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JENNIFER SMITH

Founder, Editorial Director & CEO

JENNY MURRAY

Editor & President

Chief Content Officer ANDREW BARKER | Chief Creative Officer JAMES TIMMINS

Beauty Director

KELLY ATTERTON

Contributing Fashion Editor

REBECCA RUSSELL

Senior Editors

DANIELLE DIMEGLIO

KELSEY McKINNON

GINA TOLLESON

ELIZABETH VARNELL

Contributing Copy Editor

NANCY WONG BRYAN

Deputy Managing Editor

Masthead

ANUSH J. BENLIYAN

Photo Editor

LAUREN WHITE

Graphic Designer

DEAN ALARI

Contributing Editors Caroline Cagney, Elizabeth Khuri Chandler, Kendall Conrad, Nandita Khanna, Stephanie Rafanelli, Diane Dorrans Saeks, Stephanie Steinman, Nathan Turner

Contributing Writers Max Berlinger, Catherine Bigelow, Christina Binkley, Samantha Brooks, Alessandra Codinha, Kerstin Czarra, Peter Davis, Helena de Bertodano, Rob Haskell, Martha Hayes, Marshall Heyman, David Hochman, Christine Lennon, Ira Madison III, Martha McCully, David Nash, Jessica Ritz, Dan Rookwood, S. Irene Virbila, Chris Wallace

Contributing Photographers Guy Aroch, David Cameron, Mark Griffin Champion, Gia Coppola, Victor Demarchelier, Amanda Demme, Michelangelo Di Battista, Lisa Eisner, Douglas Friedman, Sam Frost, Adrian Gaut, Beau Grealy, Zoey Grossman, Pamela Hanson, Rainer Hosch, Kurt Iswarienko, Danielle Levitt, Kurt Markus, Blair Getz Mezibov, Lee Morgan, Ben Morris, Pia Riverola, David Roemer, Alistair Taylor-Young, Jack Waterlot, Jan Welters

Contributing Fashion Directors Chris Campbell, Petra Flannery, Maryam Malakpour, Katie Mossman, Samantha Traina

RENEE MARCELLO

Information Technology

Executive Director

SANDY HUBBARD

Director Digital, Sales & Marketing

AMY LIPSON

Sales Development Manager

ANNE MARIE PROVENZA

Controller

LEILA ALLEN

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SAINT LAURENT BY ANTHONY VACCARELLO

Velvet Talia boots, $1,190, ysl.com.

Our homes become an extension of ourselves in so many ways. Is it inviting and warm? Or is it messy and chaotic? And what does that message convey to anyone who enters? I would want anyone who visits me at home to feel welcome as they see the collections of things I hold near and dear, like souvenirs along my life’s path.

The people and homes we profile in this special Fashionable Living issue of C all exemplify how to live stylishly in an authentic way. The thing that strikes me as I flip through image after beautiful image of these subjects is the consistency in their design choices and how it absolutely reflects each homeowner to a T. Be it the art-filled Los Angeles abode of Christie’s deputy chairman Sonya Roth, or the cabinet of curiosities that make up jewelry designer Daniela Villegas and furniture designer Sami Hayek’s Beverly Hills home, or even the clean, modern lines of retailer Elyse Walker’s St. Helena homestead—every aesthetic choice and design decision is a direct nod to the inhabitant’s own distinct style.

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Wool Houndstooth Charm Nano Fendigraphy handbag, $1,290, fendi.com.

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LOUIS VUITTON

Objets Nomades Diamond Mirror PM by Marcel Wanders Studio, $4,650, louisvuitton.com.

ON THE COVER

And then there is our talented and powerful cover subject (named on Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People of 2022” list), actor and activist Mila Kunis—styled in the finest of this autumn’s sartorial offerings. Her beauty genuinely emanates from within, as her knowledge and passion for her causes are what truly make her shine. She talks the talk all while finding balance with work and family life—and if that isn’t the most fashionable way to live, I don’t know what is.

JENNIFER SMITH

Founder, Editorial Director and CEO

MILA KUNIS wears DIOR top and skirt. GANNI boots. CARTIER bracelet and ring

Photography by VICTOR DEMARCHELIER. Fashion Direction by KATIE MOSSMAN Hair by CHAD WOOD at The Wall Group. Makeup by TRACEY LEVY at Forward Artists. Manicure by KIM TRUONG at Star Touch Agency.

VICTOR DEMARCHELIER

Victor Demarchelier is a fashion and portrait photographer whose portfolio includes campaigns for international labels such as Ralph Lauren, Dolce & Gabbana, Dior and Lancôme, as well as editorials for the likes of Numero, Interview, Vogue and Vogue Paris. For this issue, the New York-based talent shot our cover star, Mila Kunis, in Los Angeles, p.62. MY C SPOTS • The picturesque drive from Gold Beach to Crescent City • Ferndale, a Victorian village set in the Redwoods • The quaint, tiny community of Honeydew on the Lost Coast

ROGER DAVIES

The work of English-born, Laurel Canyon-based lensman Roger Davies has been seen in and on the covers of Architectural Digest, Elle Decor and Vogue Living, and in the tomes of designers and studios such as Nate Berkus and Nickey Kehoe. Davies captured the vibrant, eclectic home of Daniela Villegas and Sami Hayek for “Animal House,” p.88. His new book, published by Monacelli Press, comes out Nov. 23. MY C SPOTS • The Henry Miller Library in Big Sur • The Station shop in Joshua Tree • The Ford amphitheater is the most beautiful outdoor venue in L.A.

Contributors

FRANÇOIS DISCHINGER

Born in South Africa, schooled in Canada and trained all over the world, German lensman François Dischinger— who today calls New York City home—photographed Elyse Walker’s Napa farmhouse for “Fine Wine & Haute Design,” p.80. His roster of clients includes Architectural Digest, Wallpaper* and Herman Miller. MY C SPOTS • The drive and stops from Philo to Elk—a dream within a dream • The Sunset Tower for a lazy poolside late breakfast • L.A.’s MOCA is surprisingly calm and epic at the same time

JESSICA SAMPLE

Previously the deputy photo editor at Travel + Leisure, photographer Jessica Sample grew up in L.A. (where she is based today) and has traveled across the globe—from Bhutan and Indonesia to Europe and Africa—having taken pictures ever since childhood. She turned her lens to the Hancock Park home of Christie’s executive Sonya Roth for “Home Is Where the Art Is,” p.72. MY C SPOTS

• Tidepooling at Rincon Beach in Carpinteria • Magpies in Silver Lake for the most inventive soft serve and toppings • Hiking around Abbotts Lagoon in Point Reyes

CONTRIBUTORS

ANUSH J. BENLIYAN

LESLEY McKENZIE KELSEY McKINNON

DAVID NASH GEMMA ZOË PRICE

JESSICA RITZ

REBECCA RUSSELL

ELIZABETH VARNELL S. IRENE VIRBILA

SOHO STYLE

Soho House has long been a home away from home for creatives who have sought refuge inside its poshly layered interiors. Now, members and non-members alike can recreate the worldly Soho House look at home with the opening of Soho.Home.Studio. The two-story retail space spanning over 9,300 square feet on tony Melrose Avenue draws inspiration from the nearby Los Angeles clubs including Soho House West Hollywood, Soho Warehouse, Little Beach House Malibu and the newly opened

Holloway House. Alongside exclusive furniture and homewares from the Soho Home collection, guests will also find unique artworks from the studio’s ongoing collaboration with M.A.H Gallery and vintage pieces. Meanwhile, as a nod to Soho House’s creative family, a dedicated Member Market will feature a rotating selection of products by Soho House cardholders. With a team of in-house interior designers on hand for complimentary consultations, plus a café and lounge area, feel free to make yourself right at home. 8540 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood, 310-621-4500; sohohome.com. K.M.

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With the opening of Soho.Home.Studio , Californians can take the Soho House club aesthetic home with them

Soho.Home.Studio L.A.’s rich inventory includes Oxley coffee tables crafted from solid Italiansourced Arabescato Corchia marble, from $3,821 each.

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STELLAR CAST

The graphic prints of Frank Stella figure prominently in Stella McCartney’s Fall/Winter 2022 ready-to-wear collection, a collaboration with the Massachusetts-born artist known for his minimalist abstract paintings and sculptural maximalist work. The line, aptly called Stella by Stella, features vibrant prints inspired by the 1994 Spectralia lithograph and pieces that evoke his geometric-shaped canvases, as well as dresses and slim flannel suits bearing the artist’s famed color-blocked linework. Though Stella spent most of his career in New York, he worked on and off in Los Angeles for Gemini Graphic Editions Limited making prints in the 1960s. The patterns McCartney applies throughout the collection are arresting, spanning the artist’s broad-ranging career. Knitwear twin sets and masculine wool coats feature lines from Stella’s V Series lithographs from the 1960s, while fluid stretch viscose dresses showcase his Moby Dick -inspired 1980s Ahab prints. Silk dresses with embroidered gunmetal chain fringe evoke the artist’s metallic sculptures of the 1990s. stellamccartney.com.

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In collaboration with Disney, Givenchy’s new capsule collection celebrates the beloved spotted dogs of the 1961 animated film 101 Dalmatians with styles including spotted destroyed denim, two-tone Cut Out bags, rubber platform slides, leather sneakers and heart-shaped jewelry. “I think it’s important in the creative field to have magic and wonder inside your heart,” says designer Matthew M. Williams, who developed the trove of readyto-wear for men and women. He notes that house founder Hubert de Givenchy, a devoted dog owner who loved animals and commissioned Diego Giacometti to make small sculptures of them, led to the selection of this particular film for the capsule. For the occasion, Disney animators developed a hand-drawn animated short of the dogs on holiday in Paris—where they meet an animated Kate Moss while getting a first look at the new designs in a Givenchy boutique window. South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol

Costa Mesa, 714-545-2185; givenchy.com. E.V.

STELLA MCCARTNEY: STEPHEN JAFFE; MAXIMILIAN EICKE OF MAX ID NY: NOE DEWITT; VIRGIL ABLOH: JEAN BAPTISTE MONDINO (PORTRAIT), ASSOULINE.COM (BOOK), WINTER VANDENBRINK (DO-RAG), LOUIS VUITTON MALLETIER (SHOES). MAGNLES: ERIC PETSCHEK.

STELLA MCCARTNEY ’s Fall/Winter 2022 collection debuted at the iconic Centre de Pompidou in Paris. Below: A knitwear set inspired by FRANK STELLA’s V Series prints.

Encompassing the arc of eight seminal menswear collections, Louis Vuitton: Virgil Abloh (Assouline, $120) immortalizes the French fashion house’s artistic director of menswear, who passed away last November at age 41 after a battle with cancer. Written by the designer’s close collaborator, Anders Christian Madsen of British Vogue and i-D, the book traces Abloh’s early days as a visionary entrepreneur who trained as an architect and later founded the brand OffWhite. Abloh, the first African-American to hold the role at Vuitton, based his practice around a child’s outlook on life. Balloons, paper planes and kites fill his dream-like sets, and his core questions—“What is art, who makes it, where does it hang, and who gets to look at it?”—continue to resonate, as do the shoes. The volume’s expanded iteration includes a compendium of sneakers, down to Abloh’s 2022 Air Force 1s. Trainers, he said, evoke our childhoods, invite us to recall certain eras and “are linked so much to emotion.”

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IN ACTION

Independent activewear brand Magnlens recently opened its first brick-and-mortar boutique in Los Angeles to house its sustainably produced line. The 1,600-squarefoot store is stocked with monthly drops featuring Vice President Creative Director Andrew Buckler’s breathable and moisture-wicking men’s and women’s clothing, footwear and accessories. The highperformance textiles and knits are made from bark, wood pulp, leaves and other plant-based materials that are milled to create soft viscose, modal and lyocell yarns, in addition to recycled polyester, wool, rayon, bamboo and cotton. The moody, minimalist space, designed by Natalia Coll and Santiago Hinojos’ Laseu Studio, will host pop-ups and live online sales directly from the store, where you can find everything from blazers, varsity jackets and sweater vests to snap-front polos, crop tops, sweats, anorak dresses and all manner of T-shirts. Westfield Century City, 10250 Santa Monica Blvd., L.A., 424-284-3350; magnlens.com. E.V.

Clockwise from top: Late designer VIRGIL ABLOH. A do-rag from the Fall/Winter 2021 collection. Various editions of LOUIS VUITTON: VIRGIL ABLOH. Metallic gold sneakers from the designer’s Louis Vuitton x Nike Air Force 1 collaboration.

Inside the L.A. boutique.

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Clockwise from far left: LOEWE Anagram wool blanket,

Puffer Flamenco clutch, $2,950, Ivy natural wax candle, $213, and Balloon pump, $1,100. Stylist's own vase.

Photography by MARK GRIFFIN

Fashion Direction by REBECCA RUSSELL

a home for the Spanish brand's head-to-toe accessories

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THOROUGHLY MODERN

In 2013, Los Angeles–based architects Brett Woods and Joseph Dangaran founded their eponymous firm on a pledge to keep the spirit of modernism alive in California, attuning its principles to 21st-century living while minimizing visual noise. Ten years later, the monograph Woods + Dangaran (Rizzoli New York, $75) details some of the pair’s quintessential projects: both new builds and passion projects through which they restored, renovated and maintained historic homes in L.A. and surrounding areas for future generations.

“These projects represent the values that we use to approach every project: the connection of interior to exterior spaces, the importance of each home conversing with the landscape and blending with the context, the use of natural materials so that the homes are timeless in their design and are not influenced by short-term trends,” says

Woods, whose own home, settled over a natural arroyo in Palm Springs’ Desert Palisades, is the first to be showcased in the book’s glossy pages.

Sumptuous photography documents the restoration of Moore House, a 1950s Craig Ellwood home in Los Feliz, where the firm added a swimming pool carefully oriented on the central stair axis for a formal feel, and interiors rich in teak wood, volcanic ash-glazed porcelain tile, green Verde Borgogna marble and other unique fabrics—including a custom bed crafted from tufted leather.

A planar 5,000-square-foot Clear Oak residence on a three-acre lot—believed to have once been the home of Bing Crosby’s business manager—was updated for entertaining while remaining true to its original architectural language. Reimagined outdoor spaces include a firepitanchored lounge, a vegetable garden and a cantilevered, corner infinity-edged pool fronting the master bedroom.

The architects at Woods + Dangaran on reinventing modernism for this century

Inside, from a blind approach, travertinefloored, glowing teak interiors open to immediate panoramic views of the San Gabriel and Santa Susana mountains.

“Having the opportunity to reflect on our practice has been an important process for us and will help shape the way we approach the next 10 years of our work. Honesty of form, the use of natural materials, and the simplicity and focus on detailing remain a part of daily conversation in the studio,” adds Dangaran.

“It is a humbling experience to have gone through the process of having our work memorialized in print.” X

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BRETT WOODS

Clockwise from top right: A glass bridge joins the two rectangular wings of architect BRETT WOODS

Palm Springs Desert Palisades home. Custom furnishings inside a Scandinavian-inspired Mar Vista abode. The Moore House in Los Feliz—a 1965 Craig Ellwood property that Woods and JOSEPH DANGARAN returned to its former charm. The Clear Oak residence in Encino features enlarged windows and floorto-ceiling glass doors. Creeping fig vines cover the exterior of a Culver City home. Opposite, from top: The pool at Desert Palisades. The Palm Springs residence is perched above existing boulders.

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IN GOOD COMPANY

Over the past decade, L.A. Dance Project members have leaped through Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl and the Theatre at Ace Hotel. Not to mention special on-site performances at Schindler House and MOCA, or even through everyday traffic at Union Station. Guided by founder Benjamin Millepied, the nonprofit has become a prominent fixture in the city, captivating audiences and bystanders alike. Now, the company toasts its 10th anniversary with a star-studded gala this fall, coinciding with four days of performances in partnership with Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels, the jewelry house’s choreographic arts initiative. Head to LADP’s space in downtown L.A. to catch two nights of Millepied’s Be Here Now and Crowd by French choreographer Gisèle Vienne (Oct. 26-27). Also on deck are free performances of Slow Show by choreographer Dimitri Chamblas at MOCA (Oct. 25 and 28). ladanceproject.org; dancereflections-vancleefarpels.com. E.V.

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The padlock, always an inspiration at Tiffany & Co., returns to the forefront of the storied jewelry house’s latest collection. The all-gender Tiffany Lock bracelet, in 18-karat yellow, rose or white gold, reinterprets an archival design as a sleek and modern accessory. The company had made functioning padlocks in the late 1800s and memorably employed the motif in its midcentury designs for key rings, money clips, brooches and necklaces, later reintroducing the shape in recent collections such as Tiffany HardWear. Today, the new Tiffany Lock bracelets’ click closure evokes the sound of the earliest fastenings. The handsome ovals—the company’s nod to inclusivity and togetherness—are available in diamondembellished or metal-only styles. tiffany.com. E.V.

SOFTLY DOES IT

The dreamy soft separates in Loro Piana’s latest collection are designed to gently envelope our bodies throughout the day, for moving fluidly through our lives at home and out in the world. The Cocooning Collection is comprised of everyday pieces made from sumptuous materials, spanning cashmere slip dresses, trousers and shorts mixed with crop tops, camisoles, hoodies, turtlenecks and ribbed cardigans, plus ideal-forfall thigh-high socks and slippers. The loungy looks for meditative moments or coffee runs have a muted, earthy color palette attuned to shades of autumnal foliage and the seasonal changes ahead. If ever there were a look signaling calm, this is it. loropiana.com.

LORO PIANA Aircash Turtleneck, $1,680.

Imaan Hammam (left) and Tyshawn Jones wearing Tiffany Lock jewels.

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When an image becomes visible as a print, it transforms from an abstract idea into reality. For WhiteWall, that means that a picture is only complete once it is hanging on the wall. We achieve perfection through craftsmanship, innovation, and use of the very best materials. Our award-winning gallery quality is always accessible to photo enthusiasts both online and in our stores.

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Inside the Denmark living room of HAY furniture founders Mette and Rolf Hay is one of the original Eames Molded Plywood chair prototypes from the 1940s made by Herman Miller. The Danish design couple, makers of inspired minimalist furniture and lifelong admirers of the work of their California design heroes, have now put their own distinctive spin on the Eames’ iconic pieces with the debut of the Herman Miller x HAY Collection. The range includes eight reinterpreted classics such as Wire chairs and tables, Hang-It-All hooks, and, of course, the Hays’ favorite, the Molded Plywood chair, in vibrant new colorways such as iron red, toffee, powder yellow and HAY’s ubiquitous forest green. Mette also personally requested a reissue of the 1955 Jacob’s Coat textile designed by Alexander Girard for a special edition of the Eames Sofa Compact—because some things just don’t need to be changed. us.hay.com; hermanmiller.com. K.M.

HALL OF WONDERS

Atrio, Jeremiah Brent’s new lifestyle and home boutique in Culver City’s Platform complex, is a culmination of various lifetime aspirations. “I’ve wanted to have a store since I was a kid,” says the AD100 interior designer (and husband of Nate Berkus), who maintains studios in New York City and Los Angeles. Meaning “atrium” in Portuguese, Atrio is an homage to Brent’s grandmother’s heritage and the special spot in her home that sparked his early love of design. The immersive space features his eclectic picks keyed to all five senses, ranging from his favorite olive oil to bedding to fresh flowers, plus a private-label furniture collection. Next up: Juliet, a restaurant he’s designing next door. 8888 Washington Blvd., Ste. 100, Culver City, 424-766-1633; shopatrio.com. J.R.

PORTRAIT: JAKE STANGEL FOR HERMAN MILLER, COURTESY OF THE EAMES FOUNDATION. ATRIO: SITU PHOTOGRAPHY. FUTURE PERFECT: ELIZABETH CARABABAS. SOMEWHERE IN CARMEL: WILLOW VOGT PHOTOGRAPHY.

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BACK TO THE FUTURE

Twenty years after launching The Future Perfect, David Alhadeff has opened the doors to the Goldwyn House in Beverly Hills, which will double as his private residence and an appointment-only shoppable gallery for cuttingedge contemporary design. The native New Yorker had had his eye on the gracious neoclassical property, the former home of the pioneering film producer Samuel Goldwyn, for some time. Alhadeff jokes, “I reached a point where I just said, ‘Let’s go see that expensive grandma house!’ The moment I walked in, I knew this was it.” He worked with landscape designer Art Luna on the gardens and filled the historic rooms with hard-tofind, limited-edition and one-of-a-kind pieces that will be displayed on rotation. “It’s awesome as my dining room is completely redesigned every three to six months,” says Alhadeff, a trailblazer in experiential design with outposts in New York, San Francisco and, previously, a midcentury pad in Los Angeles. His latest move, however, is decidedly his most personal, offering a strong case for the workfrom-home contingent. thefutureperfect.com. K.M.

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Zoë de Givenchy launched her luxury tabletop line Z.d.G. in the spirit of family. The native Australian is married to Olivier de Givenchy (the nephew of the legendary French couturier Hubert de Givenchy), and they along with their two children split their time between Beverly Hills, Malibu and Europe. Inspired by her late uncle-in-law’s consummate taste, de Givenchy’s precious pieces— from scalloped linen placemats to delicate floral faience dishes made by artisans in the quaint French town of MoustiersSainte-Marie—are meant to be passed down through generations. This fall, de Givenchy has teamed up with Laure Hériard Dubreuil of The Webster for a special collection (the French transplant also happens to split time between Beverly Hills and Malibu). Z.d.G La Savane (which translates to “the savannah”) features a frolicsome safari of leopards, flamingos and lions amid palms, umbrella pines and birds of paradise—a playful display of the pair’s design prowess. zdgofficial.com. K.M.

SOMEWHERE TO BE

Anne Freeman is no stranger to retail. After co-founding the elevated skateboarding and lifestyle boutique Huf in San Francisco in 2002, the Carmel native and her baker husband, Dave Ransone, have set up shop in her hometown. Called Somewhere (a tongue-in-cheek reference to Carmel’s lack of formal addresses), the boutique features a curated collection of everyday essentials that fit Freeman’s definition of “California cozy”— think Gregory Parkinson Surround bedding, Aloha to Zen pillows, ceramics by Helen Levi, and, come fall, kitchenware edited by Ransone. “But everything is elevated and can exist in even the most luxurious lives and homes,” says Freeman, who also tapped into her skateboard clothing manufacturing background to make a soft and comfy Somewhere apparel line. “Everyone gets to Carmel and is instantly looking for a sweatshirt because it’s often colder than expected,” she says, adding with a laugh, “I wanted to make sure they left our town looking cool.” San Carlos St. between Ocean Ave. and 7th Ave., Carmel-by-the-Sea; somewhereincarmel.com. L.M.

From top: Balloon-shaped epoxy chairs by Korean designer SEUNGJIN YANG showcased at THE FUTURE PERFECT 's GOLDWYN HOUSE. A wooden sculptural dining table by artist CASEY McCAFFERTY. Fall programming will include works by ERIC ROINESTAD, KARL ZAHN and more.

Z.D.G. Animaux de la Savane leopard dessert/side plate, $151.

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Thom Browne

Actor Ayo Edebiri on challenging herself and suiting up in Thom Browne

Lobster-motif cashmere cardigan, $2,690, backstrap pants, $1,890, and Mrs. Thom bag, $5,490, with merino wool 4-bar socks, $120, and slingback penny loafers, $1,490. Below left: Toile silk twill sport coat, $3,150, tie, $240, and pleated skirt, $2,450.

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little spectacle is good. It’s healthy,” says Ayo Edebiri after a chilly morning spent wandering through San Francisco’s Ferry Building sipping coffee. The 26-year-old actor, writer and producer, who plays Sydney Adamu, the young sous chef in the manic and claustrophobic kitchen of a Chicago sandwich shop on FX’s The Bear, is also a stand-up comedian accustomed to navigating her own high-wire acts. She grew up in Boston and studied education at NYU before scrapping her teaching career and pivoting to comedy and acting. Today she is reflecting on the notion of risk.

“My dad says if you’re doing what you’re supposed to do, you’ll feel challenged,” says Edebiri, whose father is Nigerian and mother is from Barbados. “My parents were two people who had to go through the motions a bit because they didn’t have much of a choice. They instilled in me that you have one life— kind of go for it,” she adds. It’s through this lens that Edebiri also views fashion.

“If you’re doing what you’re supposed to do, you’ll feel challenged”

Having been raised in a Pentecostal household meant pants and pop culture were forbidden, but she discovered the Japanese street-style magazine FRUiTS and did a “passive study” of the images. “I couldn’t listen to Kanye but loved the idea of a Polo shirt, [and] couldn’t listen to Paramore but loved the punk.” Photographed at Thom Browne’s new San Francisco boutique in Jackson Square, Edebiri says Browne’s 2017 Met Gala puffer coat for Solange led to a bit of an obsession with the designer’s “sense of structure and play.” Dressed in his pieces, she says, “I feel like I can move—I can be myself.” 432 Jackson St., S.F., 415-655 3618; thombrowne.com. X

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AYO EDEBIRI wears

THOM BROWNE herringbone tweed frayed sport coat, $2,690, classic Oxford button-down shirt, $490, silk tricolor striped tie, $190, Donegal wool double-breasted mini skirt, $1,450, shearling pom beanie, $1,060, and Hector baguette pouch, $1,550.

Village at Corte Madera, Marin — castjewelry.com

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A new tome honors the iconic Sunnylands estate

Sunnyland

The definitive chronicle of Walter and Leonore Annenberg’s sprawling Rancho Mirage estate— originally published in 2016—has been updated to celebrate the 10th anniversary since the historic property opened to the public. Sunnylands: America’s Midcentury Masterpiece: Revised and Expanded Edition (Vendome Press, $60) includes 32 pages of new photography showing the Frederick Fisher and Partners-designed visitor center, the matured 15-acre contemplative gardens by landscape architect James Burnett and more. The lavishly illustrated book, written by Janice Lyle, the former executive director of the Palm Springs Art Museum, not only showcases the extraordinary work of its architect, A. Quincy Jones, and finely preserved interiors by William Haines, but speaks to the undeniable political and cultural relevance of a home often referred to as the “Camp David of the West.” The Annenbergs played host to a veritable who’s who of the 20th century, from eight

Clockwise from top: SUNNYLANDS was completed in 1966. The gardens feature more than 53,000 aridlandscape plants. Interiors by WILLIAM HAINES The new edition of the book comes out in November.

U.S. presidents and Queen Elizabeth II to Frank Sinatra and Truman Capote, and this book offers the most comprehensive inside look at the rich history of their iconic desert retreat.

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Ninety years after Coco Chanel launched her Bijoux de Diamants High Jewelry collection channeling the sun, moon and stars, CHANEL is expanding on its legendary founder’s initial collection with new pieces inspired by the same celestial bodies, encrusted with colorful gemstones. Dubbed the Chanel High Jewelry 1932 collection, the range features 77 designs— prices upon request—by Patrice Leguéreau, director of the house’s Chanel’s Fine Jewelry

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FINDERS KEEPERS

Amy Kehoe and Todd Nickey fancy themselves as modern-day hunters and gathers of uncanny beauty, which translates to eclectic, richly layered interiors for their discerning clientele. Now they are sharing the fruits of their labor with the opening of Household. Next door to their busy Nickey Kehoe interiors shop, Household offers a sophisticated spin on the old-fashioned community general store. Shelves are lined with a treasure trove of elevated everyday items for the kitchen, pantry, garden, mudroom and laundry. Think potted handmade paper geraniums from Green Vase, tinctures from Flamingo Estate and Nickey Kehoe’s own wabi-sabi dinnerware collection. In other words, all the items that make a house a home. 7270 Beverly Blvd., L.A., 323-384-6870; nickeykehoe.com. K.M.

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Louisa Pierce and Emily Ward believe in the art of more. The self-taught decorators and kindred spirits behind Pierce & Ward—who first met at a bar in NYC one fateful night in 2012—have transformed the abodes of such A-listers as Leonardo DiCaprio, Dakota Johnson and Kate Hudson with their cozy, glamorous and maximalistinclined interiors that layer Old World comforts and whimsical charm. With the debut of the design duo’s brick-and-mortar shop in Los Feliz last fall, admirers can now take a piece (or two) of Pierce & Ward home, be it a vintage dresser, upholstered loveseat, textiled tissuebox cover or pottery. Also in store is a pop-up with England’s House of Hackney (through December) featuring a limited-edition collaborative collection of wallpaper, lampshades and more. 1956 Hillhurst Ave., L.A., 323-522-3070; pierceandward.com. A.J.B.

NORDIC TRACK

The exchange of ideas between America and Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden—and the resulting brightly colored tableware and lean, modern furniture—is the focus of a new LACMA exhibition, Scandinavian Design and the United States, 1890-1980 (on view through Feb. 5, 2023). Michigan’s Cranbrook Academy of Art, designed by Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen (father of Eero), attracted a faculty of Nordic artists and students such as Charles and Ray Eames, Florence Knoll and ceramicist Toshiko Takaezu, explains Bobbye Tigerman, LACMA curator of decorative arts and design. She notes that Scandinavian design has greatly influenced California aesthetics. Over 175 works from furniture and textiles to ceramics and glass—and even knitted metal pieces by Arline Fisch—are included. “Recently, ‘Scandifornia’ style, melding the clean, minimalist aesthetic associated with both places, points to a shared design sensibility,” says Tigerman. 5905 Wilshire Blvd., L.A., 323-857-6000, lacma.org. E.V.

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From top: HOUSEHOLD BY NICKEY KEHOE. FLAMINGO ESTATE mud bath, $60, and other goods.

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SECOND NATURE

Great design is timeless, accessible and sustainable. That is the philosophy behind Kaiyo, the secondhand furniture marketplace that Alpay Koralturk launched in New York in 2015 (then called Furnishare) to combat the approximately 9 million tons of furniture that ends up in landfills each year. After expanding across the Northeast—and saving more than 3.5 million pounds of home goods along the way—the online retailer officially landed on the West Coast this past summer, offering its simplified services of buying and selling gently used homewares in Los Angeles and San Diego (with more cities to come). Shop the ever-changing discounted inventory of recent and vintage designs by makers including Design Within Reach, Ralph Lauren Home, RH, West Elm, Herman Miller and Room & Board—all inspected by the Kaiyo team—and get it delivered with white-glove service to your home. So sit back (on your newly acquired sofa) and relax. kaiyo.com. A.J.B.

For sellers, Kaiyo will professionally clean, photograph and securely store items.

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left: WORK IN PROGRESS Palm Springs Martini rug, $1,780. THE RUG COMPANY x KELLY WEARSTLER Surreal Shifts Cascadia Fawn rug, from $10,125, photographed at the Sowden House. Surreal Shifts District Silt rug, from $6,750.

ERIK LINDSTRÖM x SERENA DUGAN STUDIO Condesa rug, price upon request.

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FRESH PERSPECTIVE

Owners Eric and Zoe Kleinbub scored a terrific location for their new La Jolla restaurant, Paradisaea, in the modernist Piano Building designed by William Kesling and built in 1949. Culinary director Mark Weller, who spent over a decade cooking at New York City’s Eleven Madison Park and Nomad, is thrilled to leave braised short ribs behind and cook in a lighter coastal spirit. Happily exploring farmers markets and the renowned Chino Farm in Rancho Santa Fe, he notes, “It’s a little melting pot here, with all the ingredients you can find for different cuisines. Between all the stone fruit, tomatoes and different greens, I’m excited to just dive in and cook.” His menu is big. Oysters come with a frozen passion fruit sangrito, and tagliatelle is prepared with San Diego uni, Dungeness crab and sun gold tomatoes. He pairs Chino corn (the sweetest he’s ever tasted) with beef tenderloin, while white sea bass swims in a Szechuan peppercorn broth. Dessert? Mud pie made with his own coffee ice cream, rolled in cookie crumbs and served with a macadamia Bavarian cream. Good luck, though, remembering how to spell the restaurant’s name. 5680 La Jolla Blvd., La Jolla; paradisaea.com.

Dining News

COAST TO COAST

Chef Jonny Black has put in time in the high-pressure kitchens of Per Se, Atelier Crenn and Quince. Now, he and his wife, Monique, are debuting Chez Noir, their dream of an intimate, hyper-local restaurant in Carmel-by-the-Sea. “The food is inspired by the Big Sur coastline, the coasts of Brittany and the Spanish Basque Country with a little of Paris and New York mixed in,” explains Black. The kitchen does almost everything in-house, including charcuterie, pasta and baking—even making vermouth and caviar cured in salt from Big Sur. Dishes include a Tortilla Española topped with sea urchin and lime crema, and Txuleta, Basquestyle grilled beef with peppers, onions and potato. Yet, with seasonality and local seafood at the forefront, the menu will always change 5th Ave. between Dolores and San Carlos St., Carmel-by-the-Sea; cheznoircarmel.com. S.I.V.

RUM CLUB

While Giles Templeman was pursuing an MBA at UC Berkeley, he was puzzled at how little rum figured in California’s cocktail scene. He had grown up in Bermuda in a family of restaurateurs and really knows the Caribbean spirit. “I had this idea. Maybe it could be interesting to try and reinvent rum with California botanicals,” Templeman explains. Supplied with a list of every edible plant that grew wild in the state, he began experimenting, eliminating some and blending others. Eventually, he and his friends (later co-founders) came up with a recipe that clicked: aged rum from Trinidad and Nicaragua infused with California-grown ingredients like rosemary, lavender, burdock root and cherry bark. Last year, Templeman moved to Los Angeles and began connecting with local bartenders, challenging them to come up with cocktails featuring the new Callisto Botanical Rum. Now you can find Callisto at some of L.A.’s top destinations and beyond, including Caña Rum Bar, The Wolves, Clifton's Republic, Bar Franca, Soulmate, Manuela and the Alamitos Bay Yacht Club. callistorum.com. S.I.V.

Clockwise: Baja Kumiai oysters topped with frozen passion fruit sangrito. The Tiger Cruise ube cocktail. PARADISAEA chef de cuisine GABRIEL BONIS ( left ) and culinary director MARK WELKER.

Meyer lemon tarte with Chantilly cream and caviar.

FASHIONABLE LIVING 2022

Kunis talks life on her Los Angeles farm p.62 / A tour of Sonya Roth’s art-filled sanctuary p.72 / A trip to Elyse Walker’s wine country retreat p.80 / Inside Daniela Villegas and Sami Hayek’s Beverly Hills fun house p.88

When she isn’t fundraising for Ukraine, acting in hit TV shows or shaping the future of entertainment for Web 3.0, Mila Kunis is growing apples, plums and figs. She tells Rob Haskell how she realized her own take on the California dream

KUDOS TO KUNIS

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Photography by VICTOR DEMARCHELIER Fashion Direction by KATIE MOSSMAN

MICHAEL

GUCCI coat, price upon request. JIMMY CHOO boots, $725. CARTIER rings, from $4,000. Opposite: HERMÈS coat, $13,600, dress, $4,700, and legwarmers, $1,550. GANNI boots, $295.

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elcome to the chaos,” Mila Kunis says, her eyes moving in an arc across the soaring timbered living

room where at one end her son, Dmitri, 5, who has always been called Bear, hammers out a precociously plaintive series of chords on the grand piano. “At age 3, he composed a song on guitar about how we abandoned him to go to New York for a day.”

A din burbles up from downstairs, where Bear’s sister, Wyatt, 7, plays intern as a crew films her father, Ashton Kutcher, running on a Peloton Tread. Currently training for the New York City Marathon, he is interviewing the songwriter Jon Baptiste, also huffing and puffing on a treadmill beside him, for a Peloton class series. Kutcher is running the race to raise funds for his nonprofit, Thorn, which leverages technology to prevent the sexual exploitation of children online. Although there are 14 cars parked on the driveway, Kunis’ and Kutcher’s domain, a modern farmhouse at the crest of Beverly Hills, somehow exudes an air of transportive calm. Kunis herself seems to be the source of that calm.

Kutcher has said that his wife will do anything for a laugh. She cannot deny this. But Kunis, 39, who rose to fame on That ’70s Show before emerging as a big-screen rom-com queen, has of late been the grown-up in the room. In March of this year, that room was the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, where she and her husband may have been the only audience members who did not give Will Smith a standing ovation when he won an Academy Award for Best Actor.

with her roles and is only willing to shoot when her kids are on their summer break, produced and stars in the film based on Jessica Knoll’s bestselling novel of the same name. A psychological thriller that jumps between a boarding school, a glossy magazine office and an aristocratic country house, Luckiest Girl Alive is at its core, Kunis says, a story about the importance of forgiveness: “Forgiving yourself, especially. It’s very zeitgeist-y to talk about an unreliable narrator, but my character

its “100 Most Influential People of 2022” list after she raised nearly $40 million to bring supplies to Ukrainians affected by the war and housing to its refugees. Kunis was born in Ukraine, and she was 7 when her family emigrated to the United States on a refugee visa in order to escape the Soviet era’s structural antisemitism. They settled in West Hollywood, and her parents still live in the apartment where she grew up.

“I’m American,” Kunis says. “I assimilated

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“The idea of leading by example,” Kunis explains, “only makes sense when you actually have someone to lead. We have our tiny little tribe here at home, and never once do I want to tell them to do something if I’m not willing to do it myself. Not standing up to me was a no-brainer, but what was shocking to me was how many people did stand up. I thought, wow, what a time we’re living in that rather than do what’s right, people focus on doing what looks good. It’s insane to me.”

Keeping up appearances—in fact, rigorously maintaining a glamorous veneer to cover over the pangs of the past—is the subject of Luckiest Girl Alive, which debuted in theaters on Sept. 30 and started streaming on Netflix on Oct. 7. Kunis, who these days is very choosy

is just so full of contradictions. It’s a movie about the gray area.”

Offscreen, Kunis has been telling a very coherent story lately about living according to one’s convictions—and putting one’s money where one’s mouth is. Time magazine acknowledged this when it included her on

so quickly. I don’t speak Ukrainian, and my Russian is stunted at an 8-year-old level. But I will say that this war gave me a sense of identity larger than being just American. Having kids changes your perspective. When I was in my twenties, even my teens, my drive was always ‘how can I be more successful at

work?’ After I had kids, it was ‘how can I be a person that I want my kids to admire?’ So I went from career growth to self-growth. When the war broke out, my kids identified that Ukraine was a part of me before I did. They were like, ‘Mom, isn’t that where you’re from? Do we have family there? There’s a war happening—what are we doing about it?’”

When the Kunis-Kutchers (or KuKus, as they are apt to call themselves) try to change the world, they go about it in a specific way. In the last decade, Kutcher has become as well known for his Silicon Valley investments and entrepreneurship as for his work in Hollywood. Kunis has followed suit. When it came to the war in Ukraine, the couple immediately thought about ways to intervene through tech.

“The ‘us’ approach to a problem is the weird, logical, what-can-you-fix approach,” she explains. They had learned during the pandemic that at any given moment, huge quantities of supplies—for example, donations to UNICEF or the Red Cross—are just sitting in containers on cargo ships, and the barrier to distribution is the cost of transport. Kutcher is an investor in Flexport, an AI-based logistics company, which was able to get aid off ships and into hands. They also partnered with Airbnb.org, the nonprofit humanitarian arm of Airbnb, to provide emergency housing. “Ukraine was too big a problem to fix. So it became, how can we Band-Aid the problem until a larger force steps in? At the end of the day, you need billions if not trillions of dollars. The $40 million we’ve raised is a great way to keep people invested, to keep something in the news, to make sure people are talking about it. But it doesn’t resolve international wars. It just doesn’t.”

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It took the couple five years to realize their sustainable modern farmhouse, and when we meet in mid-August, they are, as Kunis puts it, “very much in the tomato business.” The kitchen garden bursts with baby carrots, squash, lettuces and the old tomato varieties that she is proud to have grown from seed. The pomegranate tree looks ready for a rich fall harvest, lemongrass grows like a weed, and there is enough dill to supply a Ukrainian grocery. Kunis’ thumb, she says, is not exactly green, but it isn’t black, either. “Let’s call it gray. And don’t judge my pruning. And be careful of the snakes.” At the other end of the property, past the pool and a barbecue

“When the war broke out, my kids identified that Ukraine was a part of me before I did” MILA KUNIS

says, “and then we moved in four months before COVID hit. We didn’t realize how incredible it was to have a fully sustainable house until the world shut down.” The gardens are designed to offer varied pleasures throughout the year, and all four family members are expected to work together to make things grow. “My husband’s from the Midwest, and a lot of this has to do with his upbringing. He’s like, we’re building a farm and we’re all going to work on the farm. I’m from L.A., and I was like, we are? This has been a big learning curve for all of us. My parents make fun of me that it probably costs more to grow a tomato here than to get one at the store. But I say, at least my kids will understand the value of a tomato and how much work goes into growing it. It’s good not to be afraid to get dirty. I was just listening to a doctor who said that the people who grow and thrive in life are comfortable being uncomfortable, daily. Whether it’s learning something new, doing something a little bit scary—all of that makes you stronger.”

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pavilion whose new pizza oven was Kutcher’s anniversary gift to his wife this year, are rows of espaliered apple trees—a constant temptation to the deer, who are themselves a constant temptation to the mountain lions. There are apricots and plums, an overabundance of purple figs, and Kunis’ and her daughter’s favorite, the Australian finger lime tree. Also called a “caviar lime,” the dainty green fruit breaks open to reveal hundreds of tart beads.

The farm is mostly off the grid. It is fully solar powered and well watered. The exterior timber was reclaimed from an old Wonder Bread factory. “We had this grand idea,” Kunis

This July, the family took their Sprinter van on a three-week road trip to the Western national parks, including Joshua Tree, the Grand Canyon, Arches, Monument Valley, Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse and—for Kunis, the highlight—Yellowstone. It was, she says, the time of their lives. They managed to remain fully unplugged, unlocking their phones only to take a photo or open a map. They entertained each other and made friends along the way. “A trip like this can allow you to love America again,” Kunis says. “You drive through a lot of red states. Clearly we were from California. No one cared. It was more like, oh, what are you guys grilling? Want to trade? What kind of beer do you have? We’d hang out, talk until midnight. The people we met were wonderful. You realize how the news can create a divide that doesn’t naturally exist, and how much more alike we are than different.” Kunis swears she’d still be on that Sprinter if she didn’t have work to do this fall.

Back in California, the family divides time between L.A. and their home outside Santa Barbara, which offers the children a reprieve from what Kunis calls “the fishbowl.” Recently her daughter asked whether, if she were to enter her name into Google, she would see paparazzi pictures of herself. “That was a bummer,” Kunis says. The beach house, by contrast, gives them “privacy but with people. It’s a weird little town where no one cares who

LOUIS VUITTON dress, polo sweater and pullover (tied around waist), prices upon request. GANNI boots, $295. CARTIER ring, $4,000.

“I didn’t go to college. I’m not an engineer. I’ve learned so much by just being curious and having a Rolodex ” MILA KUNIS

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you are. After two days they all got used to it.”

Last year, Kunis created an adult animated series, Stoner Cats, that could be purchased using NFTs. It was a joyous experiment, but now she is working on developing a comic book-based video game on the blockchain. She has partnered with a comic company to draw out the series, and her new company, Orchard Farm Productions, will develop the game, called Armored Kingdom, itself. Exactly how does a famous actor end up deep in the world of Web 3.0? “I didn’t go to college. I’m not an engineer. How would I ever have access to anything if I don’t know it already?” she asks.

“Ashton has been immersed in tech for 20 years now. So 10 years ago I started learning about it. I don’t need to be an engineer to build a product. That doesn’t stop me from partnering up with people. The simple idea of asking for assistance, mentoring,

partnership—this stuff is not common in the entertainment industry. But in tech it’s encouraged. People are like, ask me anything! Whether it’s AI or crypto or where the medical industry is going. I’ve learned so much by just being curious and having a Rolodex.”

But lest you think this means there are no rom-coms in Kunis’ future, fear not. She is an entertainer through and through and still lives to get a laugh. “At the end of the day, I just want to do something that allows people to escape for an hour and a half. That’s the world’s greatest medicine.” X

Above: CHANEL blazer, $5,650, cardigan, $3,300, shorts, $1,400, socks, $875, and boots, $1,100. CARTIER ring, $4,000. Opposite: SAINT LAURENT coat, $5,790.

JIMMY CHOO boots, $725. CARTIER ring, $4,000.

Market stylist MELINETTE RODRIGUEZ. Stylist assistant BOTA ABDUL. Hair by CHAD WOOD at The Wall Group. Makeup by TRACEY LEVY at FORWARD ARTISTS. Manicure by KIM TRUONG at Star Touch Agency. Prop stylist CATE KALUS.

HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS

Photography by JESSICA SAMPLE

Words by DEGEN PENER

Sonya Roth’s Hancock Park home has a Hollywood pedigree, but she made it a work of art by filling it with pieces by the L.A. artists she came to love as deputy chairman of Christie’s

1927 Spanish Colonial-style home of Christie’s executive SONYA ROTH.

“The collection is really L.A.centric. It’s like a dialogue of Los Angeles”

SONYA ROTH

Sonya Roth’s Hancock Park residence was built in 1927 for actor Paul Muni. Star of the original Scarface in 1932, Muni garnered five Academy Award nominations throughout his career, and won for Best Actor in 1937. The story goes that the first Oscars after-party took place at the Spanish Colonial-style house.

While the home’s first inhabitant helped usher in an era of Los Angeles being a oneindustry town, its current owner represents a new breed of arbiters who are making the city’s culture more inclusive of other forms of art.

An art collector and a former deputy attorney general for the state of California, Roth is a deputy chairman of Christie’s, overseeing the entire Western region. Her professional home base is the company’s sleek, two-story flagship in Beverly Hills, designed by architect Kulapat Yantrasast, which debuted in 2017. It includes a terrace for receptions and a gallery space for hosting events and previews, including a sneak peek of Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen’s $1 billion art collection this fall (Oct. 11-15) before its New York auction in November.

“I feel so blessed and so lucky that I’m always around great creativity,” says the powerhouse executive of her job.

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Art, especially works by L.A.-based artists, plays a big role in Roth’s life at home as well. The entry room—with works by Hollywood Babylon author and avant-garde filmmaker Kenneth Anger, ceramicist Shio Kusaka and Alex Israel, known for his smog-meets-sunset pastel canvases—is an homage to the city she loves. “It’s like a dialogue of Los Angeles,” says Roth, who grew up in Pacific Palisades. “The collection is really L.A.-centric.” Roth—a mom to three kids: Anabel, 12, Coco, 9, and Henry, 5—bought the house five years ago with her late husband, Josh Roth, an art lawyer and the former head of United Talent Agency’s Fine Arts division. The renovation of the six-bedroom residence lasted a year, with an overarching aim of creating more clean spaces to display artwork. That meant removing numerous chandeliers and sconces that weren’t original, refinishing the dark wood floors to their natural raw oak and taking out unnecessary columns and moldings. Nearly every surface was changed, with the walls

painted a gallery-like bright white. And yet, while the front rooms are more formal, the home also has kid-friendly areas such as a family TV room, a garage that’s been turned into a playroom, and a large backyard with a deck that Roth recently had redone.

Roth’s choices in design, such as a rare biomorphic Karl Springer coffee table in the living room, are as carefully considered as her art acquisitions. “I really want every piece to be special,” says Roth, who worked with interior designers Sarah Shetter and Cliff Fong on the home, bringing together decor from various eras. For example, the dining room is a clever mix of 1960s Italian wall sconces, 1960s Arne Jacobsen Seagull chairs with original leather, a Serge Mouille ceiling fixture, a Rick Owens dining table, an antique Swedish commode, African bowls and contemporary art. The wood paneling is made from quartersawn French oak, creating mesmerizing patterns, while the original doors were stripped of layers of paint— mostly. “We just left them a little gunky,

Roth stands in front of RASHID JOHNSON ’s 22nd of July in her Hancock Park home. Furnishings include MATHIEU MATÉGOT nesting tables from designer CLIFF FONG ’s GALERIE

HALF a WOVEN rug, an antique English long table and a STERLING RUBY ceramic atop a KARL SPRINGER coffee table.

Opposite: In the sitting room, a painting by WILL BOONE hangs next to a SERGE MOUILLE wall sconce.

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[unfinished and patinaed] in the corners,” says Roth, who similarly loves the black-andwhite antique marble flooring installed in the entry for its hand-chipped edges and “rough” look. The floor’s pattern is based on one Roth saw “in a lovely castle in Belgium.”

Always on the lookout for inspiration, Roth says she’s looking forward to a number of art exhibits this fall in Los Angeles, including a retrospective of the work of L.A.-based artist Henry Taylor at MOCA (opening Nov. 6) and Cy Twombly’s Making Past Present exhibit at the Getty Center (through Oct. 30). She also points to the opening of ever more galleries in L.A. by blue-chip dealers (including Pace, Lisson, David Zwirner, Marian Goodman, Karma and Sean Kelly) as a further testament to the rise of the city as an art capital. “There’s such a willingness to go out and see things and do things,” says Roth of the state of the art world in L.A. in 2022. “The energy has definitely returned.” X

Above: In the living room, two pieces by WILL BOONE Soldier and Reagan Mask —complement the JEAN PROUVÉ daybed, KAARE KLINT sofa, MANSOUR rug and custom ceiling fixture by PAUL FERRANTE A PIERRE JEANNERET chair and SHIO KUSAKA vase sit in front of the staircase. Opposite: PAUL MCCARTHY ’s Violet Bear, Pink hangs above a fireplace with tile from EXQUISITE SURFACES. Items include a stool and coffee table by CHARLOTTE PERRIAND, a BØRGE MOGENSEN sofa, ARREDOLUCE TRIENNALE floor lamp and a colorful painting by STANLEY WHITNEY

“There’s such a willingness to go out and see things and do things. The energy has definitely returned [to L.A.]”

From top: A seating area by the kitchen features a LARRY JOHNSON painting, an 18th-century Swedish table and JEAN PROUVÉ chairs. Roth and her three children enjoy the backyard. Opposite: The dining room is anchored by a RICK OWENS table and ARNE JACOBSEN Seagull chairs—all from GALERIE HALF—and accented by a SERGE MOUILLE ceiling fixture from REWIRE and a sculpture by JASON RHODES

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FINE WINE & HAUTE DESIGN

After two decades in Southern California, luxury retailer par excellence Elyse Walker has decamped to a farmhouse in Napa with her husband, David. But with two new stores in the works, she is far from winding down

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Photography by FRANÇOIS DISCHINGER Words by ELIZABETH VARNELL

ELYSE and DAVID WALKER ’s modern farmhouse-style St. Helena retreat made of stone and Japanese Charwood-finished cedar siding. Opposite: Walker wears a VALENTINO dress with a GUCCI bag while holding Delilah and California. A

KEITH HARING print, hanging above her bed, exemplifies her love of symmetry.

Fashion Direction by LAUREN GOODMAN. Shop similar styles at elysewalker.com and Elyse Walker stores.

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t’s been a shocking, unplanned, spontaneous surprise,” Elyse Walker confesses about her recent foray into Napa. The founder and CEO of eponymous fashion boutiques in Pacific Palisades, Newport Beach, Calabasas and St. Helena is known for her pioneering retail hunches. Stocking designer labels such as Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, Gabriela Hearst, Gucci and Wales Bonner, she’s been the first to carry such lines in many of the neighborhoods where she’s opened stores, and her St. Helena boutique was the only U.S. retail location to host last year’s Bottega Veneta sculpture installation inspired by Austrian Bauhaus artist Herbert Bayer. Such strategies have attracted clients including Kate Hudson, Michelle Pfeiffer and Cindy Crawford.

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Walker was raised in Scarsdale, New York, and grew up working in her mother’s Scarsdale and Upper East Side shoe stores before establishing her first shop in the Pacific Palisades in the late 1990s. She eventually

would split her time between Los Angeles, Cabo San Lucas and later Newport Beach. But when she and her husband, David, a banker turned real estate investor, found themselves searching for an in-state getaway where they could nurse their long-haired Chihuahua named Delilah back to health after an eye injury, they arrived in the storied Northern California wine region and promptly decided to stay.

The couple, who met in New York and have been married for 32 years, settled on a modern farmhouse-style design built in 2018 with a series of airy indoor-outdoor rooms created by San Francisco–based Nova Designs + Builds. The space is surrounded by vineyards and views of the Vaca and Mayacamas Mountains, and it emulates the sort of communal living Walker loved in Mexico. Industrial Corten steel siding, ancient stone and Japanese Charwood-finished cedar siding encase the house, while an 18-foot-wide sliding pocket door connects the indoor kitchen and vaulted dining and living rooms with an outdoor veranda, pool and sculptural firepit.

“I love math, so I love Keith Haring; it looks like a matrix to me”

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Clockwise from top left: A RETNA painting hangs above a vintage desk. CROFT HOUSE ’s steel-cased Arden dresser, topped with BOTTEGA VENETA CHANEL and LOUIS VUITTON bags, and GIANVITO ROSSI and SAINT LAURENT shoes, sits below ANDY WARHOL’s collage portrait of Mick Jagger. Walker hops atop RH linens. A wine closet with local vintages, Warhol shoe lithographs and a bag image by Retna. Opposite: Walker wields the pool skimmer in a dress by LA DOUBLEJ and GIANVITO ROSSI platforms.

The sun-soaked veranda’s views of the valley vineyards and surrounding Vaca and Mayacamas Mountains drew Walker to the house.

HARBOUR Hamilton sofas strung with OLEFIN rope surround a custom coffee table.

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Walker’s graffiti-influenced art collection, including pieces by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and Frank Stella, takes pride of place throughout. Once these prized paintings arrived, along with the antiques she had acquired over the years from shops on Venice’s Abbott Kinney Boulevard, Walker tapped Amber Lewis of Amber Interiors Design Studio—with whom she’s worked on previous homes and boutique interiors—to create layouts and advise on bed fabrics and curtains. Next, Walker opened all the doors and invited in the neighbors.

Harlan Estate’s Deborah Harlan, Colgin Cellars’ Ann Colgin, Erin Martin of Erin Martin Design, Scarecrow’s Mimi DeBlasio and Frank Family Vineyards’ Leslie and Rich Frank are among the frequent guests inside the wood- and steel-beamed living room, as is graphic designer Michael Vanderbyl. In fact, Vanderbyl even created a label for the Cabernet blends—affectionately called One-Eyed Delilah—that David creates with choice grapes from the Napa Valley Reserve, a private club nearby. The couple’s sons Ryan

and Kevin, both based in L.A., often join the gatherings on weekends. “I entertain almost every day, and my parents’ home was always open as well,” says Walker, who moves her art around in much the same way as she rearranges accessories from Acres Home & Garden on St. Helena’s Main Street and place settings from Carter and Co, all stored inside a nearly seamless wall of monochromatic dark walnut cabinets.

“I like a lot of everything or I like none. Once I like an artist, I usually follow and follow and follow,” she says, describing her collection that also includes pieces by Marquis Lewis (known as Retna) and up-and-coming talent Halim Flowers. “I love math, so I love Keith Haring; it looks like a matrix to me. I studied ordinary differential equations in college, and there’s something in Haring and Retna where I see patterns. Basquiat is organized chaos in a good way,” she adds. Retna’s large-scale works dripping with white or black paint, Haring’s manic silk screens of line-drawn figures and a Warhol collage of Mick Jagger are on rotation above

“Every day there’s a tasting —someone has a new olive oil, honey, chocolate— or there’s a garden party”

the house’s white oak plank floors. Warhol’s 1950s illustrations for shoe manufacturer

I. Miller, part of a hand-colored lithograph series titled À la recherche du shoe perdu, are playfully propped inside a wine closet with a selection of Napa vintages.

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“David and I met Marquis maybe 10 years ago,” says Walker, adding that MOCA’s 2011 Art in the Streets show curated by Jeffrey Deitch, among others, led her to him. “He writes in his own language, hieroglyphics and Hebrew.” The artist painted a wall of Walker’s Pacific Palisades boutique. “He was on a ladder, writing my words in his own writing, just as fast as I spoke them,” she adds, noting that he also lent his philanthropic support by donating works to the Pink Party, an annual gala Walker held in Los Angeles for 10 years— often co-hosted by Jennifer Garner—raising more than $11 million for Cedars-Sinai’s Women’s Cancer Research Institute. Retna lost a sister to the disease; Walker lost her mother, who passed from ovarian cancer at age 42. This turn of events led Walker to take over the family shoe business while finishing university. In May, she launched Rock Out/ Knock Out Cancer, a new Napa fundraiser held at Christopher Kostow’s The Charter Oak restaurant benefitting the St. Helena Hospital Foundation’s early cancer detection programs. While her husband works from an office above a hardware store, Walker is preparing to expand her St. Helena location in the spring and open two new ones in New York this fall, adding to her existing boutiques and three additional Southern California stores called Towne by Elyse Walker, which stock elevated basics. All this on the heels of launching her website’s e-commerce expansion, which has been two years in the making. And yet, she points out, there’s no shortage of newness all around her. “Every day there’s a tasting—someone has a new olive oil, honey, chocolate—or there’s a garden party,” Walker says. “These families are visionaries. Everyone shares their history and story with you, and it’s often a labor of love.”

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When decorating her midcentury Beverly Hills home, jewelry designer Daniela Villegas drew inspiration from the wonders of nature that inspire her pieces. The result is a menagerie of whimsy, frivolity, taxidermy and ephemera—as enticing as Eden itself

ANIMAL HOUSE

Photography by ROGER DAVIES

Words by MAX BERLINGER

Welcome to the jungle: The family den at the home of DANIELA VILLEGAS and SAMI HAYEK is dominated by a taxidermy bison head (wearing one of Villegas’ jewelry designs on its horn) that looks over a table made by the couple. The two bamboo chairs were intended to be used as outdoor furniture but add another area for conversation in the room.

“I like to be surrounded by things that connect me with my childhood”

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prove the point. “It makes me feel happy.”

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Surprisingly, the family has only been in this new pad for about six months after decamping from their former home in Bel-Air. Perhaps all these family totems and amulets served as good luck charms, because Villegas and Hayek were able to secure a new space that mirrored the look and energy of the former, right down to the fireplace that was a perfect match. As such, much of the decorating was a relatively easy job, and on the hot summer’s day we visited, the house looked like a fully realized carnival.

It should come as no surprise that jewelry designer Daniela Villegas was born on Día de los Muertos. The Mexican holiday is best known as a day of remembrance for beloved ancestors who have passed on, but instead of playing out like a mournful dirge, it’s a riotous celebration infused with color, drinking, laughter and joy.

So, too, is the Beverly Hills home Villegas shares with her husband, Sami Hayek, an interior and furniture designer, and their two young children (plus, of course, Tito, the Maltipoo). “It was like a continuous fiesta,” she remembers of the sacred occasion that doubles as her birthday party. “That’s why I like to be surrounded with that feeling.”

Fiesta, indeed. Walk into the classic midcentury modern dwelling—a large, open plan that looks out directly onto the Hockney-esque backyard pool, which bounces undulating afternoon light off the walls—and your senses will be electrified, confronted with a mélange of clashing patterns, piñata hues and a trove of dramatic objets d’art. It’s part natural history museum, part Mexican fun house, a pointed riposte to the placid beige interiors that trend on social media. The whirl of soulful visual stimuli acts as a compelling contrast to the soothing architecture in which it’s housed, and is loaded with personality. “I love texture, I love color,” Villegas says, wearing a flowing, patterned Dries Van Noten dress, as if to

Not that there aren’t surprises abound. Take, for instance, Villegas’ “office”—a desk sitting smack dab in the middle of the family room, facing a jungle of florid Josef Frank wallpaper and topped with framed boxes of mounted butterflies and insects from a creature collection she’s been amassing for the better part of 15 years. Installed on the wall is the work of family friend Eduardo Sarabia, a menagerie of clay, ceramic, fiber glass and cast metal birds perched around a framed painting of a ceiba tree; this sits over two chairs which bookend a side table overflowing with sculptures, candles, books and crystals. “I cannot work sitting looking at white,” Villegas says. The influence is obvious when looking at her hands, festooned with a stockpile of gold

Atop a table made by Hayek—with a sleek anodized aluminum top over legs made of volcanic rock—is a menagerie of stuffed birds and books.

“You know that rule to look at yourself in the mirror and remove something before you go out? I like to add more!” Villegas says.

Opposite: The jewelry designer poses with a Ulysses butterfly from her beloved insect collection.

“I love texture, I love color. I cannot work sitting looking at white”

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and jewel-encrusted beetle rings of her own design. (Her jewelry has been featured in Vogue and Elle and worn by celebrities like Selena Gomez.)

It’s from this in-the-middle-of-everything spot that she rules the roost, with the ability to run her business while simultaneously keeping an eye over her brood. Hayek’s office, meanwhile, is in the muted pool house, though he often pulls his computer up to the dining room table.

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Directly adjoining the family room is a tucked-away, half-hidden children’s playroom with a wall of shelves. Their contents, naturally, are a kaleidoscope of ephemera that reflects Villegas’ penchant for effervescent maximalism while also serving as a showcase for the children’s whimsical toys. Books serve as a foundation—sorted by themes including gastronomy and mythology, with novels organized by color— layered on top with ornaments such as framed paintings, plants and souvenirs.

As Villegas walks through the house, it becomes immediately clear that every item, no matter how small or seemingly trivial, has a tale—whether it’s an award, a gift from a family member or friend, a souvenir from a vacation or something that, somehow, magically made it into the house. “A friend of mine told me that the difference between collecting and accumulating is you know where things are, you know what’s here, what’s missing. This may look like a lot, but I know where things are. Every piece has a hidden story.”

The dining room is dominated by a black table of Hayek’s design, featuring an asymmetrical shape. “If you have 15 people sitting around a rectangle, that can be hard for conversation,” he says. “This breaks it up into smaller groups, and encourages everyone to talk and get up and change positions.”

Set against the JOSEF FRANK wallpaper is a mixed-media piece by the couple’s friend, Los Angelesborn, Guadalajara-based artist EDUARDO SARABIA Opposite, clockwise from top: A trio of Villegas’ signature jewelry boxes are filled with her one-of-a-kind, natureinspired designs, all of which are handcrafted in L.A. “This is like a classic entomology box,” Villegas says of the table she designed with her husband. Green is a connecting thread throughout the house. “It makes me think of the natural world,” says Villegas.

Part of the story, of course, is Villegas and Hayek’s marriage. Aesthetically speaking, they are, if not opposites, at very least inclined toward different flavors. Head back to Sami’s office past the pool, and one might be surprised by how soothing it is—all creamy, neutral tones and furniture with a timeless energy. (They happen to be his own pieces, made in the early aughts, which he had recently taken out of storage.) Through these viewpoints, you can see glimpses of their personalities—Villegas is looser, breezier, while Hayek is more introspective and thoughtful. And yet they come together and make something unexpected and undeniably harmonious.

Hayek’s furniture is placed strategically throughout the house and serves as a counterbalance that grounds some of the more whimsical flights of fancy. Take the tables in the main space, each of which possesses a certain gravitas. The one in the family room, underneath an enormous, solemn taxidermy bison head, is essentially a large, cantilevered glass frame filled with Villegas’ beloved insects, a piece the couple designed together. In front of the sliding glass door that leads to the backyard is an elegant worktable, a chartreuse gradation of anodized aluminum set atop two craggy blocks of hand-carved black volcanic rock. It has an undeniably masculine, grounding energy, and yet Villegas has topped it with other furnishings, books and stuffed birds. (Many of the animals in the house, if you look closely, sport a cuff, ring or other bauble from her jewelry collection.) A porcelain doll head-shaped candle holder that her son broke was glued back together by her father, making it somehow more treasured than before. Nearby is a curvy, adjustable lounge chair with rippling leather as the cushion; it’s sleek, sexy and a perfect adult design flourish to help balance out the children’s play area a few yards away.

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“I like design not because of the objects, but as a medium to explore how much of an intention or a frequency can be embedded into an object,” and then transmitting that to those who engage with it, Hayek says. This thoughtful approach has led to his experiential design work with brands like Bentley Motors and Poltrona Frau, and residential and commercial projects including the luxury boutique Just One Eye.

Hayek’s guiding principle is expressed

beautifully in the black, irregularly shaped table that dominates the dining room. The amorphous outline, he notes, is not just visually intriguing—which it is—but also a means to encourage social interaction. In his mind, he doesn’t create objects as much as scenarios for the objects to exist within. The table, for instance, naturally creates small groupings around its unexpected corners, so on nights when it’s just the family, they can cluster around one edge. Yet, when the table is fully occupied (as it often is—they are consummate hosts), it can create the feeling of a cluster of intimate conversations. A gallery wall of animal portraits overlooks a blood-red sideboard the designer borrowed from his sister, the actor Salma Hayek—a piece he has since decided to keep, as it fits the proportions of the room to a T. “I told Daniela, this is my room,” he says, smirking. “Leave it alone!”

Nature is a big connective thread in the home, which features plenty of taxidermy (ethically sourced, Villegas is quick to point out). “I did not have a lot of animals growing up,” she says. “So now that I have my own house, I was like, I’m going to do it the way I envision it.” Additionally, there is a strong sense of the family’s Mexican heritage (Villegas is from Mexico City and Hayek is from Veracruz)—from the home’s Technicolor palette to the altars, statues and religious figurines peppered throughout

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the space. Works by Mexican designers also take pride of place, including a woven rattan cricket table by Mario Lopez Torres that Villegas keeps near her workstation as “a symbol of good luck and prosperity.”

Most surprising is that the home happily accommodates their two children, Balthazar and Dorotea, both under the age of 4. In fact, sometimes the couple even hosts Dorotea’s music class, which means nearly a dozen young kids roam the stuffed house. While doing so takes a certain level of trust, it also reflects their understanding that a welldecorated house, like a well-adjusted family, is always changing and evolving. “I don’t want them to be afraid that they will break this or that,” Villegas says of her children. “I want them to know they can interact with

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everything, and that some things are special and they need to be gentle.”

And if something does get broken, as the doll’s head once did, it can be repaired. And that becomes another chapter in its story. X

“I told Daniela, this is my room.

it alone!”

Sitting atop a MARIO LOPEZ TORRES Cricket rattan table are stacks of coffee table books and three antique incense holders.

Opposite, from top: Villegas stands in the garden where a 1960s patio dining set is nestled by hydrangea shrubs. Hayek’s office is in the guest/pool house, a much more subdued affair than the main residence.

“It does promote focus and concentration. And I can look out and see the house and the greenery.”

PHOTO: DIANE CORIAT

WELCOME HOME

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lanning an escape usually involves an exotic, farflung destination and a suitcase full of new outfits to match. One might consider, however, a crop of recently opened boutique hotels across the Golden State beckons with elevated interpretations of home. Think of Nancy Meyers-style clapboard cottages on quiet residential streets, the smell of homemade breakfast muffins in the morning and cozy layered bedrooms, and it becomes clear that there’s probably nothing more luxurious (or foreign) than the feeling of being home without a care in the world.

AZURE SKY

If Acme Hospitality’s charming dining concepts in Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone (including The Lark and La Paloma Café) and its two historic hotels from the Gold Rush era are any indications, the company’s newest venture, Azure Sky, a 14room boutique hotel in the heart of Palm Springs, is set to be the hottest new place in the desert. A team of local craftsmen overhauled the original 1959 structure

while staying true to its retro midcenturymodern roots. Wood-paneled rooms appointed with curvy boucle chairs and floating wooden beds are centered around a courtyard, affectionately dubbed “the meadow,” which gives way to the tranquil pool area—a welcome retreat from the bustle of nearby downtown. 1661 S. Calle Palo Fierro, Palm Springs, 760-469-4498; azureskyhotel.com.

THE MADRONA

Perched atop a grassy knoll overlooking verdant gardens and vineyards, San Francisco-based designer Jay Jeffers

SKY: SHEVA KEFAI.

MADRONA: MATTHEW MILLMAN.

The Madrona’s front parlor where designer JAY JEFFERS’ eclectic style is on full display.

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has painstakingly transformed one of Healdsburg’s beloved Victorian mansions into The Madrona, a luxurious boutique hotel and restaurant. Guests can book a salon room in the original mansion or one of the standalone bungalows scattered on the edge of the 8-acre property, which also boasts a guests-only saltwater pool and an onsite restaurant helmed by

chef Jesse Mallgren (who earned the previous property a Michelin star). 1001 Westside Rd., Healdsburg, 707-395-6700; themadronahotel.com.

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THE INN AT MATTEI’S TAVERN

Originally built in 1886 as a stopover for stagecoaches traveling between Los Angeles and San Francisco during California’s Gold Rush, and later as a hangout during the Prohibition era, The Inn at Mattei’s Tavern is reopening this winter with a new kind of traveler in mind. In the heart of Santa Ynez wine country, the reimagined 67-room Auberge Resorts property exudes nostalgic Americana with charming white clapboard cottages that surround the main guest house. Nearby, there’s a pool, a restaurant and a full-service wellness center dubbed the Lavender Barn. History buffs needn’t fret: the iconic water tower is still perfectly in place. 2350 Railway Ave, Los Olivos, 805-695-4783; aubergeresorts.com. X

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On a quiet blufftop street in one of Carmel’s toniest neighborhoods, it’s easy to see how passersby could assume Villa Mara as just another gracious private estate in this architecturally rich enclave. The 16-room hotel reimagined by L.A. designer Lisa Koch (who was also behind The Sunset Tower and Miami’s Faena) offers a fresh take on coastal contemporary. Don’t miss the 500-squarefoot Jeffers Cottage—named after the famed poet Robinson Jeffers—with its own private outdoor firepit and soaking tub that will leave you feeling like a true local. 2408 Bay View Ave., Carmel-by-the-Sea, 831-624-6433; villamaracarmel.com.

THE INN AT MATTEI’S TAVERN, AUBERGE RESORTS COLLECTION.

Above: The Central Coast hotel will feature 67 guest rooms.

The LISA KOCH -designed VILLA MARA hotel in Carmel. Below left: The Jeffers Cottage.

TAVERN: JAMES BAIGRIE. VILLA MARA: STEPHANIE RUSSO.

COME TOGETHER, RIGHT NOW

Geneviève Medow-Jenkins learned the value of connection early on in life. “I was born and raised in this community where people were exploring the idea of what the human potential could be in,” she says of her upbringing at Big Sur’s Esalen Institute, the holistic healing center and spiritual haven where her mother still teaches workshops. When Medow-Jenkins moved to Los Angeles after graduating college, she yearned for that sense of togetherness and new opportunities for self-exploration.

What started as gatherings with her friends evolved into Secular Sabbath in 2016, an intentional community drawn together by a series of music- and wellness-driven events attracting both world-renowned and rising artists and producers. “I could always see the relationship between music being healing and part of a wellness experience, and an opportunity for people to come back into themselves and rest,” she says, recalling Esalen’s hot spring sessions, often accompanied by live music.

Together with her partner Mike Milosh, frontman of Rhye, Medow-Jenkins has expanded the membership-based offerings

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to include everything from a book club to community potlucks, cooking workshops and digital detoxes. “People get to choose their own adventure within the Secular Sabbath landscape,” she says.

Gatherings spanning an afternoon to a whole weekend in locations as varied as Joshua Tree, Mexico City and Iceland feature performances by artists such as Rhye, Diplo and Flume, as well as restorative activities

that may include tea ceremonies, breathwork, cold plunges and bodywork. “Secular Sabbath feels like it’s my purpose in life and I didn’t choose it. It’s just habit. It’s almost a compulsion,” she says. Annual membership from $180; secular-sabbath.com.

Clockwise from top left: An aerial view of a SECULAR SABBATH gathering in Joshua Tree. Inflatable mushrooms by

An herbal healing workshop.

Secular Sabbath invites you to unplug, connect and and engage your senses

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ABOUT FACE

Peer into the medicine cabinet of any elegant European woman of a certain age, and chances are you’ll find a bottle of Biologique Recherche’s famed P50 exfoliating lotion, the crown jewel of the storied French brand’s highly concentrated skincare line. Now, for the first time since Josette and Yvan Allouche founded the company in France over 40 years ago, the brand has opened its first U.S. Ambassade on Melrose Place. The two-story “embassy” houses six treatment rooms, a large VIP suite with a private entrance, a diagnostic room, a hair salon for scalp treatments and a retail space where customers can purchase the full range of products. Like the historic Biologique Recherche Ambassade on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, designer Joanne de Lépinay employed a palette of brass, ivory and navy with custom millwork and European furnishings throughout—the most serene setting for an official envoy. 8461 Melrose Pl., L.A.;

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Grounded. Seen. Unburdened. These are a few of the words the small group of women used at the conclusion of their four-day Unbridled Retreat at Alisal Ranch. With smiles of connection and tears of gratitude beneath their Stetson brims, they are seated in what’s now a familiar circle of sisterhood with their cowboy boots firmly planted in the dirt. They are in the rodeo arena at the sprawling 10,500-acre ranch in the Santa Ynez Valley, surrounded by the horses they’ve been working with that have taught them to follow their intuition.

Colorado-based equestrian coach Devon Combs, a former competitive rider who struggled with severe bulimia and

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depression and was ultimately rescued by equine-assisted therapy, shepherds the group with great expertise—guarding the physical and mental safety of each member in the group. She has developed a program of encouragement, motivation and breakthroughs through a series of methods that zero in on the precise reason each person showed up. As you stand in a round pen with a horse, she unearths your truth while guiding you to interact with and observe the horse’s body language. She claims there’s no whispering involved, just listening. Believe it or not, prepare to get unbridled. 1054 Alisal Rd., Solvang, 800-4254725; alisal.com; unbridledretreats.com. X

DEVON COMBS ( lower right ) leads UNBRIDLED RETREATS throughout the country. The next session at ALISAL RANCH is October 23-26.

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DOMINIQUE CRENN

In conversation with the U.S.’s first (and only) three-Michelin-star woman chef

Where do you live? Sonoma.

Where do you feel most Zen?

At home, looking out at the ocean.

Favorite park/hike?

I love this hike near my Los Angeles home in Laurel Canyon. It’s near the big city but feels like such a relaxing retreat. I spend a lot of time there meditating.

Favorite relaxing getaway?

Ojai Valley Inn. They have the most beautiful grounds, an amazing spa, delicious food and culinary events.

Favorite comfort food?

Where do you take visiting friends?

My farm in Sonoma. It is such a beautiful place full of sunshine, flowers, bees and my chickens. We grow a lot of produce there for my restaurants in San Francisco. I usually fire up our grill and make a quick lunch to enjoy under our 100-year-old oak tree.

Favorite skincare?

SkinCeuticals C E Ferulic Serum and Triple Lipid Restore Cream.

Hair products?

Living Proof Full Dry Volume and Texture Spray. It’s great for messy volume.

What do you wear to relax?

My Adidas sweatpants and sneakers. You can find me in them most days.

Zen Moment

Literally anything my mom makes. My favorites are vegetable Parmentier and anything with produce picked fresh from the garden, especially tomatoes.

Favorite health-food fix?

I love shopping at Erewhon. I can pick up lots of essentials— oat milk, matcha, green juice.

Do you follow a diet?

Not really but I try to be mindful of what I put in my body. I am not a vegetarian or a vegan and I still eat meat sometimes, but I take time to learn where all of my food comes from. What I try to think about is that food is medicine and whatever we put in our bodies affects us inside and out.

Favorite beverage?

Matcha latte with oat milk from anywhere! No matter where I am, I need one every morning.

Favorite guru/healer?

Thích Nhât Hanh. I follow his writings on wellness and peace.

What’s your mantra?

“I am not better than anyone, and no one is better than me.”

Favorite home items?

I can never have enough candles. Some of my favorites are from Vancouver Candle Co. Scents of red currant, rose and balsam.

Favorite flowers?

I love white flowers of any kind because my dad painted a beautiful bouquet of white flowers once. I have the art hanging in the dining room at Atelier Crenn.

What book are you reading?

Take One Fish by Josh Niland. There is so much knowledge in this book, I read it over and over again. X

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