Levy's: Nashville Winter Black Book 2017

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NASHVILLE WINTER BLACK BOOK

2017

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holiday 2017

FEATURES wardrobe reboot | 2 It’s never been easier to refresh your look—and have some fun too.

the camera’s eye | 14 With his upcoming retrospective book, Harry Benson: Persons of Interest, renowned photographer Harry Benson is telling the stories behind some of his most well-known photos.

high-style soirÉE | 20 Take cues from this The Great Gatsby-themed event so your fete is an affair to remember.

the good life | 28 Smart sartorial choices will make you look and feel your best—no matter what you’re doing.

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your Wish list: Covered | 1 Don’t let holiday stress get you down: We have something for everyone on your list.

SPIRITS

the spice trade | 36 Raise your glass: These drinks are not only fabulously festive, but their common ingredient—ginger—has a mile-long list of health benefits. Cheers!

THE SPORTING LIFE

ski the rising sun | 42 For those who love the slopes, there’s a surprisingly satisfying destination: Japan!

SPOTLIGHT

BUNDLE up! | 44 The weather might be frightful, but True Grit and Dylan make it easy to stay warm and look stylish.

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Cold-weather gear or many of us, always makes a great gift. there are two Guys can stay warm with sides to the holidays: a Flynt leather jacket or the spirit of giving (one of our favorites pieces) to others and the a stunning scarf by Eton. feeling of joy when Of course, you can’t go receiving a generous wrong with a wool sweater gift. At Levy’s, we

by Ermenegildo Zegna, a have all sides of all leather belt by Torino or the season’s holidays accessories like Fearless covered—whether Memories’ necklaces and you’re looking for cufflinks by Jonathan something to add to Wachtel. your wish list or an Of course, options item to wrap and give abound for the ladies in to a loved one on a your life. Let your wife or festive night. daughter enjoy the texture of a leather If you walk into our store sneak peek clutch by J Markell, or surprise them right now, you’ll fall in love (and Mom!) with a piece of jewelry— with the richness found in we recommend a necklace or earrings all of our garments, from

by Carol Lipworth. And like the guys, fine cashmere sweaters and women will love our selection of warm plush five-pocket pants to weather wear: Try a soft and toasty vest distinguished sportcoats and or fleece pullover by Dylan. warm leather bombers. We’ve Levy’s truly has something for cuff ’em! hand-selected everything in the p. 10 everyone—family, friends, costore, guaranteeing that you’ll workers—so stop by and let us be your give or receive the very best products in the one-stop shop this season. We hope to see you world. The pages of our holiday magazine soon, and from our family to yours, we wish offer you a glimpse of what you’ll find here, happy holidays to all! and perhaps it will give you an idea or two.

—Ellen and David Levy

3900 HILLSBORO PIKE, SUITE 36 NASHVILLE, TN 37215 615.383.2800 WWW.LEVYSCLOTHES.COM STORE HOURS MONDAY TO SATURDAY: 10 A.M. TO 6 P.M. THURSDAY: 10 A.M. TO 7 P.M. OPEN SUNDAYS 1–5 P.M. THRU DECEMBER 24 CLOSED DECEMBER 25–26 AND JANUARY 1–2 Editor RITA GUARNA Art Director STEPHEN M. VITARBO Managing Editor LANCE DEBLER Associate Editor DARIUS AMOS Editorial assistant ALENA WOODS art assistant YVONNE MARKI CONTRIBUTING EDITOR EVERETT POTTER CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER DANIEL SPRINGSTON PUBLISHING STAFF Publisher SHAE MARCUS National Brand Manager MONICA DELLI SANTI

Account executive CHRISTINA FERRERO Director of Production and Circulation CHRISTINE HAMEL Advertising Services Manager JACQUELYNN FISCHER Senior Art Director, Agency Services KIJOO KIM Production/Art Assistant ALANNA GIANNANTONIO Accounting AGNES ALVES, MEGAN FRANK PUBLISHED BY Chairman CARROLL V. DOWDEN President & CEO MARK DOWDEN Senior Vice Presidents SHAE MARCUS, CARL OLSEN Vice Presidents NIGEL EDELSHAIN, RITA GUARNA, CHRISTINE HAMEL LEVY’S Magazine is published twice a year by Wainscot Media, 110 Summit Avenue, Montvale, NJ 07645, in association with Levy’s. Copyright © 2017 by Wainscot Media, LLC. All rights reserved.

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ESSENTIALS

WARDROBE REBOOT It’s never been easier to refresh your look—and have some fun too.

Clockwise from top left, lace-up boots by Wolverine, necklaces by Fearless Memories, camouflage underwear

by SAXX, gold bullet pen by Freedom Cartridge, green metal water bottle by S’well.

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THE GREAT OUTDOORS

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SECOND SKIN

Clockwise from top left, crocodile shoes by Alan Payne, python leggings by MINXX, crocodile belt by Torino, stingray money clip, card case and python handbags all by J Markell.

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ESSENTIALS

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A FORMAL AFFAIR

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Clockwise from top left, grey tuxedo by Hickey Freeman, black formal shoes by Mezlan, socks

by Pantherella, white dress shirts by Eton, bow tie and braces by Dion.

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Orange shirt by Marc Nelson, blue and gold baseball hats by Levy’s.

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From top to bottom, pendant necklaces and earrings by Carol Lipworth, Nashville-themed cufflinks by Jonathan Wachtel.

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Black and maroon velvet leggings, velvet bell bottoms, Benjamin skirt leggings, all by MINXX.

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Photographer Harry Benson took this striking photo of late Amy Winehouse at The Savoy hotel in London in 2007. He remembers being impressed by the singer’s “European, oldfashioned manners.”“There was no coarseness,” says the photographer, who’s the subject of the Magnolia Pictures documentary Harry Benson: Shoot First, available on Netflix. “She served a cup of tea to everyone on the shoot and poured herself a cup last.”

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the camera’s eye

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Renowned photographer Harry Benson has captured iconic images of celebrities ranging from Elizabeth Taylor to the Beastie Boys and has photographed every president since Eisenhower. Now, with his upcoming retrospective book, Harry Benson: Persons of Interest, he’s telling the stories behind some of his most well-known photos.

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Above: Benson was there when the Berlin wall came down in 1989. He had also photographed it going up. Right: Benson was standing next to Robert Kennedy when he was shot in 1968 in Los Angeles and captured this heartbreaking image of Ethel Kennedy. “While I’m changing film, other people were shot around me,” Benson remembers. “I was the last photographer to leave.”

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Above: Benson took his famous photo “Berlin Kiss” in 1996. “A good picture is a glimpse,” he says. “It’s a moment.” Right: The photographer captured Paul McCartney sweetly singing to his daughter Stella in 1975. By that time, Benson was already more than familiar with the world-famous singer: A decade before, he was a part of The Beatles’ inner sanctum as they approached world domination. Benson’s photos from that era are featured in his book, The Beatles on the Road 1964-66, just reprinted by Taschen.

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HIGH-STYLE SOIRÉE

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby was the inspiration for a lavish dinner party at the opulent Glenmere Mansion in Chester, N.Y. Take cues from this elegant event so your next fete is an affair to remember. o wonder The Great Gatsby was the inspiration for a recent dinner party—no one in literary history hosted a better bash than Jay Gatsby, Fitzgerald’s timeless symbol of aff luence, charm and hope. The fete’s setting? The majestic Glenmere Mansion. Now, in The Art of Entertaining (published by Rizzoli New York), Jessica Kerwin Jenkins is walking you through the event, thrown by owners Dan DeSimone and Alan Stenberg. From the elaborate decorations in the library to the culinary delights served by Executive Chef Gunnar Thompson, see every Gatsby-esque element—and get inspired to create your very own theme party.

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The Glenmere Mansion—part of the Relais & Chateaux collection of boutique hotels—specially decorated its private China Room for the Gatsby-themed dinner. Twelve guests dressed to the nines gathered and conversed around the room’s centerpiece, a dark mahogany table.

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This page: The party’s host filled the Glenmere’s motor court with vintage automobiles, including a pristine Rolls-Royce. Partiers, after all, should ride in style. Opposite: Brilliant white orchids, a soaring chandelier and two towering candelabras illuminate the China Room.

The china and other treasures, from the plates on display to the sterling salt-and-pepper shakers, are part of the Glenmere owners’ collection.

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This page: The menu boasted imaginative dishes like medallions of venison with sauce poivrade and chestnut potatoes. To avoid toughness, the backstrap cut of venison should be cooked no more than medium rare, says executive chef Gunnar Thompson. Opposite, clockwise from top left: Seafood lovers dined on Lobster Americaine, which features a sauce made with brandy and cream; the mansion’s Glenmere Gatsby martini was a salute to the Roaring Twenties; the broiled salmon with tarragon carrots featured a light hollandaise sauce; each guest was given a personalized space at the table.

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This page: Chef Thompson selected recipes from his cookbooks to recreate the most elegant dishes of the Romantic Age. Opposite: One of the main courses was a baked ham glazed with cognac and maraschino cherries.

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the good life Smart sartorial choices will make you look and feel your best—no matter what you’re doing.

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Photography by Daniel Springston

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This page, on him, light tan coat, brown cardigan, grey shirt, wool pocket square, and blue pants with chain, all by Eleventy. Opposite, on her, sequin fleece-lined jacket

by Daniela Dallavalle for Elisa Cavaletti, pants by Eleventy.

On him, brown wool sweater

by Ermenegildo Zegna, check dress shirt by Strenströms, patterned scarf by Eton, pants by BRAX Feel Good.

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This page, on her, turquoise and black dress by Knitss, leather necklace by Carol Lipworth. Opposite, on her, velvet jacket by Donna Degnan, white tank top by Majestic Filatures, navy pants by MAC, leather necklace by Carol Lipworth.

On him, purple and blue jacket by Canali, blue dress shirt by Stenströms, paisley pocket square by Levy’s, navy pants by Ballin, braided black belt by Anderson’s.

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This page, on her, short sleeve red sweater by Santiago, velvet flocked pants by MAC, leather and onyx necklace by Carol Lipworth. On him, plaid jacket and grey turtleneck

by Eleventy, black jeans

by AG Jeans. Opposite, on her, black jacket with crown patch and striped shirt by Eleventy, black leggings by MINXX. On him, blue suit and check dress shirt by Ermenegildo Zegna, patterned tie by Canali, wool pocket square by Eton, braided black belt by Anderson’s.

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This page, on him, leather jacket by Flynt, plaid shirt

by Michael Bastian, tan pants by Eleventy. Opposite, on her, white vest by Dylan, plaid shirt by Levy’s, jeans

by AG Jeans. On him, grey zip-up sweater, cashmere hoodie and white shirt all

by Patrick Assaraf, grey trousers by Eleventy.

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SPIRITS

the spice trade

Raise your glass: These drinks are not only fabulously festive, but their common ingredient—ginger—has a mile-long list of health benefits. Cheers!

El Burro Catalan Serves: 2

INGREDIENTS

n 2 fl. oz. vodka n 5 tsp. crisp manzanilla sherry n 1 Tbs. cranberry juice n 1 Tbs. sugar n 1 Tbs. lemon juice n 2 dashes of Angostura bitters n 5 Tbs. ginger beer n twist of lemon peel, to garnish n dried or fresh cranberries, to garnish

DIRECTIONS

Pour all the ingredients except the ginger beer into a cocktail shaker and shake. Double-strain into a copper mug over crushed ice, then add the ginger beer and top with pebble ice cubes or more crushed ice. Twist the lemon peel over the drink to release the oils. Add 2 short straws and garnish with skewered cranberries wrapped with the expressed lemon peel.

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French Ruby Mule Makes: 1 cocktail

INGREDIENTS

n 1 Tbs. fresh lime juice n 2 Tbs. St-Germain elderflower liqueur n 3 slices of lime n ginger beer, to taste n dehydrated lime, to garnish n pieces of fresh ginger, to garnish

DIRECTIONS

Add crushed ice and fresh lime juice to a Mason jar. Follow with the St-Germain elderflower liqueur, Chambord and lime slices. Top up with the ginger beer. Garnish with pieces of dehydrated lime and fresh ginger cut into small strings, if preferred, and serve with paper straws.

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Ruby Winter Cup Makes: 1 cocktail

INGREDIENTS

n 1 ¼ fl. oz. rum n 4 tsp. Pimm’s No. 1 Cup n 4 fl. oz. ginger beer n cinnamon sticks, star anise, cloves and orange zest, to garnish

DIRECTIONS

Pour all the ingredients into a wine glass over ice cubes. Garnish lavishly with seasonal winter ingredients.

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Reprinted with permission from Fever Tree: The Art of Mixing, published by Mitchell Beazley, a division of Octopus Books. Photography by Paul Winch-Furness. El Burro Catalan recipe by Angel Teta of Atatula, Portland, Ore. French Ruby Mule recipe by Diego Ferrari of Rotonda Bistro, Milan, Italy. Ruby Winter Cup recipe by Jeppe Nothlev of Ruby, Copenhagen, Denmark. No images shall be used, in print or electronically, without written consent from the publisher.

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THE SPORTING LIFE

ski the rising sun For those who love the slopes, there’s a surprisingly satisfying destination: Japan! By Everett Potter

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Of course, I had to ski Niseko when I was there, almost as a badge of honor. Yet while it gets the powder, it also gets the crowds, so I chose to stay in the smaller resort area called Kiroro Snow World, which many Japan fanatics consider the region’s hidden gem. Here I found that the five-star Kiroro, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel, was the ideal base camp for my Japanese skiing adventure.

This Starwood property has clean-lined modern rooms that verge on minimalist, with the airy white duvets beloved by Japanese hoteliers. I chose a conventional room, but you could elect to sleep in one of the traditional Japanese-style suites with tatami mats and futons on the floor.

A shuttle bus runs frequently between the hotel and the ski slopes of Kiroro, a mediumsized resort spread over two mountain peaks.

The resort has 21 runs, which the Japanese call “courses,” with trails for beginners, intermediates and experts. There were wide and long red slopes such as Nagamine Course 2-C that were ideal for a morning leg-warming cruise even if they’d been buffed out to perfect corduroy.

There were also more challenging back slopes such as Asari Course 2-A to venture to once I found my footing. Kiroro is not a dramatically challenging mountain, but there is tree skiing as well, which is always a thrill.

What the mountain lacks is crowds and lift lines. As for precipitation, the snowfall was more of the “Snow Falling Gently on Cedars” variety than a full-blown whiteout, which was ideal. As I made my way down the mountain, I felt as if I were skiing inside a classic Japanese

woodcut. Lunch was a highlight every day, usually a bowl of udon or soba noodles, or maybe tempura.

Three days into my stay, I ventured an hour away to Niseko. I found it packed with skiers, with loudspeakers on lift towers making too many announcements for my taste. I quickly learned that getting off the piste and into the trees was the way to go.

Skiing in Japan turned out to have one other major advantage: lack of altitude. Niseko is only about 4,200 feet high, Kiroro about 3,200 feet.

Consider that the thin-aired villages of Vail and Aspen sit at around 8,000 feet and that their lifts take you upwards of 11,000 feet, and you’ll quickly appreciate the difference.

Back at the Kiroro Hotel, I discovered the classic Japanese relaxation comforts that are antidotes to hours of acrobatic turns through all that powder. The Kiroro has both an indoor and an outdoor onsen, a classic Japanese style communal thermal bath that is ferociously hot, just as it should be. There you’re segregated by sex, your garb consisting only of a very small washcloth. There’s also a separate onsen area in the Kitanoyu Spa and an even odder Japanese offering, the hot stone sauna, where you lie on stones heated to (or beyond) 115 degrees Fahrenheit. When I followed this with a cold draft Sapporo, I was barely capable of getting to dinner. Fortunately, the hotel has five eateries, including a very good sushi restaurant. Nightlife, short of a karaoke lounge, doesn’t exist.

After a day in deep powder and a late afternoon soak and sauna, it was all I could do to order sushi and contemplate the next day’s heroics.

Clockwise from top: The abundance of powder in Japan in January has entered skiers’ slang as “Japanuary;” a deluxe king room at the Kiroro Hotel features clean lines and a minimalist feel; a major perk of skiing in Japan? Getting to enjoy Japanese food every day; after a long day on the slopes, a soak in the hotel onsen (a classic Japanese style communal thermal bath) is a must; the famous “snow monsters” at Zao Onsen Ski Resort are fir trees clumped with ice and snow; the lights of Niseko’s Hirafu village shine brightly at the base of the mountain.

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apan is famous for so many things, from ancient temples to day-after-tomorrow tech, that typical American skiers can be forgiven if they don’t think of flying halfway around the world for snow. Ah, but what they’re missing!

Among avid skiers and snowboarders like myself, “Japan” has become essentially a code word for “powder.” I have skied all over the United States, South America and Europe, but I’ve never encountered deeper, lighter, fluffier powder than I did in Japan, day after day.

Mecca for me and other Japan-bound skiers is the northern island of Hokkaido, which lies east of the Russian mainland, just across the Sea of Japan. That combination of northerly latitude and cold sea creates a series of winter storms that deliver ungodly amounts of light powder to the mountains of Hokkaido, leaving as much as 600 inches in a very good year. The resorts around Niseko are the sweet spot, but nearby are quieter locales like Kiroro that also benefit from the nearly 50 feet of snow that piles up throughout the winter.

I went in January, the month in-the-know powder fanatics focus on, when snowfall seems virtually constant. So many fellow skiers have caught the January Japan fever that the terms “JaPow” and “Japanuary” have entered skiers’ slang.

Getting to Hokkaido is relatively easy, with a flight to Tokyo followed by a four-hour ride in the Shinkansen, or bullet train, north to the Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto. I loved that train, but on the return I chose to fly to Tokyo from Sapporo, site of the 1972 Winter Olympics Games and close to the slopes.

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BUNDLE UP!

Blue, grey and pink frosty tipped quarter-zip fleece pullovers, all by True Grit for men and Dylan for women.

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