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90 THE REAL DEAL Men want to know her, and women want to be her. At 66, Lauren Hutton opens up about her tricks-of-the-trade from her charming Venice bungalow.

94 WOODSIDE WONDERLAND A great place to sample the talents of living design legend John Kapel is at LACMA. An even better showcase is inside the craftsman’s handmade dream home in Woodside, CA.

102 GLAMOUR GIRL Mary McDonald turned an in fashionable living. Here, the LAUREN HUTTON in a Banana Republic trench and Hunter wellies, Page 90.

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Our timeless state of ﬁne design.

The many trades of a multi-faceted

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CLASSIC \'kla-sik\ adj

1. of the first or highest quality, class or rank 2. of enduring interest or style

his issue, focused on all things design, is about timelessness. From the

homes we feature, to swoon-worthy fall accessories, to our cover girl, Lauren Hutton, this month’s stories share a common theme: the California classic—enduring quality and style. A perfect example can be seen in our very special portfolio of master

designer John Kapel’s house in Woodside, CA. Shot by photographer (and style icon herself) Lisa Eisner, the photos capture a pure authenticity that is simply, “Kapel.” The 89-year-old craftsman’s signature is woven into every room, emanating from each piece of work showcased within his tree-shaded home. We think you will love the “only in California-ness” of his longtime residence and studio. Speaking of homes, Los Angeles interior designer Mary McDonald sure knows how to make a house sing. Her projects are imbued with a consistent sense of elegance and cool. Here, we preview her finest and most favored—all featured in her first book, Mary McDonald Interiors: The Allure of Style, out this month from Rizzoli. Since home is where the heart resides, we go to the core of Lauren Hutton’s world—her garden in Venice Beach—for this month’s cover shoot. A true adventurer and world traveler, Hutton is most at home in her own botanical paradise. We quickly learned that while her personal style has blossomed over the years, influencing many a designer along the way, this free spirit is a true bohemian classic. And, when you’re ready to focus your own individual look, we hope our fashion portfolio on fall’s finest accessories will help you sort through the madness. Set in a grand La Cañada Flintridge estate, jewels, bags and clothes pop against the elegant interiors for a cinematic effect. The pieces presented will stand the test of time…no matter the season. Isn’t that the point, after all? Timeless, enduring style! Whether for home or closet, we should invest in pieces that will be around for years—adding to a collection curated over the course of a lifetime. Trends come and go, but true classics will always be en vogue.

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Lisa Eisner “Talk about the best road trip ever...We had to pinch ourselves when [John Kapel’s] house appeared out of a redwood forest,” says photographer Lisa Eisner of this month’s home feature, “Woodside Wonderland” (p.94). The Bel Air-based Eisner is busy with a campaign for Oliver Peoples, and she’s also founder of book publisher Greybull Press. C SPOTS • Santa Cruz, because it’s beautiful • The craftsmen in NorCal • The nature in Humboldt County

Cat Doran “After interviewing John Kapel [“Woodside Wonderland,” p.94], I think I have developed a chair fetish,” says Cat Doran, the Los Angeles-based writer who also pens a fashion blog for the L.A. Times Magazine called “The Nines.” C SPOTS • Escondido Beach in Malibu • The Santa Monica Farmers’ Market every Wednesday • The Salton Sea

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Andrea Stanford “I thought I knew Mary McDonald, but while writing this piece [“Glamour Girl,” p.102] I learned so much more,” says C’s Design Editor-at-Large Andrea Stanford, who recently joined e-commerce decor site One Kings Lane. C SPOTS • Weekends at San Ysidro Ranch • Ammo for soup and a glass of wine • El León Spa for a scrub

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A pair of metal-andhubcap wall appliqués by Duquette, est. $3,000 to $5,000.

Style From Afar A masterpiece from Tony Duquette and Hutton Wilkinson speaks to a century of ﬁne design

he Marrakech Express railway connects Casablanca to the exotic city three hours south. Subject of songs and films, it also inspired Tony Duquette and Hutton Wilkinson’s 1999 commission for a distinguished Santa Barbara home. This month, the duo’s case study of overthe-top opulence has been recreated for

Bonhams & Butterfields’ 20th Century Decorative Arts Auction. Duquette’s custom pieces for the tented room will be auctioned off alongside works from glass artist Dale Chihuly, woodworker Mira Nakashima and Art Nouveau notable Daum Nancy. Oct. 5, 7601 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, 323-8507500; bonhams.com. KELSEY McKINNON

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Miss Havisham gold ring, $275. LEFT Bittar’s shop on Abbot Kinney is now open.

Landing this year’s CFDA Accessory Designer of the Year award, Alexis Bittar is taking his bold gems on a West Coast victory lap. Opening his ﬁrst shop outside of N.Y. last month in West Hollywood, he followed up with a Venice Beach locale and will complete his CA trifecta with a San Francisco outpost later this month. 1612 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice; alexisbittar.com. K.M. SAN DIEGO

Over simple American dishes at Craft & Commerce, conversation flows as easily as the cocktails. 675 W. Beech St., S.D., 619-269-2202; craft-commerce.com.

PONY UP Nacho Figueras headlines California’s ﬁrst Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic, Oct. 10, on the grounds of Will Rogers Historic State Park. Doors open at noon, and admission to the family-friendly match is free. Divot stomping optional. vcseason.com.

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rominent dealers from the U.S. and Europe will converge in S.F. at the end of this month for the annual San Francisco Fall Antiques Show, with Honorary Chair, Bay Area native and fashion designer, Derek Lam. Aside from the main attraction—an impressive range of art, furniture and textiles of all periods and styles— there will be lectures (interior designer Bunny Williams will speak); an exhibition of Chinese-inspired objets from private collections and museums; and a preview party gala, hosted by Lam, to benefit Enterprise for High School Students. “This is where high fashion meets high design,” he says. “I can’t wait to shop the booths of some of my favorite CA dealers.” Oct. 28-31; Fort Mason Center, Buchanan St., S.F.; sffas.org. F.K.

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BELOW The Millard house’s light-ﬁlled living room. Of its

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anta Barbara-based Raoul Textiles’ library of beautiful, hand-printed coverings—prize of the PDC—can now be scooped up by any decor enthusiast. Opening this month, the company’s State Street store will also carry George Smith furniture, lighting based on 1930s English designs from Anglepoise, and even charming gypsy-caravan-style chicken coops. 136 State St., S.B., 805-899-4946; raoultextiles.com.

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he 125-year-old Crocker Museum in Sacramento reopens this month after tripling in size—making room for more blockbuster exhibitions. In S.F., the SFMOMA has brought on Norwegian architecture firm Snøhetta to helm its $250 million expansion project. Following a national search, Berkeley’s BAM/PFA selected Diller Scofidio + Renfro to design its new complex, targeted for 2014 completion. Beginning in 2013, The Autry in L.A. will gradually open 25,000 square feet of additional gallery space. And if that isn’t enough to fill your culture calendar, The Eli and Edythe Broad Museum has been greenlit for construction in Downtown L.A. K.M.

Will ballet of the future be a blend of high-ﬂying acrobatics and contemporary dance? Luminario Ballet’s managing director, Judith Flex Helle, thinks so. Founded in 2008, her company of 14 cavorts through modern works in one performance, then hangs from hoops and fabric in another. Catch the up-and-coming, L.A.-based troupe at the Laguna Dance Festival (Oct. 2) or the California Institute of the Arts Commuter Festival (Oct. 8-9). luminarioballet.org. E.K.C.

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The Unconventionalist An L.A. architect paves the way for unusual spaces BY ELIZABETH KHURI CHANDLER

In Echo Park, a Rachel Allen-designed house (exterior view below) features laser-cut plywood to mimic ﬂuttering leaves. BOTTOM RIGHT At the residence of Alexis Hall, an airy glass stair-cum-skylight.

work defies the notion. Her upcoming project with sculptor Bari Ziperstein barely fits the traditional confines of the art form. It’s top-secret, but Allen will say it’s an “optical illusion” within a gallery. rachelallen.net. •

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achel Allen has a knack for making surrealism real. Walk into one of her projects, and you might find a glass stairway doubling as a skylight, a laser-cut sheet of plywood forming leaf-shaped shadows against a window—or even a giant skateboard ramp. “I look for the chance to do something creepy, or something the Modernists wouldn’t do—something ornamental or playful,” says Allen, who often likens her work to Spanish director Luis Buñuel. “It’s too easy to be modern.” Her studio for Los Feliz-based filmmaker Tatiana von Furstenberg is lined with pink tartan linoleum flooring and Moroccan ironwork. A revamped 1920s house now hosts salvaged factory windows in funky sizes, plus a steel deck cantilevered off the side. Her project for Mandarin Gallery owner Alexis Hall features banisters wrapped in leather, and there’s that now-signature glass stairway leading to a third-story deck with Silverlake canyon views. “I never assume what ‘natural’ means or looks like,” says Allen. “It’s all about trying to catch people off guard.” The native San Franciscan trained at Princeton and worked under Frank Gehry for five years. While the experience branded Allen as an architect, what really changed her paradigm was winning the Rome Prize. She spent a year as a post-doc at the American Academy on Janiculum Hill with a Noah’s Ark of absentminded composers, novelists and fellow architects. “Once I got back, I was ruined for working for other people forever,” she says. Setting up shop in Chinatown, Allen has already Rachel Allen in her studio renovated or built more than 20 structures, mostly for people in the constellation of the art world. She has also earned a reputation as a red-tape slasher. In 2004, men’s streetwear company Supreme hired the visionary to put a full-scale skateboard ramp inside its Fairfax Avenue store. Allen was able to convince the city that the ramp was artwork. “When I can do something really risky, I kind of get off on that. It feels like dancing between the raindrops. For the bureaucrats, it’s all about fear.” With fear comes boundary, but Allen’s

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Fans of British bag label Mulberry joined Creative Director Emma Hill at the Chateau Marmont for dinner, followed by a pool party and dancing, with special guest DJ Alexa Chung.

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Chanel Above the Malibu surf, Chanel and Laird Hamilton hosted a dinner and advanced screening of Hollywood Don’t Surf at Kelly and Ron Meyer’s house, beneﬁtting The Surfrider Foundation.

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In Beverly Hills, a garden tea party hosted by Burberry’s Christopher Bailey—and ﬁlled with pretty faces— launched the Brit label’s new cosmetics line.

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Banana Republic celebrated the fourth season premiere of “Mad Men” with a lunch for Janie Bryant, the show’s stylish costume designer.

Oscar de la Renta Saks Fifth Avenue and the League to Save Lake Tahoe teamed up for the annual luncheon and fashion show featuring Oscar De La Renta’s Resort 2011 collection.

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Adler for All Mankind Interiors maven Jonathan Adler is beloved for his playful furnishings. Teaming up with L.A.-based 7 For All Mankind, Adler’s limited-edition collection of denim and sportswear makes for another fabulous ﬁt. K.M.

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Sparkling Wit Fine jewelry’s enfant terrible, Solange Azagury-Partridge brings unconventional style to her elaborate designs. This month, the British jeweler (and former creative mind of Boucheron) joins the ranks on Rodeo Drive with her second U.S. store. 340 N. Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills; solangeazagury partridge.com. K.M.

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PERFECT 10 Ten Times Rosie (Rankin Photography, $60) celebrates a decade on the edge from L.A. label Thomas Wylde. Out this month, the high-style fashion tome—shot from Amboy Salt Flats to Chateau Marmont— captures model du jour Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in 10 distinctive looks. barnesandnoble.com. K.M.

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xactly what kind of designer is Matt Dick? “I have a harder time defining that now more than ever before,” says the San Francisco-based jack-of-all-trades. With a “Japanese boot-camp” training—Dick worked for S.F.-Tokyo branding firm Tamotsu Yagi, as well as designed clothing for indigo label Tsurukichi—he’s currently creative director at boutique spa International Orange and has a line of utility-chic totes made from vintage canvas mailbags. These days, though, his focus is mainly on creating functional-but-attractive uniforms for Bay Area culinary names like Blue Bottle Coffee and Bar Agricole, fine foods caterer Paula LeDuc and Yountville’s Bardessono hotel. “I’m inspired by the era of butcher, baker and candlestick maker,” says Dick, FROM TOP LEFT who also looks to Irving Penn’s images The designer in his studio. His of small-trade workers for ideas when tote bags, $100 each. He also sells making his aprons and jackets. “I figure hand-stitched out what the staff needs and how I can dolls by artist dress them. Looking cool goes without Llane Alexis, $75 to $250 each. saying.” matocreative.com. F.K.

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ing of “baroque ’n’ roll,” Roberto Cavalli commemorates 40 years of fierce fashion with the debut of Cavalli special-edition projects. From a leopard-print scarf to embellished jeans, the anniversary items are as vivacious as the designer himself. A colorful highlight: Cavalli collaborated with famed photo team Mert and Marcus on an artistic book. Shooting iconic models in both L.A. and London, the high-profile chronicle captures the vivid allure of Cavalli’s world. Roberto Cavalli, $85; rizzoliusa.com. S.T.

Posh Pairing Under the helpful hands of the Lambertson Truex design team, jeweler Tiffany & Co.’s premiere collection of elegant and modern purses—lined in that iconic blue—proves that good things indeed come in small(ish) packages. $195 to $17,500, tiffany.com. S.T.

Colorful lizard Lyn clutches, $1,800 each.

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Coil cuff, $175, Vionnet, 310-289-9202.

“I always have the desire to make everything look like a found object,” says Erin Wasson of her second collection for her vintage-inspired jewelry line, Low Luv. New pieces—spiked cuffs and bangles, geometric necklaces— incorporate antiqued bronze and have an abstract-yetorganic feel. Explains the L.A.-based mega-model and designer, “It’s as if they were picked up at a ﬂea market and already have a history.” F.K.

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Manhattan Transfer Maria Cornejo, New York designer of cult-hit collection Zero, has opened her first West Coast store in the chic shopping enclave of Melrose Place. 8408 Melrose Pl., L.A., 323-782-4915; zeromariacornejo.com. F.K.

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emember when going downtown meant something special? When an afternoon walk could turn into a heel-clicking adventure among the skyscrapers? Those feelings of wideeyed excitement have found their way back to San Francisco’s style consciousness, thanks to a new women’s boutique in Union Square, aptly called Downtown. “The name is meant to be a double entendre,” says owner Michael Kelter, who also operates the neighborhood’s popular men’s store The Archive. As much as Downtown refers to the experience of a city hub—don’t miss the stocked bar in the middle of the shop—it also points to an industrial aesthetic. Original brick walls and timbered ceilings surround 3,600 square feet of polished concrete flooring, upon which garments are neatly displayed on reclaimed wood-and-steel tables (“I avoided built-ins—too department store,” says Kelter). Mounted above the displays are black-andwhite stills of actress Selma Blair (Kelter’s sister-in-law) wearing looks found at what’s essentially a showcase of high-concept urban design. “You won’t find any flowered sundresses here,” promises Kelter, who has a heavy hand for edgy leathers, denim, fur and cashmere. Save for cult-favorite Balmain, most of the lines Downtown carries are foreign, upand-coming labels encountered on frequent, exhaustive buying trips. Last fall in Japan, Kelter stumbled upon designer Aguri Sagimori, a 25-year-old Tokyo talent whose collection is also sold in Paris. “I work very closely with designers to customize pieces for us so that our offerings can’t be found anywhere else,” says Kelter. The U.S. exclusive with Sagimori features her tailored short-sleeved blazers and wool skirts. By all accounts, Downtown has everything a worldly fashion follower with a penchant for black could ever want. Not in S.F.? No problem. Make an appointment to watch a live videofeed of a fit-model trying on your picks before they are shipped. Now, that’s a special order. 55 Maiden Ln., S.F., 415-975-4400; downtownshop.com. •

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Van Cleef & Arpels vintage ebony bangle, price upon request, F.D.

Sally Sohn horn and ancient bead bracelet, $2,200, Neiman Marcus.

Natural Instincts

Fancy woodwork, beaded horn and fossilized ivory are organic-chic

Roberto Coin ebony and cognac diamond CapriPlus ring, $1,760.

Verdura gold and cocobolo Caged earrings, $4,800, Neiman Marcus.

K Brunini rose gold, diamond and cocobolo earrings, $4,500, Roseark.

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elisa Chai separates rosemary sprigs, chops carrots and sinks a spoon into thick Bartolomei Ranch honey. Sounds like the makings of a culinary delight, but Chai is actually the Farmhouse Inn’s resident aromatherapist, and she’s busy concocting the Sonoma B&B’s latest batch of in-season spa products. Ask anyone who’s ever put cucumbers on her eyes, avocado on her face or olive oil in her hair, and she’ll tell you: Sometimes, Mother Earth offers the most beneficial beauty supplies. California’s mild climate and ideal growing conditions offer a luscious agricultural bounty, whether oranges, grapes, roses or sage. At distinguished retreats from Napa Valley to San Diego, innovative spa directors and therapists are harvesting crops to muddle into homemade creams, oils and salts, and they’re dreaming up treatments that give new meaning to natural beauty. The Farmhouse Inn is defined by both its garden and spa: Guests in white Adirondack chairs sip sparkling water infused with Italian syrups made with many of the same wildly colorful plants growing in surrounding gardens, labeled for edification. Helpful attendants at the front desk proffer scoops of peppermint bath salts, vanilla scrubs and slices of artisanal soap for in-suite steams and oversized jet tubs. Conceptualized by Peggy Francis and Loma Alexander—spa consultants who tailor El Capitan Canyon’s garden tent experiences for small inns—Farmhouse gets organic Chamomile for a treatment down to the “edible” sense. Jams, butters and tonics— at Auberge du Soleil like a sour cherry, brown sugar and geranium scrub— supplement the natural Hungarian line, Ilike, in facials and body treatments. This season’s signatures include a Carrot, Carrot, Carrot facial with vegetable toner, an applepulp mask and herb-infused oils. “We’ll use rosemary right from the property,” says Francis, “which is so great for skin-tone, hair and muscle aches.” Francis & Alexander also worked with garden-to-spa pioneer Auberge du Soleil’s retreat in Napa, where crops are integrated into experiences via lemon verbena tea; Autumn Cleanse (a private steam scented with relaxing chamomile, rose, grapeseed, eucalyptus and rosemary with a cold-pool plunge); Meyer lemon zest and olive-oil foot treatment; and a Grove Head to Toe: “Olive leaves from the grove are crumbled into a salt scrub,” says Spa Rancho Bernardo Inn Auberge du Soleil’s Director, Amy Wilson-Moghina. “I call our therapists soothing tisane mad scientists!” Fall’s Harvest Body Glaze is also aptly named: “Acid from fresh figs exfoliates, and the cut fruits themselves are used for manual scrubbing,” she continues. “Afterward, an organic honey cupping massage oxygenates blood to the skin’s surface.” At 450-acre luxury camping site El Capitan Canyon, near Santa Barbara, trained horticulturist and Spa Director Alla McKeon tends to the resort’s rosemary, thyme, oregano, mint and sage varieties—like hummingbird, purple and white— and a sprinkling of fruit trees. “Right now, we’re planting perennial purple African Basil,” she says. “It has an amazing aroma, like cinnamon. The possibilities are endless.” At the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa spa, she not only infuses drinking water with their lemons and peppermint sprigs, but she also hand-sews satin eye-pillows stuffed with the property’s 12 varieties of dried lavender. Like some of her peers, McKeon is infusing the property’s flowers and those onsite herbs into scalp massage oils, too. Plus, she’s found a way to scent the soaking water for hot stone rubdowns. Even farther south, near San Diego, Rancho Bernardo Inn’s signature sensory treatment, Made Fresh Daily, combines seasonal fruits, vegetables and herbs—often grown on property—with related cocktails and CONTINUED ON PAGE 110

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hose who love Heidi Merrick’s collection of feminine, super-flattering fashions—and also happen to have a thing for decor—will be thrilled to know: The designer has launched a line of chic throw pillows. From some of her hit dresses, you’ll recognize her now-signature Indian block print and a vibrant, multi-colored textured material (“I wanted the pink to be just like the one you see in the markets of Morocco”). She retooled the looks into sumptuous oversized-Euro throws and bolsters. There’s also a broad-striped Japanese textile, and burlap pieces inspired by the fabric hung to divide workspaces in her Downtown L.A. studio (where each and every cushion is made to order). Take one look at Merrick’s cool and calming Silverlake home—shared with her husband, Johnny and their 9-monthold daughter, Hiver—and you’ll realize her latest venture is a totally natural progression; having renovated and decorated the 1929 Spanish-style domicile herself, it’s clear she has a major talent for interiors. “Like every designer, I’m an aesthetics snob,” says the 34-year-old Santa Barbara native. “Every time I finish a collection, I go right back to working on my house.” She’s painted all its walls white, “so that the people and objects inside shine. I like reflective light. My studio is the same way. If it were different colors, then every piece I make would clash against them.” The house is like an open can-

vas, too: It’s “painted” with pieces from her mother-in-law’s antiques store (French sconces in the living room); family handme-downs, such as her grandmother’s wrought-iron outdoor furniture; her parents’ gilded wood tables; and Moroccan tiles and lanterns “from a secret shop in the Valley.” Throughout the home, there’s a bright, eye-catching hue Merrick calls “shaping-room blue,” after the color of the walls in her father’s (legendary surfboard-maker Al Merrick) workspace. It pops up on a canopy bed in the guest room and cafe chairs on the patio—a few steps away from the striking brunette’s quaint kitchen garden. And, just as Merrick might mix a striped shirt with metallic trousers, she’ll pair a modern white settee and tufted pink upholstered chairs in the living room. “I love well-designed, beautiful things,” she says. “But there’s not a certain style I stick to. I don’t take anything too seriously. I go with what seems chic at the time.” Just like her clothing and home lines, Merrick’s house is ever-evolving. The rule being, “as soon as your house is done, you’re outdated.” No risk of that here. heidimerrick.com •

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to do too much. • LOOK AT THINGS FUNCTIONALLY Showcase what you’ve got—if it’s native chaparral, accent the hillside. • MASS THE PLANTS Use 15-20 versus 30-40 species, and layer them so that they ascend in height as you approach a dwelling. • INTEGRITY OF MATERIALS A rock is a rock. Mid-Century Modernists didn’t source locally to have a smaller carbon footprint; they did so to embrace the site. 4410 Carmen Dr., La Mesa, 619-895-8082; verdelandscapedesign.com.

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Fall Festivals MENDOCINO COUNTY Harvest Ride, October 3; harvestride.com. CARMEL VALLEY Harvest Carmel September 25-26; harvestcarmel.com. SAN DIEGO COUNTY Julian Apple Days, Now through November 15; julianappledays.com.

VERDE LANDSCAPE DESIGN: COURTESY TODD PITMAN. LILA B.: SOPHIE DE LIGNEROLLES

Pitman’s dry creek bed riffs on architect John Mock’s 1964 design, which ﬁltered storm water through a pond. RIGHT A geometric courtyard for a Craig Ellwood home.

ioneering architects of San Diego, such as Russell Forester and Craig Ellwood, built with an indoor-outdoor frame of mind. Today, purists from La Mesa to La Jolla have come to trust Todd Pitman of Verde Landscape Design. Fifteen years ago, he was a horticulturist with preservation as a hobby, and now, the Mt. Helix resident is an industry leader for Mid-Century landscapes, from the grounds and gardens of the 1962 Vess House and the 1964 Chavez (pictured left), to his own residence—a 1958 Lloyd Ruocco he shares with his wife, interior designer Carmen Pauli. Here, a few of Pitman’s Modernist tenets: • SIMPLICITY IS THE BIG ONE Don’t try

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FROM TOP Hibiscus restaurant’s Creole charm. Subrosa Coffee. Andante Dairy cheese plate by Daniel Patterson. In Temescal, Bakesale Betty’s chickenand-slaw started it all.

“Food can change a community in an immediate way. People moved to Temescal in part because Pizzaiolo was down the street.” —Daniel Patterson

n North Oakland’s Berkeley borderline known as Temescal, an outspoken pizza slinger from Chez Panisse took to the wood-fired oven at Pizzaiolo, a convivial 83-seat joint serving hyper-seasonal pies. A few doors down, a Waters line cook— this one donning an electric-blue wig—had opened Bakesale Betty, a sugar-fueled luncheonette with ironing boards for tables and a singular fried-chicken sandwich. That was more than five years ago, and with blistered crusts and divine sweets, Temescal’s thriving scene evolved. The students and galleries have grown up, and yupsters in plaid now cocktail at Art Deco Flora, order fig-and-cheese plates at Barlata Tapas, then stroll with scoops of brownbutter-chanterelle sorbetto from newcomer Scream Sorbet. Daniel Patterson, Oakland resident and chef at S.F.’s avantgarde restaurant Coi, says, “Food can change a community in an immediate way. Look at the area around Pizzaiolo—really rough. Then the businesses came, and people moved in part because, ‘Hey, Pizzaiolo’s down the street.’” Concentric culinary circles—that’s essentially the effect

Patterson’s seeking for his two projects opening this fall: Plum, in the burgeoning Uptown area; and Bracina, situated in a revitalized industrial area on Jack London Square. While the former offers an artsy, high-energy vibe (“but with dark walls, as if Rothko painted a plum,” he says), the latter will take a rustic-modern mood. Oakland has arrived, and 2009 and 2010 will go down as vintage years. Journalist Novella Carpenter’s bestselling Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer (Penguin) rebranded burghal scruff with a homestead of huggable ducks and bunnies, and wannabes seemed to forget the fright of blight in the zeal for chicken wire and canning kits. Fox theater, Lake Merritt boathouse and Jack London Square notwithstanding, the city has begun anew through food: the simple menu at warm-wooded eatery Camino, Grand Avenue’s instant-classic by Russell Moore—longtime produce buyer and chef at Chez Panisse; the cornmeal waffles at Tanya Holland’s Brown Sugar Kichen in West Oakland; izakaya pub-bites at Ozumo. And Oakland native James Syhabout—with a razorsharp culinary aesthetic outside the six degrees of Alice Waters—

HIBISCUS: JUSTIN WARREN. SUBROSA: HOYT FAY. BAKESALE BETTY: AYA BRACKETT. PLUM: DWIGHT ESCHLIMAN. SEE “OUTSTANDING IN OAKLAND” FOR MORE DETAILS, PAGE 110

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Commis, sheep’s milk ricotta at Camino and Calabrian peppers at Boot & Shoe. Why? The locals are also the chefs, and the servers and the bussers. Whether Syhabout’s Manresa/Fat Duck calling card or Moore’s 21-year stint at Chez Panisse, Oakland lineage includes indoctrination in how food welcomes the community. Rockridge denizens really do convene at Oliveto, then purchase artisan goods at The Pasta Shop, and meats at Marin Sun Farms. It’s part of their ritual of living. But, to Oakland’s collective delight or dismay, the gastrotourists will still come to Jack London Square, where-to-dine maps in tow, discovering dainty cakes at Miette and pan-American fare at Bocanova. (And soon, yes, Bracina.) Steps from the corrugated lofts and colorful bars, JLS will reach its pinnacle by end of year with the grand opening of six-story Jack London Market, a mega-food hall to utterly dwarf S.F.’s Ferry Building. A shuttle service will connect the two. If one had to choose an appropriate moniker… how about The Post-Panisse? •

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An 1898 building houses the monthly event.

At a streetcar-depot location near Temescal, the artisan portfolio at Oakland’s Pop-Up General Store keeps expanding with more macarons and mouthwatering maple than ever. Preorder online and arrive with cash to stock up on boudin blanc, bronze-cut gemelli and pastured poultry. Next time, don’t miss: 1. GOULASH ENGLISH MUFFINS by Lori Podraza. 2. BLUE CHAIR FRUIT COMPANY seasonal jams (top left) in ﬂavors like strawberry-pink peppercorn and bing cherry-anise. 3. DE BEJKR Sonoma boules (left). “We’re a natural business incubator,” explains Samin Nosrat, visionary chef who runs the madcap monthly marketplace with her mentor, Christopher Lee. popupgeneralstore.blogspot.com. A.C.S.

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quietly piled up accolades for sparse-but-chic Commis, a finedining project on a sleepy strip of Piedmont. Meanwhile, pied piper Charlie Hallowell had more followers than ever at Pizzaiolo. He’d found a local clarinetist who was roasting micro-lots of coffee and selling them at a nearby kiosk. He served the brew at brunch. These days, you can visit Blue Bottle Coffee—just don’t overlook third-wave Four Barrel at chalet-cool Subrosa, or Ritual Roasters at Remedy. That was then. And that Temescal transformation? Now it’s underfoot, Uptown. In December, Hallowell took a tiny cobbler’s shop on Grand Avenue and opened Boot & Shoe Service, a spot for wild nettle pies and pours of rye. In an amber-hue setting amidst culled memorabilia and classroom maps, Hibiscus, a Bajan-Creole restaurant from chef Sarah Kirnon, dishes up Dungeness crab-and-grits. (Bakesale Betty, too, rolled into the nabe with an outpost this May.) “It’s still about the neighborhood. We’re not opening restaurants for gastro-tourists,” promises Patterson. At these bustling bistros, price points are kept reasonable, yet quality is paramount—down to local albacore at

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ANDY SPADE We referenced little shops in Paris and New York, like the macaron

place—Ladurée—and John Derian. C But it’s casual, unlike the Swanson Tasting Salon. AS That’s right, like an old emporium. It’s based on what this wine country family grew up with—eclectic, personal touches like mismatched glasses and New Orleans music. Whatever’s found along the way. C It’s called a candy store for adults? AS The places you love to visit are the ones that feel like someone’s home. And the red-and-white motif—that’s [interior designer] Thomas Britt. Love that. C You brought in Jean-Philippe Delhomme for illustrations. AS JP brings things to life. He gets the details— it’s social commentary. C And the occasional wines—Mazel Tov, and Instant Bon Vivant? AS What fun to The whimsical Sip Shoppe. RIGHT Swanson Vineyards wines, as illustrated by Jean-Philippe Delhomme.

have a wine to give to a hostess that says, “Please Forgive Me.” 1271 Manley Ln., Rutherford, 707754-4018; swansonvineyards.com.

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Overheard at The Oaks: “Heirloom...you know, lasagne cupcakes.” In less than a year, Heirloom LA’s handheld tartlets—in ﬂavors from wild boar bolognese to sweet corn mascarpone—have made this catering couple one of L.A.’s most in-demand. Chefs Matthew Poley (a Gino Angelini protégé) and Tara Maxey (formerly of Cake Monkey) could probably tell you the names of every pig in their pastas and ﬁg in their pastries. They stock prepared-foods for The Oaks Gourmet and Silverlake Wine; and now, they’re running a full-time restaurant residency at Intelligentsia Pasadena. So, any plans past that culinary circle? Laughs Maxey, “Trying to get Matt to sleep three hours a night.” 323-872-2904; heirloomla.com.

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ance companies are not usually recognized for their fundraising powers, but the nearly 40-year-old contemporary collective has always stepped up to a challenge. In 1976, the Oberlin Dance Collective moved from Ohio to San Francisco; now, they’ve raised $20 million to revamp their urban facilities. The rejuvenated Mission District campus features eight dance studios, a cafe, media lab, visual arts gallery and—the pièce de résistance—a new ODC Theater. There, catch the company’s performance of Architecture of Light, the weekend of October 1. 415863-9834; odcdance.org. ELIZABETH KHURI CHANDLER

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Independent Spirits Regional ﬁlmmakers cut their own groove in the Bay Area BY ELIZABETH KHURI CHANDLER

n a chilly August night at San Francisco’s Atheist Film Festival, viewers packed into cushioned pews at the Red Vic Movie House and chuckled their way through Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life. Just another idyllic eve for Bay Area movie buffs. Nearly every week, a different festival celebrates some new or unusual terroir in filmmaking: silent pictures, women’s issues, documentaries, bicyclists, the United Nations. The sex workers of San Francisco even have their own biennial extravaganza in April. Savvy viewers are here, front row and center, but where are the auteurs? Ask Graham Leggat, executive director of the S.F. Film Society, and he’ll tell you there are independent filmmakers in the hills of San Francisco and Berkeley, albeit in small bunches. With a variety of foci—narrative, avant-garde, documentary among them—locals are creating work celebrating a unique point of view, garnering critical and commercial success—and all from the industry sidelines. His own paean to San Francisco, Medicine for Melancholy, was shot for less than the price of a four-door sedan and premiered at Austin’s South by Southwest conference in 2008. A love story about class and diversity in the foggy slopes of the city, the film eventually earned him a deal with Focus Features—but that doesn’t mean he was surviving as an artist at the time. “I’ve never been more broke than I was during the height of Medicine’s run,” he says. “It’s a humbling thing to see your picture in The New York Times and not know how you’re going to get lunch that day.” Today, Jenkins runs a commercial company with four other filmmakers, lives South of Market and frequently travels to L.A., where he is represented by Creative Artists Agency. He’s

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Baldwin calls his usage of found footage “cinema povera.” Ballets Russes was an ofﬁcial selection at Sundance in 2005. Medicine for Melancholy was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. An image from the avant-garde ﬁlm The Great Blondino featured in the book Radical Light.

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culture also in the middle of writing the first draft of an Indiewoodbudget, romantic sci-fi flick for Focus. he effort is to build a filmmaking middle class from the ground up,” says Leggat. Since he became executive director of the S.F. Film Society in 2005, the establishment has enveloped the Film Arts Foundation, increased instructional offerings and upped grant-giving to more than $3 million over five years for narrative directors. Post-production companies such as Industrial Light and Magic and animation giant Pixar may be empires of the realm, but Leggat would like to see more pictures shot, directed and produced entirely in the Bay Area. Filmmaker Jeff Zimbalist received one of those grants to help him transition his documentary The Two Escobars into a feature film. The nonfiction version, which he directed and wrote with his brother Michael, explores the relationship between drug lord Pablo Escobar and Columbian soccer star Andrés Escobar, whose “own goal” for the U.S. in 1994’s World Cup led to his assassination. The film premieres in L.A. and broadcasts on ESPN this month. Zimbalist moved west after speaking on a human rights documentary panel at the S.F. Film Festival. With fewer films and distributors, he thinks the fishbowl is an advantage. “You are not in competition; you are united around common interests,” he says. Such collaborative communities have

been popping up. In the Presidio, a short distance from George Lucas’ special effects company, Industrial Light and Magic, the S.F. Film Society is located in a building called the San Francisco Film Centre, brimming with independent filmmakers, production companies and The Dish Café. “The area has begun to “feel a little bit like being on a lot,” says producer Jen Chaiken, whose offices are in the Centre. “Right now, I think the Coen Brothers are screening a film downstairs.” Chaiken made a name for herself with My Flesh and Blood, an Emmy-winning documentary about a Fairfield, CA woman who adopted 11 special-needs kids. These days, she has a business partner in L.A., an office in both cities, two phone numbers and travels almost every week. “I’m moving toward bigger-budget, Hollywood films,” she says from her office overlooking the Golden Gate. “But for documentaries, S.F. is as doable as other cities.” Indeed, Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller’s documentaries have broached subjects, near and far, ranging from Les Ballets Russes to the history of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley. The critically acclaimed Frosh followed 10 Stanford University CONTINUED ON PAGE 110 freshmen in 1990 as they navigated

Ready, Set, Watch • The Castro Theatre, Castro When Hollywood throws a San Francisco premiere, they zero in on this 1920s movie palace. castrotheatre.com. • Film in the Fog, Presidio Catch an outdoor screening of a classic ﬁlm on the lawn near the Main Post. sffs.org. • Vine Cinema, Livermore Smart art-house ﬂicks, plush seats and a small-plates menu from the restaurant next door. vinecinema.com. • The Red Vic Movie House, Haight Sit back on cushioned pews at

this funky collective. redvicmoviehouse.com. • Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto The David and Lucile Packard Foundation restored this 1925 gem for silver-screen film buffs. stanfordtheatre.org. • Viz Cinema, Japantown Devoted to Japanese greats, anime, docs and new flicks. newpeopleworld.com. • El Rio, Outer Mission Take in films al fresco on the back patio of this hip dive bar. elriosf.com.

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er famous gap-toothed smile; her infectious free spirit—it’s clear why the portrait greats Richard Avedon and Irving Penn were inspired for decades by Lauren Hutton: She has this untouchable enthusiasm for life and adventure, and in turn, we “rediscover” her, year after year. Hutton’s resume reads as model and actress, but it’s what’s between the lines that she might argue most defines her: exploring the wilds of Africa with the Masai; her longtime friendship with Giorgio Armani; her near-death motorcycle accident in 2000; and, of course, her many romances—like with artist Ed Ruscha. And on all fronts, she’s nowhere near finished. To walk through the unassuming front gate of Lauren Hutton’s Venice beach bungalow is to enter her Shangri-La. There, the 66-yearold fashion legend is the picture of cool in a denim shirt and Boy Scouts shorts. Photo-ready, she sits at a picnic bench in the yard, wielding makeup brushes and lip stains with great finesse.

on the truth of beauty You’ve had your own cosmetics line for nine years. How did your love of makeup begin? I started modeling right when Mod was popular—lots of false lashes, white lids and black liner. In those days, we all did our own faces. But, when there were makeup artists, like on a Revlon shoot, I’d have to go to the bathroom when they were done, take some of it off and redo my makeup. By the time I was on the set in front of Dick Avedon or Penn and they liked it, that’s all that mattered. If I looked bad, they weren’t going to hire me. Beyond makeup, what’s your beauty secret? If people would really let themselves mature and learn, then they’d get better looking. They’d get smarter. And that shows on your face. You do deserve your face after 40. You can finally see whom you’re dealing with.

BY JENNY MURRAY HOOKS

Age doesn’t frighten you? I’m modeling again. It’s foolish for us to think it’s all over at a certain point. I think I’ve been in shock about my age. How so? When I turned 60, I was fit as a fiddle. I felt like I’d finally recovered from my motorcycle accident. I was walking again. The business was doing great, no problem. At 62, 63, I started feeling little things I hadn’t felt before. I forgot a few things. And I was reading too much of The New York Times and The Economist, and that was pretty scary. The world was kind of on fire; I wasn’t sleeping much. I thought it was just me getting old, but you know, I thought that around 42, 43…46, too. I remember saying to someone, ‘It took me so long to turn 40,’ and now, at 66, I feel like I’ve just turned 60. Is there a connection between this revelation and deciding to go back to modeling? Yeah, I guess so. I hadn’t said it to myself yet. The last time I went through this, I was 46. I’d taken one bunch of bad pictures after another, and I couldn’t stand modeling anymore. But the great Steven Meisel insisted on working with me. I didn’t want to do it, but he took these beautiful pictures for a series of ads for Barneys. I remember being in a restaurant by myself and opening up the Sunday [N.Y.] Times, and being shocked, seeing this person and saying, ‘Wow, that’s a real woman.’ I didn’t recognize the pictures as me. I hadn’t seen a photo of myself that looked like me in a long time. I’d been trying to look younger since I was 30. We’ve seen you lately in the J.Crew catalog, and in H&M campaigns shot by Patrick Demarchelier. What are you saying by modeling again? I’m saying, don’t let ancient, dead, antique societal ideas inform you. Don’t be fooled.

on hollywood What was it like to be working in film in the ’60s? I think ’67 was the first time I came here to make a movie. The following year, I was in L.A. to make [Little Fauss and Big Halsy] with Bob Redford. He had just finished Butch Cassidy [and the

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Giorgio Armani on a 1992 French Elle photo shoot. Jim McHugh photographed Hutton in 1976 on the set of Welcome to L.A. Hutton posing with Masai men on one of her African adventures.

Sundance Kid]. It hadn’t come out yet, but everybody knew he was going to be a giant star. I always stayed at the Chateau Marmont. It was just this quiet old castle. No one else was there—just actors and rockers and writers. Everybody was real quiet. You’d see James Taylor in the hallway, and Bobby D[eNiro] coming and going.

“YOU DO DESERVE YOUR FACE AFTER 40. YOU CAN FINALLY SEE WHOM YOU’RE DEALING WITH.”

on fashion There’s no question who your favorite designer is. Always Armani, always Giorgio. I still have pants and coats of his from the ’70s. It’s expensive, but you can wear it forever. And he has this magic for making color. For him to make a good purple, there are four, five, six colors in it that aren’t purple. A real artist. I’ve never seen him be a fashion fool. You’ve also been recognized for your classic style. I’ve always thought a lot of fashion is about telling you that you’re not in it—so better rush out and buy this, right now. Whereas, the real purpose of fashion is not what you’re offered but how you wear it—only some of it will look good on you, and most of it won’t. I was always wearing what was in season…I’d just wear it my way. That’s why, year after year after year, I’m still being “discovered” as this new thing that designers “find.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 111 A young Hutton with her half-sister Kris on a South Carolina family retreat.

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The exterior of John Kapel’s San Mateo County home. OPPOSITE The cantilevered ﬁreplace divides the dining room from the living room and the entry hall, creating a focal point for the house. The sculpture is one of Kapel’s.

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Designer John Kapelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dream house is a masterpiece of artful craftsmanship By Cat Doran Photographed by Lisa Eisner

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John Kapel sits in one of his studio chairs. A similar version of this piece is now part of the permanent collection at LACMA.

f you believe the story the way 89-year-old design master John Kapel tells it, then his life has been but a series of happy accidents. Listen to him closely, though, and you might begin to question the serendipitous nature of events. Simply put, he’s too good an artist to chalk his successes up to fate. One of his most fortunate “accidents,” if you will, was choosing Woodside, CA as the location for building his dream home in 1961. Just a quick drive up a steep hill from Palo Alto, the town gets its name from the magnificent redwoods dominating the landscape. At the time the Kapel house was under construction, Woodside was really nothing more than a forest. These days, however, it’s home to the biggest names in Silicon Valley, including Apple’s co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs, and Oracle’s Larry Ellison. The house was designed by Kapel and architect Jerry Weiss. With its clerestory windows and the release you feel when you walk through its front door, the dwelling feels a little Frank Lloyd Wrightian. The space opens up from a low point at the entryway into something voluminous. Kapel says, “This is a small house—only 1,750 square feet—but it feels big because nothing is pressing in on you. What counts for me are the things you look at on a daily basis.” The wooden dining table, with its stone-inlaid lazy Susan; the central cantilevered fireplace; his wood-and-metal sculptures hanging on the walls; the hand-built furniture; the exquisite blue-tile floor—it all feels completely at home on this hillside looking out over the massive trees. Kapel graduated from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, MI (other noted alums include Harry Bertoia, Charles and Ray Eames, and Eero Saarinen). After a short stint training in Yugoslavia, he moved to New York to work with George Nelson (chief designer of Herman Miller Furniture Company), who hired him as a general designer. At a studio with only 17 employees, the young Kapel was exposed to all aspects of industrial and furniture design. After two years at George Nelson & Associates, Kapel

The dining table, with its stone-inlaid lazy Susan.

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Three handcrafted chairs in Kapel’s downstairs woodshop. OPPOSITE Artisan pottery and crafts are lovingly displayed in the living room.

headed westward to California and landed in what was then the farmland of Los Gatos. Because he had no tools of his own, his great friend and fellow craftsman, the late Sam Maloof, took him to an auction to buy a workbench. In order to get the one he wanted, Kapel had to purchase a lot of five benches from a local school. Within a month, he’d sold four of them, making enough of a profit to start crafting furniture on the fifth. He still uses it to this day. Kapel saw how Maloof struggled to make a living off custom, hand-hewn furniture. “Sammy hated to do stuff for manufacturers because there are constrictions associated with that kind of work, but I don’t like to make the same thing twice.” What intrigued Kapel was the challenge of creating a design that could then be produced in a factory. He had seen how George Nelson & Associates earned royalties off its popular designs. To Kapel, that was much more appealing than handmaking every single stick of furniture his mind could dream up. He made some prototypes and piled them into his station wagon, journeying from Los Gatos to Los Angeles, where he knocked on factory doors. The first he tried was Glenn of California. After showing his samples to owner Ike Baron and striking a mutually satisfying agreement, the two embarked on a partnership that would last more than 20 years—with only a handshake binding their deal. This didn’t mean Kapel wasn’t interested in making studio one-offs. Far from it; at the same time he was designing for a

manufacturer, he was also turning out beautiful and unique pieces in his own workshop. This dual focus was highly unusual; at the time, either you were a craftsman or you designed for large-scale fabrication. No one did both—except Kapel. He explains, “My fellow craftsmen sure thought I was tainted. They thought of me as a sell-out. I didn’t care. I wanted to have a nice house, and designing for a manufacturer allowed me to do that.” (Kapel did design and build a home for himself and his family in Los Gatos, but he eventually sold it in order to construct his Woodside abode, where he still lives and works.)

alifornia Crafts expert and owner of Reform Gallery in Los Angeles, Gerard O’Brien precipitated one of the latest Kapellian “accidents” a few years ago. He saw a chair on 1st Dibs that was billed as Scandinavian, but he recognized it as a Kapel. O’Brien sent the designer an e-mail with the words, “Is it yours?” then bought the chair. Turns out Kapel had crafted the piece in 1958. O’Brien later sold it to LACMA, where it now lives in a collection alongside four other pieces of the master’s studio work. Kapel says with a great deal of pride in his voice, “I wasn’t famous, and I’m still not. But I don’t care. [Curator of Decorative Arts] Wendy Kaplan at LACMA told me I’m a studio craftsman. That’s OK with me. I don’t care what I design—as long as it’s good.” •

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Kapel has also designed jewelry, shown here on the dining table. RIGHT He built his home in 1961. The interior of a cabinet lined with felt hand-cut to imitate the wood-carving on the pieceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exterior. RIGHT The furniture in the living room was designed and built by Kapel himself. BELOW Two of his sculptures; the one on the right is a maquette of a much larger piece that was never built.

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MARY McDONALD’S NEW DECOR TOME HIGHLIGHTS THE DRAMA AND ENCHANTMENT INSTILLED IN EVERY INTERIOR SHE TOUCHES

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The foyer of the Harkham house in Beverly Hills has custom, hand-painted de Gournay wallpaper with trees that seem to climb the seagrasscovered staircase. OPPOSITE McDonald in her L.A home ofﬁce, imbued with dashes of 1950s Dior that she says make the space “so distinctively moi.”

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT The designer’s own dressing room. Upholstered English furniture lends an air of tradition to a great room’s mix of East and West. In her former bedroom, a gilded bouillotte lamp and some of her jewels (“I love seeing the things I adore from the moment I open my eyes,” she says). Flowing curtains made of cotton ticking are an unexpected foil for reﬁned 19th-century Imari plates which hang on a wall. Soft pink punctuates a royal-navy blue bedroom in McDonald’s L.A. guest house. MARY MCDONALD INTERIORS, PUBLISHED BY RIZZOLI NEW YORK, 2010

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ere she not creating stunning interiors, Mary McDonald would be dreaming up eveningwear. “I have always been drawn to ball gowns and party dresses,” she says. “There’s not a frilly frock, feather or paillette I don’t adore.” In fact, before embarking upon her current career, the Brentwood-raised McDonald attended Parsons in New York City and became a milliner with a hat collection featured in the likes of Vogue. This month, the Los Angeles-based designer’s first book, Mary McDonald Interiors, The Allure of Style (Rizzoli, $55), will be published with more than 250 pages of sophisticated projects from the past decade (arranged in chapters such as “Bohemian” and “Graphic”). “I don’t love just one look,” explains McDonald. “I wanted to create something that could be a feast for the eyes and would allow the images to do all the talking.” Of all the projects presented, McDonald’s favorite is the Harkham estate in Beverly Hills, where she claims to feel more at home than in her own abode. “A lot of people don’t ultimately have the courage to let go when they are designing their homes. With this house, they trusted me. Together, we produced something that is as unique today as the day we finished it,” she says. Clearly influenced by California, and particularly Hollywood, all of the decorator’s projects tend to lean toward the dramatic. From hand-painted murals and boldly patterned floors to light-pink living rooms and bedroom walls lacquered in chartreuse, a Mary McDonald look embodies an old-world elegance—with the distinct feeling a camera crew might come rolling in at any moment. That might just happen. Next year, she will be involved in a different kind of design drama: a Bravo reality television production. The details are highly classified, but suffice it to say, the cast of characters alone is enough for the show to develop a cult following by the end of the first episode. In the meantime, McDonald is working on residences in locales from Laguna Beach to Bedford, NY; a new collection of lamps for lighting star Robert Abbey; and a nationally distributed fabric line. With this full schedule, where can we find McDonald in a rare free moment? “At a gem show. I am so inspired by the range of natural colors and the raw materials,” she says. “Or, of course, maybe at a vintage store—trying on brilliant ball gowns.” 310-246-1307; marymcdonaldinc.com. •

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C travel Camp Rocks The revamped Carmel Valley Ranch inspires summer fun in the great outdoorsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all year round BY JENNIE NUNN

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Italian micro-twill exteriors lined with striped, yarn-dyed interiors and polished nickel hardware make the new travel line for S.F.based Wisecracker a collection of quiet luxury. With 16 versatile bags for men and a capsule of ﬁve styles for women, “We’re targeting the savvy traveler who wants quality and style and prefers to stay under the radar,” says Managing Director David Dow. Wilkes Bashford, S.F.; wisecrackerluggage.com. DIANE DORRANS SAEKS

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The nine-month transformation, or nearly 25 years, which began at the beginning of Carmel Valley Ranch this year, includes a pristine 18has been the go-to for hole golf course designed by Pete leisure golfers, tennis Dye (with a revamped main clubbuffs and the proverhouse to match); a new lobby and bial family reunion. This fall, restaurant headed up by Executive thanks to a $35 million renovation, Chef Tim Wood; a 2,000-square-foot the 490-acre outdoor playground spa utilizing honey and floral exof moss-covered oak trees and rolltracts harvested from the property’s ing hills sports a new look and cathree beehives and multiple lavensual concept to impress even the der fields; freshly groomed trails most seasoned “camper.” with morning and afternoon guided You probably won’t hear “Hapnature hikes, complete with frequent py Trails” sung around the fire pits deer, wild turkey and cottontail rabhere, though. “It’s a ranch, but it’s Carmel Valley Ranch’s Pete bit sightings; an “adventure kitchen” not a yippe ki-yay ranch,” says Dye-designed golf course for educational programs, cooking Founding Partner and Director classes and private parties; and a John Pritzker about the posh propRiver Ranch designated family area with a fitness center, erty—just 10 minutes from downtown Carmel—once home tennis and bocce courts, a pool, two Jacuzzis and, for the to the Ohlone native Americans and later used as an orchard wee ones, a splash fountain. and dairy farm. “We like to think of it as summer camp withEach of the 139 suites has been outfitted by design firm out the discipline,” he adds, inspired by his childhood days ForrestPerkins with leather club chairs, rain showers, iPod at Camp Horseshoe in Wisconsin. “It’s about having fun, docking stations and enough closet space for a family of roasting s’mores and trading stories by the fire, but it’s not four—plus a private patio and fireplace. Despite being a the next ‘California Ranch Disneyland.’ It’s about authenticscout’s dream, it’s hardly roughing it. One Old Ranch Rd., ity.” Just watch the kids (and kids at heart) soaring in tree Carmel, 831-625-9500; carmelvalleyranch.com. • swings throughout the grounds.

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fancy snacks from the chef’s garden. “With whole fruits and herbs, you get true essence,” explains Spa Director Michelle Schlekewey. “There’s a more mellow aroma. Fresh oranges or their blossoms are so much more intoxicating than bottled fragrances.” Summer’s avocado-and-rosemary pairing proved popular, along with chamomile, lavender and cinnamon-infused oils for scalp massages. This culinary aspect adds dimension—and there’s a medicinal plant garden on the horizon, too. At Ojai Valley Inn’s Artist Cottage and Apothecary, guests can do it themselves: They pick fresh plants and flowers to distill into hydrosols or floral waters. They dry lavender, thyme and rose petals to mix into bath salts. They also blend fragrances with essential oils and add preferred herbs. The recipe is then used in an Essence in Balance spa treatment. Perhaps most celebrated, though, is the Spanish-style spa’s Pixie Tangerine treatment. The prized local fruit is cut in half and used with a pomegranate scrub. Off-season, the 31,000-square-foot spa makes due: “We just pick oranges off the tree right in the courtyard,” says Spa Director Gloria Ah Sam. “We always reflect back to nature.” The Farmhouse Inn, 7871 River Rd., Forestville, 707-887-3300; farmhouseinn. com. Auberge du Soleil, 180 Rutherford Hill Rd., Rutherford, 707-963-1211; aubergedusoleil.com. El Capitan Canyon, 11560 Calle Real, Santa Barbara, 805685-3887; elcapitancanyon.com. Rancho Bernardo Inn Golf Resort & Spa, 17550 Bernardo Oaks Dr., San Diego, 858-6758500; ranchobernardoinn.com. Ojai Valley Inn, 905 Country Club Rd, Ojai, 805-6461111; ojairesort.com. •

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college life. “We had funders telling us cinéma vérité was dead,” she laughs. That was before MTV’s smash hit, “The Real World,” in ’92. “We were a bit vindicated.” Goldfine and Geller’s latest project began when a USC professor connected them with some deteriorating footage shot by explorer and renaissance man George Allan Hancock (developer of L.A.’s Hancock Park). In the late ‘20s and early ’30s, a smattering of settlers—including a German baroness and her three lovers—went to the Galapagos Islands. Hancock, who traveled to the archipelago frequently with a team of scientists, was fascinated by the islands, the inhabitants, the baroness and her subsequent disappearance. His records of his trips are some of the only surviving footage. One part Hitchcock, one part Swiss Family Robinson, the tale turns into a scrutiny of the idea of paradise.

And yet, a film about a disappearing member of the European nobility is not considered socially activist. The duo has long known how the cache of documentary grants available through foundations, such as S.F.-based Independent Television Service (ITVS), which gives away approximately $250,000 per film, is not an option. “We realized from the beginning that you can submit foundation proposals or a you can get a day job,” says Goldfine. Too far from the bread-and-butter industry of Southern California, where filmmakers can work on a TV show and make a steady wage, they chose to launch their own corporate production company, producing videos for Hewlett-Packard, Old Navy and Odwalla. For those not interested in financials, however, the traces of Jack Kerouac’s Beat generation still infuse the work of many an artist-filmmaker. Featured in the October release of Radical Light, a book published by the Pacific Film Archive, the Berkeley Museum and University of California Press about the history of alternative filmmakers in the Bay Area, Craig Baldwin employs found footage from vintage videos to create dizzyingly beautiful montages of fringe society. His last work, Mock Up on Mu, braided together aerospace, new age and the occult by drawing connections between Jet Propulsion Laboratories and the Church of Scientology. “Any Hollywood producer would have been sued by Scientology,” says Baldwin. “It’s a textbook example of how the status quo of Los Angeles would restrict these productions.” Next up: a film about the Paris subculture of Guy Debord’s Situationists and William S. Burroughs’ Beats—radicals who churn incendiary pages out into the world via the Olympia Press. Sound ambitious? It is. Still, collaboration reigns. Jenkins kept running into Baldwin on his way to get coffee on Valencia Street. They got down to talking, and the next thing he knew, Baldwin, who runs the experimental group Other Cinema, offered to screen Medicine for Melancholy at the Artist Television Access theater, along with a series of neverbefore-seen shorts by Jenkins. “San Francisco is just like that,” says Jenkins. “One person makes something

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on the nature of nature You’ve never married—are you dating? I’m always dating. I really love men. There have been rumors I don’t, but I do really love men. Don’t think you have to just sleep

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with 20-year-olds. Try to pick someone your own size—it’ll make you smarter. The real point of love is to grow, not just to get off. Do you still ride? I don’t. I’m still in the Guggenheim motorcycle gang, but I ride behind [Laurence] Fishburne or Jeremy [Irons] or somebody. Still an adrenaline seeker? Yes, I was just diving in Galapagos. I saw great hammerhead sharks. They’re killers, you know, if you bug ’em. What could possibly follow a shark-dive? I’m trying to write a book…of the experiences I’ve had traveling. I spent a lot of

time with African tribes over the years. The thing I’ve always been interested in is who we were, as hunter-gatherers. Now I spend most of my time in this garden with my real tomatoes, and my real parsley and my real squashes. You were an art major. Do you still paint? I have a studio in Mexico. I’ll probably paint here in my garden, too. All these colors weren’t here before. So it’s your place of contemplation? I come out here every night. It’s near the sea, and the trumpets come up with this perfume that’s deeply intoxicating. I just like to look at everything. •

walrus ivory and gold bead necklace, $12,060, Barneys New York, S.F., 415-268-3553.

310-274-5240. Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière black crocodile lace-up shoes, $7,450, similar styles available at Balenciaga, West Hollywood, 310-854-0557. p.86-87 Etro white Fitch coat, $10,721, Etro, Beverly Hills, 310-248-2855. Marc Jacobs gold lamé bra, $300, and briefs, $300, Marc Jacobs, L.A., 323-653-0100. Falke stockings, $50, net-a-porter.com. Gucci brown ostrich medium shoulder bag, $3,100, select Gucci; gucci.com. Christian Louboutin leopard pony Lady Derby peep-toe booties, $1,175, select Saks Fifth Avenue, 877-551-SAKS. Vintage sunglasses, stylist’s own. p.88-89 Louis Vuitton bonded leather skirt, $4,155, Monogram Canvas Alzer 75 trunk, $6,150, and ostrich Beauty pumps, $2,915, Louis Vuitton, Beverly Hills; louisvuitton.com. Dolce & Gabbana black pony-hair Miss Sicily handbag, $2,345, Dolce & Gabbana, Beverly Hills, 877-70-DGUSA.

THE REAL DEAL p.91 See “On Our Cover.” p.92 See “Table of Contents.”

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN p.80-81 Etro silk dress, $2,895, Etro, Beverly Hills, 310-248-2855. Lanvin large Geode belt, $2,198, Lanvin, N.Y., 646-439-0381. Lana Marks alligator Frame clutch, $7,250, Lana Marks, Beverly Hills, 310-274-5240. Van Cleef & Arpels six-row diamond Palmyre necklace, $320,000, and purple sapphire Pandora pendant, $590,000, on a diamond chain, $34,800, Van Cleef & Arpels, Beverly Hills, 310-276-1161. Harry Winston marquise diamond Straight Line necklace, price upon request, Harry Winston, South Coast Plaza, 800-988-4110. Cartier diamond and white gold bracelet, price upon request, Cartier, Beverly Hills, 310-275-4272. Bulgari High Jewelry Collection emerald and diamond necklace, price upon request, and diamond bracelet, price upon request, select Bulgari; bulgari.com. Tiffany & Co. diamond Legacy Tassel pendant necklace, $78,000, Tiffany & Co., Beverly Hills, 310-273-8880. p.82-83 Valentino chiffon lace blouse, $3,980, and wool pants with ruffle waist, $1,690, select Valentino, 310-247-0103. Louis Vuitton alligator Couture PM purse, $27,300, Louis Vuitton, Beverly Hills; louisvuitton.com. Marc Jacobs black crocodile pumps, $575, Marc Jacobs, L.A., 323-653-0100. Chopard yellow diamond chandelier earrings, $540,000, Chopard, Beverly Hills, 310-5507220; chopard.com. Bulgari High Jewelry diamond and ruby bracelet (on sofa), price upon request, select Bulgari; bulgari.com. p.84-85 Prada madras print Gabarine Natte coat, $2,790, select Prada; prada.com. Lana Marks black alligator Extra Large Cylinder tote bag, $18,700, Lana Marks, Beverly Hills,

CORRECTIONS In the September 2010 issue: In “Changing Tides,” (p.60), the address for A’Maree’s new location was misprinted. Its proper address is: 2241 West Coast Hwy., Newport Beach, 949-723-0051; amarees.com. • In “Double Take,” (p.62), the price for Veronica Beard’s navy or olive jacket is $945, not $495. Available at Dressed, Santa Barbara, 805-565-1253; dressedonline.com. • In “Artful Abode,” (p.148), the dress Katherine Ross is wearing should have been credited to Gregory Parkinson on this page and not on page 152. • In “Belle De Jour,” (p.156), Diane Kruger’s bracelet and earrings are only credited in the Shopping Guide and not on the page. She is wearing a Harry Winston Diamond Lattice Bracelet, 26.5 carats, set in platinum, price upon request; and Nightlife by Harry Winston earrings, 2.47 carats, set in platinum, $28,000; Harry Winston, 800-9884110; harrywinston.com.

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From an airy Venice workshop at 901 Washington Boulevard, Charles and Ray Eames innovated in all realms of design—art exhibitions, products, furniture (like the quintessential Mid-Century lounger) and ﬁlm, including the Powers of Ten short, to be celebrated on 10/10/10 with events worldwide. Here, a contact sheet from Arnold Newman captures the bow-tied couple literally standing behind its creative genius: a now-iconic molded chair.

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