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Cover star and Best Actress Oscar winner Jessica Chastain exemplifies this day in and day out. Every project she picks is thoughtfully curated into a master class of a career. In our portfolio, she shines in the season’s brightest colors but can also switch on a dime and emanate sartorial strength in more somber tones. What can’t she do? Featured on C’s cover for a second time, six years apart, we find her as grounded as ever in her dedication to her craft.

Speaking of craft, Greg Chait has spun quite a tale while following his passion for creating some of the most inventive and luxurious cashmere in the world.

The Elder Statesman, born out of his imagination, could be considered the ultimate Golden State uniform—just add jeans! We profile Chait 15 years after his rise in the fashion world and find him happily ensconced in the rarified world of California cool.

This issue, full of wish-list-worthy moments—such as our shoot pairing jewelry with blooms artfully created by The Unlikely Florist (whose creations are also on my wish list!) and a portfolio of unique homes captured by architectural lensman Roger Davies—all proves the point that when one creates with passion and purpose, beauty emerges in all its forms.

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Roger Davies’ interiors photography has been celebrated on the pages of Architectural Digest, Elle Decor and Vogue Living, and in the tomes of lauded architects and designers, from Tadao Ando to Nickey Kehoe. Now, the Laurel Canyon-based lensman has debuted his own book, Beyond the Canyon, which we preview in “Hillside Harmony,” p.86. The Englishman also captured the new Morphosis-designed Orange County Museum of Art building for “Orange Is the New Black,” p.70. MY C SPOTS • Hollywood’s Musso & Frank Grill • The Wende Museum in Culver City • L.A.’s New Beverly Cinema

Over the past decade, fashion and portrait photographer Sami Drasin has shot the likes of Billie Eilish, Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Timothée Chalamet and Florence Pugh, as well as campaigns for luxury brands including Dior, Tiffany & Co. and Prada. For this issue, the Los Angeles native focused her lens on The Elder Statesman’s Greg Chait for “California’s King of Cashmere,” p.94. MY C SPOTS • The six-course Tunisian-Moroccan meal at Moun of Tunis on Sunset • Kelsey See Canyon Vineyards in SLO • Humphrey Yogart in Sherman Oaks

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Rebecca Russell has lent her talents as a stylist and fashion editor to C Magazine for more than seven years.

For this issue, the London-born, Venice-based motherto-be did the fashion direction for our winter jewelry portfolio, “When Gems Met Stems,” p.76, in addition to curating the C Weddings Runway Report, p.112, and Statements trends. MY C SPOTS • Vidor Acupuncture in Santa Monica—see Carla for the most soulful healing experience • Shakti Sound Bath in Malibu • Carmel River State Beach for blissful emptiness and sea otter spotting

Born in New Zealand to an orchardist and a fine artist, Spencer Falls came to L.A. by way of Lake Tahoe and Maine. The actor and self-proclaimed “outlaw florist” is the virtuoso behind Venice-based studio The Unlikely Florist, where we photographed this issue’s jewelry portfolio, “When Gems Met Stems,” p.76. Naturally, Falls was responsible for the feature’s inspired floral designs.

MY C SPOTS • Sierra at Tahoe is my favorite mountain resort in Cali • Pappy + Harriet’s for sweet gigs and unreal desert sunrises • Great White cafe in Venice

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am always looking for artful and sculptural objects and furniture,” says designer Kelly Wearstler, who has a habit of collaborating with furniture designers on custom pieces for her projects (including Viceroy and Proper hotels and private clients including Cameron Diaz). Now, the multi-hyphenate creative is opening up her black book of sources with the expansion of her online gallery concept, featuring eight new collections of unique and limited-edition artwork, sculptural objects, furniture and lighting. Wearstler tapped new artists she discovered on Instagram, while others are longtime collaborators Wearstler has worked with for years.

One enduring partnership is with Austrian furniture designer Felix Muhrhofer. For the new Gallery collection, Wearstler and Muhrhofer teamed up on a series of monolithic terrazzo tables comprised of stones that Wearstler collected from the beach in front of her home in Malibu and stones that Muhrhofer collected in Italy.

Wearstler also tapped Amelia Briggs on sculptural inflated metallic mirrors; Grace Whiteside of Sticky Glass on glassware; and Israeli artist Hagit Pincovici on neon and stone sculptures.

Each piece seems so different from the next, but part of Wearstler’s magic is finding common ground. She says, “We want to show our community how these seemingly contrasting pieces can live together harmoniously.” kellywearstler.com. K.M.

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The debut Eternal Gold collection presents necklaces, earrings, rings and bracelets created with precious metals from traceable sources verified by the Aura Blockchain Consortium, a platform which documents the authenticity of luxury goods. The brand’s first foray into fine jewelry takes inspiration from the Prada triangle, the now ubiquitous logo initially used by house founder Mario Prada. Resulting designs include a pair of puffed angular earrings, a snake bracelet with a triangular head, a heart necklace, earrings with angular points and even a super-sized choker with asymmetrical chain links, all riffing on the theme. prada.com. E.V.

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Two interior pockets secure keys or phones, and a magnetic fastener keeps each two-handled design closed. Cozy up. reweavela.com. E.V.

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1, CARTIER Pasha de Cartier chronograph watch, $9,750. 2. BULGARI Octo Finissimo Sejima automatic watch, $14,100. 3. TAG HEUER Carrera x Porsche RS 2.7 watch, $7,750. 4. VACHERON CONSTANTIN Overseas Tourbillon Skeleton watch, $146,000. 5. IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN Pilot’s Watch Mark XX, $6,150. R.R.

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5. POLO RALPH LAUREN Polo ID mini shoulder bag, $498. R.R.

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different subject matter. In Montecito Style: Paradise on California’s Gold Coast (Monacelli, $60) Zahedi and writer Lorie Dewhirst Porter, both longtime residents of the area, offer an inside look at 20 distinctive homes.

There are Spanish-style manses, including the first home that famed architect George Washington Smith designed in his storied career, along with architect William Hefner’s weekend getaway, interior designer John Saladino’s classicist abode and a brutalist

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From left: Inside a 19th-century carriage house in Montecito. A painting by CHARLES HINMAN hangs above a stone fireplace in a 1975 Mediterranean-style home—one of architect WALLACE NEFF’s last designs.

A manicured garden features topiary balls and a sandstone-edged square fountain.

“There is no one Montecito style in this Valhalla of the West” MARC APPLETON

concrete home from the 1970s. Zahedi also opens the doors to the colorful midcentury residence that he shares with his wife, art collector Beth Rudin DeWoody, for a dose of Hollywood Regency in the heart of the American Riviera. “There is no one Montecito style in this Valhalla of the West, which continues to be a magical place in which to live one’s dream,” Marc Appleton writes in the foreward. “There are, in fact, many styles to reflect these different dreams.” X

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AUCTION STATIONS There’s a new kid on the auction block with the arrival of Phillips Los Angeles, the internationally renowned auction house’s new West Hollywood gallery.

Designed by L.A.-based architecture and design collaborative Formation Association, the 2,600-square-foot space showcases traveling auction highlights from New York, London, Geneva and Hong Kong, in addition to site-specific installations, exhibitions, selling events, panel discussions and other artsy

happenings. “The West Coast has played an instrumental role, not only in the evolution of today’s art market but also in the trajectory of the entire postwar and contemporary art scene,” says Blake Koh, the company’s regional director of Los Angeles. With a significant increase in the number of local clients, the region has become an important market for buyers and sellers of art, design, jewelry and watches. 9041 Nemo St., West Hollywood; phillips.com. D.N.

The freshly minted Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco is technically still under construction—but that’s precisely the point.

Non-collecting and free to the public, the disruptive new nonprofit museum is devoted to modern-art-world values like transparency, equity and constant reinvention. It opened in October with Jeffrey Gibson’s “This Burning World,” a multimedia exhibition that invites dialogue with and about the natural world, incorporating both literal and figurative groundbreaking elements like openings in the floor that expose the earth (on view through Mar. 26).

Come January, two more shows will join the inaugural lineup: “Resting Our Eyes,” a group show featuring the works of 20 multigenerational Black artists, and “A Weed by Any Other Name” by Oakland artists Liz Hernández and Ryan Whelan, which explores the symbolism of the humble blackberry. 901 Minnesota St., S.F., 415-226-9250; icasf.org. A.J.B.

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From left: SHANTELL MARTIN. A limited-edition table created in collaboration with HOEK. Martin’s work at KENDRICK LAMAR’s Art Basel Miami performance in 2017.

Is there anything the Los Angeles-based British visual artist Shantell Martin cannot turn her hand to? Having completed large-scale public murals, set designs for Kendrick Lamar, choreography for contemporary ballet and prints for fashion brands (not to mention her own line), she already has a host of collaborators in California, including Google, The North Face and Kelly Wearstler. It’s no wonder she’s decided to move her studio here. Her latest team-up fuses her cartoonish characters and squiggly designs with the Brooklyn-based eco-conscious design company Hoek. The Shantell x Hoek range includes wall art, benches, side tables, desk tidies, puzzle coasters and oversized mouse and keyboard mats that will add style and elicit smiles in your home. hoekhome.com. A.B.

From top: ICA SF’s exterior. A still from JEFFREY GIBSON’s “This Burning World.”

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SHARP SHOOTER Prodigious French lensman Jack Waterlot has been taking photographs since he was a teenager in Paris, growing up as the son of a set designer and a painter. In his early 20s he moved to Topanga Canyon, outside Los Angeles, where he honed his style and trained his eye before heading to the East Coast, where he began to shoot some of the world’s most iconic faces in fashion, music and film for global brands and publications, including Tom Ford, Roberto Cavalli, Vogue, W, Numéro and C. At just 33, he has released a retrospective of his work to date. My Way (Snap Collective, $75) features shoots with Anya Taylor Joy, Nicole Kidman, Iggy Pop, Naomi Campbell and Machine Gun Kelly, not to mention two portraits of Julianne Moore from C’s Fall 2021 cover shoot. “I feel freedom when I hold a camera. To snap a shot and see what can come out of it. To this day I find it magical,” says Waterlot. jackwaterlotstudio.com. A.B.

Did creative director Jonathan Anderson’s car-shaped minidresses playfully tease the opening of the new Loewe boutique in automobile-obsessed Los Angeles? It certainly seems possible now that the bold Fall/Winter collection designs (including both men’s and women’s ready-towear) have taken over the brand’s artful Rodeo store.

New monochrome Puzzle bag iterations, madcap Balloon pumps, dramatic Inflated sunglasses and all manner of leather goods (a house trademark since its launch in 1846 as a collective workshop in Madrid) round out the season’s whimsical looks. Home goods include candlestick-shaped candles and scents created with house perfumier Núria Cruelles. The 3,067-squarefoot space continues Anderson’s dialog between art, craft and design with works including a sculpture

by Nairy Baghramian and Paul Pfeiffer’s painted wood depiction of Justin Bieber alongside furniture

by Axel Vervoordt. 327 N. Rodeo Dr., B.H., 310-3886771; loewe.com. E.V.

Statements - Fashion News COLLAB OF COLOR Givenchy creative director Matthew M. Williams and his longtime friends Brick Owens and Dieter Grams of the streetwear label (B)Stroy are using all colors in a vibrant new collaborative capsule. Owens and Grams, Atlanta natives based in New York, previously designed denim for Virgil Abloh’s Off-White label and are riffing on some of their high-concept mainstays for the new Givenchy x (B)Stroy offering. Denim-draped boots with ankle zippers nod to the characteristic silhouette of (B)Stroy’s trompe l’oeil jeans, while the French house’s Shark Lock biker boots are adorned with a multihued optical print, a look echoed in kaleidoscopic Moon Cut Out shoulder bags and G-totes. Men’s knitted TK-360 sneakers have new gradient blue-green and red-yellow colorways, and graphic prints adorn oversized, draped T-shirts and jeans for men and women. Even (B)Stroy’s double-headed hoodie gets the Givenchy treatment. givenchy.com. E.V.

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Clockwise: PIZZERIA BIANCO at Row DTLA. Chef CHRIS BIANCO. A Margherita pie.

RISE OF THE PIES Pizzeria Bianco is something of a phoenix down at the Row DTLA. Chef Chris Bianco, who rose to fame with his original Arizona-based pizzeria, returns to the downtown Los Angeles retail and dining hub after his former eatery, Tartine Bianco, closed its doors in 2019.

What started as a pop-up this summer is now one of the hottest reservations in town, thanks in part to Netflix’s Chef’s Table, which featured Bianco on its special pizza edition. Must-trys are the Rosa pizza with Santa Barbara pistachios, red onion, rosemary and parmesan, and the Wiseguy with wood-roasted onion, smoked mozzarella and fennel sausage.

Bellissima! 1320 E. 7th Street, Ste. 100, L.A., 213-372-5155; pizzeriabianco.com. A.B.

One year ago, Heather Tierney— founder and creative director of Venice’s The Butcher’s Daughter—opened Den Mother next door to the fan-favorite vegetarian eatery. Located in a restored 1930s craftsman bungalow on Abbot Kinney, the healing space specializes in treatments that take cues from ancient traditions, from Nordic bathing rituals to Chinese herbology and reflexology.

Now Tierney, who is also the mastermind behind the L.A. and NYC design firm Wanderlust, has expanded Den Mother with a new dining concept: California Izakaya. The alfresco lounge serves up Japanese-inspired, plant-based small plates, like spicy jackfruit “crab” inari, alongside a robust menu of small-batch sake, natural wine, and Japanese whisky and beer. Don’t miss the house specialty beverages such as the Silk Road, a seriously smooth concoction of espresso, condensed coconut milk, garam masala and your choice of milk, available hot or iced. 1209 Abbot Kinney Blvd., L.A., 310310-8905; denmother.com. A.J.B.

OOH LÀ LÀ, CAVIAR At the L.A. outpost of the Parisian restaurant Caviar Kaspia, even the chicest of the fashion pack break their no-carbs rule to feast on signature baked potatoes topped with caviar. Located at the former home of the French fine-dining spot Bastide, Caviar Kaspia brings European glamour to the Hollywood scene; day to night, summer through winter, the restaurant is set around a jardin terrace serving caviar-laden seafood including crab crostini, smoked salmon blinis and taramasalata toasts. The design conceived by couturier Alexis Mabille (see C’s exclusive interview on magazinec.com) appoints plush sofas and a fireplace, giving the feel of a private club, amid travertine floors and teal tablecloths aplenty. 8475 Melrose Pl., L.A., caviarkaspiala.com. A.B. The interiors of CAVIAR KASPIA’s new Los Angeles location takes inspiration from 1940s Hollywood.

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nspired by the sculptural beauty of all flora, Tiffany & Co.’s highjewelry Blue Book Collection for 2022, Botanica, is capping off the year with one final installment that takes the form of wisteria, magnolias and orchids. The addition includes a bevy of transformable jewels and updated Jean Schlumberger works re-creating nature’s bounty through diamonds, colored gemstones and Tiffany’s quintessential savoir faire. The collection is an archival deep dive that delves far beyond the house’s trove of heritage jewelry to incorporate several of the company’s defining moments.

The late Art Nouveau artist and designer Louis Comfort Tiffany’s most beloved works, including a 1901 leaded glass wisteria table lamp, introduce a painterly color palette picked up in wisteria necklaces, rings and earrings encrusted with subdued blue

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chalcedony and milky quartz stones—a translucent nod to the artistry of house founder Charles Lewis Tiffany’s son.

Custom-cut diamonds and sapphires arranged in an ombré gradation amplify the theme and capture nature’s irregularities.

Designer John T. Curran’s vase depicting magnolias, made of silver, gold, enamel and opals and displayed at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, inspire a necklace comprised of milky quartz hand-carved into magnolia petals with pink sapphires and diamonds nestled around a 43-carat morganite stone.

Platinum diamond earrings and rings fashioned around a red spinel or ruby are also among the metamorphosed magnoliainspired designs.

The lines of G. Paulding Farnham’s fluidly shaped enamel orchid brooches—created for Paris’ 1889 Exposition Universelle— are echoed in the custom-cut diamond offerings evoking petal silhouettes in the Orchid Curve range. Naturally, modern Jean Schlumberger florals with unexpected gemstone pairings round out the gardenready collection. tiffany.com. 2

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Los Angeles native Andrea Lublin, stylist and founder of Andrea’s Lookbook, is teaming up with Joe’s Jeans on a deftly considered capsule including three denim designs and the ideal trench coat for a coastadjacent climate. The Andrea’s Lookbook x Joe’s Jeans collaboration consists of classic silhouettes—15 in all—such as blouses and dresses adorned with ruffles or pussy bows and high-waisted wide-leg trousers created from lightweight denim in dark indigo or creamy ecru. Even sweatshirts are elevated with gigot sleeves. As for the trench, Lublin calls the coat her go-to for three out of the four seasons. “I wanted to create something that was functional, comfortable and warm on cooler days but also a layering piece,” she says, noting the design can be worn open or draped across shoulders. The edited staples make a strong case for a local take on elevated basics. joesjeans.com. E.V.

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DIAMOND DAZE Classic white diamonds are headlining this season at Van Cleef & Arpels.

After acquiring a rough stone, the traceably mined Lesotho Legend, the French house endeavored to create a complete collection around it named the Legend of Diamonds.

The resulting pieces showcase a technique called the Mystery Set, wherein grooved stones slide onto their settings, reversing the traditional method of gem-setting with visible metal prongs. Jewelers, setters, lapidaries and polishers—the mains d’or (French for “hands of gold”)—spent more than 30,000 hours throughout four years finishing the gems with the aid of 3D software. The initial stone was carefully cut into 67 diamonds, which were used to create 25 stunning, versatile designs.

What’s more, Van Cleef & Arpels also has a second high-jewelry offering: White Diamond Variations comprises 82 designs that update house themes from the last century. vancleefarpels.com. E.V.

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From Jack Kerouac and John Steinbeck to Jon Krakauer, the ethos of cross-country journeys toward enlightenment—or the next town with a great bar—looms large, and now online retailer Mr Porter is curating a capsule of designs to clothe a new generation of American pathfinders. Amid menswear exclusives from over 40 brands, including more than 600 ready-to-wear, footwear, accessory and fine jewelry designs, California creatives play an outsize role. It’s a fitting distinction given the state’s ubiquity in coast-to-coast travel. A slim suede jacket from Tom Ford and Greg Lauren’s upcycled bomber join tie-dyed cashmere sweaters from The Elder Statesman in the Mr Porter In America collection. Other standouts include vintage Rick Owens sneakers, Camp High trucker hats, Jacques Marie Mage x Yellowstone Dealan sunglasses, Napa Valley-inspired looks from Rhude, vibrant prints from Hillary Taymour’s Collina Strada and a pit crew puffer by Cherry LA. The workwear, streetwear, heritage and avant-garde designs all tap into the nation’s collective fabric. mrporter.com. E.V.

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BUON VIAGGIO As we collectively resume our pandemic-delayed adventures, Gucci is celebrating our return to the skies, roads and seas with an ephemeral pop-up devoted to Gucci Valigeria, the brand’s travel selection of luggage, carry-ons and accessories.

Open at South Coast Plaza through spring 2023, the 4,500-square-foot space is a testament to the notion that there is truly a Gucci bag or case for everything. The concept pays homage to company founder Guccio Gucci, who launched his Florentine luggage atelier in 1921 after finding inspiration in London, where he worked as a porter at The Savoy Hotel, surrounded by the international jet set. The new Gucci Savoy collection of heritage-infused, travel-ready pieces (featured in store) is proof the Italian house is still honing its ever-expanding offerings for globetrotters. The brand’s assortment of leather goods, including trunks, hatboxes, briefcases, backpacks, overnight bags, totes, wallets and purses, are a chic way to interpret the adage about enjoying the journey. 3333 South Bristol St., Ste. 1212, Costa Mesa; gucci.com. E.V. GUCCI Ophidia GG backpack, $2,500.

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COCO REPUBLIC Navagio outdoor sofa, $3,295, and chair, $1,395.

THE STORYTELLER When Rosa Park launched the travel and style magazine Cereal in 2012 with her now-husband Rich Stapleton, little did she know that her work spotlighting artists on its pages would unleash her own passion for art. This led to her next boundary-pushing venture: the 2018 launch of her gallery, Francis, in Bath, England, followed by a stateside outpost in West Hollywood this fall.

Park collaborated with L.A.-based studio BC on a reimagination of the space, which includes a modern take on a traditional Korean hanok courtyard. Francis debuted its inaugural group exhibition, “Morning Calm,” on view through Jan. 7, featuring six Korean and Korean American artists and their interpretations of their heritage. 8323 Melrose Ave., L.A., 323-413-2327; francisgallery.co. A.J.B.

AUSSIE STYLE For over four decades, Coco Republic has been one of Australia’s most influential arbiters of style and interiors, dominating the industry with its design-forward, laid-back yet sophisticated sensibility. Now—at long last—the Sydney-born brand is introducing its covetable contemporary furnishings and homewares stateside with the debut of its threestory, 40,000-plus-square-foot U.S. flagship in San Francisco’s Union Square. Peruse more than 2,000 pieces—from upholstery and lighting to rugs and art—while sipping a signature libation from the on-site mocktail bar, and don’t miss out on their full design services to help you realize the casual cool, Aussie-meets-Cali interiors of your dreams. 55 Stockton St., S.F., 415-820-4780; cocorepublic.com. A.J.B.

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DOUBLE DEITCH Gallerist, art advisor and one-time MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch has expanded his L.A. footprint with a second gallery, located a block north of his Orange Drive space. “I have long admired this historic building, the longtime home of the legendary recording studio Radio Recorders,” says Deitch of the venue, most recently occupied by the nonprofit LAXART. In addition to showing special projects and smaller exhibits, the building also houses a new branch of Des Pair Books, which will host book launches and talks. On view now through Dec. 23: “The Rhythm of Vision,” an exhibition by the godfather of funk, George Clinton, with a stage by Lauren Halsey. Though it’s Clinton’s inaugural L.A. show, it isn’t his first time in the space: “[Clinton] recorded some of his famous songs there with Parliament-Funkadelic.” 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., L.A.; deitch.com. L.M.

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The trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange seemed lit from within as Balenciaga’s Spring 2023 line made its way down the runway. Exaggerated polished suiting, overcoats and wardrobe staples with oversized drop-shoulder silhouettes (a signature from creative director Demna) made up the new Garde-Robe collection, while eveningwear stunned with floor-length silk trenches, tuxedos and bodycon gowns. Closing out the show, Adidas’ unmistakable three stripes debuted across bright yellow, red and blue tracksuits, dresses, boxing robes and more. At first glance, the Balenciaga/Adidas collaboration—launching with a pop-up at Maxfield in Los Angeles—recalled the colored blazers worn by floor brokers who traded using shouts and hand signals before the adoption of computer software. The stripes and trefoil logos placed above the Balenciaga brand name (itself written in the German sportswear company’s lowercase typeface) demarcate the much-anticipated ready-to-wear, handbags, backpacks, duffels, jewelry and shoes. Let the trading begin. Maxfield, 8825 Melrose Ave., L.A., 310-274-8800; maxfieldla.com. E.V.

ARTY SMARTY Louis Vuitton is tapping a new roster of international artists for its latest Artycapucines Collection, now in its fourth chapter.

The limited-edition handbag designs, each released in groups of 200, include Cannes-born Amélie Bertrand’s luminous study of light on surfaces, French artist Daniel Buren’s stark trapezoid-andcircle concept, New York architect Peter Marino’s black studded bag (inspired by a medieval lock box he spotted in a 14th-century Venice building), and Korean artist Park Seo-Bo’s striped offering derived from a painting of the intense red sunlight in a valley by Mount Bandai in Japan. Also tapped for the project are Swiss sculptor Ugo Rondinone (known for his Seven Magic Mountains installation in the desert outside Las Vegas), who created a textural work, and St. Louis native Kennedy Yanko, whose sheet-like paint-skin sculptures are reflected on a transformable bag that doubles as a clutch. louisvuitton.com. E.V.

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BELLA HADID at the FENDI Baguette 25th anniversary runway show.

When Silvia Venturini Fendi designed the distinctly rectangular Baguette handbag in 1997, wallets, address books, writing implements and other essentials were on-the-go staples. Such necessities are digitized today, allowing Fendi and Kim Jones, the Italian house’s artistic director of womenswear, to dream up a new collection of pocketed clothing and accessories both supersized and miniaturized, in tribute to the utility and elegance of the original.

According to Sarah Jessica Parker’s character on Sex and the City, who famously told a mugger, “It’s not a bag, it’s a Baguette,” the design transcends mere purses. Among the 25th anniversary editions, one style acknowledges Parker with her quote inscribed inside; Japanese luggage brand Porter added a masculine bent with its Bum Baguette; Tiffany & Co. created a robin’s-egg blue version; and Marc Jacobs has whipped together sequined designs to pair with his ready-to-wear jumpsuits, robes and tracksuits. fendi.com. E.V.

COIN OPERATED Among Bulgari’s most enduring emblems, ancient Greek and Roman currency are symbolic of the jeweler’s roots; the house was founded in Rome by a Greek silversmith. In celebration of the house’s arrival in America, the motifs have re-emerged in a trove of new yellow-gold Monete pieces commemorating the brand’s 50 years across the Atlantic. Coin collector Nicola Bulgari created the designs in the 1960s and ’70s, and the new line is inspired by his archival pieces individually mounted and worn by Elizabeth Taylor, Cher and Grace Kelly. Each coin is rare and unique, whether set in high-jewelry necklaces and bracelets or in fine sautoirs, gourmette chains, flip rings, tuboga cuffs and double coil bracelets. Contrasting hues of modern polished gold surrounding antique bronze or silver, a hallmark of the originals, look just as bold today. bulgari.com. E.V. BULGARI 50th Anniversary Monete necklace with Roman coin and pavé diamonds, price upon request.

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After playing televangelist Tammy Faye Messner, Jessica Chastain won her first Oscar.

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omedian Jon Stewart used to joke that fame in Hollywood is like a nightclub with increasingly exclusive VIP rooms, one after another, leading ultimately to the final velvet rope, beyond which Jack Nicholson sat alone, having a party all by himself. Jessica Chastain can relate, she says, at least in one way. After winning the Academy Award for Best Actress in The Eyes of Tammy Faye earlier this year, she went to a few parties but says, “Parties aren’t really my thing.” She would often just sit and people watch, which she loves to do. “I’m quite shy in groups of people,” she says. At one party where she had parked herself on a quiet couch for the duration, the host came over and asked her if he could introduce her to the other guests. “And I was like, I’m good here,” she says. “He was so sweet, and then he goes, ‘There’s one other person who comes to my party

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and sits exactly where you are, and they never moved: Jack Nicholson.’”

Wallflower or not, Chastain has a majestic screen presence that made for a very splashy entrance to the collective consciousness in 2011, eight years after she had graduated from the acting school at Juilliard, with an incredible run of films including Terrence Malick’s Palme d’Or winner, The Tree of Life, and The Help, for which Chastain received her first Oscar nomination, for Best Supporting Actress. The following year, playing a fictionalized CIA analyst on the hunt for Osama bin Laden in Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty, Chastain introduced us to the zeal and determination that have become signatures of her characters in the time since. Hers is a massive, concussive performance as the heroic and tarnished leader of Team America, effectively, for which she received a Golden Globe for Best Actress and her first Oscar nomination for the same category—in a film that has gone on to become one of the most talked about and second-guessed American films since 9/11. None of which is incidental to Chastain, who has said that filmmaking is a political act, a line she attributes to Jean-Luc Godard. And, incidentally, when I begin to ask how we ought to think about Zero Dark Thirty now—about whether the film should be diminished in our estimation by claims that it is an instrument of CIA propaganda and misrepresents the effectiveness (and so endorses the cost benefits of) torture— Chastain wants me to know that those lines

it,” she says. I also seem to remember the film being recognized as a watershed for women in Hollywood: produced by Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures, directed by Bigelow, and with Chastain front and center. But, she says, “it wasn’t marketed that way at all. I wasn’t even on the poster.”

This, of course, is astonishing now, especially knowing just how deep in the nesting club of fame and power Chastain is. It’s a position she has been using both to make the kinds of films she’d like to see and to center women in the kinds of movies that have historically ignored them (as stars and as an audience). This year we finally got to see The 355, a film Chastain co-produced that is not unlike the action thrillers Taken or John Wick, which created booming second acts for craggy middle-aged male movies stars—though The 355 stars Chastain, Diane Kruger, Fan Bingbing, Lupita Nyong’o and Penélope Cruz as the superspies. It, and they, kick a lot of ass, both on screen and, as Chastain says, in the real-life boardrooms behind the scenes. “I had the idea [for the film] right around the time of the MeToo movement and Time’s Up,” Chastain says now. “When this industry had been, for years, discarding women at a certain age and determining whether or not they were sexually desirable, and they were more ornaments than artists. And I was like, ‘Well, what happens if they’re actually the bosses? What happens if they are the ones in charge of the films?’ And by creating the structure of selling the film and making the film, I took the power out of some guy sitting in an office building somewhere

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and put it in the artist’s hands. And it actually was an easy thing to do. I mean, it was a lot of work, but more movies can be made like that.

And more actors and actresses in particular should be making movies like that—where they have ownership in their work.”

To further illustrate the point, she brings up the example of Charlie Chaplin’s United Artists, a filmmaker-founded and -owned studio that became a powerful force in the industry, making and selling Chaplin’s films, among others. “They took [the power] and put it in their own hands,” Chastain says.

“And any kind of coalition where you sell foreign rights, you are the studio then. Your value is your name and what you’ve done.

And now you’re an owner of it. You haven’t just been a technician for hire. You are an owner.” Chastain’s company is bringing out Mother’s Instinct, a thriller in which she and Anne Hathaway co-star, and the miniseries George & Tammy, in which she and Michael Shannon play the country singers George Jones and Tammy Wynette. Known as the first lady of country music, Wynette in her prime had the kind of five-story-tall hairdo and massive persona that might have been the stuff of camp in television biopics of yore. But knowing just how humanely and intensely Chastain approached the last real-life Tammy she had portrayed, we reckon the singer, most famous for crooning “Stand By Your Man,” is in the best hands imaginable. (She is also the co-lead in a fictionalized account of the serial killer Charles Cullen, played by Eddie Redmayne, in The Good Nurse on Netflix.)

The Eyes of Tammy Faye had been a passion project of Chastain’s for a decade, and her performance earned her a third Oscar nomination, and her first trophy, earlier this year. At my request, she takes a moment to think about that fact: that she is the reigning Academy Award winner for Best Actress. And quite quickly she waves it away, ready to get back to work—though she does allow that the award means a lot to her family. “Winning this year is so nice because my family has worked so hard,” she says. “They’ve seen me want to do this since I was a little kid. And to have that global recognition, especially for a project that I secured the rights for 10 years ago, it was a big deal. But in terms of my trajectory as an actress, it doesn’t really go, ‘Oh, now I have these new opportunities.’” She still gets the same scripts. She is still the little girl who wanted to be an actress as far back as she

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can remember, who, she says, felt she was in possession of a surplus of emotion or a facility to access them. And I like to imagine her as an elementary school student in the golden glow of California sun, rounding up her childhood schoolmates to put on performances…

Chastain grew up in Sacramento. She characterizes her childhood as “tough” and later says, “We were very poor.” She does not elaborate, and the way she doesn’t speak seems to speak very loudly. It has been mentioned that she and her late father were estranged, that she and her siblings and mother struggled to afford food, and that she lost a sister to suicide nearly two decades ago—so maybe no more needs to be said. She speaks with some awe about how difficult it must have been for her mother, and says she is incredibly grateful for the experiences she’s had, for the perspective her life has given her. We wonder aloud about how her early life may have shaped her, both as a person and as an artist, tuning her instrument.

And the way she describes it, her childhood, the austerity and challenges and her feelings of isolation then, she says, made her very sensitive to other people’s energy, the way you would be if others pose potential threats. Like an empath, or an actor, she is very absorbent of other people’s energy. And, she says, “I believe that porousness comes from a sense of … I go into a room and I’m immediately like, ‘Is there an element of danger in this room?’”

Chastain remembers a time early in her

life when she was living in Santa Monica, near Third Street Promenade, when she felt so intensely her thrill at the work of acting, how much she wanted to make a living doing it, on stage and screen. And she talks about returning there some time later, when she could hardly go around on the street without being recognized, and standing in front of the building that she once called home. She could feel all the feelings come rushing back. There is a wonderful mix of humility and pride as she tells this story, a California girl made good. Really, really good.

Chastain’s husband, Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo, with whom she has two children, is an Italian fashion executive (and an Italian count), and they regularly travel to Italy to see his family. But their home is New York, where Chastain has lived ever since winning the Robin Williams-funded scholarship to Juilliard, where she befriended, among others, her frequent collaborator and viral clip co-star Oscar Isaac.

Her mother and stepfather have since moved away from the Sacramento area, and so when Chastain does come back to the Golden State, it is mostly to L.A. for work and to its surrounding mountains for relaxation. “I’m a huge fan of spas,” she says, “and I love hiking.”

She has spent time at The Ranch Malibu, a wellness retreat, and similarly loves the health spa Lanserhof in Austria. “I love quiet,” she says. “I like to meditate, do yoga. That to me is a luxury, because in my job it’s the opposite of quiet. It’s chaos.” •

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Fourteen years and 17 designs later, the expanded Orange County Museum of Art is finally open. Architect Thom Mayne of Morphosis and director Heidi Zuckerman tell why California’s sublime new-look art institution is a world-beater Photography by ROGER DAVIES Words by STEPHANIE RAFANELLI

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n 2006, Richard Serra installed his site-specific, 65-foot-tall weatherproofed steel sculpture beside an empty 1.64 acre site—the only free lot left at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, next to the Renée & Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. It was prophetically entitled Connector, and only now can its meaning be fully understood.

In October, the new Orange County Museum of Art building—14 years, 17 designs and $94 million in the making—finally opened on that adjacent lot donated by the Segerstrom family, the arts-supporting owners of South Coast Plaza. Designed

by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne of Culver City’s Morphosis, the dynamic community-focused urban space promises to be a new connective center of suburban Orange County and a prototype for 21st-century museums.

It also completes the plumb line of star architect-designed Californian art institutions: From the newly renovated Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego by Selldorf Architects to LACMA’s ongoing redesign by Pritzker Prize winner Peter Zumthor (set to be completed in 2024) to Snøhetta’s expansion of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 2016. “We fill in a geographic gap for

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Sitting adjacent to South Coast Plaza, the 53,000-squarefoot site was designed by MORPHOSIS to include a piazza for exterior exhibits— including SANFORD BIGGERS’ Of Many Waters sculpture (pictured)—and an undulating glass-and-terracotta-tiled facade so that some art is visible from street level.

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contemporary art and culture in California,” says Heidi Zuckerman, OCMA’s dynamo CEO and director, who since January 2021 has turbocharged the last phase of construction, after ground was broken nearly two years earlier. Like the final beam in an architectural topping-out ceremony, the groundbreaking upgrade of the historic Southern California institution is the final brick in California’s status as a world-class art destination, the culmination of a series of developments given critical mass by the launch of the international art fair Frieze Los Angeles in 2019. But the last piece is never easy to find—or build.

The story of OCMA’s expansion is an episodic affair that runs parallel to the history of Orange County. Born as the Balboa Pavilion Gallery in the eponymous Newport Beach building (now a historic landmark) in 1962, the museum was founded by a group of 13 radical women who wanted to give a home to a new breed of postwar West Coast artists, many graduating from SoCal’s art schools. In 1968, it jointly showed pop artists Joe Goode and Ed Ruscha, graduates of Chouinard Art Institute (now absorbed into the California Institute of the Arts), where they studied under Robert Irwin of the Light and Space Movement. In 1977, the ever-expanding gallery, renamed the Newport Harbor Art Museum, moved to a new space on San Clemente Drive near Fashion Island—a shopping center developed

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The 10,000-square-foot upper plaza space is reached by a grand, sky-lit public staircase. Opposite, from top: ORANGE COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART CEO and Director HEIDI ZUCKERMAN with architect THOM MAYNE of Morphosis. The interior houses a 4,500-strong permanent collection including works by CATHERINE OPIE, STERLING RUBY and JOHN BALDESSARI.

OCMA features 25,000 square feet of connective gallery spaces with retractable walls and a mezzanine to accommodate traveling shows. Below: Surfing on Acid by MARY HEILMANN from the inaugural “13 Women” exhibition.

Opposite: The piazza and light-filled atrium when viewed from the mezzanine bridge.

by The Irvine Company and opened in 1967, the same year that the Segerstrom family debuted South Coast Plaza, a premier mall built on a portion of their farmland.

The appointment of 27-year-old Paul Schimmel—future chief curator of MOCA—in 1981 significantly raised the bar, expanding the permanent collection with contemporary West Coast artists like Robert Irwin, L.A. painter John Altoon, John Baldessari, Vija Celmins and James Turrell, as well as the introduction of what was then called the Newport Biennial (now known as the California Biennial) for newly emerging artists. After a problematic short-lived merger with the Laguna Art Museum, the gallery was renamed the Orange County Museum of Art

in 1997, and later helmed by director Dennis Szakacs and curator Elizabeth Armstrong.

“Liz Armstrong explained to me that OCMA has been like a perpetual start-up,” says Zuckerman, who grew up in Palo Alto and later held a senior curatorial position at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. “When the museum was founded 60 years ago, Orange County itself was nascent.” By the time the Segerstrom family had deeded the land to the museum in 2008 and Morphosis won the competition to build a new OCMA, effectively doubling its exhibition space, the population of Orange Country was reaching 3 million and South Coast Plaza was (and still is) the biggest mall on the West Coast, with Chanel, Gucci and Prada among its luxury stores.

But the ambitious project was blighted by a decade of delays, changes in leadership and therefore direction. Not too long after David Cameron became chief curator, Szakacs resigned from his post as director and CEO in 2013 and was later replaced by Todd Smith, who then departed in 2020, after which Zuckerman was courted as the person to finish the job. (She had previously transformed the Aspen Art Museum into a world-class institution and, as director, oversaw the ground-up construction of its new building, designed by another Pritzker Prize holder, Shigeru Ban.) It wasn’t until 2018, four years after the Aspen Art Museum was completed, that Mayne’s highly anticipated plans for the OCMA building were finally unveiled and the

Newport Beach site closed its doors. In the interim, the museum opened its temporary location, dubbed OCMAExpand—Santa Ana, in South Coast Plaza Village. By that time, Morphosis, founded by Mayne in 1972 at the intersection of urbanism and architecture, had evolved as a practice, and Mayne’s vision for the museum had shifted.

“Those 14 years produced something that we couldn’t have produced otherwise, an opportunity to understand the nature of the work,” says the 78-year-old maverick architect. “[That had] very specific idiosyncratic notions of a museum, that was specific to this time, place, community and culture, specifically Orange County, which is a very young, dispersed place that doesn’t have a traditional center.” All this was placed within the set architectural context of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts campus, which includes the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall by Argentine architect César Pell, the Argyros Plaza (redesigned by Michael Maltzan), and of course, Serra’s sculpture. “We were with Serra [on this idea that] it had to be about relationships and connectivity. Not another architectural object of desire, designed by particular chosen architects about Architecture with a capital A. [I have the] highest regard for buildings that seem inevitable, like they belong.” The game changers for the evolving design were Morphosis’ completion of New York’s 41 Cooper Square (2009) and the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas (2012)—both built as broad, public urban spaces with central atriums.

“In some ways, we developed the OCMA project as a piazza, not even a building, with an energetic piece that activated [the gallery],” says Mayne. The 53,000-square-foot space features an undulating terracotta facade and light-filled atrium, above which hovers a dynamic sculptural education center designed to entice and inspire, not backroom, young art fans. The 10,000-square-foot upper plaza space is reached by a grand public staircase, “which is purposefully symbolic. It belongs to the Met, the New York Public Library; it’s urban.” Meanwhile, all traditional physical barriers to entry were removed to make the museum more accessible, some art visible from street level without the need to enter the building.

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The Segel House on Carbon Beach, Malibu, designed by JOHN LAUTNER and built in 1979.

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Nature permeates the shell-like Segel House: plants grow along board-formed, wood grain-imprinted walls and sweeping windows bring in the ocean and sky. Opposite: In designing the interiors of the Segel House, decorator WALDO FERNANDEZ respected Lautner’s original vision.

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n a land of earthquakes, fires and mudslides, it’s dangerous to fall in love with a house—but houses can cast a spell on you. This is California, and of course there are surfers and sunsets and sports cars, but there is also a concentration of raw creative ambition and a passion for design unlike anywhere else. The homes in Beyond the Canyon: Inside Epic California Homes (Monacelli, $65) were created by artists of all kinds striving to push the limits, to live in extremes—of both architecture and landscape—and to experiment with ways of living in search of an idyll.

Over time the rhythms of the Golden State have become familiar, closely recorded through my camera. I’ve learned how to anticipate whether the ocean’s morning marine layer will burn off; how to account for May Gray and June Gloom; that the best light in the harsh Palm Desert arrives, as if by the flick of a switch, just after the sun falls behind the mountains, and the gorgeous glow of the dusk lasts forever; and that the winds on the cliffs above Santa Barbara will whisk a

drone right into the Pacific. Though it’s fair to say that the weather near the Golden Gate Bridge is a mystery to all.

Even after more than 20 years as a working photographer, things never get dull. I see all sorts of things—pictures with presidents, any number of Oscars (and even an EGOT), and once, sex toys left out in the bedroom.

Art on opposing sides of a toilet door: a Frank Stella on one side and a de Kooning on the other. I’ve seen ex-Navy SEALs who are now private security guards suddenly emerge from the bushes. I’ve seen the Maltese Falcon, sniper rifles, live rattlesnakes, dinosaur skulls, doomsday bunkers and safe rooms but never enough cats—no one ever has cats. I’ve seen bulletproof cars, a Second World War Nazi Enigma cypher machine, and a steel briefcase with foam lining cradling a 1976 BASF cassette tape containing the original Apple operating system, with the handwritten inscription, “Good Luck.”

When I photograph homes in California, more than anywhere else, every day is different, and no two houses are alike.

“... in California, more than anywhere else, every day is different, and no two houses are alike” R O G E R DAVI E S

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Clockwise from top: The original 1952 RICHARD NEUTRA-designed Serulnic House on the 6-acre Pittman Dowell property in La Crescenta sits atop a hill overlooking a thriving cactus garden. A 12-foot-tall HARRY BERTOIA Sonambient sound sculpture displayed in the front entry hall of The Shaw House in Big Sur. The only two doors inside the 2009 heptagonal Pittman Dowell Residence in La Crescenta, designed by MICHAEL MALTZAN, close off a powder room and a laundry room—otherwise privacy is ensured by the angles of the walls.

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From top: Works by ANDY WARHOL, CHUCK CLOSE and DONALD JUDD are among the art inside Ca Tana, the home of interior designer ROGER THOMAS and his partner ART LIBERA. Opposite: Designed

by Bay Area architect DANIEL SOLOMON, Ca Tana sits on a hillside in Marin County. Text and photographs excerpted from Beyond the Canyon: Inside Epic California Homes by ROGER DAVIES, out November.

“My job is to document a brief moment in the life of a home” R O G E R DAVI E S

A midcentury modern might be nestled next to a Craftsman’s bungalow, a Spanish colonial, or a Tuscarranean (my wife’s name for the unfortunate hybrid that pops up far too often). You see homes that are loved, homes with history, passion projects and follies, often in extremes. There are houses suspended on stilts and tranquil wooden masterpieces nestled into the hillsides, expansive glass windows cut into rock, columns of Mayan Revival carvings—designs that embrace very specific landscapes, microclimates and lifestyles. Often architecture, interior design, sculpture, art and environment merge in different ways, and the dreamy California weather blurs the boundary between inside and out even further. I’m in awe of the design-loving addicts whose devotion to interiors and architecture has led to them living in—and serving as custodians of—these masterpieces.

My job is to document a brief moment in the life of a home. In time the houses will

evolve into something different from what they were in the instant I caught them.

They will be redecorated and relandscaped, Grandma’s knickknacks will move in, and the teenager will paint their room black. They will be sold, torn down and, as in the case of one house in this book, lost to a wildfire, but for the blink of an eye that I get to spend in these astonishing homes, they are glorious. 2

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CALIFORNIA’S KING OF CASHMERE

For Greg Chait, being the founder of The Elder Statesman brand is more than a job, it’s a calling.

Here he tells us about making clothes in the time-honored tradition and the importance of a product with soul

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n a previous life, when Greg Chait worked at the talent management company The Firm, he received a thank-you gift from a well-known luxury brand—a blanket. “It was just so elegant and cool,” he recalls one fall morning in The Elder Statesman’s warehouse-like studio near the Arts District. “I had never seen anything like it.”

Chait, now 44, was intrigued and began working with a weaver in the Pacific Northwest on a few plush, patterned blankets for himself. He had no global ambitions at the time. “I thought I was going to have the most incredible blanket collection in the world,” he says, his face newly clean-shaven after 17 years of sporting a prodigious beard which his 12-year-old daughter Dorothy had been adamantly opposed to shaving—until, one day, she wasn’t. “People treat me completely differently,” he adds with a ruminative, zen’d out energy. “They just talk to me more.”

But enough about beards, back to blankets. When the owner of the West Hollywood boutique Maxfield, where Chait

was a customer, caught wind of his side project, he asked if he could sell a few, despite the fact that they were Chait’s personal samples without a brand or even a price.

Chait figured why not? And, to his surprise, the next day they had all been sold.

“I thought, ‘Hm. That’s interesting,’” he says. Sure, he had “become obsessed with the fiber,” as he puts it, but he hadn’t realized that others, too, would intuitively recognize how inherently special an item made from hand-spun yarn is. Maxfield, meanwhile, asked how many more blankets he could make before Christmas.

Those blankets gave birth to The Elder Statesman, Chait’s knitwear-centric fashion brand. Today, as it turns 15, it’s a full-blown lifestyle label, encompassing men’s and women’s clothing, accessories and home, including pillows, toys and, yup, those blankets. It has a whimsical, ever-soslightly woo-woo aesthetic, with plenty of freewheeling tie-dye and spiritual imagery like yin-yangs, palm trees, mushrooms and starbursts. With cashmere sweaters starting at $695, it’s sold at some of the most prestigious luxury retailers in the world, including Bergdorf Goodman and Mr Porter,

and The Elder Statesman has its own store in Los Angeles, a charming little beach bungalow off Melrose in West Hollywood, which just underwent a refresh this past summer throughout its garden spaces and exterior. It’s a simple wooden affair that’s the perfect mellow backdrop on which the fanciful product can live.

Yet the brand remains an outlier in a globalized industry of overseas production done at mass scale, of bloated marketing budgets and dizzying supply-chain logistics.

He has built a fully integrated business, which is just corporate-speak for saying his office is under the same roof as the factory in which the sweaters are made—you know, like how clothes used to be made before everything got so, well, complicated. (The models in the C shoot are all his employees.)

The day we meet, two rows of yarn boxes stacked 6 feet high run down the center of the studio, creating a long hallway from the front of the building to the back.

Chait’s office is a dark glass box on an upper level, and right outside lays an enormous, brightly colored knit snake on which a young employee sits hunched over a laptop.

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factory. When we walk through, half-finished sweaters are on the handlooms, there are baker’s racks of dyed cashmere sweatpants and hoodies, and out back, two employees are dyeing under a tarp-covered tent. Most days, Chait says, the clothes are left to dry under the L.A. sun.

Because of the way they’re made, each garment is unique; that’s no mistake, it’s core to the brand’s identity. In our increasingly industrialized and digitized world, clothes made by hand by trained craftspeople are becoming rarer and rarer. Restoring the humanity to a time-honored process is an act that’s held on a pedestal in the luxury clothing business, giving The Elder Statesman the edge over its competition.

“It’s a product with a soul,” Chait says when asked how a novice like himself was able to come out of the blue and capture the attention of Vogue’s Anna Wintour (he took home the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Award in 2012) and some of the most prestigious retailers in the world. “I think that soul carries through.”

Chait lives a compelling version of the California Dream. Based in what’s essentially the world’s most glamorous trailer park in Malibu, he resides close to the ocean so he can surf every day. But the surfing lifestyle, he says, holds many solutions for life on land—especially running a business, or starting one in the shadow of a recession, as he did in 2008, or pushing through the punishing challenges of an ongoing pandemic (more on that later).

“It’s probably the greatest metaphor for life,” he says of surfing. “Every wave is a little different; you’re in the moment, you can get absolutely destroyed at a moment’s notice, but also the next wave could be the best wave of your life. The more hectic it is in the ocean and the more relaxed you are, the better. And with running a business or having a complicated life, if you can find a way to be as relaxed as possible, you’re actually going to make better decisions and it’s going to be a more elegant experience.”

Chait’s career is dappled with kismet, like the time he went to work for Whitney Houston because his resume happened to be on the top of a nearby stack, or how, early in The Elder Statesman’s development, he booked a ticket to Italy, happened upon a factory with a sign that said “Cashmere” on the front and that’s how he learned how to buy high-quality yarn. Continued on p.133

“I was always intending to do well, in whatever field I went into” GREG CHAIT

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LONDON CALLING For the ultimate royal treatment, venture across the pond to West London’s historic five-star hotel The Lanesborough, a stately white-glove retreat that has drawn dignitaries and stars from former U.S. presidents to Madonna, Cher and Leonardo DiCaprio. Framed by majestic columns and charming lampposts, the pearly Neoclassical manor holds pride of place on Hyde Park Corner, a stone’s throw from the famed Harrods department store and Buckingham Palace. Gold-leaf gilding, crystal chandeliers, dramatic high ceilings and ornate furnishings transport you to the 19th century with a Regency-style design that carries through its 93 rooms and newly debuted The Lanesborough Grill, a modern British restaurant helmed by Michelin-starred chef Shay Cooper.

Fit for a queen or king, the Royal Suite offers nearly 5,000 square feet of decadence with seven impeccable bedrooms and views of the Buckingham Palace Gardens, along with a chauffeur-driven car and personal butler. Those on honeymoon may never want to leave. From $22,000/night. oetkercollection.com/thelanesborough. D.D.

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Pretend Plants & Flowers cofounders Ezra Woods and Michael Woodcock are known for letting their imaginations run wild, especially when it comes to their highly stylized floral creations, defined by what Woods calls “psychedelic and baroque moments of decadence.”

Since the 2018 launch of their floral studio, the L.A.-based duo’s whimsical sensibility has expanded to include interior and garden design and, as of August, the interdisciplinary gallery-like concept Pretend Malibu. In addition to fresh flowers and plants, the space features contemporary art by the likes of Nate Lowman, as well as Courtney Applebaum Design homewares, clothing from Simone Rocha, jewelry

by Loren Nicole and more—all displayed like artifacts. “We really resonate with [the] coastal lifestyle the way it is now: fun, high/low, relaxed and down to earth,” says Woods. Malibu Village, 3862 Cross Creek Rd., Malibu; pretendplantsandflowers.com. L.M.

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ROYAL PAIRING Looking to toast your wedding festivities with first-class bubbly? Long championed by King Charles III and even granted the Royal Warrant in 1998, Laurent-Perrier has quite a reputation. The storied, family-owned French purveyor has been producing Champagne since the early 1800s, and the legacy continues with its aromatic Cuvée Rosé. With notes of raspberry, redcurrant, strawberry and black cherry, the sparkling rosé—made of 100 percent Pinot Noir grapes sourced from 10 different vineyards across Montagne de Reims—offers a palate sensation likened to plunging into a basket of freshly picked red fruit. Whether for an intimate rehearsal dinner or a grand reception, the deeply hued wine serves perfectly alongside an elegant meal (grilled prawns, prosciutto and red fruit desserts are some pairings of note) or to toast the bride and groom. laurent-perrier.com. D.D. LAURENT-PERRIER Cuvée Rosé, $100/bottle.

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The hand-sewn bead patterns across headbands made by Kamperett are “inspired by a celestial sky, the irregular spray of stars in an inky universe,” says Anna Chiu, who along with Valerie Santillo founded the San Franciscobased womenswear line. The duo has introduced made-to-order beaded velvet accessories with lengthy ribbon ties—to be worn loose, tied behind the head, under the chin or around a hairstyle—and beaded silk crepe de chine bows set on gold combs, all hand-sewn in Paris. Chiu says the richness of velvet and grosgrain inspired Kamperett’s new pieces, which can be paired with a veil or worn in lieu of one. Tonal pearl beads on the bows “resemble the imperfect yet perfect patterns found in nature,” Chiu adds, evoking the central role played by the earth and sky in the new designs. 3686 20th St, S.F., 510-945-0880; kamperett.com. E.V.

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It’s famously one of the most romantic hideaways in one of the most idyllic places on earth. In 1940, at a secret midnight ceremony, Katharine Hepburn witnessed Vivien Leigh and Sir Laurence Olivier marry at Montecito’s San Ysidro Ranch. A little more than a decade later, Jacqueline and John F. Kennedy honeymooned in one of the storybook cottages.

Celebrating its 130th anniversary in 2023, San Ysidro Ranch remains a lauded venue for intimate weddings and celebrations. The 550-acre property at the base of the Santa Barbara foothills continues to elevate its magical appeal with additional vine-covered guest cottages—each with a four-poster bed and a private hot tub—as well as a luxury salon and spa and Michelin-prized dining beneath ancient oaks.

From $2,495/night. 900 San Ysidro Ln., Montecito, 805-565-1700; sanysidroranch.com. J.M.

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After Kendall Sargeant and Ben Knox—the merchants behind the imported antique furnishings and decor of Olive Ateliers—went to Kendall’s hometown of Sydney this past February, they returned home to Venice Beach engaged and ready to embark on their next chapter.

While their grand nuptials will take place in Australia in 2023, the pair decided to elope at the Santa Barbara Courthouse over the summer. The intimate affair was stylish and simple: The bride wore a 1950s dress from Gossamer Vintage, held a posy of peonies and olive branches by Pigsty, and hit the road with her beau in a 1974 Alfa Romeo Spider from Hollywood Classic Cars. Here, the trendsetting bride shares her registry wishlist. oliveateliers.com. A.J.B.

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Referencing Harry Winston’s fondness for octagonal silhouettes, the house’s new high jewelry watch collection is also a master class in diamond cuts. The petite-sized Precious Emerald tickers evoke the delicate look and flexibility of platinum tennis bracelets but are set with 146 brilliantand marquise-cut diamonds, closed with a hidden clasp.

Emerald-shaped watch faces are made with iridescent mother-of-pearl and groupings of 10 marquise diamonds form fan shapes positioned at 5 and 10 o’clock, re-creating the house’s cluster motif developed in the 1940s. Beyond white mother-of-pearl, the watch face is available in pink, red, green, yellow and two different shades of blue.

Implicit in the minimalist dial, limited to hour and minute hands, is a promise to get a bride and her attendants to the ceremony on time. 310 N. Rodeo Dr., B.H., 310-2718554; 200 Post St., S.F., 628867-1100; harrywinston.com. E.V.

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ANIMAL KINGDOM The designs of David Webb’s Artful Animal collection—including enamel horse, zebra and giraffe bracelets, leopard brooches and coiled snake cuffs—are elegant additions to a modern trousseau, particularly for ceremonies held in shaded gardens and coastal woods. Webb designed the creatures at his desk in New York surrounded by leafy plants, drawing on the Ashville, North Carolina, hills of his upbringing as inspiration. A 1967 Vogue profile once described his apartment as “two-thirds garden, one-third living quarters,” and Webb had commissioned a 1964 film, A Walk in the Woods, which the house recently re-created, to show the jewels in verdant environs. Naturally, tiny gold and bejeweled frog brooches perched on floating leaves are a mood to build a wedding around. 9500 Wilshire Blvd., B.H., 310-858-8006; davidwebb.com. A.J.B. DAVID WEBB Artful Animals Kingdom frog brooch with diamonds, $22,000.

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Hollywood Royale REBECCA REARDON and EVAN RICHTER conjure glamour among the gardens of the Greystone Mansion

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REBECCA REARDON and EVAN RICHTER , posing amid the French lavender and Italian Cyprus, were drawn to GREYSTONE MANSION’s formal yet intimate gardens.

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The bride, a doula, cleared her calendar to plan the event relying heavily on advice from her future mother-in-law, an interior designer.

Rebecca’s vision for the day started with the dress. “I would describe my personal style as tomboy chic—a young Diane Keaton—and I imagined myself hating all wedding dresses,” she says. But when a friend serendipitously spotted a romantic couture gown at the Galia Lahav boutique in Los Angeles, Rebecca rushed right over, sans appointment, and bought it on the spot. “Once I had the dress, I knew I could build an event around [it],” she says. The couple fell in love with the manicured grounds of the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills, which is not too far from their home in West Hollywood. The Orthodox Jewish ceremony, which took place in the historic rose and boxwood garden, was followed by a raucous hora and a formal dinner. “It’s funny: my wedding was actually the first Orthodox wedding I’d ever been to,” says Rebecca, who had converted to Judaism prior to the wedding. Afterward, the couple decamped to the Sunset Tower Hotel for a Hollywood-style ending. X

Clockwise from top left: The wedding rings were made by the groom’s family’s jewelry company. Rebecca had a jacket made for the Orthodox ceremony. The marathon hora lasted an hour and a half. Dinner was served in the mansion’s courtyard.

Husband and wife under a botanical chuppah. A petite, peach and pink bridal bouquet. Opposite: Rebecca credits her romantic couture GALIA LAHAV gown as a primary source of inspiration while planning her nuptials. “I knew that I wanted something that felt like it belonged in an English garden with old architecture,” she says.

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Inspired by Joshua Tree’s desert landscape, ALEXANDRA BROWN and DEANDRE GLOVER dream up an oasis at a modern minimalist retreat

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Newlyweds ALEXANDRA BROWN and DEANDRE “DRE” GLOVER . “Dre’s dream car is the 1970 Lincoln Continental with suicide doors,” says the bride. “ We loved the idea of incorporating this into our wedding photos and found one to rent for the119 day.”

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In 2020, Dre proposed at Starved Rock State Park in Illinois with an intimate picnic at sunset. Soon after, they began planning their October wedding for the following year at Le Chacuel in Joshua Tree, a four-bedroom retreat tucked away in the middle of the desert with sweeping views of Yucca Valley.

“We had fallen in love with the desert when we traveled to the area a few times while dating,” says Alexandra.

When it came to planning, the couple was hands-on. “We made our own ceremony programs from a template on Etsy,” the bride says. “We cut holes in the fold to tie a thick ribbon on the edge to dress them up a bit.”

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helped incorporate modern furniture and decor in neutral, earthy hues and textures “to tone down the total bohemian feel the desert can give off,” says Alexandra. Large pillar candles along with pampas grass and dusty pink, terracotta and cream flowers by florist Joy of Bloom festooned the ceremony and reception areas. Set under the night sky, 55 guests dined poolside on tacos made with homemade tortillas (courtesy of Soho Taco) while sipping on spicy margaritas and mezcal old fashioneds before dancing the night away.

“There was a moment during dinner when we sat back and really looked at everything and everyone together in awe,” Alexandra says. “It was a moment we will never forget.” X

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SAMANTHA RESSLER , wearing ZAC POSEN couture, and JASON BORG, wearing TOM FORD, are pronounced husband and wife. “Jason has an old tattoo that says ‘Feels Good to Be Home,” which Lorem ipsum credit here: we both made fun of quite a bit and Cursus euismod quis turned into the theme of our wedding,” viverra nibh cras pulvinar says Sam. “Because we found each other, mattis nunc sed. because we got married at my childhood Nec ullamcorper sit amet home, because it all felt so right.” risus nullam eget felis eget.

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Clockwise from top: A dreamy alfresco dinner. Says the bride of her gown’s inspiration: “I sent Zac a photo of the dress Audrey Hepburn wears in the ball scene in War & Peace.” The newlyweds cut into a cake by FANTASY FROSTINGS. Sam wears a sequined VALENTINO dress at the after-party.

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Four months after their first date, when the couple joined Jason’s best friends on a trip for his birthday, Sam had a feeling: “I knew on that trip that if I ever married anyone, it would be him,” she says. The two moved in together that August and planned to wed just six months later.

With the bride’s Coldwater Canyon family home as the starting point, they enlisted event planner Mark Seed, who constructed a greenhouse on the lawn for the reception displaying five long tables, each in a different color scheme, draped in exotic Italian prints courtesy of designer Lisa Corti, with vibrant Missi Flowers floral arrangements and candles atop. “I wanted it to feel like you were coming to our house for a party or dinner,” says Sam. After the “I do’s,” for which the bride wore a custom couture gown created by dear friend and designer Zac Posen, she changed into a sequined Valentino dress—the better for dancing to tunes curated by DJ Allie Teilz.

“Our siblings partied all night with us,” says Sam, who took the after-party indoors to what is normally Sam’s father’s office, which was transformed into a dance space with disco balls abound and mylar-covered walls. “We were the last men standing!” X MAKEUP Pati Dubroff • HAIR Mara Roszak • STATIONERY Andie Dinkin; Jonathan Wright • RENTALS The Ark Rentals; Town & Country • BRIDE’S SHOES Manolo Blahnik • CATERING Savore • ENTERTAINMENT West Coast Music

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From top: The couple’s mutual friend Max Winkler officiated the wedding.

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estled on the serene German island of Sylt lies the newest edition of the world-renowned Lanserhof Resorts, Lanserhof Sylt. Catering to a diverse clientele, the medi-spa is a premiere destination for those in the know, from supermodels and CEOs to health enthusiasts and those in need of holistic recovery.

It’s easy to see why Lanserhof chose the island of Sylt (pronounced “zuhlt” if you want to fit in with the locals) for its expansion. The setting is frequently compared to the Hamptons and Martha’s Vineyard (it served as a convincing stand-in for Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer), not only for the tall grassy dunes, white sandy beaches and bracing sea air, but also for the wealthy inhabitants, tony stores and Michelin-starred restaurants.

Located on the site of former military dwellings, on the edge of the Wadden Sea, the 55 rooms and suites are housed in a modern structure designed by renowned German architect Christoph Ingenhoven. Built with sustainable materials, the continuous glass facade rests beneath Europe’s largest thatched roof. Each room features human-centric lighting (mimicking natural daylight to keep guests in harmony with their circadian rhythm), a private balcony and access to personalized climate-controlled FreshBed technology to ensure a comfortable stay.

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Clockwise from far left: Large windows look onto the Wadden Sea. Indoor and outdoor saltwater pools.

A path to miles of beach. The island’s Frisian houses inspired the design.

Rooms feature spacious bathrooms and private balconies.

Travel (colonoscopy, cardio check, urine testing, 3D skin analysis and more). “Next year we will establish a diagnostic center with CT scans, MRIs, dentistry, eye care and more space for mental health support,” shares Dr. Stritzke.

While each guest’s daily schedule differs, the uniting factor is mealtime. Everyone does some form of fasting and/or restricted diet; some may exist on only broth and herbal teas, others eat low-calorie combinations of yogurt, grains, cooked vegetables and protein. Then there’s the much-envied “active eaters,” with beautifully plated, hearty meals that are the top topic of discussion at every table. Before the first meal of the day, guests are given a bitter Epsom salt drink to help with elimination and detoxification. The

combination of modest eating and potentially explosive bathroom moments means more time in your room than you anticipate, plus a few uncomfortable days before the sugar and caffeine withdrawals subside and the euphoria of the renewal process begins—usually around day four. Especially during this time, it’s advised to take advantage of the state-of-the-art facilities: heat therapy in the multiple saunas, cold therapy in the cryo chamber, gentle cardio and relaxing yoga in the gym, and swimming in the indoor and outdoor saltwater pools.

It isn’t easy to get there from California, but if you’re passionate about health and are ready to make lasting changes, a visit to Lanserhof is worth the time and investment. lanserhof.com. X

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CLEAN CONSCIENCE Trendsetter Stella McCartney first entered the beauty world 14 years ago with an organic skincare line in need of a more educated consumer. Now she’s back with a collection that places her renowned vegan and crueltyfree principles at its core.

Contained in refillable bottles made from recycled glass, the minimalist range, infused with a scent by perfumer Francis Kurkdjian, includes the Reset Cleanser, Alter-Care Serum and Restore Cream. Each formulation works in harmony with the skin to regenerate and protect. stellamccartney.com.

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The benefits of Pilates are undeniable.

Now, with the Frame Reformer by Frame Fitness, it’s possible to access hundreds of home sessions taught by expert trainers on demand. The foldable, easy-to-store device is digitally connected to a monitor, earning it the

nickname “the Peloton of Pilates.” Lowimpact, core-burning workouts focus on precise movements to avoid injury and optimize results—all in the comfort of your home. Available for pre-order, $3,499, with a $39/month subscription. framefitness.com.

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CRÂNE salon in Beverly Hills. Right: AARON KING.

“It feels like you’re in our home,” says stylist and men’s groomer Aaron King of Crâne, the new Beverly Hills hair salon he has co-founded with celebrity colorist Cassondra Kaeding.

“The design is warm, and the ‘factory’ element of what was once the salon standard has been eliminated,” adds Kaeding. With high ceilings and 10-foot mirrors, the space is flooded with natural light, shining over a 17-foot olive tree that complements elements of wood, stone and clay. Keeping intimacy in mind, the number of chairs is limited to a minimum—only six.

Between the two of them, King and Kaeding count Miley Cyrus, Leonardo DiCaprio, Frank Ocean and Hailey Bieber among their loyal clientele. When asked what’s trending for winter, Kaeding shares, “Red … from strawberry blonde to deep, golden copper, and lots of auburn.” From $175 for styling and $225 for color, 134 S. Robertson Blvd., B.H.

PERFUMEHEAD Cosmic Cowboy extrait de parfum, $425.

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SCENT CITY Founder and beauty industry veteran Daniel Patrick Giles envisioned Perfumehead as a love letter to L.A. Each scent in the collection of seven hand-poured luxury extraits de parfum—the most concentrated form of perfume—is like the establishing shot in a film. “For me to create and build the fragrance, I have to have a movie playing in my mind. [I imagine] who the characters are,” Giles shares. The Chateau Marmont-

inspired “Room No” has notes of bergamot, orris butter, black tea, palo santo, vanilla and musk, formulated to evoke the decadence of the storied hotel’s guests from the 1920s through the present. Perfumehead is available exclusively at Violet Grey, where Giles regularly visits so he may personally guide customers through all seven scent stories. 8452 Melrose Pl., L.A., 323-782-9700; violetgrey.com.

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The world-class 18-hole golf course at SENSEI PORCUPINE CREEK.

OM SWEET OM With just 22 accommodations on 230 secluded acres along the foothills of the Santa Rosa Mountains, Sensei Porcupine Creek recently debuted as the second outpost of the wellness and hospitality company founded by tech magnate Larry Ellison and physician Dr. David Agus. (The first location, Hawaii’s Sensei Lānai, Four Seasons Resort, opened in 2019.) The Rancho Mirage resort hosts customized well-being, tennis and golf retreats which require a minimum five-night stay, incorporating technology and one-on-one counsel with nutritionists and sports experts.

The programs showcase chef Nobu Matsuhisa’s guests-only restaurant and spa offerings like the 90-minute Abhyanga four-handed massage. From $1,225/night. 42765 Dunes View Rd., Rancho Mirage, 760-477-4767; sensei.com. A.J.B.

Capturing French-girl style in California just got easier. Hailing from Paris, Manucurist is finally debuting its plant-based nail products stateside.

Founder Gaëlle LebratPersonnaz wants to introduce Americans to a clean alternative to gel polish with the brand’s Green Flash range. Available in more than 50 shades, it bridges the gap between traditional nail polish and gel polish, without sacrificing the glossy finish. The easy, three-step application (base coat, color, top coat) dries instantly when cured under an LED light after each step.

Formulated to last as many as 10 days, the polish wipes off with an acetone-free remover.

For inspiration, Manicurist opened an invitation-only salon studio in Beverly Hills where nail artists like Kim Truong (Kim Kardashian and Kerry Washington’s manicurist) create looks on influencers. Kits from $169, individual shades $19, us.manucurist.com.

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After a sold-out stint on the Santa Monica Pier, cult-status fitness phenomenon The Class has opened a Westside outpost.

Devotees such as Jennifer Aniston and Alicia Keys relish the combination of mindfulness, Pilates, yoga, meditation, cardio and dance that result in a cathartic journey that strengthens the body and releases the mind. The new studio features design elements centered around the lunar phases, with intentionally placed crystals to infuse grounding energy. $30/class, 2433 Main St., Santa Monica, 310-392-3393; theclass.com. K.A.

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ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK gallery spaces with plenty of airflow, retractable walls and a mezzanine to accommodate world-class traveling shows and the more than 4,500 works of art in the permanent collection: A diverse range of sculptures, paintings and installations from Andy Warhol’s Mao to Chris Burden’s giant sand-laden sculpture A Tale of Two Cities to anarchist installation artist Richard Jackson’s neon sign Ain’t Painting a Pain. The space is ready for whatever the 21st century may bring. “The notion was to be open to any future possibility, including scale. We gave them basically a large room and access to that room, a total neutrality of space. And we gave them a piazza for exterior exhibits. I was thinking of Anish Kapoor’s enormous inflatables shown at the Grand Palais [in Paris in 2011]. You want to be able to open to characters like Kapoor,” says Mayne.

All this coming together “was both an artisanal and a high-tech process,” says Brandon Welling, Morphosis’ partner-in-charge, of the project. “We built the building first in a computer; everything from a panel to a bolt is modeled in advance to see if it fits. We 3D printed all the tiles in advance, and we shipped the forms to New York.” The group also adhered to high environmental standards, many of which had been set by the Smithsonian to comply with guidelines such as temperature controls for rare works of art. “From the outset, this museum wanted to bring in the highest-level shows. The way to control temperature architecturally is to create hermetically sealed chambers, but we wanted to have these large open connective spaces and so it was a challenge in hot, humid Southern California, requiring very robust mechanical systems.”

Welling credits Anton Segerstrom, art collector and South Coast Plaza heir, for pushing the project forward all these years. But it was Zuckerman who supercharged it to its conclusion, raising the last $40 million needed, and reconfigured the museum’s post-pandemic role as a public sanctuary “by acknowledging that we live in a time of high anxiety and knowing that art can be a salve,” she says. As the museum’s newly appointed director, she also made design tweaks, such as removing every switch and sensor off the walls and moving it to the floors and ceilings, “so that the walls could be a sacred space for the presentation of art.” In addition, thanks to a generous sponsorship deal she brokered with Newport Beach-based Lugano Diamonds, there will be free entry for the next 10 years, fulfilling OCMA’s credo of being “a 21st-century museum that welcomes everyone by removing barriers to entry.”

“Looking back to look forward,” her overarching vision for OCMA means both reclaiming its

disjointed narrative and filling in collection gaps, whether historical or in terms of diversity. She overdelivered on her acquisitions initiative, 60 for 60 (in time for the museum’s 60th anniversary), by bringing in 80 new works, including two pieces from Catherine Opie’s Surfer Series, “that could be the [iconic] images of Orange County.” These will feature in the Zuckerman-curated opening show “13 Women,” a tribute to the gallery’s founders, alongside works by Joan Brown of the Bay Area Figurative Movement and Barbara Kruger. Meanwhile, the California Biennial returns after a five-year hiatus under a curatorial team led by Liz Armstrong alongside Essence Harden, visual arts curator of the California African American Museum, and Gilbert Vicario, the Phoenix Art Museum’s chief curator.

Zuckerman tips San Francisco-based Clare Rojas (“I love the notion of a contemporary hieroglyphic”) as one to watch alongside abstract “spiritual” painter Lily Stockman, who works between L.A.’s Frogtown and the Mojave Desert. “I think there’s something about abstraction that taps into a place into your brain that opens up portals for consciousness.”

Also opening is an exhibition on Venice Beachbased Fred Eversley, the only black artist in the Light and Space Movement, a former rocket scientist and NASA engineer known for his reflective resin “lens” sculptures, whose first solo show took place at OCMA in 1978. Meanwhile, a large, outdoor, site-specific horizontal figurative sculpture with steel sequins by L.A.-born artist Sanford Biggers has been installed as an answer to Serra’s Connector.

Zuckerman concludes: “We’ve [finally] built the museum that Orange County deserves.” •

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CALIFORNIA’S KING OF CASHMERE The first time he went to Paris Fashion Week, he figured he’d just show up. While waiting for his room at the hip Hotel Costes, he sat in the lobby sipping coffee and struck up a conversation with the owners of the revered Newport Beach luxury boutique A’maree’s. “I had pulled out a tear sheet of [theirs] from a magazine and said, ‘I’ve been looking for you!’”

Chait had brought three men’s sweaters with him in addition to the blankets. “But I left with orders from 12 women’s stores. You can’t make this shit up!” he adds. It was almost as if some invisible, cashmeregloved hand were leading him toward where he needed to be.

But writing it all off as luck would also be underselling Chait, who grew up in Arizona, the son of a doctor and an artist. It’s telling that Chait used to read the biographies of successful people,

like David Geffen, analyzing how they were able to achieve so much. “I was always intending to do well, in whatever field I went into,” he says. And, of course, it takes a huge amount of grit and drive to build a successful operation like his with no formal training or experience, and especially to remain so dedicated to making as much as he can in-house, when so many others would just offload that work for pennies on the dollar and much less of a headache.

It’s this very setup that served him better than most during the pandemic, while many other businesses were dealing with factory closures across the globe. In January 2020, a close friend, the Australian-born Margaret Zhang (now the editorin-chief of China’s edition of Vogue) told him of a deadly, highly contagious disease circulating there.

Chait heeded her warning, and as COVID-19 started spreading to the West, causing mass lockdowns, he loaded up his looms and linking machines into cars, sending them into the homes of around 40 employees across the city. “We had people dropping off the yarn and different pieces across the city, out front, because we were definitely concerned about people’s health and safety,” he says. “But people were also worried about their livelihoods. … We never stopped producing.”

For his Resort 2021 collection, Chait used the same sort of problem-solving for his lookbook, which was photographed on employees like Michael, his wholesale director; Benjamin, his senior knitter; Ariel, who oversees dyeing; and Tina, the head of linking. Even Dorothy made a cameo. It was, in part, a love letter to the people who kept the brand humming in the face of adversity.

Still, talk with Chait long enough and you’ll eventually come back to talking about what he lovingly calls “the fiber.” His fascination struck early and hard. “I often think that it would be more interesting and cooler if I just picked up guitar,” he says. “But sometimes a thing comes along and just hits you and you’re like, I get it.”

That’s because, while a signature of a The Elder Statesman piece is its loopy, vibrant design and cozy, cocooning shape, what really sets it apart is how it feels on your body. “You know, coming to fashion without any formal training, I got to the fiber and the yarn in my own way,” Chait says. “I realized from day one that it’s the key for what I wanted to do, which, at the time, was make blankets, and blankets are all about weight and texture. I was fascinated by the process.

“After 15 years, I’ll be walking around the factory, walking outside and just seeing things drying in the sun, and it just looks so cool,” he continues. “I mean, it just doesn’t get old for me. It feels like it’s the first time. It’s pretty freaking cool.” •

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Hot Springs for a classic Korean spa experience.

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Where do you take visiting friends?

Hiking is always something I want to share with friends in L.A., along with a meal at Locanda Portofino in Santa Monica. In New York, the West Village is a must-see with visiting friends.

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What’s in your cosmetics bag?

Beauty counter lip balm; Kosas eyebrow pencil; Relevant sunscreen; Gucci Westman blush stick; Rose Inc lipstick.

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Favorite skincare?

I swear by The Power Move

by Stripes, jam packed with ectoine, mushroom extract and hyaluronic acids.

NAOMI WATTS We catch up with the actor, producer, and CCO and founder of Stripes skincare

Where do you live?

I’ve lived all over Los Angeles.

I had a house in Brentwood, and lived in West Hollywood and Hollywood Hills, but I’m a New Yorker now.

Where do you feel most zen?

Definitely in a bath. The works— candles, salts, a podcast.

Favorite hike?

Whenever I’m in L.A., I love to hike Franklin Canyon Park.

Favorite beach?

Sydney beaches for the nostalgia and the views. In California, Point Dume in Malibu.

Zen Moments Favorite relaxing getaway?

Nature in any port! The sound of trees and grass, salty water—I’m a sucker for nature.

Favorite health food fix?

Crunchy salads win the race, always.

Do you follow a diet?

No restrictions for me, or I’ll just end up craving things. So I just moderate.

Favorite hotel?

Shutters on the Beach is a perfect place to stay in L.A. But, my favorite hotel in the world is Le Pavillon de la Reine in Paris.

Favorite gym/class?

I like Pilates, The Class by Taryn Toomey or Yoga Sculpt.

Favorite spa? Treatment?

Nothing relaxes me more than a good facial massage. Onda’s are the best! And I love Beverly

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Hair products?

I’m loving the K18 Hair line, which is great because I still color my hair (although I’ve reduced it).

Favorite home item?

Costa Brazil’s candles. I have them everywhere.

Favorite flowers?

Peonies. Daisies and sweet peas remind me of a wild English garden. I also love Ranunculus.

What book are you reading?

Everything related to menopause. Kelly Casperson’s You Are Not Broken and Amanda Thebe’s Menopocalypse.

Favorite musician/album to help you relax?

Anything David Bowie.

Favorite podcasts?

I like to bounce around between On Being with Krista Tippett, Making Sense with Sam Harris, The Peter Attia Drive and Unlocking Us. 2

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