop— cute, preppy polo shirts; no flashy logos; and staff who felt more like your mom or aunt with a genuine smile and comforting advice.” Indeed, each J.McLaughlin store is deliberately designed and staffed with a keen sensitivity to local architecture, lifestyles, and qualities of life. There’s nothing corporate or cookiecutter about them, which might help explain why they keep popping up at a time when fashion retailers everywhere are cutting corners or closing bricks-andmortar shops due to plummeting foot traffic. From the beginning, though, there was something about that mom-like smile at the front of any J.McLaughlin store. You wanted to walk in, which customers still do—40 years later and going strong.

Back in 1977, when their first shop opened on 74th Street and Third Avenue, brothers Kevin and Jay McLaughlin found themselves with a nearly instantaneous hit that catered to the neighbors. The retail store that bore their name became a preppy hotspot—the go-to post-brunch destination for the sort of crowd who’d gone to an Ivy League school and dined at J.G. Melon. With an emphasis on a comfortable retail environment— something that felt more like walking into your family’s country SEPTEMBER 2017 119

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house—the McLaughlins struck a formula that seemed to work: the core product assortment and add new categories.” Happily well-crafted, high-quality staples of the preppy uniform, but at home in her new office in Greenpoint, Coyne has been with slight variations and nuances that kept them relevant, focusing on accelerating the brand’s growth across all channels fresh, and just whimsical enough, like happy colors and off-the- of distribution, “by both increasing the current retail footprint grid patterns and designs. and investing in the company’s direct-marketing efforts.”

Today, J.McLaughlin is synonymous with “inside-the-know” She’s spent a good deal of the past 12 months traveling to American prep. Kevin is still the creative force behind the states across the country and zeroing in on communities for brand’s impeccable designs and luxe accessories. Officially new retail stores. With measured acumen, J.McLaughlin has the chief creative officer, his taste and design sense (which he been popping up everywhere over the past several years in attributes to his mother, who used to hand-knit his father’s places like Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Nashville, and Coral cashmere sweaters and monogram his clothing herself) continue Gables. Since Coyne joined the team, the decidedly East Coast to guide the collections. Each season, he introduces new pieces preppy outfitter has set up shop quite comfortably among that are hailed as instant icons—an amusing detail on men’s several communities on that other coast, in California towns swim trunks, or a sassy variation on the best-selling Catalina like Carmel, Danville, Lafayette, and La Jolla. Today, apart Cloth dress (Catalina is one of the defining fabrics of the brand; from its two flagship locations in Manhattan—at 1311 Madison perfect for traveling or everyday wear, it is crafted from knit Avenue and the side-by-side women’s and men’s stores at 1004 jersey with a hint of spandex, and 1008 Lexington Avenue— making it comfortable, durable, the brand has 124 freestanding wrinkle-resistant, and flattering stores throughout the country. to the figure). His eye is on the “We keep adding [stores] details everywhere, as I witness organically,” Coyne says. firsthand on a tour of the Digital metrics are up as company’s 40,000-square-foot well, according to Coyne, who’s corporate headquarters and also planning on expanding design studio in Greenpoint, the fashion line and its Brooklyn. Walking me from accessories. She oversaw the floor to floor and department rollout this past summer of a to department at the airy, loftdedicated swimwear line, and like space that looks like the set plans to grow more product of the Nancy Meyers’ film The extensions organically as well.

Intern, McLaughlin seems more Even with this infusion of new like a friendly uncle than a boss. blood—quite literally, since the Stopping to chat with a young company has been more or less graphic designer who is crafting a family shop all its life—the This page: J.McLaughlin’s corporate headquarters in Greenpoint, new patterns onscreen, he tells DNA of the brand remains true Brooklyn. Opposite page: Looks from the J.McLaughlin Fall 2017 me how a whimsical fern-print to the McLaughlin brothers’ Collection, including a scene at Island, the Upper East Side bistro pattern was inspired by a recent original, family-style flair. At started by the fashion label’s founders themselves. trip. “My wife, Barbara, and I corporate headquarters, Kevin were in the Adirondacks and at a private club for lunch, where pats backs, shakes hands, and has off-the-cuff discussions with she showed me a great photo she took of the wallpaper from staffers during my impromptu tour. “This really is one big the ladies’ room. ‘That has to be a print!’ I said immediately.” family,” he explains, “And not just here, but in every store. Our And here it is now—old-school fern-print chic—reimagined store managers are like family, and many of them have been and morphing into pre-production before our eyes. with us for many, many years—or come back to us after raising Kevin’s brother and the company’s former chief families or resettling.” merchandizing director, Jay, strategically grew the business for Like its employees, J.McLaughlin customers feel at years into the bustling success that it is today. But last summer, home in the brand’s stores—and in its clothes. A company on the eve of its 40th anniversary this year, J.McLaughlin, which that distinguishes itself with its penchant for preppy bold is owned by the consumer-focused private-equity investment colors and signature prints keeps expanding, but remains firm Brentwood Associates, named former Ralph Lauren exec true to its original vision. Today, it’s not just New York and Mary Ellen Coyne as CEO, bringing onboard an industry “expected” preppy markets that enjoy J. McLaughlin. With veteran who’s poised to steer the quietly successful company stores everywhere from Palm Beach to Princeton, Lake Forest into a country-wide, digitally visible label. “The spirit with to Louisville, the McLaughlin hold on prep is seeping both which this brand was founded is incredibly relevant today,” north and south, and now west. “The marketplace rewards Coyne affirms. It is, according to her, a classic American brand craftsmanship,” the McLaughlin brothers once said. That built on integrity. “I see significant opportunities to build on truth, 40 years in, still holds. u

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Opposite page: More looks from the J.McLaughlin Fall 2017 Collection; illustrations have become a hallmark of the label’s brand identity, like this one of a store by Patricia van Essche (middle left); a 1990 WWD article detailing the expansion of the J.McLaughlin brand (below).

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Dan Meyers, the Newport/Boston resident who won Class C of the 2017 Candy Store Cup, skippered his 170’ schooner Meteor to finish positions of 1-3-1 in a 23.7-mile race that started off at Castle Hill and featured Brenton Point and the Cliff Walk as scenic backdrops.

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FOR THE SECOND YEAR in a row, the Candy Store Cup Superyacht Edition presented some of the world’s most spectacular yachts ever to race in a regatta. “Initially, the Candy Store Cup was a quick race around Newport Harbor with 12 Metres and any other boats that wanted to join in, and the Bucket was more of a party for the biggest sailing yachts that had no races to enter,” said Newport Shipyard owner Charlie Dana. “It’s exciting to fast-forward several decades later and have this opportunity to bring back the fun, casual atmosphere that was present during those orig-

inal events and match it with the imagery of these spectacular super yachts.” The Candy Store Cup materialized last year when Dana and Bannister’s Wharf’s owner David Ray partnered to consolidate the Newport Bucket and the Candy Store Cup regattas. “Our goal was a more light-hearted regatta, more akin to the original Nantucket Bucket started

by Nelson Doubleday years ago,” said Ray, who went on to affirm, “By all reports the relaxed and FUN atmosphere has been enjoyed by all.” And fun it was! Quest applauds their effort and salutes their partnership. u

This page, clockwise from top left: Whitehawk, built by Lie-Nielsen and equipped with an exterior designed by Bruce King, charges along; Naema, a 137-footer inspired by a 1937 Alfred Mylne design and built and launched by Hodgdon Yachts in 2013, paints a lovely picture on the water; Meteor, a 52-meter Royal Huisman schooner, forms part of the regatta’s new Corinthian Spirit class for yachts that prefer racing without a spinnaker and/or a smaller crew; 92-foot yawl Bequia was declared overall winner and awarded the silver Candy Store Cup Trophy in addition to its Class-B victory prize of a glass vase filled with penny candy. Opposite page, above: A close-up of the bow of Ranger, the first J-Class yacht to be built since their heyday in the 1930s. Ranger was built at the Danish Yachts shipyard in Skagen, Denmark, and equipped with an extensive refit led by Dykstra Naval Architects.

Middle: The 56-meter Zenji (formerly called Santa Maria), designed by Perini Navi and Ron Holland; Ranger, a 42-meter sloop from Danish Yacht; Sunleigh, a 32-meter sloop from Jongert and Tony Castro; and Action, a 32-meter sloop from Royal Huisman and Dykstra, compete in the 2017 Candy Store Cup. Below: A close-up of the 42-meter schooner Naema, built

by Graafship and fitted with an exterior by Hodgdon Yachts.

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My Sibling,

Myself To the outside world, we all grow old.

But not to brothers and sisters.

We know each other as we always were.

We know each other’s hearts.

We remember family feuds and secrets, family griefs and joys.

We live outside the touch of time.

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GRANT & OLIVIA PALERMO Grant wears Polo by Ralph Lauren cream cable turtleneck sweater, $595; brown cotton cords, $85; and brown leather loafers, $350. Olivia wears outfit from Ralph Lauren Blue Label.

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KATHRYN & BENTON BOHANNON Kathryn wears Ralph Lauren Blue Label brown suede skirt and Black Label white ribbed tank, $125. Benton wears Polo by Ralph Lauren brown wool tweed blazer, $695; blue cotton shirt by Ralph Lauren Black Label, $295; and Polo by Ralph Lauren wool trousers, $145.

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LUKE & MELANIE CHARLTON Luke wears Polo by Ralph Lauren black wool suit, $1,295; Ralph Lauren Black Label white dress shirt, $295; and Polo by Ralph Lauren purple cable crewneck sweater, $397.50.

Melanie wears Ralph Lauren Black Label brown cashmere long-sleeve turtleneck sweater, $455; and sand suede skirt with eyelet Flembroidery, $1,998.

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NICK & CAROLINE PERKIN Nick wears Polo by Ralph Lauren grey pinstripe suit, $1,550; Ralph Lauren Black Label blue dress shirt, $295; black side gore shoes, $950; and Ralph Lauren Purple Label purple tie, $135. Caroline wears Ralph Lauren Black Label black satin dress, $898.

CREDITS Hair by Dennis Trotta for the John Barrett Salon. Makeup by Mauricio Ramos for Trish McEvoy at the John Barrett Salon.

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ALEXANDRA & D.R. DWYER Alexandra wears Ralph Lauren Black Label ruffle shirt, $698; and denim jean with turquoise charm, $555.

D.R. wears Polo by Ralph Lauren wool suit, $1,350; white cotton dress shirt, $145; and red silk repp tie, $95.

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PALMER WITH OLIVER, ELLIOTT, & FRICK JONES Palmer wears Ralph Lauren Black Label grey blouse, $698. Elliott (left) keeps a collegiate cool look wearing Ralph Lauren Black Label dress shirt, $295; Polo by Ralph Lauren polo, $65; wool trousers, $185; and leather loafers, $350.

Frick wears Ralph Lauren Black Label wool blazer, $1,095; white dress shirt, $295; and Polo by Ralph Lauren five pocket jeans, $97.50. Oliver wears Polo by Ralph Lauren three-piece wool tweed suit, $1,650; and Ralph Lauren Purple Label shirt, $325.

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DIANA & JACK SHELDON Diana wears a Ralph Lauren Black Label blue suede jacket, $1,898. Jack wears Polo by Ralph Lauren white piqué polo shirt, $65; and navy cashmere cable-knit crewneck sweater accented with leather elbow patches, $595.

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ROSE GARDEN DINNER WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

5:30 p.m. Cocktails in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden • 7 p.m. Dinner in the Garden Terrace Room For more information and tickets, please contact Thao Phan at 718.817.8774 or tphan@nybg.org or visit nybg.org/rosedinner

The Board of The New York Botanical Garden will honor Jeanie and Harry Burn in recognition of their extraordinary leadership and great generosity in enhancing NYBG’s celebrated landscape and bolstering its programs in plant research and conservation.

Rose Garden Dinner Chair List Chairmen Patti and Eric Fast Anne and Bill Harrison Honorary Chairmen Merilee and Roy Bostock Mary and Marvin Davidson Lindsay and Spencer Grimes Mrs. Thomas J. Hubbard Memrie Lewis Gillian and Robert Steel

Proceeds from the evening will support the Fund for Horticulture and the continued preservation and development of the historic Rockefeller Rose Garden.

Vice Chairmen Vera Aryeh and Robert Gossett Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Baldwin III Friederike Kemp Biggs Ellen and Alan Breed Janet and Lucien Burnett Nancy and Dominic Casserley Maureen and Richard Chilton Harry and Kathy Clark Whitney and Jon Clay J. Barclay Collins and Kristina Durr Jerry Ann Woodfin Costa and Victor Costa Kie and Haigh Cundey Britty and John Damgard Andrea H. Fahnestock and George A. Hambrecht Heath and John Faraci Anne and Bill Farrell Rosemary and Carlos Ferrer Harold and Catherine Finn Mario and Regina Gabelli, Gabelli Funds Mr. and Mrs. H. Williamson Ghriskey Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Goergen Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Todd A. Goergen Joan and John Goodwin Pam and Gib Harris Melinda and Tom Hassen Kiwi and Landon Hilliard Mr. and Mrs. Franklin W. Hobbs Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mitchell Jennings Jr. Jill Joyce Diane Katzin and Rick Kurnit

Anne and Bill Kneisel Elaine and Ken Langone Angus and Leslie Littlejohn Ann Lozman and Jay Harris Susan E. Lynch Susan and George Matelich Janet and Tom Montag Sally Neff Mike and Trina Overlock Wendy and Paul Raether Mr. and Mrs. John R. Robinson Ellen and Kenneth Roman Ross and Tanner Rose Marjorie and Jeffrey A. Rosen Janet Ross Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Royce Julie and Nick Sakellariadis Scott and Lisa Stuart Nonie and John Sullivan Alease Fisher Tallman Carmen and John Thain Douglas Dockery Thomas Mr. and Mrs. John L. Townsend III Bronson and Mary Lynn Van Wyck Dani and Ted Virtue Caroline A. Wamsler, Ph.D. and DeWayne N. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Edward K. Weld Lynne Wheat Dee and Pug Winokur John and Susan Wynne List in formation as of August 22, 2017

Rose Garden Dinner

Jeanie and Harry Burn

On Wednesday, September 27, 2017, NYBG celebrates the Rose Garden Dinner. This annual event features the Botanical Garden’s world-famous Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden, designed by celebrated landscape architect Beatrix Farrand in 1916, and fully realized in 1988 through a generous gift

by Peggy and David Rockefeller. With nearly 700 cultivated varieties, the Rockefeller Rose Garden is one of the most spectacular displays at The New York Botanical Garden. Long lauded as one of the most beautiful rose gardens in America, it has been transformed in recent years into one of the most sustainable public rose gardens in the world.

The Burns’ friendship with The New York Botanical Garden dates back more than 30 years, including Jeanie’s service on the Board of Trustees and the Horticulture Committee.

NYBG is grateful to Jeanie and Harry for their long-standing support of the Garden’s Cuban research initiatives, as well as their dedication to the Special Events Program.

The Garden is also fortunate that, through the Melville Foundation, Jeanie and Harry have helped to restore and expand NYBG’s historic Lilac Collection, which was unveiled this past April and now includes nearly 500 lilacs planted across five sunlit acres.

The Rose Garden Dinner is a celebration of the glorious autumn flowering of the Botanical Garden’s magnificent rose collection. The evening begins with cocktails in the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden, followed by an elegant dinner in the Garden Terrace Room. The event attracts 300 members of the Garden’s extended family, and raises more than $600,000 to support the Fund for Horticulture and the continued preservation and development of one of the world’s premier rose venues.

For more information and tickets, please contact Thao Phan at 718.817.8774 or tphan@nybg.org or visit nybg.org/rosedinner

Together they have chaired the Rose Garden Dinner since 2005, contributing to the large success of this lovely event, and securing the Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden’s place as one of the world’s most beautiful and comprehensive rose gardens.

ROSE GARDEN DINNER THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2015

Honoring Julie Andrews and Stephen Scanniello for their enduring passion for roses. nybg.org/rosedinner

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New!

HOLIDAY TRAIN SHOW® FAMILY BENEFIT THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2017; 4–8 P.M.

For more information and tickets, please contact Heather Gries at 718.817.8657 or hgries@nybg.org or visit nybg.org/familybenefit

Celebrate the holiday season with this new and exciting family event perfect for kids of all ages!

Holiday Train Show Family Benefit Chairmen Ashley and Andrew Burr Elizabeth and Chris Davis Emma and Todd Goergen Jennifer and Beau Lescott Allison and Roberto Mignone Alexandra Steel Scott and James Scott Kate Solomon and David Wasserman Julia and Ted Weld

The Exhibition Enchanting model trains zip through a display of 150 landmarks, each re-created with bark, leaves, and other natural materials—all under the twinkling glow of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. Marvel at G-scale locomotives humming along among familiar sights such as the Brooklyn Bridge, Statue of Liberty, and Rockefeller Center on nearly a half-mile of track.

With a special appearance by Chef Carla Hall, co-host of ABC’s The Chew.

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Honorary Chairman Jill Joyce

Proceeds support The New York Botanical Garden’s Edible Academy, the hub of the children’s vegetable gardening program.

The Edible Academy is a rich platform of education, hands-on activities, and programs that help children, families, and teachers learn about growing vegetables, fruits, and herbs while encouraging a lifelong interest The Benefit includes a special, private viewing of the Holiday in gardening and healthful living. The Edible Academy’s Train Show®, a festive family dinner, winter garden treats expansion features a three-acre complex with a classroom and activities, including an apple cider press, woodland building, greenhouse, and terraced amphitheater to terrarium building, gingerbread cookie decorating, and so accommodate a broader range of programs and double much more. Gather your closest family and friends for a fun the number of people served each year. Learn how to get New York holiday experience you won’t want to miss! involved at nybg.org/edibleacademy

WINTER WONDERLAND BALL FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2017 7:30 p.m. Cocktails in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory • 8:30 p.m. Dinner and Dancing in the Conservatory Tent The Winter Wonderland Ball, named the “best party of the season,” has become synonymous with New York City glamour and nightlife.

For more information and tickets, please contact Caroline Balkonis at 718.817.8773 or cbalkonis@nybg.org or visit nybg.org/wwb

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1. Alexandra Lind Rose 2. Ariana Rockefeller, Hannah Selleck, Georgina Bloomberg 3. Anne Hathaway 4. Christian Simonds and Gillian Hearst Simonds 5. Charlotte Chilton, Sarah Chilton 6. Micaela Erlanger, Timo Weiland, May Kwok 7. Elizabeth Kurpis, Natalie Bloomingdale 8. Winter Wonderland Ball Tent 9. Angelo Bianchi 10. Alexandra Steel Scott, Elizabeth Steel 11. Alexandra Lebenthal 12. Genevieve Bahrenburg, Kick Kennedy 13. Giovanna Campagna 14. Karly FitzGerald, Zack Thain Photographed by the Billy Farrell Agency

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BY ALE X TRAVER S AND BROOKE KELLY Light Maison at the Maison St-Germain Celebration hosted

by Lily Kwong.

Clockwise from top left: Olivia Culpo; Alexandria Jackson, Madeline Zima, and Sophie Kipner; Lily Kwong and Rocky Barnes; Nolan Zarlin, Cassandra Dawn, Melissa Cuc and friend; Camille Ralph Vidal enjoying a “Labyrinthe”—Lily’s signature St-Germain cocktail featured at the event.

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“LIGHT MAISON” AT THE MAISON ST-GERMAIN CELEBRATION IN LOS ANGELES LAST MONTH AT the Houdini Estate in Hollywood Hills, landscape artist and creative director Lily Kwong hosted a dazzling affair in collaboration with Maison St-Germain elderflower liqueur. The celebration came shortly after the brand’s headline-making launch in July, and featured elements of magical realism throughout the venue—mystical florals and lights filled the five-acre estate, turning Kwong’s botanical fantasy into a reality. To go hand in hand with the ambience, there were presentations by bespoke magicians, a performance by “No)one.

Art House,” and improvisational sound art by Patrick Belaga.

The star-studded, bohemian-chic crowd—including the likes of Olivia Culpo, Eric Balfour, and Natasha Bedingfield—also enjoyed marvelous French hors d’oeuvres throughout the evening, and, of course, specialty cocktail pairings by St-Germain Global Ambassador Camille Ralph Vidal. This romantic and whimsical journey thoroughly honored the joyful decadence of summer indulgence, and resembled a rare fleeting moment of 1920s exuberance. It was certainly a night to remember.

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▲ ASSOULINE’S “IBIZA OASIS” IN MONTAUK

▼ CINEMA SOCIETY INTRODUCES BRIGSBY BEAR

ASSOULINE RECENTLY CELEBRATED the launch of its latest

THE CINEMA SOCIETY hosted a party immediately after the screening of Sony’s Brigsby Bear at Landmark Sunshine Cinema. This comedy-drama about a man named James (played by Kyle Mooney) and his obsession with the children’s TV series Brigsby Bear Adventures was gripping, and the after-party for the screening was held at JIMMY at the James Hotel, featuring Qui tequila cocktails fittingly named “Brigsby’s World.” Attendees from the film included stars Kyle Mooney and Claire Danes, director Dave McCary, producer Jorma Taccone, and Sony Pictures co-presidents Michael Barker and Tom Bernard.

title, Ibiza Bohemia, at the Surf Lodge. Hosted by Tracy Anderson, the event attracted a number of VIPs from the worlds of art and fashion, including Ashley Benson, Sasha Benz, Jack and Sailor Lee Brinkley-Cook, Tiffany Trump, and more. The exclusive soirée began with an extra special performance by Marian Hill, followed by a bonfire dinner where guests indulged in Mediterranean food and specialty cocktails by Zirkova Vodka and Dirty Lemon. The event was definitely an ode to the Mediterranean hot spot that inspired Assouline’s new book.

Clockwise from top left: Sean Kleier; Tom Bernard, Jorma Taccone, and Dave McCary posing with Brigsby Bear; Vanessa Bayer and Claire Danes; the after-party was held at JIMMY at the James Hotel with drinks named “Brigsby’s World”; Andrew Saffir and Daniel Benedict.

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From left to right: Jack BrinkleyCook with Sailor Lee Brinkley-Cook;

Clockwise from top left: Molly Sims and Rachel Zoe; kids with adoptable puppy Kid Rock; Rosanna Scotto; with a VIP ticket, guests received gift bags; Camp Divalysscious entertained children; June Ambrose and Shari Loeffler sporting B Floral crowns; Kelly Ripa strikes a pose.

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OCRFA’S 20TH ANNUAL “SUPER SATURDAY” IN WATER MILL IF YOU’RE GOING to choose one day of the year to shop ’till

you drop, designate the annual “Super Saturday” event by Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Alliance (OCRFA) as your time to splurge! This year’s day-long, guilt-free charity shopping event, hosted by Donna Karan, Kelly Ripa, Gabby Karan de Felice, Rachel Zoe, and Molly Sims, took place at Nova’s Arc in Water Mill, with fashionable attendees including June Ambrose and Brooke Shields. The event, which raised over $3 million for ovarian cancer research programs, featured deeply

discounted items donated by over 125 prominent brands such as Alice+Olivia, Carolina Herrera, Theory, French Connection, Ralph Lauren, and more. In addition to the designer items available for purchase, the space was occupied by Lyss Stern’s Camp Divalysscious for kids with carnival rides, a raffle with prizes from donors like the New York Giants and Soul Cycle, bites by Sant Ambroeus, adoptable puppies, B Floral accessories, and more—all making Super Saturday one of the most successful fundraising events in the Hamptons this year! u SEPTEMBER 2017 151

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This page, clockwise from left: An iconic shot of Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde; a 1967 film poster; Dunaway and Beatty team up again at the 2017 Oscars.

BONNIE AND CLYDE, 50 YEARS LATER BONNIE AND CLYDE, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, is a landmark American film, telling the bloody and romantic tale of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow through an aural and optical barrage. Its director, Arthur Penn, used a pair of 1930s bank robbers to comment on nonconformist 1960s youth. Bonnie and Clyde (played by Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway) were two nobodies, both damaged goods— horny, haunted, and out for blood. They weren’t the best robbers but they were great entertainers. When they weren’t killing or committing crimes, Bonnie wrote songs, trying to add a shimmer of hope to the gloom of the Great Depression years.

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al audacity and choice of fashion. In nearly every scene, Bonnie and Clyde looked good. And Beatty and Dunaway were near perfect in the title roles. (David Newman and Robert Benton gave them a great script—unlike the wrong envelope Beatty was handed at the 2017 Oscars—which they filled with sentiment.)

Fifty years later, the film holds up and not just for its photographic and fashion styles. Watching Bonnie and Clyde today, we see its brutality, amusement, beauty, sympathy, and distress—words that may not belong in the same sentence but comment honestly on the range of emotions we all experience. —Alex Travers

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