Home for the Holidays
Deck the Hills with Vows of Dali Another Not-at-all-Surreal Gift-Giving Compass by Jeff Wing
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ere at the MJ we’ve taken great pains (not literally – this is a self-congratulating figure of speech) to throw light on your seasonal gift-giving panic; to add a spark to this season of beneficence. Gifting anything to a loved one – be it an original Van Gogh or a silken beach stone made lovely by untold eons of erosion – should always be a thrilling exercise. We impart to those we love objects that deliberately speak that love, whether in a whisper or a shout. And there are as many varieties of gift as there are shadings of love. You heard it here first. We hope. In the Santa Ynez Valley, the Mayberry-like town of Los Olivos seems to exist outside of space and time. Into that ecosystem saunters LOU Los Olivos owner Leanna Drammer. In 2009, she created Downtown L.A. Fashion Week and has a global reputation for blue-chip event production around such trifles as the Oscars, Emmys, and Grammys. Her eye, taste, and acumen are matched only by her fashion intuitions. To her impeccably appointed Los Olivos shop she has now added a gorgeous and inviting online experience (www.loulosolivos.com) that features the warmth and ease of a brick and mortar. Shopping in pajamas is invited. Even suggested. Mary Beth Larkin’s Santa Ynez boutique – (IN)LARKIN – doesn’t want you to have to make that Faustian choice between glamour and comfort. We’ve all (or most of us) had the experience of wearing a knockout ensemble so closely-tailored you dare not sit down or, like, breathe? Larkin’s training at NYC’s Fashion institute of Technology – and immediate post-grad decade with Giorgio Armani – led her to develop what she calls “athglamour” – an uptown offshoot of the “athleisure” movement that happily married comfort and radiant style. Larkin’s shop in Santa Ynez, and her online presence at https://inlarkin.com, are all about you stunning the paparazzi, feeling amazing, and breathing easy. ZFolio parlays the Czech Republic’s 700-year-old glass-making mastery into jewelry and art you can both cherish and wield. When in 2003 Zdena Jiroutova delivered a suitcase full of decorative crystals to a Nevada City Christmas festival, the response to the glittering glassware was such that it gave her the epiphany that grew into ZFolio. Insanely gorgeous and unique jewelry, soul-penetrating glass art you can stare straight into – ZFolio’s spaces in Solvang and Monterey simply astonish. Glass is an amorphous solid not yet completely understood by science. Fortunately, ZFolio’s offerings exemplify a beauty that surpasses understanding. So relax. www.zfolio.com The Fabric Merchant is a business whose name needn’t be puzzled over. Irene Salas came all the way out from Santa Fe (and places more unimaginably distant) to display her wares in the heart of SYV. Salas’ 30 years of international travel in search of couture fabrics, textiles, and home furnishings will wow you. To those entranced by the endlessly varied look, feel, and indescribable texture of fabrics from all over Holidays Page 284 284
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14 – 21 December 2023