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CoSmo GiRl Cosmopolitan editor Joanna Coles reveals how she’s shaking things up in Hearst Tower—by adding politics and career advice to the magazine’s traditional “bedroom” mix.

by kyle pope photographs by matt jones

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SUpERioR Six These select interior designers take us inside their favorite spaces—from outdoor gardens to pied-à-terres at The Plaza.

by haley friedlich and charlotte ross photographs by jessica nash and clint spaulding

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CUlminATinG WoRk Designer Ellie Cullman explains it’s “all in the details” in her just-released book.

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this page Sitting in her office, Joanna Coles wears a purple blouse and black blazer by Giorgio Armani, printed pants by Ter et Bantine, gold bracelets and snake ring by Sidney Garber and shoes by Jimmy Choo. Photographed by Matt Jones. Styled by Aya Kanai, fashion director of Cosmopolitan.

Hair by Gardner Edmunds. Makeup by Kristofer Buckle. Manicure by Julie Kandalec.

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DiplomATiC GiFTS Tread lightly: In the world of diplomacy, the art of giving is a tricky enterprise.

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WoolWoRTh’S WUnDERkinD Ken Horn of Alchemy Properties is reinventing the wheel with the storied building.

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holiDAY GiFT GUiDE Whether shopping for your mom, dad or furry best friend—our gift guide covers every special recipient on your list.

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Brushing shoulders with the city’s who’s who at New Yorkers for Children, California’s Hearst Castle Foundation and more.

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CoCkTAil on ThE AvEnUE A drink at Swifty’s with the “Prince of Chintz”—Mario Buatta.

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We take a moment to remember the late English artist Julian Barrow.

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unreal estate

With a relocated Le Bilboquet and the new La Goulue—real estate is a revolving door for the mainstay restaurants of the East 60s.

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Social Safari

Behinds the scenes of fall’s most-talked-about red calendar events.

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World According To . . .

Upper East Side-bred Patricia Herrera Lansing reveals her go-to Little Italy places.

introduction by charlotte ross

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arts calendar

The best parties of the month, from Casa Lever to John Demsey’s living room.

A look at what’s on view at museums, galleries and auction houses.

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Pictured in the lobby of Hearst Tower, Coles wears a Roland Mouret red and navy dress, snake wrap bracelets and snake ring

by Sidney Garber and diamond stud earrings by Hearts on Fire.

Photographed by Matt Jones. Styled by Aya Kanai, fashion director of Cosmopolitan. Hair by Gardner Edmunds. Makeup by Kristofer Buckle. Manicure by Julie Kandalec.

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correction In our October issue, our On The Avenue coverage of the Hampton Classic misidentified the vendor of the glassware on the tables.

The glasses were provided by Baccarat.

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Dear Readers,

Coles’ charisma is so powerful that it can probably be seen from space.

SOME PEOPLE LIKE to stand quietly to one side, waiting for things and people to come to them. They prefer corners to open spaces and are shy, almost diffident, in the company of others. Joanna Coles is not one of those people: She’s a born leader if ever there was one, who’s now in command of the highest-circulation magazine in the world.

If you can compare magazine editors to commanders-in-chief with legions of fashionistas marching to their every order, then it’s safe to say that Joanna’s troops would follow her anywhere. (I’d like to think that my staff would follow me anywhere too, if only out of curiosity.)

Coles’ charisma is so powerful that it can probably be seen from space.

New York City was made for people like Joanna; no other place on earth could contain them. Kyle Pope, our interviewer, postulates that being editor of Cosmopolitan magazine is just another rung on the ladder of Coles’ quest for world domination. Maybe so, but right now, Coles has just ascended to the biggest job of her career. We need role models, and as a successful working mother and editor of a seminal magazine, Joanna Coles gives us all something to aspire to.

Speaking of aspiration, I’ve always wanted to have a designer’s eye.

It takes a certain kind of person to be able to look at a room as if it were a blank canvas and to devise how to make it over into the next canvas by Picasso or, depending on taste, Titian. To showcase that talent, we invited six designers to choose their favorite rooms and explain their references and how they came to choose the objects that fill them. The results are as varied as the designers. We also asked Ellie Cullman, one of our favorites, to talk about her new book and give us her favorite tips for making her spaces as beautiful as can be.

Enjoy the issue.

Daisy Prince

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Above: Daisy Prince wears earrings by Dorie Love.

Bottom: In her corner office, Joanna Coles wears a purple blouse and black blazer by Giorgio Armani, printed pants by Ter et Bantine, shoes by Jimmy Choo and a snake ring and gold bracelets by Sidney Garber.

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BRAZILIAN NIGHTS The 11th annual Brazil Foundation Gala heats up MoMA

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Chair Will Sanders and co-chair Olivier Theyskens were on hand, greeting guests such as Stavros Niarchos, Julia and Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld and Amanda Hearst. Afterward, partygoers ventured to the new Meatpacking hotspot Bar Naná for a dance fest that continued on well into the wee hours.

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NEW YORK AFTER DARK The Museum of the City of New York’s Director’s Council hosts cocktails at The Four Seasons

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LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE BOYS The Boys Club of New York hosts its 65th Annual Fall Gala at The Pierre hotel

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ovember focuses on giving thanks.

But this whole season has made me exceedingly grateful that I have friends that who give recitals in their living rooms, parties in their castles and, fireworks in their courtyards,, and make sure that there is always a charitable component.

Rarely has an honoree been as eminently deserving as Nicholas Scoppetta, presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Child Welfare at the New Yorkers for Children Fall Gala. Nick founded the organization, which supports New York children in foster care, and served as the first commissioner of the Administration for Children’s Services. He’s also served as NYC fire commissioner, chair of the Board of the Children’s Aid Society and so much more that were it all listed there would be no room for anything else. At the event, Mayor Michael Bloomberg proclaimed Nick “a real hero—a superstar that 5.3 million New Yorkers are grateful to.” Nick’s beaming friends and family agreed. And Deputy Mayor Linda Gibbs and Commissioner of the Administration for Children’s Services Ronald Richter announced that the ACS Children’s Center was being renamed the Nicholas Scoppetta Center.

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they say, “A person is a person because of other people.” Nick is a full person, indeed.

David Stark’s soaring paper mobile, featuring all things important to the kids, greeted guests in Cipriani’s already beautiful room.

And Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness, who served as co-chairs, turned heads.

But the uber cool crowd never bothered the actor, though he voluntarily took tons of pics with the kids. His BFFs, Kelly and Jay Sugarman, also co-chaired, along with Donya and Scott Bommer, Vanessa and Henry Cornell, Dayssi and Paul Kanovos, Lauran and Justin Tuck, Susan and Tony Gilroy, Lise and Michael Evans, Susan Burden, Oscar de la Renta, Kevin and Erika Liles, Beth DeWoody and Scott and Candice Posner, who alone would make a great party.

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They were joined by other fab folks, like Marina Killery, Crystal Renn, Shirin von Wulffen and Frederic Fekkai, Hannah Bronfman and Annabelle Dexter-Jones.

Jamie Niven auctioned off pledges (“No trips to Telluride in hopes of getting lucky—get lucky on your own.”), and was followed by the rapper Common (as so often happens), who got some of us on our feet, and others tucking home to the percales. Over $1.2 million was raised, along with our hopes.

Sometimes it’s nice to tuck in to your pal’s house for some tunes (via the Met), especially if it’s Christine and Steve Schwarzman’s beautiful home in that oft-discussed building near my never-discussed building. This civilized “privé salon” was one of a promised series created by Alan Pepe, which had launched with an earlier, intimate concert by violinist Joshua Bell at the Kochs’ place a few floors down. This time, the “petit concert” featured Anna Netrebko and toasted her latest album, Verdi. Steve said, “It’s on the top of the carts—and it’s not pop!” Hallelujah.

She has been called “Audrey Hepburn with a voice.” And Christine added to this her own comment: “Great voice . . . great shoes,” as Anna did indeed, slither among us on her stilettos, charming and wowing guests who included Tina Brown and Sir Harry Evans, Kyra Sedgwick (who said husband Kevin Bacon couldn’t make it, though not because he’s a rocker; he likes classical, too), Aby

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Eric Javits’ 30th birthday party for his partner Di Mondo left us all wondering if we would ever be loved so deeply. We were happy for him. Di Mondo, in fact, had envisioned this riot of creativity, with all gifts going to Bent On Learning. Guests were greeted at the yellow-lit Academy Mansion with petals dropping down from above, a mandala painting on the sidewalk, the sounds of the shirtless (buff, of course) Crystal Bowl Players and the aroma of incense. We sipped yellow mango

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How does one follow these over-the-top events? Two words: Hearst Castle. Anne Hearst McInerney and Jay McInerney hosted the Castle weekend with their usual grace and aplomb. As you probably know, the Hearst Corporation donated the Castle to the State of California in 1957, and its one million annual visitors not only support the Castle but many of the other parks in the California system, as well. So this seemingly lavish gig (it is), goes beyond repairing and maintaining the treasures there; it helps kids hike through forests, marvel at the ocean vistas and generally enjoy what W.R. Hearst called California: “the best country in the world.”

For the Castle weekend, we lucky folks wore our Gatsby-inspired finest the first night (which actually makes sense here), and

This whole season has made me exceedingly grateful that I have friends that give recitals in their living rooms.

cocktails, surrounded by thousands of yellow lilies (yes, yellow is his favorite color), and were awed by the opera singer who sang Di Mondo’s favorite aria, “Nessum Dorma.”

We then stumbled on, enjoying our sensory overload, into the dining room, to be greeted there with still more yellow—this time, zinnias (all artfully arranged by Helena Lehane), sprouting from mirrored tables, and 100 linen napkins embroidered with “Di Mondo” in—yup, you guessed it—yellow.

Tear-producing toasts from Eric and Di Mondo, and from Eric’s cousin and matchmaker, Vanessa Rooks, followed. Then Di Mondo masterfully (who knew?) performed “Nella Fantasia” in Italian, before the door burst open and a 4-foot wide spinning globe (a theme, along with the yellow) rolled in, followed by the presentation of dessert-mini globes adorned with green and blue icing that promptly gave us lips, teeth and tongues to match. Then, just as Chappy Morris, Mark Gilbertson, Jared Goss, Michelle Smith, Fe and Alessandro Fendi, Geoffrey Bradfield, Andrea Karambelas were beginning to tire of showing off their colorful orifices, fireworks began shooting off in the courtyard. Finally, the dancing commenced, with a light show of planets and shooting stars, though there was really only one: Di Mondo, and Eric, his universe.

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sipped Nicolas Feuillatte champagne on the Casa Grande Terrace, then moseyed in to the Refectory, to dine below Flemish tapestries and hand-carved Italian ceilings. Honestly, everyone looked good here. Anne and Jay welcomed us—the New York contingent: her cool kids, Amanda and Randy; Matt Cohler (Instagram and much more); George Farius; Candace Bushnell (dancing, singing and diva-ing with the best of them); Judy Cox; Jim Signorelli and the marvelous Mazzolas: John, Sylvia and organizer extraordinaire Alison, plus Christopher Mason, who would later sing “Ingenious.” Guests shrewdly mastered the art of not seeming plastered and, on the sly, brought their own supply, referencing W. R.’s two-drink maximum, though we didn’t need to sneak, and happily imbibed Greg Brewer’s magnificent wines.

The California crew, included Joe and Edith Tobin, Tony and Paula Peck, Gregory and Kathy Hampton and Robert and Justine Bloomingdale. Kayaking, hiking and swimming in the Neptune pool with the Unsyncables (yes, they were), followed. Hangovers didn’t deter this healthy Cali crowd. Then we donned boots and jeans and hoedowned in the Barn. Thank heavens there were jets to spare, as coach would have seemed unseemly after this; so I propped my still-booted tootsies onto the leather seat and, reluctantly, soared east. ✦

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Feasting the Eyes This month’s selection of art and antiques on view, for sale and on stage SOTHEBY’S Nov. 1–14: The Extraordinary Jewelry of Alexandre Reza Nov. 6: Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale Nov. 8: 19th Century European Art Nov. 14: Contemporary Art Day 1334 York Avenue 212.606.7000

GaLLERiEs ACQUAVELLA GALLERIES Miquel Barceló Oct. 9–Nov. 22 18 East 79th Street 212.734.6300

Ad Reinhardt Nov. 7–Dec. 18 525 West 19th Street 212.727.2070 GAGOSIAN GALLERY Willem De Kooning Nov. 8–Dec. 21 980 Madison Avenue 212.744.2313 JONATHAN LEVINE GALLERY Adam Wallacavage: Magic Mountain Oct. 19–Nov. 16 529 West 20th Street Ninth floor 212.243.3822 LUHRING AUGUSTINE GALLERY Reinhard Mucha: Hidden Tracks Nov 2–Jan. 11, 2014 531 West 24th Street 212.206.9100

Wool, Christopher. Minor Mishap. 2001.

Silkscreen ink on linen. Luhring Augustine Gallery. © Christopher Wool

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Barceló, Miquel. Gimferrer. 2010. Bleach, chalk, and charcoal on canvas. Acquavella Galleries. © André, Morin, 2013

ALEXANDRE GALLERY Gregory Amenoff: Trace Oct 17–Nov. 23 41 East 57th Street 212.755.2828 DAVID ZWIRNER Yayoi Kusama Nov. 8–Dec. 21

Wallacavage, Adam. White Dixie LaRue. Mixed media (epoxy resin-coated plaster and lamp parts). © The Jonathan LeVine Gallery

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by Carlo Scarpa: The Venini Company, 1932–1947 1000 Fifth Avenue 212.535.7710 MUSEUM OF MODERN ART Sept. 28–Jan. 12, 2014: Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary, 1926–1938 Nov. 23–March 10, 2014: Isa Genzken: Retrospective Nov. 25, 2013–Feb. 17, 2014: Isaac Julien: Ten Thousand Waves

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Magritte, René. Le faux miroir (The False Mirror). 1929. Oil on canvas. The Museum of Modern Art.

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5. Quilted Down Hunter Jacket by SAM., $595.

Available at nordstrom.com 6. Crocodile Carryall by SANTIAGO GONZALEZ, $6,200. Available by special order at Bergdorf Goodman, Fifth Avenue, 212.753.7300 7. Handcrafted Crystal Bottle of TEQUILA DRAGONES with Two Custom Crystal Tequila Glasses, $275 for box set. Available at Bottle and Soul, NYC, 212.628.0100 8. Clos du Bois Cruiser by C. WONDER, $350.

Available at C. Wonder, Columbus Circle, 212.956.9760 9. Bond mixologist box by RALPH LAUREN, $6,995. Available at Ralph Lauren, Madison Avenue, 212.434.8000 10. Matte Genuine Alligator Flat Card Cases

by BARNEYS NEW YORK, $295 each.

Available at Barneys New York, Madison Avenue, 212.826.8900

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by GRAFF GRAFF. Available at Graff, 710 Madison Avenue, 212.355.9292

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3. Flapbag by CHANEL, $3,900. Available at select Chanel boutiques, 212.535.5505 4. Cable-knit Peplum Cashmere Jacket by AUTUMN CASHMERE CASHMERE, $363. Available at Bergdorf Goodman, 754 Fifth Avenue, 212.753.7300 5. Colline Acetate Sunglasses in Alabaster by OLIVER PEOPLES PEOPLES, $335. Available at Oliver Peoples, 812 Madison Avenue, 212.585.3433 6. Perforated Sheepskin Leather Glove by ECHO $78. Available at echodesign.com ECHO, 7. Suede Calfskin Boots by HERMÈS, $2,375.

Available at Hermès, 691 Madison Avenue, 212.751.3181 8. Brown and Colorless Diamonds set in Yellow Gold and Platinum by DAVID WEBB, $54,900. Available at David Webb, 942 Madison Avenue, 212.421.3030

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9. Private Blend Collection Set by TOM FORD FORD, $325. Available from Bergdorf Goodman, 754 Fifth Avenue, 212.753.7300 10. Wide Brim Cotton/Tweed Hat by CHANEL, $650.

Available at Select Chanel boutiques, 212.535.5505 11. Holiday Collection Candle in Encens de Indes by DIPTYQUE, $32–68. Available at Diptyque, Madison Avenue, 212.879.3330 12. Fancy Shape Diamond Cuff set in Yellow Gold by WILLIAM GOLDBERG GOLDBERG. Available at William Goldberg (by appointment), 589 Fifth Avenue, 212.980.4343

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1. Peppermint Snowflake Bark and Chocolate Dipped Candy Canes by EDWARD MARC, $3.50. Available at edwardmarc.com 2. Muslin and Cashmere Ragdolls BROWN $250 each. Availby JESS BROWN, able at ABC Carpet & Home, NYC, 212.473.3000 3. Love necklace by SHANDI LEVY LEVY, price upon request.

Available at shandilevy.com 4. TIFFANY & CO. Jewelry Box in Tiffany Blue Leather, $835.

Available at tiffany.com 5. A Teepee to Call Your Own by LAND OF NOD, $159. Available at landofnod.com 6. Complete Outfits by BONPOINT, price upon request. Available at Bonpoint, Madison Avenue, 212.879.0900

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7. Corduroy Reindeer Ornament, price upon request. Available at Canvas, NYC, 212.461.1496

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8. Peruvian pom-pom hat by BABY CZ, $120. Available at babycz.com 9. Personalized Tooth Fairy Pillow by JULIA LINENS $150 each. Available B. COUTURE LINENS, at modaoperandi.com 10. iPhone 5C available in five colors, price upon request. Available at apple.com 11. Keith Haring Chair by MOMA DESIGN STORE, $128. Available at MoMAstore.org

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1. Martini Bowtie collars by LUXE MUTT, $69.95 each. Available at luxemutt.com 2. Dog food storage by MUNGO & MAUD, $65. Available at mungoandmaud.com 3. Pooch-ini, $3.75, and ShackBurger Bag O’ Bones by Bocce’s Bakery, $7.50 from SHAKE SHACK restaurants 4. Chile dog collar by DUKES, $188. Available at Barneys New York, 660 Madison Avenue, 212.826.8900, barneys.com 5. Dog Pod 2.0 by GLENN ROSS, $899.

Available at vurv.ca 6. Biodegradable bags by POOPY PACKS, $7.99. Available at D Pet Hotels, 646.478.7877 7. Rosewater Cashmere Pullover, $208, and Bauhaus Leather Lead in Rose and Claret, $152 by MUNGO & MAUD. Available at mungoandmaud.com 8. Arcade Dog Bowl by JONATHAN ADLER, $28. Available at bloomingdales.com

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9. I am Peace Large Dog Bed, $59. Available at ABC CARPET & HOME 888 Broadway, 212.473.3000 10. Glow in the Dark Bone Toy, $9.99 by PRIDEBITES. Available at pridebites.com 11. Dog Nail Polish and Oatmeal Paw Butter,

by I HEART PET HEAD. Available at D Pet Hotels, 646.478.7877 12. Holiday Feast and Lumps of Coal All Natural Treats, $15.50 per tin, by BOCCE’S BAKERY. Available at boccesbakery.com or Crate & Barrel Stores

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Available at MoMA DESIGN STORE, 44 West 53rd Street, 212.767.1050, momastore.org

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3. Tic Tac Toe Set in bronze with rose quartz and pyrite pieces by KELLY WEARSTLER, $3,295. Available at kellywearstler.com 4. Silver Glass Glitter Ornaments with Italian Satin Ribbon by ELIOT RAFFIT, $38 each.

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by JONATHAN ADLER, $32. Available at Jonathan Adler, 1097 Madison Avenue, 212.772.2410, jonathanadler.com 7. Sago Palm Gold Bread Plate by MICHAEL ARAM, $129. Available at Bloomingdale’s, 1000 3rd Avenue, 212.705.2000, bloomingdales.com 8. Victorian Lace Booti Stocking by FREE PEOPLE, $48. Available at freepeople.com 9. Noël Annual Ornament 2013 by BACCARAT, $110. Available at Baccarat, 635 Madison Avenue, 212.826.4100, baccarat.com 10. David Webb: The Quintessential American Jeweler published by ASSOULINE, $85.

Available at ASSOULINE at The Plaza Hotel, 768 Fifth Avenue, 212.593.7236, assouline.com

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A Whole Lotta Buatta

Interior designer extraordinaire Mario Buatta dishes with AVENUE at Swifty’s

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wifty’s restaurant is buzzing on a Monday night, at 7:30. The regulars are as usual all wonderfully festooned with a glittery array of jewelry in the way only the Old Guard does so well.

On view are pearls as big as quails’ eggs, arms stacked from elbow to wrists with gold and ears groaning with sapphires, emeralds and the occasional opal. And the conversation sparkles as much as the jewelry: Everyone appears to be having a great time.

Indeed, Swifty’s feels more like a private club than a restaurant; there is even a movie star in the house: Liza Minnelli, celebrating a friend’s birthday. Yet despite her celebrity presence, everyone’s attention is on the one real royal in the room: Mario Buatta: the Prince of Chintz.

But the Prince himself is not pleased. “They should bring the tablecloths back,” he says, grumpily banging the bare table with his silver-tipped cane. Mario loves the crowd at Swifty’s and they love him, as he sits in a corner table holding court while the diamond-encrusted matrons practically genuflect in front of him. In response, he flirts graciously with each and every one and they twitter with happiness.

Not that this evening is different from any other: for Buatta. The designer is one of a kind, and he has the Park Avenue gang wrapped around his finger. Because he’s as funny as he is talented, we all want to linger: Our drinks turn into dinner; it’s clear that his charm is part of the package.

For more insight on that package, I look further into his world via his book Mario Buatta: Fifty Years of American Interior Decoration, Decoration a seven-pound whopper which provides pages and pages of sorbet-hued perfection. Buatta readily admits that his style is not for everyone, but my personal belief is that no one invited to spend the afternoon in a Mario Buatta interior would turn the offer down—his décor is just that cozy.

I have to wedge myself into the corner to get in beside the designer—the tables are so close together that the restaurant seems more like a large dinner party—and I order a glass of champagne (nothing else seems appropriate). Buatta orders a glass of red wine, which he barely sips throughout the evening. I ask him how he got into the decorating business.

Although he might appear to be the darling of the establishment, at heart Buatta is a rebel. Growing up in Staten Island in the 1950s, he was repelled by his parents’ art deco decoration and intensely-tidy, all-white rooms. As a result of all that cleanliness, Buatta admits, “I’m a real mess. I make neatness for everyone else, but I’m a real mess myself.”

The son of a band leader and a housewife, Buatta grew up with a longing for color and says he had his “ah-ha” moment in 1965 when he opened the British edition of The House and Garden Book of Interiors and spotted John Fowler’s “buttah yeller” room designed for Colefax and Fowler owner Nancy Lancaster. Buatta says he was particularly moved by the amalgamation of bric á brac that Lancaster had collected over the years. “It was all so personal,” Buatta says, pausing to ask the waiter to order us some Chinese food.

“We’ve decided to order in. We want to order from the Chinese restaurant on Third Avenue,” Buatta tells the server. “We want to order two eggs rolls, chicken chow mein. . .”

The waiter, who has clearly heard this routine before jumps in: “Fried rice, Sir, really crispy and chili con carne?”

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“Yes, that’s right,” rasps Buatta.

As the waiter scuttles off to put our real order in to the kitchen, Buatta apologizes: “I’m a cornball,” he says, before returning to the subject of decorating.

“I studied at Parsons and I remember when I went to Paris with one of my professors and visited the Musée d’Art Moderne,” he recalls. “The professor said to the class, ‘These are the most brilliant colorists, and if you don’t understand what these painters are doing, you’ll never be a good decorator.’ We looked at Matisses and Bonnard and all the post-Impressionists.”

We are briefly interrupted by author Alex Hitz, whom Buatta teasingly calls: “Duran, Duran”—a reference to Hitz’s boyishly handsome looks, before we resume our chat.

“I’ve always loved antiques and old things. . .” he begins anew, before another friend drops by. I’ve now discovered that it’s nearly impossible to interview Buatta, at least at Swifty’s; where being with the designer is like being out to dinner with a rock star.

We press on. “I went to England with Parsons in 1961 and wasn’t much impressed with the houses,” Buatta is saying. “I thought they were wonderful and all but they weren’t what I thought of as my Aunt Mary’s house, colorful and today.” Buatta says he then took the lessons he’d learned from his aunt, from Parsons and from English country houses and applied them in his own way.

His approach to a job, he says, is very painterly, and composing a room is like taking a canvas and putting color on a little bit at a time. Clients don’t understand this, he says; they want to see a rendering of exactly how the room will look when he’s finished.

“They also don’t understand that you have to have varying sizes of things in a room; everything can’t be at the same level or it will look like a sea,” Buatta adds, comparing spaces to gardens, where things grow to different heights.

Whatever advice Buatta gives his clients, they seem to adore it, considering that he’s worked with everyone from Hilary and Wilbur Ross to Mariah Carey and that he even redecorated the White House guest quarters. A perfectionist and visionary, he is unafraid to take a risk with his clients, one of whom once burst into tears when she first saw her living room painted a deep eggplant shade. Buatta says he assured her that once the sherbet-hued furnishings were in place she’d love it. And he was right.

In terms of his client roster, Buatta’s seen it all. “There are clients who can melt you; they can drain you. Indecision is the worst enemy,” he says. “But I’ve had clients who not only ride along with you on the same train and are going to the same station, but they want the house to be ‘them’ and attractive, and they want your help because you see eye to eye.”

Buatta never thought he’d write a book, but now that he can see his life’s work in front of him, his thoughts have turned to legacy.

At 77 he is unmarried and childless and unsure who should be the natural heir to his tradition of the floral aesthetic. He doesn’t let the question trouble him too much, though—certainly as not as much as the lack of tablecloths at the restaurant.

As we finish up dinner (we’re the last ones in the restaurant) and Buatta kindly pays for our food, we talk about Swifty’s and its struggle to keep its cachet as the nexus of the Upper East Side.

“People are so fickle,” the designer says.

People fickle? Probably. But “fickle” is something Mario Buatta certainly is not. ✦

in memoriam

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J Julian Barrow 1930–2013

Artwork is from W. M. Brady & Co., 22 East 80th Street

General Sherman statue, grand Army Plaza (oil on canvas, 11 x 14 inches)

Park Avenue at 69th Street (oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches)

Manhattan from Weehawken (oil on canvas, 20 x 30 inches)

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ulian Barrow was one of the most beloved artists of his generation. Born and raised in England, he led a very NY/Lon existence and had masses of friends on both sides of the Atlantic. Best-known for his landscapes and conversation pieces he was welcomed everywhere. A prolific painter, he worked at top speed, but that never detracted from the quality of his paintings. The writer John Julius Norwich once said of him, “Julian Barrow’s pictures convince us that whatever terrible things happen in the world, there is beauty aplenty for the asking—and for the taking.” His funeral was attended by 1,400 people in England, a tribute to the love and respect he inspired.

I first became aware of the artist Julian Barrow’s work as a teenager growing up in my parents’ home in Georgetown, Washington, DC. In the hallway outside the dining room were two small pictures of the living room of Palazzo Caetani, the house my great-grandparents owned in Rome that Barrow painted. The pictures are from the late 1960s and small enough to be discreet but detailed enough to draw your attention. Fast-forward to the present day: My husband and I are now the proud owners of two additional Barrows. Our favorite is the picture that Barrow finished only months ago of our Greenwich Village apartment. It depicts our living room, with our son in the foreground flipping through a picture book. We treasure it and so will our son as he comes to appreciate it. Julian Barrow is survived by his wife and two daughters.

He will be much missed. ✦

Colony Club (oil on canvas, 14 x 11 inches)

New York Public Library (oil on canvas, 14 x 11 inches)

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MICHAEL GROSS

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The exterior of the new Le Bilboquet

On East 60th and East 61st Streets, hot restaurants are not only feeding, they’re breeding and hopping around like hyperactive rabbits. It’s a real estate game in which everyone wins.

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n the heart of Midtown, East 60th and 61st Streets—lined with run-down old houses and full of hyperventilating vehicles coming off the Queensborough Bridge—have long been clogged arteries. But a perverse pleasure of New York is how quickly things can change. On the hinge joining the Upper East Side to Midtown, a glut of new and reborn beaneries is turning a dank corridor into a chic destination.

Le Bilboquet, formerly on East 63rd Street, just opened at 20 East 60th Street, just across the street from Philippe, (helmed by Philippe Chow, former chef at Mr. Chow on East 57th Street), which opened in late 2005. Nearby are are Le Veau d’Or, the decades-old French legend, and the girls-in-pearls branch of Village stalwart Il Mulino, which landed late last year. And just across Madison, Daniel Boulud’s long-time PR woman, Georgette Farkas, a member of a famous local clan and a Swiss- and French-trained chef herself, will soon open Rotisserie Georgette, next door to Rouge Tomate (est. 2008).

A block to the north, Fabio Granato and Vittorio Assaf ’s second link in the Serafina chain has moved into the former premises of their Japanese-French fusion Geisha, which will soon re-open a few doors down in a town house that previously housed their defunct Mexican restaurant, Mañana. Finally, following a gut renovation of

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Serafina’s former space, Jean Denoyer’s La Goulue will open—in its third incarnation—in between Serafina and Geisha. “There were always restaurants here,” says Assaf, “but now we’re becoming a restaurant destination.”

What’s behind this restaurant roundelay? It’s all about the real estate, baby.

Jean Denoyer opened the first La Goulue, named for a French can-can dancer, at 28 East 70th Street, in 1973, in a former ice cream parlor. When his 15-year lease and a five-year extension ran out, he found a new home on Madison at 65th Street, where La Goulue and its crowd of Upper East Side ladies, led by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, settled in for 17 more years. “Then everything went into storage and I was looking for a new space for four or five years,” says Denoyer. In 2009, he signed a lease for a town house on East 63rd Street, but, he continues, “There was too much adversity. There was a synagogue across the street. The rabbi gave us permission, but the congregation balked.” Denoyer sublet the space and kept looking.

Meantime, La Goulue had children. In 1978, one of Denoyer’s managers, Jean-Francois Marchand, and a partner opened Le Relais two blocks south on Madison. An immediate hit with the era’s so-called Eurotrash crowd, Le Relais remained until 1998. Some of its

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The new Le Bilboquet by Carolina von Humboldt

The latest Serafina

“I was young, a l Ittle pushy, a lIttle rebel,” says bIlboquet’s Delgrange, so when neIghbor ronalD o. perelman objecteD to a plan to aDD sIDewalk tables, Delgrange began gunnIng hIs motorcycle outsIDe perelman’s wInDows.

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denizens followed Marchand to Amaranth on East 62nd Street. Others decamped to Le Bilboquet, run by Philippe Delgrange, who’d started his haute hospitality career at the seminal Eurotrash disco Regine, and then Le Relais, where he stayed until opening the tiny Bilboquet in 1996.

“I had a clientele of young people who were completely wild,” he says. “I was young, a little pushy, a little rebel,” so when an across-thestreet neighbor, financier Ronald O. Perelman, objected to a plan to add sidewalk tables, Delgrange began gunning his motorcycle outside Perelman’s windows, “I made him a little angry,” Delgrange admits, and Perelman pushed back.

But, “he was always a gentleman,” Delgrange allows. “When my daughter had an accident and almost died, he came across the street and offered to introduce her to his doctor.” Subsequently, the two men worked out a compromise—no street tables after 7 pm—and Perelman became a Bilboquet regular. When its lease ran out, “I went to see Ron,” Delgrange continues, “and he went out of his way to help me stay,” even trying to buy the building. But after a year and a half, Bilboquet shut its doors last Christmas.

Not only did Perelman then find Bilboquet’s new premises, in the former Dooney & Bourke shop in the Alliance Française building, he also invested (along with longtime Bilbo backer Eric Clapton and real estate man Steve Witkoff) in the new, much larger restaurant. That establishment has been decorated by Carolina von Humboldt with a nod to the old décor: “You can’t repeat the past,” the designer says, “but you can keep souvenirs, translate to the present and adapt to a new location.” The menu, by Ducasse-trained Julien Jouhannaud, “stays the same,” vows Delgrange.

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Longfellow Crocker, a lawyer and advisor to Harry Payne Whitney.

Crocker subsequently represented Whitney’s widow when she sought custody of her niece, Gloria Vanderbilt. The property was then taken over by Walter Chrysler, who turned it into the Twenty-nine Club, an exclusive retreat founded in 1929 with only 29 members, who included Wall Streeters and industrialists as well as Crocker, who still lived next door. In 1947, the two adjacent houses were sold to Oleg and Igor Cassini, respectively a fashion designer and his gossip-columnist brother.

The crystal ball of real estate predicts that in future, these blocks will keep evolving. In recent months, Zeckendorf Development, builders of the über condos at 515 Park Avenue a half block east, and of 15 Central Park West, has announced plans to erect a 51-story residential tower on a parcel running from 60th to 61st streets behind Christ Church on Park Avenue. That project’s likely success portends future moves for Philippe and Il Mulino, which are housed in a contiguous row of four old town houses assembled by the late real estate tycoon Sol Goldman, and inherited, along with his nearly 250 other properties, by his son and daughter. Jerry Katzoff, co-owner of Il Mulino, says its lease gives his “very savvy” landlords “the opportunity to develop,” though he adds that he’s “comfortable” the status quo will hold “long enough.”

Whatever happens, the micro-neighborhood has blossomed because it boasts “a perfect convergence of three essentials”: says Georgette Farkas. First, she says, is the area’s “extremely-luxurious residential” character, starting from four blocks south, with the new 432 Park.

Second are its “very luxurious retail” offerings. And third is “the most prestigious office space in Manhattan.

“This is where our customers live, work and shop,” Farkas says.

“Where else in Manhattan do these things converge? My family was in real estate. It just seemed obvious to me.” ✦

styled by Aya Kanai, fashion director of Cosmopolitan

■ makeup by Kristofer Buckle hair by Gardner Edmunds ■ manicure by Julie Kandalec rickshaw provided by Revolution Rickshaws

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New Cosmopolitan The

Only a year after taking over as editor of the world’s biggest women’s magazine, Joanna Coles is remaking the genre. Meet the new Helen Gurley Brown.

by Kyle Pope photographed by Matt Jones

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t’s Washington, on a Tuesday night, and Joanna Coles has taken over Café Milano, one of DC’s power spots. Coles is in town to introduce herself as the new-ish editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, the Hearst flagship better known for its raunchy cover lines than its political coverage.

And yet, official Washington is salivating over Coles, whose striking two-tone blue and white dress stands out against a sea of gray. Colin Powell comes over to shake hands. Nancy Pelosi pops by to say hello. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota complains to Coles that a story she wrote for the magazine was rejected—30 years ago.

All of this, not to mention a sit-down with Valerie Jarrett at the White House, is happening for the editor of a magazine whom, if it weren’t for Coles, most of this Georgetown crowd would avoid if not ignore altogether. Instead, Coles, who celebrated her one-year anniversary at Cosmopolitan with the September issue, has managed two very impressive feats in a very short period of time: First, she seems to have taken a flagship print media brand—a hardto-turn ship if ever there was one—and turned it around on a dime, adding politics and controversy and current events in a way that somehow manages to make a magazine about sex and fashion feel newly urgent and relevant.

Second, and this is what the crowd at Café

Milano seemed to sense, Coles is remaking the very idea of what the editor of a top fashion magazine should be. This is no runway ice queen. Coles, a veteran of London’s Guardian and Telegraph, brings an outsider’s perspective to Cosmo, along with a reporter’s ability to recognize the absurdity in what at least part of the job requires.

“It’s hilarious,” she says, back in New York, tucked into a couch and sipping tea in her glassed-in office at the Hearst Tower in Midtown. “I skip to work every day thinking what fun it is that I get to do this. I have a strong sense of tremendous luck of being able to do a job like this. But I also take the platform quite seriously, in terms of educating girls.”

“There is nobody I can’t sit next to at a dinner party, and not say, ‘So tell me about your sex life.’

It’s enormously fun. ‘Are you getting enough sex?

Would you like more sex? Would you like less’ —no one has ever said that to me. ‘Would you like better sex?’”

Previous spread: Coles wears a Burberry London white blazer. 444 Madison Avenue, 212.707.6700.

Rag & Bone Ollie pants with black leather piping in army green. 117 Mercer Street, 212.219.2204.

Grey sweater by Joseph. 76 Greene Street, 212.570.0077. Alternative Apparel grey tank top (worn under sweater). alternativeapparel.com. Manolo Blahnik black suede BB pumps. 31 West 54th Street, 212.582.3007. Nancy Newberg wire cuffs with diamonds. nancynewberg.com. Sidney Garber snake ring. sidneygarber.com. Diamond stud earrings (worn throughout) by Hearts on Fire. heartsonfire. com. Coles wears her own sunglasses.

Opposite page: Lanvin black sheath dress. 815 Madison Avenue, 646.439.0380. Sidney Garber snake wrap bracelets and snake ring. sidneygarber.com.

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ou can’t talk about Coles and Cosmo without summoning the ghost of Helen Gurley Brown.

Brown became editor of Cosmo in 1965 at the age of 43, a year after her book Sex and the Single Girl was published and became an instant bestseller. Brown, like Coles, was an outsider in the fashion and women’s magazine world, having spent her career in advertising. But over the next three decades, she transformed the publication, introducing fiction and sophisticated design, and adding coverage of business and high culture and sex. “Cosmo girls,” as her readers would become known, came to personify the sexual revolution.

Hers was also a revolutionary approach that transformed the genre—an approach that Hearst Magazines president David Carey says he had in the back of his mind as he began searching last summer for someone who could pump new life into his biggest title.

“I thought a lot about Helen Gurley Brown,” says Carey, a previous publisher of the New Yorker and now a magazine world statesman. “She had just passed away. She had built a magazine that was a thought leader. “ Carey had interviews lined up with editors from around the world as part of his search for a new Cosmo editor. Ultimately, he said, he saw the clearest echoes of Brown in Coles, 51, who already was working for him as editor of Hearst’s Marie Claire.

“She’s got a great sense of personal style, but she’s a journalist at her core,” Carey says. “All of that shows up in the publication.”

Yet, forget that pedigree, because if you spend any time at all with Coles these days, you’re going to end up talking about sex. It is, after all, central to Cosmo’s DNA. The magazine’s app includes a Position of the Day, and its cover lines masterfully manage to sound both raunchy and innocent at the same time. (“Sweet & Sexy Moves: Orgasm Guaranteed!”)

Coles herself has perfected the same double act, talking gun control in her clipped British accent one minute, then squinting her eyes and going on about orgasms before you realize she’s made the switch.

“There is nobody I can’t sit next to at a dinner party, and not say, ‘So tell me about your sex life.’ It’s enormously fun. ‘Are you getting enough sex? Would you like more sex? Would you like less’—no one has ever said that to me. ‘Would you like better sex?’”

Coles has kept the sex in Cosmo. She would have shredded the brand if she hadn’t. But it’s packaged in a way that gives the topic heft beyond the simple Do This and Not That tips. The September issue, for instance, carries a 10-page special report on contraception that is both accessible and deeply informative.

Then, like Brown, she’s vastly expanded the Cosmo portfolio, running her longest piece yet on the impact of gun violence on women (who, she says, suffer disproportionately because of the use of guns in domestic violence cases). She’s signed on Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg, the author of Lean In, as the magazine’s careers editor, and already given her a cover story, with another on the way. In July, the magazine carried a feature on rape-shaming, a version of blaming the victim—which young readers buzz about but magazine editors usually don’t. “That’s the sort of piece people will tell you: ‘Never run in it a women’s magazine,’” she says. “It’s depressing.”

And remember Senator Klobuchar, who complained at Café Milano that her piece had been rejected in the Helen Gurley Brown days? Coles has commissioned an article by the Minnesota Democrat to run in the next few months.

“I like that kind of intellectual ambition,” Carey says of Coles. “I like the mix.

Good magazines have that tension.”

Purple and black sheath dress by Michael Kors. 790 Madison Avenue, 212.452.4685. Green sleeveless coat

by Reed Krakoff. 831 Madison Avenue, 212.988.0560. Snake wrap bracelets and snake ring by Sidney Garber. sidneygarber.com.

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“She is a remarkably down-to-earth and simple person,” says André Bishop. “It’s sort of fun being around this now-glamorous creature.”

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oles’ ability to think fresh about Cosmo has been helped by the fact that she’s not part of the Manhattan media set. While she and her husband are intensely social, their network of friends goes well beyond fashion or magazines.

She is married to Peter Godwin, an author of serious, well-reviewed books on Africa, who now serves as the president of PEN American Center, a global advocacy group for writers.

The couple live on Riverside Drive on the Upper West Side with their two sons, one of whom shipped off to Andover this fall, a fact that elicits a fist pump from Coles. The other son, Hugo, spent part of a day this summer in the office with his mother—and from the look on his face it was not the first place an 11-year-old would pick to spend a summer afternoon.

Cole’s first journalism job was as a graduate trainee at the Spectator, the opinionated weekly.

From there, she went to the Telegraph and the Guardian. She jumped into U.S. magazines as an editor at New York a few years later; she famously sold Cathy Black, David Carey’s predecessor at Hearst, on the idea of hiring her to run Marie Claire after jumping into Black’s car and pitching the executive as she rode to the airport.

While Coles’ social and work schedules are packed, her sons call regularly on a separate cell phone all but reserved for them. “If that cell phone rings, I will dive to the bottom of my bag to find it,” Coles says. “You are only ever as happy as your least happy child. I love having children: They’re a great leveler. I don’t think anybody who has children can get so beyond themselves.”

Coles and Godwin operate an old-school dinner party salon in Manhattan and at their home in Salisbury, Conn., throwing together actors (Oliver Platt is a friend),

politicians (ditto Michael Bloomberg) and writers (Martin Amis). Fashion designers and magazine editors are thin on the ground.

André Bishop, the artistic director of the Lincoln Center Theater, has known Coles for a dozen years, since meeting her at Platt’s house.

Their families have vacationed together, in Barbados, Mexico and Telluride. Bishop says Coles’ wide range of interests—now evident in the magazine—is reflected in her social life, too.

“She defies categorization,” Bishop says.

“She hasn’t been in a groove doing just one thing. She loves fashion and knows a lot about it. But that isn’t all she’s about.”

Bishop admits to being somewhat amused

by Coles’ women’s magazine stature, given the number of times he has seen her—on vacation in her bathrobe whipping up some serious scrambled eggs. “She is a remarkably down-to-earth and simple person,” he says.

“It’s sort of fun being around this nowglamorous creature.”

Purple blouse and black blazer by Giorgio Armani.

760 Madison Avenue, 212.988.9191. Printed pants

by Ter et Bantine. teretbantine.com. Laser cutout shoes by Jimmy Choo. 716 Madison Avenue, 212.759.7078. Bracelets (14) and snake ring by Sidney Garber. sidneygarber.com. UP by Jawbone activity tracking bracelet (left wrist). jawbone.com/up

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. . . with Miley Cyrus and Rachel Zoe

. . . with Leonard Lauder

. . . with Diane von Furstenberg . . . with Sarah Jessica Parker

Joanna Coles and David Carrey

. . . with Nina Garcia

photographed by Patrick

McMullan and Bill Farrell Agency

. . . with Tamara Mellon

. . . with Stephanie Winston Wolkoff

. . . with Christine Quinn

. . . with Cynthia Nixon

. . . with Daniel Neidich and Brooke Garber Neidich

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. . . with Laura Linney

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ecause Coles’ domain now is the relatively slow-moving world of print magazines, the business case for her success is evolving gradually. Carey professes to being thrilled with her progress so far. Circulation and newsstand sales at Cosmo are flat or slightly up—a high-five victory at a time when most magazines are seeing serious declines. Cosmopolitan is still by far the world’s biggest fashion magazine, with newsstand sales regularly outpacing those of Vogue, Elle and Glamour put together. The magazine has a total circulation of more than 18 million, reaching more than half of all U.S. women between the ages of 18 and 34 and one out of every three college students. In addition, Coles is the queen bee of a sprawling Cosmo global brand, with editions in more than 60 countries.

But perhaps even more important than that is the magazine’s digital footprint, which will have to grow if Cosmo is going to continue to thrive. Coles is proud of the fact that the magazine now has more than 300,000 subscribers to its tablet version, and bigger mobile and socialmedia efforts are coming.

“Cosmo should be in your pocket at all times,” Coles says. “If I’m really serious about the voice, and we’re on your side and we’re championing you, then you have to have a hundred new pieces of content a day.”

The digital pace clearly plays to Coles’ journalistic roots. “I love the fury of the news.

I love the drama of it, the rhythm of it, and I want to be able to capture that.”

In fact, in talking to Coles about news and current events and to her closest friends about her tenure at Cosmo, it’s hard not to start talking now about what may come next.

Almost no one who is close to her thinks this is her final act.

Brooke Garber Neidich, co-chair of the board of trustees at the Whitney Museum, met Coles through Andre Bishop. The two women have since forged a strong, independent friendship. And Garber Neidich, who runs the high-end jewelry business her late father, Sidney Garber, founded, is among those who believe Cosmo is a stopover for Coles.

“We’re watching the trajectory of an extraordinary woman,” she says. “This is a woman who came from serious journalism.

This is not a woman whose first thought in the morning is, ‘What am I going to wear?’”

Garber Neidich admits to not reading Cosmo before Coles took over, and now laughs recalling her reaction when she heard her friend had been named to the magazine’s top job. “When this first happened, I thought to myself, ‘Oh my god, was Joanna demoted?’ People said, ‘You don’t understand. This is just another step.’”

Watching Coles, both scenarios make sense.

On the one hand, her background and myriad personal and social interests seem at times to transcend the magazine. Friends like Bishop say they wouldn’t be surprised to see her land at the New Yorker or back in newspapers.

And yet, she is clearly reveling in the job, hosting a party for Miley Cyrus one minute, inviting Gabby Giffords over for dinner the next. The way she says it, that range—her range—is reflective of what the new Cosmo should be.

“Cosmo is in the nitty gritty of your life,” she says. “That’s what keeps it apart. I want there to be an urgency to picking up the magazine.

“If you don’t,” she adds, “you might miss something.” ✦

Kyle Pope is a veteran newspaper and magazine editor, with stints at The New York Observer, Money magazine, Condé Nast Portfolio and The Wall Street Journal. He currently is editor-in-chief of a chain of Manhattan weekly newspapers.

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In their Element Six standout designers show us spaces of their creation

by Haley Friedlich and Charlotte Ross photographed by Jessica Nash and Clint Spaulding

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harlotte Moss

Moss takes us into the backyard oasis she created in the space behind her Upper East Side townhouse. “I started my own [design] firm after leaving Wall Street. I feel fortunate that I know, and have as friends, many talented people; I draw energy and inspiration from them,” says Moss. “Having knowledge of the great style icons of the past also provides me with ‘silent muses’. What they did, how they did it, gestures large and small—all inspire and inform. I believe that over time, the red thread of style reveals itself; elegance is defined by an understanding of simplicity.”

Simplicity shows in her brick-and-vines backyard. Most of the furniture and objects she has pulled into the space are antique, including the table with a green tole base and chairs, and the hurricane that sits upon it. She layered several tablecloths from her own paisley collection on the table. The stone covered pot that Moss is sitting next to (and its match that rests on the other side of the entry to the veranda) is an 18th Century French vintage find. The fig leaf pillows on the custom seating inside are by Peter Dunham. They are mixed with pillows covered in patterns by Fortuny and miscellaneous designers, to create an inviting seating area. “My design philosophy is entertain beautifully, decorate luxuriously and live,” says Moss.

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ampion Platt

Platt invited us into his SoHo loft that he shares with his wife and children.

They are back and forth between Palm Beach and New York, so it seems appropriate that they want the SoHo apartment to feel serene and comfortable every time they return to it.

“I was trained as an architect and fell into doing interiors,” says Platt. “My training as an architect was more about math and process, as opposed to being creative. My philosophy was rigorous in the beginning; I was a staunch modernist.

I found quickly after working on apartments in New York, people don’t care as much about the architecture or an individual piece of furniture as they care what a room feels like; what it’s like to the touch or the smell and all those creature comforts. Stylistically, I’m still a modernist. I like everything to be simple and tailored but I also like it to have a high level of tactile quality.”

In his own home, Platt installed white pickled wood floors throughout the main floor and chalk white Venetian plaster walls. The mantel area above the fireplace is done in a contrasting ebony wood and there is an LED light cove behind the fireplace. The windows also display his affinity for contrast­— they are chocolate mahogany with white lacquered panels, accented with sheer floor-to-ceiling curtains.

“I custom designed all the furniture in the home in order to accentuate the proportions and scale in every area. For instance, the furniture is lower in the living room to emphasize the 13-foot ceilings. Against the harder surfaces, I ordered a Mongolian lambs’ wool rug from my vendor in Katmandu and a yoga sculpture from a friend, since my wife is an avid yogi. I am really fond of organic forms and love the scholars rock I found from a Chinese vendor here in New York,” Platt says.

“Designs for me are very layered.

They come from a concept and story about what I want to say with that design. We come at if from all fronts—a tactile, fabric-quality front; an interior design and planning front; lighting is important, and then there’s an architectural component.”

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“I found quickly after working on apartments in New York, people don’t care as much about the architecture or an individual piece of furniture as they care what a room feels like.”

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ara Gilbane

“I wanted my home to feel warm, inviting and happy, and not too precious. Given that I have two children under the age of three, the space needed to work for all ages,” says Sara Gilbane, pictured in her family-friendly living room. “I believe in teaching children about art, so we have several low-hanging pieces that my children have learned not to bang against. I have a love for details and using color. I love a balanced, symmetrical room, but given the chance to add a brush fringe, bobble trim or dash of velvet, I am all over it.”

The bright, feminine painting that hangs in Gilbane’s West Village living room is by Natasha Law, obtained through Blair Voltz Clarke. The two lamps framing the art were found at Mecox Gardens on Lexington Avenue. She stands in front of the four-door Elisabeth Buffet from Oly Studio. The buffet features a white woven wood pattern over an antiqued mirror face. She decorated the top surface of the unit with vintage decanters and antique silver frames.

“Clients have been asking for a return to traditional architecture and comforting spaces. They want really functional, beautiful pieces and they want their homes to feel loved rather than sparse,” says Gilbane of her recent projects.

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hom Filicia

“This space features products from the Thom Filicia Home Collection, as well as items from my new showroom, Sedgwick & Brattle, at the NYDC,” says Queer Eye for the Straight Guy alum Thom Filicia, pictured amongst hand-chosen pieces from his showroom. “Sedgwick & Brattle is an emporium of products from the Thom Filicia Home Collection, including furniture, artwork, rugs and more. It also features a curated collection of unique pieces—vintage and antique items that we’ve sourced from around the country. Whether designing for a client or my own home, I like to create environments that feel collected and layered, incorporating pieces that speak to the personality and lifestyle of those who live there.”

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“I’m drawn to what I call my ‘ shadow colors:’ pale, pearlescent whites, delicate ivories, ethereal grays. They have an elusive quality and constantly change with the light over the course of the day.”

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andra Nunnerly

“Coming around a bend on a narrow, twisting mountain road in Tibet, I suddenly saw the most dazzling turquoise-blue lake cradled in the green grass of the valley below,” Sandra Nunnerly writes about the inspiration for her living room in her book, Sandra Nunnerly Interiors. “As I stood on that mountainside, I felt a profound sense of serenity. I wanted that same kind of feeling in my New York apartment,” she continues.

Nunnerly got lucky when two adjacent units in a pre-war structure went on the market at the same time. She bought both and combined them to take over a full floor. “I’ve always wanted a square [living] room. There’s something restful about the clarity of those proportions. As I always tell my clients, you’ve got to get the bones right first.”

New Zealand native Nunnerly is pictured in the large square living room that she dreamed of, on an upper floor of a Carrère & Hastings townhouse near Central Park. Two mirrored tables and a Richard Serra painting frame her seating area. It is anchored by a custom sofa and set of custom-designed chairs.

1970s plexiglass consoles sit on either side of the sofa and a Kaz Oshiro canvas (right) hangs above. The living room also features custom-made crown moldings and baseboards. “I did something a little subversive. I put in wide oak floorboards instead of the usual parquet. It looks like something you would see in an old warehouse or an 18th-Century home in France or Belgium,” says Nunnerly.

“As for the color palette, I’m drawn to what I call my ‘shadow colors:’ pale, pearlescent whites, delicate ivories, ethereal grays. They have an elusive quality and constantly change with the light over the course of the day, which I find very appealing. I believe in using tiers of lighting to add depth and warmth to a room. Second, I believe that finishing touches—the small details that set a room apart, and can be as simple as beautiful flowers and candles. Third, personalization—whether it’s through art or souvenirs or books, it’s so important to have things in a room that genuinely reflect the person who lives there.”

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“Everything in a room should have a purpose and be extremely chic at the same time. In furnishing a room, each piece should relate to one another to tell a stylish story.”

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“I was thrilled to be commissioned for this gorgeous apartment at The Plaza. Most of the apartments went on the market in a very raw state, so this was a great opportunity for the buyers and designers to incorporate their specific aesthetic to each apartment,” says Sherrill Canet. “With this project, my client requested an updated traditional feel (they found the right girl for that!), which perfectly balances with the storied character and the architecture of the Beaux Arts building. Moldings were all custom cut and applied, and specialty paint and wall finishes, including an ivory-, leather- and mahogany-paneled library, were installed.

The dining room was upholstered in striped navy velvet; all of the furniture was custom designed or antiques were sourced for this apartment.”

Canet contrasted beauty with function by using a mahogany, mirror-fronted armoire (one of her furniture designs) to house a rather large television. The glass-topped coffee table was custom made and “services all who are seated around it without feeling weighted,” she says. The painting is by Isabel Bigelow and was chosen for its aura of calm. Pillows were embroidered to mimic the design of the custom carpet and to polish off the room.

“My design philosophy is to create stunning rooms that are supremely functional and incredibly comfortable,” says Canet.

“Everything in a room should have a purpose and be extremely chic at the same time. In furnishing a room, each piece should relate to one another to tell a stylish story. I believe that the key elements that make a project a real standout are a fabulous combination of all of the design elements combined. Beautiful architecture, the furnishings chosen, the artwork selected, intimate lighting and spectacular finishes are an excellent recipe for a standout room.” ✦

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What is your design philosophy?

I am passionate about furniture and decorative objects of all periods and places of origin, as well as modern and contemporary art. I strive to create crisp and dynamic “homescapes,” with antique, vintage and custom elements combined with a vibrant color palette and extraordinary details.

What distinguishes you from others in your field?

I believe there are two things that distinguish me and my firm: I do not have a signature style; I am a chameleon (and hopefully, our new book, The Detailed Interior, will bear this out). Two, I am totally obsessed with the details of design.

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Where do you find inspiration?

Inspiration is everywhere: the russet red in a Rothko painting, an embroidery motif from a costume exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum, the patterned flooring at San Marco Square in Venice. Everything your eyes see is a catalyst for a color, motif or pattern which can be incorporated into an interior.

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What is your greatest strength as a designer?

I listen to my clients rather than imposing an aesthetic on them. My job is to interpret their vision in the best possible way.

What trends are you noticing popping up in homes in Manhattan?

It is clear that midcentury modern design is dominating the decorating landscape. While I think it is exciting that interior design has welcomed this period, I am sorry for the lack of diversity I see overall in homes today. There seems to be a canon that everyone is adhering to rather than embracing their individuality.

Is there a different aesthetic between a Manhattan client and one from any other city?

The exposure to museums, art and antique shows, auctions and house tours broadens the aesthetic of our Manhattan clients. However, the enormous functional constraints due to the shortage of space in most apartments informs aesthetic choices as well. For example, oftentimes a living room must also serve as a family room, and an entry that needs to accommodate mud room activities functions as well as a place to welcome guests.

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What three things make a room fantastic?

A great piece of art, a signature piece of furniture, a good floor plan.

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How often should one decorate?

There is no hard-and-fast rule about how often to decorate.

Certainly it is needed when there are programmatic changes to the home: when children leave the house or when new electronics must be incorporated. However, I’m a huge fan of “tweaking.” It’s fun to add a new picture or decorative object from time to time—this keeps the house fresh and current.

If a house is never tweaked, it tends to get stale and frozen in time.

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What’s more important when designing a home—following trends or staying comfortable?

I would never give up comfort for anything, and I think it is dangerous to follow trends.

Trends are over so quickly in today’s world— what was new one year looks especially dated the next.

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Who are your mentors or a designer whose work you admire?

Elsie de Wolfe, for being the first American woman to have a career as a decorator; Albert Hadley, for his richly refined sense of style; and Mark Hampton, for his relaxed traditionalism and remarkable range.

What is the most exciting part of your job?

The “handover.” This is the day a project is completed and the moment the owners walk through the front door, seeing everything put together for the first time: flowers in the vases and family pictures in the frames. It is a very joyful moment for them—and for us.

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What project are you proudest of?

A ranch we recently completed in Vail was undoubtedly one of my favorites. As a young girl growing up Brooklyn, I knew nothing about the West except for John Wayne movies. I had to quickly get in touch with my inner cowgirl and discover a new world of nail heads, animal skins and embossed leather—and I loved every minute of it. ✦

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So it’s a bit of Kabuki theater in which the need to make an individualized gift statement eclipses the reality that almost none of the items in question can actually be used—either by the Obamas or, ultimately, by the American people. (Some personal gifts can be purchased back from the government by their recipients, or can be designated for use by the government.) As a general auctioning of the gifts can only happen at the direction of Congress, Avenue began to wonder about a Raiders of the Lost Ark-style warehouse somewhere. At presstime, inquiries to the GSA were stymied by the government shutdown. We think . . .

For the United States as “host” and as “guest,” the most important questions of official gift giving and receiving come under the purview of the Chief of Protocol at the State Department. The Chief holds the

You think your Christmas list is complicated? At the highest diplomatic reaches, gift giving is a delicate, fraught, sometimes surreal business. Christopher Lawrence takes a look

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In August of 1945, Averell Harriman was one of America’s richest and most visible citizens, a handsome pillar of the American establishment. Heir to the Union Pacific Railroad fortune, he’d helped build Brown Brothers Harriman and the ski resort at Sun Valley before serving in London as a special envoy from President Roosevelt during World War II’s darkest hours. With Hitler gone and the Pacific war in its final days, Harriman was in Moscow as ambassador to the Soviet Union. And so it was that the Soviet Young Pioneer youth group (think of a Bolshevik Boy Scouts) brought the patrician New Yorker a gift in honor of his service and of the victorious US—USSR alliance. Their tribute, a striking wood carving of the Great Seal of the United States, would spend most of the next seven years hanging in the ambassador’s residential study in Moscow.

Beware of Russians bearing gifts. The seal was bugged. The carving, roughly the size of a manhole cover, contained a sophisticated listening device that was detected only by accident—and not until 1952.

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surveillance on their minds when they addressed the issue of gifts from sovereigns or governments in Article 1 of the Constitution.

The law forbade officials from accepting them without the expressed consent of Congress.

Items like the diamond-encrusted snuffbox given to Benjamin Franklin by Louis XVI were well understood to raise dangerous conflicts of interest and flew symbolically in the face of the new nation’s democratic impulse.

But the exchange of diplomatic gifts by chieftains, warlords, ministers and monarchs extends back to time immemorial. And so the polite American solution has been a policy in which gifts of more than a very modest monetary value (currently $350) are simply received on behalf of the United States and then turned over to the State Department’s Protocol Gift Unit, and ultimately, to either the National Archives (if the gift has special artistic or historic significance) or the General Service Administration (if it does not). So the $146,200 of jewelry given to Michelle Obama

by Saudi King Abdullah in 2009 belongs to the American people. As does the $40,000 pile of French luxury goods—Baccarat, Chanel, Vuitton, and Hermès (a golf bag)—given to the Obama family in 2011 by then-President Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.

titles of Ambassador and Assistant Secretary of State and serves concurrently as chief of protocol for the White House. It’s a set of sweeping responsibilities, all of which call for the most delicate of touches.

Selwa “Lucky” Roosevelt is a contender for all-time heavyweight champion as Chief of Protocol. The Tennessee-born, Vassareducated daughter of Druze Lebanese parents, she married career diplomat Archie Roosevelt (grandson of Theodore) before embarking on a successful career in journalism. Her seven-year stint as protocol chief in the Reagan Administration stands as the longest tenure in the post, but she demurs with a chuckle when addressed as “Madam Ambassador.” Roosevelt’s protocol office of course had a full-time gift officer who “did nothing but shop, purchase, record and prepare official gifts” to be given to foreign dignitaries by top administration officials and their wives. “Gifts are a fascinating part of the work we do,” she told me recently, her lovely Tennessee accent still intact. “And their importance is not to be underestimated.”

Indeed, Nancy Reagan herself always kept a very distinctive, very personal hand in the gift diplomacy of the late-Cold War 1980s.

And in keeping with the cultivated yet hearty American tone of her husband’s presidency,

US Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge at the UN General Assembly in 1960, displaying the plaque used by the Soviets to “bug” the American ambassadorial residence in Moscow.

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Mrs. Reagan sought out items like the small silver boxes made by craftsmen at Williamsburg, Va. or a beautiful quilt made in North Carolina to be carried around the world to Raisa Gorbachev on the occasion of the 1988 Moscow summit. The First Lady’s touch with the artisans seemed to match her concern for recipients. “It was,” she told me “all done very discreetly, with a great deal of thought and care.” Beyond the logic of simplicity and pride in gifts representing the United States, “We did not take coals to Newcastle. No glass to Sweden, no porcelain to Germany, no leather goods to Italy or Morocco.”

Meanwhile, on the other side of the ledger, Ambassador Roosevelt was managing for Ronald Reagan the extraordinary, and often quite impractical, tributes of foreign leaders taken with the President’s stature and political success. A presentation of eagles from Germany went awry, but wasn’t the most colorful animal experience of the era.

President Jayewardene of Sri Lanka tried to celebrate Reagan’s political party while wishing him a bit of good luck in the 1984 elections. A baby female elephant named

“Jayathu,” (“May you be victorious”) was presented and proved almost immediately to be unwell. Jayathu’s death at Washington’s National Zoo became a less-than-welcome international story. The line on live animal gifts was finally drawn forcefully when Indonesia’s President Suharto attempted to give the Reagans a Komodo dragon lizard.

Clawed, venomous and generally between six and eight feet long, such a lizard would have been an awkward guest on Air Force One. A face-saving deal was worked out: to defuse the non-acceptance of the gift, the Indonesian presidential couple was photographed offering the Reagans a wooden carving of the Komodo. And quite happily, no listening device was ever discovered in the carving.

One of the pleasures of talking to Ambassador Roosevelt is hearing her sing the praises of a latter-day successor appointed in a Democratic administration. Protocol chief Capricia Marshall joined Hillary Clinton’s staff for the 1992 campaign and has served throughout the government ever since. In 2010, Marshall added her own little twist to the lore of protocol by enduring a heels-and-

evening-gown-related fall as she stepped out of the White House with the Obamas to greet the President of Mexico for a State Dinner. Her quick recovery and winning smile charmed the press corps and a huge YouTube audience.

By the time Marshall stepped down in August, she had won the love and loyalty of both the Obamas and of the entire visiting diplomatic corps in Washington. She leaves some very large shoes to be filled for the new John Kerry era of the State Department. The German ambassador gave voice to a consensus when he called her “Superwoman.” According to Lucky Roosevelt, “She’s done more for the diplomatic corps than anyone—including me. She the best I’ve ever seen.” DC hosts a total of 178 foreign delegations, and the vast majority of them have a hard time getting the State Department’s attention at all. Marshall’s protocol office reinvigorated the town’s diplomatic community just by planning, among other things, group trips out of Washington and into a wider America. Marshall’s sharing of her country—a perfectly lovely gesture to diplomats far from home—proved to be the most effective gift of all. ✦ NOVEMBER 2013 • AVENUE MAGAZINE | 77

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Haley Friedlich photograph by

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en Horn of Alchemy Properties explains why the Woolworth Building will be the new premier address. Horn promises old-world charm with all the modern fixings that one could want in the upcoming Thierry Despont-designed restoration of the landmarked Woolworth Building. But first, he explains how he went from lawyer to gelato shop entrepreneur, to one of the luckiest developers in the game.

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city scape How did you choose Thierry Despont as the architect for this project? On this particular project, we decided that we were going to bring in one of the top designer/architects in the world, so we brought in Thierry Despont.

He was the design architect on [the centennial restoration of] the Statue of Liberty.

We are not trying to make the building a modern building. We want to be true to the architectural character—granted, we are going to have the modern elevator and modern appliances and top-of-the-line everything— but the design is going to be reflective of what the building would’ve been had it been designed in 1910 when the building was actually built, and Thierry’s perfect for this.

Tell me about the projects you have done since starting Alchemy. Since starting, we’ve done 29 buildings in New York—a little over 2 million square feet. It’s been 90 percent residential (condominiums) and all in Manhattan, except for two buildings in Brooklyn.

Of your completed projects, what has been either the strongest learning experience or favorite project? I think we learn something with every project. If we stop learning then we are not going to be good at what we do going forward. No projects run perfectly. Zero.

In terms of favorite projects the first project I ever did was a big one—on West 13th Street.

The fact that we were even able to do it was fantastic! In terms of favorite projects architecturally, right now we are working on the Woolworth Building and that’s something we are doing with an enormous amount of care and craft.

Tell me more about your plans for the Woolworth Building. When we got up there and we looked around at the panoramic views, we realized that this was an opportunity we didn’t want to pass up. We knew it was going to be enormously complicated because we only own the upper portion of the building—not the lower portion of the building, which makes it a challenge to connect mechanical, electric, plumbing and elevators through space we don’t own. Then we have landmark issues: mechanical, structural issues. But we are good at doing things with an enormous amount of care and craft; we have done many landmark buildings, so this is something that is the true culmination of what we’ve done in the last 20 years.

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Ken Horn

What will it look like when it’s finished?

We are going to have 35 units; a handful of one-bedroom, but mostly two-, three- and four-bedroom units, with the exception of the penthouse, which is going to be a five-story unit. The penthouse will be 8,000 feet, so when you look at the upper portion—the green cupola—that’s going to be converted to a separate penthouse residence and it will be remarkable. It’s not a hyperbole to think it’s going to be one of the best apartments not only in New York, but in the world. When you go up there, you really feel like you’re going to be in a sky castle.

And when will it be finished? We are coming on the market probably sometime in February or March of 2014 and we will probably have the building finished at the end of 2015 or the first quarter of 2016.

What is your project on West 15th going to be like? The building we are doing now on West 15th Street is one of our favorites because it’s such a creative project. We have Xavier High School on the bottom; our building starts 90 feet up and goes up to 300 feet and we have all the air rights.

Architecturally it’s very avant-garde because it’s this really beautiful, angled structure.

There are northern views of the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building; to the west above the ninth floor, you can see the Hudson River; south above the 13th floor, you’ve got the new World Trade Center and you can see the Woolworth Building, ironically of course. We are just beginning to get people in to see the building, but we are not topped-out yet—we still have another five floors to go.

Are you glad you stopped being a lawyer and gelato maker? Yes. I’m not from a wealthy family, so the ability to do what I’m doing is something that I’m grateful for on a daily basis; this is what I wanted to do. I knew when I was in college [at Brandeis] that I wanted to do something with real estate; I always had an interest in architecture. But the question is, how did I get there? So, I mean that when I look back at all the different breaks I’ve had in my career, I’m lucky. I never forget it, and I’m lucky I was able to achieve what I’ve achieved and I realize the odds were not great. I mean, Joel, Gerry and I are teaching a class now at NYU—a real estate development class. I look at all these people out there—they all want to be doing what we’re doing and of the 35 people in that room, maybe one or two will, but certainly not on the scale that we are doing it.

I’ve heard that a bunch of times from developers. Look, there are a lot of real estate projects that are perfectly done but don’t do well because the market is bad. Everything has to come together in one ball. And it’s got to be coherent and it has to be well thought-out.

With Woolworth, I remember the closing took two or three days. Most people walk out of a closing overjoyed—they think it’s great, we closed it. I walked out of the closing saying, “This is one-tenth of the project, you’ve just purchased it, now you’ve got to develop it.” And that’s the challenge. It’s a big risk. You’ve paid a lot of money for a concept, a development concept. That the challenge of what we do. And you know what we always say here? If it were easy, more people would be doing it. It’s not easy. ✦

Jessica Nash

How did you get your start? I’m originally from Brooklyn, so after college and law school, I moved back to New York to practice law. After two or three years, I decided I wanted to start a gelato company, so I went over to Italy to learn to make gelato. I came back to New York, raised some money and started a gelato venture. I developed a company and sold it. From there, I began to work for a real estate developer, Steve Shalom, for five years.

We did about two thousand units in Queens and then I started Alchemy in 1990. It was a recession, but it was a good time to start because we took on a whole bunch of clients: banks that had taken over unsold apartment and defaulted co-ops and condominiums. In 1995 we began buying warehouse buildings in Chelsea and converting them to residential; and since ’95, the company has grown to about 27 people and we have added two partners: Joel Breitkopf and Gerry Davis.

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Decor by guillaume gentet, Inc. 139 Fulton Street Suite 507 New York, NY 10038 212.571.1040 guillaumegentet.com

What is your design philosophy?

My design philosophy involves listening to my clients, discovering their tastes and exploring the project, firsthand, through sketching. My mind is highly photographic and visual, which allows me to see things that are not always obvious, whether that means flipping the floor plan on its head, adding storage in an otherwise wasted space or designing a beautiful, one-of-a-kind piece to finish off a room. It’s important to remember, though, that the builder is key: Great designs cannot be realized without someone who can communicate effectively with the builder.

What distinguishes you from others in your field?

In France, the décorateur ensemblier is often involved in many aspects of a project, from the placement of walls to the delicate trim on a table lampshade. I have no shyness when it comes to picking up a sewing needle or a power tool to demonstrate how a minute detail should be executed or how a Venetian plaster or faux finish should be applied. We understand construction and create many things from scratch. This gives us a tremendous advantage, not only in terms of design but also the execution of the construction or renovation.

What three or four things have the potential to really make a room stand out?

In the end, it’s all about the choices a designer makes, the four “apps” of interior design: Lighting. Wall covering. Ceiling. Floors.

Do you have a signature style or a common thread that’s prevalent in all your projects?

I love color and light and enjoy using materials that expand their best qualities. I am always looking for ways to make a project feel more joyful, more hopeful and feminine. Ultimately, though, projects must fulfill our clients’ sense of “home.” Their feedback is one of the most important and satisfying parts of my job.

Is your firm involved in anything new or exciting?

We created a line of custom kitchen cabinetry with Effeti USA/Effeti Cucine of Italy. One of our projects for this line is a 900-square-foot kitchen being completed later this year. We are also beginning work on the restoration of an estate that was originally done by Sister Parish, as well as a new boutique resort. Other projects are taking us to Manhattan, the Hamptons, Palm Beach, Malibu, Saint Barthélemy and Martha’s Vineyard.

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distinguished designers

Tinatin Kilaberidze Tinatin Kilaberidze Interior Design

TinaTin Kilaberidze inTerior design 101 West 80th Street, Apt 1B New York, NY 10024 802.249.4190 tinatin54@gmail.com tinatin.com

When did you knoW you Wanted to be an interior designer?

From a young age I was immersed in art, but only after I graduated from university did I realize that design was an essential part of my life and that I had subconsciously been designing the world around me for years.

What is your design philosophy?

A well-designed space has a balanced combination of function and aesthetics that creates an experience for the mind and soul. I truly believe that every private home has to reflect the dreams, desires and hopes of the client.

Where do you find inspiration for your designs and the materials you use?

I grew up in Georgia, a country where different cultures merge and where the East and West create a harmonious coexistence. My inspiration draws from this, as well as history, art and my fascination with nature.

What’s the most exciting part of your job?

The most thrilling part is when I have a new project and I can fantasize about creating a new space. What truly motivates me is dreaming about the endless possibilities.

What is a current project you are involved in?

I am proud to be a part of Holiday House NYC, a designer showcase that benefits the Breat Cancer Research Foundation.

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GOLD COAST 6 ROOm CONDO WITH PARK VIEWS Upper East Side Excl. Unique full-service prewar building.

Spacious home with an elegant gallery, grand living room, corner windows with Central Park and open city views.

3 architectural doors lead to a library/den, custom windowed kitchen with dining area. A must see, outstanding property. $8.995M. Web#918520. Eloise Johnson 212.381.3224

SINGLE FAmILY TOWNHOUSE UES Excl. 4 floors plus finished cellar. Grand living rm, 5BR/5BA, 2 half baths, soaring ceilings, fireplace, and more. $13.95M. Web#2215686.

S. Christopher Halstead 212.381.3220

STUNNING PREWAR SIX 90s on Fifth Excl. Mint 2BR plus den. Open loft-like, gourmet kitchen, wood burning fplc, 3 full baths, good light. 70% financing. $2.345M. Web#8601758 Eloise Johnson 212.381.3224

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SIENA GEm 70s/East Excl. Mint 3BR, 3BA home. Beautiful N/E/S/W city views. Large top-of-the-line windowed kitchen full-service doorman. $3.299M. Web#9068126.

Lisa A. Rose 212.381.3262

PARK AVENUE TOWNHOUSE Upper East Side Excl. Triple mint, single family masterpiece with 5 spacious floors of high-tech sophistication and craftsmanship. Elevator, 4 bedroom, 5.4 bath, formal dining room, spectacular top-of-the-line eat-in kitchen, library, media room, atrium, and terrace. Emery Roth designed limestone faรงade. $18.9M. Web#8889256. Dan Danielli 212.381.3325

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LOFT-LIKE 3BR BEAUTY Fifth Avenue Excl. Corner with 3 expos, good light, views, eat-in kitchen, W/D, great closets.

3.5BA. Just renovated. DM condo. $6.28M. Web#4066945 Eva Penson 212.381.3370

1905 COLONIAL TREASURE New Canaan, CT. 6 bedroom, 8 full/2 half bath home brilliantly and masterfully renovated

by Hobbs, Inc. Exquisite finishes and detail, elevator, luxurious amenities. 9,000+SF, 1.5 private acres with sweeping lawns, mature trees, gorgeous pool with spa, outdoor stone fireplace with kitchen island and expansive bluestone terrace. $6.495M. Web#99025561. Mary Higgins 203.247.1625

ELEGANCE ABOUNDS 50s/West Excl. Luxury 1 bedroom, fully renovated in mint condition, 10.5’ ceilings and 2 baths.

Historic full-service building. $1.555M. Web#9177437 Louise Phillips Forbes 212.381.3329

BRIDGE TOWER PLACE CONDO 60s/East Excl. Loft-like 5BR, huge living/dining room, floor-to-ceiling windows, city views, chef’s kit, 5 baths, and more. $4.35M. Web#9094100 Eloise Johnson 212.381.3224

NEW 2BR/2BA W/FORmAL DINING ROOm Sutton Pl Excl.

Sprawling corner. Gallery entry to living room, windowed kit.

24hr DM, gym. Low mt. incl utils. $1.395M. Web#8762184 Monica Podell 212.381.3231

CUSTOm BUILT mODERN CONTEmPORARY Westport, CT. Green energy efficient home, by architect Jonathan Wagner. This 5 bedroom, 5.5 bath home sits on a half acre level lot at the end of a private cul-de-sac in Compo Beach.

Features a beautiful gourmet kitchen, garden, terrace, 3 car garage, and more. $3.995M. Web#99040606. Angela Chapman 203.216.0692 (owner is a broker)

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Expanding Leadership Jonathan, Sandy and Jamie Crystal, third-generation executives at Crystal & Company, one of the top strategic risk and insurance advisors, are working with leaders across the country to expand the firm in new directions

Jonathan, Jamie and Sandy Crystal with their father Jim Crystal (middle right).

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rystal & Company, a family enterprise founded more than 80 years ago, is one of the world’s leading strategic risk and insurance advisors. In addition to the firm’s sterling reputation and commitment to clients, Crystal & Company prides itself on its family roots, as three generations of Crystals have helped build and grow the business into an industry leader.

As part of the latest generation of company leadership, Jonathan, Sandy and Jamie Crystal are focused on further growing the firm, leading it in a new direction to meet the demands of expanding markets in an evolving industry.

What are the most important things clients and prospective clients should know about the Crystal family and your commitment to your company, business partners and clients?

Jonathan: We are committed to the same vision in building a sustainable and independent firm. We each have our own individual areas and responsibilities, but I think we complement each other very well.

Sandy: Day-to-day we’re involved in the operations of this company and that gives our

clients and business partners the ability to interact with us everyday. You get something very rare in today’s world where your clients and business partners are speaking with the people who control the future of the company and are directing where the company is going.

Jamie: We are a very “high-touch” business— we’re committed to excellence and service, which I believe is somewhat of a lost art. And to me, that is a defining characteristic of Crystal & Company.

What benefits has the firm seen by including non-family members on the executive committee and in leadership positions?

Jamie: It’s given us a really good outside perspective. It’s been important for us to have non-family members on our executive committees and in leadership positions so we can see things in a better way.

How do you envision Crystal & Company growing over the next 5–7 years and beyond?

Jonathan: Over the last 80 years we have built a business one client and one colleague at a time and I don’t think that is going to change dramatically. We will continue to invest in our core business lines and we will thoughtfully

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expand our geographic footprint and look for innovative ways to apply our expertise to address 21st century risk issues.

Sandy: If you look at today’s environment there is a common industry consolidation going on that creates a tremendous opportunity for a firm like ours. Clients want “high-touch” expertise and service and as you get more consolidation it’s harder for firms to do that.

How does the company benefit from its independent structure?

Jonathan: Well certainly keep in mind our motto, “the integrity of independence”. I think our clients, our colleagues and our partners benefit from a culture and an environment that is committed to doing the right thing, to doing what we say we are going to do and to our commitment to the long-term. We get to avoid making shortsighted decisions because we have a single family and a team of professionals that is united behind that culture and behind that vision.

What benefits exist for your clients as a result of being an independent broker/ advisor?

Jamie: It allows us to spend a little more time with our clients, maybe a lot more time with our clients, than our public company counterparts; it allows us to always put our clients first.

Sandy: Unconflicted advice. The decisions, recommendations and advice we are giving our clients are purely in their best interest and are not dictated by anything else. ✦

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Central Park. Co-Excl. Full-floor. 15 rooms flooded with light and surrounded with terraces. 7BR, eat-in kitchen, formal dining room, master suite with terrace. Full hotel services. $95M. WEB# 3452636.

Kathy Sloane 212-906-9258

Park Avenue. Gracious 14 room duplex in 740 Park Avenue with 5BR, 5.5 baths and 5 staff rooms. North, South, and West exposure and grand Candela rooms. White glove Co-op. $29.5M. WEB# 9170480.

Kyle Blackmon 212-588-5648

UES. Co-Excl. Prewar palatial PH with 5BR, 5 full bath, 2 pwdr rms, libr, FDR, WEIK, brkfst rm, sky rm, 2 wbfps, city and river views, wrap terr, brand-new renov. $27.5M. WEB# 9161453.

Cathy Franklin 212-906-9236 Alexis Bodenheimer 212-906-9230

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UES. Modern systems and elegant finishes.

13-zone Daikin central air conditioning, elevator to all floors, 6+BR, service stair, 12-foot ceilings. Superb. $24M. WEB# 9106891.

Paula Del Nunzio 212-906-9207

UES. Co-Excl. Meticulously restored townhouse 18 rm house, 6BR, 7 bath, 24.5 feet wide, 100 feet deep, large garden, gym, terrace. $17.9M. WEB# 9108854.

Maria Torresy 212-906-9317 Sami Hassoumi 212-906-9267

Fifth Avenue. Co-Excl. Prewar prestigious Fifth Ave/Carnegie Hill building. Pristine estate with grand living rm with wbfp/dining rm/libr on the park, 2 master bedroom, guest rm, study/home office, kit with pantry. $9.75M. WEB# 3810799.

Alice J. London 212-906-9297

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UES. Gorg views. High floor 7 rm 2BR, 2 staff, 3 bath, FDR. LR & Huge WEIK. Direct pk views from LR & MBR. Open E views. Wbfp, W/D & built-ins. CAC & storg. $4.9M. WEB# 3581601.

Lisa Lippman 212-588-5606 Scott Moore 212-588-5608

UES. Impeccable classic 6 in desirable Park Avenue building. No expense spared in gut renovation. Hardwood floors, washer/dryer, central air conditioning, new windows.

Pieds-a-terre ok. $3.8M. WEB# 9092563.

Susan Greenfield 212-906-9214

UWS. The Ansonia: Parisian feel to this high floor 4 room condo. Mint, charming, lovely layout with 10-foot ceilings, prewar detail, open Southern views and huge chef’s kitchen. $1.5M. WEB# 4060839.

Arabella Greene Buckworth 212-588-5614

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Properties of the Month A selection of deluxe residences

Douglas elliman Real estate PaRk avenue PaLace Located on famed Park Avenue, this elegant home is every buyer’s ideal. As a full-service cooperative, this property has a concierge and doorman who cater to your every need. The grand entrance gallery welcomes you into a sunbathed living room. With no detail spared, the master bedroom boasts abundant closet space and a sophisticated master bathroom. A chic powder room completes this rare offering.

Contact Rick friedberg @ 212.891.7064

halstead Property

Magnificent townhouse This Upper East Side mansion boasts five spacious floors, filled with superlative craftsmanship. Behind the Emory Roth-designed limestone façade is an impressive reception hall, a formal dining room and a spectacular eat-in Poggenpohl kitchen. The parlor floor—with soaring ceilings—features a formal living room (with a dramatic floating staircase and picture window view of Park Avenue) as well as a library, atrium and terrace. The third floor is an entire master suite; the fourth floor has two master suites; the newly added fifth-floor penthouse is a guest suite. Price upon request. Contact Dan Danielli @ 212.381.3325

warburg Realty

RiveR views Spectacular views of the East River, the bridges and beyond from this sunny, grand eight-room home with four bedrooms and four-anda-half baths. The gracious living room has a bonus sunroom. There is a separate formal dining room, as well as a large eat-in kitchen.

35 Sutton Place is a distinguished full-service luxury building. $2,395,000. warburgrealty.com. NET# 1200518. Contact susan Landau abrams at 212.439.4537 or Michael abrams @ 212.439.4559 92 | AVENUE MAGAZINE • NOVEMBER 2013

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Sparkling Reputation Andrew & Peter Fabrikant, the premier diamond and estate jewelry-buying business in the U.S., calls upon its 140-year history and unmatched industry expertise to help those seeking to sell jewelry

Peter and Andrew Fabrikant

How does Andrew & Peter Fabrikant’s 140year history influence your business today?

Andrew Fabrikant: Tradition and history are a key element to our brand and business. Both Peter and I are part of a long family history in jewelry; for four generations our family has been appraising, buying and selling estate jewelry. In the process, we have built a trusted, respected business that has become known around the world. Nearly every aspect of our business—from developing broker relationships, to working with clients, to selling jewelry—is enhanced by the family name and reputation.

What distinguishes Andrew & Peter Fabrikant from auction houses and other competitors?

AF: We are able to position our clients to receive the most money for their jewelry without the large fees associated with auction. In addition, our clients maintain control of their jewelry until they are satisfied and we can guarantee a sale. And beyond those advantages, Peter and I are involved with every transaction, so by being the market experts and having the best resources to sell, we establish advantageous prices for our clients. There are no fees if we don’t complete a sale. As far as auction houses, they take a large commission of the jewelry you sell, up to 40 percent of the value. We offer more money and less risk. Plus, we recently developed one of the largest online diamond- and estate-buying services in the country—so you don’t have to be in New York to get top dollar for the jewelry you’d like to sell.

Tell us about your clients and the services you provide to ease the unknown challenge associated with selling jewelry?

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our success and is the most rewarding aspect of our daily work. Our clients come to us for a range of reasons: some have gone through life-changing events and need financial support; others seek to pay for a divorce and its aftermath; some are splitting an inheritance; and there are those who wish to raise money for charity. We’ve worked with people who need to pay medical bills, parents hoping to raise tuition money and individuals seeking to improve their finances—we help all of them get the most value out of their jewelry. I find that the best part of what I do is helping people make a positive step in the right direction.

How are you and Peter able to secure the best prices for your clients?

AF: Our network and knowledge of both the market and demand puts us in a unique position to help our clients get the most money for their jewelry.

We are intimately familiar with regional demands, sales trends and networks, from knowing what stones are popular in Asia, to knowing whom to call on the West Coast of the U.S. to best facilitate a sale.

Knowing where to place, how to market and whom to call is just as important as knowing the four C’s of diamond grading. And we have the resources and experience to handle all ranges of jewelry, from a large estate to individual pieces. We’ve sold everything from 30-carat diamonds to Fabergé eggs to all types of precious stones. At the end of the day, our clients receive the benefits of our networks and price leveraging without having to pay commission fees.

How has your website, FabOn5th.com, revolutionized your trade?

AF: It’s opened up the world. Anybody in the U.S. and beyond can read about what we do and contact us. Even if people don’t have access to the New York market, we give them the opportunity to have a top professional look at, evaluate and market their jewelry. For example, your local jewelry retailer may not have an interest in something that doesn’t fit their inventory, but we have a market for virtually everything in the jewelry world. ✦

ANDREW & PETER FABRIKANT 555 Fifth Avenue ◆ 8th Floor ◆ New York, NY 10017 ◆ 212.557.4888 ◆ Fabon5th.com

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PARK & 73RD ST • NET#1181162 STUNNING DUPLEX HOME Grand and spectacular renovated 4 bedroom, 4.5 bath XXX mint apartment. 3 WBFP. 14 windows, all main rooms facing Park. Gourmet kitchen, maid’s room, laundry room. NYC’s best shops, galleries. Asks $17.9M. Richard Steinberg 212 439 5183

PARK AVE • NET#1185140 BEST PREWAR 12 ON PARK AVE Elegant high floor mint 4 bedroom, 5 bath features grand gallery, LR w/ wbf, mahogany library, large FDR, eat-in chef’s kitchen with den. Sunfilled Park Avenue views. Prime FSB includes gym and storage. $14M. Lisa Deslauriers 212 439 5182

CPW • NET#1249417 UNIQUE 1910 CPW DUPLEX Grand 9 into 8 RM, Hi ceilings, huge windows, breathtaking vus from LR, lib, corner MBR and EIK! 2 add’l spacious BRs plus 2 maids combined into office/4th BR, 3.5 baths. Tons of details. Fabled FSB. $12.5M. Linda Reiner 212 439 4538

E 61ST/THE SAVOY • NET#1249965 DESIGNERS DREAM HOME! Create your high in the sky full flr dream home. Currently 5 residences.

4,000+ sf, sun filled 4 balconies, 360 views incl Central Park. FSB w/ grt amenities & on-site garage. $8.995M. Marc J. Palermo 212 380 2410 Doug Williford 212 380 2403

FIFTH AVE • NET#1202226 CORNER 7 FACING THE PARK Create a magnificent home from this 3 bedroom, 4.5 bath plus maids room. All rooms are open and brite.

Very spacious entry living room and FDR. Asks $5.2M. Ronnie Lane 212 439 4540 Carol Lederman 212 439 4546

W 67TH • NET#1197988 RARE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN Spectacular 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, home with soaring 17’ vaulted ceiling in excellent move-in condition. Grand living room/WBFP, WEIK. Large balcony. W/D. FT DM building. Asks $4.950M. Co-Excl.

Bonnie Chajet 212 439 4540

74TH/CPW-COL. • NET#1180126 ONCE IN A LIFETIME TOWNHOUSE Rare turn of the century elegant 5 room mansion home in move-in condition. 2 bedroom, 2 new baths, 3 WBF, 10’ ceils with original detail.

Chef’s kitchen with washer/dryer.

Maint $1756. Asks $2.495M. Harriet Kaufman 212 439 4575

WEST ST/2ND PLC. NET#1085986 LOFT-LIKE HOME IN THE PARK Spacious 2 bedroom, 2 bath with 11’ high ceilings and glass walls. Full service #1 GREEN building. Spa, pool, gym, indoor/outdoor lounge, playroom, garage and more. Asks $1.650M. Herbert Chou 212 380 2417

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It Takes Two

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o savvy New Yorkers, time is money and efficiency is key. So when buying or selling a home, the right real estate agent who suits your individual needs is paramount. And considering the city’s complex real estate nuances—condo and co-op approvals, to name a few—the only thing better than one great agent protecting your interests is two.

Jim Kaplove, an experienced corporate finance executive and Jessica Morgan, a high-energy, client-services professional, have been colleagues for five years and have worked as a team since June.

They say they realized early on that competitors at other firms weren’t sufficiently serving the multi-faceted demands of high-end clients.

So the duo forged what they call a new kind of real estate partnership—one unique for combining their different professional backgrounds and strengths. “We feed off our [respective] skills and perspectives to complement one another,” Kaplove says. “As a result, we deliver a one-two punch—[my] extensive financial knowledge combined with [Jessica’s] passion and implementation of state of the art technology, interpersonal skills and business acumen.”

Kaplove got into real estate 30 years ago working for the principals of Edison Properties, where he negotiated the purchase of the first Manhattan Mini Storage in Chelsea from Larry Silverstein. Since that time, Kaplove has negotiated more than 50 office leases and business acquisitions for Young & Rubicam, a global marketing communications firm, serving as chief financial officer of their global public relations business.

“After spending the bulk of my career at client-focused companies, I learned the importance of the client relationship and what constitutes exceptional client service,” Kaplove says. “One must gain a deep understanding of what the client really wants by engaging them and developing custom tailored solutions to meet their unique needs.”

Morgan took a different path to real estate. Her father was in construction and her stepfather was in the business of fixing up and “flipping” homes for a profit. So, she says, she took lessons from both men, developing an early passion for real estate and teaching herself every aspect of the industry.

That education, combined with the business and technology savvy she gained from the investment/advisory concern she founded helped her decide to make her mark in real estate and, she says, also make a difference. “I wanted to provide superior and honest service and be known for doing my job in accordance with the highest ethical standards,” Morgan says. “I’d rather lose a job than do anything unethical or have the appearance of impropriety.” Those ideals paid off: Morgan

The real estate team of Jim Kaplove and Jessica Morgan offers high net worth buyers and sellers top-notch financial experience and client service, plus the advantages of Halstead Property’s corporate marketing and technology recently was nominated by the National Association of Professional Women as the Executive Professional Woman of the Year Award.

The business partnership she and Kaplove founded emphasizes the aspirations they share; as Kaplove says, “We want to add value to every transaction by delivering solutions to clients via concierge-level client service, financial acumen, experienced and fierce negotiating and undivided loyalty.” Morgan adds: “We treat our clients like esteemed members of our family; we will do whatever it takes to deliver timely results and meet or exceed expectations with full accountability.”

Morgan singles out five additional factors she says set her and Kaplove’s approach apart.

“First, we operate together for every client,” she says. “Therefore, every customer receives a well-rounded perspective and our complete time and dedication.”

Second, she says, the two never represent both the seller and the buyer in the same transaction. “Although that is allowed by law, we believe in the concept of undivided loyalty and therefore will only act for one party in a transaction,” Morgan says. Third, the partners build relationships by engaging their clients, not “selling” them. “We employ a vast arsenal of tools and techniques,” she says, describing how both partners constantly travel with their iPads and use proprietary software to offer clients on-the-spot demonstrations of listings, pictures and floor plans.

“We deliver on our promise to satisfy the immediate needs of our clients, but also to think beyond the short-term transaction to foster a continued relationship,” says Kaplove.

The fourth additional factor that sets the team apart, Morgan says is, “We will never show a home to a client without personally previewing it in advance.”

Fifth, and finally, “We specialize in Manhattan’s luxury properties and are becoming experts in the new zip code 10065 and other locations above a price point of $3 million,” she continues.

Having the time and attention of two real estate agents for a single transaction is a rare commodity in New York. But there’s more: Kaplove-Morgan’s affiliation with Halstead Property, one of New York’s largest and most visible residential real estate brokerage firms. Along with its strong online presence, Halstead offers a full-service, in-house marketing agency dedicated to delivering solutions tailored to each exclusive listing.

Kaplove continues, “We know virtually every building and our affiliation with Halstead gives us the newest ways to gain unprecedented exposure for your home—not just in New York—but also from qualified buyers throughout the world.” ✦

Halstead Property, LLC 499 Park Avenue ◆ New York, NY 10022 ◆ kaplovemorgan.halsteadproperty.com Jim: 212.381.3251 ◆ jkaplove@halstead.com ◆ Jessica: 212.381.3209 ◆ jmorgan@halstead.com 98 | AVENUE MAGAZINE • NOVEMBER 2013

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70 W 3rd Street, #1 | $4,900,000

Web ID: 318598 | Unobstructed views of Central Park, Southern City Skyline and peeks of the East River. 1,450sf wrap around terrace. 3 bed, 3.5 bath duplex designed by John Barman.

Full amenity building.

Web ID:416650 | 2,600 sf floor-through split level loft. Chef’s kitchen with luxury appliances. King-sized master bedroom with walk-in closet. Master spa-bath features Jacuzzi and steam tub, separate shower, double basin. Private balcony.

289 Cumberland Street | $2,900,000

25 Joralemon Street, #1 | $1,975,000

Web ID: 418953 | 25-foot wide 1851 townhouse.14 rooms and 8 fireplaces on 3 floors. Enormous living room, library, garden, formal dining room, eat-in kitchen, and 2 decks. Finely carved Queen Anne style porch.

Web ID: 344930 | 2,500sf 4 bed/3 bath unique duplex loft in the Pumphouse Mews. 20’ vaulted ceilings, oak floors, working brick fireplace, in-unit washer/dryer, private outdoor grilling area, 9 closets, and 3 large storage loft areas.

214 E 9th Street, 4C | $1,550,000

79 Bridge Street 2F DUMBO | $750,000

Web ID: 406171 | Rarely available penthouse loft in triplex condo.

Soaring 18ft ceilings with private roof top. Lots of closets and storage space. In-unit laundry. Low common charges and real estate taxes.

Web ID: 369983 | Mini-loft with gorgeous hardwood floors, high ceilings and great light. Easily converted to a 1 bedroom. Brand new kitchen appliances. Private balcony and large shared terrace.

Amazing views of NYC and Brooklyn Bridge.

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A Perfect Match Kristopher and Kevin Musumano

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Design duo Kevin and Kristopher Musumano of MUSUMANO Bros&Co are identical twin brothers who create luxurious and richly layered environments

he brothers Musumano are natives of Connecticut who graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. They are a world-class team who have been building, designing and creating unique, truly transcendant environments for over 25 years. From the Berkshires to Miami, from Egypt to Paris, to the Royal Botanical Gardens in Jordan, they have produced highly specialized homes and landscapes. Recently they have joined practices. Their MUSUMANO Bros&Co, is a Avenue Foch Residence. full-service design practice, providing architecture and interior design and decoration, furniture Paris, France. Library. design and arts and antiques acquisitions.

Although identical twins, each brother brings a distinct history and set of Concrete House. Amman, Jordan. Living Room. experiences to the partnership. In their formative years, Kevin cut fabric in a formidable London Fashion House while Kristopher surveyed and drew antiquities in Rome. Wherever their individual paths have taken them, the two have always shared their discoveries and have built a shared repertoire of knowledge.

Their MUSUMANO Bros&Co approach to style is unbiased and inclusive because they consider each project a unique form of research into the client’s lifestyle.

Whatever the stylistic context of a project, the brothers’ complementary approach is effective and exquisite, honed by years of experience and skill.

Kevin Musumano explains, “Trends happen at a cultural scale. Style is personal and an expression of one’s individuality. As designers, we certainly embrace trends and celebrate being a part of our culture—but trends by their nature are fleeting.

Inspiration may come from a variety of sources: the collar of a Balenciaga evening coat, the excessive luxury of a Tony Duquette chandelier, the genius illustrations of vintage Flair magazines, a Rothko painting, the elaborate geometries of an Islamic pattern. Our goal is to create experiences that reflect our time and place but endure Atrium House. Miami beyond the lifespan of a temporary trend.”

Beach, Fla. Facade.

Kristopher adds, “In each of our projects, be it a building, an interior, a piece of furniture, a garment or a landscape, our goal is to construct a meaningful discourse with history and context. This may mean deploying the intelligence of local craft traditions and, through the process of design, refining these (traditions) to reflect our client’s lifestyle or our contemporary experience.”

In addition to their interior design practice, MUSUMANO Bros&Co will act as the design component of the soon-to-be-launched spa development and consultancy team Conception, LLC. The Musumano Brothers have received numerous accolades and awards, including The Judith Arango Award for Modern Design, The American Institute of Architects Design Merit Award, The American Institute of Architects Interior Design Award and The Gold Medal for Design from the Bienal Miami+Beach International Design Competition. —Joanna K. Virello ✦

For company information and portfolio, please contact: MUSUMANO BrOS&CO design.KMKM@gmail.com ◆ 718.781.9210 — New York, NY ◆ 617.678.8252 — Boston, MA 100 | AVENUE MAGAZINE • NOVEMBER 2013

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DeLucie’s Crown Jewel With two private dining spaces and a delicious menu of fresh seafood, meats and pasta, Crown—tucked away in a townhouse on East 81st Street— is the perfect place to celebrate the holiday season

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rown, the second New York property from Crown Group Hospitality, is situated in a French Renaissance-style mansion steps away from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the Upper East Side. Crown’s menu, helmed by executive chef John DeLucie, features continental cuisine served in an elegant and sophisticated setting.

Crown is the perfect environment for spending the holidays with family and friends and features two elegant private dining spaces, “The Atelier” and an intimate “Private Dining Room” located behind a hidden entrance on the lower level.

The Atelier is a stunning open dining area with views of Crown’s lush English garden. Floor-to-ceiling antiqued glass windows fill the room with daylight, and the room can be partitioned to accommodate various options for semi-private and private dining. To reach Crown’s Private Dining Room, guests descend the restaurant’s grand marble staircase and enter through a secret bookshelf. Behind this discreet entrance is an art-filled room with leather club chairs and a sleek mirrored bar.

Whether your holiday celebration is large or small and with family or friends, Crown offers the quintessential Upper East Side dining experience. ✦

To help ring in the holiday cheer, try one of Crown’s signature cocktails — “The She and T”: 2 oz. Bodegas Dios Baco fino sherry 2 dashes Bar Code baked apple aromatic bitters 5 oz. Fever-Tree mediterranean tonic water Grapefruit and lemon peel Build in highball glass filled with ice, squeeze peels on top of drink and place inside glass

CROWN 24 East 81st Street ◆ New York, NY 10028 ◆ 646.559.4880 ◆ www.crown81.com 102 | AVENUE MAGAZINE • NOVEMBER 2013

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THE “LEGACY” ISSUE: Ariana Rockefeller Her surname may be a New York City institution, but this particular Rockefeller is a fresh face on the city’s scene. The eldest daughter of big-time philanthropist David Rockefeller, Jr. opens up about her fashion line, upholding her family’s legacy and what it’s like to have the most salient last name in Manhattan.

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The Fabulous Five The Met, Phil, Carnegie Hall, City Ballet & NY Film Festival

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strike at Carnegie Hall and protesters at Lincoln Center did not stop the fabulous five fall arts galas from raising over $16 million. The overture at the 130th Metropolitan Opera heralded the start of the new social season. The cultural calendar also included the first nights of the 172nd New York Philharmonic, 122nd Carnegie Hall, 65th NYC Ballet and the 51st NY Film Festival. Many of the pillars of high society listed below attended all of the musical events.

Gillian Miniter @ the Philharmonic Prabal Gurung, Sarah Jessica Parker and Olivier Theyskens at @ NYC 108 | AVENUE MAGAZINE • NOVEMBER 2013 Ballet

THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC Thanks to savvy special events chair and composer Karen LeFrak this elegant and precisely paced evening ran smoothly and raised nearly $2.9 million.

Maestro Alan Gilbert conducted a brilliant concert featuring cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Leading the applause were Hilaria and Alec Baldwin, Hilary and Wilbur Ross, Jamee and Peter Gregory, Joanne and Roberto de Guardiola, Daisy Soros, Elyse and Michael Newhouse, Leesa Rowland and Larry Wohl, Gillian and Sylvester Miniter, Liz and Jeff Peek and Richard LeFrak. A reflective Yo-Yo said of his scoliosis operation at age 25, “In one way, it was a wonderful thing to go through, because you think about what’s important; you may come out being able to play the cello but if not, you realize you can still go on and lead a productive life.” The program ended at 8:30 with Ravel’s Boléro and the first course was on the table waiting in the tent dotted with enormous branches dripping yellow orchids. The remarks were brief and dessert was served at 10:15. nyphil.org

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THE METROPOLITAN OPERA This sophisticated benefit raised $6 million making it the winner in this category, which ultimately is what these galas are all about. The new but Spartan production of Eugene Onegin starred the charismatic Anna Netrebko, who is arguably the sweetest soprano in the world. Anna reveals she likes to listen to Maria Callas, Renata Scotto and Mirella Freni, “Those are my girls. They knew how to sing bel canto with a full sound where you can also understand the words. It’s beautiful learning from them.” The evening’s distinguished conductor Valery Gergiev Joanne de Guardiola, Karen LeFrak, Jamee Gregory & Hilary Geary Ross @ the opening of the is also Russian and thus the Drama Award goes to this pair because New York Philharmonic they attracted several dozen LGBT activists both outside and inside the theater, protesting Vladimir Putin’s anti-gay laws. The Met’s Peter Gelb astutely noted, “Although Russia may officially be in Alec & Hilaria Heather Graham @ Baldwin @ the denial about Tchaikovsky’s sexuality, we’re not. We’re proud to Metropolitan Opera Philharmonic present Russia’s great gay composer. That is a message, in itself.”

Bravo! The boxes were brimming with VIPs, which gave this chic night serious star power. Among the best dressed swanning up and down the Met’s grand staircases were David and Julia Koch, Leonard Lauder and Linda Johnson, Julie Macklowe, Heather Graham, Diane Kruger, Plácido Domingo, Brooke Shields, Jean Shafiroff, Patricia Clarkson, Marina Abramović, Patti Smith, Chiu-Ti Jansen, Maureen Dowd, Lucia Hwong Gordon, Susanne Bartsch, Michele Gerber Klein, Mischa Barton, Amar’e Stoudemire and others of that ilk and stripe. The Russian-themed dinner for 1,100 started at Naomi Watts, 11 and ended at 1:30 am. The massive tent is always a challenge to decorate but the attended the NY Film withered branches that David Stark suspended from the ceiling looked more like Festival Sandy debris than stylish decoration. In fairness the lighting was lovely and the clever use of long tables to divide the room worked well. metoperafamily.org

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social safari Larisa Martinez & Joshua Bell @ the Philharmonic

Julie Macklowe @ the Metropolitan Opera

Michele Gerber Klein @ the Metropolitan Opera Tony Ingrao & Randy Kemper @ the Philharmonic

Natalie Portman & Benjamin Millepied @ NYC Ballet

CARNEGIE HALL “Let’s dance,” said Mercedes Bass, a gala co-chair of the opening of Carnegie Hall, who added a dance floor and orchestra to the dinner at the Waldorf. Although union leaders forced the cancellation of the concert for the first time in its 122-year history, they still raised 3.4 million dollars due in part to support from co-chairs Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis, Annette and Oscar de la Renta and Diane von Furstenberg and Barry Diller as well as Jenny and John Paulson, Barbara Walters, Felix Rohatyn and Jessye Norman, who spoke eloquently about “education in the arts being essential to Carnegie Hall.” The organization’s chairman, Sanford Weill, announced they had raised $230 million for the renovation of their new educational towers. Violinist Joshua Bell, Bell who was to have performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra, said, “Whenever I’m asked what my favorite hall is to play in, Carnegie Hall is always on the top of my list.” P.S. The strike has been settled. Hip hip hooray! carnegiehall.org

Diane Kruger @ Metropolitan Opera

Jean Shafiroff @ The Metropolitan Opera

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THE NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL Tom Hanks said, “You have to be a journalist, historian and a filmmaker all at the same time,” about the making of his gripping thriller Captain Phillips based on his character’s kidnapping by Somali pirates in 2009. I’ll spare you the pedestrian details about the funkily-dressed audience, despite the word “formal” on the invitation, the dearth of boldface or social names except for Austin Hearst, Hearst Naomi Watts and Parker Posey, and the fun eclectic circus organizers have affectionately dubbed an “Indie Prom” that filled every floor of the Harvard Club. Tally: they’re not telling. filmlinc.com Who else would tell you these things? ✦

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Mercedes Bass @ Carnegie Hall Gala

THE NEW YORK CITY BALLET Now that Peter Martins is focusing more on creative programming than his own choreography, things really are more beautiful at City Ballet. Gala chair Sarah Jessica Parker has successfully fused the worlds of fashion and ballet. She confessed, “We are trying to attract a new generation to the ballet and the designers are part of that process.” After wildly successful benefits with Paul and Stella McCartney and Valentino Valentino, this year’s pairings of Iris van Herpen and the choreographer Benjamin Millepied, whose wife Natalie Portman was by his side, Olivier Theyskens and Angelin Preljocaj and Prabal Gurung and 25-year-old Justin Peck sizzled or fizzled, depending on your point of view. Parker symbolized the evening by wearing a cotton candy colored confection christened “A Tale of Two Minds,” the top

by Prabal, the bottom by Olivier. The winner: the photographers. The fashionable flock included Drew Barrymore and Will Kopelman, Tory Burch, Carol and Earle Mack, Amber Valletta, Anne Bass, Alexandra Lebenthal Lebenthal, Fe Fendi, 50 Cent, Martha Stewart, Sean Avery, Nicky Hilton, Hilton Selita Ebanks, William Ivey Long, Lizzie Tisch, Doutzen Kroes, Kroes Michele Herbert, Charlotte Moss, Lisa Perry, Judith Hoffman and Robert Lipp, the debonair president of the ballet’s board. The imaginative décor featuring giant red, blue and white striped hot air balloons floating over the whimsical tables by Bronson van Wyck won the season’s Gold Medal. Gross: $2.4 million. nycballet.com

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PATRICIA HERRERA LANSING AVENUE’s back-page column asks New York notables our version of the questionnaire made famous by Marcel Proust

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earing the Herrera name leaves big shoes to fill—and hopefully, a fabulous gown to wear with them. Yet, Lansing, a former fashion editor at Vanity Fair and currently a creative consultant for her mother’s fashion empire, is carving a name for herself in philanthropy: For five years she’s devoted herself to GO Project, a charity which provides New York City low-income school children with academic, social and emotional support; and on November 13, she’ll serve as honorary chair for the Associates Committee of The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center’s Fall Party to benefit its Department of Pediatrics. Beyond that, “like mother, like daughter,” Lansing possesses the good taste and penchant for design that define her bloodline. Here, the downtown tastemaker reveals her favorite neighborhood spots near her Little Italy home..

HOME IS . . . Wherever my kids, husband and my two dogs (mutts), Bella and Vito, are.

WHAT’S YOUR EARLIEST NEW YORK CITY MEMORY? Walking up the entrance steps to the Met. LAST SHOW YOU SAW? The Carolina Herrera Spring 2014 runway show.

AT THE MOMENT YOU ARE . . .

Training for a marathon; and needless to say, my legs are very tired.

WHAT NEW YORK BUILDING WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE LOCKED IN OVERNIGHT? I would love to be able to spend a night with all my good friends in the room at the top of the Chrysler Building.

WHERE IN NEW YORK DO YOU GO TO GET INSPIRED? The Shakespeare Garden in Central Park is my favorite in the spring when it’s in full bloom. Like my mother, flowers always inspire me because they are so beautiful and bright!

WHAT’S YOUR FINISHING TOUCH FOR A NIGHT OUT? A great attitude.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE NEW YORK SOUND? The kids playing in the park across from my home, and the bells from St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral on Mulberry Street.

WHO IS THE MOST STYLISH NEW YORKER YOU KNOW? I think my daughter and all her girlfriends are the most stylish New Yorkers.

I can’t wait to see them teach me a thing or two about fashion!

WHAT’S THE BEST MEAL YOU’VE HAD IN NEW YORK? Lately I’ve been loving Indochine.

I recently celebrated my birthday there!

WHAT DO YOU COLLECT? Books!

I love all different kinds—coffee table books, the classics and even the latest, juiciest novels. I have a library where shelving covers every inch of the room, which is why I keep adding to my collection.

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WHAT ITEM IN YOUR APARTMENT CAN’T YOU LIVE WITHOUT? My bathtub is my sanctuary. I designed it to have different textures of marble and I love everything about it! I would live in just that room alone if I could.

WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR BEST-KEPT NEW YORK SECRETS? The croissants at a tiny bakery called Ceci Cela on Spring Street. The Elizabeth Street garden—it’s hidden. My new favorite store is Warm on Mott Street. For vintage finds I go to Amarcord on Lafayette Street and for perfume, Aedes de Venustas on Christopher Street.

WHAT’S THE BEST PIECE OF ADVICE YOU’VE RECEIVED? Be kind to everyone, have a sense of humor about yourself and never leave home without looking in a full length mirror!

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? Who says I have to grow up?

I hope I am always a child at heart! ✦ —As told to Charlotte Ross

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