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features 180 THE KATE UNKNOWN On the eve of her shocking divorce announcement, Katie Holmes opens up about Suri, her ambitious career plans and—in so many words—life after Tom.

Fall’s modern Baroque silhouettes hold their own against San Francisco’s most opulent landmarks.

200 ROOm FOR THOUGHT For a style-savvy Montecito family, refined yet easygoing elegance allows creativity to flourish.

208 FAsHION ROyALTy Representing the past and future of Alexander McQueen, Sarah Burton shares her journey during a maiden voyage to California.

KATIE HOLmEs, in a Holmes & yang dress, and Jennifer meyer earrings, necklace, and ring.

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212 AmERIcAN GIRL Maggie Rizer Mehran leaves the fast lane for the small-town idyll of Northern California.

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t is a strange thing to be in the center of a media storm. Personally, I have never experienced one quite like this. Back in late June, with our September Fashion Issue fast approaching, I was thrown into the whirlwind a bit; watching it from my vantage point changed my perspective on the whole scenario. Last spring, we discussed who would be right for the 7th-anniversary book, and Katie Holmes immediately came to mind. Besides being gorgeous and always chic, the star has created a line with partner/stylist Jeanne Yang (Holmes & Yang) that’s making its mark on the scene— consistently cool, yet wearable and even classic. We like where the label is going…and to pair Katie (and her sartorial endeavors) with our cover felt like an ideal fit.

Having seen the actress over the years at various events in Los Angeles and Paris, she has always been so friendly and warm. I was excited to spend a day with her on set, creating beautiful images together with the lovely and talented photographer Matt Jones. She was extremely punctual and arrived at the studio in the morning with Suri in tow (as the mother of a 3-year-old, I can say that’s a feat in itself!). We had fun going through the clothing options with Jeanne and looking at all of the beautiful Holmes & Yang pieces for the shoot. The process couldn’t have been more smooth; in fact, with seven years of C covers behind me, it was actually one of our most mellow and happy. Since it has happened previously with some celebs who shall remain nameless, I was prepared for the possibility of a large entourage—people shoo-ing our team away from Katie, saying not to speak to her unless spoken to. Quite the opposite. Instead, Katie and I enjoyed reminiscing about growing up in Ohio and Michigan, respectively, and summers on the Great Lakes. When Suri asked if she could buy me a chocolate milk for my baby—I was six months pregnant at the time with my second daughter—I was touched. Katie was laughing and dancing. Suri sketched dresses and diligently reported back on what her mom was trying on in the fashion closet.

With a big hug and a thank you for bringing together such a wonderful crew, Katie left the building but not before gifting the team with dozens of cupcakes. I remember thinking on my way out onto the New York sidewalk below the studio that it was a special day—one that wouldn’t be forgotten.

Then the news hit! Katie had filed for divorce six days after the shoot (and the day after our interview).

I was shocked! Katie was in such wonderful spirits…there was a happiness, calm, even a peacefulness in her demeanor. I assume whatever tough, internal decisions she was wrestling with had been handled some time before our day in the studio. As you will see in the portfolio, she is, as always, a picture of elegance and grace.

And, because this is our issue dedicated to fashion’s most spectacular season, we present portfolios and news of designer clothes that carry on the spirit of elegance and grace. The most ladylike looks this autumn are pitch-perfect for all environs—from San Francisco’s opulent streets to the country town of Diablo, where we visit with supermodel Maggie Rizer Mehran.

So, get ready for our biggest issue ever, packed with one fresh choice after the next! We are thrilled to have spent the past SEVEN years celebrating California and its unmatched style! Indeed, there’s no seven-year itch for us—we can’t wait

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Jessica Sample “Alexandra [Champalimaud] has a great sense of humor and so much enthusiasm for design,” says Jessica Sample. The L.A. lenswoman toured the city with the interior designer for C Home’s “Style Spy” (p.137).

Sample regularly shoots for National Geographic Traveler, Angeleno, and she’s looking forward to an assignment in Tahiti. C SPOTS • Best Fish Taco In Ensenada on Hillhurst Avenue in Los Feliz • Runyon Canyon • Malibu Seafood

Emily Hsieh “If I’m ever tempted to go under the knife, I now know exactly whom to call,” says

Jeanne Yang

Emily Hsieh of Dr. Carolyn

“Katie [Holmes] is such a fashion chameleon.

Chang [“Secrets of a (Not-So-

It was so much fun going from masculine to

Secret) Plastic Surgeon,”

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p.132]. Hsieh’s byline has also

Jeanne Yang of C’s cover shoot [“The Kate

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Unknown,” p.180]. The San Fernando Valley-

and Lucky. C SPOTS • Black’s

based Yang, who is also the actress’s design

Beach in La Jolla (where I grew

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up)—first thing in the morning

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• The Ferry Building in S.F.

Her work has appeared in Rolling Stone and

• Indian Springs Resort in

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Calistoga for the mud baths and

• The French Laundry in Napa Valley • My home

the Olympic-size mineral pool

David Cameron her upcoming gigs,” says photographer David Cameron of this month’s C Girl, up-and-coming screenwriter Hallie Meyers-Shyer [C What’s Hot, p.90]. For the issue, the accomplished ad campaign director also captured the effortlessly chic Montecito abode he shares with his wife, handbag designer Kendall Conrad, and daughters in “Room for Thought” (p.200). C SPOTS • Farmshop at the Brentwood Country Mart • Jalama Beach • Yosemite

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Autumn de Wilde “I love San Francisco, so this shoot was a dream,” says photographer Autumn de Wilde of this month’s fashion portfolio [“Gilt Trip,” p.188]. “Being a tourist opened my eyes to new ways of capturing the city.” L.A.-based de Wilde has shot now-iconic album covers for artists including Beck, The White Stripes and Elliott Smith; her portraiture and fashion photography has been featured in Vogue and New York Magazine.

C SPOTS • The Griffith Park Observatory • Disneyland because the Peter Pan ride is the fountain of youth • Big Sur

Sebastian Scolarici “When Katie [Holmes] gets in front of a camera, she has such an amazing ability to transform her look,” says N.Y. hairstylist Sebastian Scolarici of C’s cover subject [“The Kate Unknown,” p.180]. “She was able to exude strength and vulnerability from one shot to the next.” The Buenos Aires-born Scolarici has contributed to Allure and Entertainment Weekly. C SPOTS • The Getty museum for the view • Anywhere in Napa Valley with a glass of wine • Post Ranch Inn

Jo Baker “Fall is my favorite season for fashion,” says L.A.-based makeup artist Jo Baker, who schools C readers on how-to perfect the cat-eye in “If Looks Could Kill” (p.127). The London native contributes to W, Italian Vanity Fair and Russian InStyle. She has worked privately with everyone from Sharon Stone to Milla Jovovich. C SPOTS • Pismo Beach • S.F.’s Golden Gate Park for live music • Desert Hot Springs

Catherine Bigelow “Maggie Rizer Mehran is a down-home delight who shares her real-life story with humility and grace,” says writer Catherine Bigelow of her interview with the model [“American Girl,” p.212]. The freelance author is also the Society Correspondent for the San Francisco Chronicle. C SPOTS • Beach Blanket Babylon revue in S.F. • Le Garage Bistro in Sausalito • Tomales Bay for weekend getaways

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reg Chait, the Venice Beach designer of luxe cashmere brand The Elder Statesman, and Roman Alonso of Commune (the interiors visionary behind the Ace Hotel, Opening Ceremony, Heath Ceramics) met a year ago. The result: a forthcoming collection of L.A.-produced merino cashmere blankets and pillows. Says Alonso, “The Elder Statesman embodies the spirit we love about this place we call home. The project was a natural one.� elder-statesman.com; communedesign.com.

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HOT SEATS

Imitation of Christ for Doyle & Mueser buttondown, $315.

Laurel Hardware, and bakery/cafe The Sycamore Kitchen from the proprietors of HatďŹ eld’s are now open. laurelhardware.com; thesycamorekitchen.com.

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Rock Out N.Y.-based Kimberly McDonald makes herself at home in West Hollywood this month with the opening of a standalone boutique.

Incorporating the rare agates, geodes and quartz we’ve seen since she launched her eponymous jewelry line in 2006, she’s also debuting a full home collection.

Look for one-ofa-kind Lucite boxes, paperweights, pillows, scarves, lamps and napkin rings. 8590 W. Sunset Blvd., WeHo; kimberlymcdonald.com.

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Lamp, $7,275.

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by Helmut Newton photographs, Angeleno designer Tara Subkoff of Imitation of Christ now unveils a collaboration with Doyle & Mueser. doylemueser.com.

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Style Clique California’s coolest fashion bloggers At the forefront of the ever-expanding blogoshpere are the California-based editors, artists, stylists, photographers and wardrobe-junkies starting trends and inspiring millions. • CLOSETVISIT.COM CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT Raquel Jeana Sohn wanted a project to get Allegra featured her out of her Hollywood Hills art in Closetvisit. com. Rumi studio, so she started photographing Neely. Marlien sartorially minded friends and Rentmeester of LeCatch.com. acquaintances in their own homes. • LECATCH.COM Phillip Lim inspired Marlien Rentmeester, Lucky Magazine’s west coast editor, to go viral with her high/low shopping and styling tips. • STOPITRIGHTNOW. BLOGSPOT.COM Adjunct to her day job as a skateboard apparel designer, Jayne Min shows off her Celine and Givenchy obsessions and creative DIY projects. • THEBLONDEANDTHEBRUNETTE.COM

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THICK SKINNED L.A designer Dafne Balatsos (Rick Owens’ protÊgÊ) debuts eight sleek crocodile and ostrich clutches this season. From $1,500; available at Church; churchboutique.com.

FOCUS GROUP Elevating the term “fashion photographyâ€? to new levels, Leica introduces the M9-P Edition Hermès featuring two limited-run cameras.

Handmade at the Leica factory in Solms, Germany, the models incorporate exquisite Hermès ocre leather. us.leica-camera.com.

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Michelle Dockery (aka Lady Mary) in Ralph Lauren Collection black silk wool satin beaded evening dress.

Yorkshire Chic “Downton Abbeyâ€? doesn’t return until 2013, but fashion followers won’t have to wait any longer to get the look. Ralph Lauren’s F/W show was set to the series’ soundtrack as gold and black evening gowns oated down the runway. Who better to model one of the frocks than Lady Mary herself? ralphlauren.com.

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Caiman clutch, $1,500.

Kathryn Lebowitz (the blonde), NJ Falk Goldston (the brunette) and a bevy of contributor friends dish daily on beauty and fashion news, products and guides. • FASHIONTOAST.COM Newport-native Rumi Neely’s platform with Elin Kling, Anna Dello Russo and BryanBoy was snapped up

by CondĂŠ Nast this year. Now, she’s dedicated 24/7 to reďŹ ning her urban-femme SoCal aesthetic.

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Rag & Bone’s Newbury ankle-booties became the cool-girl accessory of the spring season.

Sure to be next in line: a tweed/leather carryall from the label’s debut line of handbags. Pick one up in person at Rag & Bone’s ďŹ rst L.A. boutique—opening this month on a quiet strip of Melrose Avenue. 8533 Melrose Ave., WeHo; ragandbone.com.

Shipley platform booties, $575.

Backstage at the fall show.

JUNGLE FEVER Looking to show off your wild side? Roberto Cavalli’s autumn runway featured zebra prints, glossy pony skins and painted python frocks.

The shades provide instant effect. robertocavalli.com.

Untitled, Karl Benjamin, 1958.

Wild Diva sunglasses, $590.

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Going Once

Harper Collins, $28.

Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Chabon (The Yiddish Policemen’s Union) humbly comments on the challenges he faced in writing his new novel, Telegraph Avenue: “As ever, my own cluelessness about the proper method of efďŹ ciently writing a novel in a timely manner, the tendency of children and the world to conspire against one’s time, and the fact that I had to make the whole thing up.â€? This month, Berkeley-based Chabon delivers a profound masterwork revolving around two friends who own a used vinyl shop on Oakland’s historic Telegraph Avenue.

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Richard Pettibone and Jorge Pardo up for grabs. Loughrey says that Pardo, a contemporary artist living and working in L.A. who has been commissioned by The Hammer Museum and LACMA, “is quickly emerging as a major collectable designer.� Translation?

What we’ll still be buying in 20 years to come. Sept. 30; lamodern.com.

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parts store and art gallery. justoneeye.com.

U BLACKMAN CRUZ For antique furniture. blackmancruz.com.Ê UÊ SUSHI PARK The best in L.A. 310-652-0523.Ê UÊ PRESSED JUICERY We’re obsessed. We have a case delivered to our N.Y. office weekly. pressedjuicery.com.

UÊ LILY ET CIE For vintage couture clothes. lilyetcie.com.

UÊ KAYNE GRIFFIN CORCORAN GALLERY kaynegriffincorcoran.com.

UÊMAHA YOGA We’ve been going here since we were 13 years old. mahayoga.com.

UÊ PRIVÉ SALON We’re endlessly loyal to colorist Lorri Goddard. privesalon.com.

U MADEO RISTORANTE For Italian. 310-8590242.ÊUÊNADINE KRAKOV For antique and estate jewelry. nadinek.com. therow.com°ÊU

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The Row’s Manhattan workshop.

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Battly top, Donovan pant. Blush lizard metal frame clutch.

Backstage during the fall presentation at The Carlyle hotel.

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s Jessica Chastain announced Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen the CFDA Womenswear Designers of the Year this past summer, the twins excitedly hugged their muse, Lauren Hutton, and, then on stage, adoringly thanked each other.

The coveted award, which now resides in The Row’s New York office, reminds them daily of how far they’ve come—from aspiring to make the perfect T-shirt in 2006 to a full-fledged line that beat out this year’s veteran nominees (Marc Jacobs and the Proenza Schouler duo). “We plan to grow organically as we have from day one,” says Ashley. Inspired by the beauty of a strong woman, Mary-Kate explains, “The fall collection incorporates classic menswear details in a feminine way.” It’s a familiar study in clean, monochromatic silhouettes with mink adornment here, alligator trim there, and billowing yards of fine cashmere and silk.

Having grown up in Sherman Oaks, the twins, now 26, visit their hometown frequently.

Here, their ultimate fall to-do list around L.A.: UÊ JUST ONE EYE We love the concept—equal

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Designer Bambinas Top fashion houses are now accommodating the smallest customers. While they might not be able wear them forever, who could ever resist these hand-me-downs?

TEA PARTY The perfect birthday gift: a Storybook Tea Kit Company set for kids to host their own afternoon in Wonderland with music, cookies and apple-cinnamon brew. storybook teakit.com.

Lauren, Dolce & Gabbana, Oscar de la Renta, Stella McCartney, Lanvin, Gucci.

Kelly Sawyer Patricof with her daughters Riley, 6, and Sawyer, 4.

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MOTHER, DESIGNER AND PHILANTHROPIST KELLY SAWYER PATRICOF started volunteering at a Head Start while she was modeling and living in New York, years ago. While continuing to do charitable work, she moved to L.A. with her husband, producer Jamie Patricof, had two little ones of her own and became the creative director of Satine’s private label (the WeHo boutique recently opened a second location on Abbot Kinney). Last year, Sawyer Patricof partnered with friend Norah Weinstein to take over Baby2Baby (baby2baby.org), a local organization supplying gear and clothing to those in need under 12. Out of a gleaming, 6,000-square-foot office-warehouse in the Mid-Wilshire district, the nonprofit provides more than 50,000 kids annually with essentials: diapers, cribs, strollers and gently used clothing. Here, her familyfriendly L.A. musts: • LOST & FOUND A kids store in Hollywood with eclectic wares, furniture and handmade knick knacks. lostandfoundshop.com. • ESCUELA TAQUERIA The best tacos (and they’ll make quesadillas for your kids). 308 N. Stanley Ave., L.A., 323-939-8226. • THE LITTLE SEED My favorite all-natural kids store. thelittleseed. com. • ZIMMER CHILDREN’S MUSEUM The best and only children’s museum—and it’s next to Baby2Baby. zimmermuseum.org. • GRIFFITH PARK The pony rides are the girls’ favorite. laparks.org. • JENNI KAYNE They have such special items that make great gifts and adorable clothes, plus great stuff for me, too! jennikayne.com. •

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HALLIE MEYERSSHYER “I’m a born and bred California girl,” says Meyers-Shyer, who grew up in Pacific Palisades.

Taking cues from her parents (both prominent filmmakers), the WeHo resident is preparing to shoot her first screenplay, The Chelsea, which will be directed by her mother, the queen of romcoms, Nancy Meyers.

STYLE Less is more.

UPCOMING PROJECTS

The Chelsea, and I’m writing a new comedy.

INSPIRATION Complicated relationships, Django Reinhardt music, and funny girls like Tina Fey and Carole Lombard.

HANGOUTS Beverly Hills Farmers’ Market, the Aero Theatre, Cliff’s Edge in Silverlake, Axe in Venice and my house.

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MY CALIFORNIA My family, my friends, my dog and my computer. • EDITED BY KENDALL CONRAD

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Pleated jersey gown, $875, Neiman Marcus, 949-759-1900.

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Second Act a playful combination of easy-to-wear tees, cashmere sweaters and a fur vests perfect for layering.

“This is us—it’s everything we are obsessed with and want to wear,” say the designers. Current obsessions: applying materials such as cashmere tweed, red fox-fur and coated cotton velvet to paisleyprint duster dresses, soft pencil-leg trousers and doublebreasted utilitarian blazers.

“Skaist Taylor is a return to our roots,” they say. “We are two-of-a-kind, and this is the genesis.” $200-$1,200; skaist-taylor.com.

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Fans can expect everything from voluminous palazzo pants to high-rise twill skinnies in L.A.-based J Brand’s third collaboration with Scottish designer Christopher Kane. jbrandjeans.com.

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“L.A. is one of my favorite cities because it evokes the casual glamour that [my brand] is all about,” says designer Michael Kors, who re-opens his lifestyle boutique at The Grove this month. The vast 3,775-square-foot space will offer everything from ready-to-wear to leather accessories and jewelry.

189 The Grove Dr., L.A., 323-549-9500; michaelkors.com.

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This fall, years following the sale of Juicy Couture to Liz Claiborne in 2003, Skaist Taylor has arrived and is quite a departure from the now-iconic terry jumpsuits. The core of the collection is “California Eccentric,”

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Fashionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s international â&#x20AC;&#x153;itâ&#x20AC;? girl unpacks in Los Angeles Isabel Marant fell in love with fashion on the streets of Paris, watching chic women around her going about their day in blazers, printed dresses, chiffon skirts and little boots.

In 1994, after inspirational trips to Africa and Asia, she took those basics and made them her own. Now, with stores in France, Spain, Lebanon, Hong Kong, China and New York, Marant ventures to L.A.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;the very place that sparked her fall/winter collection. Channel your inner frontier girl with Navajo knits, studded western shirts and sexy short lace dresses at the airy Melrose Place boutique. 8454 Melrose Pl., West Hollywood.

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Cement Print Party dress, $535.

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While in L.A. for the star-studded Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards, C caught up with the jetsetter (she has called Paris, Australia and London home) at West Hollywoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sunset Tower Hotel. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I joined the family business in 2008, my uncle told me this [would be my] university of retail, and it turned out to be true.â&#x20AC;? During her visits, Maramotti makes sure to stop by her good friend Nina Freudenbergerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Haus Interior shop, Chateau Marmont for dinner, followed by drinks at either The Standard or Hemingwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

On her next stay, the avid sailor already has plans to visit the San Diego Yacht Club (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extremely relaxing for meâ&#x20AC;?). Her other way to unwind is, of course, to shop! maxmara.com.

FROM LEFT Max Mara 2012 Face of the Future ChloĂŤ Grace Moretz. Maria Giulia Maramotti. Black Boston bag, $1,045, maxmara.com. Autumn runway looks.

DRESS UP Her gowns are sought after by every girl from coast to coast, so it only makes sense for Monique Lhuillier to open her very ďŹ rst atelier in the Big Appleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; her third location in the U.S. 19 E. 71st St., N.Y.; moniquelhuillier.com.

THE SOFTER SIDE Known for its layering pieces, Italian luxury house Brunello Cucinelli has incorporated ultra-light cashmere fur this fall into everything from cozy shearling jackets to elegant knit separates. brunellocucinelli.com.

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Marco Bicego ring, $2,180, Saks Fifth Avenue.

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Yves Saint Laurent ring, $290.

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Oscar de la Renta earrings, $295, Saks Fifth Avenue.

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’m loving graphic, sharp eyeliner for autumn. It’s a perfect balance: simple meets edgy. While playing down the lashes, the angular swoop of liner creates a sexy, feline effect—a modern cat eye. Wearing bold, strong eye makeup like this works best at night with a cocktail dress or dressing up jeans and a T-shirt.

GET THE LOOK Outline the shape with a brown/gray/charcoal pencil. Use a flat edge of a triangular sponge to define it and

create symmetry. Fill in with cream gel black liner. Lashes need only a very light coating of brown/black mascara. Keep the skin natural. Skip cheek color for a little lip balm. BEST BETS Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner, $22. Tarte Amazonian Clay Waterproof Eyeliner, $18. Clé de Peau Beauté The Mascara, $50. Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant, $19.50.

Giorgio Armani Beauty Luminous Silk Foundation, $59. •

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beauty ON THE PROWL With its wild new Golden Jungle collection, Dior unleashes eight bronze eyeshadows, lipsticks and nail polishes. dior.com.

Dior Golden Jungle palette, $70.

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Sign On Hip mom Gwyneth Paltrow snapped up a new pad in Brentwood while gearing up to launch a brand-new Goop City Guide L.A. In addition, look for a makeover of its beauty and lifestyle site. goop.com.

WRITTEN BY CAROLINE CAGNEY AND JENNY MURRAY

Abcentric bottoms, $125.

would make leggings myself [cutting them, reshaping them], and people would constantly ask me where to ďŹ nd them,â&#x20AC;? says celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson, who joined with Edition01 to design a collection of workout tights. Each of the four styles accommodates a different body shape (the Hipcentric cut, for example, holds in outer thighs).

This autumn, the new mother launches lower-priced versions as well as a Los Angeles detox program and a second L.A. studio. edition01.com.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We notice a collective craving for a certain style each season. Fall brings an afďŹ nity for cozy scents; warm woods and spices will step into the spotlight.â&#x20AC;?

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Chanel Coco Noir, $130.

Penhaligonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Peoneve, $155.

Dolce & Gabbana, Pour Femme, $98.

Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Artisan Parfumeur SĂŠville Ă lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Aube, $165.

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Perricone MD Formula 15, $125, sephora.com.

Kate Somerville KateCeuticals Restor8 Replenishing Serum, $165, neimanmarcus.com.

Själ Saphir Concentrate Anti-Aging Face Oil, $175, ronrobinson.com.

Tatcha Luminous Dewy Skin Mist, $48, barneys.com.

Skidless Yoga Towels, $30-$76.

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With its first flagship in Santa Monica’s Green District, Yogitoes will be stocking soon-tobe-entirely recycled vinyasa-friendly gear in addition to hosting monthly eco-salons.

A September theme is Los Angeles Blue Drinks, for those interested in ocean conservation.

2403 Main St., S.M., 310-309-2096; yogitoes.com.

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2. In our 13 years of treatment at Bluemercury, we’ve seen Vitamin C as one of the best catalysts for creating glowing complexions— proven to stimulate collagen synthesis and alleviate inflammation.

3. Use SPF daily. Nothing makes skin look older than a sunburn or hyperpigmentation. I use RéVive’s Sensitif Cellular Repair SPF 15 or Darphin’s Vitalprotection Age-Defying Protective Skin Lotion SPF 50 under makeup. 4. Bronzer: I take a big, fat brush, swirl it around in NARS Laguna Bronzer and apply it to my cheeks, eyelids and forehead for a quick, sun-kissed look, and I’m ready to walk out the door.

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Board of Plastic Surgery-certified doctor, who favors designers like Alexander McQueen and Jean Yu during her off-hours, says, “My office is very clean. I like simple lines and tailored clothing.

And that minimal aesthetic goes with my surgery, too.

“One thing that tends to be forgotten is every plastic surgeon wants their patients to look perfect,” she says. “Sometimes, surgeons lose sight of the natural facial anatomy and overdo things to the point that the patients no longer looks like themselves.”

Dr. Chang also cautions against fillers and fat injections that can distort the natural contours of the face: “When you open certain checkout-stand magazines and you see people singled out as having awful surgery, chances are, it was actually too many fillers and injections that gave them that chipmunk look.”

To pull off a procedure without close friends or family taking notice, Dr. Chang says less is more: “I do only what the patient needs to give them the result they’re expecting. If they have extra skin on their eyes, I’m going to remove just the skin but not the fat.

The fewer procedures, the less scarring.” Operating in stages can also help: “By doing just the eyes and waiting several years before doing a lower face lift, there’s not as much overall change.” Starting early also has its benefits; the shift in appearance isn’t so dramatic.

Clever styling tricks can also go a long way in camouflaging a procedure. Post-op, good makeup (Dr. Chang favors mineral-based varieties) will cover any second- or third-week residual redness and bruising. Another tip: “Get new glasses or a different haircut or color just before your surgery,” Dr. Chang suggests. “People won’t be able to tell what’s going on—they won’t know if you’ve simply lost weight or if something else is different.” 2100 Webster St., S.F., 415-923-3070; drcarolynchang.com. •

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reating aliases for patients at the hospital and arranging special nighttime operating hours to ensure privacy are fairly routine for San Francisco-based plastic surgeon Dr. Carolyn Chang.

“My practice attracts higherprofile people who want to stay under the radar,” she says. “A lot of individuals come to me from places like Southern California both to escape the media and because my aesthetic is more froM top minimal and less obvious.” dr. Carolyn Discretion is everything, Chang. the and with an A-list client doctor’s pacific roster rife with actors, rock Heights stars, dignitaries and social- office reflects her ites, Dr. Chang has become “minimal the go-to for those who want aesthetic.” nips and tucks carried out quietly—with natural-looking results.

Flipping through the before-and-after photos in Dr. Chang’s sleekly designed Pacific Heights office reaffirms her core values.

“The proof is always in the pictures,” says the Stanfordtrained surgeon, whose portfolio contains no traces of overly taut, shiny, plumped-up countenances. Instead, images show a parade of subtly-yet-distinctly younger and more refreshed faces, though without reading the captions, it’s difficult to put your finger on exactly why or how.

First impressions are everything when it comes to choosing the right plastic surgeon. “You’ll get a sense of your doctor as soon as you meet him,” says Dr. Chang, who also serves as the ViceChairman of Plastic Surgery at the California Pacific Medical Center and has been singled out by Vogue as a member of their Vogue 100 (a group of tastemakers from around the country). The American

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s this not beautiful?” asks Alexandra Champalimaud. The interior designer stands in lighting boutique Rewire (4370 Melrose Ave., L.A., 323-664-5254; rewirela.com), and her attention has turned to an amber-hued Livio Seguso lamp. “It would be very elegant in the Hotel Bel-Air.” She would know; in addition to revamping the iconic property, she has been charged with other high-status hospitality projects such as S.F.’s Fairmont Hotel, The Carlyle and The Pierre in N.Y. While recently in L.A., the Lisbon-born, New York-based decorator took C on a tour as she got to know the city’s design sources: At Blackman Cruz (836 N. Highland Ave., L.A., 323-466-8600; blackmancruz.com), where Champalimaud goes “for very strong pieces,” she zeroes in on an aqua linen sofa with embroidery by London company Clarke & Reilly. “I’d use it in a living room or a bar, next to a white leather chair, for contrast. It’s both physically and philosophically beautiful,” she says, referring to its eco-friendly nature (its creators re-imagine antiques).

“Reasonable, interesting things that are good investments” is how she describes Lendrum Fine Art (717 N. Highland Ave., Ste. 5, L.A., 323-933-5550; lendrumfineart.com), where she admires works by Tyler Vlahovich, Sean Odell and Midori Kono Thiel. A pair of 1953 leather occasional chairs by Mid-Century Modern Danish designer Poul Kjaerholm catches Champalimaud’s eye at Galerie Half (6911 Melrose Ave., L.A., 323-424-3866; galeriehalf.com), as does a 1957 Hans Wegner Halyard rope chair—great for Charym, a wellness center she founded in Litchfield, CT. Finally, Champalimaud stops by Harbinger (752 N. La Cienega Blvd., West Hollywood, 310-858-6884; harbingerla.com), a stockist of her new Comptoirs line for Holland & Sherry. She and showroom co-owner Parrish Chilcoat examine previous seasons of embroidered fabrics for the company by French designer Nicolas Chambeyron. “You know he used to do couture,” she says. “He was at Dior. This is beautiful enough to be the bodice of a dress,” says Champalimaud, ever imaginative. champalimaud design.com°ÊU

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From Deco-style to just plain decadent, three new chandeliers light up any California room.

Takigawa in Ink.

SQUARE OFF Now available from Ann Sacks: Haveli by Neisha Crosland. With a motif reminiscent of Native American weavings, the hand-made, painted terra cotta tiles also carry a matte finish that, says textile designer Crosland, “makes them feel as though they’ve been uncovered from a ruin.” $100/sq. ft.; annsacks.com.

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BULLSEYE! S.F. proprietors of The Curiosity Shoppe, Lauren Smith and Derek Fagerstrom were driven by memories from CA road trips when they created a world of stationery, kitchenware, entertaining accessories and more for The Shops at Target. target.com.

WOVEN TALES Following a successful rug line for L.A.’s Decorative Carpets, Zak Profera created Zak + Fox, his own linen textile collection of 10 historically influenced patterns in multiple colorways— perfectly textured and refreshingly unplaceable.

Carried by L.A.’s Harbinger, Zak + Fox will introduce four new Istanbul-inspired designs this winter. From $143/yard; zakandfox.com.

JEAN DE MERRY: JOSH PERRIN. TILES: WEDLAKE DIGITAL STUDIO. ZAK + FOX: ZACH HANKINS

FROM LEFT Jean de Merry Lumière, from $5,900; jeandemerry.com. Issey Miyake for Artemide IN-EI HE 016, from $800; artemide.us.

Monique Lhuillier, price upon request; moniquelhuillier.com.

Weld 584 coffee table, $2,400.

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ans of Gaurav Nanda’s Bend Seating collection will no doubt be lining up for Geometric Studio. The four-piece grouping in the new venture includes a credenza made from reclaimed Douglas Fir, an iron coffee and side table, and a pendant light. The former GM car sculptor has also added wire animal heads to his L.A.-based Bend label. geometricstudio.com.

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only invite guests who will be amusing and are up for meeting new people,” says Kathryn Ireland of her party protocol. That would explain, then, the lively and diverse crowd—Simon Baker, Lindsay Lohan, Martyn LawrenceBullard, Priscilla Woolworth and David Mamet, to name a few—at a soiree hosted by Ireland at her Santa Monica home.

Aside from celebrating WestWeek, SoCal’s most prominent design industry event, the occasion toasted the U.S. launch of Aga’s new Total Control cooker (aga-ranges.com). A candycolored model had been installed in the interior and textile designer’s kitchen, and Aga’s chefs worked their magic to make perfect pizza margherita and lamb skewers. Guests strolled Ireland’s candle-lit garden to tunes chosen by her friend, composer Magnus Fiennes, and they chatted by the fire in her cozy living room. No one but Ireland herself could have dreamt up a more special night. kathrynireland.com. • kathryn ireland. the garden path at her santa monica home. in the kitchen with Aga’s total control. simon Baker. ireland’s living room. martyn lawrence-Bullard, susan Feldman. ross cassidy, Jeffrey Alan marks, Andrea rubelli, carolyn reed, sandra Jordan, Jiun Ho, cliff kaplan. An illuminated outdoor dining area. rebecca pidgeon, David mamet.

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LABOR DAY ON LOCATION RICE’S BEACH PICNIC MADE EASY Wrap ciabatta sandwiches in parchment paper: Fra’mani Little Ham with raclette cheese, grainy mustard and cornichon.

• For vegetarians, try arugula pesto, bellwether Farms ricotta, a handful of arugula for crunch and sliced tomatoes sprinkled with sea salt. • bake a fresh batch of peanut-butter cookies. seal them in a mason jar so they don’t get smashed in transit. • pre-chill a lightbodied French wine like beaujolais Cru. It’ll be at ideal temperature by the time you arrive. • pack late-summer santa rosa plums as snacks. Use the bag to collect trash—keep the beaches clean!

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namored with the cherry guava-dotted shrubs on one side of her resplendent acreage, Valerie Rice loads them into her apron. “I always head straight to the kitchen to whip up sorbets and sauces, cobblers and jams, even syrup for cocktails,” she says of the fleeting autumn fruit deemed “quintessential Santa Barbara.”

That phrase could also describe this California native. The blonde from Newport Beach has never lost the precocious awe she discovered during childhood visits to her grandmother’s in Wespelaar, Belgium, where she played in the garden and learned to preserve currants.

Given this background, narrowing the proximity from dirt to dish has little to do with trend.

In 2009, she began a chronicle of her entertaining tips and recipes. The Eat Drink Garden with Valerie Rice blog details the progress of her growing ideas: Sunday suppers, wine pairings, cocktail creations and decidedly un-boring family dinners—demystifying Moroccan tagines, swiss-chard chips and pozole stew along the way. Though she invites luminaries for “Chefs in my Kitchen” such as Donald Link, Elizabeth Colling and Roberto Cortez, she’s self-taught, and that’s precisely the point: “I pride myself on being a home cook and not a master gardener. It’s not rocket science if you just stick with what’s in season.”

For Rice, creativity is certainly at its peak this fall. “I didn’t want to do tabletop just to do tabletop,” she says of her leap into home fashion. Look for a chic set of three apron styles to debut later this month. Of the wrap apron-dress, chef’s jacket and a “cute and sassy” waist-tie skirt, she says the designs were born out of necessity to find a flattering, non-frumpy, functional piece to wear while entertaining. Most crucial, for the wife and mother of two running from kitchen to garden and back to the kitchen, Rice built in pockets to hold all manner of things—snips of chive, Santa Rosa plums, “pink lemonade” blueberries right off the branch, and what’s left of those heavenly cherry guavas. eat-drink-garden.com. •

Roasted potatoes make for please-all Sunday suppers.

radish and oregano finds its way into pozole. labor Day sunset picnic with caprese sandwiches.

Seasonal cherry guavas accent a garden rose centerpiece.

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CAL CUISINE Toast chef Cal Stamenov’s multi-course menu at newly renovated Marinus restaurant with one of 35,000 bottles in its cellar or a vintage from Bernardus Lodge’s distinguished winery.

415 W. Carmel Valley Rd., Carmel Valley, 831658-3595; bernardus.com.

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Marinus at Bernardus Lodge highlights Monterey bounty such as abalone and, here, fresh mushrooms.

Blind Tasting When fate dealt an anonymous 100-point winemaker the chance to procure a few tons of grapes from what he considered the best spot in one of St. Helena’s very best vineyards, he jumped at the chance. He shared the scant two barrels of 2008 Monocle with Acme Fine Wines owner Karen Williams, who recalls, “We tried it and said, ‘We’ll take it all if you let us.’” And he did.

Keep an eye out for his next exclusive—this time from Oakville: 2009 Monocle cabernet sauvignon. $75; acmefinewines.com.

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e it the see-and-be-seen patio, the array of pickled and preserved goodies in the petite market or the sophisticated simplicity of toque Philip Wang’s droll menu—“real mint ice cream, that’s it”—St. Helena newcomer French Blue has hit its much-anticipated mark.

The breakfast-lunch eatery from wine-country “it” architect Howard Backen and his interior designer wife, Lori, showcases the talents of Rudd Farms’ Omar Morgan in wild foraging, chicken-raising and beekeeping.

1429 Main St., St. Helena, 707-968-9200; frenchbluenapa.com.

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Perfectly Paired Copain Wines syrah whiz Wells Guthrie will welcome a who’s who of James Beard Award winners when guest chefs Corey Lee of S.F.’s Benu and Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson of Frasca (think, the Mozza of Boulder) head to the Russian River Valley as part of the Sonoma winery’s Supper Club series.

Sept. 2, 30; 707-836-8822; copainwines.com.

Brett Terpeluk masterminded Farina’s design.

Authentically Genovese, yet every bit San Franciscan, Farina expands this fall with a pizzeria and bottega proffering its electric-green pesto. 3560 18th St., S.F., 415-565-0360; farina-foods.com.

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gesture to rival the then-shocking closure of Spago Hollywood in 2001, chef Wolfgang Puck announced a shutter of sorts this past spring: On July 8, he would turn off the stoves at his Beverly Hills flagship. And thus began the all-star overhaul. Waldo Fernandez (interior designer behind Soho House West Hollywood and Tavern) set out to re-imagine original partner Barbara Lazaroff’s colorful, ornamental decor with a fresh, organic feel. Tabletop artist Martin Kastner of Crucial Detail (Alinea ranks among its most notable clients) began masterminding custom china. And, yes, transformation would be afoot on the menu.

For the duration of summer, the only chance for favorites such as Puck’s childhood Austrian schnitzel have been at Spago satellites in Vegas, Bachelor Gulch, Maui or Palo Alto.

This month, power lunchers return to the

olive tree-shaded patio to find a Spago of the future—one relinquishing its most popular dishes.

Thirty years in, it’s difficult to imagine a visit without a spicy-tuna cornet. Indeed, the landmark’s signature bill of fare hasn’t changed much since its 1982 beginnings, when beet-and-goat cheese salads, and house-smoked salmon pizzas helped form California’s nascent dining landscape (not to mention the coming of the “celebrity chef”).

While his team has kept mum about the brand-new menu, judging from Puck’s track record—from his days as a toque-wearing, mop-headed chef at haute-Hollywood hot spot Ma Maison to last autumn’s launch at Hotel Bel-Air—Spago 2012 is sure to be rife with instant classics defining (at least) the next 30 years. 176 N. Cañon Dr., B.H., 310-385-0880; wolfgangpuck.com. •

WOLFGANG PUCK: FROM MA MAISON TO MASTER CHEF 1973 Leaves France

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for the U.S. 1975 Becomes chef and part-owner at Ma Maison Los Angeles (now the site of Ink).

1981 Publishes his first recipe book, Modern French Cooking (first of six).

1982 Opens Spago Hollywood on Sunset Boulevard.

1985 Hosts first Oscars party with Irving and Mary Lazar and continues to cater the event to this day.

1987 Premieres his line of frozen pizzas—branded housewares to follow.

1991 Receives the James Beard Award for Outstanding Chef.

1997 Debuts Spago Beverly Hills in the Golden Triangle.

2001 Closes Spago Hollywood and shifts flagship status

2002 Wins an Emmy for

his Food Network show.

2007 Earns two Michelin stars

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L.A.’s iconic eatery fêtes 30 years of staying power with a brand-new look

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2012 Earns the James

Beard Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award— his seventh prize (Spago has won four).

2012 Redesigns Spago to honor its 30th anniversary.

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he only ways to reach Laucala Island? Hop on a chartered plane or boat. Leave Nadi International Airport (an 11-hour flight from LAX) for the northern tip of the Fijian archipelago’s seven-mile stretch, where you will be whisked in Range Rovers to a private ocean-side or hilltop thatched-roof villa tucked amid herb gardens, starfruit trees, tropical orchids and birds of paradise. The resort occupies a destination so remote, it’s as if you’ve just been transplanted into a scene from The Blue Lagoon, complete with an organic farm, horseback riding along the coast and a dive boat for trips to nearby reefs. First order of business: a 90-minute welcome massage on the outdoor daybed overlooking sugar-white beaches.

Each sprawling mahogany-wood suite, with its own pool, sundeck and al fresco shower, provides peaceful post-travel respite. The one-time coconut plantation—now owned by Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz, who acquired the property from publishing magnate Malcolm Forbes in 2003—has seen its share of celebrity visitors (Elizabeth Taylor, the Rockefellers and Oprah Winfrey, for starters). “They really roll out the red carpet from start to finish here,” says a recent guest. With only 25 villas, “You feel like it’s just you and the staff—like you’re royalty.”

A day’s activities might include cycling, deep-sea fishing, snorkeling or a round of 18 holes on the David McLay Kidd-designed golf course, before unwinding with a fresh-squeezed watermelon juice cocktail at the Pool Bar. For dinner, choose from five on-site restaurants that utilize local-grown produce and serve everything from Teppanyaki barbecue to authentic Asian cuisine. Or, for a cozy night in, private dining (a far cry from typical “room service”) includes a meticulous set-up for custom courses such as prawns with melon and rocket, and filet mignon.

If you’re bent on some rest and relaxation, head up to the spa for the signature Rebalance Facial or Papaya Body Wrap. To get a closer look at the made-in-house products, technicians teach a soap- and lotionmaking class at the Spa Kitchen. The only drawback? “I can honestly say that no future vacation will ever compare to this.” All-inclusive, from $3,800/day per couple; laucala.com. •

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Sept. 14-16; from $1,270; montagelagunabeach.com.

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Street Market, 2011 installation, part of MOCA’s “Art in the Streets” exhibition with Todd James and Steve Powers.

McGee and Clare Rojas’ “Leave it Alone/ Together at Last,” 2010.

<< At 45, the notoriously press-shy San Franciscan once known by the tagger name Twist— who has placed his scrawl across freeway underpasses and up the sides of government buildings—has been featured at the 2001 Venice Biennale, fêted in Tokyo and Denmark, and commands admiration worldwide. Lawrence Rinder, UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive director and co-curator of the upcoming exhibition, “Barry McGee,” calls him a current-day Walt Whitman. “He epitomizes the distinctly American tradition of art and literature; he looks at people out in the street and engages with a subject matter that isn’t traditionally associated with art. He captures a democratic spirit.”

It’s a rare individual who can appeal to both the street community and the clubby inner circle of the art world. Rinder gets positively giddy when he talks about being the first to amass a largescale show chronicling McGee’s output, especially since the curator thinks he “missed the boat” at BAM/PFA in the ’90s when he overlooked the loose collective of artists called the Mission School.

At the time, McGee, his now-deceased wife Margaret Kilgallen, and others were changing history with their scrappy do-it-yourself techniques, interest in the handmade and poignant interpretations of urban life. Using found materials—ballpoint pens, lipstick, house paint—and rejecting the slick ’90s dot-com consumerism, their art disseminated the hope and despair of the city streets in a very approachable way. McGee’s cartoonish blackand-white faces seem to have the life sucked out of them. Kilgallen’s surfers, winsome women and folk lettering reflected a tweaked urban language.

Many of McGee’s contributions to the Mission School oeuvre and beyond are addressed in the new show: his famous painted liquor bottles, op-art panels, animatronic taggers, all-encompassing environments and fresh “The male material. I ask Rinder if we can interview figure is kind the low-key artist and he becomes coy: of like an everyman,” “When he’s in the middle of creating McGee has work, he doesn’t do press.” said of his ubiquitous The product of a Chinese mother and Irishmasculine American father, McGee grew up in the frissonfaces.

Untitled, filled environment of San Francisco in the late 1997. ’80s and the early ’90s. As the city moiled under protest movements, AIDS activism, a huge homeless population, Reagan-Bush blowback, and experimental performances by pre-Burning Man groups such as the San Francisco Survival Research Laboratories (where machines battled one another to destruction), McGee soaked up a potent atmosphere.

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Street Market, 2011.

Initially, McGee’s works hit eBay long before commercial galleries. In 2003, winning bids were $1,500 per bottle.

Untitled, 2005.

These disparate motifs echo throughout his work. A strong draftsman with a traditional art school background from the San Francisco Art Institute, McGee’s early street graffiti was often figurative: sad, gloomy faces he claimed were inspired by the city’s transient community—“Things the city is trying to get rid of or trying to hide, or pretending doesn’t exist,” he told Italian art historian and curator Germano Celant in 2002. By the ’90s and after a trip to a church teeming with carved wooden figures in Brazil, McGee began creating more sculptural works such as his now-signature bottle sculptures and hallmark cluster pieces, which were part of a seminal Yerba Buena Center for the Arts show in 1994. These clusters of found objects in vintage frames, hand-scrawled messages, hand-painted signs, and other visual tropes are arranged in thoughtful patterns; lately, the clusters have started to pucker away from the wall, adding three-dimensional impact.

In the past, McGee encouraged interaction between thieves and his work. At his solo show at Brandeis University’s Rose Art Museum in 2004, 39 bottles were stolen from one of his collection pieces. “But no one figured it out until the end of the show.

I thought it was really funny,” he told Art Forum in 2008. “It’s based off of ‘racking,’” notes BAM/PFA co-curator Dena Beard. “In the vandalism community, there’s a point of pride for a graffiti writer to steal paint from the hardware store.” y the late 1990s, Jeffrey Deitch proved himself influential in McGee’s commercial career. After viewing a line of skaters who were queued up around the block to see work by McGee at the Drawing Center (“Wall Drawings,” 1996), the then-impresario behind Deitch Projects was impressed.

“I’d been looking for a long time for something fresh that emerged from the streets.

He is one of the most innovative artists to come out of street culture since the Wild Style artists that emerged in the mid-’70s,” says the current MOCA director.

Everyone told him that McGee would never work with a commercial gallery, but Deitch persisted and flew to St. Louis, where McGee was working. The two spent a day together. “All it needed was a personal approach, rather than letters or phone calls. That’s how he is. He’s very direct.”

“Deitch gave Barry a budget, keys to the building [Deitch Projects], access and freedom,” adds Beard. “He could basically get his entire crew into the space.” In 2000, together with graffiti writers Steve Powers (ESPO) and Todd James (REAS), McGee created an all-encompassing landscape of smashed trucks and beat-up vans, CONTINUED ON PAGE 220 complete with wheeling-and-dealing character Robbie

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At last, L.A.’s online art hub makes space bettina Korek started ForYourArt (FYA) in 2006 as a weekly email covering L.A.’s percolating scene. earning an immediate following— collector rosette Delug and the Hammer museum director Ann philbin among its fans—the newsletter quickly expanded with a website, guides, and now, an installation-activity venue—in sight of LACmA— that accommodates temporary shows and various ForYourArt initiatives. this month go “back to Art school” with an exhibition of “upcycled art,” or snack on glazed confections at “24 Hour Doughnut City II,” a pop-up event that coincides with LACmA’s screening of Christian marclay’s video piece The Clock. You’ll never be hungry for art again. Sept 22-23; 6020 Wilshire Blvd., L.A.; foryourart.com.

Founder/director Bettina Korek.

R. FONG: SEAN GARRISON/THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, LOS ANGELES. GLASS BOTTLES: MARIANO COSTA PEUSER. PORTRAIT: AMANDA MARSALIS

“He is one of the most innovative artists to come out of street culture since the Wild style artists that emerged in the mid-’70s.” —Jeffrey Deitch

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LOS ANGELES Weill Hall at the Donald & Maureen Green Music Center.

LANDING PAD Put on your party dress for the third-annual Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND) beneďŹ t gala, where enthusiasts ďŹ&#x201A;ex their patronage power for public art such as the Nomadic Nights series at the Chateau Marmont. Sept. 29; nomadicdivision.org.

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Sit front-and-center in the hall or lie back on the lawn as the barn door opens to the dynamic sound of concert pianist Lang Lang. Plus, look forward to a partnership with Carnegie Hall. Sept. 29; gmc.sonoma.edu.

Shigeo Kubotaâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s Shape of Red I, 2009.

FAB FABRIC At the Museum of Craft and Folk Art, Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s textile pioneers create extreme sculptures, pictures and abstract play in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fiber Futures.â&#x20AC;?

Part 1, through Oct. 6.; Part 2, Oct. 13-Dec. 29; mocfa.org.

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Allegra Pesenti. Sarah Bancroft. Apsara DiQuinzio.

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ALLEGRA PESENTI Hometown Milan, Italy Years at the Hammer Museum Five In Progress â&#x20AC;&#x153;House Guests,â&#x20AC;? in which artists curate shows from the Grunwald Center Collectionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;45,000 works from Titian to Hockney Pet projects â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gouge: The Modern Woodcut 1870 to Nowâ&#x20AC;? (2008) and an upcoming survey of the artist Zarina (Sept. 30-Dec. 30) Why she does it â&#x20AC;&#x153;We learn so much from the artists and widen our own horizons through their visionsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an honor to be an agent of their work.â&#x20AC;? hammer.ucla.edu.

SARAH BANCROFT Hometown Tempe, Arizona Years at the Orange County Museum of Art Four Hot stuff She co-curated a retrospective of James Rosenquist (2003) with the late, great Walter Hopps, while at The Guggenheim in N.Y. Pet project â&#x20AC;&#x153;Two Schools of Coolâ&#x20AC;? (2011) Why she does it â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m addressing history and helping champion new artists to make history.â&#x20AC;? ocma.net.

APSARA DiQUINZIO Hometown Mill Valley Years at the UC Berkeley Art Museum and PaciďŹ c Film Archive Just started after six at the SFMOMA Pet projects â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Air We Breathe: Artists and Poets ReďŹ&#x201A;ect on Marriage Equalityâ&#x20AC;? (SFMOMA 2011) and the upcoming SFMOMA â&#x20AC;&#x153;Six Lines of Flight: Shifting Geographies in Contemporary Artâ&#x20AC;? (Sept. 15-Dec. 31) On deck The â&#x20AC;&#x153;MATRIXâ&#x20AC;? series at BAM/PFA Why she does it â&#x20AC;&#x153;The opportunity to bring together artists in innovative ways and create new encountersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; not just for the artists but also for the public.â&#x20AC;? bampfa.berkeley.edu.

California, I Love You

A new PBS documentary by ďŹ lmmakers David Vassar and Sally Kaplan, â&#x20AC;&#x153;California Foreverâ&#x20AC;? recounts the history of our state parks and sheds light on the challenges these pristine tracts of land face today. pbs.org.

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Cruise’s adopted children from his previous marriage to Nicole Kidman, and that Bella, 19, and Connor, 17, are around “a lot.”

Do you think having children brought you closer together?

“I don’t know. I mean…I don’t know. People have been having babies a long time.”

Do you think you’ll have any more children?

“I don’t think so because I feel like I want to be there for Suri at every step. So, no.”

Or, at least, not with Tom Cruise. Holmes has been with Suri not just at every step, but at seemingly every waking moment. “Today, we went and got bagels at our place and then we went to art class, which I love,” she says. “Hers [paintings] are better than mine. It’s amazing. I love seeing what she creates. It just makes me so happy.”

Transportation is always an issue; they’re two people capable of closing down entire city blocks for a visit to FAO Schwarz.

“I don’t take the subway. I used to, but it’s a little crazy with, you know, now. I bet a lot of kids take the subway…we’ll get there.”

Dreams of an independence day seem to be sincere for the girl from Toledo, Ohio, who still loves The Gap, sewing pillows and claims to make an excellent chicken pot-pie from scratch.

That day may still be a long way off, however.

This month, Holmes and her business partner/close friend/ stylist, Jeanne Yang, plan to present the fourth season of Holmes & Yang at The Bowery, just a few floors above where we’re seated.

The two met on a photo shoot and were reconnected years later through Cruise (Yang has been his stylist for years).

“We laughed about the fact that sometimes people don’t do women any favors in terms of the way clothing is made,” says Yang. Their solution, while keeping the cut and design high fashion, was to incorporate stretch, Spanx-like fabric into the lining of certain garments.

“I think women want to feel sexy, but they don’t want anyone to know that they’re trying,” says Holmes, adding, “A lot of women in high-profile jobs want to look as powerful as they are, and they want it to be effortless.”

They’ve made steady progress between bicoastal offices, keeping the collection hand-crafted in N.Y.’s garment district with the sweaters now constructed in L.A. Some pieces this season may look familiar: The sheer-sleeved navy dress Holmes wore to the Mission: Impossible III premiere has been reinterpreted as has the ruffled, leather-bodice halter dress she wore on the Tropic Thunder red carpet. The silhouettes are characteristic of the duo.

Yang, a self-described classicist, says Holmes brings “fresh, young, interesting twists.” Yang references a six-ply cashmere sweater with stretch silk-crepe backing—the perfect piece for crisp California evenings. “You have the warmth of a Loro Piana and yet you don’t have the thickness of a big sweater.”

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he suggests we meet at Gemma, the coolly hip trattoria below The Bowery Hotel in the East Village. Known for its well-dressed clientele as much as its mindnumbing wait times, the spot’s not exactly a neighborhood hole-in-the-wall to have a quiet chat about life.

Yet, on this scorching weekday mid-July afternoon, it’s empty.

No sooner than a black SUV quietly pulls up to the curb is Katie Holmes delivered inside. As she swiftly makes her way through the room, head down, sunglasses on, I’m reminded why she was cast to play Jackie O in last year’s mini-series The Kennedys.

Today, the 33-year-old star towers almost six feet tall in heels, with a thick, beautiful dark-brown mane that trails halfway down her back.

She tells me she has just returned from one of her many recent trips to Iceland to visit her husband at the time, Tom Cruise, 50, who was on location filming Oblivion. Yes, she explains, they see each other often and that she’s “very happy,” but talking about her relationship, I soon realize, is not at the top of her list.

In between questions about Cruise, she is her girlish, exuberant self, launching into tangents about other aspects of life: travel, paparazzi, dinner parties and, of course, her favorite subject, her now 6-year-old daughter, Suri. Holmes is captivating, unpretentious and instantly likeable, falling into helpless bouts of giggling (possibly exacerbated by a “very strong” cup of coffee, into which she pours no fewer than four sugars).

While she may not have been bragging about her five-year marriage, it certainly didn’t seem as if she was standing at the edge of a precipice, either. But, back in L.A. the following morning, there it was: a paparazzi photo of Holmes leaving our interview under the headline: Enough! Katie Finally Breaks Free!

The rumors were confirmed, and follow-up requests for a statement were met with a cryptic “no comment” while rags started churning out everything from reports that Cruise was planning to send Suri to Sea Org (the Scientology bootcamp in the middle of the Pacific) to allegations that their marriage contract had simply expired. Twelve days after filing, the couple settled the terms in a true Hollywood-style quickie divorce.

Going back over the tapes, there were signs: Holmes was certainly very aware of herself, laying a couple cards on the table but never showing her whole hand. Most noticeably, the one name decisively absent from her lexicon: Tom Cruise. She never actually refers to him by name over pages and pages of transcription. The proverbial “we” refers to Holmes’ real life-partner Suri. She reminds me that she’s also a mother to

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GILT TrIp Fall’s modern Baroque silhouettes hold their own against San Francisco’s most opulent landmarks Photographed by Autumn de Wilde

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OPPOSITE Altuzarra dress, price upon request. Gianvito Rossi for Altuzarra heels, price upon request. Vhernier ring, $8,600.

San Francisco Opera celebrates the opening of its 90th season on September 7.

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OPPOSITE A small arrangement of treasures accents the den mantle, including a favorite Picasso print and a mounted Coco de Mer nut gifted from friend Sandy Hill.

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In Conrad’s workspace: a white ceramic vase (on right) from Botanik in Summerland and, beside the fireplace, a black Mexican urn from Maxfield in L.A. OPPOSITE (FROM TOP) Books—among the family’s most beloved possessions.

Another Picasso print next to a plaster bowl from Calypso St. Barth Home in Brentwood.

A vintage lamp from Dos Gallos in L.A. illuminates Conrad’s desk and inspiration board. The wood box is from Maison K in Montecito.

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C lassic with mojo,” is one way Kendall Conrad describes her style. With two stores in Los Angeles and a client list that includes some of the coolest women around, the accessories designer has carved out a niche for herself as a champion of easy, sexy elegance.

It’s an aesthetic evident in the Montecito home she shares with her husband, director and photographer David Cameron (also CEO and creative director of Kendall Conrad Design), and their daughters Luisa, 14, and Fernanda, 12.

“I was eight months pregnant with our first daughter when we found the place,” Conrad explains. It was love at first sight. The 1.5-acre creekside property, lush with sycamore and fruit trees, provided an exit plan out of Los Angeles. “My first thought,” she recalls, “was that this was where I wanted our children to grow up.” The 1940s-era, Mediterranean-style home and garden is just two minutes from the beach and down the street from a pool and tennis club for the girls.

The abode had everything they wanted save for a bit more room, so plans for expansion quickly commenced to add a library, two bedrooms and bathrooms upstairs, and a guest suite downstairs—all in the same manner as the original dwelling. A separate cottage down by the creek would eventually become Conrad’s creative studio.

The clean, open spaces are now a study in serene minimalism with muted tones and hand-stained terra cotta flooring. This neutral palette, however, receives bursts of energy with pops of color and texture: flowers from the garden, tribal rugs, stacks of books, and art, much of which is created by friends and family, including sculptor Charles Fine

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and painters David Florimbi and her sister Cayetana Conrad. The overall effect is a personalized, clutter-free haven with cozy nooks, never forfeiting richness and not overly precious. “Kendall doesn’t have a love of acquiring things,” Cameron explains.

“Things are to be used, and if something ages and acquires a patina, so much the better.”

Conrad’s workspace maintains this air with two desks, a long table, an oversized chair to sit in when she’s sketching on her iPad, and an inspiration board to help organize thoughts while she designs future collections. Her exquisite and very functional leather bags are equally unfussy and free of any logos. When asked if her bags are meant to be something handed down from mother to daughter, Conrad is quick to add, “and granddaughter.”

In this household, family matters. As the daughter of artist-author Barnaby Conrad, she spent her formative years learning a sophisticated, yet bohemian approach to life.

Perhaps Conrad’s biggest influence is the Santa Barbara coastline. There’s a calm optimism about the way she lives and works that might have something to do with all those summer afternoons growing up on Rincon Point. “We are beach dwellers at heart,” Conrad admits, which goes a long way toward explaining the light, breezy quality and spirit that permeates her home.

Anyone who has been to a party at the Conrad/Cameron domicile can attest to the truth of this statement, especially during warmer months. Dinner parties usually mean al fresco dining, Conrad’s favorite style of entertaining. The table will be set down by the creek, under the giant sycamores. The fireplace and firepots will be going, and there will be plenty of votive candles on the table and torches along the paths.

“I was taught that life is short and meant to be enjoyed. Do what you love, work hard, play hard,” she says. Listening to her stories of a childhood surrounded by people who valued conversation, ideas, opinions, food, music and fun, the message is clear: A house is meant to facilitate a life—not be the star of the show. •

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t’s my first time with a microphone,” says Sarah Burton as she nervously grips the device. Alexander McQueen’s creative director is in San Francisco for four days to receive an honorary doctorate from the prestigious Academy of Art University. It is also her first time in California. A morning panel discussion, in front of 700 people gathered in the school’s auditorium, featured Burton and Simon Ungless, the director of the Academy’s School of Fashion. Ungless and Burton first met, years ago, when he was a fashion teacher at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. He was the man who changed her life in 1996.

“Lee [Alexander McQueen’s first name] was looking for a student intern—someone reliable—and I proposed Sarah because she was the most hard-working and talented student in my class,” explains Ungless.

“Sarah stood out because she was focused and selfless. She’s a very gentle soul with a calm temperament. She had no ego.” According to Ungless, fellow classmates were so desperate for an internship with McQueen that they would stalk the designer and Ungless at London nightclubs. Burton responds, “I knew everyone wanted to work with Lee, so I was always so surprised that Simon chose me. I was quite shy.

I still am, and I wasn’t the coolest.”

The soft-spoken Burton, 38, is a classic English rose from Manchester with dewy skin, flaxen hair and blue eyes. For 14 years, she was at McQueen’s side in his design studio. After his unexpected suicide in February, 2010, Burton—having already been named head of womenswear in 2000 and acting as his right hand up until his death—was appointed that May as creative director for all lines and accessories (including the best-selling skull-pattered scarves and iconic Knuckle Box clutch). Each season, Burton telegraphs her respect for the house’s founder with references to archival favorites while keeping her focus firmly on fresh ideas. “Everything I know, I owe to Alexander McQueen,” she says humbly. “Lee could do anything with flair—develop new fabrics, work on shoes, make a dress from shells, reinvent silhouettes, create intricate patterns. It was so inspiring.”

McQueen’s beauty came with a dark, provocative side—low-cut “bumster” pants, a collection entitled “Highland Rape,” blood-splattered models and gleefully leather-bound overtures. Burton, on the other hand, leans toward a softer aesthetic. This fall, she says, “Lee’s voice was in my head saying to push further. So we decided to look at these blown-up, extreme proportions without making them heavy.

I wanted the clothes to breathe, to feel like they were pulsating.

It was about volume with lightness and movement.” One stand-out piece, an artfully undulating cloud of pink feathers, was not, in fact, crafted of feathers at all: “We cut hundreds of meters of organza into points. In the end, it took 50 people four days to finish,” she says of the scramble before the Paris show. “I had no idea how long it was going to take.” The ultra-feminine, surreal and trendsetting designs place

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I knew everyone wanted to work with Lee, so I was always so surprised that Simon chose me. I was quite shy.

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Burton among the most technically savvy designers working today— a trait equally as admired in her predecessor.

She finds inspiration everywhere. “It could be something while walking down the street: a poster, a piece of litter, something on telly, a book, an image.” The dramatic runway looks are, in turn, meant to re-inspire.

“There is the criticism that the show should be more commercial, and probably there should have been more in the fall season, but it’s almost because there is so much stuff out there that you want to make something on the catwalk that is precious, that creates a world, and that’s a dream in a way.” And, of course, there’s the task of reinterpreting that vision into a viable collection “that’s not just an after-thought—that’s just as beautiful.”

One royal challenge: the plum assignment of designing Kate Middleton’s wedding gown, which Burton kept totally mum, even from her own mother. It was only at the moment that Middleton emerged from her carriage that reporters revealed the long-running mystery of who designed the dress. Burton’s star ascended. As the ultimate accolade, this past June, Queen Elizabeth II bestowed Burton an OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) for her “services to fashion.”

As evidenced by her smart Wimbledon attire, the Duchess of Cambridge continues to rely on Burton’s impeccable taste.

“Sarah is very respectful of the company’s DNA and the fashion codes, silhouettes and incredible craftsmanship established over 16 years,” adds Ungless. “She totally understands the responsibility she has taken on and really cares about the business. Originally, she was motivated by her own passion, but now she’s responsible for the company’s growth and profits.

As well as designing, she is building the business.”

During Burton’s California visit, Ungless took his Brit pal on a tour of the dramatic coastal wilds of West Marin. “I wanted her to see the real California before she headed back to London,” he says. The break was well-timed. Fueled by sales nearly doubling over the past year, executives at Alexander McQueen (now owned by Paris-based PPR) recently announced to WWD that they were pursuing a major retail push with new U.S. and Asian outposts designed by Burton and David Collins (a British architect/ designer known for his work with the company and hospitality projects like The Connaught). It’s a major vote of confidence in Burton and her future with the fashion house.

For Burton, walks on a remote Bolinas beach might feel like a dream.

Since she returned to life with her husband, photographer David Burton, in St. Johns Wood and the hip, loft-like McQueen headquarters in Clerkenwell, Burton presented a sleek and beautifully tailored 2013 resort show in Paris. Highlighted by a silvery, metallic jacquard pant suit à la David Bowie in the 1970s, she explains, “The proportions are extreme: high waists, an elongated leg, a peaked shoulder. There’s a harder, more precise, masculine edge that’s a reaction to the roundness and the sickly-sweet femininity of the last collection.” Just the way McQueen would have liked it. •

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itting at an outdoor Union Square cafe in San Francisco with Maggie Rizer Mehran is like basking in a sparkly ray of sunshine.

That’s not because this supermodel, who shot to fame in 1997 when photographer Steven Meisel chose the 19-year-old to grace the cover of Vogue Italia, is in catwalk mode or dressed to dazzle.

Instead, this laid-back mom arrives pushing a stroller that ferries her cherubic-cheeked toddler, Alexander “Zander” Mehran III. Casually dressed in jeans and a tank top, the 34-year-old is a classic blue-eyed, freckle-faced, all-American beauty.

“As a model, I spent so much time wearing other people’s clothes—becoming different characters,” says Rizer Mehran. “I still enjoy dressing up for nights out. But during the day, I’d rather just be me: jeans, T-shirts and a little bit of something.”

Though she reveled in the glamorous, globetrotting life, Rizer Mehran exudes the big-hearted warmth of her small-town roots. Born in Staten Island, she and her family moved near the Canadian border to the Great Lakes village of Watertown. However, the structure splintered when her father, Kevin Rizer, announced he was gay and divorced his wife, Maureen Breen, before their daughter’s 2nd birthday. (He lived openly with HIV until his death in 1992 from AIDS.) She was still in high school when the Ford Agency received a packet of photos from Rizer Mehran’s mother and asked her to work with them.

She hesitated—she’d been a good student who dreamed of becoming a veterinarian—and worried modeling might be a step down.

Soon enough, she was commanding up to $30,000 per shoot, with heights reaching $200,000 daily to star in campaigns for such vaunted designers as Dior, Oscar de la Renta, Prada, Chanel, Anna Sui and Max Mara.

In 2003, however, she crashed back to earth after discovering her stepfather, who filled a void in her life as a father-figure and managed her finances, had squandered her multi-million-dollar nest-egg on his gambling addiction.

“Photographers always remarked, ‘You’re the good girl, the one who didn’t change,’” she recalls. “My parents weren’t close, and mom struggled to raise our family. I grew up knowing my dad would die.

There was never any, ‘When dad’s 80…’ It was always, ‘How much time does he have?’ From a very young age, I realized how fragile life is.”

But since her 2010 wedding in Lake Placid, N.Y., to then-31-year-old Alex Mehran Jr. continued on page 220

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Pimple. “He really kind of defaced the entire idea of the gallery,” says Beard. “It was like walking into a junk yard. Women in heels would have to walk around with stuff everywhere. There was smoke and dripping transmission fluid. It was really exciting.”

“I think he has an amazing concept of environments and space, and that comes from being a street artist,” muses S.F. resident Sabrina Buell, a partner in art advising firm Zlot Buell + Associates.

“Many artists are used to exhibiting in a white cube or on a wall, but street artists will create an experience on any material.”

As of late, the avid surfer—who lives in S.F. and West Marin with his wife, artist Clare Rojas, and daughter with Kilgallen (Asha)—has delved into op-art abstraction. He sometimes uses surfboards, plays with letters, numbers and fonts, and his colors have become brighter and more cheerful.

Yet, he has never lost his connection to his roots. In 2010, when commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego to [spray] paint two murals, a third, unauthorized graffiti work appeared on a side of the building (to the institution’s great consternation). The latter, a swath of repetitive red “tags” which is considered the lowest form of graffiti, was removed for violating McGee’s agreement with the museum—ironic, since the show was called “Viva la Revolución.”

That mix of authenticity with a refined sense of color and line makes McGee appealing to fellow artists and members of the design community, and institutions such as SFMOMA. One of his current dealers, Chris Perez of Ratio 3, sees young collectors fascinated with his work, and older ones who are intrigued by its place in contemporary art history. “They are excited by the youth of it, the haphazardness of it.

The detail and the handwork.”

Maybe remaining true to his roots keeps McGee’s work fresh. It’s unusual, but the artist stays in constellation of Bay Area creators by working with and celebrating them. This past year, he asked noted Gallery Paule Anglim if he could curate a show about local artists in its storage space. “The police came,” says Beard. “There was a lot of noise and there were so many people, and it’s a tiny little room. It was scrappy and raw, and it exhibited a lot of work by his peers that hadn’t been seen in a long time.”

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a creative outlet for Holmes and one of personal empowerment. The fall lookbook is filled with quotes that embody the sentiment behind each piece. For example, the words next to said navy dress read, “Don’t mistake my sheer sleeves for weakness…there are guns underneath.”

While putting the finishing touches on the collection (available at well-edited designer stores such as Barneys New York and Just One Eye), Holmes remained in the Big Apple this summer to film an as-of-yetuntitled project with her friend writer/ director Christian Camargo (with whom she collaborated on 2008’s Broadway run of All My Sons). Set in Kent, Connecticut (she did, in fact, ride the train to get there), the film is a retelling of Anton Chekhov’s play The Seagull. Of the role, she says, “My character is a mother, and she’s at an important time in her marriage. The way that she and her husband interact is very blunt.

It’s not something that is an obvious love story, but in the end they’re happy together.”

During her downtime, Holmes says she has been co-writing her first feature film, Molly, a mother-daughter tale in which she also plans to star and produce.

The single mom, an ex-dancer (like Holmes, who still takes ballet lessons with Suri and has her dance charity Dizzy Feet), struggles to raise a 10-year-old in Astoria.

Haven’t we just been talking about this?

“Oh, no, this is a story on its own,” she assures me. So will Suri be playing the daughter? “Yeah, we’re going to age her up,” she jokes. “No no no no no.”

She can’t stay in N.Y. forever and has plans to return to L.A. this fall for some face time (in the divorce settlement, she also reportedly retained the Montecito spread she shared with Cruise). “It’s important to be there. You have to be around the business. There’s stuff you’ve got to do.” New York may be closer to her family in Ohio, but she’ll always have a life in California, and time here is never without visits to the Brentwood Country Mart and Gjelina in Venice. “I like to go there with my girlfriends and really eat. Like, a whole pizza.”

L.A. is where it all began, when Holmes arrived on the scene and into our hearts as the bright-eyed, bubbly Joey Potter on “Dawson’s Creek.” “I’m ready to take on some more challenging roles. I feel like I worked so much at such a young age that I really wanted to have life experiences,” she says, as if checking off a list. She adds, “So, now I feel more balanced, like I have more to bring to the table.” •

a great-grandson of IBM founder Thomas Watson Sr. and scion of the San Francisco real-estate development family, that fragility now rests upon a stable foundation. And she has momentarily stepped out of the spotlight to savor her turn as wife and mother.

In 1998, the dashing couple met in Manhattan through her sister-in-law, photographer Annabel Mehran, who was pals with Rizer Mehran’s roommates (models Karen Elson and Erin O’Connor).

Still wrapped in the peripatetic life, Rizer Mehran was in no rush to date. Her future husband—an inveterate organizer whose attention to detail serves his passion for competitive sport sailing—never gave up.

A year ago, the couple moved 35 miles east of San Francisco, to Contra Costa County’s bucolic hamlet of Diablo, near Sunset Development, where Mehran serves as Vice President and General Manager. Boasting a population of 1,158, this former seasonal resort town is so small that Rizer Mehran picks up her daily mail at the 1900s-era Diablo Post Office.

“I love it. It’s perfect for me,” she enthuses.

“We hang out with the dogs and barbecue.

I don’t feel like I’m missing a thing. We’re re-landscaping our yard from an English garden to a Vermont meadow. And I love to cook so we’re redoing our kitchen, too.”

Rizer Mehran keeps at least one tootsie in the work world, however. With Trump Models, she recently shot for Red Magazine and is contemplating some fashion gigs this autumn.

“I haven’t done shows in a billion years, so I’m a little scared. It’s like a 50-year-old going back to college. And these new girls are, like, 18-feet-tall,” she laughs. “I miss it, but modeling is harder than people realize.

Now with a husband, baby and the dogs, I’m trying to figure out how to make it all work.”

She dedicates her free time as an Operation Smile ambassador, ASPCA supporter and amFAR AIDS activist. During her pregnancy, she created a blog (beamakes three.com) about her beloved Golden Retrievers and their new west coast world.

Even in the transition to California, a part of Rizer Mehran’s heart remains in the far reaches of northern New York, near Lake Ontario. In Sackets Harbor, a small village where her family has summered for more than 100 years, she refurbished an old cottage where she loves to visit with friends.

“I finally feel stable and secure. I have a wonderful husband and baby. It may look like I’ve led a charmed life. But I’ve experienced many low-lows, and that keeps me in touch with reality,” she says.

“Because of Alex and my family, I know really clearly that it’s not what’s in your life, it’s about who’s in your life.” •

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tAbLe OF CONteNts p.36 Holmes & Yang purple French accordion dress, price upon request, Holmes & Yang, 310-284-5757. Jennifer Meyer yellow gold and diamond stick earrings, $3,750, and yellow gold cross-bar necklace, $2,200, net-a-porter.com; sapphire ring, $22,500, Barneys New York, B.H., 310-276-4400. p.42 Gucci black iridescent cock feather dress, $8,300, select Gucci stores, gucci.com.

C GIrL p.90 Valentino white long-sleeve embroidered stitch lace detail dress, $3,490, Valentino, B.H., 310-247-0103.

C FAsHION rUNWAY repOrt p.116 Marco Bicego yellow gold and citrine Jaipur ring, $2,180, Saks Fifth Avenue, B.H., 310-275-4211; saksfifthavenue.com.

Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci patchwork mink, python, and leather Antigona bag, $6,430, Barneys New York, B.H., 310-276-4400. Fendi pony hair lace-up booties, $1,430, Fendi, B.H., 310-276-8888. p.118 Van Cleef & Arpels rubellite Zanzibar earrings from the High Jewelry Les Voyages Extraordinaires collection, price upon request, Van Cleef & Arpels, B.H., 310-276-1161; vancleefarpels.com. 3.1 Phillip Lim gold Pashli calfskin satchel, $895, 3.1 Phillip Lim, L.A., 310-358-1988. Oscar de la Renta burgundy Cicili slippers, $675, Neiman Marcus, B.H., 310-550-5900. p.120 Prada satin embellished bag, $2,350, select Prada stores, prada.com. Chloé square Raquel resin bracelet, $905, Chloé, South Coast Plaza, 714-481-0308. Yves Saint Laurent silver pumps, available by special order, Yves Saint Laurent, N.Y., 212-980-2970. JeWeLrY bOX p.122 Yves Saint Laurent gold-plated Arty ring, $290, Yves Saint Laurent, N.Y., 212-980-2970.

Solange Azagury-Partridge custom gold and emerald bracelet, available upon special order, solange.co.uk. Lanvin green crystal Barbara necklace, $3,890, Lanvin, B.H., 310-402-0580. Oscar de la Renta crystal and emerald drop earrings, $295, Saks Fifth Avenue, 310- 275-4211; saksfifthavenue. com. Kara by Kara Ross gold hexagon cuff, $320, Neiman Marcus, B.H., 310-550-5900. Jacob & Co. white gold and platinum cluster earrings with emeralds and diamonds, $1,000,000, Jacob & Co., N.Y., 212-719-5887. David Webb emerald ring in yellow gold, platinum, and diamonds, $86,500, David Webb, B.H., 310-858-8006; davidwebb.com.

Cartier platinum emerald Sortilège earrings with onyx and diamonds, price upon request, Cartier, B.H., 310-275-4272; cartier.com.

tHe KAte UNKNOWN p.180-181 Tom Ford black long-sleeve dress, $3,870, Neiman Marcus, B.H., 310-550-5900; tomford.com. Jennifer Meyer triangle drop earrings, $14,500, Barneys New York, B.H., 310-276-4400. p.182 Tom Ford pants with zipper, $1,150, and jacket, $3,950, Tom Ford, B.H., 310-270-9440; tomford.com. Manolo Blahnik black Caira pumps, $830, Barneys New York, N.Y., 212-826-8900.

Cartier white-gold Agrafe earrings, $18,050, Cartier, 800-227-8437; cartier.com. Harry Winston diamond bezel set necklace, price upon request, Harry Winston, B.H., 310-271-8554. Chanel Fine Jewelry white-gold Eventail cuff, price upon request, select Chanel Fine Jewelry stores, 800-550-0005; chanel.com. Jennifer Meyer gold Pyramid Ring, $675, Barneys New York, B.H., 310-276-4400.

p.183 Hermès white painter blouse, $1,500, select Hermès stores, 800-441-4488; hermes.com.

Holmes & Yang wool trousers, $1,250, Barneys New York, B.H., 310-276-4400. p.184 Louis Vuitton purple turtleneck, $740, and embellished skirt, price upon request, select Louis Vuitton stores, 866-884-8866; louisvuitton.com. Tom Ford leather sandals, price upon request; tomford.com.

Mish New York gold and white diamond pavé Honeywood cuff, Mish New York, N.Y., 212-734-3500. p.185 Bottega Veneta pink Twilight multicolor embroidered print dress, $23,000, Bottega Veneta, B.H., 310-858-6533. Cartier diamond and ruby platinum earrings, price upon request, select Cartier boutiques, 800-227-8437; cartier.com. p.187 Holmes & Yang leather blazer, price upon request, Holmes & Yang, 310-284-5757.

Ralph Lauren leather pants, stylist’s own, similar styles available at select Ralph Lauren stores, ralphlaurencollection.com. Louis Vuitton felt Nelly hat, $1,480, select Louis Vuitton stores, 866-884-8866; louisvuitton.com. Harry Winston sapphire and diamond ring, price upon request, Harry Winston, B.H., 310-271-8554.

GILt trIp p.188-189 Dolce & Gabbana black wool coat with gold embellishments, price upon request, and black lace silk dress, $2,295, select Dolce & Gabbana stores, 877-703-4872; dolcegabbana.it.

Amrapali gold hoops with diamonds, $2,460, amrapalijewels.com. p.190 Altuzarra deep V-neck cotton Clarence dress with velvet bow, price upon request, josephaltuzarra.com. Gianvito Rossi for Altuzarra black ankle-strap pumps, price upon request, josephaltuzarra.com. Vhernier rose gold and jet Nilo ring, $8,600, Vhernier, B.H., 310-273-2444; vhernier.it. p.191 Michael Kors gold tank dress, $9,995, Michael Kors, B.H., 310-777-8862.

Manolo Blahnik black kitten-heel slides, $665, Barneys New York, N.Y., 212-826-8900. Dolce & Gabbana gold plated earrings with Swarovski crystals and glass pearls, $496, select Dolce & Gabbana stores, 877-703-4872; dolcegabbana.it.

Vhernier silver Pirouette diamond ring in white gold and diamonds, price upon request, Vhernier, B.H., 310-273-2444; vhernier.it. p.192-193 Fendi black fur vest, $5,710, Fendi, N.Y., 212-759-4646.

Jason Wu black long-sleeve wool turtleneck, $595, Savannah, S.M., 310-458-2095; and wool felt skirt with mink fur detail, price upon request, jasonwustudio.com. Dolce & Gabbana earrings, see p.191. p.194 Marni black wool collar with black and gold embroidery, $1,730; black and gold cotton tunic top, $1,180; and black and gold flowered pants, $780; select Marni stores, marni. com. Christian Louboutin black satin and suede evening sandals, $945, christianlouboutin.com.

Vhernier rose-gold and jet Nilo ring, $8,600, Vhernier, B.H., 310-273-2444; vhernier.it. p.195 Lanvin bronze ribbed brocade dress, $5,775, Ikram, 312-587-1000. Gianvito Rossi fringed black boots, $1,125, Barneys New York, N.Y., 212-8268900; barneys.com. Amrapali gold rose-cut diamond bracelet, $6,720, and gold rose-cut diamond bangle, $18,720, amrapalijewels.com. p.196-197 Valentino nude jumpsuit, $16,000, Valentino, B.H., 310-247-0103. Amrapali gold rose-cut diamond Victorian bib necklace, $18,910, amrapalijewels. com. p.198-199 Etro black velvet dress, $6,490, Etro, B.H., 310-248-2855. Jennifer Behr gold-plated Pegasus headband, $375, jenniferbehr.com. Roberto Coin gold drop earrings, $1,680, select Neiman Marcus stores, neimanmarcus.com. Vhernier gold ring, $5,500, Vhernier, B.H., 310-273-2444.

AmerICAN GIrL p.212 Max Mara silk dress, $1,590, Max Mara, B.H., 310-385-9343. Bulgari B.Zero1 rose-gold ring, $1,450, select Bulgari stores, bulgari.com. p.213 Hermès white blouse, $1,475, and black sweatshirt, $2,700, Hermès, B.H., 310-278-6440; hermes.com. Diane von Furstenberg jigsaw-print Jacques silk pants, $345, Diane von Furstenberg, L.A., 323-951-1947. Jimmy Choo vintage mirror silver heels, similar styles available, Jimmy Choo, B.H., 310-860-9045; jimmychoo.com.

Verdura belt-buckle bracelet, $27,500, and caged bubbles ring, $8,500, Verdura, N.Y., 212-758-3388; verdura.com. p.214-215 Michael Kors red and black cashmere crewneck sweater, $1,195, and high-waisted cashmere shorts, $795, Michael Kors, B.H., 310-777-8862. Wedding band, Mehran’s own. p.216 Miu Miu tweed wool checkered jacket, $1,590, select Miu Miu stores, miumiu.com. Chloé pink/cream silk dress, $1,995, Saks Fifth Avenue, B.H., 310-275-4211; saksfifthavenue.com. Manolo Blahnik brown suede pointy-toed pumps, $595, Manolo Blahnik, N.Y., 212-582-3007. Hermès cognac and gold Rivale double-wrap bracelet, $560, Hermès, B.H., 310-278-6440; hermes.com. p.217 Oscar de la Renta white cashmere and silk cardigan, $1,650, and white cashmere and silk crew neck pullover, $1,290, Saks Fifth Avenue, B.H., 310-275-4211; saksfifthavenue.com. p.218-219 Salvatore Ferragamo bronze cable knit sweater, $3,300, and printed silk chiffon skirt, $3,070, select Salvatore Ferragamo stores, 800-628-8916.

Manolo Blahnik brown suede Sharif flats, $645, Manolo Blahnik, N.Y., 212-582-3007.

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COrreCtIONs May 2012: C Fashion, “Well in Hand,” p.58, the R.B. of McD clutch was mispriced.

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Summer 2012: C What’s Hot, “Pure Joie,” p.38, the address for the Joie boutique at Fashion Island was misprinted. The address is 591 Newport Center Dr., Newport Beach, 949-759-0472; joie. com. • C What’s Hot, “All Stars,” p.42, the location to purchase the Converse by Missoni was miscredited. The footwear is available at Gregory’s Fred Segal Melrose, 8100 Melrose Ave., L.A., 323-655-9500; gregorysshoes.com.

• C Fashion, “La Isla Bonita,” p.62, the name Xirena was misprinted. The lingerie line is available at Curve, Ron Herman, Heist and Satine, and revolveclothing.com.

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