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104 ROAD TO NOWHERE With its redwoods and black-sand beaches, the Lost Coast is one of California’s most mystical trails. Welcome to paradise found.
112 STRICTLY PLATONIC Contemporary art and Greek philosophy collide at the Getty Villa, provoking a modern conversation about an ancient thinker.
118 CIRCLE IN THE SAND An idiosyncratic Carpinteria coastal retreat offers an Argentine polo-playing family the best of all worlds.
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88 On Our Cover KENYA KINSKI-JONES wearing a SAINT LAURENT BY ANTHONY VACCARELLO dress. Jewelry by DIOR, T. KAHRES and JENNIFER FISHER. WILL PELTZ wearing a SAINT LAURENT BY ANTHONY VACCARELLO shirt. Pants, stylist’s own. Jewelry by JOHN HARDY. Photography by CARTER SMITH. Styling by ALISON EDMOND. Hair by DAVID COX at Art Department using R+Co. Makeup by PATI DUBROFF at Forward Artists using Chanel. Nails by CHRISTINA AVILES at Opus Beauty using Chanel Le Vernis.
“CIRCLE IN THE SAND” (P.118): NANCY NEIL. “ROAD TO NOWHERE” (P.104): MANFREDI GIOACCHINI. “STRICTLY PLATONIC” (P.112): J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM. “OH, YOU PRETTY THINGS” (P.88): CARTER SMITH. SEE SHOPPING GUIDE FOR DETAILS, P.126.
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35 C WHAT’S HOT At Chateau Hanare, Japanese hospitality meets a storied Los Angeles landmark. Laird Hamilton’s must-haves, in and out of the water. Glossier lands on Melrose Place.
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Founder + Editorial Director JENNY MURRAY
Editor + President RENEE MARCELLO
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Summer, besides being the year’s most anticipated season, is an excuse to languish in the glow of the sun. With warm rays beating down and the scent of jasmine and salt air intermingling, the effect can entice one to break free from the status quo. That carefree feeling was our muse this issue. And while we continue to bring you the latest and greatest across all categories, our features seek to capture the spirit of summer lovin’ in its many forms. Music and film scion Kenya Kinski-Jones grew up with legendary parents: Quincy Jones and Nastassja Kinski. She has emerged a quiet and strong beauty in her own right, and is tackling the modeling industry at full speed. With her longtime beau, Hollywood heartthrob Will Peltz, she is ready to take on the world in our sartorial depiction of young love, photographed at Hollywood Boulevard’s landmark Harvard House Motel. Speaking of making a mark, a new exhibition at the Getty Villa, “Plato in L.A.: Contemporary Artists’ Visions,” explores the philosopher’s enduring influence on today’s world. Modern greats have taken Plato’s concepts and reimagined them in an updated context. Set against one of the most classically inspired backdrops (and on my list of favorite places in Los Angeles!), the provocative works are a must-see. Sometimes getting off the grid is the perfect antidote to life’s busy social whirl, and I can’t think of a place more off the beaten path than the Lost Coast of Northern California—a stretch residing between Humboldt and Mendocino counties. We sent photographer Manfredi Gioacchini, known for his reportage travel journals, to this pristine locale to document his findings. What came back was a portfolio that captures a place largely untouched by man. It reminds us of the beauty this state offers, if you know where to look. Rocio Gonzalez de Narvaez and Paco de Narvaez know just where to go every summer: Santa Barbara has long beckoned to Rocio, the accessories designer behind Rocio G, and her professional polo player husband. The couple and their two children live in Argentina during the school term but pack up for the season and head to this California coastal clime to play polo and thrive in their bohemian rhapsody of a life. We are invited into their idyllic retreat—where days are filled with horses, asados, family, friends, artistic endeavors, beach, surf and flickering bonfires. Which brings me back to the idea of summer: It is fleeting. It is a finite period of time to relax, indulge, recharge and renew. Even in our eternal summer state, the feeling of escapism is short-lived and should be relished as September starts to sneak up and the faint sound of school bells is around the corner. Until then, I am going to dive headfirst into the season of the sun.
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Who’s who behind the scenes of this issue, plus their favorite California places
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“I was in creative glitter heaven,” says makeup artist Pati Dubroff of creating Kenya Kinski-Jones’ rock ’n’ roll look for “Oh, You Pretty Things,” p.88. While working with photographers including Annie Leibovitz and Peter Lindbergh, Dubroff’s painterly visions have been seen in Vanity Fair, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle and more. C SPOTS • The Trails Cafe in Los Angeles • The Ranch 4.0 in Westlake Village for endurance hikes and clean, plant-based food • Facials with Joanna Vargas at the Sunset Tower Hotel
Manfredi Gioacchini “I’ve been to Big Sur and Sequoia [National Park] several times, but the Lost Coast is exotic—there are fewer people,” says lensman Manfredi Gioacchini, who captured the region in “Road to Nowhere,” p.104. Based in Europe and the U.S., Gioacchini has shot for the likes of Vogue Italia and Vanity Fair. Images from his tome, Portraits of Artists, are in LACMA’s permanent collection. C SPOTS • Chandni in Santa Monica for vegetarian Indian • Andrea Zittel’s Joshua Tree studio • Like every good European, I love Chateau Marmont
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Louise Parker “I chose my friend’s backyard in Santa Monica for the shoot because I wanted to contrast Chanel beach clothes with something a little more funky feeling,” says Louise Parker, who modeled and photographed herself in the new Coco Beach capsule collection for “Loco for Coco,” p.47. Parker studied under photographer Stephen Shore and earned a bachelor’s degree from New York’s Bard College. C SPOTS • Meals by Genet in Los Angeles for Ethiopian food and a fun date • I always find something good and well-priced at Scout on Melrose Avenue • Studio City Farmers Market on Sundays
Gina Tolleson “I met Rocio [Gonzalez de Narvaez] and her family in the summer of 2000 at the Santa Barbara Polo [& Racquet] Club,” recalls Gina Tolleson, who styled the accessory designer’s summer house and produced the shoot for “Circle in the Sand,” p.118. “We had an immediate soul sister bond.” Hailing from South Carolina, Tolleson has called Santa Barbara home for the past two decades. She has been on staff at Santa Barbara Magazine for 18 years, holding the titles of lifestyle editor and, currently, executive editor. C SPOTS • Chef Jessi Singh’s tasting menu at Bibi Ji’s • Tailgating at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club • Sleeping under the stars on Santa Cruz Island
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“Every time I turned around, they were being sweet with each other,” says Carter Smith, who photographed cover star couple Kenya Kinski-Jones and Will Peltz for “Oh, You Pretty Things,” p.88. When he’s not focusing his lens on A-listers, such as Alicia Keys or Jennifer Lawrence, Smith renews historic properties. His latest project entails transforming a collection of oceanfront cottages into vacation rentals on an isle off the coast of Maine, where he also grew up. C SPOTS • NoMad Los Angeles is my go-to when staying in Downtown L.A. • The Station in Joshua Tree is an amazing hybrid of a snack bar and vintage head shop • The Wonder Valley Oil Shop in Joshua Tree
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Elizabeth Chambers Hammer Balancing family and business, culinary entrepreneur and lifestyle maven Elizabeth Chambers Hammer gives new meaning to the sweet life. After perfecting her family’s heirloom recipes, she opened Bird Bakery in 2012 with her husband, actor Armie Hammer, in her hometown of San Antonio. Now, with a second outpost in Dallas, the mother of two—who regularly charms audiences with her Today show cooking segments—splits her time between Texas and Los Angeles. birdbakery.com.
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THIS SUMMER, SNAG A SEAT AT ONE OF THE SEASON’S MOST EXPERIENTIAL TABLES It’s been nearly 20 years since artist and chef Jim Denevan introduced his hyperlocal culinary concept, Outstanding in the Field. The ticketed dinner series (launched in 1999 in Santa Cruz) brings together chefs and farmers, showcasing ingredients in alfresco sunset meals staged on the land where the bounty is sourced. Denevan has mount-
ed feasts in every U.S. state and 15 countries—collaborating with the likes of Donnie Masterton of The Restaurant in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and Gabrielle Hamilton of New York City’s Prune—against backdrops ranging from the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival to Japan’s Mount Fuji. This summer, score a ticket to one of sev-
eral scenic dinners offered across the state: San Diego chef Brian Redzikowski presides over the table at Temecula Olive Oil Company’s olive grove (June 2), Val M. Cantu, one of Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs 2017, takes over McEvoy Ranch in Petaluma (June 20), and more. Tickets from $225. outstanding inthefield.com. • M EL I SSA G OL DST EI N SUMMER 2018 C 35
WHAT’S HOT From left: Bodha’s EMILY L’AMI in her Los Angeles studio. L.A. WOMAN, $98/0.5 fl. oz.
Luring wellness junkies to Calabasas with legendary retreats since 1974, The Ashram is packing its nourishing recipes into The Ashram Cookbook: The Way We Eat (Assouline, $50).
Far Out On her first sunset drive through Los Angeles, Emily L’Ami, New Zealand native and founder of local therapeutic perfumery Bodha, was struck by a sense of limitless possibility. “It was that feeling of expansion,” she says, which inspired the new L.A. Woman perfume. “It’s where the creativity and magic lie, and it’s always available to us. We just need a sensory nudge sometimes to reconnect with it.” Created in collaboration with womenswear label Apiece Apart, and in celebration of the brand’s 10th anniversary and new Venice location, the limited-edition bottles are filled with notes of citrus, smoke, and evening jasmine in an organic jojoba oil base. Apiece Apart, 1817 Lincoln Blvd., Venice; bodha.com. bodha.com E. F.
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Get grounded with Astara, the crystalencrusted footwear line by publicistturned-holistic-lifestyle maven Mariah Lyons. “A piece of conductive metal is embedded into the sole of the shoe that is attuned and programmed to resonate at the same frequency of the Earth,” says Venice-based Lyons, who was looking for a way to combat brain fog and fatigue. “Studies have shown that when we attune to the frequency of the Earth, inflammation decreases within the body.” astaracollective.com. L . M .
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In Character This summer, the Skirball Cultural Center welcomes Kermit the Frog, Bert and Ernie, Grover, Scooter and a slew of other beloved, iconic puppets to its grounds for “The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited,” a show exploring the legacy of the late, groundbreaking puppeteer. Featuring artifacts culled from Sesame Street, The Muppets, Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth, the showcase illuminates the breadth of Henson’s inimitable imagination, and its lasting social and cultural impact. June 1-Sept. 2. 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., L.A., 310-440-4500; skirball.org. M .G .
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Big-wave surfer Laird Hamilton was born in an experimental saltwater tank at UCSF, a fitting beginning to his lifelong pursuit of water-based innovations. From pioneering aerial 360s, tow-in and foil surfing, and stand-up paddleboarding, to developing underwater resistance workouts with his wife, Gabrielle Reece, Hamilton isn’t one to sit around (unless he’s in a sauna or submerged in an ice bath pushing the limits of his body’s thermoregulation). The extreme athlete, who splits his time between Malibu and Kauai, is equally inventive in his approach to food, foraging locally as he seeks new waves around the world. The biodiversity and nutrient density he’s found on his travels inspired him to pen a new cookbook, Fuel Up (Assouline, $50), a compilation of more than 50 protein-rich dishes and, naturally, a chapter devoted to hydration. “If you eat what makes you feel clean, you start craving what you’re consuming. It’s a cycle,” he says. Here, a few things that catch Hamilton’s eye when the waves are flat. lairdhamilton.com. • E L I ZABETH VARNEL L
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Santa Barbara’s revived Hotel Californian is every bit bold and beautiful. Designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard delivered a megadose of splendor to the 1925 seaside property with his iconic pattern play, masterfully mixing zigzags, oversized mirrors, Moroccan tiles and an eclectic array of international antiques. His glamorous combinations are enough to make one dizzy with design sensory overload, however that floor-to-ceiling drama—what he calls a “graphic experience”—is what’s drawing celebrities, locals and far-flung travelers to linger a little longer at the lively 121room hotel. In reinventing the original Spanish Colonial Revival’s facade with more modern Moorish designs, Bullard says he wanted to “give Santa Barbara an edge that is fresh and exciting.” From the transportive black-and-white lobby to the Marrakech-inspired spa to the rooftop pool to the uber-locally sourced Blackbird restaurant and bar, his mission is wildly accomplished. Rooms from $550. 36 State St., S.B., 805-882-0100; thehotelcalifornian.com. • J E N NIF ER BLAISE KRAME R
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Given former California Gov. Leland Stanford’s penchant for raising some of the world’s fastest horses, it’s only fitting that the house of Hermès—which began as a harness-maker with an eye for lavish interpretations of practical necessities— open a light-filled boutique in Palo Alto at the Stanford Shopping Center. Yet the space, containing all métiers from leather goods to ready-to-wear, also includes a nod to Silicon Valley’s innovation obsession—think digital installations by Eric Vernhes and a host of Apple Watches. Stanford Shopping Center, 180 El Camino Real, Ste. 317B, Palo Alto, 650-321-2466; hermes.com. E.V.
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Inside the HERMÈS boutique. Above: Cardboard sculptures by EVA JOSPIN were on display opening night.
The Endless Road Haut à Courroies bag, price upon request, is exclusive to the Hermès Palo Alto boutique.
At the new Melrose Place Glossier store, the online skincare and makeup brand’s first West Coast outpost, majestic desert slot canyons—re-created as an immersive environment complete with sounds recorded in Arizona’s Antelope Canyon—take pride of place amid millennial pink tables spread with best sellers such as the brand’s Milky Jelly Cleanser and sheer Cloud Paint cheek tint. Awash in a rosy hue reflected in countless mirrors, the space seamlessly mimics the light in California’s sun-filled deserts to the east and its western coastal beaches, which makes finding the right dialed-down shade of Generation G matte lip color that much easier. 8407 Melrose Pl., L.A.; glossier.com. E .V.
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As we sit down for lunch, Reika Alexander admits that she has not eaten in 24 hours—a seemingly unfathomable amount of time for one of Manhattan’s busiest restaurateurs. At En Japanese Brasserie, the bustling restaurant she opened in the West Village 14 years ago, she promptly orders a bowl of traditional Japanese rice porridge to which she adds scallions, a few nori strips and a raw egg. “It’s healing food,” she says. The reason for the unintentional fast, she explains, was due to the frenzy surrounding the pending opening of her second restaurant, Chateau Hanare, across the country in Los Angeles. Hanare translates to “little cottage set apart” in Japanese, and it’s a fitting moniker given that the cottage lies on the grounds of the storied Chateau Marmont, connected to the hotel’s courtyard through an interior pathway. The idea was set in motion nearly 10 years ago when Alexander was having a casual conversation with one of her regular customers, Chateau Marmont owner André Balazs. “I told him about a concept for a really intimate, cozy, authentic Japanese restaurant where each room would have a
different vibe. He said, ‘I love it, we should do it together,’” says Alexander. For his part, Balazs, who has a history of doing business in Japan, explains that he “has always been interested in Japanese culture. Whether you study ikebana or tea ceremonies, it’s a very beautiful and mannered society.” He initially suggested building the restaurant inside a Japanese-style hotel in New York that he was conceptualizing at the time, and later proposed a space in his London property, the Chiltern Firehouse, neither of which were quite right. Then he urged Alexander to fly to Los Angeles to check out a little Spanish bungalow at the edge of Chateau Marmont’s hillside “campus” (a word Balazs uses to explain the Continued on p.126
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Clockwise from left: CHATEAU HANARE’s 10-piece sashimi. The storied CHATEAU MARMONT. A private dining room features furniture by Japan-based designer GEORGE NAKASHIMA. Peeled tomato soaked in rosemary and dashi. Restaurateur REIKA ALEXANDER.
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MODEL AND PHOTOGRAPHER LOUISE PARKER TURNS HER LENS ON CHANEL’S NEW GETAWAY ESSENTIALS Mix Chanel with a dose of sun and surf and what do you get? Coco Beach, a brand-new capsule collection of sporty ready-towear and accessories inspired by Coco Chanel’s favorite French resort destinations, including Cannes, Deauville and SaintTropez (where Karl Lagerfeld was staying when inspiration struck). Los Angeles-based model and artist Louise Parker, who walked her first Chanel runway in 2013, put the pieces to the test—photographing herself poolside in lattice-printed espadrilles, swimwear, separates and cover-ups. “I love the colorful and graphic prints,” she says. “I look forward to wearing them in Malibu this summer.” Available at select Chanel boutiques; chanel.com. • A. E.
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Clockwise from top left: CHANEL sunglasses, $585, COCO BEACH DE CHANEL bikini top, $400, and bottom, $300. COCO BEACH DE CHANEL shoes (both pairs), $725, dress, $3,300, case, $1,050, and CHANEL sunglasses, $585. COCO BEACH DE CHANEL bag, $3,600. COCO BEACH DE CHANEL dress, $2,100. COCO BEACH DE CHANEL case, $1,050. Jewelry, Parker’s own. Modeled and photographed by LOUISE PARKER.
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MISMATCHING AND CLASHING ARE THE NEW NORMAL The most interesting notion for Fall 2018? The idea that all trends can be worn simultaneously—wearing sci-fi with tartan, adding a floral print, and topping with a neon balaclava...totally cool. This season is anything but minimal, and certainly exciting.
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Ciao, Bella If you can’t make it to Florence to see the exhibition “Italy in Hollywood” at Museo Salvatore Ferragamo, you can pay homage to the namesake designer’s legacy as shoemaker to the stars with the brand’s new limited-edition collection. In a palette of black, off-white and gray, the women’s designs include bow-accented pumps, ladylike Mary Janes and patchworkstyle T-strap heels, available only in Beverly Hills and New York. 357 N. Rodeo Dr., B.H., 310-273-9990; ferragamo.com. KHA N H T.L. TRAN
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For summer, “swimsuits and denim shorts need no explanation,” says Solid & Striped founder Isaac Ross, who’s collaborating with Los Angeles denim label Re/Done on a 31-piece seasonal collection inspired by Hollywood’s old-world glamour, Malibu’s sporty beach culture and Venice’s playful nostalgia. 8820 Washington Blvd., Culver City, 323-300-5309; solidandstriped.com; shopredone.com. K .T. L .T. SOLID & STRIPED X RE/DONE The Malibu One-Piece, $168.
Insta-Famous Roger Vivier solidifies its digital standing in a coffeetable book, #LoveVivier (Rizzoli, $100), featuring designs seen through the eyes of 18 influencers, including Leandra Medine of Man Repeller fame and Leaf Greener .
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FENDI FF Logo Leather Runaway handbag, $3,390.
SONIA RYKIEL Pavé Parisien handbag, $990.
The shoulder bag, clutch and tote in Louis Vuitton’s New Wave collection embrace an ’80s-inspired vibe enhanced by undulating silhouettes. louisvuitton.com.
MICHAEL KORS Mott Logo Graffiti crossbody, $328.
Diminutive in size while still accommodating necessities like a phone charger, Sonia Rykiel’s new vanity caseinspired Pavé Parisien packs a punch in eight vivid leather colorways. justoneeye.com.
LOUIS VUITTON New Wave MM, price upon request.
Michael Kors makes a bold statement with a black-andwhite graffiti print adorning his new leather crossbody bag, backpack and tote. michaelkors.com.
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GLAM SLAM A new crop of Los Angeles beauty destinations has landed, just in time for your seasonal upgrade. West Hollywood’s Facile Dermatology + Boutique has garnered a following for its cutting-edge treatments, from cryofacials to collagen-boosting lasers. At the new Pasadena outpost, expect more results-driven offerings, as well as eyebrow shaping, makeup application and a K-beauty product bar. 140 S. Lake Ave., Pasadena, 626-387-0129; facileskin.com. • After a wax-trim-and-tweeze with Kardashian family go-to Kelley Baker at the brow guru’s new and expanded Venice beauty salon, receive a tutorial on how to fill in your groomed arches using Baker’s namesake makeup line. Blowouts, cuts and lash extensions are also
available. 798 Main St., Venice, 310-314-2769; kelleybakerbrows.com. • Expect a downtown-cool vibe at beauty vet Marylle Koken’s new The Harlot hair salon on Melrose Avenue—a departure from her former Japanese-style cottage on Abbot Kinney. You will, however, find the same precision haircuts and color. 7971 Melrose Ave., L.A., 310-399-6525; theharlotsalon.com. C A R OL I N E C AG N EY
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BEAUTY Sea Glow Inspired by Linda Rodin’s belief that she was a mermaid in a previous existence, artist Donald Robertson illustrates the sea fantasy-themed Rodin Olio Lusso Mermaid Collection, whose products promise radiant skin, glistening lips and glowing cheeks.
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Cannabidiol, the non-psychoactive compound found in the cannabis plant, is “an ancient medicine causing a modern revolution in pain relief and beauty,” says Cindy Capobianco, co-founder of Los Angeles-based Lord Jones (known as the Supreme of the cannabis world, thanks to its impeccable branding). Cannabidiol reduces inflammation, has anti-aging properties, and improves skin health. “It is largely unregulated, so it’s difficult to know what you’re getting,” explains Capobianco. “Find a brand you trust and stick with it.” Here, some of our favorites.
Blue waters scented with organic lavender, chamomile and frankincense essential oils melt away the stress of the day. kushqueen.shop.
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SHAKE It Up Anna Kaiser, darling of the New York fitness scene (and trainer to Shakira and Kelly Ripa), returns to her California roots with the flagship opening of AKT (Anna Kaiser Technique), a combination of dance, circuits, HIIT and tone classes. “I chose Newport Beach, a community that shares both the city and the seaside, focusing on a healthy lifestyle,” says Kaiser, who plans on expanding her company across California in 2018. “I’m overjoyed to bring the [Golden State] a dose of my AKT heat!” aktinmotion.com.
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LOS ANGELES’ BELOVED GARDE SHOP BRINGS ITS WORLDLY PERSPECTIVE TO SUMMERLAND Garde, the Beverly Boulevard mecca of organic modern design, is escaping the city with a new second location outside of Santa Barbara in Summerland, set in a historic 1921 Shaker-inspired barn. Double the size of its original site, the shop is filled with the brand’s warm, minimalist global finds, including exclusive Dim Atelier lighting and Ben Storms furniture,
as well as new collaborations such as a line of fixtures and hardware created by founder Scotti Sitz and fabricator Peter van Cronenburg. There’s also Garde House, a one-bedroom rental on the second floor (available to book through Garde’s website) with luxe details including ebonized oak counters by Studio E&R and amenities such as Glitch coffee from Japan.
The renovation of both spaces occurred during the region’s recent wildfires and mudslides. Though their structure was spared, the disaster gave Sitz more resolve. “We fell in love with the town,” she says. “We’re determined to be part of the revitalization of this community.” 2280 Lillie Ave., Summerland, 805-845-8384; gardeshop.com. • K ER ST I N C ZA R RA
The Pilotis platter by MALGORZATA BANY, $795. From top left: GARDE’s new Summerland outpost. Tabletop accessories including MARCIN RUSAK’s Flora lamp, $6,500, and vessels by CHRISTIANE PERROCHON and HEATHER ROSENMAN.
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Clockwise from right: SERENA DUGAN at work in her new studio. The customizable Totem textile, price upon request. A Dugan design from the SERENA & LILY archives.
Fourteen years after co-founding the California furnishings label Serena & Lily, Serena Dugan is continuing to break creative ground. The textile designer and painter recently debuted the Serena Dugan Studio and its waterfront Sausalito headquarters. Here, Dugan dreams up original and commissioned fine art and decorative works, and transposes them into custom fabrics, wallpapers, hand-loomed rugs, encaustic tiles and more. She also uses her keen eye to create site-specific designs for interiors, all while staying true to her cheery, motific style. “Good design should have soul,” says Dugan. “When you combine the elements of art, pattern and decor in a way that’s personal and unique, that’s where the magic happens.” 225 Locust St., Ste. E, Sausalito, 415-203-4746; serenadugan.com. A N U S H B E N L I YAN The Outdoor Collection Pool Chaise from STEPHEN KENN design studio, $3,200.
Reflective THINKING A discarded mirror discovered on the sidewalk by accessories designer Raven Kauffman a decade ago became the basis for her new collection, RK Objet. After adorning the aged piece with sea urchin shells, crystals and lighting, she embarked on the custom range, putting her Cornell University biochemistry degree to use along with her metalsmithing, silvering and casting skills to fabricate an array of ethereal mirrors. It’s “a perfect storm of all the individual artistic pursuits I’ve had throughout my life,” she says. rkobjet.com. JE SSICA R I TZ
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Weekend trips to Joshua Tree inspired Los Angeles-based designer Stephen Kenn to launch The Outdoor Collection, whose modular pieces are crafted to withstand relentless sun and desert rains. By appointment only. 1250 Long Beach Ave., Ste. 120, L.A., 323-920-4210; stephenkenn.com.
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RETURN Address It’s a homecoming for Analisse Taft-Gersten and her worldly design showroom, Alt for Living. After 20 years in New York City, the native Angeleno is partnering with artisan and vintage homeware brand Remains Lighting to create a one-stop shop for Los Angeles designers. Alt LA features midcentury European furniture and an array of floor coverings, from Moroccan kilims to artist Maddalena Forcella’s natural-dyed rugs. Plus, the showroom offers artful accessories including exclusive fabrics, pillows and throws from French designer Perrine Rousseau. By appointment only. 808 N. La Cienega Blvd., L.A., 323-406-6335; altforliving.com. K .C . C 66 SUMMER 2018
The new Los Angeles ALT FOR LIVING showroom.
DUGAN PORTRAIT: MELISSA M c ARDLE. RK OBJET MIRROR: RAVEN KAUFFMAN. BEETLE & LETTERED OLIVE: JESSICA CLAIRE. ALT FOR LIVING: SAM FROST.
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Byzantine Journey
ORI MENASHE AND GENEVIEVE GERGIS DEBUT BAVEL, THE MIDDLE EASTERN RESTAURANT OF THEIR DREAMS Shortly after Ori Menashe opened Bestia, his phenomenally popular Italian restaurant in Downtown Los Angeles, he had the idea to create a Middle Eastern spot where he would serve the food he grew up
eating in Israel and cooks for his friends and family at home. Now, after nearly five years of twists and false starts, he and his wife, pastry chef Genevieve Gergis, have opened Bavel, a sun-splashed restaurant in a former
warehouse at the foot of the Fourth Street bridge in Los Angeles. It’s perfect timing: The city is in the midst of a Middle Eastern culinary movement, as evidenced by a flurry of ambitious new restaurants such as
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Clockwise from above: ORI MENASHE and GENEVIEVE GERGIS. The Bavel dining room. Beef cheek tagine with handmade couscous and fresh herbs. Licorice root ice cream bonbon. The bar.
Kismet, Mh Zh and Jaffa. “Obviously there are the flavors, but Middle Eastern food is very festive, too,” Menashe says, explaining the surge. “We put the food in the middle of the table—it’s not one for you and one for me—and it’s like a gathering, with all these people sitting together and sharing.” As he does at Bestia, Menashe takes a freely creative approach with the classics— but labors over getting the foundations right. His hummus is lusciously silky (the secret: tiny garbanzos imported from Andalusia contribute smoothness, and sweet, stone-ground tahini from Palestine cuts bitterness), and served with spicy duck nduja or green and red chili pastes. It is among an array of delicious spreads, flatbreads and appetizers from which you can assemble a festive meal. More substantial dishes, such as a succulent beef cheek tagine, lightened up by pickling the beef before braising, are made for the center of the table and often include Menashe’s impossibly fine, handmade couscous. Across the board, spices are intense—drawn from the traditions of Turkish, Egyptian, Moroccan and Israeli
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cooking—but also nuanced and balanced with fresh mint and other herbs. The wine list, by beverage director and natural-wine guru Ryan Ibsen, features unusual selections from regions around the Mediterranean and California. As a nice touch, many are decanted into pretty glass jugs Ibsen found in Tripoli, Lebanon. While Menashe’s menu is rooted in tradition, Gergis’ beguiling sweets are pure fantasy. “They don’t really do plated desserts in the Middle East,” she explains. “That forced me to be creative.” Her pillowy, barely sweet chocolate doughnuts are fragrant with cloves and rose-scented sugar, and served with a bowl of sherry-tinged cream. The licorice root bonbon, made with ground root from Afghanistan, arrives as an unadorned puck that reveals layers of licorice ice cream, muscovado cake and caramelized white chocolate, all set off by slightly sour licorice caramel. At Bavel, dish after dish is surprising, yet comforting —a mash-up of cuisines and cultures that feels perfectly at home in 2018 Los Angeles. 500 Mateo St., L.A., 213-232-4966; baveldtla.com. • M I C H A L EN E B U S I CO
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THE SWEETEST THING It was during a 2014 hiatus in their native New Zealand that Gabrielle Mirkin and Luke Harwood came up with the idea to start their manuka honey brand, Activist. They were recharging, following a hectic stint in Manhattan (where Mirkin worked as a senior designer at Vogue and Harwood ran an independent fashion label), when their beekeeper friends asked to keep hives on the couple’s land. “We began to understand the bees’ key role as environmental indicators,” says Harwood. “It gave us a vision for a business in tune with our lifestyle.” After moving to Topanga Canyon
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CANDY Crush Justin Chao’s caramels are a revelation: Each tender cube nearly melts with the flavor of fresh butter and toasty sweetness. Now the Paris-trained pastry chef has opened Le Bon Garçon, a pretty confectionery shop in East Hollywood offering seven flavors, including lemon elderflower and yuzu sake, along with caramel waffles, coffee and breakfast dishes. And, if you really want to pour it on, there’s a caramel fountain. 5158 Hollywood Blvd., L.A., 424-272-6677; lebongarcon.com. M . B. LE BON GARÇON’s first retail space is inspired by a traditional Parisian café. Above: Handmade salted caramels.
in 2015, the husband-and-wife team saw an opportunity to bring the ingredient— renowned for its antibacterial properties—to an audience voracious for all things wellness. “It’s a transparent, natural product that people will want to integrate into their daily rituals,” says Mirkin, who is also a contributing designer at C. Launched in May, the label is named not only for the resource’s “activating” properties, but also as “a tribute to people who believe in what they do,” says Mirkin. Available at c-stateofmind.com and Cap Beauty, 8500 Sunset Blvd., W.H., 310-432-0565; activistmanuka.com. M.G .
MIRKIN AND HARWOOD PORTRAIT, ACTIVIST HONEY STILL LIFE (2): DEREK HENDERSON. ACTIVIST HONEY PRODUCT: FRED L’AMI. STONEMILL MATCHA: COURTESY OF STONEMILL MATCHA.
Clockwise from left: An image by DEREK HENDERSON from a photo essay of New Zealand commissioned by ACTIVIST. Offered in three strengths, from $32, the honey features a design by FRED L’AMI. LUKE HARWOOD, GABRIELLE MIRKIN and their son, Cisco, at home in Topanga.
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Meet Your Matcha The latest source of Japanese green tea-related treats? Stonemill Matcha in San Francisco’s Mission neighborhood. Founder and CEO Eijiro Tsukada collaborates with pastry chef Mikiko Yui (State Bird Provisions, Coi) and the culinary minds behind Tartine Manufactory to showcase premium Kyoto-sourced green tea powder and products in a new upmarket café, sited in the former Bar Tartine space. “We combined aspects of two innately hospitality-oriented cultures: Japanese omotenashi [hospitality] and San Francisco’s approachable style of service,” Tsukada explains. 561 Valencia St., S.F.; stonemillmatcha.com. J. R .
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At SANDS HOTEL & SPA in Indian Wells, an eye-catching doorway in a landscaped corridor leads into the MARTYN LAWRENCE BULLARD-designed, Moroccan-inspired hideout.
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Clockwise from left: The Presidential Suite at Sands Hotel & Spa boasts a private patio with running fountain and seating area. SPARROWS LODGE offers personalized spa treatments in a tent setting. Scoops of strawberry-rose ice cream from KREEM.
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Whole-Body Purification treatment in the open-air massage tent. DINE Celebrated chef Engin Onural puts his creative spin on sushi rolls at uptown’s Sandfish Sushi & Whiskey (sandfishps.com). On East Palm Canyon Road, Kreem (ilovekreem.com) scoops perfect-for-peak-heat ice cream flavors such as lemon meringue and coffee lavender. SHOP Browse unexpected home goods and accessories at Thick As Thieves (shopthieves.com), from jewelry made in Tel Aviv to wood-block art pieces from Joshua Tree. CAN’T MISS Vicariously explore the rugged landscapes of the West via the work of American photographers in “Journey Through The Desert—The Road Less Traveled” on view through Nov. 25 at the Palm Springs Art Museum (psmuseum.org). • J. R .
The tallest building in the city, KIMPTON ROWAN PALM SPRINGS, also has its only rooftop pool.
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SANDS HOTEL & SPA: JAMIE KOWAL. THE SPA AT SPARROWS: GEORGE DUCHANNES. KREEM ICE CREAM CONE: BIANCA SIMONIAN. KIMPTON ROWAN POOL: LAURE JOLIET. SKY & VINE: ANDY BERRY. FESTIVAL NAPA VALLEY: DREW ALTIZIER. INDIAN SPRINGS CALISTOGA: PAUL DYER.
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Clockwise from top: SKY & VINE ROOFTOP BAR. A FESTIVAL NAPA VALLEY tribute dinner at GARGIULO VINEYARDS. VINTNER’S DAUGHTER botanical serum, $185, c-stateofmind.com. View from The Hill House at INDIAN SPRINGS.
NAPA VALLEY Travel bits After a wildfire raged through wine country last fall, Napa Valley, much like Santa Barbara, is returning to its state of wonder. “Napa was built by a generation of women and men who dreamt big, and that spirit continues today with a new generation of family wineries, artists, chefs and entrepreneurs,” says Vintner’s Daughter’s April Gargiulo (vintnersdaughter.com), whose family founded Oakville’s Gargiulo Vineyards (gargiulovineyards.com). “They are ready to put their stake in the ground to create a fresher, more modern Napa experience.” STAY Fresh on the heels of redesigned rooms and landscaping, Auberge du Soleil (aubergeresorts.com) has teamed up with Vintner’s Daughter for the age-defying Best of Auberge facial. The vintage Indian Springs (indianspringscalistoga.com) is glowing after a major renovation in 2014, still sporting California’s oldest, continuously operated pool, thermal geysers, and the best mud bath in town. Originally a family home for prominent merchant James H. Francis, The Francis House (thefrancishouse.com) just reopened after a careful restoration that transformed the landmark building into a brand-new,
exclusive luxury inn. DINE Book a tasting at Dana Estates in Rutherford to mark the U.S. debut of the Vaso Cellars wine label and sample its much-anticipated 2013 cabernet sauvignon (vasocellars .com). Head to ranch-to-table spot Farmstead (longmeadowranch.com) in St. Helena for steak and salads, or linger alfresco at chef Charlie Palmer’s Sky & Vine Rooftop Bar (skyandvine.com) atop the Archer Hotel in Napa. CAN’T MISS The 13th annual Festival Napa Valley (festivalnapavalley.org), held July 20-29, will dedicate its season to first responders, hosting music in iconic venues, such as opera under the stars at Meadowood. By day, bike or walk in pursuit of a good glass: The Vine Trail (vinetrail.org) is a work in progress of 47 miles of trails stretching between Vallejo and Calistoga. The Calistoga Bikeshop (calistogabikeshop.com) will set you up with wheels, a local map, and a sleek bike bag to stash souvenir bottles. And in the fall, the new RH Yountville, The Gallery in the Napa Valley (rh.com) opens its doors for an immersive experience in food, wine, art and design. • J. B. K .
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Clockwise from far left: A pool with underwater music at FOUR SEASONS RESORT THE BILTMORE SANTA BARBARA. Local BARBARA oysters at BIBI JI. The cactus garden at LOTUSLAND contains more than 300 species. RIVIERA TOWEL COMPANY Santa Barbara towel, $26.
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4. 5. 1. 3.1 PHILLIP LIM Pre-Fall 2018. 2. FENDI FF Logo belt, $1,190, fendi.com. 3. GIGI C BIKINIS Lauren top, $105, and Sidney bottoms, $88, gigicbikinis.com. 4. OSCAR DE LA RENTA Pure Crème Regina sunglasses, $2,495, Oscar de la Renta, C.M. 5. DIOR Nicely-D Ballerina flats, $690, Dior, B.H. 6. SUPREME X RIMOWA Topas Multiwheel 70 suitcase, $1,800, Rimowa, B.H.
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Santa Barbara’s heart has never been bigger. After last winter’s devastating Montecito mudslides, locals have come together to reconnect and rebuild. The result? Bustling neighborhoods, openings and reopenings, and friendly faces out and about—meaning there’s never been a better time to visit the American Riviera. “It’s our special place and becoming known to the world,” says Jim Rosenfield, owner of the Montecito Country Mart (montecitocountrymart.com). STAY In honor of its 90th anniversary, Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara (fourseasons.com) is offering a throwback series of prints in collaboration with photographer Gray Malin of the resort’s neighboring Coral Casino Beach and Cabana Club (coralcasinoclub.com). Meanwhile, Belmond El Encanto (belmond.com) is marking its centennial with a series of events celebrating the resort’s history as a retreat for Hollywood. The famed San Ysidro Ranch (sanysidroranch.com) and upcoming seaside Rosewood Miramar Beach Montecito
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With its beautiful beaches and sublime weather year-round, laid-back San Diego has never really had to make much of an effort to woo its legion of die-hard fans—but lately, things have been heating up in a big way. STAY Check into the Instagrammable Pendry San Diego (pendryhotels.com), whose six restau(pendryhotels.com rants and bars are adding to the city’s culinary cachet, or the nautical-inspired Hotel Republic (hotelrepublicsd.com). Now in its 130th year, Coronado’s iconic Hotel del Coronado (hoteldel.com) offers a jam-packed calendar of summer events, including the Del Beach Bash (July 1), kicking off Independence Day weekend. DINE Make a reservation at the gilded multimillion-dollar steakhouse Born &
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Raised (bornandraisedsteak.com), and don’t miss a drink at its rooftop cocktail bar. Graze on Wagyu steaks and elk sashimi at the sexy new izakaya Cloak & Petal (cloakandpetal.com), where the bar is (cloakandpetal.com shaded by cherry blossom trees. And expect plenty of authenticity at Italian eatery Maestoso (maestoso.com), helmed by Roman chef Marco Maestoso, or Top Chef alum Claudette Zepeda-Wilkins’ chic contemporary Mexican restaurant El Jardín (eljardinrestaurantbar.com). (eljardinrestaurantbar.com
PAMPER Make your weekend a wellness escape with a trip to Encinitas to the holistic day spa Four Moons (fourmoonsspa.com)—treat yourself to massages and anti-aging facials, as well as color readings, or sessions with a master astrologer. CAN’T MISS Summer marks the return of two of the city’s most beloved institutions: San Diego Symphony’s (sandiegosymphony.org) Bayside Summer Nights series—with an impressive lineup this year that includes Patti LaBelle and Clint Black—and Del Mar (dmtc.com), the only seaside racetrack in the country, which has a busy few months planned with thoroughbred races, concerts, and beer and food festivals all summer long. • SA RA H K H A N
From top: Traditional Balinese bales set over a koi pond at FOUR MOONS. EL JARDÍN’s Jalisco-style posole rojo. A view of HOTEL DEL CORONADO. The DEL MAR racetrack.
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A selection of works from the forthcoming “MADE IN L.A.” biennial at the HAMMER MUSEUM.
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EMERGING ARTISTS REDEFINE OUR RELATIONSHIP TO CALIFORNIA AT THE HAMMER MUSEUM’S BIENNIAL This past winter, curators at the Hammer Museum began scouting artist studios in the Greater Los Angeles area to select a lucky 33 in all mediums for the fourth edition of the museum’s “Made in L.A.” biennial. They ended up choosing native Californians—about 25 percent— and others who hailed from as far away
as Tehran, Iran. The connective thread? These artists are all working in Los Angeles, and some are producing work deeply connected to the city. Themes of landscape and community, rituals and ceremony, visibility and a sense of place are mined through film, visual art and performance. Keep an eye out for work
by dancer and choreographer Flora Wiegmann, who references Southern California’s devastating wildfires, and Eamon Ore-Giron, whose new in situ mural is inspired by a Venezuelan poem about the Latin American diaspora. June 3-Sept. 2. 10899 Wilshire Blvd., L.A., 310-443-7000; hammer.ucla.edu. • SUMMER 2018 C 83
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STRIKE a Pose More than 160 photographs, costumes, illustrations, magazine covers, videos and advertisements sprung from the passionately creative medium of fashion photography are presented in this 100-year retrospective by the Getty Center. From Edward Steichen to Inez & Vinoodh, the talents behind technological innovations and high-concept interpretations of beauty and aspirational culture are given their due in “Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography, 1911-2011.” June 26-Oct. 21. 1200 Getty Center Dr., L.A., 310-440-7300; getty.edu. COSTA MESA
Dance Revolution
From left: MADONNA portrait by JEAN-BAPTISTE MONDINO. A 1977 CHARLES JOURDAN campaign photograph shot by GUY BOURDIN. Restored animation from the 1968 film YELLOW SUBMARINE.
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Isadora Duncan made waves wherever she went, from her birthplace of San Francisco, to the East Coast and throughout Europe and Asia, with her provocative modern dance performances. Now Russian superstar Natalia Osipova stars in the new ballet Isadora, about the turbulent life of Duncan, who famously wrote, “Art is a hard taskmaster who demands everything, whereas a woman who loves gives up everything to life.” Aug. 10-12. Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Dr., C.M., 714-556-2787; scfta.org.
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NATALIA OSIPOVA in ISADORA.
The newly reconditioned Yellow Submarine, a classic film by the Beatles, returns to theaters this summer, 50 years since its debut. Restored by hand, frame by frame, and now in surround sound, this kooky mishmash of animation, live action and manipulated still photos still enchants. July 8. yellowsubmarine.film.
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THE Boxer LARRY BELL at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1967. Right: Eclipse, 1965.
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California minimalist artist Larry Bell moved to Venice in the ’60s and worked alongside other luminaries from the movement such as Robert Irwin and John McCracken. From the beginning, his art played with light, reflection and volume. This summer, gallery Hauser & Wirth celebrates the prolific artist’s infamous glass cubes. “Complete Cubes” features more than 20 works spanning the sculptor’s career and ranging widely in size, from 2 inches to 40 inches. As you gaze into these meditative translucent shapes, prepare to see differently. June 23-Sept. 23. 901 E. Third St., L.A., 213-943-1620; hauserwirth.com.
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Social Hour MOVIE TITLE TK TK WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? Children’s television icon Mr. (Fred) Rogers is the subject of Focus Features’ latest, which lifts the curtain on a pioneer who captivated with kindness and a willingness to broach difficult subjects on the air. June 8.
An assemblage of tambourines for a work in progress by artist LAVA THOMAS.
SARAH STEELE (left) and CASSIE BECK. Below: Steele and REED BIRNEY. All three actors will reunite for the Los Angeles production of THE HUMANS.
EATING ANIMALS Narrated and produced by actor Natalie Portman, this Sundance Selects adaptation of the best-selling memoir by Jonathan Safron Foer makes a compelling case for the return of traditional farming. June 15.
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REAL World A four-time Tony Award winner and critical darling, the real-time play The Humans lays bare the complexities and foibles of a modern family as they gather to celebrate Thanksgiving. Coming to California for the first time, the production invites viewers to watch as economic and generational tensions erupt and experience the ensuing fallout. It’s hilarious and tragic, vividly true to life, and as American as apple pie. June 5-June 17. SHN Orpheum Theater, 1028 Market St., S.F., 888-746-1799; orpheum-theater.com. June 19-July 29. The Ahmanson Theatre at the Music Center, 135 N. Grand Ave., L.A., 213-628-2772; musiccenter.org.
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ROBIN WILLIAMS: COME INSIDE MY MIND This HBO biopic celebrates the humor of Robin Williams while also delving into the darker side of the beloved actor: his substance abuse, relationships and nearly frantic need to make us laugh. July 16.
GENERATION WEALTH L.A.-based photographer Lauren Greenfield has spent her life documenting the affluent. In her unsettling new documentary, Greenfield examines our consumerist dystopia. July 20.
LAVA THOMAS WORK: COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND DI ROSA CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, NAPA. THE HUMANS: BRIGITTE LACOMBE. GENERATION WEALTH: PHOTO BY LAUREN GREENFIELD, COURTESY OF AMAZON STUDIOS. ROBIN WILLIAMS: COURTESY OF HBO. MR. ROGERS: THE FRED ROGERS COMPANY.
Since its recent revamp in January, the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art (formerly di Rosa) has launched the second part of the socially engaged exhibition “Be Not Still: Living in Uncertain Times.” June 23-Dec. 31. 5200 Sonoma Hwy., Napa, 707-226-5991; dirosaart.org.
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Will wears: BOTTEGA VENETA coat, $3,950. BUCK MASON T-shirt, $28. ADIDAS pants, $70. ANITA KO earrings, $1,700 each and $3,425 each. JOHN HARDY ring (right hand), $695. DAVID YURMAN ring (top), $650. ALEXANDRA JULES ring, $2,500. (Jewelry worn throughout.) Boots, talent’s own (worn throughout). Kenya wears: BOTTEGA VENETA coat, $3,750, and dress, $9,400. GASOLINE GLAMOUR headphones, price upon request. DIOR ring (left), price upon request. ANITA KO ring, $8,000, and earrings, $2,850. (Jewelry worn throughout.) MICHAEL KORS COLLECTION slides, $395. Socks, stylist’s own.
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MISSONI coat, price upon request. DIOR gown, $25,000, and hoops, $400. KATRINA LaPENNE studs (both pages), $155. ANITA KO ear cuff, $425. Opposite, Kenya wears: VERSACE dress, $1,890, and leggings, $620. DIOR ring (left), $280. Will wears: VERSACE jacket, $1,895, vest, $695, and bag, $2,175. HENRY & WILLIAM pants, $50. ADELINE JEWELRY hoops, $90. KATRINA LaPENNE studs, $120. (Earrings worn throughout.)
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Kenya wears: GUCCI fringe jacket, $8,500, track jacket, $1,800, bra, $5,400, and pants, $1,500. HANES tank, $10. ANITA KO ear cuff, $425. Will wears: GUCCI jacket, $1,980, and pants, $1,380. Location: THE MARTLET TATTOO PARLOR, martlettattoo.com, @martlettattoo.
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Will wears: HANES tank, $10. ADIDAS pants, $70. Kenya wears: MICHAEL KORS COLLECTION trench, $2,995, shirt, $695, and pants, $895. ALEXANDRA JULES earrings, $850.
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Kenya wears: BURBERRY turtleneck, $350, coat, $2,690, leggings, $390, and pumps, $690. Will wears: BURBERRY shirt, $690, and leggings, $390. HANES tank, $10.
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A short, turquoise-painted cinder block wall barely separates the Harvard House Motel from Hollywood Boulevard, and the structure’s noir-tinged aura persists even during daylight hours. Actor Will Peltz and his girlfriend of seven years, model Kenya Kinski-Jones, are on set at the seedy 1947 relic for C’s cover shoot, adding to a growing list of projects they’ve booked together, including campaigns shot by such luminaries as Mario Sorrenti and Peter Lindbergh. For the couple, there’s something romantic about the seamier side of the famed boulevard. “You know, we actually met right around here,” says 25-year-old KinskiJones. “We met in a church,” confirms Peltz, 32, who was shooting the indie film Sugar with Kinski-Jones’ mother, actor Nastassja Kinski. By all accounts, the couple felt an instant connection. Kinski-Jones, a Los Angeles native whose father is music producer Quincy Jones, arrived straight from high school—she was 17 at the time—to visit her mother on set. Peltz, the son of New York businessman and investor Nelson Peltz, spotted her immediately and, well, the story turns into a playful he-said-she-said. “I told Kenya’s mom, jokingly, ‘I want to take your daughter out. I’m going to marry her,’ ” says Peltz. He eventually got mom’s blessing (for a date), but maintains that Kinski-Jones pursued him. “Oh please, that’s not true,” she interjects. “He’s the one who asked me out.” Peltz teases her about relentless texting, but the laughter in his voice indicates his girlfriend’s early relationship memories adhere more strictly to the truth. A providential meeting also jumpstarted Kinski-Jones’ modeling career. She was introduced to photographer Bruce Weber by her mother, leading to a Vogue España story. Once the selfprofessed bookworm earned her bachelor’s degree in literature at Loyola Marymount University, she made her runway debut at Chanel’s 2016 Métiers d’Art show. Peltz, also a model, grew up in Bedford, N.Y., playing hockey, but came to acting after helping his sister, actor Nicola Peltz, run her lines. In addition to indie titles, he’s appeared in the thriller Unfriended—plus campaigns for Calvin Klein, Dior and Tod’s. Most
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“I TOLD KENYA’S MOM, JOKINGLY, ‘I WANT TO TAKE YOUR DAUGHTER OUT. I’M GOING TO MARRY HER.’ ” recently, Peltz walked in Dolce & Gabbana’s Alta Sartoria show in New York’s Rainbow Room. The duo’s cadre of industry friends includes Anwar Hadid (brother to Bella and Gigi, and Nicola’s boyfriend) and a cross-section of Southern California natives—Peltz’s Coachella “class picture” on Instagram features Kaia and Presley Gerber. The pair will hopscotch between shoots around the world in the coming months, but Peltz and Kinski-Jones have their collective sights set on Tokyo this summer. “Kenya went for work last year and fell in love,” says Peltz, who has yet to visit Japan’s neon-lit capital. Wherever the summer leads them, Peltz hopes it will be as a couple. “When I’m traveling, I don’t know if it has to do with the jet lag and the time change, or the immersion in another culture, but I get super lonely,” he confesses. “So it’s always nice if Kenya goes with me. It makes the trip that much better—to share the experience.” •
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Will wears: BALMAIN jacket, $13,965, T-shirt, $3,800, and pants, $1,260. GASOLINE GLAMOUR sunglasses, $46. DAVID YURMAN ring, $495. Kenya wears: BALMAIN dress, $3,200. JENNIFER FISHER earrings, $130, and rings, $80 each. Makeup, Kenya wears: CHANEL Rouge Coco Shine lipstick in Deauville, $37; Palette Essentielle in Rose Naturel, $60. LEMONHEAD.LA Spacepaste glitter in Dirty Penny and Roosevelt, $22. Will wears: MILK Tattoo Stamp, $12. Models KENYA KINSKI-JONES at The Lions, LA; WILL PELTZ at IMG Models. Hair by DAVID COX at Art Department using R+Co. Makeup by PATI DUBROFF at Forward Artists using Chanel. Nails by CHRISTINA AVILES at Opus Beauty using Chanel Le Vernis.
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With its redwoods and black-sand beaches, the Lost Coast is one of California’s most mystical trails. Welcome to paradise found
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Gioacchini’s Lost Coast road trip eventually led him to the SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST—a luminous green following days of rain. Opposite, from top: A morning vista near PETROLIA in Lost Coast. The harbor at the THE STANFORD INN eco-resort as viewed from the BIG RIVER BRIDGE in Mendocino County.
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The view from Room 317 at INN OF THE LOST COAST.
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Driving through REDWOOD NATIONAL AND STATE PARKS.
Kayaking on the BIG RIVER in Mendocino County. Opposite, from top: A fleet of kayaks at The Stanford Inn. Arriving at the eco-resort by boat.
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A detail of JEFF KOONS’ Play-Doh, 1994–2014, from “PLATO IN L.A.: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS’ VISIONS” at the GETTY VILLA. Opposite: A marble bust of PLATO.
From left: JOSEPH KOSUTH’s Intellect to Opinion, 2017. No Title (Art, truth, and...), 2014, by RAYMOND PETTIBON. Koons’ Play-Doh installation is rendered in aluminum. Opposite: WHITNEY McVEIGH’s Divine Rules, 2018, is flanked by PAUL CHAN’s Le Baigneur 1, 2016, and the circa-250 Head of Plato.
One would never imagine that the world’s most famous (and expensive) living pop artist, Jeff Koons, the greatest (and most controversial) Greek thinker, Plato, and Jean Paul Getty’s lavish Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades would make any sense together. But the ambitious “Plato in L.A.: Contemporary Artists’ Visions” marries the ancient and the modern, the serious and the humorous, with philosophy and pop art—making sense of it all. The exhibit is a complex, challenging show exploring the classical Greek philosopher’s often-contradictory, provocative observations, and the ways they have influenced and informed 11 of the
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most important contemporary artists of our time. But why is Plato—who conjures up memories of mind-boggling college term papers for many—relevant in 2018? As the art world tackles the country’s divisive, polarizing political climate, it is in fact an ideal time to revisit Platonic ideas on morality, humanity and politics. “Plato in L.A.” is not only a stunning collection of contemporary art, it’s a conversation starter. Curator Donatien Grau and the J. Paul Getty Museum’s director Timothy Potts
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first started to plot the show three years ago, after Grau came forward with the idea. Potts agreed that the Getty Villa, which Getty created to be even more perfect than the Roman villa it was based on, was the ultimate locale. “The Getty Villa in itself is a very Platonic creation because it’s an imitation. It’s been recreated as the very ideal of itself,” Potts explains. “There is something very Platonic in creating something that is even more real than the real one.” Grau, who is the head of contemporary programs at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, began combing through the works of artists who have engaged in a productive, and sometimes contradictory, dialogue with Plato’s complex opinions on politics, love, idealism, God, poetics and, ultimately, the creation of art itself. After exhaustive research and countless studio visits, Grau assembled a group of contemporary artists who have always pushed buttons: Koons, Paul Chan, Rachel Harrison, Huang Yong Ping, Joseph Kosuth, Paul McCarthy, Whitney McVeigh, Raymond Pettibon, Adrian Piper, Michelangelo Pistoletto and Mike Kelley (the only non-living artist in the show). The never-before-staged exhibit encompasses a range of mediums:
sculpture, paintings, drawings and largescale installations, such as artist Huang’s grand piece Caverne 2009. Potts recognized immediately that Grau was the one person who could pull off such an ambitious undertaking. “He brings a depth of experience and understanding in the depths of two opposite ends of the spectrum—the very early and the very recent, which is rare,” Potts
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explains. “He’s a youngish scholar [at 30 years old] with one foot in the ancient world as a scholar of ancient history and antiquity, and the other foot in the contemporary world.” Grau explains, “When Jean Paul Getty would talk about the Villa, he would say that he wanted the audience to have the sensation of being able to converse with the great Greek philosophers. So there is the DNA.” The exhibit—which despite having a framework can be absorbed in any order one chooses, thus creating a different experience for each viewer—is expansive in both scope and ideas. Housed in the special exhibitions galleries on the second floor, the show plays host to a range of installations, including Koons’ famous Play-Doh, a monumental aluminum sculpture that depicts a mound of multicolored clay, and McVeigh’s Divine Rules—a library of found books she has formed over a 10-year period—which was realized on site. “There’s a book in the library entitled 1000 Best Poems in the World, and, in the preface, the writer talks about a ‘Future Library’ that consists of the 100 best books in the world of universal human knowledge: astronomy, geology,
“PEOPLE SAY PLATO IS ANTI-ART... THE ARGUMENT OF THE EXHIBITION WAS TO CONFRONT THAT.”
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ship-building, telegraphy, history, chemistry, electricity, mathematics, mechanics,” McVeigh explains from London, where she lives. “I realized this is what I was doing by bringing the collection together, dedicated to ordinary subjects that connect us as humans. I’d read The Republic by Plato, and Donatien was informed of my influences in recent years. We had a studio visit where I proposed the library.” Pettibon’s contribution is a mini retrospective of 35 years of his Platonic work in 15 pieces, which were mounted in the way he sees his work—as a cloud of drawings. Kosuth, who has created neon, word-based pieces for decades, devised an installation excerpting Allegory of the Cave that illuminates from a large wall. “It was a quote which reflected very well my ambivalence with the philosophy of Plato,” Kosuth says. “This quote was, not without irony, the most anti-Platonic quote I could find.” Koons has always had an ongoing creative dialogue with objects that pre-exist. His massive sculpture Play-Doh not only coincidentally is a wordplay with Plato, but also addresses Plato’s contemplation of banality and often-negative feelings about art as too perfect and beautified in itself. “I think when Plato talks about the good and talks about transcendence, that’s the experience art wants to give—really the essence of someone’s potential,” Koons says. A seminal, collectible book accompanies the exhibit, and includes interviews with and writings by the 11 artists, exploring their work in relation to Platonic themes. “There was sort of a price to pay to be in the show,” Grau says. “[The book]
is quite an extraordinary document which has never been done—a conversation and dialogue around Platonic thought and how it allows us to read our world today.” Koons, who cites book seven of Plato’s The Republic as having a profound effect on his work, says: “There is a section that deals with the cave. And every day I think about the cave and walking out of the cave and how do you achieve that and how are you able to achieve transcendence to reach the highest level of consciousness,” he says. “And I believe the way to do that as a human being is to remove judgment and hierarchy, and if one practices complete acceptance of everything and finds everything perfect in its own being, that removes anxiety and fear. And when you remove anxiety and fear, you’re able to be open to everything and the realization that everything is here at your disposal and everything reveals its own being and its own energy. I think that’s how you walk out of the cave.” Potts hopes that “Plato in L.A.” will not only ignite an open dialogue about Opening night of the the world’s pre-eminent philoso“Plato in L.A.” exhibit at the Getty Villa. pher, but also connect people to how From top: McVeigh and PAUL McCARTHY. Platonic thought continues to inform Kosuth. ALEX the contemporary art world today. ISRAEL and Koons. “What [Plato] railed against was PHILIPPE VERGNE and J. PAUL GETTY art that just imitated the way someMUSEUM director thing happens to look,” Potts conTIMOTHY POTTS. KATHY SUDER, cludes. “Whether it was a landscape MICHAEL CHOW, HONOR FRASER and or a picture—that mimetic art, as he MALERIE MARDER. calls it, was intrinsically a distracOLIVIER ZAHM, tion and an illusion because it was AMANDA WALL and JEFFREY DEITCH. just the way things appeared in the physical world that bore no relation to the ideal world of thoughts and concepts that we should be thinking about and trying to perfect our knowledge of, and the way we lead our lives. “Often people say Plato is anti-art,” he adds. “He’s against art. He’s against artists. Part of the argument of the exhibition, if there is one, was to confront that. Because artists allow us to address the commonplace in a much more complex, interesting way…they really challenge us and invite us to think differently and have a more open vision of our world.” “Plato in L.A.: Contemporary Artists’ Visions.” Through Sept. 3. Getty Villa, 17985 Pacific Coast Hwy., Pacific Palisades, 310-440-7300; getty.edu. •
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HUANG YONG PING’s Caverne 2009 installation features a resin cave (above) in which sculptures of Buddhas and Taliban are surrounded by projected bat shadows.
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THE KIVA HOUSE in Carpinteria was built in the early 1970s in the now-exclusive community of Beach Club Road. Its perimeter fence is sourced from a collapsed pier.
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ROCIO GONZALEZ DE NARVAEZ created a down-to-earth lounge space, layering a vintage zebra rug and sheepskins with African mud cloth pillows from MAISON K, and a pulled-wool wall hanging by California artist TAIANA GIEFER from the TAIANA INTERIORS COLLECTION. Below: The home’s original adobe tower kiva. Opposite: The de Narvaez family on their outdoor patio, with Rocio, (center), Paquito (left), and PACO DE NARVAEZ and Begoña (right).
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The house that Rocio Gonzalez de Narvaez and her family decamp to for the summer, an adobe-walled dwelling set within the exclusive oceanfront enclave of Carpinteria’s Beach Club Road, may be the ultimate manifestation of a bohemian escape. Its front patio—“perfect for cooking asados,” says Rocio—is draped with African weave rugs and appointed with an Argentine leather campo chair; its light-drenched recessed living room beckons leisure-seekers with an assortment of Maison K pillows and a pulledwool wall hanging by artist Taiana Giefer. Yet she cites the home’s unusual cylindrical blueprint as chief among its attributes. “I love the roundness,” adds the designer behind Rocio G, an accessories line spanning hand-sewn leather bags and shell-encrusted camisoles. It’s a fitting quality for the Buenos Aires native to call out, given the full-circle nature of her relationship to this idyllic corner of Southern California. “My father came to play polo in Santa Barbara in 1980, the year I was born, and since then we have not missed a summer,” she says. When Rocio married Paco de Narvaez (another world-class polo player, who has a 9-goal
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Clockwise from above: In the master bedroom, a Taiana Giefer wall hanging is installed above the bed, which is dressed in linens from UPSTAIRS AT PIERRE LAFOND and blankets from Maison K. Driftwood sculpture and light by DANIEL KUTTNER DESIGNS and moss ball plant from GREENHOUSE GRINGA. Wearing a SAM ROBERTS LA hat and a ROCIO G gaucho belt, Begoña takes a stand on a vintage peacock chair from WHIMSY ANTIQUES. Opposite: Summer bounty from the local farmers market.
handicap), he too fell in love with the place. “I have friends with whom I spent summers playing up in a tree, who now have kids who play with mine,” she adds. In the course of her 38-year pilgrimage, Rocio has inhabited spaces in Montecito and Summerland. Yet something about her current abode, a 1970s-era hideaway known as The Kiva House—replete with exposed wood ceiling beams, cement floors and a structural plan that borrows from Pueblo traditions—has come to mean home. That is, in addition to the couple’s South American properties: a
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Clockwise from left: Paquito and BegoĂąa scale a tree in the front yard. Paco and Paquito catch an afternoon practice at SANTA BARBARA POLO & RACQUET CLUB. Local shells collected over many summers. Opposite, from left: Rocio, in a vintage blanket wrap by ZYRKA, sits in the recessed circular living room. Pillows by Maison K, wall hanging by Taiana Giefer. The family loves to have summer beach bonfires at Loon Point. Paco wears the Rasta sweater from Rocio G.
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POLO: JOEY HONG. BONFIRE: BLUE CALEEL.
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residence in the Buenos Aires suburbs, a polo farm and ranch in the Argentine countryside of Pilar, and a rustic family compound in Patagonia. Days start around 6:30 a.m.—“and we drink maté until 7:30,” Rocio says. After breakfast, daughter Begoña, 7, and son Paquito, 10, start classes with a tutor while their parents visit the barn to check on Paco’s horses and ride. Lunch follows, as does a beach siesta, and then it’s back to the barn, this time for the children to get their rides in while their father has practice games. “We drink maté after practice, where we meet other players and families. We go back home later, around 8 p.m., to start a fire to cook outside,” says Rocio, adding, “It’s very simple, very nourishing.” The family’s transcontinental existence is, for Rocio, who is also an artist, a way to nurture her own creativity: “Argentina is raw; California is the wilderness tamed. And both places are beautiful and necessary for my inner balance,” she says. “My inspiration comes from this duality.” rociog.com. •
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sprawling property, which now includes multiple Spanish- and Arts and Craftsstyle cottages and two Craig Ellwood case study homes that surround the iconic 1929 era lodging). It was the perfect fit. Alexander, Balazs and the Tokyo design firm AGE set about converting the space into a minimalist, East-meets-Weststyle abode—inspired by the Westernization of Japan in the late 1800s—with handmade furniture from Japan and a modern L-shaped garden punctuated with a snow-white pear tree. Questlove, another customer-turned-friend, created the jazz-centric playlist. Alexander found an apartment nearby and plans to be bicoastal, as does En Japanese Brasserie’s chef Abe Hiroki, who is overseeing the authentic kaiseki-style and à la carte menus, the latter of which features shareable dishes such as the daily homemade silken tofu. “We have such a beautiful food culture [beyond] trendy sushi with mayonnaise and fusion cuisine,” says Alexander, who grew up in Tokyo. “This really feels like walking into a friend’s traditional-style house in Japan…that just happens to be right off Sunset Boulevard.” 8907 Selma Ave., L.A., 323-9635269; hanarela.com. • KE LSE Y McKIN N ON Raw, organic vegetables in a sesame-edamame tofu crème at CHATEAU HANARE.
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diamonds, $2,850; anitako.com. Michael Kors Collection black faux mink Daphne slides, $395, Michael Kors, B.H., 310-7778862; michaelkors.com. p.90 Kenya wears: Missoni multicolor goat fur coat, price upon request; missoni.com. Dior Allover Layered Sequin embroidery camisole gown, $25,000, ring, price upon request, and Logomania J’Adior hoop earrings, $400, Dior, B.H., 310-859-4700; dior.com. Katrina LaPenne 14-karat-gold talon studs, $155, Esqueleto, L.A., 213-947-3508; shopesqueleto.com. Anita Ko Plain singlerow ear cuff in 18-karat white gold, $425; anitako.com. p.91 Kenya wears: Versace yellow and black printed viscose jersey and crepe dress, $1,890, and yellow and black printed matte lycra leggings, $620, Versace, B.H., 310-205-3921; versace.com. Dior Amulette D’amour ring, $280, and ring, price upon request, Dior, B.H., 310859-4700; dior.com. Anita Ko large diamond spike stud earrings, 18-karat white gold with diamonds, $2,850; anitako.com. Katrina LaPenne 14-karat-gold talon studs, $155, Esqueleto, L.A., 213-947-3508; shopesqueleto.com. Will wears: Versace wool tartan blazer, $1,895, yellow and black V-neck knitted vest, $695, and Icon small shoulder bag in printed calf, $2,175, Versace, B.H., 310-205-3921; versace.com. Henry & William men’s rhinestone skull print jogger sweatpants with drawstring front, $50; amazon.com. Adeline Jewelry sterling silver knife edge hoops, $90, Esqueleto, L.A., 213-947-3508; shopesqueleto.com. Katrina LaPenne sterling silver talon studs, $120, Esqueleto, L.A., 213-947-3508; shopesqueleto.com. John Hardy men’s classic Chain Jawan blackened band ring in 18-karat gold, sterling silver, and black rhodium, $695, John Hardy, L.A., 310-203-9690; johnhardy. com. p.92 Kenya wears: Gucci Almond flower multicolor silk satin georgette bomber jacket with contrast fringe details, $8,500, Cobalt multicolor technical jersey jacket with knitted details and contrast GG printed inserts, $1,800, bra jewel in metal with aged gold finish and white and green crystals, $5,400, and vintage camel GG printed technical jersey tracksuit pants with knitted cuffs and drawstring detail at the waistline, $1,500, Gucci, B.H., 310278-3451; gucci.com. Hanes women’s mini-ribbed cotton tank, $10; hanes.com. T. Kahres 10-karat-gold piccolo studs, $145, Esqueleto, L.A., 213-947-3508; shopesqueleto.com. Jennifer Fisher Dna Huggie hoops, $130; jenniferfisherjewelry .com. Will wears: Gucci Rainbow all-over
angry tiger printed technical jersey over zipped jacket with knit and web details, $1,980, and Rainbow all-over angry tiger printed technical jersey over jogging pants with knit and web details, $1,380, Gucci, B.H., 310-278-3451; gucci.com. John Hardy Men’s Classic Chain Jawan blackened band ring in 18-karat gold, sterling silver, and black rhodium, $695, John Hardy, L.A., 310-203-9690; johnhardy.com. Adeline Jewelry sterling silver knife edge hoops, $90, and Katrina LaPenne sterling silver talon studs, $120, Esqueleto, L.A., 213947-3508; shopesqueleto.com. p.94 Will wears: Hanes men’s ribbed cotton tank, $10; hanes.com. Adidas blue Beckenbauer track pant, $70; adidas.com. David Yurman Pure Form ring with diamonds, $650, David Yurman, B.H., 310-888-8618; davidyurman.com. Alexandra Jules Diamond Forever ring, 18-karat white gold, $2,500; alexandrajules.com. Kenya wears: Michael Kors Collection white and royal scattered rose satin Duchesse trench, $2,995, white and royal mini rosebud crushed georgette pajama shirt, $695, and white and royal mini rosebud crushed georgette pajama pant, $895, Michael Kors, B.H., 310-777-8862; michaelkors.com. Alexandra Jules single-row diamond huggies, $850; alexandrajules.com. Katrina LaPenne 14-karat-gold talon studs, $155, Esqueleto, L.A., 213-947-3508; shopesqueleto.com. p.96 Kenya wears: Burberry Honey stretch turtleneck top, $350, fully lined Cocoon coat, $2,690, bright yellow Graffiti print leggings, $390, and bright yellow Graffiti print pumps, $690, Burberry, B.H., 310-550-4500; us.burberry.com. Will wears: Burberry Graffiti Archive scarf print short-sleeve shirt, $690, and bright red Graffiti print leggings, $390, Burberry, B.H., 310550-4500; us.burberry.com. Hanes men’s ribbed cotton tank, $10; hanes.com. Adeline Jewelry sterling silver knife edge hoops, $90, and Katrina LaPenne sterling silver talon studs, $120, Esqueleto, L.A., 213-9473508; shopesqueleto.com. John Hardy 18-karat gold, sterling silver, and black rhodium men’s classic Chain Jawan blackened band ring, $695, John Hardy, L.A., 310-2039690; johnhardy.com. David Yurman Pure Form ring with diamonds, $650, David Yurman, B.H., 310-888-8618; davidyurman. com. Alexandra Jules Diamond Forever ring in 18-karat white gold, $2,500; alexandra jules.com. p.98 Will wears: Valentino men’s nylon camouflage down jacket, $2,295, camouflage crew neck sweatshirt, $1,250, camouflage bermuda short, $925, and camouflage slim-fit jersey, $925, similar styles
available at Valentino, S.F., 415-772-9835; valentino.com. David Yurman Streamline Signet ring with black onyx, $495, David Yurman, B.H., 310-888-8618; davidyurman .com. Gasoline Glamour Hellion fullcoverage headphones, $2,500; gasoline glamour.com. Kenya wears: Valentino women’s pink tiger sequin jacket, $6,600, and tiger skirt, $2,890, Valentino L.A., 310247-0103; valentino.com. Jennifer Fisher Stacked Gem rings, $80 each; jennifer fisherjewelry.com. Anita Ko diamond coil ring in 18-karat white gold with pavé diamonds, $8,000; anitako.com. p.99 Kenya wears: Fendi pink and green leather geometric cut-out coat, $9,500, and pink velvet pointed-toe slingback heels, $1,400; fendi .com. Dior ring, price upon request, Dior, B.H., 310-859-4700; dior.com. T. Kahres 10-karat gold piccolo studs, $145, Esqueleto, L.A., 213-947-3508; shopesqueleto.com. Jennifer Fisher Mini Gemstone ear crawler, $180; jenniferfisherjewelry.com. Will wears: Fendi blue and brown small logo check nylon trench, $2,071; fendi.com. David Yurman Pure Form ring with diamonds, $650, David Yurman, B.H., 310888-8618; davidyurman.com. p.100 Will wears: Balmain all-over stripe and embroidered jacket, $13,965, embroidered T-shirt with English flag, $3,800, and velvet pants, $1,260, Balmain, L.A., 323-230-6364; balmain.com. Gasoline Glamour American Woman Heart Crystal rhinestone sunglasses, $46; gasolineglamour.com. David Yurman Streamline Signet ring with black onyx, $495, David Yurman, B.H., 310-8888618; davidyurman.com. Kenya wears: Balmain Asymmetric Balmain dress, $3,200, Balmain, L.A., 323-230-6364; balmain.com. Jennifer Fisher Dna Huggie hoops, $130 and Stacked Gem rings, $80 each; jenniferfisherjewelry.com. Makeup, Kenya wears: Chanel Rouge Coco Shine lipstick in Deauville, $37; Palette Essentielle in Rose Naturel, $60; chanel.com. Lemonhead. LA Spacepaste glitter in Dirty Penny and Roosevelt, $22; getlemonhead.com. Will wears: Milk Tattoo Stamp, $12; milkmakeup.com.
shopping guide
PHOTO FINISH p.130 Calvin Klein Jeans Western Contrast shirt in dark blue with white pockets, $118, and straight tapered high-rise striped jeans in dark blue with white stripe, $128; calvinklein.com. Tiffany & Co. Tiffany T two ring in 18-karat white gold with diamonds, $2,950; tiffany.com. Christian Louboutin Pigalle Follies white leather pumps, $695; christianlouboutin.com.
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After leaving his native Japan to hone his culinary skills in Peru and Argentina, chef Nobuyuki “Nobu” Matsuhisa (noburestaurants.com) debuted Matsuhisa restaurant in Beverly Hills in 1987, forever altering Los Angeles’ fine-dining landscape. The sushi master has since built a hospitality empire—with business partner Robert De Niro—spanning 47 restaurants and seven hotels (and counting) across five continents. Still, the L.A.-based mogul’s name is arguably most synonymous with Malibu, where his iconic oceanfront restaurant Nobu—next to the Nobu Ryokan hotel—lures foodies from around the world. Here, Matsuhisa shares his Malibu musts. • Grom for authentic gelato made with ingredients imported from Italy. grom.it. • Malibu Farm Restaurant—a great spot for brunch. malibu-farm.com. • Solstice Canyon is a nice light hike with architectural ruins of past wildfires. 3455 Solstice Canyon Rd., Malibu. • One Gun Ranch practices biodynamic farming. Pick up their nutrient-packed produce at their shop, Ranch at the Pier. 1gunranch.com. • SunLife Organics for fresh juices and superfood smoothies. sunlifeorganics.com.
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Rhiannon McGavin is named after a mythological Celtic goddess, not a Fleetwood Mac song. “People always ask,” laughs the 20-year-old former Youth Poet Laureate of Los Angeles. Having studied Shakespeare since age 7, McGavin can wax poetic on any topic. “When I was little, I wanted to be a perfumer,” she says. “I would go around in the backyard with a bucket of water, putting weird leaves in, and then I would take my mom’s Dior perfume and replace it with my leaf water.” She now equates her former interest to her current passion by explaining that poetry, like perfume, “has an immediate effect and it’s something that unfolds on your skin over a longer period of time.” And while the UCLA English major may have published her first poetry book, Branches (Penmanship Books, $15), in 2017, she still doesn’t have her driver’s license. “I have a very intimate relationship with the Los Angeles Metro system,” jokes the Hollywood-bred writer, who has delivered spoken-word performances everywhere from West Hollywood’s Troubadour to New York City’s Lincoln Center. The daughter of a documentary filmmaker, McGavin goes by The Geeky Blonde on YouTube and often collaborates with her best friend, Ariela Barer, who stars in Marvel’s Runaways on Hulu. As for what the future holds, the self-proclaimed “superstitious” scribe declines to share, so that she doesn’t jinx it. “If there is a book next year, that would be amazing, but it’s not a given,” she says. “I’m happy not knowing everything.” • L INDZI SCH AR F
HAIR: PETE LAMDEN. MAKEUP: JO STRETTELL AT TRACEY MATTINGLY USING JILLIAN DEMPSEY. NAILS: LISA PEÑA-WONG AT OPUS BEAUTY USING PRETTY SIMPLE ESSIE GEL COUTURE. SEE SHOPPING GUIDE FOR DETAILS, P.126.
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