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here’s something about the fall season that always makes me think about going back to school and start wondering what I should buy for the next sartorial year. Even though academia was a lifetime ago for me, the feeling that we need to add to our wardrobes come fall is embedded in my core. This issue of C packs the pages with fashion features that have you covered — no matter what your style. With stories that showcase more androgynous utilitarian looks to floral frocks aplenty, we understand that not one size (or style) fits all.

Designer Johnson Hartig of the beloved label Libertine knows that all too well. Not one to fit into any box, Hartig has always pushed boundaries with his colorful creations. He started with vintage bejeweled one-of-a-kind pieces, and after two decades in the business has evolved into a flourishing cult brand that has devotees collecting season after season. We’re invited inside his fantastical Hancock Park home for a peek into his world, which is just as dazzling as his line.

Our cover subject, Emma Roberts, has been on Best Dressed lists for years, but style isn’t what defines her. As a lifelong actor from a celebrated family, treading the boards is in her blood — but her voracious appetite for literature has led her to create a book club with many a member. Even during our lunch break on the shoot, she asked everyone to list their favorite books and made thoughtful recommendations to all of us around the table.

That’s real style: when you can be your most authentic self (while sitting in the most amazing clothes), but still break open a book and share a good story with others. Style and substance is the real winning combination.

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Christian Stroble is a fashion stylist, an editor, and a costume designer with more than a decade of experience working with a range of high-profile clients and publications. Stroble has worked with actors and musicians, ranging from Dan Levy and Lenny Kravitz to Rami Malek and Jodie Comer, and he has worked on shoots for magazines including Vogue, GQ, and Harper’s Bazaar. For this issue, he styled our cover story on Emma Roberts, p. 74. MY C SPOTS H.Lorenzo has hard-to-find international brands • On my days off you’ll find me at Modo Yoga • I love the French toast at Sqirl

The fashion stylist for our feature “The New Androgyny,” p.86, Christopher Campbell, studied at New York University. His career includes positions at Details, Absolute, Departures, and Blackbook. He has also collaborated with magazines like British GQ, Robb Report, and Flaunt, and works regularly with Lord & Taylor, Macy’s, and Hudson’s Bay. MY C SPOTS The Naughty Pig is a perfect little dive bar on Sunset with the best burgers around • Purple Panther Vintage pop-up on Sunday nights at El Cid when dance fever strikes • Colibrí pop-up at Los Balcones when meeting friends for dinner

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Born in Paris to a cinematic set designer father and prominent painter mother, Jack Waterlot grew up traveling the world with his family and honing his eye for photography. Today based in New York City by way of Los Angeles, the visual artist has a roster of clients that ranges from Numero, Vogue, W, and other fashion magazines to luxury labels like Tom Ford and Roberto Cavalli. For this issue, he focused his lens on cover subject Emma Roberts, p.74. MY C SPOTS My favorite place to hang out is Topanga Canyon • The Great Frog jewelry store on Melrose • Malibu Seafood on PCH

Makeup artist Mary Wiles, who worked on our Emma Roberts cover story, p.74, has been in the field more than 20 years. After growing up on a farm near London, she lived and worked in London, Paris, New York, and Los Angeles. She started in fashion and assisted up to 30 shows per season, and now predominantly works with celebrities for events and red carpets. “My aim is to enhance beauty and make my clients feel confident and comfortable,” she says. MY C SPOTS I love Fryman Canyon • I often find designer pieces at Crossroads Trading in Santa Monica • In-N-Out Burger is a must

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Now she has decided to leave a significant impact on California with a picturesque 3,000-sq.-ft., twostory flagship store in West Hollywood.

Johnson has joined creative forces with a community of local designers — including interior design oracle Kelly Wearstler —

who lent their talents to this retail fairy tale by creating otherworldly artisanal pieces that flatter Johnson’s already striking designs.

An enchanting conservatory and a 16ft. tree invite guests to explore and shop the full Ulla Johnson collection, including limited-edition exclusives for the shop.

“Nature feels very close in California,” Johnson says. “The access to light and space is so seductive.” 8823 Beverly Blvd., L.A., 424-245-4359; ullajohnson.com. R.R.

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LEADING LADY Natalie Bloomingdale’s latest capsule collection with The Beverly Hills Hotel takes inspiration from Margaret Jane Anderson, the hotel’s pioneering original owner and operator. With this second collaboration, Bloomingdale’s online boutique The SIL continues to expand its assortment of exclusive pieces from independent designers, tapping Los Angeles–based Autumn Adeigbo, Keehn Deutch, and Tyler Ellis; La Vie Style House of Dallas, Houston’s Cheeky Vintage; and UK-based Smock London to create everything from boldly patterned daywear to sequined evening dresses. The Beverly Hills Hotel, 9641 Sunset Blvd., Beverly Hills; thesilshop.com. E.V.

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THE EYES HAVE IT Now that Schiaparelli has arrived on the West Coast, racks of eye-catching ready-to-wear, gowns, bags, accessories, and jewelry — often inspired by the archival designs of Salvador Dalí, Alberto Giacometti, Jean Cocteau, and the brand’s revolutionary founder, Elsa Schiaparelli — are turning heads in California.

The permanent second-floor boutique at Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills, designed by the house’s creative director Daniel Roseberry in collaboration with architect Daniel Romualdez, evokes the surrealist and whimsical details of Schiaparelli’s Paris headquarters, down

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to the single ears carved into rolling racks, an homage to a 1938 earring collaboration between Elsa and Jean Schlumberger. The partnership between Schiaparelli and Neiman Marcus dates to the same era: In 1940 Elsa won one of the first fashion awards the department store bestowed.

Neiman Marcus, 9700 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, 310-550-5900; neimanmarcus.com. neimanmarcus.com E.V.

Within sight of the craggy Santa Monica mountains lined with wildflowers and white sage, Hermès has opened a Topanga boutique, its latest in Los Angeles. The façade of the ground floor space inside Westfield Topanga is awash in a palette inspired by the neighboring Topanga State Park. The interiors, also designed by Parisian architectural agency RDAI, contain clear terra-cotta stucco and cherrywood.

Women’s silk scarves and perfumes sit alongside the French house’s beauty line, ready-to-wear, leather goods, and equestrian accessories, along with a wall filled with covetable bags. Also on hand are jewelry and watches, men’s ready-to-wear and ties, plus tableware, objects, furniture, and games. Art is all around, including photographs by Joel Meyerowitz and Catherine Henriette. 6600 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Canoga Park; hermes.com. E.V.

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BADU TO THE BONE Designed to be seen, touched, and metaphorically heard, the new collaboration between otherworldly singer-songwriter Erykah Badu and Marni creative director Francesco Risso is intensely tactile and riotously colorful. The limited-edition capsule of women’s ready-to-wear, accessories, and shoes is part of the multidisciplinary Marni Jam program of experimental dialogues between artists, which links the voices of Badu and Risso and fuses the Italian house’s artisanal roots with the multihyphenate creative’s singular aesthetic.

Marni x Erykah Badu comprises an assemblage of jeweltoned patchwork dresses with vibrant color-blocked velvets, shearling-collared trenches, and shirts and skirts embroidered with onyx, silver, gold, and bronze sequins.

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wools and suedes join knit capes in oversize stripes and raw-edged sweaters, all nodding to Badu’s revered personal style honed since her early years as a rapper and dancer. Topping it all is a slew of crystal-encrusted bracelets, armlets, tiaras, necklaces, and earrings — as well as an abundance of flamboyant hats, always a Badu signature. 8460 Melrose Pl., L.A., 323-782-1101; marni.com. E.V.

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Francesco Risso and Erykah Badu (left) created a capsule collection both colorful and tactile.

Despite pioneering the starlet-as-muse concept, Givenchy has never had a Los Angeles boutique — until now. The full array of the French house’s ready-to-wear for women and men, alongside its extensive accessories collections, fills a 6,500-sq.-ft. ephemeral space in Beverly Hills.

Pismo Beach–raised creative director Matthew M. Williams’ sharp tailoring for fall fills the minimalist, brutalist space beside distinctive metal ladders and poles that reflect the metal hardware of his bags and shoes.

The temporary boutique’s mirrored interiors include sculptures, created in collaboration with British artist Ewan Macfarlane, of human bodies that climb, reach, and lean in arresting positions and poses — all while clad in Givenchy attire. 413 N. Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills; givenchy.com. E.V.

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Style-savvy westsiders no longer have to cross the 405 for retail therapy. With a procession of high-fashion heavyweights opening up shop in Rick Caruso’s Palisades Village this fall, the million-dollar question now becomes: Could this manicured enclave on the edge of the Pacific really be the next Melrose Place — or, dare we suggest, Beverly Hills 2.0?

Consider the recent (or imminent) arrivals of posh European houses like Saint Laurent, which is taking prime position on the corner of Sunset Boulevard to showcase its fall runway collections, along with more casual beach-ready looks for a day at the nearby Jonathan Club or Bel Air Bay Club. French designer Isabel Marant follows suit with her second L.A. outpost, a sunny yellow cottage-like boutique inspired by the 1970s French experimental movement. Here, ruffled and smocked floral-printed dresses and tops seem equally well suited for a spin on a Vespa in Paris or in a posh westside car service. Swedish minimalist line Totême, the brainchild of

street-style blogger turned international style icon Elin Kling and her husband, Karl Lindman, decided on the clifftop locale for their first West Coast brick-andmortar, eschewing more predictable landing grounds.

Nearby, French swimwear stalwart Eres has bowed with racks of colorful resort looks in a tony space adorned with Zellige tiles and warm wood. Venice Beach–based luxury eyewear brand Jacques Marie Mage has arrived with his rare and collectible Japanese-made frames, which have been made famous by the likes of Austin Butler.

The well-heeled newcomers follow in the footsteps of neighbors like Brunello Cucinelli, Jen Meyer, and Elyse Walker, who may be considered the OG pioneer of the luxury Palisades retail scene. It was only a matter of time before this neighborhood drew more attention from the international fashion world. 15225 Palisades Village Ln., Pacific Palisades. K.M.

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Powdery hues evoking neutral flesh tones created from black diamonds, pink sapphires, rose poudré pink spinels, white diamonds, and yellow sapphires — plus the bolder tones of gems like rubies — comprise the new Fendi Triptych high jewelry collection. The rings, earrings, lariats, tennis bracelets, pendants, and necklaces encompass a chromatic tour in three chapters dreamed up by the house’s artistic director of jewelry, Delfina Delettrez Fendi. Her first collection, a mix of architectural balance and the asymmetries found in the natural world, is divided into sections: Roma Rosa, a play on multicolored stones in Rome; Gioiello Giallo, riffing on the house’s famed yellow; and Bianco Brillante, showcasing white diamonds. Tangled, abstracted, reversed, and hidden FF motifs appear throughout — catch them if you can. fendi.com. E.V.

SURE SLINGS There’s nothing pedestrian about these pumps

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our years ago, Rick Owens and film director and photographer Danielle Levitt published a first book of photographs taken from their semi-annual collaborations.

In the initial volume, Levitt expertly captures stark images of the designer’s bold pieces and produces crisp, unvarnished portraits of models in Owens’ collection looks. Upon its publication, the innovative Porterville-raised designer, who learned pattern cutting in Los Angeles, ended a 16-year hiatus from his home state by returning to the city where his career began for a book signing. The event drew an

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Clockwise from top left: Rick Owens; signature looks from his past collections.

endless line of ardent supporters to his La Brea boutique.

Now Levitt and Owens are releasing a second book, More Rick Owens (Rizzoli, $65), documenting the evolution of his aesthetic in the years since the first monograph arrived. From Owens’ obsessive homage to Larry Legaspi (who designed for Grace Jones, Kiss, and Labelle) to his colorful Spring/Summer 2023 offering (titled Edfu after the site of the Ptolemaic Temple of Horus in Egypt), the striking new directions of his singular silhouettes emerge across the pages.

Levitt captures the dramatic shoulders, voluminous proportions, trailing hems, mile-high platform boots, and Owens’ perfectly measured draping and sharply original angles in all their subversive glory. She also gives a firsthand look at the pieces comprising four shows he held for no audiences — Owens calls them the label’s Covid Quartet — on the Lido di Venezia, where he spends his summers. The improvisational aspects of these presentations drew Owens’ team even closer, leading his casting director of the past decade to wield a trash can lid as a wind machine so Levitt could get her shots. 2

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LUCKY STRIKES The savviest Hollywood players are finding new opportunities as the stalemate with studios continues

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t feels like it’s a reflection of the gig economy, but on a much larger scale,” says publicist Meghan Wirtz on a sweltering Thursday about three months into the writers’ strike and a month into the actors’ walkout. Wirtz, who works with top firm Rachel Harrison Communications, is musing on the ever-expanding entrepreneurial life of modern Hollywood players.

“Turning yourself into a brand has become something you not only can do, but should be doing,” says Wirtz.

“If you’re a singer or an actor, you don’t have to earn your income just from your profession.”

Although celebrities turning into entrepreneurs is a tale as old as time, from Elizabeth Taylor’s House of Taylor beauty empire to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation entertainment agency, in the face of the unprecedented dual strikes

Schnapp peddling a hazelnut spread.

“For A-list celebrities who can sign endorsement deals, they’re already used to sporadic income, and representatives are always looking to make money where they can,” says Los Angeles–based Richard Rushfield, chief columnist for The Ankler, the industry newsletter widely read by Hollywood insiders.

“Acting isn’t an office job where you get three weeks of vacation a year. But now they all have some time on their hands, and they’re looking to book.”

Wirtz, whose company specializes in the food and beverage category, already boasts a roster overflowing with brands hawked by celebrities, including Finnish Long Drink (co-owned by Miles Teller), Teremana tequila (The Rock), and SelvaRey rum (Bruno Mars).

And regardless of whether a celebrity is tangentially associated or deeply entwined, it’s a symbiotic relationship that can give both entities a financial lift over the long term.

“If you have a product with an interesting story, that sometimes can only get you so far,” explains Wirtz.

“It doesn’t necessarily guarantee that having a celebrity is going to help you reach a massive audience, but it sure does help a lot.”

All those eyeballs mean big dollars.

Launchmetrics chief marketing officer Alison Bringé recently told the New York Times that actor Margot Robbie’s red carpet premiere appearance for the summer blockbuster Barbie while wearing a Schiaparelli gown “generated more than $2.1 million in media impact value in just 24 hours, which is more than half of what Schiaparelli’s Fall 2023 show amassed overall.”

And because the SAG-AFTRA strike rules don’t prohibit fashion or product promotional work, it becomes a no-brainer when there’s money to be made from a star with plenty of time on their hands. Industry insiders predict that Fashion Weeks this fall in New York, Milan, and Paris will see the most star-filled front-row turnouts in recent memory. Fashion brands will pay to get a star to their show, throwing in flights, hotels, and clothes, not to mention the prospect of a long-term

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September will see the most star-filled front rows in recent history that have ground the film and TV industries and their accompanying paychecks to a screeching halt, the number of Hollywood players seeking revenue streams outside their day jobs is about to hit an apex.

“It’s absolutely everywhere,” says Wirtz, who acknowledges that the two strikes could help the trend hit new heights after an already bonkers 2022, which saw everything from Kevin Hart launching a plant-based restaurant, Hart House, in Los Angeles, to Stranger Things star Noah

six- or seven-figure annual contract as a campaign star or brand ambassador.

To decipher how the strikes could impact the fates and finances of modern Hollywood players, look no further than another unprecedented moment that put a muzzle on Tinseltown: the lockdown years. Much like the pandemic gave mere plebeians sufficient downtime to perfect their sourdough, the same was true for actors who were left with scant shoots and no red carpets. In their place, a bevy of quarantine projects pushed Hollywood into the entrepreneurial stratosphere.

Some explored familiar territory (Greta Gerwig recently told The Guardian that her and husband Noah Baumbach’s outof-the-box script for Barbie came from “the deep isolation of the pandemic, that feeling of being in our own little boxes, alone”), but many other projects were laser-focused on brand-building.

From John Krasinki’s web series Some Good News (sold to ViacomCBS after a bidding war) to Dua Lipa’s lifestyle newsletter, podcast, and event company Service95, the strikes

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could translate into a similar project trajectory as the boom spurred by Covid in 2020. “When you’re a star you get pitched stuff every single day,” says Rushfield. “I’m sure there are a lot of meetings they wouldn’t have taken two months ago and they are thinking, ‘Oh, maybe this is something.’” Indeed, one manager at a major agency confirms that since actors experienced their principal income streams drying up in the spring of 2020, “endorsement departments within agencies have swelled, sometimes becoming the biggest department in the company.”

“It’s a very good question as to where this goes, but the strikes could very well make everyone’s creative juices head in another direction,” says another top publicist who wished to remain anonymous. “And even if they’re not very involved, I’ve seen it done many times by celebrities with brands where they use your name and you do one appearance and that’s all you’re required to do,” the publicist said of the ease with which an actor can quickly boost their bottom line.

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entrepreneurial projects, two starkly disparate sectors seem to have proved most popular with celebrities. Saunter down any beauty aisle and you’ll find a Who’s Who of A-lister endorsed brands, whether you’re interested in clean beauty (Scarlett Johansson’s The Outset), male beauty (Pleasing x Marco Ribeiro), or even hand soap (Courteney Cox’s Homecourt), all of which dropped last year.

You can also drink like a celebrity now that liquor stores are awash with Hollywood booze collaborations.

“There’s just such a big market for it,” says Wirtz, who says the trend has George Clooney to thank. “Casamigos was the company that really started it all.” It’s only natural that once you sell something for a cool billion dollars — as Clooney did when Diageo acquired his tequila brand in 2017 — it tends to snowball. “That really kicked off a lot of it; people want to get a slice of the pie.”

Of course, that also doesn’t mean having an entrepreneurial nature isn’t a risk-free endeavor. “Jennifer Lopez [allegedly] doesn’t drink, and then she

comes out with a liquor brand!” an anonymous publicist says, referring to Delola, Lopez’s new line of bottled spritzes. “If you’re [allegedly] sober, why are you joining forces with an alcohol company?” she asks in reference to the backlash. Lopez later announced on Instagram that she enjoys an occasional cocktail and doesn’t get “shitfaced.”

In addition to strike-induced projects, Rushfield also points out that stars may be returning to set sooner than we think.

SAG-AFTRA recently approved waivers for production on 40 independent films, including A24’s Mother Mary starring Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel, when the production company agreed to its terms. “I think a lot of stars are hearing that and saying, ‘Well, it’s a good time for me to do an indie film now and jump into that loophole.’”

How long the strikes last and what their legacy will be is anyone’s guess.

Let’s not forget that the 2007 strike gave us Donald Trump’s The Celebrity Apprentice, and look where that got him.

But, according to Rushfield, one thing is certain: “It’s crazy times.” •

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PIZZA AT LAST Jason Neroni, the chef behind the Venice juggernaut The Rose, finally has the pizza restaurant he’s been obsessing over for the past few years — and it’s unlike anything you’ve ever seen. At Best Bet Neroni is going deep with not one, but three entirely different styles of pizza.

Consider the Montanara, his take on fried pizza from Napoli’s street-food scene, blanketed with taleggio fonduta, arugula pesto, and crunchy olives. Next is pillowy focaccia bearing crispy mortadella, whipped bufala ricotta, pistachios — and cherries.

His neo–New York pies are a cross between traditional Neapolitan and New York styles cooked over oak and Japanese charcoal.

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Best Bet has taken over the ‘60s-era IHOP where Roy Choi once held forth at A-Frame, rebuilt and spruced up with a ‘70s-style decor and 110 seats spanning indoors and out. The spot is billed as a pizza restaurant, so expect much more than a few salads and some salumi, albeit impeccably sourced from Italy. Check out the menu’s fritti and spuntini section. How about ricotta zeppole adorned with avocado honey, black truffles, and sea salt ? Or braised brisket meatballs in a white Bolognese? Move further down the menu to apricots paired with coal-smoked, warm peppered lardo. Now think pasta; maybe orecchiette with pink peppercorns and caciocavallo cheese. Still hungry? The kitchen fires up poussin Milanese with cherry amaro agrodolce and rabbit confit saltimbocca with speck and black truffle butter. Much of the menu will change frequently, along with the Italian/Cal-Italian wine list. 12565 Washington Blvd., L.A.; bestbetpizzeria.la. S.I.V.

Bring on the oysters — freshly shucked. On the half shell or crowned with uni and caviar.

Char-grilled with Parmesan, black pepper, and breadcrumbs or acting as supporting players on a fully loaded seafood platter.

The team behind the ever-mobbed Found Oyster and diminutive Barra Santos has landed in Eagle Rock with Queen St., a delirious ode to southern seafood.

Named for a gracious palmettoshaded street in Charleston, the city where chef-partner Ari Kolender grew up, Queen St.’s menu celebrates dishes the thirdgeneration Charlestonian ate at his mother’s and grandmother’s tables. Take a seat at the horseshoe-shaped raw bar or the long red leather banquette. Start with oysters, of course, then zero in on the anchovy-and-tomato bread pudding, pickled shrimp, Carolina Gold crab rice, or a bowl of elegant she-crab soup dosed with sherry.

Mains are mostly grilled: barbecued Gulf shrimp, tuna fish Hemingway, or a golden fried flounder with fresh apricot agrodolce. Kolender fits in a couple of meat dishes, too, like smothered pork with mustardy cabbage and lamb ribs with salsa verde. For dessert, he’s done his grandmother proud with Sheralyn’s chocolate pecan Derby Pie. Evelyn Goreshnik put together an eclectic wine list that proposes a glass of Rare Wine Company’s “Charleston” Madeira to cap off the evening.

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ATLA marks chef Enrique Olvera's second outpost in Los Angeles.

VIVA MEXICO! Enrique Olvera, one of Mexico’s most celebrated chefs, isn’t just about enchanting worldly palates with stunning, technically brilliant dishes at his flagship restaurants Pujol in Mexico City, Cosme in New York, and Damian in the Arts District of Los Angeles. His portfolio of restaurants also includes the five-year-old casual neighborhood spot Atla Noho in New York.

Now that popular Mexican comfort food concept is arriving in Venice. Executive chef Marisol Corona gathers classic dishes from the original spot for her menu, but it’s not just a carbon copy. “We are here to provide comfort, crafting delicious, simple, flavorful food without taking shortcuts,” she says. “We want Atla to be part of the neighborhood, sharing Mexican vibes and fostering a strong sense of community through our culinary offerings.” For the Los Angeles location, the kitchen has added, of course, our beloved avocado toast, served on local darling Jyan Isaac’s seeded sourdough.

The space, designed by Alonso de Garay — who also created striking settings for Damian, Cosme, and Atla Noho — accommodates 140 seats. Nab a table inside or on the serene outdoor patio and order up flaxseed chilaquiles, a lobster burrito, or the famous chicken soup with chayote and avocado. Line up for heirloom corn tacos stuffed with shrimp and black beans, short ribs and avocado salsa crude — or, for the vegetable virtuous, Brussels sprouts with spicy peanut butter, aleppo pepper, and avocado. On the other hand, what about pork al pastor tucked into a flour tortilla with pineapple butter? Or a barbacoa consommé garnished with onions, lime, salsa, and cilantro? There is a lot to love here, including the impressive list of tequila and mezcal.

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BELLE OF THE BAY Nestled within San Francisco’s picturesque Presidio Park, a former military post with views of the Bay Bridge, the anticipated new concept restaurant Dalida, from husband-and-wife team Sayat and Laura Ozyilmaz, is a mess hall beyond measure. In Polish-Yiddish, dalida translates to “dahlia,” which is the name of Sayat’s mother, as well as the official flower of San Francisco. The couple commissioned Oakland-based artist Emily Parkinson to create a vibrant hand-painted botanical mural in the dining room, and the menu puts a California spin on traditional Eastern Mediterranean fare, with standouts including a reimagined tahdig (Persian crispy rice) topped with Santa Barbara uni, Monterey Bay seaweed, and a preserved yuzu sauce. Taking full advantage of the surroundings, fresh oysters are served with a mignonette made from pressed quince flowers harvested from the couple’s plot in the Presidio’s Community Garden.

101 Montgomery St., Ste. 100, S.F.; dalidasf.com. K.M. Eastern Mediterranean cuisine meets California flavor at DALIDA.

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There’s independent cinema and then there’s filmmaker John Waters. The Baltimore-based boundary pusher’s films — Female Trouble, Pink Flamingos, Hairspray, CryBaby, and Cecil B. Demented — are part of the punk canon, as is his pencil-thin mustache and annual hosting gig at Oakland’s Mosswood Meltdown music festival. He enters the beating heart of American cinema this fall with John Waters: Pope of Trash debuting at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (Sept. 17, 2023, to Aug. 4, 2024). The transgressive auteur is the subject of a sprawling exhibition encompassing costumes, props, scripts, and photographs, or what Waters calls a “freeway of filth,” from films that foreground queer identity and casts of characters with cult followings including Dawn Davenport (Waters’ childhood friend Divine), Honey Whitlock (Melanie Griffith), and Tracy Turnblad (Ricki Lake). “Up, up, up you’ll go in the Dis-May Company of dreams to a crackpot cathedral of sinema [sic] treasures,” promises Waters. 6067 Wilshire Blvd., L.A., 323-930-3000; academymuseum.org. E.V.

HAUTE NEW HOME Kaj Maloney learned the ins and outs of his family’s furniture import business from his uncle, Lars Kieler, a Danish immigrant who founded what is now Habitat Home and Garden in Santa Barbara in 1992. “Two months after I was hired, I was on a plane to India and Thailand to meet with local artisans,” recalls Maloney, who took over as president after Kieler passed away last year.

With locations in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo, the company recently opened the doors to a new space in Malibu. “It was our opportunity to expand into L.A.,” Maloney says, “but to do it in our own way.” Taking over a PCH landmark, the old A&B Hardware building across from the ocean, their new outpost is chock-full of rustic pieces that are designed in-house and one-of-a-kind hand-picked treasures culled from around the globe. 21249 PCH, Malibu, 310-598-7118; habitathomeandgarden.com. K.M.

Art + Design News The news that David Zwirner was going to open up shop in Los Angeles with a trifecta of gallery spaces sent the art world into an absolute tizzy last year. The New York–based mega-dealer — who represents the likes of Wolfgang Tillmans, Barbara Kruger, and Gerhard Richter — began his West Coast rollout with two side-by-side gallery spaces, including an eponymous bookshop. Now he’s unveiling an adjacent three-story flagship building, designed by starchitect Annabelle Selldorf, that boasts more than 15,000 sq. ft. of exhibition space and an outdoor terrace. The inaugural show is a series of paintings by British artist Rose Wylie. The chatter among creative circles, however, is focused on the space’s surprising location.

Joining a handful of other new

galleries on a seedy strip of Western at the intersection of Hollywood and Koreatown (what could generously be called Hancock Park adjacent), Zwirner’s outpost occupies a strategic middle ground between artists who live and work on the east side and collectors on the west side. We’re on neighborhood watch. 612 North Western Ave., L.A.; davidzwirner.com. K.M.

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PQL offers stylish offerings for the pickleball court.

THAT PICKLES When pickleball became an all-out obsession, entrepreneur Sabina Nathanson felt sartorially stranded between stuffy tenniscore and campy pickle-themed attire, so she launched PQL Club, the sport’s first independent luxury apparel line. The game’s unique set of rules prompted her design direction. “You don’t get a second serve in pickleball,” she notes, “so we designed our skirt pocket to hold a cell phone rather than a second ball. It seemed more suited

for a social game and a social player.” With classic court silhouettes updated for the style-savvy player, the L.A. brand’s collection of classy navy-and-white muscle tanks, highwaisted wrap skirts, and bomber jackets scores points both on and off the court. In addition to new colorways this fall, the line is also launching a unisex crewneck. “It’s the perfect warm-up piece for a mixed doubles team,” Nathanson says. Welcome to the club. pqlclub.com. K.M.

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Coach’s latest collaboration embellishes American staples like denim shirts and jeans, white T-shirts, and knit cardigans with small-scale whimsical drawings from Observed By Us, a creative partnership between Los Angeles–based illustrator Jessica Herschko and actor Kirsten Dunst. Embroidered daisies grow from the bottom of a sundress, more flowers emerge from the pocket of a shirt, a rocket soars across a leather card case, and birthday candles and friendly UFOs adorn leather messenger

bags. The collection’s chic doodles celebrate the wonder found in everyday objects — a folding chair, a dining table — and use Coach’s heritage colors embroidered across fabrics and leathers and in resin, glass pendants, and earrings. Coach creative director Stuart Vevers and the duo looked to playful and nostalgic pieces from Dunst’s closet to shape the capsule. Even some plucky dinosaurs, a nod to Coach’s house mascot, Rexy, make appearances. coach.com. E.V.

New York’s Lafayette 148 is westward bound, opening its first boutique in Beverly Hills in a white-hued gallerylike space that nods to the company’s original Soho address. Inside is creative director Emily Smith’s Fall/ Winter 23 ready-to-wear collection, inspired by the Brooklyn Public Library’s serene Central Branch. Relaxed designs emulate the library’s meandering lines, and muted colors evoke the rich patinas of its volumes. Smith has spent two decades refining L148’s pared-back silhouettes favored by women seeking polished yet understated designs, including Kamala Harris, Oprah Winfrey, and Melinda Gates. Italian-made accessories, bags, footwear, and jewelry are also on hand inside the architectural space, which is covered with subtly embossed L-beam logo wallpaper and filled with wooden podiums by Yucca Valley–based sculptor Dan John Anderson and a credenza by New York artist Tyler Hays. 9533 Brighton Way, Beverly Hills, 323-622-1445; lafayette148ny.com.

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Although best known for her romantic comedies and horror roles, the actor-producer has quietly built her passion project into one of the world’s preeminent book clubs. She tells C Magazine what happens next

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can see Emma Roberts but I cannot hear her. Something has gone wrong with one of our computers because she cannot hear me, either. She’s miming frantically in her rental property in New York between fits of giggles. Is it my microphone? Is it yours? Which one of us has f*&$%d this up?! If she were born in 1891 as opposed to 1991, Roberts would have a great future in silent movies.

She’s delightful on mute — so animated and expressive. In fact, maybe we could do the entire interview as a game of charades?

But no. After a minute or so of Laureland-Hardy-ing around, we repair to FaceTime and the sound era begins. “I’m so sorry!” she says. It turns out she had left her AirPods connected in the next room, adding to her long list of reasons to hate modern technology. “There’s something much more romantic about a phone call, but people always want to Zoom,” she says.

“My best friend and I talk on the phone for hours. I still have a landline, which people find shocking.”

Indeed, there is something refreshingly analog about Roberts, 32. Well, she is about as analog as you can be when you have more than 20 million Instagram followers and a sizable cult on TikTok, where her characters from American Horror Story and Scream Queens regularly resurface as memes. But it is telling that the old school Tumblr is her platform of choice. “Tumblr is the last corner of the internet where I feel I can discover new things that aren’t algorithmed to death,” she says.

And she’d really prefer to be making a collage herself with scissors and glue. “I’m all about tangible objects,” she says. “I never read on a computer or a device — I always have a physical book. I’m always with a pen, always with a notebook. I buy so many magazines every month because I love to sit and decompress and make a collage. I’m very tactile.” What she really loves to do — what she does whenever she finds herself in a new town — is wander into the local bookstore and ask what everyone has been reading.

The Last Bookstore and Book Soup are her favorites in Los Angeles, the town where she grew up. “I love to stumble upon something myself,” she declares.

She has poured this passion for books into Belletrist, the hugely successful online book

“Now that I’m a mom I can’t believe I wasn’t kissing the ground my mom walks on” E M MA ROB E RTS club that she co-founded with her friend Karah Preiss in 2017, which has an audience of more than a quarter of a million. Belletrist has won a loyal following among readers and writers alike. “As social media and the endless stream of content distract and create noise, Belletrist is like a homegoing, a quiet space to bring readers from all different walks of life together,” says Lisa Taddeo, author of Three Women, whose novel Animal was featured by Roberts. “Emma and Karah and the rest of the team are wise and well-read,” Taddeo adds, “but they are also current and cool, and that amalgamation is what will keep Belletrist not only relevant but also a genuine force.” Roberts also recorded the audiobook of Animal.

Roberts has been in show business since she was 10. From as early as she can remember, she was putting on fashion shows for her mom, Kelly Cunningham, and asking for “real people” whenever someone put on a cartoon.

You could say stories are in her genes. Her father, Eric Roberts, is the star of such movies as Runaway Train, Inherent Vice, and The Dark Knight; her aunt Julia Roberts is, not to put too fine a point on it, Julia Roberts. But Emma insists a Pop-Tart commercial inspired her to take up acting. “It looked so cool!” she says.

“It was just these kids dancing and eating Pop-Tarts, and my mom would never buy me Pop-Tarts. I thought, ‘If I was in a Pop-Tart commercial, I could eat a Pop Tart.’”

That dream never came to pass. But her screen debut arrived in 2001, when she played Johnny Depp’s daughter in Blow.

Roberts went on to win numerous Teen Choice awards for Nickelodeon series like Unfabulous in her teens, to star in movies like Wild Child and We’re the Millers, and to become a horror darling for her work with Ryan Murphy’s wildly successful American Horror Story franchise.

But the constant in her life — and the subject she returns to with the most enthusiasm — is her love of books. “I was home-schooled from the eighth grade,” she says, “so books were my everything — for work, for school, for fun.” It doesn’t take long for her to share her recent treasures: a first edition of Son of Rosemary, Ira Levin’s sequel to Rosemary’s Baby, which she found on Etsy; and Dakota Days, an account of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s period in New York City’s Dakota Building, written by Ono’s astrologer.

She is always pressing books on people and making recommendations for vacation reading lists, but it wasn’t until 2017 that she decided to turn her ardor into a project.

“I would always post what I was reading on Instagram and Karah was like, ‘Wow, there’s so many comments and engagement on these pictures of books,’” she recalls. “So I started having all these conversations in the comments, and then we were like, ‘Why don’t we create a space for this where we recommend books?’”

One of the joys of Belletrist is that it has grown organically out of Roberts and Preiss’ friendship. Preiss lives in New York and Roberts in Los Angeles, and in addition to their landline conversations, the pair has always sent books back and forth by mail.

“Karah introduced me to Patti Smith and Joan Didion — all these icons I didn’t know about as a teenager, but she knew because she was cooler than me,” Roberts says.

“We’re constantly still recommending books at every second of the day to each other. It’s been really nice to also have a friendship that turned into ‘work.’ I put that in quotes because it doesn’t feel like work.”

Belletrist has now grown into a largescale operation with an attached production company (credits include First Kill on Netflix and Tell Me Lies on Hulu). The books that Roberts and Preiss choose are far more eclectic than your average celebrity book club. “Maybe it’s Joan Didion, maybe it’s

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Melissa Broder, maybe it’s a memoir by Dani Shapiro or a classic Ernest Hemingway or Confessions of a Shopaholic. Who cares? As long as people are reading and feel authentic, that’s what we wanted to do.”

The September choice is Happiness Falls by the Korean-American author Angie Kim, described as a “very non-traditional missing person novel” that follows the disappearance of a father who has been studying happiness.

“A lot of people say they never would have discovered a certain writer if we hadn’t posted it, and that just gives me joy,” Roberts says.

Clearly she has relished having a project outside of acting that allows her to be “proactive” with her time — which, as anyone involved in the movie business will tell you, is not something you can usually count on. We are talking just as the Screen Actors Guild has gone on strike, which means no filming and no promotional activities. So no word, I’m afraid, on her return to American Horror Story this fall, or on-set anecdotes from her recent turn in the romantic comedy Maybe I Do opposite greats of the genre, including Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon, and Richard Gere.

Movies are, however, the family business, so the line between childhood memories and business gets a little blurry, particularly when it comes to her aunt Julia. Eric left the family home when Emma was seven months old, and she has always credited Julia as a more formative influence.

“I visited her on a lot of sets and loved watching her do what she does,” she says.

“Obviously I am her biggest fan. My comfort movie is My Best Friend’s Wedding. I could watch it a million times. I know every line.

And people like watching it with me because I do a performance alongside the movie because I love it so much.”

As for the strike itself, she is “excited” to see such solidarity among cast and crew. In fact, she is about to return to Los Angeles to join the picket lines. “We work in a business where everybody should be winning, and if everybody can be winning, why aren’t they?” she says. “I’m excited to join my fellow actors and to stand with the writers because I think everybody should feel valued. The way this business has been going, they make everybody at every level feel that they’re replaceable and that they don’t matter. I don’t think that people should feel that way. We didn’t get into this business to be made to feel that way. We got

“Emma and team are current and cool. Belletrist is a genuine force” L I S A TA D D E O into this business to relate to each other and express ourselves and tell stories and make people feel something.”

It’s not the only moment that Roberts rails against the “they” in charge of studios and platforms: the executive class being asked by both the actors’ and writers’ guilds to agree to better pay and job security in the age of streaming. She just hopes the average content-consuming member of the public can appreciate what is at stake. “Everybody thinks Hollywood is way more glamorous than it is,” she says. “I work with some of the hardestworking people when I’m on set. People don’t realize what the hours are like and how much time away from your family is required. It’s a big commitment and everybody ultimately does it because they love it. But they should also be compensated.”

She is only too aware of the compromises involved. Roberts has a two-and-a-half-yearold son, Rhodes, with fellow actor Garrett Hedlund (the pair has amicably separated).

She makes it clear that she has only been able to juggle her career and family commitments thanks to her mother, Kelly, who provides a lot of free childcare. “We all go through phases where we take our mom for granted, but now that I’m a mom, I just can’t even believe that I wasn’t just kissing the ground my mom walks on. We’re lucky. The three of us have gotten to spend an exorbitant amount of time together between Covid and then traveling for work and all that. So we’ve been kind of inseparable.”

The experience of becoming a mother has brought about what Roberts calls a “relationship renaissance” with her own mother: “I found that being pregnant and having my son has opened up more conversations than anything in my entire life. I’ve connected with friends and family on a deeper level.” In common with a lot of grandparents, Kelly is far less strict as a grandmother. “I called the other night and I was like, ‘What are you doing? Rhodes is asleep, right?’ She’s like, ‘No, he’s up, we’re hanging.’ I’m like, ‘It’s 9 o’clock!’ But I love it.

Their relationship is so sweet. My family is a family of all women — everywhere you look, it’s sisters, mothers, daughters. There are no other boys, so he’s everyone’s prized boy.”

There is another prized boy in Roberts’ life, although she prefers to keep her love life private. She does reveal that he has taken her to see Taylor Swift in concert not once, not twice, but thrice, which seems like a decent amount of commitment.

But it is clear she would rather be talking authors than singers. When I ask who her formative influences were, she cites Judy Blume. “I remember feeling like I was doing something wrong when I read Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret. I was like, ‘Are they allowed to check this out to me in the library?’”

(Depends which state you live in.) She also cites Because of Winn-Dixie, a tender coming-of-age stray dog novel by Kate DiCamillo. “I carried that around for so long. I auditioned for the movie, actually. I didn’t get the part but I was so excited for that audition and I got really close.”

These days her lodestar is Joan Didion, whom she mentions at least five times.

Roberts has sourced rare editions of Didion’s books via The Last Bookstore, and they have become her prized possessions.

“I tried to buy her Celine glasses at auction, but I was grossly outbid,” Roberts says. “And I always go back to that essay on self respect that she wrote for Vogue. I’ll read that once or twice a year and every time, I find something else in it that I’m blown away by.”

It is her dream to play Didion one day.

“We’re the same height, so my small stature would be a bonus!” she says. But she is also learning to simply lose herself on the page: “Ever since I was 12, I was reading books, thinking this could be a movie. I’ve made more of a point to read books purely for fun and let books be books.” It seems an eminently sensible approach. belletrist.com •

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BY HEDI SLIMANE jacket, $3,700, blouse, $1,750, pants, $1,300, and boots, $1,850. Athena wears CELINE BY HEDI SLIMANE tuxedo jacket, $2,950, shirt with bow tie, $1,700, pants, $1,100, and boots, $1,500. @THEGEMHUNTER rings, $275–$1,550. Maya wears CELINE BY HEDI SLIMANE cardigan, $3,150, skirt, $3,950, and sandals, $1,150.

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Massima wears LORO PIANA sweater, $2,200, skirt, $4,275, and shoes, $920. @THEGEMHUNTER earrings, $1,425, cameo pendant, $325, double heart pendant, $275, and carved cameo ring, $695. Athena wears LORO PIANA jacket, $8,250, sweater, $1,175, pants, $4,250, and shoes, $985. @THEGEMHUNTER rings, $275–$1,550. Opposite: MIU MIU jacket (top), $6,800, jacket (bottom), $7,900, cardigan, $1,790, skirt, $3,300, tights, $320, and shoes, $1,270. @THEGEMHUNTER earrings, $875, locket, $695, horseshoe pendant, $250, and double heart pendant, $275.

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Athena wears BRUNELLO CUCINELLI coat, $7,495, and pants, $2,195. SANDY LEONG X GEMFIELDS earrings, $16,200.

HOGAN sneakers, $545. Massima wears BRUNELLO CUCINELLI jacket, $11,995, shirt with necktie, $2,895, skirt, $5,295, and shoes, $1,498. SANDY LEONG X GEMFIELDS earrings, $6,159. FALKE socks, $24. Opposite: ETRO vest, price upon request, shirt, $1,170, and pants, $872. @THEGEMHUNTER brooch, $1250, and rings, $275–$1,550.

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Athena wears SAINT LAURENT jacket, $8,000, sweater, $1,650, gloves, $695, and leggings, $920.

DAVID WEBB necklace, $4,900. Maya wears SAINT LAURENT cardigan, $3,100, shirt, $850, necktie, $250, cuff, $1,290, and handbag, $1,590. DAVID WEBB earrings, $14,000.

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Athena wears POLO RALPH LAUREN coat, $798, shirt, $168, jeans, $228, and shoes, $468. AMEDEO earrings, $7,800. @THEGEMHUNTER rings, $275–$1,550. Vintage scarf from PALACE COSTUME, Los Angeles, price upon request. FALKE socks, $27. Maya wears POLO RALPH LAUREN jacket, $598, shirt, $168, pants, $168, belt, price upon request, and shoes, $468. AMEDEO earrings, $4,600. FALKE socks, $27.

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DIOR earrings, $480, sweater, $2,050, skirt, $4,600, and boots, $1,490. Vintage scarf from PALACE COSTUME, Los Angeles, price upon request. AMEDEO ring (worn as a scarf clasp), $4,200. @ THEGEMHUNTER watch chain, $1,175, and tassel pendant, $425. CELINE belt, $395. FALKE tights, $50. Opposite: STELLA MCCARTNEY faux fur coat, $4,300. POLO RALPH LAUREN shirt, $168. AMEDEO earrings, $7,800, and necklace, $21,550. @THEGEMHUNTER pendant, $1,050, and rings, $275–$1,550.

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Massima wears ALEXANDER MCQUEEN sunglasses, $415, earrings, $690, jacket, $6,600, and skirt, $4,500.

Maya wears GUCCI coat, $21,000. ROGER VIVIER choker, $345. FROLOV gloves from Albright Los Angeles, price upon request.

WOLFORD tights, $55.

LORO PIANA shoes, $920.

Athena wears BALENCIAGA coat, $5,570, pants, $2,459, and shoes, $1,100.

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VALENTINO jumpsuit, $12,000, shirt, $1,400, and “Valentine,” $420. WOLFORD tights, $45.

ROGER VIVIER shoes, $1,250. Stylist’s own earrings. Opposite: Athena wears LOUIS VUITTON vest, $3,650, blouse, $1,320, and pants, $4,050. AMEDEO sterling silver earring (worn as a brooch), $7,800 (sold as a pair). @THEGEMHUNTER rings, $275–$1,550. FALKE socks, $27. ROGER VIVIER shoes, $1,195. Massima wears LOEWE coat and pants, prices upon request.

LOUIS VUITTON shirt, $1,250. DAVID WEBB earrings, $34,000. @THEGEMHUNTER bracelet (worn as a necktie chain), $315.

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A cheery mashup of English, Moroccan, and Nantucket influences in the living room, where Johnson Hartig (holding his rescue dogs, Flower and Radish) spends the most time. He removed the original crown molding, installed bookcases, and raised the fireplace off the ground so it would be more visible.

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t the top of the staircase in Johnson Hartig’s home is a massive encasement of nine kaleidoscopic spin art pieces that are unmistakably the handiwork of famed British artist Damien Hirst. “Actually, Damien and I painted these together in his studio in London,” says Hartig, the visionary designer behind the luxury fashion line Libertine, who paid a visit to Hirst’s studio while he was on a trip studying English country homes in Yorkshire. The pair struck up a friendship more than a decade ago and traded clothing for artwork for many years.

“I think we both are able to take these simple ideas and make them into gorgeous things,” says Hartig, who has nine major pieces from Hirst scattered throughout his home and studio in Hollywood.

Hirst isn’t Libertine’s only A-list admirer or collaborator. Hartig’s iconoclastic collections have earned him an ardent following among the upper echelons of the world’s creative cognoscenti — from the late Karl Lagerfeld, who was a client and who first championed that Libertine be inducted into the Council of Fashion Designers of America, to Martha Stewart, Taylor Swift, and Brad Pitt. Different as they may be, Hartig’s army of cheerful Libertines share an affection for Hartig’s maximalist wonderland, where supremely tailored pieces in riotous

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“We are able to take simple ideas and make them into gorgeous things”

Above: Artwork on the landing includes a portrait of Hartig shot by Autumn de Wilde. Below: The vibrant green library boasts two coffee tables from West Elm that Hartig painted over, a sofa clad in his Jokhang tiger print, and a Damien Hirst dot painting. Opposite: The dining room features Hartig’s Plates and Platters wallpaper for Schumacher; Hartig sponge-painted the ceiling to create a grotto effect. The chairs are slipcovered in Libertine’s Proust’s Lilacs and Hotch Potch Crazy Quilt fabrics for Schumacher.

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Above the sofa in the living room, a piece by British painter Duggie Fields mingles with 18th-century oil portraits bought at auction, a miniature Georgian mansion from the 18th century made of mica, and colorful printed lampshades designed by Hartig.

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colorways and patterns are dusted with glitter, adorned with hand-sewn appliqués, and collected like works of art themselves.

A block off Larchmont Boulevard on a quiet tree-lined street in the Windsor Square historic district, Hartig’s home is an intoxicating showcase of his disparate collections: nautical dioramas (of which he thinks he has the largest in North America), Mario Buatta dog portraits, blue-and-white ginger jars, Islamic pottery, Persian rugs, books, art, and vintage wicker baskets (so many hang from the rafters in the kitchen that Hartig named the home Basket Case).

“If you are curious about the world and have passions about things, why is that not reflected in your most intimate space?” he asks. “I feel like a white space equals a blank mind in many respects.”

Hartig purchased the 101-year old property just before the start of the global pandemic, when he was looking for a new project with more space and a garden. It is almost hidden from the street thanks to a small forest Hartig planted in the yard, which includes milkweed to attract

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butterflies, jersey vine that climbs up the dark gray stucco walls, and a kitchen garden where he grows everything from blueberries to artichokes. He shares the home with his “girls”: two rescue puppies, Flower and Radish, whom he is constantly scolding in the most lighthearted way: “Girls! Girls!

This is out of control. I worked so hard ironing these pillows. Girls, girls! Off the sofa. How rude. You girls are so bad.”

The home’s proximity to the Libertine studio, where he has a 20-person team, was important. Hartig typically wakes up at 4:30 a.m. and is at the office by 6. He has a very early lunch at 9:30 a.m., returns home to take a nap at 10, and goes back to the studio until around 4. When he comes home from work, he goes for a long walk (around 10,000 steps), then settles into the couch to scour online auctions.

Hartig admits he wins something on the digital chopping block almost every single day. “I think it’s at the point where I might need to have my own auction because I have a guest house filled with stuff,” he says. Whether its Syrian enamel or an 18th-century Dutch painting, Hartig’s proclivity for worldly artifacts may be due to the fact that he had traveled around the globe by the time he was a teenager. His father was an engineer with a construction company that built oil refineries, and the Hartig family lived in Alaska, Saudi Arabia, and Indonesia before they ended up in Whittier, where Hartig was born.

The vibrant pink-and-red Tibetan-inspired tiger printed sofa, however, was a product of his own making. Several years ago, Schumacher asked Hartig to design a line of wallpapers and fabrics. He recently finished his third collection for the house and has at least two more in the pipeline. His Jokhang tiger print is one of Schumacher’s most successful collaborations to date.

With many prints culled from the

Feature - Johnson Hartig Clockwise from top: The entry features an array of suzanis, pottery, and crystals. Hartig sponge-painted the stair risers to reflect the colors of his green-and-brown pottery collection. Schumacher’s Italian Panoramic wallcovering graces the master bedroom; a local muralist continued the scene on the ceiling. Hartig painted the abstract work centered in the bed, the frame of which is adorned with cutouts from Gagosian Gallery magazine. The master bath plays off Hartig’s green Le Grand Tour wallcovering above the tub, which he layered with more paintings. He selected each Zellige tile and commissioned the Moroccan-style scene on the door. Opposite: Hartig hired a local muralist to paint a Piero Castellini–inspired scene of California plants in the living room and adjacent seating area.

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“But the lesson is that nothing is totally sacred; nothing is irreversible” JOHNSON HARTIG

Above: A view of the vine-covered home from the backyard. Below: Hartig’s collection of vintage baskets hangs above a metal topiary that originally belonged to Gloria Vanderbilt. Opposite: Hartig in the garden sporting a jacket in Libertine’s Fernie print from the spring collection.

Libertine archives, there is a common thread between Hartig’s fashion and furnishings. Today Hartig putters about in frayed shorts in a modernized trompe l’oeil pattern that coordinates with the dining room wallpaper; he originally conceived the print for Libertine before producing it with Schumacher for interiors.

Similarly, a lilac suit hanging in the closet is the same pattern that adorns two occasional chairs downstairs. One day Hartig imagines venturing into furniture, rugs, bedwear, and tabletop design, but in the meantime, La Maison by Libertine offers everything from Chinese vases painted on dummy board to sequined skull pillows and English garden– inspired candles.

“The fact is, I don’t really consider myself a real fashion designer, but I’m interested in making beautiful things,” he says. Indeed, Hartig has always relied on a kind of bootstrapping creative ingenuity to manifest ideas. “I once tried to teach myself how to do faux marble and it was a disaster. Then I thought, ‘I bet I can sponge paint,’” he says, referring to the dining room ceiling and the staircase. A linchpin of Hartig’s creative process is a highly forgiving system of trial and error. “I have been known to paint a room three different colors in one day. That’s why my painters absolutely love me,” he says with a laugh. “But the lesson is that nothing is totally sacred; nothing is irreversible. I just go for it.” •

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basketball court, replete with scoreboards declaring each model by name, smack in the middle of Paramount Studios, was the chosen setting for Chanel’s latest cruise show. As the brand sashayed into the backlot of L.A.’s historic home of moviemaking, it presented a collection hitherto unseen at the unerringly sophisticated French house founded in 1910.

Wistful, whimsical, and yet unmistakably Chanel, here was a spectacle inspired by the city of stars down to every last stitch.

Food trucks serving sushi, pizza, and tacos set the tone, greeting indomitable international editors, and megawatt movie stars and their entourages, as roller-skaters ran rings around giant illuminated letters spelling out CHANEL and RUE CAMBON (the home of its Parisian flagship). From the get-go it was clear that the night was as much about fun and frivolity as it was high fashion.

The show was lighter than usual on twinsets and little black dresses: Chanel creative director Virginie Viard drew on 100 years of Hollywood history, injecting cinematic elegance, California cool, and a dash of kitsch into a technicolor collection as

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joyous as it was free-spirited, capturing the essence of West Coast style today.

References spanned the decades like the very best movie collections. Evening silhouettes straight out of the ‘20s and ‘30s sat alongside shimmering tracksuits borrowed from the ‘90s; sneakers, crop tops, and swimsuits paid homage to the timeless boardwalks of Venice and the surf breaks

of Malibu; and as hot pants sat high on the thigh, pearl-adorned leg warmers and swishy coverups completed the 71 winter sun looks.

Palette-wise, the full spectrum of a Santa Monica sunset was covered with dreamy tangerines, dusky mauves, and glimmering golds — not to mention a prevalence of Barbie pink.

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Guests gathered on the catwalk in anticipation of Snoop Dogg’s performance; the collection featured high jewelry and accessories; a fleet of taco trucks served pizza and sushi.

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Chanel ambassador), Margot Robbie, had the best front-row seat in the house, insouciantly sporting flared denim, a bra top, a chain bolero, and a leather jacket. She was joined by Chanel-clad sirens of film and TV including Kristen Stewart, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, Marion Cotillard, Chloë Sevigny, and Riley Keough, as well as former C cover girls Margaret Qualley, Sofia Coppola, and Elle Fanning. In the audience for a change, they gazed upon a big-screen backdrop of models exercising as if on Venice’s Muscle Beach — a film created by fashion’s favorite husband-and-wife team, Inez and Vinoodh.

Post-show the court became a concert stage, with Nile Rodgers introducing Snoop Dogg, who performed some of his greatest hits, including “Drop It Like It’s Hot” and “Beautiful,” while an army of models, fresh off the catwalk, let their hair down in unison.

Snoop, in turn, invited fellow Angeleno and fashion darling Anderson .Paak to perform “Smokin Out the Window,” much to the delight of the crowd.

Chanel and Hollywood go way back — almost 100 years, in fact, when Samuel Goldwyn invited Mme Chanel to come to Hollywood to design wardrobes for his talking pictures back in 1931. Each year, Chanel throws a pre-Oscars party to end them all, and when the brand showed a resort collection in Los Angeles in 2007, the late and long-serving creative director Karl Lagerfeld held court over the Barker Hangar

Here was a spectacle Feature - Chanel LA inspired by the city of stars down to every last stitch in the Santa Monica airport (now home to Frieze LA) as his models deplaned from actual jets — a spectacle that would set in motion some incredibly bold set designs for his future shows at the Grand Palais in Paris.

Timed in tandem with the opening of the French house’s new Rodeo Drive boutique — its biggest in the U.S., with 30,000 sq. ft. of ready-to-wear and accessories and haute joaillerie worthy of the most crimson of carpets — the pageant puts Los Angeles right at the center of the world fashion map. Long may it stay there. •

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Louis Vuitton has all you need for a fashionable life in the hills, from sleek furniture to superior style

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LOUIS VUITTON golden button blazer, $3,650, satin waistband tailored pants, $1,830, Donna high boots, $2,950, Twist MM bag, $5,000, earrings, $8,700, bracelets, $4,820–$8,400, rings, $2,520–$8,650, Courrier Lozine 110 in Jaune, price upon request. Opposite: LOUIS VUITTON contrast trim asymmetrical t-shirt, $850, tailored sailor pants, $2,090, Sparkle slingback pumps, $1,310, Petite Malle bag, $5,950, bracelets, $4,820–$8,400, rings, $2,520–$8,650, Objets Nomades Hammock by Atelier Oï in Caramel, price upon request.

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LOUIS VUITTON color-blocked zip-off jumpsuit, $3,300, bracelets, $4,820–$8,400, rings, $2,520–$8,650, Objets Nomades Merengue by Campana in Safran and Corail, price upon request, Objets Nomades Stool

by Atelier Oï in Light Turquoise, price upon request, Objets Nomades Swell Wave Standing Shelf by Andrew Kudless, price upon request, Objets Nomades Bell Lamp by Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby, price upon request.

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LOUIS VUITTON leather trim graphic tweed coat, $6,050, Objet Nomades Totem Lumineux by Studio Louis Vuitton, price upon request. Opposite: LOUIS VUITTON scallop detail A-line dress, $4,200, necklaces, $6,000–$8,350, bracelets, $4,820–$8,400, Cabinet of Curiosities by Marc Newson, price upon request.

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DANTE’S IN FASHION New York’s premier cocktail bar lands on The Maybourne Beverly Hills’ spruced-up rooftop

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hen The Maybourne Hotel Group, which owns properties like Claridge’s, The Connaught, and The Berkeley, opened their first stateside location in 2020, The Maybourne Beverly Hills, they instantly fit into the neighborhood. After snapping up artwork by blue-chip California artists for an evolving collection (think Alex Israel, Kort Havens, Jennifer Guidi, and Ed Ruscha), they did a soup-to-nuts redesign with Bryan O’Sullivan and established some strategic partnerships (hello, Goop!). Now the property has teamed up with German beauty guru Dr. Barbara Sturm, who has curated an exclusive facial menu for

the ultra-luxurious spa — which is also the largest in the city, spanning 20,000 sq. ft. across two floors. Additionally, this fall, the hotel welcomes New York’s iconic bar Dante, which has set up shop on the indoor–outdoor rooftop terrace.

A stunning floral ceiling mural by Los Angeles–based artist Abel Macias floating above Dante’s newly minted dining room, open for lunch and dinner, sets the stage for famous aperitivo-style cocktails (think negronis, spritzes, and martinis) and an exclusive assortment of agave-forward concoctions. Drinks are perfectly paired with a range of classic Italian- and Mediterranean-inspired dishes, many of which arrive straight from the wood-fired oven. The bar’s signature drink is the Garibaldi, a classic Italian aperitivo made of “fluffy” orange juice with Campari. Garibaldi is also the name of California’s state fish: a fiery orange creature that roams the dark reefs and kelp forests just off the coast.

Coincidence? We think not. 225 N. Canon Dr, Beverly Hills, 310-860-7989; maybournebeverlyhills.com. •

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PALM FUN DAYS The redesigned Colony Hotel is Palm Beach’s paradise found

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hile the Beverly Hills Hotel reigns as the “Pink Palace” on the West Coast, the answer on the Atlantic is The Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, which is affectionately referred to as the “Pink Paradise.” In true Barbiecore fashion, the iconic bubble gum pink Colonial-style treasure recently unveiled a full-scale redesign of its guest rooms, led by Kemble Interiors, on the occasion of its 75th anniversary.

Tasteful tropicana vibes are evident from the moment you step into the lobby, where bespoke de Gournay murals depict a jungle of leopards, snakes, and the hotel’s playful mascot, an adorable spider monkey named Johnnie Brown, posing on palm fronds. None of the 89 guest rooms is like any of the others, but each one features rattan and faux bamboo furnishings from the hotel’s collaboration with Society Social, sunny pastel wallcoverings by Schumacher, and Matouk’s cloudlike linens and robes. Living up to its nickname, the façade has been freshly painted with a bespoke color, Colony Pink, by Farrow & Ball.

Situated between the beach and the ritzy shops on Worth Avenue, it isn’t the first time the hotel has collaborated with a celebrity designer. Following Aerin Lauder and Celerie Kemble, acclaimed L.A.-based designer Mark D. Sikes was also recently tapped to overhaul one of the property’s villas in his signature blue and white. “It feels old school,” says Sikes, who is a regular guest, “but fresh and fun.” 155 Hammon Ave., Palm Beach, 561-655-5430; thecolonypalmbeach.com. •

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SANTA MARIA NOVELLA Acqua di Rose, $35.

CELL SERVICE LYMA, well known for its powerful, medical-grade at-home laser, has just introduced skincare to its lineup.“Conventional skincare focuses on reducing signs of aging, but LYMA are the first skin sciencebacked products that address why we age,” says founder Lucy Goff. To achieve this goal, the brand looked beyond the epidermis, aiming to alter the aging mechanisms at a cellular level. Conceptualized by a team of geneticists, LYMA’s two-step regimen is formulated with a whopping 80% actives, whereas most brands typically only have 20%. The potent water-based serum and lipid-based cream are sold together and have been designed to replace all your other products — except cleanser and sunscreen. $655, lymalife.com.

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LYMA addresses aging at the cellular level.

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A glowing complexion starts with hydration and a healthy barrier. Baeo’s newest offering accomplishes both in one step, with a seamlessly blendable, creamy formula that includes calming elements like calendula extract, vitamin E, and jojoba oil. Bare Tint, the new mineral lip and cheek tint, provides a dewy, effortless, nontoxic glow. “Our goal is to meet your family’s needs using only the highest quality, pure and simple botanical elements sourced from nature,” says cofounder Anna Schafer. $20, baeo.com.

BAEO cofounders Sarah Wright Olsen (left) and Anna Schafer.

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When a brand’s heart and soul is steeped in ancient traditions, coupled with crowd-pleasing scents and formulations, it’s easy to see why it continues to thrive many centuries later.

The Santa Maria Pharmacy may well be the oldest stilloperating pharmacy in the world. Established in 1221 in Florence, Italy, its ingredients were sourced from Dominican monks at the adjacent basilica, who grew herbs to make balms, salves, and medicines for their infirmary. Fast-forward to the present day: Santa Maria Novella has debuted six skincare products derived from its earliest preparation, Acqua di Rose. Originally made from distilled Damascus rose water, the new collection builds on the origin base with niacinamide and pomegranate extract, creating a gentle yet highly effective five-step program suitable for all skin types. Counted among its fans are Mindy Kaling, Kate Moss, and Tory Burch. smnovella.com.

FIGARO APOTHECARY Sheer Botanical Body Oil, $85.

L.A.-based botanical wellness brand Figaro Apothecary is expanding its range with a collection of products focused on the ritual of healing baths. Founded in 2021 by Jennifer de Klaver and Scott Formby, the duo believes that transformation is optimized with a holistic approach that incorporates all the senses. The collection of seven bath products includes a gentle body cleanser, a mineral bath soak, a restorative booster, and a muscle recovery booster loaded with curative ingredients like blue agave ferment, epsom salts, essentials oils, olive squalane oil, terpenes, arnica, and turmeric. figaroapothecary.com.

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fter five years at the Sunset Tower Hotel, celebrity facialist JOANNA VARGAS had outgrown her basement space, so she transformed an old 5,000-sq.-ft. theater in West Hollywood. In conjunction with the opening, she debuted an enhanced version of her signature facial, now called the Triple Crown Royale. Treatments start at $87. 1107 N. Kings Rd., West Hollywood, 310424-5141; joannavargas.com.

After a successful pop-up stint, BYREDO now calls The Grove home with the opening of its fourth standalone store in L.A. With a minimalist glass front façade, the space is easy to miss among its vibrant neighbors. The new shop carries the full range of Byredo perfume, home fragrance, makeup, and body care products, and select Byproduct. 189 The Grove Dr., L.A., 323-410-0865; thegrovela.com.

Beauty Vargas debuted an enhanced version of her signature facial

FACEGYM has brought its cult favorite face workouts to the westside with a new Santa Monica space. The studio offers the full workout menu, including the celebrity favorite Cryo-Contour and the Signature Skin Reset Tri-Technology workout, which targets dullness, blemishes, and signs of aging while stimulating collagen production. Treatments start at $125. 1034 Montana Ave., Santa Monica, 424744-8475; usafacegym.com.

CHEEKS + CO is expanding to to a second location in the trendy West Adams neighborhood.

Loyal fans come to this cult-following spa for painless and thorough extraction techniques and advanced facial massage, including microcurrent, dermaplaning, Gua Sha, and waxing. Treatments start at $155. 5124 W. Adams Blvd., Ste. 103, L.A., 800-955-0469; cheeks.co.

BYREDO Bel d’Afrique L’Huile Parfum, $78.

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when I exercise, so I try to stay consistent. On my TA days off, I work out with Elizabeth Vidor — lots of mat pilates, which is impossible in the best way.

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Where do you take visiting friends?

I always have to stop by Rick Caruso’s Palisades Village or San Vicente Bungalows when I have visitors in town. I love to drive up the coast and take them to Neptune’s Net or Broad Street Oyster for a taste of Malibu. The seafood is too good and the drive there is so beautiful.

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The jeweler turned perfumer shares her faves Where do you live?

Los Angeles, born and raised.

food is amazing. But the Rosewood Miramar in Montecito is heaven.

Where do you feel most zen?

I love being home with my kids, my friends, and people I love. That gives me the most peace.

Favorite health food fix?

I’m addicted to OneSun Farms granola. I eat it constantly. That with a green juice from Kreation is the perfect breakfast or snack.

Favorite hike?

The coolest hike I’ve ever done was Machu Picchu with Erin Foster. But if someone came to L.A., I would take them for a walk on the beach.

Favorite beach?

Malibu! It’s where I grew up.

Hawaii is a close second.

Favorite relaxing getaway?

I love the beach. If I was getting on a plane, it would be to Cabo. It’s a quick flight, it has perfect weather, and the

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Do you follow a diet?

I never have. I joke that I’ve never gone a day without bread. I should try it.

Favorite hotel?

I have many. In Los Angeles, it’s The Beverly Hills Hotel; it’s a pink dream. In London, I just stayed at The Twenty Two and it was amazing — so cute and cozy.

Favorite workout?

I’m pretty obsessed with Tracy Anderson. I feel my best mentally

What’s in your cosmetics bag?

I’m not great at doing my makeup, but I do have some holy grail products. I keep my Jennifer Meyer Eau de Parfum and Hand & Body Cream close by at all times, and I’m obsessed with The Honest Co’s Mascara, Saint Jane x Favorite Daughter Lip Oil, anything from Merit or Monika Blunder.

Favorite skincare?

Dr. Barbara Sturm’s Hyaluronic Serum. I love everything in Tina Chen Craig’s UBeauty line.

Shani Darden. I use C & The Moon Malibu Made Body Scrub in the shower every day and also love their Malibu Made Glow Oil. I also have to say that my JM Hand & Body Cream has become my recent obsession — it’s so hydrating and gives me a glow without feeling greasy.

Hair products?

Lolavie. Leave it to Jen Aniston to create the best of the best.

Favorite flower?

If I had to pick it would be peonies, or anything Eric Buterbaugh designs.

What’s your mantra?

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