Bal Harbour Magazine Fall / Winter 2022 issue

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Contents

From the book, Alaïa Afore Alaïa (Rizzoli), Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele and Azzedine Alaïa, photographed in New York in 1984.

MATTER OF STYLE News from Bal Harbour Shops & Beyond

ROLE PLAY Cara Delevingne steps into the role of designer with a capsule honoring her friendship with Karl Lagerfeld.

BEHIND THE COVER: Hilary Rhoda talks self-care routines, uniforms and the retro fashion that makes her cringe.

ON, BARBIE Embrace all things pink, starting with the season’s most loveable bags.

SPARK JOY Consider glitzy garb and embellished add-ons an instant mood-booster.

GIRL CAN DREAM Fall in love with these feminine finds in lace, tulle and silk.

PURPLE REIGN Capturing all the shades, from Pantone’s color of the year (Veri Peri), to violets, plums and lavender.

TYLE SETTERS: Catching up with Tina Leung, Alexandre Assouline, Harrison Vail and Pritika Swarup.

IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY Yellow inspires, amuses and energizes. Channel those good vibes and add a little sparkle to your season.

OFF THE CUFF Take the upper hand. Adorning yourself in a bold bracelet is the ultimate power move.

DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH Ara Vartanian opens its first US flagship at Bal Harbour Shops.

VIBRANT VISION Italian jeweler Vhernier brings its unmistakable designs to Bal Harbour Shops.

SOUTHERN EXPOSURE There’s no shortage of reasons to visit Mexico this season, but here are five new ones to consider

from Oaxaca to Tulum.

IMAGE COURTESY OF RIZZOLI

Zen Den, a landscape project in Miami by Raymond Jungles, is lus h with native plants and trees. Turn to page 210 for more natural wonder.

THE KATE FACTOR If you found yourself double-hearting a photo of Dakota Johnson or Margot Robbie lately, it’s likely because 119 of something stylist Kate Young conjured up for the starlets.

LUCK OF THE IRIS Storied apothecary Santa Maria Novella enters a new chapter with its first-ever eau de parfum.

UNIFORM DRESSING Hollywood super-stylists (and super-moms) Erin Walsh, Tara Swennen and Jeanne Yang 122 weigh in on the freeing power of a go-to ensemble.

COOK LIKE A PRO Catching up with Andy Baraghani, the 33-year-old chef and author of the new book, 126 The Cook You Want to Be: Everyday Recipes to Impress BEAUTY IN THE MUNDANE Bal Harbour Shops Creative Challenge winner Victoria Tentler-Krylov adds joy to familiar 128 scenes with her wild and whimsical illustrations. UNDER HIS SPELL Edgardo Osorio celebrates a decade of Aquazzura—and the fantasy-inducing sandals that enchant us all. 130

15 QUESTIONS FOR… NANCY NOVOGROD The travel industry legend who collects art from her grandson, has a thing 134 about bathroom lighting and will never give up her seat in Business Class.

10 QUESTIONS FOR… STEPHEN STARR The James Beard award-winner and restaurateur behind Makoto and Le Zoo 137 remembers his first hot dog, wants to collaborate with Rem Koolhaas and loves to talk about pasta.

12 QUESTIONS FOR… KEN FULK The interior designer is well known for producing epic events, collects cufflinks and 138 has a new book out from Assouline, The Movie in My Mind PILLOW TALK Frette brings its coveted sheets—towels, robes and blankets, too—to Bal Harbour Shops.

HIGH TIME Amanda Mille is leading luxury watch nonconformist Richard Mille into its next beautiful rebellion.

PHOTO BY STEPHEN DUNN

GETTING DIRTY WITH ARIZONA MUSE

The model-turned-activist has founded DIRT, an organization dedicated to the support 146 and proliferation of biodynamic farms.

CHILD OF THE ‘90S Hilary Rhoda has some fun in the season’s tribute to the decade of peace and prosperity. We’re embracing 178 romantic slips, heavy-heeled boots, ribbed tanks and all the body-hugging tube dresses one could desire.

ALWAYS ALAÏA The most poetic of couturiers is honored with a new tome from Rizzoli, with contributions from his coterie of 194 companions, lifelong friends and supporters of the late great Azzedine Alaïa.

E ASY DOES IT We took to Montauk’s breathtaking bluffs to surrender to the majesty of the ocean in looks from Bottega Veneta, 198 Chanel, Gucci, Miu Miu and more, modeled by Regitze Christensen.

NATURAL WONDER Landscape architect Raymond Jungles transforms landscapes by celebrating the native and the nuanced 210 around the world.

DECONSTRUCTING BURBERRY Architect Vincenzo De Cotiis interprets Riccardo Tisci’s vision for the house with a 216 brand-new concept, debuting at Bal Harbour Shops.

DOUBLING DOWN Two Caribbean destinations—Barbados and Turks and Caicos—offer an abundance of resorts, restaurants 220 and idyllic beaches to explore, but extend your stay and discover that they each also have their own ancillary island with a discrete sliver of paradise.

Model Regitze Christensen wears a Salvatore Ferragamo sweater, Miu Miu briefs and Jimmy Choo boots. Photo by Brad Ogbonna

Contributors

BRAD OGBONNA

For his third time shooting for BalHarbour Magazine, Brad Ogbonna chose Montauk as the backdrop to capture model Regitze Christensen. “The mood was tranquil and peaceful, yet powerful with lots of waves crashing against the cliffs and mist rising up from the ocean,” says Ogbonna. “Our first shoot for BalHarbour , two and a half years, ago was in the woods in Upstate New York; our second shoot was in South Florida and featured a tropical visage; this year I really wanted to focus on the ocean and the cliffs that watch over them.

I still work with film because to me it slows down the process and everyone has to be patient for it to work. There’s a trust that has to exist because it’s not the type of work that you can show in real-time. I’m so glad to have worked with a subject and crew that believed in the process and were super willing to go out of their way to make things work.”

BEVERLY NGUYEN

Beverly Nguyen is a Fashion Stylist and the founder of Beverly’s NYC. She styled one of this issue’s cover shoots with photographer Brad Ogbonna. The pair headed out to one of Montauk’s dramatic beaches where model Regitze Christensen sparkled in Bottega Veneta, Chanel and more. “Regitze reminds me of a modern Slim Keith—she’s a classic beauty who can carry these heavier fall silhouettes while making them look so effortless and cool. A Chanel gown in the meadow? Why not!”

Contributors

THOMAS WHITESIDE

Thomas Whiteside photographed this issue’s cover story with model Hilary Rhoda. ”I love working with Hilary— she’s my dream model,” says Whiteside. “Timeless and with tons of energy, she’s an expert at what she does. This day was full of sunshine and color in Los Angeles. I feel so lucky I got to spend it with such a wonderful team.”

Whiteside is best known for his celebrity portraits of icons such as Naomi Campbell, Aretha Franklin and Taylor Swift. His editorial stories have been featured in many publications, among them, Vogue, W and Harper’s Bazaar

ELANA ZAJDMAN

Elana Zajdman is a writer, editor, and brand consultant who calls both Paris and New York home. Previously she was the senior accessories editor for InStyle magazine, and an editor for Marie Claire and Vogue.com. Her editorial stories have been featured in many publications including WWD, The Zoe Report and The Natural Diamond Council. “It was an honor to sit down with fine jewelry designer Ara Vartanian,” says Zajdman. “Ara, someone who cares deeply about pulling back the velvet curtain on a traditionally opaque industry— including every part of the creative process from design to stone-sourcing—is redefining the future of the industry, which is incredibly inspiring.”

JANE MARGOLIES

Jane Margolies is a freelance reporter in New York and a regular contributor to The New York Times. She first wrote about Raymond Jungles, focusing on his work restoring the garden at the Ford Foundation building in Midtown Manhattan, for Landscape Architecture Magazine in 2020. “It was great to reconnect and hear what he’s been up to since then and learn more about how he got to where he is today.”

Contributors

DJUNA BEL

Djuna Bel styled supermodel Hilary Rhoda for the cover story, “Child of the ‘90s.” On set, she learned that she “has no problem walking in the Valentino ‘Barbie’ platforms,” and that “flat-footed, I was still taller than Hilary!” Bel, who also interviewed Rhoda for our “Behind the Cover” Q&A, is a self-proclaimed wellness junkie and lives in Los Angeles with her husband Nikolai Haas and their 4-year-old child, Fox.

AMANDA EBERSTEIN

Amanda Eberstein is a writer, editor and creative consultant based in LA. She was previously an editor at Departures and Architectural Digest, before serving as the editor-in-chief of Angeleno and Interiors California magazines. “I loved writing about such a varied group of people for this issue’s Style Setters,” says Eberstein.

“From Alexandre Assouline, who is the epitome of classic French cool, to Tina Leung, who can mix just about anything and somehow look equal parts daring and puttogether, each individual had something inspired to say.” Eberstein also profiled Italian jewelry house Vhernier in celebration of its new Bal Harbour boutique.

MARIA VOGEL

Maria Vogel is a writer, art advisor and curator based in New York City. She is a contributing editor at Cultured magazine and has written for many of the art world’s top publications. With all of her work, Vogel is a conduit to further the stories of artists, such as Victoria TentlerKrylov, who won this year’s Bal Harbour Shops Creative Challenge. Vogel also interviewed Frette CEO Filippo Arnaboldi. “Writing about Frette opened my eyes to a crossroad of history and opulence I had previously been unfamiliar with,” says Vogel. “It also made me seriously reconsider my current bedding.”

It’s always season at Bal Harbour Shops.

For 57 years, the Shops has held the attention of an international roster of visitors—many of whom return with a new generation in tow. Each year, we welcome their heartwarming stories of decades of memories made at Bal Harbour Shops.

Though everyone has their own “BHS” experience, one that we particularly love (and often hear) is a version of, “My grandparents used to take me here, and now I take my children.” That never gets old. (And yes, my grandparents used to take me to Bal Harbour Shops and now I take my child).

Bal Harbour Shops’ ever-evolving landscape will not disappoint this fall. New stores abound, including Burberry, Bally, Assouline, Veronica Beard, Vhernier, Ara Vartanian and Frette. By now, you’ve likely visited Makoto’s expansive Level 3 location, which has transformed the entire floor. Their move made way for our newest restaurant, Aba, to open on the Level 1. The Mediterranean concept comes to us on the heels of its success in Chicago and Austin, and we couldn’t be more excited to welcome them. The restaurant is gorgeous and the menu is delectable—a perfect Bal Harbour addition.

As a forever nomad and early-indoctrinated Aman junkie, I love this issue’s nod to travel. So many of my long-time travel friends are doing remarkable things. I remember in 2000, what a sensation it was when my friend Rafael Micha—and his brother Moisés and partner Carlos Couturier—opened the first Grupo Habita property in Mexico City. It’s an honor to share their latest, Terrestre in Puerto Escondido, in this issue’s Mexico roundup. Another fantastic read is our Caribbean feature, which highlights new properties while revisiting some storied ones like the ever-evolving Grace Bay. And I was thrilled to have Nancy Novogrod contribute to the issue, sharing her favorite memories and tips as she’s transformed from editor legend to the ultimate travel curator.

So, wherever you are coming from this fall, Bal Harbour looks forward to welcoming you—and your stories—and making new memories together.

LEFT: Model Hilary Rhoda photographed by Thomas Whiteside and styled by Djuna Bel exclusively for Bal Harbour magazine wearing a Saint Laurent dress and rings. RIGHT: Model Regitze Christensen photographed by Brad Ogbonna and styled by Beverly Nguyen exclusively for Bal Harbour magazine wearing a Bottega Veneta dress and sweater.

Publisher, Carolyn Travis Creative Director, Cheryl Stephenson

Editorial Director, Sarah G. Harrelson Executive Editor, Tali Jaffe Minor Art Director, Katherine Jordan Marketing Coordinator, Rebecca Aaron

Contributing Writers

Yale Breslin, Alessandra Codinha, Amanda Eberstein, Kat Herriman, Jane Margolies, Nick Remsen, Mackenzie Wagoner, Elana Zajdman, Janelle Zara

Contributing Photographers Brad Ogbonna, Thomas Whiteside

Copy Editor, Isabel Flower Pre-Press/Print Production, Pete Jacaty Senior Photo Retoucher, Matt Stevens

Director of Marketing & Events, Gotmar Giron Director of Brand Media & Content, Shana Kaufman Social Media Editor, Samantha Brooks

Social Media & Marketing Manager, Ashley Knott Representative in Brazil, Flavia Pacheco

Accounts Receivable Manager, Johnny Aguilar

Whitman Family Development/Bal Harbour Shops Operating Committee

President & Chief Executive Officer, Matthew Whitman Lazenby Marketer General, Carolyn Travis Financier General, Benjamin Elias

Collaborative Innovator General, Stephanie Sayfie Aagaard Lessor General, Courtney Lord Developer General, Nik Massey

General Manager & Operator General, Gary Karlson Construction General, Mark Bedell

Carolyn Travis PUBLISHER

General Partner of Whitman Family Development, Randall Whitman

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Matter of Style

Virgil Abloh launches a paper plane on the rainbow-colored runway at his Louis Vuitton springsummer 2019 show in the Palais-Royal garden. Paper planes became a symbol of the childlike approach Abloh wanted to inspire in his audiences.

LIMITLESS

BAL HARBOUR NEWS & BEYOND

Virgil Abloh’s transformative tenure at Louis Vuitton is celebrated in Louis Vuitton: Virgil Abloh, a collectible volume from Assouline. Written by his friend and longtime collaborator, Anders Christian Madsen, the book is divided into eight chapters, one for each of the Virgil-orchestrated Louis Vuitton menswear collections and. It’s impossible to overstate the impact the young designer had on the worlds of fashion, art and design, yet this tome manages to capture his spirit and immense creative vision in an elegant and loving format.

PHOTO

Grande Gucci

This fall, Gucci unveils a major expansion at Bal Harbour Shops, with a new twolevel boutique. Employing a combination of traditional, modern, industrial and romantic designs, the new store bears evidence of creative director Alessandro Michele’s touch. Since joining Gucci in 2015, Michele’s love of romance, eclecticism and drama has become the house’s design code. Here, you’ll find that on display across categories: the second level is dedicated to menswear, while the expansive first level encompasses women’s readyto-wear, accessories, jewelry, décor and beauty. There’s also a new private VIP shopping area for the most discreet of Gucci experiences.

—Annabel Keenan

ABA KNOWS BEST

CHEF CJ JACOBSON IS bringing his Mediterranean-inspired cuisine to Bal Harbour Shops with the third outpost of Aba, opening this fall. With restaurants in Chicago and Austin, Aba, which is Hebrew for father, is spreading love for the region’s unmistakable flavors. “One of my favorite ingredients to work with is eggplant,” says Jacobson, perhaps hinting at what we may see on the table at Aba. “It can be cooked in every possible way and it’s an ingredient that is cooked all over the globe, so there is a ton of inspiration to draw from.”

While the menu is still underway, you can expect some of Chef CJ’s signature dishes like hamachi with charred avocado, Everything Jerusalem bagel with smoked

Tiffany & Co. is celebrating the enduring power of love with its new Lock Collection, which offers a modern, sensual reimagination of the padlock, a motif seen throughout the house’s nearly 200-year history. The collection speaks to Tiffany’s engagement of a new generation of clients, with this genderless offering available in white, yellow or rose gold. For those seeking a little more sparkle, diamond accented and pavé are available.

—AK

Aba’s smoky garlic hummus plate.

salmon spread and Shawarmaspiced skirt steak with black garlic mushroom jus. He’s also planning a number of dishes specific to Bal Harbour that incorporate local ingredients and seasonal flavors, such as torched toro toro with watermelon and crystalized Castelvetrano olives and avocado hummus with Dungeness crab.

—AK

Chef CJ Jacobson’s artful take on hamachi crudo.

A look from Gucci’s Cosmogonie collection.

ALEX KATZ atthe GUGGENHEIM

A BLOCKBUSTER ALEX KATZ retrospective spanning the famed American artist’s 80-year career is landing at New York’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. From early sketches of subway riders to new, immersive landscapes, “Alex Katz: Gathering” provides an extensive look at how the artist’s interests and style changed over time. This highly anticipated survey showcases paintings, collages, drawings and prints, including his renowned figural and floral works. —AK

VERONICA BEARD IS BACK

Get ready for lots more of your favorite Dickey jackets this fall. Following the success of their temporary store in 2019, Veronica Beard returns to Bal Harbour Shops with a permanent space on Level 2. The store’s design will feature terrazzo floors, vintage furniture and abstract-print Zoffany fabric, creating an environment that feels perfectly lived-in. What better way to set the tone for the fall/winter collection—which we know you’ll pretty much be living in.

Balmain’s New Bag

One of Balmain’s iconic silhouettes, the 1945 bag, raises its consciousness this season. Presented in vegan leather and in two striking shades of yellow and green, the style is part of the brand’s larger sustainability effort. An insider’s note: unlike the antique brass hardware used across all of Balmain’s bags, the use of silver hardware is unique to this style.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono, New York City, December 8, 1980

ANNIE LEIBOVITZ GOES XXL

Not everyone can get their hands on one of Taschen’s SUMO editions, but now they can enjoy a supersized dose of Annie Leibovitz. The self-titled tome, adapted from the collector’s edition released in 2014, takes the XXL form and features images hand-picked

by Leibovitz from over 40 years of her career. Known for capturing portraits that become iconic, Leibovitz has photographed musicians, artists, politicians and actors, including Steve Martin, Keith Haring and Patti Smith and John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Available at Books & Books.

Katz,

FROM THE COLLECTION OF VINCENT KATZ.

ALEX KATZ

LICENSED BY VAGA AT ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK.

PHOTO: COURTESY THE ARTIST AND GLADSTONE GALLERY. IMAGES COURTESY OF BALMAIN, VERONICA BEARD, TASCHEN

Legendary Lens

Having spent more than 30 years creating iconic images for Balenciaga, Tom Ford and Alexander McQueen, photographer Steven Klein is releasing his first monograph, published by Phaidon. Paging through the 150 photographs will be a particular treat for print junkies who will no doubt recognize Klein’s lyrical visuals from the pages of Vogue and W. Available in November at Books & Books. —AK

Tee Time

Have you checked out our merch yet? Bal Harbour Shops has been busy collaborating on some exclusive looks that you can only find on balharbourshops.com. In celebration of our ongoing support of illustrators, we’ve tapped two artists to debut our Illustrator T-Shirts: the famed Ruben Toledo and our 2021 Creative Challenge winner, Amalia Restrepo. Get yours now!

WRISTY BUSINESS

Bucherer 1888 is the marriage of two storied jewelry and timepiece companies that have come together to offer an expansive collection of brands under one roof. The new Bal Harbour boutique features the latest styles from heritage watch brands including Rolex, Cartier, Tudor, Breitling and Breguet, as well as a selection of authenticated and restored pre-owned watches. In addition to its own line of fine jewelry, Bucherer 1888 carries pieces from Messika and Piaget, among others.

Multitasking is the name of the game, and that’s why we love Roger Vivier’s Viv’ Choc Twist bag. This vibrant interpretation of one of the maison’s new icons can be worn as a clutch or with the strap. Go for crossbody to casually make your statement, or carry it underhand when the mood calls for something a little more elevated.

PHOTO BY © STEVEN KLEIN. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, CHRIS CARTER (ILLUSTRATOR TEE); IMAGES COURTESY OF PHAIDON, ROGER VIVIER, BUCHERER

Madonna, Hotel Glória, Rio de Janeiro, 2008, by Steven Klein

Breitling

Viv’ Choc Colored Twist bag

Amalia Restrepo’s Illustrator T-Shirt, paired with a look from Zimmermann

ROLE PLAY

MODEL-TURNED-ACTOR CARA DELEVINGNE STEPS INTO THE ROLE OF DESIGNER WITH A CAPSULE HONORING HER FRIENDSHIP WITH KARL LAGERFELD.

By Kat Herriman

hen Cara Delevingne’s first spotted Karl Lagerfeld backstage at her inaugural Chanel couture show in 2012, the mere sight of the late, great fashion designer sent imposter shivers up the model's iconic spine. But it was the same man and meeting that banished those feelings forever, when he greeted Delevingne’s gob-smacked, avoidant eye contact with a warm welcome,

immortalized in a video captured by Vogue. “Don’t worry, you are meant to be here.” It is this anecdote that comes roaring back in vivid color with the announcement of the supermodel’s first capsule collection for Karl Lagerfeld’s posthumous label, which adds designer to a growing stable of titles that also includes actor (you can see her latest in the new season of HBO’s Only Murders in the Building, as Selena Gomez’s paramour).

During his life, Lagerfeld always encouraged Delevingne to try new roles, especially acting, and always cast her as more than a model, trumping her up alongside the kind of multi-hyphenates he knew she’d someday be. His methods were not always obvious, except in review, as Delevingne has realized in his passing. For proof, she calls up the memory of his casting her alongside Pharrell in a short film in 2014, as well as his approval of her ad-hoc 2015 show frolic which found the model tangoing with a waiter in Lagerfeld’s faux restaurant under the Grand Palais’ heavenly dome. One can imagine this Lagerfeld—the one who let a young Delevingne in further than most—would revel in seeing her realize yet another creative milestone with a collection that pays homage to the impression

he left on her, even in its title: Cara Loves Karl.

Cara Loves Karl reads as a bittersweet Valentine to an almost decade-long friendship with mutual love and push. That is why the garments themselves were of utmost important to Delevingne, who broke through a busy filming schedule to play a hands-on role in their creation, throwing herself with the team into the bowels of ideation and fittings to bring forth an offering modeled on Lagerfeld’s own passion and discipline that also nods to the fruitful meeting of two inimitable spirits. It is also why you'll find that this first version of Cara Loves Karl has a Gemini energy, in that there are often instances in which opposing forces, like stripes and solids, are invited to power clash, adding spice to otherwise refined and tailored staples. In effect, the entire capsule oozes with Delevingne’s idiosyncratic, hopped-up ease—the same aesthetic that drew Lagerfeld to her as a muse, and later as a confidante in art. In the press, Lagerfeld once declared Cara to be “the new Kate Moss,” and later he called her the “Charlie Chaplin of fashion.” It’s funny that one can imagine both Moss and Chaplin enjoying the collection, maybe even sharing the same frame across time, handing back and forth pieces of Cara Loves Karl in a bit that goes on forever.

Cara Delevingne modeling a look from the Cara Loves Karl capsule collection she designed.

BEHIND THE COVER:

Supermodel

Hi lary Rhoda

Stylist DJUNA BEL reconnects with model HILARY RHODA post-wrap to discuss self-care routines, uniforms and the retro fashion that makes her cringe.

DJUNA BEL: Seeing as we’re best friends now, tell me a bit more about yourself. Did you imagine yourself modeling when you were younger?

HILARY RHODA: We had so much fun on our shoot!

I grew up in a suburb of Maryland right outside DC. I was super athletic and when I was younger, I dreamt of playing in the WNBA. But once I got to high school, I discovered fashion. I started modeling when I was a sophomore and knew that that was the career path I wanted to pursue. Growing up in a place where virtually everyone went to college, my path was kind of scary and unknown. But once I graduated high school, I moved to New York City. I didn’t even tell my friends about it until after I had arrived.

I have never seen anyone move like you before; can

you tell me about your dance background?

In addition to playing every sport under the sun, I also did ballet! It really gave me that foundation for knowing how to move my body for my job. Ballet and sports taught me the discipline needed to have longevity in this career.

You started working in this industry when you were so young, I’m sure you’ve seen many trends come and go. Is there a recent trend you’re seeing resurface that makes you cringe? Anything low-waisted. I can handle all these other 90s/ early-2000s trends coming back, but not that one.

What’s your off-duty uniform? What brands are you loving these days? I wake up and put on my workout clothes, which is a mix of Splits59, Spiritual Gangster, Alo and Beach Riot. Since

having my son, I spend my days chasing him around, jumping over and crawling under things at the playground, etc., so I really need to dress accordingly. It’s mostly jeans and a t-shirt for day-to-day. I love RE/Done and Closed Denim, ATM and Toteme tees and La Ligne sweaters. I have this closet full of clothes, but only wear the same six pieces over and over. That might also be my Catholic school uniform upbringing, though.

Some funny things happen on set. On a scale from 1 to 10, please rate jumping with two right boots on? Ha! Weirder things have happened but I would give that a solid 7.

I’m a sucker for wellness and self-care; what is one product you can’t live without? I love your Beauty Q+As on IG. I love trying new products so

I’m always screenshotting and taking notes from your page! I’m obsessed with Furtuna skin oil. It absorbs so well, plumps up and fills in any fine lines and just makes my skin come alive.

You’re in amazing shape. Tell me about your fitness routine. Thank you! I am a Tracy Anderson Method die-hard and I do it every single day. I also like to throw some spin classes into the mix. I like to push myself at the gym and actually enjoy the pain of a tough workout. I need to be dripping sweat and gasping for air!

Are you a sweet or savory person? What’s your onset snack guilty pleasure? I have a major sweet tooth. I pack my own bag of chocolate snacks when I travel and when I’m on set. I like milk chocolate peanut butter cups, specifically the ones from Trader Joe’s. Oh my god, they’re so good.

Dolce & Gabbana

Versace Greca Goddess

Balmain

Valentino One

Come

arbie

Balenciaga Lindsay croc-embossed bag;

Fendi Nano First bag charm;

Miu Wander hobo;

BY RACHEL LeWINTER

Gucci

Roger Vivier

Burberry Lola bucket bag;

COURTESY OF BURBERRY, MIU MIU, FENDI, BALENCIAGA, BALMAIN, DOLCE & GABBANA, VERSACE, VALENTINO, GUCCI, ROGER VIVIER

BY RACHEL LeWINTER

Aquazzura

A Girl Can D ream

Lalique

Cucinelli

Zimmermann

Tina Leung STYLIST

With her daring sartorial sense and anything-goes attitude, Tina Leung has quickly evolved from an on-the-rise stylist to one of the industry’s biggest social media and street style stars. However, fashion wasn’t always an obvious career path. “I initially wanted to be a theater actor,” says Leung, who splits her time between Hong Kong and New York. “Halfway through my studies I had an epiphany that I didn’t want to kiss anybody but my boyfriend—I know, so naïve! I decided theater wasn’t for me, which made me pivot to my next passion—fashion.” These days, Leung can be found jetting around the globe, attending A-list events and collaborating with brands such as Bulgari, Prada, Gucci and Michael Kors.

Amanda Eberstein

BY GERMAN

You’ve styled fashion shoots all over the world. Have you ever worked in Miami? I spent one summer interning with a stylist in Miami. I did everything from running to get tank tops for an actor’s press junket to styling wardrobes to assisting on editorial shoots. So, I spent a lot of time at Bal Harbour Shops.

How does your look change when you are traveling between New York and Hong Kong? In Hong Kong, I find myself wearing heels and being much more put together. In NYC, I love throwing random things together and calling it a “look.”

What beauty products do you use when traveling? Biologique Recherche everything!

They have a spa inside Saks Fifth Avenue at the Bal Harbour Shops. And also U Beauty’s Multimodal Defender and Resurfacing Compound, Valmont’s Prime Renewing Pack, a 111SKIN sheet mask, Augustinus Bader Light Cream and Dr. Barbara Sturm Sun Drops and Hyaluronic Serum.

How does Miami influence and inspire your personal style when you are visiting? I get a little spicier and more colorful when I’m in Miami.

I love a Versace moment.

What types of jewelry pieces do you love?

I am a huge fan of Bulgari, particularly their Serpenti and Monete collections. I love vintage Buccellati and I have a yellow gold David Yurman chevron pavé pinky ring that I wear all the time.

What are the fashion pieces that you are coveting for fall? I need Valentino’s new oversized pink crepe couture suit. It’s so good.

Also Saint Laurent anything, Loewe’s Gloves printed dress and a Prada herringbone coat with mohair fringe.

How would you describe your own fashion aesthetic? Eclectic. Ever-changing.

What is your favorite Miami hotel? I usually stay at The Setai in Miami Beach, but I am very excited for the new Raleigh!

Go-to luggage? Rimowa since forever.

What other accessories or items are you currently eyeing? Chanel’s new rubber boots that were all over their Fall runway, Balenciaga’s unisex black cat-eye acetate sunglasses, Valentino’s Pink PP One Stud shoulder bag and a Hermès Birkin with all the zippers.

What are your go-to shoes for a night out on the town? Gucci, Versace, Prada, Valentino, Saint Laurent, Aquazzura, Gianvito Rossi, Miu Miu. I’m a shoe addict!

A look from Valentino’s Pink PP collection

Rimowa Check-In suitcase in Citron

courtyard at Setai, Miami Beach

Bulgari’s Serpenti Viper earrings

Balenciaga sunglasses

Aquazzura’s Galactic Flower sandal

Gianvito Rossi pump

Versace swimsuit

A look from Chanel’s Fall 2022 collection

IMAGES COURTESY OF CHANEL, GIANVITO ROSSI, VERSACE, BA LENCIAGA, VALENTINO, AQUAZZURA, RIMOWA, BULGARI, THE SETAI

What are your favorite restaurants at the Bal Harbour Shops? I go to Hillstone, which is right next to us, so I have a nice view of our space. They have very American portions, but the food is good. And Makoto for sushi and great cocktails.

What are some of the favorite design pieces that you own? I am very into hosting people in my apartment for dinners and such, so I put a big focus on my table and chairs. I recently purchased the LessLess table by Jean Nouvel in red, which is Assouline’s signature color and very important to me. The table is surrounded by eight Superleggera chairs by Gio Ponti that bring a lot of character to my home.

Alexandre A ssouline

PUBLISHING POWERHOUSE

As the recently appointed chief of operations, brand and strategy for Assouline—the international publishing house founded by his parents in 1994—Alexandre Assouline is constantly scouring the globe for the best and brightest in the worlds of fashion, travel, culture, lifestyle and design. “I see Assouline as a luxury storyteller who always strives for the finest content and quality,” says the Paris-born, New York-based literary scion. “Whether curating objects for libraries or creating new edition titles, everything we do exists with this in mind.” Which is why he is particularly excited that the company has chosen Bal Harbour as the site of Assouline’s newest retail boutique. “It’s a major milestone for a brand like ours to now be part of the conversation in such an iconic location.”

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What do you love about Miami? It’s a different pace and quality of life. New York is hectic. You work a lot, and then you socialize a lot. In Miami, you get to take a step back, appreciate nature and enjoy yourself a little more. It’s a good balance.

How does the city inspire your personal style?

I love to present myself in a suit most of the time. I think it’s important and shows a level of respect for the people I work with, as well as my clients. In Miami, I can wear more colors and even a T-shirt and jeans, but it will be very put-together.

Everything I do is work in some capacity. Even if I travel here for a holiday weekend, I’ll be sure to take care of the store and meet with potential partners.

What are your upcoming travel plans? I will visit London and Paris this fall for work and then, at the end of December, I always go to Marrakech. My father is Moroccan, so I love to reconnect with that country, which is very much a part of myself. I usually stay with friends, but my favorite hotel is La Mamounia.

What fall releases from Assouline are you most excited about? There are two phenomenal projects that been working on that are very heart. “Audemars Piguet Royal Iconoclast to Icon” is a beautiful celebrating 50 years of the iconic watch. We will be celebrating official launch at our Bal Harbour store in December. We have also partnered Louis Vuitton to create a book Virgil Abloh, highlighting his helm of the menswear division. done one beautiful Ultimate classic versions with different It’s filled with exclusive content that

What about a bathing suit? I wear Thorsun. I love the prints and the fit. My friend started the brand a few years ago and now they have a pop-up in New York and are sold at The Webster.

shop in Paris called Wicket. They have great patterns and cuts. I go to Orlebar Brown for my T-shirts. I love the retail experience and they have great colors. My jeans are Uniqlo and I prefer Cremieux for dress shirts and jackets.

Piana’s Walk

Do you have a go-to shoe? It’s either Loro Piana suede Summer Walks or classic white Converse. Three days one, four days the other. That’s it.

Assouline’s new Bal Harbour boutique

Hillstone’s shrimp Louie salad

Cremieux dress shirts

Audemars

Piguet’s steel Royal Oak watch

A look from Orlebar Brown

PHOTO BY CHRIS CARTER (ASSOULINE), COURTESY OF LORO PIANA, HILLSTONE, THORSUN, CREMIUEX, AUDEMARS PIGUET, ORLEBAR BROWN.

How do you dress for work versus going out? I’m lucky that my work very often involves going out. For daytime art fair stroll in Miami, I love a leather shirt Prada. Really, give me anything Prada and I am a happy boy. For a Paris Fashion Week party, black gabardine wool pants from Marni and a simple white tee. For work meetings in New York City, I’ll wear a grey Brunello Cucinelli cashmere sweater and basic black

What are your fall and winter travel plans? In December, I will be in Miami to celebrate P00LS’ one-year anniversary with a big party during Basel. And then I’ll head to Aspen for my dear friend and interior design powerhouse Giampiero Tagliaferri, who’s opening a new restaurant, which, knowing his taste, will be the buzziest spot on the slopes.

What are you coveting for Fall?

I love Gucci’s new Prince of Wales checked jacket. I see myself wearing it for a country house getaway. Maybe in Connecticut, or in the Scottish highlands. It would be perfect for a horseback moment.

Harrison Vail

BRANDING & COMMUNICATIONS

Since officially launching last year at Art Basel Miami Beach, P00LS has quickly become one of the buzziest platforms in the cryptocurrency space. “We are the world leader in social tokens, working with the most culturally relevant artists, creators and brands to launch their cryptocurrencies and design their Web3 strategy,” says Harrison Vail, the company’s charismatic head of brand and communications. A graduate of Columbia University and Sciences Po in Paris, the Connecticut native cut his teeth working in communications at Vanity Fair under Graydon Carter, where he also wrote the magazine’s party column and attended some of the most exclusive social gatherings around the world. With the lines between work and pleasure constantly blurring, Vail has developed a signature look that is equally at home walking the halls of a museum as it is reveling through the night. “I would describe my personal style as faded heirloom with a twist,” he says. “I love wearing pieces that look like they’ve survived multiple generations.”

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How would you describe P00LS to someone who may not know much about this industry?

P00LS is the go-to Web3 strategy platform for creators and brands, especially in the art, luxury and media worlds. We mint social tokens, which sort of works like a loyalty program. You earn tokens through your engagement—consuming content, purchasing products, sharing on social media—and then you can use your tokens to get privileged perks such as early access to new product releases and events.

What are some of the design pieces currently on your radar? We are working with Carpenters Workshop Gallery on amazing programming for their ground-breaking new space in Notting Hill in London. I’m counting the days until it opens in early 2023. I love everything from Carpenters Workshop, but my three dream pieces are the Campana Brothers Bolotas Sofa in cherry, a Statistocrat Lamp by Atelier Van Lieshout and Genevieve Dangles and Christian Defrance’s elm writing desk.

What are the three must-have items you take whenever you travel? Books! I always bring suitcase containing exclusively books for every trip. I love reading in transit. Otherwise, a Brunello Cucinelli cardigan and a couple of James Perse T-shirts in white and navy blue.

How does Miami influence your sartorial choices when you’re here? Whenever I’m in Miami, I find myself trading the black, white and navy uniform of NYC for more vibrant and colorful pieces, like a timeless lilac linen shirt from Ralph Lauren Purple Label. When it comes to swim, Orlebar Brown is the only brand I wear, particularly the white Setter suit.

Orlebar

Brown’s white Setter swim shorts

What’s your go-to luggage? Always Rimowa. They have great travel backpacks, too.

What is your favorite watch? The Santos de Cartier is such a classic piece. It’s equal measure sporty and elegant, with an Art Deco twist. I wear it absolutely anywhere.

Rimowa backpack Santos de Cartier watch in steel, available at Bucherer 1818.

A look from Brunello C ucinelli

Gucci’s Prince of Wales checked jacket

What about shoes? I love Gucci’s classic 1953 Horsebit loafer in brown. For Fall, I’m coveting Bottega Veneta’s new leather slippers in fondant.

Prada’s

Nappa leather shirt James Perse T-shirt

Bottega Veneta leather slipper

PHOTOS COURTESY OF BRUNELLO CUCINELLI, PRADA, GUCCI, BOTTEGA VENETA, JAMES PERSE, ORL EBAR BROWN, RIMOWA, CARTIER

Pritika Swarup

MODEL AND BEAUTY ENTREPRENEUR

Pritika Swarup has never been one to be put in a box. “I’ve always felt nurtured by every part of my identity—born and raised in America of Indian heritage—and comfortable and proud of my cultural duality,” says the 26-year-old Columbia University graduate. These days, Swarup can be found traveling the world, shooting campaigns for the likes of MAC Cosmetics, Prabal Gurung and Fenty Beauty, as well as serving as a global ambassador for Operation Smile. But it is New York City and Sunny Isles that she calls home. “My home here is the perfect getaway from the city because it is right by the ocean, which gives me a sense of calm,” says Swarup, who recently launched a skincare brand, Prakti, dedicated to bridging the gap between traditional Ayurvedic and western beauty techniques. “Prakti’s larger mission is to inspire women to fearlessly pursue multidimensional, fulfilling lives,” she says. “I’ve pursued all of my passions and never put limits on myself.”

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How would you describe your Miami style? When I’m here, I feel so relaxed and at ease. I find myself wearing more colorful, light dresses from brands like Zimmermann.

What is your go-to workday wardrobe?

Jeans, a T-shirt and an oversized blazer or jacket from a brand like Veronica Beard— who I’m working with on an upcoming project for Operation Smile.

What is your favorite place to eat at Bal Harbour Shops? Carpaccio is my go-to restaurant. I love Italian. I always order the Linguine del Selvaggio.

What are your fall travel plans? I can’t wait to be back in Paris for fashion week and to stay at one of my favorite hotels, the Four Seasons Hotel George V.

What are some of your favorite shoe brands for the different moments in your life? For daytime, I love white Chloé sneakers, Chanel loafers or a pair of slides or platform sandals from Bottega Veneta. If I’m going out, I’ll choose sexy, strappy stilettos or a fun pump from brands like Balenciaga, Gianvito Rossi or Manolo Blahnik.

What are some of your favorite boutiques at the Bal Harbour Shops? I love Chanel, Prada, Bottega Veneta and Alexandre Birman. I always end up buying accessories while I’m there—particularly handbags.

What is the inspiration behind your beauty line, Prakti? I’ve practiced Ayurveda my entire life and feel really lucky to have been brought up with this holistic approach to beauty and wellness. I always understood how powerful these rituals and remedies are and wanted to share them with the world in a way that would resonate with my generation.

What about for a night on the town? It really depends on the mood I’m in, but I’ll usually go for a dress I can slip on with a pair of heels and some gold accent jewelry.

What fall trends are you most excited about?

Leather trench coats and platforms!

I also can’t wait to pair low-rise trousers with my knits.

How about makeup? I wear Charlotte Tilbury’s Lip Cheat lip liner in Pillow Talk every day; it’s the perfect nude. I also love their Airbrush Flawless Finish setting powder, which comes in a range for every skin tone. Nars Radiant Creamy concealer is literally the best concealer out there, and I always travel with DiorShow’s OnSet brow gel and brow Styler pencil.

Charlotte Tilbury’s Airbrush Flawless Finish setting powder

Are there any design or décor pieces that you are currently coveting? I’m working on getting a few paintings by Alison Van Pelt for my New York City apartment—she is so talented!

What’s your look when you’re in NYC? In New York, I’m all about business chic—oversized blazers, loafers, boyfriend jeans and Jacquemus sweaters. The city always brings out the edgier side of me.

Veronica Beard blazer

IMAGES COURTESY OF BOTTEGA VENETA, ZIMMERMANN, CHANEL, DAVID YURMAN, VERONICA BEARD, ALISON VAN PELT, CHARLOTTE TILBURY

Chanel loafers

Bottega Veneta Pad cross-body bag Zimmermann Kaleidoscope turtleneck

Alison Van Pelt’s Green Tail Hummingbird , 2021

David Yurman’s Madison Chain necklace

Tiffany & Co

Tiffany Soleste earrings in platinum and 18k gold with radiant fancy intense yellow diamonds, encircled by round brilliant white diamonds; 305.864.1801.

Davidor

L’Arc de Davidor ring in 18k white gold with lacquered ceramic in Limoncello; 305.397.8481.

Buccellati

Blossoms color pendant in palladium-plated and gold-plated sterling silver, set with yellow agate; 305.866.8686.

Graff Yellow and white diamond earrings totaling 30.88 carats, set in yellow and white gold; 305.993.1212.

It’s Always Sunny

YELLOW INSPIRES, AMUSES AND ENERGIZES. CHANNEL THOSE GOOD VIBES AND ADD A LITTLE SPARKLE TO YOUR SEASON.

By Alexandra Malmed

De Beers

Portraits of Nature Electric Cichlid ring, totalling 7.75 carats featuring a 2.02 carat center diamond; 786.207.1350.

Harry Winston Precious emerald timepiece with yellow beaded mother-of-pearl set in platinum. Composed of 136 marquise and 28 brilliant-cut diamonds; 786.206.6657.

Van Cleef & Arpels

Marguerite Secrète yellow gold, diamond and sapphire watch featuring a yellow gold bezel, round diamonds and round yellow sapphires; 305.866.0899.

Davidor

L’Arc de Davidor bangle in 18k yellow gold with lacquered ceramic and Palais diamonds; 305.397.8481.

Buccellati Blossoms bracelet in plated and plated sterling set with yellow and diamonds. 305.866.8686.

Off the Cuff

TAKE THE UPPER HAND. ADORNING YOURSELF IN A BOLD BRACELET IS THE ULTIMATE POWER

By Alexandra

Tiffany & Co Elsa Peretti large Bone cuff in sterling silver; 305.864.1801.

David Yurman 18k gold Carlyle bracelet; 305.867.1772

Bottega Veneta Outline cuff bracelet made from hand-enameled silver and dyed jade; 305.864.6247.

Estrucan Inspiration cuff bracelet in hammered 18k yellow gold; 305.866-0899.

Van Cleef & Arpels

Hailing from a family with deep roots in the jewelry world, some might say Ara Vartanian, founder of the eponymous Brazilian jewelry house, was destined for this journey. “My mother was a jewelry designer, and my father was a wholesaler for precious stones,” Vartanian says with a subtle nod to the inevitable. Initially, however, he had other plans. Choosing not to join the family business, he left São Paulo to study economics at Boston University and worked as a financial trader in the late ‘90s. But, ultimately he was left unfulfilled. “I recognized that when I stopped doing a job just to make money, and started doing what made me happy, I was in turn making money.”

Vartanian always begins each piece with the stone and designs around it. “My father called me a rebel because I started designing with inverted diamonds.” A longtime admirer of inverted black diamonds, this method of setting gems upside down is something you’ll see in a lot of the brand’s designs. “When I’m buying a diamond, I look at the top of it and the bottom. With the pointy tip up, the stone speaks differently. It can be sharp, dangerous even. It wasn’t an act of rebellion; it was a love affair.”

One of Vartanian’s signature designs, the double-finger rings, has remained a celebrity favorite for more than a decade. Vartanian counts Naomi Campbell and Anne Hathaway as loyal clients. “Ultimately, we’re not here just to sell our stones, though,” he notes. “We’re not going to sell an emerald to a client who already has an emerald that she doesn’t wear. I’d rather help a client redesign a piece she will wear with something she already bought. We are a young brand with common sense and it’s really an exchange of trust between us and our clients.”

For Vartanian, the business goes far beyond what happens on the showroom floor. He works closely to source from local mines through his conscious mining program and takes great joy in sitting down with clients and showing them pictures of where the stones are coming from and how, together, they’re providing schooling and proper wages, as well as contributing to positive environmental change for the future of the industry. At a time when unity is of great importance, Vartanian continues to team up with other independently-owned brands to educate one another and collectively lead the way to a more transparent future for the next generation.

After 20 years, and with a new flagship opening at Bal Harbour Shops, Vartanian and his team of 70 couldn’t be more excited for what’s to come. “We still have so much to do. The younger generation are really conscious shoppers. We have to be ready for them—and we are.”

Diamond in the Rough

ARA VARTANIAN OPENS ITS FIRST US FLAGSHIP AT BAL HARBOUR SHOPS.

By Elana Zajdman

Designer and founder of his eponymous line, Ara Vartanian; Biella bracelet with a consciously mined rubellite and diamond.

PHOTO BY FERNANDO VELOSO, COURTESY ARA VARTANIAN

THE INFINITE BEACH

Exquisite Oceanfront Residences

Ideally situated along 435 linear feet of pristine beach and immersed in unforgettable ocean views, The St. Regis Residences, Sunny Isles Beach, Miami, represent the height of exquisite living. Where skyline-defining architecture, visionary style, flawless craftsmanship, and signature St. Regis service and rituals create a singular experience of effortless luxury in a glamorous setting.

Vibrant Vision Italian jeweler Vhernier brings it s unmistakable desi gns to Bal Ha rbour Shops.

By Amanda Eberstein

SINCE LAUNCHING IN 1984, Italian jewelry house Vhernier has become known for creating bold and sculptural pieces that blend a contemporary point-of-view with singularly old-world techniques. “It’s a different kind of jewelry,” says Vhernier president and CEO Carlo Traglio, a Milanese industrialist who acquired the fledgling brand in 2001 and transformed it into the international success that it is today. “It’s fresh, unusual and very recognizable. You can tell immediately that a piece is Vhernier.”

Unlike some traditional fine jewelry that is more delicate or precious, Vhernier is inspired heavily by the worlds of architecture, art and design, incorporating sinuous shapes and substantial volumes, highlighted by a combination of materials such as bronze, ebony, African wood and jet, paired with stones sourced from all over the world. “Sometimes we start a new collection because we find a new material,” says Traglio, who cites a recent discovery of a milky white agate, which is now being used for a reinterpretation of the Calla necklace, one of Vhernier’s most iconic designs. “Or, for example, we started working with titanium, which is very complicated and much more difficult than gold or platinum. We mix titanium—quite a hefty material—with something like diamonds, and the combination is quite stunning.” Traglio himself is very involved with the creative process, overseeing the core design team and larger group of highly skilled artisans who work out of Vhernier’s ateliers in Velenza, Italy, a small village halfway between Milan and Turin, where every single piece

Vhernier’s new Rainbow cocktail rings, made of candy-colored titanium and cushion-cut stones.

is meticulously crafted by hand. This attention to detail spills over into every aspect of the brand, including Vhernier’s retail boutiques, which are present globally in 12 major cities, including Milan, Rome, Paris, Athens, Geneva, Beverly Hills, Istanbul and Dubai—and as of this fall, Bal Harbour. “I have always loved to visit Bal Harbour Shops,” says Traglio. “There is no other shopping destination like it... It’s beautiful. It’s friendly. It’s real luxury.” The intimate, 600-square-foot space is designed in Vhernier’s signature style, with sleek contemporary interiors that allow the jewelry to shine. “There is the same Vhernier DNA,” Traglio says of the design, “however, we have changed the colors a bit to represent Miami

and will be using lots of leather and fresh materials.”

In addition to Vhernier’s core collection, the boutique will debut with a few top-secret pieces created especially for the store. There will also be several new introductions for Fall, including Pirouette ear clips— an extension of Vhernier’s classic rings of the same name—Olimpia, a line of interlocking chain-like pieces available in rose gold, white gold with diamonds and full black or white diamond pavé and Rainbow, a capsule collection of 100 cocktail rings featuring vibrant stones such as citrine, purple amethyst and blue topaz, all cushion-cut and set on candy-colored titanium. “They are such a joy to wear,” says Traglio. “It’s time to have a little fun.”

“It’s fresh, unusual and very recognizable. You can immediately tell that a piece is Vhernier.”

Vhernier’s Freccia necklace in rose gold, white mother of pearl and rock crystal; president and CEO Carlo Traglio; the brand’s iconic Calla Whip bracelet in rose gold.

PORTRAIT BY FERNANDO ARIAS; COURTESY VHERNIER

SOUTHERN EXPOSURE

NO SHORTAGE OF REASONS TO VISIT MEXICO THIS SEASON, BUT HERE ARE FIVE NEW ONES TO CONSIDER, FROM OAXACA TO TULUM .

BY CHLOE GORMAN

CASA CHABLÉ, SIAN KA’AN, TULUM

Set on an idyllic strip of land between a white sand beach and tropical jungle, Casa Chablé, slated to open in November, will be the first luxury eco-resort in the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. With remoteness central to its charm, Casa Chable is an intimate retreat with just five standalone beachfront bungalows and a main villa housing five guest rooms. Sandy paths lead towards a thatched-roof restaurant, an oceanfront spa bungalow and as well as canopy beds on the beach and hammocks strung on trees throughout the resort.

CASA SILENCIO, OAXACA

While the Oaxacan desert is known for its Mezcal production and distillery tours, rarely do visitors spend the night. But Casa Silencio operates as both distillery and luxury retreat. Each of the property’s six rooms are uniquely designed, though all draw from the natural surroundings and incorporate works by local artisans.

HOTEL TERRESTRE, PUERTO ESCONDIDO

The latest addition from Grupo Habita, Hotel Terrestre paves a new path for sustainable tourism with this fully solar-powered retreat. Located in Puerto Escondido, known for its beautiful beaches and archeological sites, Terrestre was designed with locally-sourced

materials and practically blends into the area’s dramatic landscape. One couldn’t be blamed for not straying far from the property, with its 14 villas, open-air restaurant, private pools and swimming lane, as well as an outdoor spa and hammam. This is the place to disconnect.

FOUR SEASONS RESORT TAMARINDO, JALISCO

Located in a protected ecological reserve on the coast of Jalisco, the Four Seasons Resort Tamarindo is a hidden gem. Set to open later this year, the property’s private beaches, hiking trails, golf and open-air spas encourage guests to truly become one with the natural environment. They also offer fine dining led by culinary director Nicolas Piatti, with a menu that follows in harmony with the seasons. As for the accommodations, guests can choose from three different locations: the cliffs, the beach and the reserve.

SUSURROS DEL CORAZÓN, PUNTA DE MITA

Surrounded by 33 acres of jungle and aquamarine waters, Auberge Resorts’ Susurros Del Corazón is the perfect destination for those seeking both opulence and adventure. Located on the private peninsula of Punta de Mita, the enclave is known for its surf and humpback whale watching—which the hotel will happily arrange. In case you feel like laying low, all accommodations have an open floor plan with views of the garden or beach.

AT BAL HARBOUR SHOPS

IMAGES COURTESY OF FOUR SEASONS, GUCCI, BOTTEGA VENETA, CHLOE, LORO PIANA, SAINT LAURENT

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KATE YOUNG is nothing short of a force. As an imagemaker, she’s perhaps best recognized for her ability to get Hollywood’s elite on the fashion industry’s radar. And while there are a handful of celebrity stylist heavyweights who share her class (see Page 128), it’s Young’s unique background in fashion editorial that really defines her approach. After a stint assisting Anna Wintour, she soon climbed the Vogue masthead assisting Tonne Goodman before becoming Sittings Editor, thanks to her strong point of view and impeccable taste.

“Kate has a reputation for being the best at what she does,” says Brooke Wall, Founder and CEO of The Wall Group, which represents her. “From the beginning of her career, her work ethic and creative ability catapulted her career into the stratosphere.”

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These days, clients line up for a slice of Young’s time, and her current roster includes Dakota Johnson, Margot Robbie, Sienna Miller, Michelle Williams, Selena Gomez and Sophie Turner, all of whom grace international best dressed lists on a regular basis. Young’s studied and precise approach to her work is nothing less than an artform, and her easy-going sense of humor only makes her all the more beloved. We caught up with her in between gigs and a much-needed vacation to see what’s on her radar for the fall.

FACTOR

If you found yourself double-hearting a photo of Dakota Johnson or Margot Robbie lately, it’s likely because of something stylist Kate Young conjured up for the starlets.

BY YALE BRESLIN

What do you most look forward to come fall? What I like most about fall are luxurious fabrics. I love chunky c ashmere and suede.

Are there any trends that you think are going to be big? I don't really think in terms of trends because what I do varies across a lot of different personalities and body types. There are designers who I really like and am excited to wear though. I love the new Bottega Veneta.

You’ve developed a very identifiable and ohso-chic aesthetic. How do you approach each of your clients? I make a mood board for each person and then refer to it before I start pulling for a fitting, so that I'm reminded of the overall vibe and aesthetic that we're trying to achieve.

Which designers are you loving at the moment? Bottega Veneta, Alaïa, Saint Laurent, Celine, Victor Glemaud.

Was there a pivotal moment in your career that you believe helped to propel and launch your professional career? When Herb Ritts told Anna Wintour that he wanted me to style one of his shoots.

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in Miami Beach, treatments and sanctuary of serenity.

Luck of the Iris

Storied apothecary Santa Maria Novella enters a new chapter with its first-ever eau de parfum.

BY SAMANTHA BROOKS

ne might assume that a legendary 800-year-old beauty brand would have nothing new up its sleeve. However rooted in tradition and quality, Santa Maria Novella takes a methodical approach to everything they do, consistently waiting until the time is right to launch an innovative product. “We wanted to craft something in line with our heritage and our Florentine legacy. So, when it came to launching our first eau de parfum, we decided to invest in researching how to make one of the most prestigious ingredients in the perfume industry—the butter harvested from the Iris flower—the basis for an eau de parfum that could become our symbol,” says Gian Luca Perris, the recently placed CEO of Profumo-Farmaceutica

di Santa Maria Novella. “The Iris has been the emblem of Florence for a thousand years. It’s a sign of purity and protection and its butter is a refined ingredient of a complex plant. We believe that combining this precious Iris butter, using Florentine Iris only, with floral heart notes of Jasmine, Magnolia and Geranium with some green and spicy top notes will represent our being multifaceted, graceful and elegant.”

The new eau de parfum accompanies the Italian house’s already revered line of colognes, which are available in everything from Rosa Novella to Tabacco Toscano and have been popular with its devotees across the globe. However, Perris notes that, among its Bal Harbour

Shops patrons, some of the more popular items include the Terracotta Scented Pomegranate in the Melograno fragrance, as well as classic fragrances reimagined as hand-made scented wax tablets, perfect for hanging on doors or tucking away to freshen a drawer.

And, just to show how the centuries-old brand can still be ahead of the curve, it might also be worth revisiting some of Santa Maria Novella’s first creations. “Acqua di Rose was first introduced in 1381 as a perfumed water,” says Perris.

“During the Black Plague that affected Florence and the rest of Europe in the 14th century, it was also used as a disinfectant for the body and home.” Indeed, what is old is relevant again.

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Hollywood super-stylists (and super-moms)

Erin Walsh, Tara Swennen and Jeanne Yang weigh in on the freeing power of a go-to ensemble.

BY INGRID SCHMIDT

Three A-List St ylists Talk

Un iform Dressing

ERIN WALSH

CLIENTS Anne Hathaway, Alison Brie, Freida Pinto, Eva Mendes, Lana Condor, Adriana Lima, Beanie Feldstein, Juno Temple, Ashley Park, Lucy Hale.

SIGNATURE STYLE: “For day-to-day, I gravitate towards pieces in a lighter, neutral palette, because I find it helps me stay focused and calm. If I do pattern, it’s usually some kind of stripe. Having grown up in Palm Beach, there’s this haute grandmother on a yacht who likes to come out! I am into 1970s-classic references mixed with minimal Scandinavian.”

HER UNIFORM: “My go-to pieces are effortless, clean, elevated. I like structure: a high waist, a crisp shoulder, a wide-leg trouser, tailored shorts. I love an oversized blouse and a shoulder pad. Always a mix of masculine and feminine. Anything that checks those boxes and ultimately helps me feel more beautiful and more powerful. And I can’t think when I’m not in some kind of heeled shoe—now it’s platform or chunky-heel options. I tend to divide my day into chapters with what I’m wearing. In the evening, before dinner, I change into a house dress or lounge suit situation.”

ON STYLING: “Ultimately, my job is to make each person look and feel like the best version of themself. That’s what makes a star have a moment, because they’re embodying all that they want to be, and the clothes help with that. I know what shapes work better on certain bodies. You have to map out the body proportionally and what combinations work best on that figure.”

STYLE ADVICE: “Map out your body, what you love, and what you want to highlight. Certain designers work better for certain body types, period. My other go-to is tonal dressing, whether you’re packing or on any morning. And it doesn’t have to be neutrals. A helpful thing to do is to think about how certain colors make you feel. It’s amazing how colors affect your moods, so it’s something to consider when you get dressed.”

ON HER RADAR: “We’ve been seeing a lot of saturated color on my clients lately. People are feeling a need for that kind of joy right now. I feel like now is the time to bring joyful colors, textures and shapes to the forefront. I love how exaggerated proportions are getting: giant heels, giant accessories, oversized blazers. I find, on most body types, having something that’s an exaggerated size as one element of your silhouette is very flattering and evokes a certain confidence that we all want to harness.”

TARA SWENNEN

CLIENTS Kristen Stewart, Constance Wu, Matthew McConaughey, Allison Janney, Sarah Michelle Prinze, Brittany O’Grady, Sam Corlett.

ON UNIFORMS "It's a specific style or a set of clothes that you consistently wear and feel authentically yourself in."

SIGNATURE STYLE "I'm very classic, basic, easybreezy all-American. I don't want to be defined by specific items. I want clients to come in and see that I have a range. While I don't dress punk rock or preppy, I have the capacity to style you in it. With the nature of the job, I am running around all day grabbing garment bags, so my look serves

the purpose. You'll always see me in slightly flared jeans with either a white T-shirt or a white button-up and sometimes a blazer. I'm very into Celine and Chanel, and I just got a great pair of Hudson Jeans. I'm usually wearing Converse Jack Purcells or comfy, cruelty-free Freedom Moses sandals, plus a ton of yellow gold jewelry and Ray-Ban aviators. My favorite bag at the moment is a tan canvas Chanel tote that looks great with everything."

TRAVEL GO-TOS "Blazers and white shirts always come with me. A crisp, white button-up can dress a look up for dinner or you can wear it as a beach cover-all. Then a fitted classic black blazer is the perfect layering piece over a T-shirt or a dress, when you get chilly at night. These are consistent pieces that every man and woman should have in their wardrobe."

STYLE ADVICE "When you find the pieces and brands that fit your body and your lifestyle, and that you enjoy wearing tremendously, I always advise to buy them in multiples. Lean into it, whether it's a color or a silhouette. I literally have a dozen white t-shirts and a plethora of jeans in the shape that I love. Make it part of your capsule collection and definitely refer to it as much as possible. It saves time, stress and money. I'm a big fan of loading the base of your wardrobe with classic staples in neutrals (black, navy, tan and white). Then you can have fun with statement pieces and bold patterns. But don't break the bank on trends. They go in, they go out, they come back every 20 years."

ON HER RADAR "As a brand ambassador for Chanel, Kristen always loves a good tweed jacket. Jumpsuits and suits tend to be the two things clients are asking for the most recently. For fall, I'm into yummy, cozy, bear-like faux fur robe coats. I think the ease and comfort of rib knits and pajama dressing will continue. The '80s is prominent—we saw a lot of black sequins on the runway and fun, bold colors."

ON SUSTAINABILITY "I buy in multiples and will wear what I have until its death. Then it will make it into a DIY project with my kid, cleaning supplies, even pig bedding!"

BY RUVEN AFANADOR

JEANNE YANG

CLIENTS Keanu Reeves, Jason Momoa, Taika Waititi, Regé-Jean Page, Christian Bale, Simu Liu, Robert Downey Jr., Jamie Dornan, Alan Kim, Simon Rex, Kumail Nanjiani, Anthony Mackie.

ON UNIFORMS “A uniform is one of the most amazing, genius, time-saving devices in the world. Coming up with a formulaic way to dress is such an incredible help to cut down on time and stress. Create a uniform to simplify your life, so that you can spend time doing things you want to do, instead of fighting with your closet! When you create your signature style, people get to know you, rather than what you are wearing.”

SIGNATURE STYLE “The staple of my uniform for some time was a pair of amazing jeans that I got from Susie Crippen. Now they’re falling apart, so I’ve replaced them with Khaite jeans in a skinny or cropped boot cut. I pair them with some sort of lacy, romantic folk top f rom Chloé, Isabel Marant, Nili Lotan or vintage Chanel. The fancy thing I do for evening is a three-quarterlength coat that helps cover up whatever I’m wearing when I’m coming from work. On weekends, I’m pretty much exclusively in Nili Lotan’s East Hampton flat-front trousers with one of her cotton shirts. They’re made so incredibly well that you can just wear the crap out of them.”

KEY ACCESSORIES “If I’m feeling relaxed, I wear some sort of limited-edition Birkenstock; otherwise, it’s a pointy-toe Valentino flat or ballet flat. My go-to jewelry is Hoorsenbuhs and Cartier. For evening, I bring a beautiful clutch, because it changes out the way I’m dressed really quickly. My husband bought me a beautiful Hermes Medor clutch years ago. I also have a skinny, black Valentino portfolio envelope that’s smart and easy.”

STYLE ADVICE “If I go into a store and really like something, I buy a bunch of it in different colors. It should not be a big

deal to wear the same thing. I mean, they’re not going to make that shoe again!”

COLOR CODING “I pride myself on being able to find the perfect things that look right on somebody. I want to find their lane—whether it’s a black suit or a coral suit, it has to match who they are. The one thing I’m doing is finally embracing a bit of color. I was very boring for years; everything was black and white or black and gray. I’m really enjoying pink and blue. A dirty pink is always such a great color, as opposed to wearing white. It’s great that men are finally starting to embrace color and have a good time with it.”

ON HER RADAR “A lot of people have forgotten about the suit, and I feel like it’s such a forgiving piece of clothing. I have really been enjoying the oversized suit, the slightly-oversized jacket and wearing things that are a little bit loose. For guys, I’m loving a plaid suit for fall, to go professorial. Officine Générale is doing such fun, genderless, unstudied clothing and suits. So is Todd Snyder. You don’t have to do the whole outfit. Wear a suit with a cool pair of sneakers. Throw on a turtleneck or a T-shirt so you don’t feel restricted with a button-down. It’s a great, easy, you-don’t-have-tothink-about-it look.”

TALI JAFFE MINOR: I devoured your book. How did you first start to develop the story that you wanted to tell?

ANDY BARAGHANI: I was approached by a few agencies about six years ago, and I didn’t feel like I was ready. And then I wrote a personal essay that had to do with my upbringing as a first-generation American and my ethnicity, along with my sexual identity and how food has kind of helped me cope with those things in my life. Once I did that, I knew that I wanted to write a book that distilled the lessons that I’ve learned so that I could empower the reader.

TJM: I love that, and this book does feel very personal—especially in your approach which is really about using what you have.

AB: Exactly. It sounds like you definitely love food and you cook, but I think some people, even if they love food, get discouraged because there’s not enough room to explore and to be flexible. Cooking, like with any craft, shouldn’t be stagnant; it should be evolving, and that’s what brings a lot of joy.

TJM: What do you think of the proliferation of food personalities on social media?

AB: I think we’re seeing trends that have pivoted to people who have a deep interest in videos surrounding food. Some people watch just to be entertained. Some people watch to learn. I think that if the content is inspiring people to cook more and to learn more about food, then it’s a good thing.

TJM: Are there any cookbooks that caught your eye early on in your career?

AB: Mine are so specific to where I grew up, in the Bay Area: Boulevard, The Greens Cookbook and The Zuni Café Cookbook were huge for me. But also certain old no-name Chinese cookbooks that I would obsess over.

TJM: What would you say is the hardest part of your job at this point?

AB: At this very moment, I’m so excited to

see people at events on tour and I’m so grateful that people are even showing up to dinners and signings. I genuinely want to keep the energy up for them.

TJM: Who has had the greatest impact on your career?

AB: When I look at my career, I think that the people who have inspired me are Cal Peternell, David Tanis, Beth Wells, Ignacio Mattos and obviously Alice Waters. These are restaurant chefs who directly influenced my cooking. But then I also think of my partner; he was a fashion editor and ended up going to digital when no one was doing that. He’s constantly evolving and curious. But, if I have to choose a specific individual, I will give it to my mother, because she was the person who gave me the kitchen. She brought me in.

TJM: Who do you consider some of your culinary heroes?

AB: David Tanis for sure. He is a wizard and ha s a way in the kitchen that I think is so beautiful. Ignacio Mattos, who basically said I had to forget everything I had learned prior to working in his restaurant,

Estela, and it completely changed the way I approach the kitchen. There are so many people who inspire me, especially my contemporaries. DeVonn Francis of Yardi and Susan Kim of Doshi are incredible, thoughtful cooks. I’m really impressed by what Pierce Abernathy, who is a big part of the younger generation’s digital front, is doing. And I think Sofia Roe is exquisite.

TJM: Something you collect?

AB: I’ve been collecting mortar and pestle sets since I was a teenager. I probably have about 12 from all over the world, and of varying sizes. I would like to give myself credit and think that I chose the mortar and pestle because it is really the earliest cooking tool for breaking an ingredient down. It’s still a big part of my philosophy about how you don’t need too many tools.

TJM: One thing everyone can get rid of in their kitchen?

AB: A lot of their knives. You really only need three knives: a chef’s knife—your allpurpose knife—a paring knife for smaller tasks like coring a tomato and a serrated bread knife.

TJM: An ingredient that you recently discovered and are now obsessed with?

AB: Oh, that’s a great question. Not too recently, but I would say onion powder. It adds an instant savoriness. It’s so damn delicious.

TJM: What is one thing we should all do more of at a restaurant?

AB: Order a dish that you likely would not have ordered. If you’re drawn to a salad or a fried chicken sandwich, why don’t you try the crazy random side dish? The worst thing that could happen is that you might not like it. That’s maybe a 10, 15 or 20 dollar investment, and either way you will have learned something about that dish, that ingredient, something you like or something you don’t, and then you go on.

PHOTOS BY GRAYDON HERRIOTT FROM THE COOK YOU WANT TO BE, COURTESY OF TEN SPEED PRESS

Catching up with ANDY BARAGHANI, the 33-year-old CHEF and AUTHOR of the new book, TheCook YouWanttoBe:EverydayRecipestoImpress,about the IRRESISTIBLE aroma of buttered rice, his culinary heroes and his OBSESSION with onion powder.

Baraghani (above) frequently entertains at home and suggests that a tablecloth, linen napkins and a soundtrack are essential elements; the chef has been collecting mortar and pestles since he was a teenager; long beans with creamy sesame sauce.

BEAUTY IN THE MUNDANE

Bal Harbour Shops Creative Challenge winner Victoria Tentler-Krylov adds joy to familiar scenes with her wild and whimsical illustrations.

BY MARIA VOGEL

LOOKING AT Victoria Tentler-Krylov’s vast illustration portfolio, you would think that the Russian-born, New York-based artist fell into the field naturally. However, Tentler-Krylov’s professional journey began in a different creative arena: architecture. It seems as though dreaming up three-dimensional spaces and dreaming up illustrative worlds are not so far off from one another. Here, we speak to the artist—and winner of the BHS Creative Challenge—about her creative journey and the artistic through lines of her life.

What was your road into entering creative fields? I have been drawing and painting since age two! My f avorite thing to do as a child was to read picture books and then draw my own versions of the illustrations.

How did illustration become a part of your professional life? I loved my career in architecture but continued to draw and invent picture book ideas, and eventually got an agent and contracts with publishers. I saw this as my opportunity to switch gears and focus on illustration full-time. After I began working on picture books,

I started to get offers for commercial editorial illustrations that are more geared towards adults. I love this work—it’s very different from picture books and gives me the opportunity to express my sense of style and sophistication.

How would you describe your style of illustration? My style is somewhat traditional and realistic, but also slightly stylized. It’s important to experiment with different aesthetics and techniques—that’s what makes you grow as an artist.

I have always been in love with the possibilities and unique qualities of watercolor. My work is based in watercolor, but with a certain retro sensibility that comes from studying mid-century artists and illustrators. I also use digital tools and layer them into watercolor—this often results in crisper, more precise images than watercolor alone. I like the combination!

How did your winning illustration capture the spirit of Bal Harbour Shops? What emotions were you looking to convey? I was very inspired by the idea of fabulous fashion in a tropical environment, with all those wonderful lines and colors echoing each other. I also recognized an opportunity to play with [the water’s] reflections to create an unusual angle. I hope that the image conveys a sense of lightheartedness, festivity and an inclusive and diverse celebration of creativity, style and color. I also like to imagine that, through the image, one can feel the breeze and hear the sounds of music, splashing water, rustling palm tree l eaves, laughter and excited conversation.

You had another big moment recently with the publication of your first New Yorker cover. Can you tell us about that illustration and what the moment meant to you? To me, New Yorker covers represent an artistic canon of their own. When I learned that my illustration idea was accepted, it was definitely hard to believe that it was really happening. That illustration of the street food and the street art carts side-by-side encapsulated how I feel about New York; there are so many beautiful spaces and buildings, but what I find even more compelling are the mundane sights, like newsstands, hot dog carts and street vendors. The illustration was meant to be funny—a lighthearted moment among all the somber news that surround us daily.

Meet our FINALISTS...

PHOTO BY ALVARO BEAMUD; COURTESY AQUAZZURA

His Spell

By Alessandra Codinha

ew debuts can have been as auspicious as that of Edgardo Osorio’s footwear collection, Aquazzura, which, when Barneys New York picked it up in 2012, famously sold out within a few days. Ten years later, the brand remains beloved by boldfaced names such as Nicole Kidman, Kate Middleton and fashion insiders alike for exceptionally pretty party shoes that won’t leave their wearer writhing in pain. “They’re very happy shoes, very sexy shoes,” Osorio says: “I always say they are shoes that make you smile and make you feel good.” Feel is important to the Colombian-born designer, who came up with the idea for Aquazzura when he was 25, after a particularly busy social season—invited to 12 weddings that summer, he says, he went to all but one—left his female friends bitterly complaining about their battered feet. “I thought, well, there’s really an opportunity here. No one is making beautiful, comfortable shoes; that’s something we could work on,” Osorio recalls. “There were wonderful shoemakers from much older generations making beautiful shoes, but there wasn’t anyone from my generation making them.” Especially not ones you could dance all night in. Thus, Aquazzura was born.

Osorio has spent the past decade building the brand and recently began steering it into bold new directions, from some buzzy recent collaborations to launches that extend well beyond the feet to handbags and homewares. “I always knew I wanted to make it a lifestyle brand,” Osorio says; he’s been intricately involved in t he design of the company’s stores and events from the beginning. The idea of Aquazzura Casa, a full world of chic, colorful, joyous accessories for you and your table, just made sense. “Personally, I love to host. I think hosting is such an act of love, because you’re giving the best that comes from your heart, whether it’s cooking wonderful food, choosing flowers, the music, the people you’re going to invite or how you’re going to seat them at the table,” Osorio says. “For me, rediscovering the art of the table and rediscovering hosting after COVID, it just felt like the right time.” Collaborations with fashion world favorites like skincare savior Barbara Sturm, Marie-Louise Scío, the head of artistic direction for the legendary Pellicano hotel group, and Swarovski’s creative director Giovanna Battaglia-Engelbert all clicked into place naturally. “I collaborate with my friends. It’s all very natural. It just kind of happens,” says Osorio, who spent time with Sturm in Malibu during lockdown, picked the former orthopedist’s brain about how to best design shoes for healthy feet and got to talking about holes in the footcare market. “One of the things I always felt was that there’s nothing more unsexy than a foot cream,” Osorio says. “So I said, why don’t we make a foot serum spray that’s not some horrible cream that will stain your shoes and that you don’t mind having in your handbag? I couldn’t believe no one had thought of it before.” Sturm’s toning and revitalizing Foot Spray was sold as part of a capsule collection alongside strappy leather sandals in beachy pastels. For Scío’s project, Issimo, Osorio made jeweltoned knotted silk slip-on sandals and heels inspired by Federico Fellini’s 1960 film La Dolce Vita During the Venice Biennale in June, Aquazzura launched 20 limited edition bags made with precious stones and metals by Béatrice Serre, a French artist known for her mosaics. The entire collection sold out the same day. Next up, Osorio says, is the collaboration with Swarovski: a plexi shoe incorporating a brand new crystal debuting in the fall. “The shoe is incredible,” he says, “it looks like you’re walking on crystals and nothing else.”

Success has not come easily, and is all the sweeter for it. “I’m surprised every day t hat we’re still in business after 10 years! We survived COVID as a small independent brand in the world of conglomerates and big financial fashion companies!” Osorio says. How does he stay inspired a decade in? “As a designer, I feel that you’re a sponge to everything around you,” he says. “When I travel, I go to the new, cool restaurants to see how people are dressed… Honestly, my favorite part is seeing people wearing my shoes having a good time and looking great. When I see someone in my shoes looking fabulous, that makes me super happy.” Here’s to the next 10 years.

Get lost. Go beyond, into your wildness.

Into the green and the blue and the yellow and the grey. Because Adventure starts when you leave yourself behind. When you Leave with no intention of arriving. Adventure begins When you’re nowhere

QUESTIONS FOR...

NANCY NOVOGROD

This former editor in chief of TRAVEL + LEISURE has decades of expertise—and an astronomical number of miles—under her belt.

What is the hardest part of your job that no one would guess? The hardest part of my job is dealing with my clients’ grown children. They often have their own interests and requirements, even if they are being treated to a fantastic trip by their parents. Dealing with parents with younger children is less of a challenge and can be fun.

A place you’re longing to return to? I would love to go back to the Atacama Desert in Chile for the hiking and the fantastic otherworldly landscapes; UXUA in Trancoso, Brazil for the beach and the understated chic; and Le Sirenuse in Positano, where I always return, because I love the place and its owners, the Sersale family.

A tip for recalibrating after a long-haul flight? I never spend a long time in my hotel room (which is not always available on arrival if you’re heading to Europe, unless you book it for the previous night). My goal is to get out to experience the destination, if possible on foot—I’m a big walker for exercise purposes and immersion. If I’m arriving at a meal time, I want to head somewhere that intrigues me. Otherwise, an interesting shop always wakes me up. Going to museums and galleries is better on the second day, or even the third, when you can really focus.

Best meal you’ve recently enjoyed while traveling? I went to a couple of places in London that I loved this past June: the wonderful seafood restaurant Scotts, which I try to stop by every time I’m in town, and a new place, also in Mayfair, Maison François.

The best gift you received lately?

Drawings of the solar system from my grandson, Sam.

An app or online tool you’d recommend? My favorites have nothing to do with travel, except that you can access them from anywhere, any time: 1stdibs and The RealReal. In the travel world, I am a fan of the YOLO e-magazine, Condé Nast Traveller and XE for exchange rates.

Clockwise from left: Novogrod in Tuscany’s Val d’Orcia region; Mano del Desierto in Chile’s Atacama Desert; La Sirenuse in Positano, Italy.

BRECHENMACHER & BAUMANN (LA SIRENUSE), MICHELLE WU (MAYBOURNE RIVIERA)

Most memorable travel assignment?

This winter, I had the opportunity to attend a pre-opening event at the fabulous Maybourne Riviera in the hills above Monte Carlo, in France, followed by a trip to Istanbul to experience the new Mandarin Oriental Bosphorus. And then there are those from my past, as the editor in chief of magazines at Travel + Leisure, such as checking out the Six Senses Yao Noi, when it had just been taken over by this fabulous luxury travel brand, and heading to the Mandarin in Hong Kong for their anniversary celebration. At House & Garden, it was flying to Rome to attend the 30th anniversary celebration for Valentino, with endless parties and events and pageantry.

Who has had the greatest impact on your career? During my first job out of college, at The New Yorker, I worked with a legendary fiction editor, Rachel MacKenzie, who taught me how to edit. This has obviously come in very handy in my career, even now in creating itineraries for the small group trips I do, as well as communicating with my private clients.

City you find most visually inspiring? I can’t possibly limit myself to one choice. There’s New York, Rome, Paris, Hong Kong, San Francisco, Mexico City and Vancouver, but I know I will kick myself over the ones I am forgetting.

An indulgence you would never forgo? Business Class.

An airport secret you wish you knew sooner? There are companies—such as Best of Europe and Royal Airport Concierge— that provide VIP meet-and-greet services at a premium, which can really help, especially in these frantically busy times. They will greet you at the door of the plane, or lead you there on departure.

Last great book you read? The bound galleys of my friend Dani Shapiro’s new novel, Signal Fires I adored it. Before this, Love Marriage by Monica Ali—I am a fan of books about distinctive cultures and worlds.

The first thing you do when you check-in to a hotel? I check out the lighting and the bathroom.

—Tali Jaffe Minor

Clockwise from top: Mandarin Oriental Bosphorus, Istanbul; Six Senses Yao Noi, Thailand; the Azur Suite at Maybourne Riviera, RoquebruneCap-Martin, France; Novogrod at the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul.

STEPHEN STARR

The JAMES BEARD Award Winner and RESTAURATEUR behind Makoto and Le Zoo wants to collaborate with Rem Koolhaas, loves to talk about pasta and still remembers his first hot dog.

Favorite restaurant that’s not one of your own (and why)? Villa di Roma in South Philadelphia. It’s this quiet neighborhood restaurant that serves unpretentious, simple Italian American food—the kind that you can’t get anywhere else.

What’s your favorite dish to order at Le Zoo? The truffled pasta is a classic and one of my favorites. It’s a must-try dish.

What brings you the greatest joy when you visit the new Makoto? The design. India Mahdavi did such a great job channeling Miami’s energy while bringing a softer touch to Makoto. It’s still the same Makoto, but it breathes new energy and boasts a vibrancy that is unique to Miami.

What was the earliest restaurant experience that still remains with you? Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs on the Coney Island Boardwalk. It was one of those experiences that unlocked a core memory for me as a kid. I will never forget it.

What has been your greatest achievement so far? Despite all the restaurants I’ve opened, my greatest achievement so far has been my children. They are my pride and joy.

Was there a chef or project that in hindsight you regret not pursuing? Not partnering with the talented chef Missy

Robbins (Lilia, Misi). She makes the best pasta I’ve ever had. I was too busy opening Upland in New York to focus on the opportunity to partner with Missy, but maybe one day that chance will come again.

What current project are you most excited about? The expansion of Pastis—with Miami as the next stop! Pastis is an iconic French bistro that I partnered with Keith McNally to reopen in New York’s historic Meatpacking District, and I’m excited to bring the concept to Miami.

A designer you’d love to work with? I would have loved to work with the late great Zaha Hadid. I would also like to collaborate with Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. His work is stunning.

Who has had the greatest impact on your career? The two people that have influenced me the most as a restaurateur are hoteliers Ian Schrager and André Balazs.

The city you find most visually inspiring? Paris, without a doubt. The idyllic sidewalk cafes, the art galleries, the architecture… Paris always inspires me.

—Tali Jaffe Minor

From above: India Mahdavi designed the new Makoto at Bal Harbour Shops; Stephen Starr; brunch at Pastis; Tagliolini at Le Zoo.

KEN FULK

The INTERIOR DESIGNER is well known for producing epic events, collects cufflinks and has a new book out from Assouline, The Movie inmy Mind.

Clockwise from top left: Saint Joseph’s Arts Foundation, San Francisco, founded and designed by Fulk; Fulk photographed by Brendan Mainini; his cufflink collection; two of the projects captured in The Movie in My Mind, Casa Grande in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and The Mill in Silicon Valley.

PHOTOS BY DOUGLAS FRIEDMAN

What is the hardest part of your job that no-one would guess? The maintenance. It’s not hard but it is never-ending. When a project is delivered to a client, we aren’t done. We stay around to help keep things looking great and running smoothly. It’s the wear and tear of daily life that is the hard part for someone like me, who is admittedly a bit of a perfectionist.

A design trend you’re currently taken by? Murals—I always love the storytelling aspect of a wall serving as a canvas for an artist.

A design trend you can do without? I don’t love “Veri Peri,” the Pantone color of the year.

A place you’re longing to return to? Villa Feltrinelli in Lago di Garda, Italy.

The best gift you received lately? My staff gave me a set of cufflinks for my birthday featuring miniature replicas of both book covers.

City you find most visually inspiring? San Francisco. She’s a real beauty when viewed from my living room window.

One artist’s work you would collect if you could? Cy Twombly. Another son of Virginia, like me.

An indulgence you would never forgo? A precise haircut from a skilled barber.

Something you collect? The collars of my dogs as a way to memorialize them.

Last great book you read? The Splendid And The Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson.

Charitable organization you’re involved with and why? A few years ago, I founded Saint Joseph’s Arts Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the local arts community in San Francisco. With prices rising in the city, there was a danger that artists were being priced out of this haven for the creative. Since then, I have also expanded to Provincetown on Cape Cod and a satellite location in Healdsburg, California. The mission for all is to promote the work of local artists and other arts organizations while offering space for exhibitions and residencies.

Current project you are most excited about? We are embarking on a new endeavor to bring some iconic American places back into service, as destinations that will remind us all that every moment matters.

—Tali Jaffe Minor

Above, a view from Fulk’s home in San Francisco; inside The M ill, a private residence in Silicon Valley.

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BY MARIA VOGEL

IN THE EVERMORE CROWDED linens space, there’s one name that’s remained virtually unrivaled: Frette. And in these times where a heightened consciousness champions quality over quantity as a means to invest in yourself, Frette fits right in. Why shouldn’t luxury bed linens be considered a form of selfcare? Indeed, CEO Filippo Arnaboldi would agree. “Frette is not just offering a product, we’re offering an experience.”

That experience began 160 years ago and has since been vetted by royals (the brand was named the “Official Purveyor” to the Italian Royal House in 1881), venerated hotels (everyone from Chateau Marmont to The St. Regis) and, more recently, a younger generation of clients who perhaps recalled their first “check the label” experience on a family holiday. Now, as they’re choosing their own linens, the tactile experience of being cocooned in sumptuous, high thread count sheets is one that cannot be overvalued. “Whether it's for a fivestar hotel, a private flat, yacht or plane, we act as a sort of tailor,” says Arnaboldi. “We don't change the recipe, the quality remains the same.”

At their new Bal Harbour Shops boutique, the first to open in the US in a decade, expect to find Frette’s signature lines, such as the Ultimate—their coziest 1,000 thread count silk linens—and the Embellished Sateen, preferred by those interested in finishing touches such as lace or embroidery. The store will also have an exclusive capsule collection inspired by the vibrancy of Bal Harbour, calling on bright pink, lush green and graphic black elements. There’s also a signature tote bag, perfect for hauling your new beach towels from the Bal Harbour capsule.

“The opening of Bal Harbour is a very important milestone for the company,” says Arnaboldi, who still can recall his first visit to the Shops more than 20 years ago. “The experience you can have in a store will never happen online, so I'm extremely happy and excited about our latest venture.”

Designs from Frette’s Fall/Winter collection, including Luxury Chains-print pillows, Luxury velvet light quilt and Luxury cotton velvet pillows in Moss green.

HIGH TIME

AMANDA MILLE is leading luxury watch nonconformist Richard Mille into its next beautiful REBELLION.

BY MACKENZIE WAGONER

PORTRAIT BY MATHIEU CESAR

No one is you and that’s your power,” reads the tattoo on Amanda Mille’s forearm, the body part she arguably looks at most often. As the oldest of watch entrepreneur Richard Mille’s seven children and director of partnerships for the brand, Mille’s career involves road testing the latest timepieces and introducing them to new and existing clients, including her growing stable of brand partners, from race car driver Lilou Wadoux to tennis champion Rafael Nadal.

Over a Zoom call from her home office in the south of France, Mille flashes the black-inked phrase on screen, recounting a recent trip to the Miami Grand Prix. Of the three tattoos Mille had done in our city, this particular memento can also serve as a reminder of the underlying ethos of the Mille brand, to anyone who glances at her

Amanda Mille, wearing RM 07-01 Starry Night.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF RICHARD MILLE

wrist. Since her father, in 1999, at the age of 50, set out to reinvent the luxury watch market, Richard Mille has never sought to embed itself in the establishment. Their first model, the RM 001 Tourbillion, debuted in 2001 with a titanium and carbon nano-filter design in a barrel-shaped dial, casting aside his Swiss-made competitors’ constraints of replicating centuries-old models for modern consumers in favor of innovation, performance and curiosity.

In its nascent 23-year history, the line of none-the-less precious wrist watches have shaped what we believe a timepiece should look like, where we can wear it and who should have one. Trademarked by unprecedented durability and material innovations including featherweight graphene, Richard Mille has upended the luxury watch market while spotlighting two underserved sectors: sports and women.

Rather than offering models that

targeted these audiences, Richard Mille crafted watches with them—most notably women athletes—offering a platform and coveted corporate sponsorships. Beyond putting their face on a product, Richard Mille invites its talent to collaborate on and test-drive new technological advancements in a way that machines simply cannot. The brand’s lightest elastic strap was crafted with Olympic gold-medal skier Ester Ledecká’s aerodynamic speed (see the RM 67-2), while decorated golfer Cristie Kerr can be thanked for the diamond-encrusted face capable of withstand her swings (RM 007). And in 2019, the brand created the world’s first professional all-women’s racing team, now all-gender and led by Wadoux.

“It was essential to start with a 100 percent ladies team,” says Mille. “Our aim was very much to emphasize the lack of opportunities for women drivers… If we’d had a mixed team right from the start, even if the results were good, people would have attributed all the success to the men. We simply wouldn’t have challenged anyone’s thinking.”

Despite her involvement now, the oldest Mille sibling thought she would work practically anywhere but for her father’s brand. “We didn’t grow up thinking that our name brought anything to the company,” she says. Instead, her interest in working with people drew her to open Souk, a North African restaurant in London in 1994. But the women’s market for Mille was showing its cracks. Compared to other luxury watch brands, in the ladies’ segments, “we weren’t last, but we weren’t far from it,” she says.

“You have to look at yourself and try to understand what you’re doing wrong.” In 2014, Mille saw an opportunity to marry her hospitality experience with her intimate knowledge of the brand. The solution seemed simple: spend time with women and let the brand’s story and innovation sell themselves. “I don’t think women realized the brand had so much to offer them.”

It would be easy to say she was a natural but, according to Mille, “I have way more to prove than other people working for the brand.” Her first sense that her approach was working came when she sold a watch to a woman. “It wasn’t a gentleman buying it for her. That was a big win for me.” Not long after, headquarters reported that Richard Mille was first in women’s sales worldwide. The most popular women’s watch is its smallest, the 0701, but Mille’s favorite model to wear and sell is the 37. “It’s a bigger watch. In 2014, no one thought this

RICHARD MILLE HAS UPENDED THE LUXURY UNDERSERVED MARKETS: SPORTS AND WOMEN

WATCH MARKET WHILE SPOTLIGHTING TWO

Clockwise from top left: the RM 27-04 Tourbillon Rafael Nadal; Amanda Mille and Margot Laffite in the 2022 Rallye des Princesses Richard Mille; Richard Mille Racing Team’s 2021 pilots Beitske Visser, Tatiana Calderón and Sophia Flörsch; RM 07-01 Ladies Automatic in 18K red gold and gem-set white ceramic; show jumper Flore Giraud wearing RM 07-01 in Carbon TPT and Titanium.

would work, but I’m happy we kept it in the collection.” Now, women’s models account for 35 percent of total brand sales.

With a booming women’s market and an ever-growing stable of brand partners, Mille has kept busy. Richard Mille is one of the few corporate sponsors that doesn’t end a contract when an athlete or star’s career falters or comes to an end. “We still have so much to do together,” she says. Nadal, for example—one of the most particular players in tennis history—is ritualistic about the smallest details of his matches, including where he places his water bottle on the court and how he brushes his hair out of his face before a serve. Yet he was willing to testdrive his first Richard Mille collaboration on the court at the French Open. He’s worn his watches in competition ever since, sometimes exploding new prototypes mid-play. These acts of trust have helped facilitate some of the brand’s biggest leaps in shock-resistance

technology (Nadal’s new RM 27-04 weighs only 30 grams including the strap and can resist 12,000 Gs of force). Richard Mille plans to show their gratitude for his unparalleled contribution long after he steps off the court. “It’s a family for both good days and bad,” says Mille. “I call them life partners because that’s how I feel about them.”

Soon, they’ll invite their collaborative “family” home to the brand’s newest venture: a house in La Motte, France, near Draguignan, where her father grew up. After leaving the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (the annual invitation-only luxury watch trade show held in Geneva), the new house is a more personal approach to debuting new models, meeting with talent and building brand awareness. At the moment, Mille is producing the house’s remodel, with hopes to open in 2024. No doubt, another beautiful rebellion is underway.

WITH Arizona Getting Dirty

Muse

By TALI JAFFE MINOR Portrait by HELENE SANDBERG

Can you please break down biodynamic farming for us? I still find it difficult to describe all of its wonder in just a few sentences, but if I had to whittle it down, I would say: biodynamic farmers see their farm, vineyard, forest and garden as a living organism. They use no chemicals at all, develop biodiversity and encourage the regeneration of soil. They respect their land and nature, so with every year of production, life under the soil becomes healthier and more alive, populated with trillions of microorganisms. And all life on Earth depends on healthy soil!

You’re about a year in with DIRT, the organization you founded. What are some of your proudest moments so far? Firstly, I would say the connections with the farms and farmers have been a real honor. This is the heart and soul of what we do and why we do it. One year in and we already have nearly 20 soil regeneration projects globally, which we proudly match with forwardthinking donors. I’m also very proud of all the partnerships DIRT has created in its first year, from our Save Earth’s Skin campaign with Weleda, the Return to Nature collection with Anya Hindmarch (featuring the first-of-its-kind biodegradable and compostable leather handbag) and our collaboration with sustainable jewelry brand VRAI to our most recent partnership with Vestiaire Collective.

I’m grateful that we've been able to spread the word about this work in magazines that simply wouldn’t have considered this newsworthy a few years ago—particularly the big fashion titles. When this information transfers to the hands of people who

may not have heard of it before, the movement is brought one step closer to being understood. That’s one of our key goals at DIRT: to spread awareness about one of the greatest climate solutions.

Can you share a few ways any of us can help support the regenerative agriculture movement–even on a micro level? To start, look out for the Demeter label and buy biodynamic products! Demeter is the certifying body for biodynamics, so when you see the little orange and green label on a product, you know it’s been grown and processed to the highest standard, and therefore gives back to the earth instead of taking from it.

You can also look towards your home, whether that is a garden or a planter on your windowsill. Embark on a journey to nurture the soil without chemicals, and perhaps with your own homemade compost. You will be deeply rewarded by what you can grow yourself, and the connection you can build with nature.

There’s been a big wave in the “natural” wine space, which is a pretty broad label, but does include biodynamically farmed grapes and other sustainability practices. Do you feel this movement has helped bring the conversation forward? Absolutely. The wine space has really championed biodynamics. Wine growers understand the subtle nuances of nature and farming and often prefer biodynamics as their method and, on the other hand, the public increasingly knows the term through its link to wine. Even Cameron Diaz’s wine company, Avaline, uses these methods.

How do you involve your family in this passion and dedication to the regeneration of the planet? For years now we’ve been visiting and volunteering on farms as a family; we actually spent the majority of the 2020 lockdown on the beautiful Haye Farm in Devon. Having lived in the city for so long, we saw how quickly this time grew our children’s confidence and curiosity, which spurred us on even further to be with nature as much as possible. After all, this is the best education, and Mother Nature is by far the best teacher!

Over the years, we’ve also been on a mission to simplify the way we live and we’ve adapted our habits to make more informed decisions. For example, if we are thinking of purchasing something, we now question whether we truly need it. If the answer is yes, we’ll see if we can get it second-hand. If not, we research the companies we buy from and the materials their products are made from.

After years of research, I now have a much-loved directory of sustainable and ethical brands, and it makes me very happy to see more and more planet-friendly options becoming available. My son and I have been discussing climate change together since it became a big-interest topic for me when he was six. I remember being so excited to tell him what I had learned each day when I first really dived into my activism.

So, to round all of that up, I would say being in nature to truly understand Her, leading by example through our habits and the way we li ve and educating ourselves and each other in an open way as a team.

The model-turned-activist has founded DIRT, an organization dedicated to the support and proliferation of biodynamic farms.

Announcing the Second Annual Bal Harbour Shops Emerging Fashion Photography Award

by Tyrell Hampton, winner of the inaugural Bal Harbour Shops Emerging Fashion Photography Award.

FALL/WINTER

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Photography by THOMAS WHITESIDE

Styling by DJUNA BEL

Hilary Rhoda has some FUN in the season’s TRIBUTE to the decade of PEACE and PROSPERITY. We’re embracing ROMANTIC slips, CLUNKY boots, RIBBED tanks and all the BODYHUGGING tube dresses one could desire.

Always

ALAÏA

PHOTO © JEAN-PIERRE RONZEL

BY JANELLE ZARA

THE MOST POETIC OF COUTURIERS IS HONORED WITH A NEW TOME FROM RIZZOLI, WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM HIS COTERIE OF COMPANIONS, LIFELONG FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE GREAT AZZEDINE ALAÏA.

Azzedine Alaïa and Naomi Campbell.

Photograph by Arthur Elgort, 1987; opposite, Alaïa, 1987.

It

was 2017 when Azzedine Alaïa died, an event that feels like only yesterday. In life, the couturier always had a certain gift for defying the conventional passage of time, an especially impressive feat in an industry ruled by calendars. He was known to grace the runways well after Fashion Week had already ended, and for rejecting notions of seasons and zeitgeist. His vision was about timelessness, and the sculptural exploration of material, silhouette, detail and motion. When he rose to fame in 1982, he was already in his mid-forties; he reportedly spent six years perfecting the construction of a honeycomb pattern and he presented his work when it was finished, no sooner. “I am like fruit,” he said in 2016. “When I’m ready, I’m ready.”

This so-called “Alaïa time” is a recurring theme in “Alaïa Afore Alaïa,” a new tome edited by Carla Sozzani and Olivier Saillard to be released this fall. Beginning with his early childhood in Tunisia, the book pays particular focus on the 26-year period between Alaïa’s 1956 arrival in Paris and his first ready-to-wear collection in 1982. The essays and sumptuous photography illustrate this time as a period of incubation and the perfection of craft, the honing of a particular worldview and unparalleled skill. “It would seem that in these years, Alaïa stitched the future right onto all the classical shapes he encountered, to teach them how to fly, on their own, in the future,” writes contributor Emanuele Coccia. “Twenty-six years was the time it took to escort the contemporary towards eternity.”

© JEAN-PIERRE RONZEL. ARCHIVES HERMÈS, © HELMUT NEWTON. COURTESY HELMUT NEWTON FOUNDATION, © PAOLO ROVERSI

CLOCKWISE FROM FAR LEFT: Alaïa and Carla Sozzani, 2007; a photograph by Helmut Newton, published in Vogue, 1987; Leila Menchari and Alaïa, in his rue de Bellechasse atelier, 1967; Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele and Alaïa, New York, 1984; Alaïa and Pat Cleveland, 1981; Leila Menchari and Alaïa at Jean-Claude Pascal’s house, 1966.

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRAD OGBONNA STYLING BY BEVERLY NGUYEN

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NATURAL

Landscape architect Raymond Jungles transforms landscapes by celebrating the native and the nuanced around the world.

BY JANE MARGOLIES

The Modernist Garden served as the entrance to the New York Botanical Garden’s 2019 exhibition, “Brazilian Modern: The Living Art of Roberto Burle Marx.”

PHOTO COURTESY NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN

WONDER

The Ventana de la Montaña garden in Monterrey, Mexico takes its name from the commanding vistas. Below, Jungles in his Coconut Grove studio.

Sixty-six-year-old landscape architect Raymond Jungles is at the pinnacle of his profession. Sought after around the world for his exuberant gardens chock full of native plants, his eponymous firm has dozens of projects in the works at any given time, ranging from billionaires’ properties to public parks, in his hometown of Miami and as far away as China.

But when the pandemic lockdown put life on pause in March 2020, Jungles did what comes naturally to him; he grabbed a shovel and started digging up the yard of his own house, which had been languishing because he was always so busy doing other people’s gardens that he never had time to work on his own.

“I’m a maker, I’m a doer,” he says. “I like to see things built.”

PHOTO BY STEPHEN DUNN

Jungles acquired some of those hands-on skills as a teenager. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he was an outdoorsy kid who liked to hike, go camping and, until he discovered girls in adolescence, dreamed of being a mountain man and living off the land. By the time he was in high school, his family resided in Columbus, Ohio, and he got a part-time job at a nursery where he learned how to dig, ball and burlap trees. After graduation, he was on a crew clearing brush from railroad tracks with chainsaws and bush axes.

Moving to Miami—a “sleepy” town when he arrived in 1974—he liked being close to the ocean and the Everglades. “I loved the green all year,” he recalls. “The sky and the clouds are amazing.” In between working as a landscape laborer and lifeguarding on the beach, he enrolled at a community college, and when he had to

write a paper about a profession for a class, he picked landscape architecture. Soon he was getting his degree in it at the University of Florida at Gainesville.

There, he learned about the Brazilian modernist Roberto Burle Marx, famed for landscapes with sinuous forms and masses of plants, and fell under his sway. When Burle Marx gave a lecture on campus, Jungles wrangled an invitation to visit the master at his home in Rio de Janeiro (now a UNESCO site). He would return there again and again to watch Burle Marx at work and accompany him on plant-finding expeditions. When Burle Marx came to Miami, he would stay with his young protégé, often visiting Jungles’s job sites and making suggestions.

At first, Jungles had a design-build firm, which meant he installed the gardens he designed. He wore

“I HAVE THE HABIT OF IMPROVING WHEREVER I CAN.

I’M A MAKER. I’M A DOER. I LIKE TO SEE THINGS BUILT.”

Jungles’s plans for Bal Harbour

Shops expansion includes extensive native foliage around the entranceway to the Shops.

multiple hats—drafting proposals, picking plants at nurseries, driving a backhoe on job sites—and could only manage a small handful of projects every year. But some of his early projects were published, which meant word of his talent began to spread. Soon he had enough work that he could focus on design while others did the installation.

His business really took off in the early aughts, by which time Miami was becoming the sophisticated international city it is today. Developers were hiring starchitects to do condominium and hotel projects and some tapped Jungles to be part of their design teams. It was like “someone pulled a cork out of the bottle,” Jungles says.

He uses the same approach whether he’s starting with a clean slate (as is the case for Bal Harbour Village’s new waterfront park and town hall,) or refining an existing landscape (he’s a longtime consultant for Bal Harbour Shops, swapping native plants for ones already in place and has been helping plan for the Shops’ expansion for the last 10 years.) First comes a clean, sculptural “hardscape,” which is what landscape architects call manmade features like walls and paths. Native plants are added in profusion because they grow well in the local climate, without requiring lots of pruning and other finicky maintenance, and they also provide habitats for birds, bees and other wildlife. His goal: a landscape “as close as possible to what was there

before humans ripped everything out.”

His emphasis on native plants has been influential. Miami is still filled, in Jungles’s opinion, with too many mow-and-blow landscaping crews and homeowners who think sophistication means pruning plants into tortuous shapes. But the city also has a thriving native plant industry today. “I like to think I’m part of the change,” he says.

Jungles and his staff of about two dozen work out of a four-story building in Coconut Grove that he bought and gutted in 2016. His wife, Gina Jungles—an interior designer and a principal in Raymond Jungles, Inc.—brought in clean-lined, white-upholstered seating and other furnishings that focus attention on the greenery visible through large windows. Jungles works standing at a drawing table, looking out at a live oak tree that is part of the extensive landscaping the firm did, not only around the building but up and dow n the block.

Jungles was similarly unconstrained by property lines at his nearby house, which was designed by Arquitectonica and is painted a charcoal color so that it recedes behind its forest of native trees. He took pains to landscape the street side of the property and also portions of the historic Commodore Trail. Jungles has no intention of stopping there, either.

“I have the habit of improving wherever I can.”

PHOTO BY STEPHEN DUNN

PRIZED POSSESSIONS When

Roberto Burle Marx visited Jungles in Miami, he would bring some of his art and Jungles would help him sell it, earning a commission for his efforts.

Instead of pocketing the money, however, he would turn around and buy Burle Marx’s art for himself. Now these works hang in his studio and home.

MASTER

NAMED AFTER HIM Jungles found a tall bromeliad with dark foliage and a pink flower on one of his Burle Marx pilgrimages and brought it to Bullis Bromeliads, a wholesale nursery in Princeton, Florida, to propagate so he could use it in his work. The nursery called it Portea Jungles. It’s now one of their best-sellers and available at other nurseries as well.

READ ALL ABOUT IT Every five years or so, Jungles publishes a book chronicling his latest work. There have been four books so far, with Beyond Wild, the most recent, published just last year.

FAVORITE PLANT The live oak tree because “it provides so much habitat,” Jungles says.

Overgrown, relaxed vegetation and ethereal light were the focal points of the landscape at Golden Rock Inn, a centuries-old sugar plantation in Nevis.

PLANT DESERVING MORE ATTENTION Red Mangrove, a silhouette of which appears on the Raymond Jungles, Inc. letterhead: “It’s very sculptural,” he says. “It provides habitat. It grows in fresh and salt water— how many plants do that?”

Deconstructing

BURBERRY

BY NICK REMSEN

Let’s be honest: Burberry hasn’t historically been a top-of-mind name for Miami shoppers. The British label, founded in 1856, is most famous for its tawny check, its cashmere scarves of the same plaid, its khaki trench coats and its kind of general English bucolic verve—none of which are massively sought after in South Florida.

However, since the brand appointed the designer Riccardo Tisci to its chief creative officer role in 2018, the winds have shifted to something more international, a bit edgier and definitely more pop culture-centric—Burberry has, in essence, opened up.

For example, and early in his tenure, Tisci introduced a versatile and highly identifiable “Thomas Burberry” monogram, which features a stylized interlocking “T” and “B.” This motif alone has helped propel the brand forward in terms of visibility, while playing into the appetite for logomania that continues to dominate luxury retail. He’s further aligned Burberry with universal celebrities, such as Nicki Minaj, who name checks the check in her Summer 2022 hit “Super Freaky Girl.” And, he’s proposing a new brick-and-mortar aesthetic, blending the company’s aforementioned legacy with his own sleeker and more provocative leanings. All of this goes to say, with the arrival of Burberry at Bal Harbour Shops—the boutique of which sees an all new global luxury design concept—a clear gauntlet has been thrown. Burberry is as much a match for the 305 as it is the +44.

“Our new Bal Harbour store embodies the very essence of Burberry,” says Thibaut Perrin-Faivre, the label’s President of the Americas. “It is elevated and modern, but at the same time nods to our rich heritage. The result is a beautiful, bold scene featuring luxury products of the highest quality. We are delighted to bring our new global design concept to this iconic destination.”

Architect Vincenzo De Cotiis interprets Riccardo Tisci’s vision for the house with a brand-new design concept, debuting at Bal Harbour Shops.

Looks from Burberry’s Fall/Winter collection; At left, the new Bal Harbour boutique, designed in collaboration with Italian architect Vincenzo De Cotiis.

From top: A Look from Burberry’s Fall/Winter collection, including a punk take on the house’s iconic trench coat; since 2020, the ReBurberry program donates leftover fabrics to fashion students around the United Kingdom; the Lola bag, adorned with the house’s new TB monogram.

The space, designed in collaboration with the renowned Italian architect Vincenzo De Cotiis, updates Burberry’s codes, with a strong look towards the signature check. The concept interlocks mirrored ceilings, metallic wall grids and monochrome-tiled checkerboard floors, all of which reflect the other, rendering an open, prismatic feel within the space. At Bal Harbour Shops in particular, the Burberry check is interpreted across both the store’s exterior and interior. The façade blends stone and champagnehued metal while, inside, the baseline palette of beige, black, white and red are explored in a number of textures and treatments, all the way down to ceramic accents.

“The classic, elegant, eternal heritage that distinguishes Burberry is renewed and shaken up,” says De Cotiis. “Stepping inside the door is a sharp shock, radically different from the world outside, but also as welcoming as coming home. The space resonates between sharp geometries and angular perspectives, and each room unfolds from one to the other as one meanders through the space. Ultimately, this creates intimate and familiar environments.”

“Intimate” is a good descriptor for Tisci’s Burberry clothing, too. Product-wise, there’s something deeply passionate—almost romantic, maybe a bit broody— about his creativity. This has long been his MO: Tisci is perhaps most associated with his revival of Givenchy, imbuing the French couture bastion with a bladed, slick, Italian-gothic street mettle. He’s bringing a similar rhythm to Burberry, but knows well the value of its 166-year-old tenets.

For the women’s Fall/Winter 2022 collection, Tisci leans heavily into the label’s iconography. The check is outsized and all-over printed on pleated skirts; the Equestrian Knight logo, introduced in 1901, is also supersized and embellished as crystal outlines on soft-shouldered blousons and dresses. Yet, in tandem, Tisci’s vision is nervy-er and unafraid to take a stylistic standoff. Put simply: it’s fashion with flash (great for Miami) and it’s Burberry with bite.

Another point to address in Burberry’s progression is its increased emphasis on circularity and responsibility, which is most evinced by its “ReBurberry” program. With this initiative, the company supports creative communities and upstarts by providing donations of leftover fabrics to fashion students around the United Kingdom. Since its launch in 2020, ReBurberry has donated over 40,000 feet of textiles to more than 30 fashion schools and universities from Edinburgh to Brighton.

“By equipping students with these materials and tools to help their creativity thrive, we can all create a better future for our industry,” says Nicole Lovett, Responsibility Program Director.

Tradition, tenacity, and total trust in its forward motion: Burberry is reaching new heights and, at Bal Harbour Shops, there’s a clear bit of new magic on display in the Magic City.

IMAGES COURTESY OF BURBERRY

Riccardo Tisci’s Burberry is deeply passionate—almost romantic, maybe a bit broody.

Two Caribbean destinations—Barbados and Turks and Caicos—offer an abundance of resorts, restaurants and idyllic beaches to explore, but extend your stay and discover that they each also have their own ancillary island with a discrete sliver of paradise.

BY SAMANTHA BROOKS

DOUBLING DOWN

Located on Turks and Caicos’s remote northwest coast, Amanyara feels like a Balinese getaway.

Wymara Resort and Villas has just been updated with four oceanfront pools.

TURKS AND CAICOS

The 40-island

archipelago of Turks and Caicos offers endless turquoise-water coastline and pristine sandy beaches. Decades of development, especially on the third largest island of Providenciales, has resulted in a variety of popular tourist destinations and activities from water sports to the finest hospitality and dining.

You can’t mention Turks and Caicos without mentioning Grace Bay, and you can’t mention Grace Bay without mentioning the iconic Grace Bay Club. Don’t miss their Infiniti Bar, which runs perpendicular to the sea and is perhaps the liveliest spot on Providenciales for taking in the sunset.

Also holding court on Grace Bay, the Wymara Resort and Villas has just added four ocean pools, a new lobby and a renovated beachfront bar. Even those not staying on the property will enjoy their newly transformed restaurant, Indigo, where Australian Chef Andrew Mirosch offers gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian options, as well as Caribbean-inspired dishes that celebrate the local fishing culture.

Those who wish to feel like they’re at a Balinese-style getaway (but much closer to home) will enjoy Amanyara, located on the island’s remote northwest coast. A collection of enormous villas (up to 6,250 square feet with sprawling outdoor space and 200 feet of private beach) and pavilion-style hotel rooms are the ultimate in privacy. The expansive wellness facilities, on-site cinema and restaurants almost guarantee you won’t be leaving the property.

Head to the quieter Long Bay where The Shore Club’s collection of suites, as well as 8,800-square-foot villas, can accommodate up to 14 guests. Should the wind pick up on the beach, there’s always the property’s four pools, four restaurants and five bars to enjoy.

Limited beachfront doesn’t make the new Rock House, from the owners of Grace Bay Club, any less desirable. Just west of Grace Bay, the white-washed clusters of villas were designed by New York-based, AD100 interior designer Shawn Henderson and evoke Santorini with their cliff perch and use of local rocks. Serene and secluded, the boutique property is a welcome break for those seeking a quiet alternative to the activity of Grace Bay.

Rolling with an extended crew? Beach Enclave operates like a hotel with services (concierge, housekeeping, butlers, private chefs) and amenities (fitness center, tennis and bocce courts, yoga and a kids’ club) but offers groupings of stand-alone villas in three of Providenciales’s prime locations: Grace Bay, North Shore and Long Bay.

A private beach cove entrance from one of Ambergris Cay’s villas.

Big Ambergris Cay

SURPRISINGLY ACCESSIBLE. COMPLETELY PRIVATE.

Launched in 2018 with just 10 beachfront suites, the private, 3-mile-long island of Big Ambergris Cay has slowly been developing into one of the Caribbean’s most idyllic escapes, now offering an additional seven three- to six-bedroom villas. As of 2020, the island has the longest private airport runway in the Caribbean—ideal for those whose private jet is always at the ready. Those flying commercial will need to arrive in Providenciales before a 10-minute transfer to an FBO on Turks and Caicos, where they can board for the 20-minute flight to Ambergris Cay on the island’s plane, which is complimentary for guests. While the privacy and serene beach are the main draws, there’s also the added bonus of inclusivity, elevating your experience with seamless access to activities and meals.

IMAGES COURTESY OF MANDARIN ORIENTAL, COBBLERS COVE, AMBERGRIS CAY, WYMARA RESORT, AMANYARA

BARBADOS

This 167-square-mile island, located in the southeast Caribbean, has long been known for its English charm and fiery Caribbean spirit—as well as being home to Rihanna. An evergreen escape that continues to lure us back for more, its latest offerings from new and storied properties alike are captured here.

Last winter, the island’s south coast turned into a coveted wellness destination with the debut of O2 Beach Club and Spa . The 130-room property is designed with contemporary comforts in mind—floor-to-ceiling windows, sleek furnishings, pops of color, a 24-hour fitness center—while also catering to those seeking an indulgent escape.

Cobblers Cove recently underwent a five-year renovation by owner Sam de Teran, who used natural fibers, an array of brightly covered wallpapers and a collaboration with British furniture maker

Soane Britain to give the property new life. The 40-room, all-suite hotel is now chicer than ever.

An icon since its debut in 1961, Sandy Lane continues to welcome guests to its 102 rooms and 45 holes of golf (36 of which are on two courses designed by Tom Fazio). Set on the island’s west coast, the property has long been favored by celebrities and the British elite—many of whom opt for its 7,300-square-foot villa, which sleeps 14 guests and has a private pool and dedicated staff.

Outside of the five-star hotels, there’s also an array of new dining options. Head to Deia Beach for a Mallorca-influenced experience, complete with seasonal and locally-sourced menu items like Turkish lamb kofta, market fish cakes and Mediterranean-style flatbreads.

One of the newest venues, QP Bistro, opened in late 2021 on the island’s west coast, offers a taste of Italy in the Caribbean. Culinary director Matt Worswick brings his 17 years of experience at Michelin-starred restaurants in the UK to the venue, which includes a bakery for morning pastries, live music in the evenings, and an elevated setting overlooking the water.

Canouan Island

THE HARD-TO-GET-TO-BUT-THAT’S-THE-POINT ISLE

With flights into the island limited to private transfer or with Grenadine Alliance (reservations need to be made 30 days in advance), Canouan Island has always been a challenge to get to, but doesn’t that make it all the more enticing? Just 3.5 miles long and 1.25 miles wide, the quaint locale, a 25-minute flight west of Barbados, is having a moment. Soho House opened its 40-room boutique hotel on the island’s southwest coast last year, and suddenly the secret was out about this chic getaway. No TVs and not entirely open to non-members (you’ll have to get a Soho Friends membership to go), the property charms guests with vintage rattan furniture and a powdersand beach. Those looking for a more traditionally luxurious experience will find comfort at the Mandarin Oriental, previously the Pink Sands Club. Surrounded by the Caribbean’s largest natural coral reef, the 26 suites and 13 villas are within a 1,200-acre estate, but don’t miss what’s offsite: their spa features treatments in two over-water bungalows just off the shore, while golf can be arranged at the only championship course in the Grenadines, designed by Tom Fazio.

A sweeping ocean view from one of the Mandarin Oriental’s 13 villas.

A pretty pink perch awaits at Cobblers Cove.