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features 92 home made Amanda Pays and Corbin Bernsen breathe new life into their traditional Tudor (and others) with beautifully repurposed finds.

Set against the architectural gem that is John Lautnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Garcia House, actress Jaime King gleams in modish updates on 1960s beading, sequins and sumptuous embroidery

114 lightness of being Design team Fisher Weisman transforms a Pacific Heights penthouse into an atmospheric retreat.

120 blithe spirit

Isla Fisher in a Burberry Prorsum bustier and skirt, Christian Louboutin pumps, Pomellato earrings, and Liv Haley ring, Page 120.

After marrying a dictator and having two kids, the wickedly funny and talented Isla Fisher is back in action.

124 in the details For San Francisco interior designer Jay Jeffers, stylish living is completely subjective.

David Cameron. see shopping guide for more details, page 129

102 original beauty

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with artist Natasha Law. Designer

87 C culture

The real meaning of curation.

Daphne Javitch is a Ten.

A giant MOCA retrospective

26 C people

61 C beauty

The Lines Ballet leaps into the

Who’s who behind the scenes of C.

Sip and sweat with wine-country

future. Pacific Standard Time

adventures. The latest natural skin-

sweeps the SoCal art scene.

31 C what’s hot

care line is good enough to eat.

A look at new and exciting people,

Plus, Jessica Alba’s “honest” regimen.

129 shopping guide

the state: The launch of Domaine

65 C home

130 C California

Home. Goop tours Los Angeles.

Designer Hillary Thomas and One

Model Carmen Dell’Orefice

A vineyard abode off the Silverado

Kings Lane’s Alison Pincus pair up.

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Trail. And, designer Sami Hayek

The dinnerware revolution. Catherine

pulls inspiration from the south.

Kwong dishes top S.F. shops.

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earrings, and J Hadley ring. See Shopping Guide

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to rooibos, where to dine next.

for more details, page 129. Styled by Jordan

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A design-forward, fresh lodging in

Bottega Veneta. Max Mara teams up

Santa Cruz. April in Paris? Mais oui.

places and products around

A leading food stylist shares

On Our Cover Isla Fisher photographed by David Cameron in Monique Lhuillier dress, Jennifer Fisher

Johnson for Rachel Zoe Studio at The Wall Group. Hair Adir Abergel for Frederic Fekkai at starworksartists.com. Makeup Mai Quynh for Lancôme at StarworksArtists.com. Manicure Ashlie Johnson for Chanel at The Wall Group.

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uration…it is a buzzword these days that tends to be overused. Everyone is curating playlists, art collections, menus, interiors, etc. In this, our spring design issue, I am wary of using the term, but it so aptly fits our features. Each story is carefully curated to perfection.

In the Hollywood Hills, the 1962 Garcia House by California design icon John Lautner is

a treasure in our midst. Owned by Bill Damaschke of DreamWorks and John McIlwee, Hollywood’s go-to financial planner, the landmark was reborn under their stewardship. It was basically a shell of its former self when they came into the property. Over time, they transformed it with loving care and an eye for period details. We showcase its splendor in our big fashion portfolio—clothes inspired by its architectural, bohemian roots. As design can come in many shapes and colors, we also feature an all-white apartment in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights. A true Fisher Weisman renovation, the clean backdrop is as cool as it gets…modern and crisp, and a testament to the interior decorating duo’s deft hand. Speaking of being hands-on, we visit actors Amanda Pays and Corbin Bernsen at their family’s homestead in Los Angeles’ Valley Village. A personal touch emanates from every room. This is a house that is lived in…by the couple, their four sons and Whippet...filled to the gills but still open, inviting and hard to leave. Jay Jeffers might feel the same way about his San Francisco cottage. Rife with collections and beloved artifacts, the residence has a perfected look of bohemian rhapsody—a great example of his work as a designer and as a boutique owner. It is a place that makes you happy, rich with life and color. And who could be more vibrant than our cover girl, Isla Fisher? Only a feature of the actress in spring’s fashionable brights could befit her bubbly personality (on screen and off). I am not sure what radiates more: the clothes or her personality. We love that she is taking her comedic talents and transferring her abilities to a more serious role as Myrtle Wilson in next month’s Baz Luhrmann adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic The Great Gatsby. She has crafted her career, and we are watching… From NorCal to SoCal, this issue is full of unique examples of curated California design.

Jennifer Hale Founder & Editorial Director

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We hope you enjoy the collective….

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people who’s who behind the scenes of this month’s issue, plus their favorite california places

Coliena Rentmeester “Besides being gorgeous, Jaime [King]

is an incredible mover. She became a character in what felt like a little narrative about Lautner’s unique house. We tried to match the progressive spirit of the architecture with less conventional posing. Jamie wasn’t afraid to be upside-down or stand on tables,” says Coliena Rentmeester of her first shoot for C. The bi-coastal lenswoman captured

King in “Original Beauty” (p.102). C SPOTs • Franklin Canyon. I love to run above the clouds • Big Sur • The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles

Christine Lennon “I’m always in awe of interior

designers, their seemingly endless well of ideas and their ability to reimagine a space so completely,” says C’s new Contributing Home Editor, Christine Lennon. The married mom of 6-year-old twins lives in Hancock Park and has also written for Harper’s Bazaar, Town & Country, The Wall Street Journal, Martha Stewart Living and Vogue, among others. C SPOTs • The Sycamore Kitchen, for the Stumptown coffee • Bart’s Books in Ojai • Point Lobos State Reserve

Adir Abergel

“I always feel like I’m with [Fisher]. She has an effortless,

Andrew Fisher & Jeffry Weisman

“C represents the best of California, and we’re

carefree spirit about her, and I wanted to create the same feeling with the hair for this story. We made sure it was perfectly undone and had sexy

thrilled to see our book and one of our favorite

volume and movement,” says

projects inside this issue [“Lightness of Being”

hairstylist Adir Abergel of this

(p.114)],” says Jeffry Weisman of the design

month’s cover girl in “Blithe

duo Fisher Weisman. The decorators have

Spirit” (p.120). Abergel has

created furniture, lighting and accessories

worked with everyone from

for several designers and are currently

Sports Illustrated models to

working on residential commissions in

actress Kristen Stewart. C SPOTs

the U.S. and Mexico. C SPOTs • Saturday

• Golyester Vintage • The Way

Farmers’ Market at Ferry Plaza in San Francisco • Shopping in L.A. • Hearst Castle

We Wore • Abbot Kinney, for the shops and restaurants

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people who’s who behind the scenes of this month’s issue, plus their favorite california places

Amy Neunsinger “I loved shooting Amanda

[Pays], Corbin [Bernsen] and their boys. I was overwhelmed by the unity and the love that they share. As a mother, I wanted to quiz them on how they managed to do such a lovely job raising their intelligent, handsome,

Nicole LaMotte “Lauren [Gelb

inquisitive and downright nice

Weisbarth] and her family were so incredibly warm

sons,” says photographer Amy

and welcoming, which is always nice because it

Neunsinger [“Home Made” (p.92)],

can often feel like you’re invading someone’s space

who spends her spare time as an

and privacy when shooting their house,” says Nicole

internet entrepreneur. C SPOTs

LaMotte. The One Kings Lane Designer and Vintage

• Soho House • Kundalini yoga

Sales Division Lead Photographer captured the L.A.

with Tei keeps me sane • Long

resident for “All in the Family” (p.65). C SPOTs

Beach Flea Market—my home

• Juicy Leaf, in Venice, for the succulents arrangements

would be empty without it

• Kreation • My friend’s house in Santa Barbara

Heather John Fogarty “Driving up Amanda [Pays]

and Corbin [Bernsen]’s street, I instantly knew which house was theirs. Amanda has an incredible eye for creating mood—when you see one of her interiors, you want to step in and stay awhile,” says fashion, design, food and wine writer Heather John Fogarty, who did just that for the feature “Home Made” (p.92). Fogarty has written for Australian Vogue, Bon Appétit and the Los Angeles Times. She lives in L.A. with her husband and two sons. C SPOTs • Vineyards, in St. Helena, for an early morning run • The Beverly Hills Hotel • LACMA

experience. I loved taking pictures of Elisabeth Weinstock’s incredible store— as well as the pottery for the new Trois Mec restaurant,” says Mor Weizman. The resident of Ventura’s Oak Park neighborhood recently joined C as Art

Kristina Brown “Jaime King was such a pro. The gal really knows how to move. And the John Lautner home was impeccable! Every nook, every cranny, every inch was thoughtfully and beautifully curated,” says L.A.-based makeup artist Kristina Brown [“Original Beauty” (p.102)]. When she’s not painting the faces of Hollywood heavyweights for publications including Teen Vogue,

Production Assistant. In addition to her

Elle, Lucky, and InStyle,

work for “New Plate Special” (p.70), her

Brown is likely to be

photos have also appeared in the Santa

found playing with her

Barbara Independent. C SPOTs • Knapp’s

puppy, Lucy. C SPOTs

Castle in Santa Ynez • The Cheese Board

• Highway One • Trails

Collective in Berkeley • Renaud’s Patisserie in Santa Barbara, for an almond croissant

Cafe in Griffith Park • Russian Hill in S.F.

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fROM TOP LEFT Schumacher Chiang Mai Dragon drapery and pillow fabric; spindle chair by Julian Chichester; custom ottoman in Mimi London Boar Print leather. The kitchen island is painted in Benjamin Moore’s Newburg Green. Turquoise lamps with Hillary Thomas finials. In the entry, a Marc Phillips runner, Ro Sham Beaux beaded light fixture, vintage stools reupholstered in textured Opuzen fabric.

Up for grabs This month, Santa Monica-based TIM CLARKE (timclarkeinc.com) brings his eclectic beach chic wares to OKL for his first Tastemaker Tag Sale on April 6th. On the 11th, it’s San Francisco’s Geoffrey de sousa (geoffreydesousa.com), a designer with an eye for combining classic shapes and bold color. jiun ho (jiunhodejia.com), known for his edgy, distinctively modern taste in both art and antiques, is on deck April 27th. onekingslane.com.

Nicole LaMotte; courtesy of One Kings Lane

f you happened to find yourself with a toddler, a baby on the way, a new home in the hills of Los Angeles and no inkling of how to furnish it, as Lauren Gelb Weisbarth did, it wouldn’t hurt to have Alison Pincus for a sister. Pincus and co-founder Susan Feldman launched One Kings Lane, the ever-popular luxury home goods flash-sale site, in 2009. In just four years, the California-based retailer (with offices in L.A., S.F. and New York) has grown exponentially, doubling profits in 2011-2012 to $200 million. OKL introduces 2,000 new products daily through 20 sales, offering lines like Peacock Alley and Cuisinart. But the “Tastemaker Tag Sales” have become its signature. The company has fostered relationships with many leading CA interiors talents, including Martyn Lawrence Bullard, Kathryn Ireland and Michael S. Smith, all of whom hand-pick vintage and antique items for the site. “It’s a completely curated market,” says Andrea Stanford, vice president of merchandising, designer and vintage sales. “We’re not putting anything out there that we don’t want to buy ourselves.” Which brings us back to the sisters, who worked with Brentwood-based interior designer Hillary Thomas to furnish Gelb Weisbarth’s home with a mix of re-furbished pieces like a painted turquoise console; a few of Thomas’ favorite accents, including Meg Braff wallpaper, a Foo Dog lamp and Schumacher fabric; and accessories from the OKL trove. “Lauren was specific about her overall objective to create a comfortable, inviting space, but she was relieved to have us take over. And Hillary is great at creating that old/new, layered look,” says Pincus, who feels people are more likely to treat their home as they do their wardrobe, swapping out pieces with the season or adding small pops of color and texture. “The notion of designing a home just once and never letting it evolve is outdated. Fashion has had such an influence within the interior design community.” “My aesthetic and Alison’s are completely simpatico,” says Thomas. “Use what you have. Make it work. Update with accessories. Play a little. Ultimately, the goal should be a fun family house that’s very livable.” hillarythomas.com. •

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Modern architecture and mother nature form a dramatic alliance in Santa Cruz, where a San Francisco interior design firm gives Hotel Paradox a clever spin BY DIANE DORRANS SAEKS

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Winter-weathered fence posts serve as headboards.

rom the perennial surf to the lively student population, Santa Cruz has much to offer. But unlike most beach towns, it’s also framed by a noble redwood forest. The new Hotel Paradox cleverly and superbly highlights handsome sequoias through airy, light-filled architecture and artful new decor by San Francisco designer David Oldroyd, principal at ODADA, Orlando Diaz-Azcuy Design Associates. At the base of the Santa Cruz Mountains and surrounded by soaring trunks, the lodging is still just a five-minute stroll from the charming boardwalk. Acclaimed for simplicity and elegance imbued with a dash of surprise, Oldroyd and his associate, Lawton Eng, decided to juxtapose the pure lines of the building with the raw beauty of nature. The first sign of that “paradox” is dramatically visible upon arrival. The front desk is a 25-foot reclaimed eucalyptus, weathered and smooth to the touch. “I found the tree on the outdoor lot of Evan Shively, a Northern California arbor specialist who repurposes extraordinary fallen trees he collects all over the state,” notes Oldroyd. Every bit an artist, Shively’s a favorite of leading designers and architects. Workstations and electronics

Side tables were handcrafted of reclaimed redwood.

on the ledge are concealed without altering the specimen. The hotel consists of a five-story guest accommodation building (one of the tallest in Santa Cruz) and an adjoining single-story edifice housing the reception area, a gallery, conference rooms and Solaire, the restaurant/bar and lounge. The 170-room lodging looks new when, in fact, it’s a deft remodel of a 1960s property. “We started by stripping both structures of all dated architectural detail and refreshing every square inch,” the designer explains. “We painted everything crisp white to give a feeling of tranquility and freshness.” Most dramatically, a large conference room in the center of the main building has panoramic walls of hyper-realistic photographs of the forest. More whimsical, a series of white resin squirrels scamper across walls and ceilings. The cypress plank bookcase near Solaire is filled with volumes covered mysteriously with white paper. “Guests are intrigued to take books from the shelves not knowing the title or the subject,” says Oldroyd. “I wanted to express the idea of ‘paradox.’” From $195/night; 611 Ocean St., S.C., 831-425-7100; thehotelparadox.com. •

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Pied-À-terre When in Paris, discovering chic shops and new hangouts is half the fun. Located just off the posh Avenue de Montaigne and Avenue George-V, a stone’s throw from trendy L’Avenue, the newly revamped, 5-star hotel Marignan Paris is spring’s latest find. Interior designer Pierre Yovanovitch has left his mark on the 40 rooms and 10 suites, some of which include balconies with views of the Eiffel Tower. From 320 euros/ night; hotelmarignan.fr.

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One of few independently owned five-star hotels, Marignan reopened after an 18-month renovation project. Designed by Pierre Yovanovitch, it is styled to resemble a private mansion.

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Journey Through Juxtaposition Swiss bad boy and art world darling Urs Fischer is the subject of a new MOCA retrospective

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ouses crafted out of bread; giant, slumped-over teddy bears; floating, tetherless body parts cast in aluminum—Swiss artist Urs Fischer takes the surreal and slams it right up against a hard, gritty backbone. Traditional art motifs and forms—still life, portrait, nude, landscape—are wrenched and reworked until subversive. In the 2007 exhibition “You,” he took a jackhammer to a Chelsea gallery, leaving a giant hole for people to creep around. His “Problem Painting” series overlayed Hollywood publicity shots with fruit and vegetables; The Portrait of a Single Raindrop looks like a boulder burst through the wall. This month, MOCA brings the artist (famously photographed with his puppy obscuring his face) to the Southland for the annual MOCA gala and to fête his retrospective. More than 65,000 square feet of work from the past 10 years will fill both the Geffen Contemporary and MOCA Grand. Curator Jessica Morgan hints at one spectacular piece—“a collaborative work produced with the help of dozens, if not hundreds.” Apr. 21-Aug. 19; moca.org. •

It’s work that appears, initially, at least, to be immensely varied. —Jessica Morgan

Horses Dream of Horses, 2004.

It’s That Time Again This spring, SoCal’s Pacific Standard Time presents homegrown architecture

clockwise from above Stephen Prina, “As He Remembered It.” Pierre Koenig’s Case Study House Number 21. From the Southern California Edison archive.

oil, shopping, churches and synagogues. Built components of L.A. coalesce in the J. Paul Getty Museum’s first-ever major survey of the city’s postwar architecture. Artwork weaves through the collection of photographs and other tangibles. Apr. 9-Jul. 21; getty.edu. • outside in: The architecture of smith and williams This firm sold postwar couples on the newfangled Mid-century Modernist home—complete with landscaping. Through drawings and photographs, and comparisons with contemporaries Gregory Ain and Garrett Eckbo, the Art, Design & Architecture Museum at UC Santa Barbara highlights these glass and wood residences. Apr. 13-Jun. 16; museum.ucsb.edu. • form and landscape: southern california edison and the Los angeles basin, 1940-1990 The Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West now unveils a curated selection from the Southern California Edison photographic archive: images of “All Electric” kitchens, commercial architecture and power. Online at huntington.org. • technology and environment: the postwar house in southern california From Neutra to Gehry, the W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery, Cal Poly Pomona contrasts 20th-century iconic masters against new building techniques. Apr. 11-Jul. 12; csupomona.edu. • stephen prina: as he remembered it On view at LACMA, contemporary artist Stephen Prina’s recreations of R.M. Schindler’s iconic furniture are rethought in bright pink and set on a grid pattern. He asks, “Does modern architecture need to be site-specific?” Apr. 7-Aug. 4; lacma.org. • everything loose will land The MAK Center explores the cross-influences of 1970s L.A. artists and their architectural counterparts on commercial tools, industrial materials, and photographic processes. May 9-Aug. 4; makcenter.org.

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Home Made Amanda Pays and Corbin Bernsen breathe new life into their traditional Tudor (and others) with beautifully repurposed finds By Heather John Fogarty Photographed by Amy Neunsinger

Pays revived a flea market sofa with Ikea linen upholstery and painted the Badia loveseat with gray primer; cocktail table, H.D. Buttercup; oil painting, Peter White; sconce, Restoration Hardware. OPPOSITE Oliver, Henry, Finley, Amanda Pays and Corbin Bernsen.

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ight mist lingers outside the Tudor-style cottage that actor/director Corbin Bernsen shares with his wife, English actress/interior designer Amanda Pays, and their four sons (Oliver, 23, twins Henry and Angus, 21, and Finley, 14). On a chilly spring morning Bernsen stokes the fire in the library while the family Whippet, Digby, warms himself at his owner’s feet. It feels like a typical scene from an estate in Bedfordshire or some other distinct British locale, except the setting is Los Angeles—a mere half-mile from where the former “L.A. Law” star was born and raised. The couple acquired the Valley Village property in 2011 and spent the following year in renovations. Before Bernsen began acting, he worked as a carpenter—a skill he has put to use, from conceptualizing architectural details in the main house to building bookcases and a ladder in the barn’s loft. Pays and Bernsen also added beams of reclaimed Brazilian wood to doorways and used old scaffold planks as treads on the staircase. “I used to frame houses, so I know what can and can’t be done,” says Bernsen, who currently stars on the USA Network television series “Psych.” “What Corbin and I love to do is find old homes with great bones that we can repurpose, and we rethink the original features,” says Pays, who founded Amanda Pays Design in 2009. Actor Steve Martin purchased the couple’s first renovation project. He is just one of Pays’ word-ofmouth celebrity clients who appreciates what she calls her “version of green living.” Pays’ motto: Recycle and restore as much as possible. “We are always looking for pieces like the factory doors and windows we found at an architectural salvage,” she says. “We built the kitchen around those doors.”

—Amanda Pays

Much of the abode is furnished with treasures the couple picked up at swap meets, estate sales and antique shops over decades of travel together. Pays found a tufted sofa at a local flea market and had it recovered, to beautiful effect, with $5/yard linen from Ikea. Near the family’s second residence in the South of France, they found their favorite set of ceramic mugs at an outdoor market. Antique Moroccan carpets came from a souk in Marrakech, while vintage bread loaf pans and chicken feeders have been retooled into kitchen light fixtures. She has an eye for mixing in the unexpected to create an aesthetic she describes as “very unlabored, uncomplicated.” Traditional upholstered furniture pays homage to Pays’ U.K. heritage, but when set against a neutral backdrop of grays, creams and pale greens, the combination has Scandinavian-loft-meetsshabby-chic appeal. Spare pops of color, like bold orange, add an exotic twist and inviting warmth to the washed wood and plaster finishes. Pays’ resourcefulness extends to her habit of recruiting family members to pitch in. Bernsen’s brother, Collin, constructed a table for the garden, and Bernsen crafted the chairs himself. Oliver, the couple’s eldest son, is an artist and filmmaker who made the wallpaper in the screening room out of a hand-painted collage incorporating his photographs from family trips to Europe, North Africa and across the United States. Pays and Bernsen enjoy living in their home as much as they did creating it. Most evenings, you’ll find them with family and friends, gathered around their spacious farmhouse table for big pots of soup, coq au vin and warm fruit crumbles. “Amanda is good at a lot of things,” Bernsen says with more than a hint of admiration. “She is an extraordinary cook. Her food is as good and simple and complete as this house.” •

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Mid-century school chairs surround an English farm table, which Pays stripped to a natural finish; loaf pan sconces, Big Daddyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Antiques; pendant light, Cisco Home.

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Steel appliances and recycled wood cabinets give the kitchen an industrial yet inviting look; vintage Tolix stools; Shaws farmhouse sink; seamed cement flooring; Plaster of Paris by Sydney Harbour Paint.

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Henry and Oliver share the backyard barn; Bernsen built the bookcase and the ladder to the loft, where Henry works on his laptop; beds are Room & Board; walls are covered in repurposed wood planks. In the garden, Pays plays with Digby. Homegrown oranges sit on a Moroccan tray from ABC Carpet & Home. 1960s insects rest on a metal starburst. Bernsen in profile. Eldest son Oliver in the screening room, which features wallpaper he made.

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this page, clockwise FROM TOP Olive trees, lavender and thyme line the pool; Pays favors droughttolerant, low-maintenance landscaping. Pays and Bernsen fell in love with Port and Single Malt while living in England, and Pastis thanks to summers in the South of France. In the hall, an antique Turkish rug sits beneath a painting by Oliver; the rocking chair was a swap meet find. Henry hard at work. Pays filled the celadon estate sale bowl with marble balls. Salvaged doors lead to the library, where Digby rests on his bed.

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Two shades of paint create a wainscoting effect on the walls; the vintage tub got a coat of Benjamin Moore Horizon Gray. OPPOSITE Desert plants, like this variegated Agave Americana, rank among Paysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; favorite greenery.

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Louis Vuitton dress, price upon request. Manolo Blahnik pumps, $695, Barneys New York. Rag & Bone hat, $175. Cartier necklace. David Webb bracelet, and ring. OPPOSITE Bottega Veneta dress.

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ith the gold foil still on her eyelids after a full day’s shoot, model-turned-actress Jaime King points through the arched panoramic windows of John Lautner’s Garcia House to a distant fleck of green in the Hollywood Hills. “It’s almost that color; it’s the prettiest green I’ve ever seen in my life, like nothing you’ve imagined before,” she gushes about the hue that she and her husband, writer/director/producer Kyle Newman, painted in a bedroom of their 1950s classic Mid-century home. Though King will be reprising her role in “Sin City: A Dame To Kill For” this fall, hearing about her home makeover, you’d think her next act might be as an interior designer. “Everything we own is extremely personal and has great meaning to us. There’s nothing of excess,” says King. The architecture and decor aficionados spend their free time combing stores to hand-select every fixture, fabric, appliance and piece of furniture. That same collaborative approach extends to the development of Lemon, her character on the CW’s highly addictive “Hart of Dixie.” King worked closely with the show’s creator and set designer to pick the design and color scheme for Lemon’s apartment—even insisting on installing a fireplace to set the mood for intimate scenes. Moreover, she continued ON page 128 was equally as involved with

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Gucci top, $1,350, and pants, $1,950. David Webb bracelet. OPPOSITE Balenciaga by Nicolas GhesquiĂ¨re top, $1,765, skirt, heels, $795, necklace, $415, and rings, $555/set of 5.

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Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane jacket, $2,590, blouse, $1,995, and hat, $995. David Webb ring. OPPOSITE Valentino dress. Salvatore Ferragamo shoes, $1,150.

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by alison clare steingold

t takes a fiercely devoted person to reside in the Garcia House; specialized craftsmen are required for chores ranging from washing windows to swapping light bulbs. In 2002, John McIlwee and Bill Damaschke acquired the Hollywood Hills property from Vincent Gallo—a three-hour lunch with the filmmaker/provocateur confirmed they were the right people to restore this 1962 John Lautner icon (named after original owners Russ and Gina Garcia). Says McIlwee, “When I say this project is kismet, I mean it. Totally meant to be.” While structurally sound (Lautner was an engineering genius), the modest-sized abode had been redecorated to extremes, original designs either ripped out or ruined, forcing a meticulous overhaul. The entertainment business manager (clients at Shepard McIlwee include Courteney Cox and Selma Blair) and the Chief Creative Officer for DreamWorks Animation set out to reclaim its beauty after years of painting, paneling, contact-paper over wood cabinets and—no thanks to the Disco era—mirroring. Says McIlwee, “John [Lautner] had once said something like, ‘If there are better technologies and materials, I want you to upgrade them.’” They enlisted restoration masters, architecture firm Marmol Radziner of Venice (known for their projects such as Palm Springs’ Kaufmann House), and now-S.F.-based interior designer Darren Brown (Frank Sinatra house in Palm Springs, Parker Palm Springs). In stretches over the course of the five-year renovation, McIlwee camped out in a sleeping bag with no power or running water. McIlwee and Damaschke replaced virtually every surface, fixture and faucet with elements appropriate to the era yet still relevant to modern day (new Miele ovens with 1960s design). They also consulted two invaluable resources: architectural photographer Julius Shulman, who lives down the street, “pulled out his negatives [of the home],” and Head of the Department of Architecture and Contemporary Art at The Getty Research Institute, Wim de Wit, accessed rolls containing the Garcia House’s original blueprints—including a pool which had never been constructed. “[Lautner] homeowners are a very important group of people,” continued ON page 128

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HAIR: CERVANDO MALDONADO FOR THE WALL GROUP USING OSCAR BLANDI. MAKEUP: KRISTINA BROWN USING ORLANE FOR JED ROOT. ASSISTANT FASHION EDITOR: ANNINA MISLIN. FASHION ASSISTANT: LEAH ADICOFF. see shopping guide for more details, page 129

Altuzarra top, price upon request, and pants, $755, Saks Fifth Avenue. Dior pumps, $760. Bulgari necklace, $4,150. Cartier bracelet, $6,350, and ring $2,175. OPPOSITE Céline dress, $2,900, Neiman Marcus.

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lightness o design team Fisher Weisman transforms a Pacific Heights By CHRISTINE LENNON photographed by Franรงois Dischinger

Venetian sconces from the 1940s, Donald Sultan prints, 17th-century Chinese urns and custom commodes, made of cerused oak, flank the fireplace. Sofa and slipper chairs, both custom, are upholstered in Gretchen Bellinger velvet. The kidskin covered table lamp is from April in Paris, in S.F.

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THIS PAGE, CLOCKWISE TOP LEFT Skylights illuminate the contrast between parquet flooring and glowing white walls. Frosted glass kitchen windows keep the area bright, but still private. A modern take on a serape, the living room rug reverses the design of that in the dining area. A quiet space in the bedroom. Dining room chairs are Michael Taylor; a Venetian Fortuny light fixture hangs above; Matisse prints add a graphic, modern statement.

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M A shell-encrusted table by Fisher Weisman. Andrew Skurman Architects installed the foyer’s stone inlay. A view-facing bay window nook with eggshell lacquered garden stools that function as movable cocktail tables.

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aybe it’s the serene shades of milky white that coat the paneling throughout the space, or the hundreds of yards of pearly velvet now engulfing the master suite; the temptation to compare this Pacific Heights penthouse to a walk through the clouds proves too much to resist. The elegant, two-story apartment glows like San Francisco’s famous summer light filtered through a soft blanket of marine layer thanks to celebrated designers Andrew Fisher and Jeffry Weisman. “It’s an old French technique to take paneled rooms and make them flat with paint,” explains Weisman by phone in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where the partners are finishing a residence and a boutique hotel. While the apartment, set in a 1920s Beaux-Arts building designed by Conrad Meussdorffer, had recently been through an impeccable remodel from Andrew Skurman Architects, the interiors were dark. Filled with faux finishes and elaborate draperies, the effect was too fussy for its owners’ more modern sensibility. “The goal was to keep it sophisticated but not to make it fancy. Creamy whites totally changed the atmosphere.” The new owners, who recently sold their company on the East Coast and moved to S.F. to become philanthropists, were in good hands. The designers’ debut monograph, Artful Decoration: Interiors of Fisher Weisman ($50; Monacelli Press), features 13 gorgeous residences showcasing similar accomplishments in urban apartments like this one, and sprawling Sonoma estates alike. Fisher and Weisman have been partners since 1996. They founded their design business in 2000 after surviving the “enormous challenge” of decorating their shared Nob Hill apartment. Since then, they’ve acquired a home in wine country, an eclectic treehouse, and the Mexico retreat, and together they’ve decorated dozens of properties for Bay Area residents such as Robin Williams. In March, they launched casaacanto.com, a website that sells a collection of tables—end, cocktail, indoor and outdoor dining and writing desks—some tabletop items and their iconic gilded toad. (“It’s made of rubber, but it’s actually dipped in gold,” says Fisher. “It’s a touch of whimsy that’s become a signature for us.”) While Fisher Weisman’s style, and their propensity for Fortuny lamps and kidskin upholstery, can’t be described as understated, their eye is very disciplined. The limited color palette and somewhat spare furnishings in this home reflect that. “The layout in the living room and dining room is unusual in that there are two separate areas in each—one for entertaining on a smaller scale versus a larger adjacent space,” Weisman explains. The formal dining table, custom made of dark walnut with a gold-leafed base, expands to continued ON page 128 seat 12, and the cozier nook next

images courtesy of © ARTFUL DECORATION: INTERIORS OF FISHER WEISMAN BY Andrew Fisher and Jeffry Weisman, PUBLISHED BY monacelli press.

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The GOAL WAS TO KEEP IT SOPHISTICATED BUT NOT MAKE IT FANCY. CREAMy whites TOTALLY changed the atmosphere. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Jeffry Weisman

The master suite is covered in hundreds of yards of Gretchen Bellinger gauffraged velvet, heat-stamped into vertical lines. Even the dressing room is airy and spacious.

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Vionnet dress, $2,856. Jennifer Meyer earrings, $2,750, Barneys New York. opposite Fendi dress, $1,990. Jennifer Fisher earrings, $850. Paige Novick cuff, $450. FASHION EDITOR: JORDAN JOHNSON FOR RACHEL ZOE STUDIO

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Blithe spirit After marrying a dictator and having two kids, the wickedly funny and talented Isla Fisher is back in action by k e l s e y m c k i nn o n

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“Everyone, look at me...I’m the new Tom Cruise,” Isla Fisher

“This is the story my agent told me: ‘Baz saw me on ‘Chelsea Lately’ talking about Rango and being myself and thought that I had something of Myrtle in me. When I got lucky enough to meet with him, I said to myself, ‘Just say nothing, be a blank canvas, let him project.’” By any interpretation, Gatsby is no Mission: Impossible, but Fisher assures the film has been “Bazzified” with all the bells, whistles and high-flying stunts we’ve come to expect from the Moulin Rouge mastermind. Myrtle Wilson, don’t forget, is the hapless adulteress beaten up by her lover and eventually run down by Gatsby’s roadster. “Yes! The screenplay is very true to the text.” Before shooting the movie in Australia last fall, Fisher attended a three-week intensive workshop in New York, something of an extreme book club with her fellow cast mates: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan. While Fisher was born in Oman (a tiny state on the Arabian Peninsula), she spent her childhood in Perth, and was delighted for her husband, actor Sacha Baron Cohen, and their two daughters to accompany her return to Oz. The intensely family-focused star chooses projects (she hasn’t had to audition much in the past few years) according to a new pecking order: “It’s all about location because of the kids. Then, it boils down to the filmmaker and the role and the cast. It’s definitely different than it use to be. Location wasn’t even a consideration, unless it was Syria or somewhere.” Fisher’s priorities began to shift in 2002, after meeting Baron Cohen (who had just started filming BBC’s “Ali G Indahouse”) in Sydney. Somewhere in those Borat, Bruno and The Dictator years, she completed a full conversion from Methodism to Judaism. While not outwardly religious, it seems to be a strong cultural pillar: “I love the focus on family, food and laughter. You know, I didn’t get to go to university because I’ve been acting since I was a kid. So, for me, studying theology was also fascinating. I love Judaism.” The couple welcomed daughter Olive in 2007, were married under a chuppah in a private ceremony in Paris in 2010 (adorable pictures emerged of them walking around the Place Vendôme in matching berets) and had baby Elula in London during the time that Baron Cohen was filming Les Misérables in 2010.

“It’s definitely not a normal relationship,” Fisher says of her marriage. “You know, there have been times in the past with the guerilla style filmmaking of Borat and Bruno where there were surreal conversations: ‘How many people are suing us?’ ‘Are you wanted in any states?’ And, um, ‘Are you alive?’” Despite the lawsuits, including one from the government of Kazakhstan (all of which have been dismissed), the family seems blissfully normal. They keep a house in London and are starting to spend more and more time in L.A. “I’ve really got roots here now.” Fisher, who admits she’s addicted to “Homeland,” also raves about a book called Mindfulness: An EightWeek Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World. Her father, a Scotsman who previously worked as a banker for the United Nations, is visiting with Fisher’s stepmother before her mother arrives next week. “I feel like all weekend I cooked, set the table, fed everybody, cleaned up, put everything in the dishwasher, waited til dishwasher was finished, unloaded and repeated three times a day.” At the center of it all, she and Baron Cohen, 41, are clearly each other’s biggest fans. “Bruno is my favorite comedy movie ever made. When Bruno says, ‘Looking up at the stars makes me think of all the hot guys there are in the world.’ So freaking funny.” Not surprisingly, following their L.A. relocation in 2005, it was at Baron Cohen’s encouragement that she start auditioning for more comedies. “I needed a little push. It’s so embarrassing admitting that you think you’re funny. Even though he has to say that because he’s my husband.” Her big break was playing a hyperactive nymphomaniac in 2005’s Wedding Crashers, opposite Vince Vaughn. Spend enough time with Fisher, and it’s clear that comedy is what feels most natural. She’s adorably playful and easygoing, after all, she is married to a man who dressed up as a Middle Eastern dictator to last year’s Academy Awards, spilling the ashes of Kim Jong-il along the red carpet. Just after giving birth to her first daughter, she filmed her first lead role in Confessions of a Shopaholic—while tending to her newborn between takes. “I breastfed both my kids for two years so, you know, it was very tiring emotionally and physically. I’m not sure I’d want to continued ON page 128

HAIR: ADIR ABERGEL FOR FREDRIC FEKKAI AT STARWORKSARTISTS.COM. MAKEUP: Mai Quynh for Lancôme at StarworksArtists.com. MANICURE: ASHLIE JOHNSON FOR CHANEL AT THE WALL GROUP. TAILORING: MANDY BLACK. see shopping guide for more details, page 129

announces. A couple of waiters bustling about the otherwise empty Chateau Marmont dining room don’t even stop to indulge the 5’3”, 37-year-old mother of two who’s making outrageous claims in the corner. She’s only half joking. Fisher is describing the unlikely plot twist of her new Hollywood trajectory—one which transpired when Baz Luhrmann cast her in the The Great Gatsby, out next month.

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Oscar de la Renta bustier, $4,390, and shorts, $690, netaporter.com. Rona Pfeiffer earrings, $5,600, Elizabeth Charles.

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making an entrance

An interesting piece of furniture, a beautiful piece of art and a scented candle immediately excite the senses. I like scents that are clean and pure. My absolute favorite scents in the whole world are Hôtel Costes candles and room sprays. They take me back to a very happy time and place. Other favorites are lavender and fig. I stick with these and don’t typically sway.”

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A house replete with furniture is just a house. A home, on the other hand, is a living, breathing entity full of personal treasures that change and evolve.

it and sophistication happily dwell within the walls of Jay Jeffers and his husband Michael Purdy’s enchanting 1908 Edwardian cottage in San Francisco’s Castro district. Very much a study in playful luxe, this vibrant home has been Jeffers’ design laboratory for more than a decade. Lauded for his confident mixing of bold colors and playful fabrics, he knows how to inject interest and drama while creatively straddling the casual-versus-formality line. Pale cinnabar living room walls, punctuated with gray crown molding, bold stripes, antiques, and contemporary furnishings confidently suggest that this is no ordinary residence. The dining room walls are adorned with a diverse collection of oil paintings and portraiture that mix the new with the old, the quirky with the traditional, and the provocative with the serene. The work of several well-known artists including Forrest Williams, Sheldon Berkowitz, Christopher Brown, and local San Francisco talent Ada Sadler round out the eclectic mix. Beyond bold colors and pretty patterns, Jeffers plays with proportion and scale to create visual excitement, but more importantly, he knows exactly when to pull back. “If you don’t have the right scale it doesn’t matter what you’ve done to the room or how much money you’ve spent—it is a failure.” Each room is emblematic of his ability to mix styles and periods. Aesthetically, he wants a space to feel as though it has been around for many years, a look he achieves by merging personal objects with traditional and contemporary pieces with touches of nostalgia and family heirlooms. Though he chose a more indirect professional route (first a degree in international business and marketing), the Dallas native began perfecting his craft at the age of twelve, reading Architectural Digest and then regularly rearranging his room. “There were only four walls and about five pieces of furniture, but I explored every possible combination.” While in design school Jeffers discovered a vintage book by the legendary designer Billy Baldwin, a tome that shaped many of his ideas and opinions. “Paraphrasing Mr. Baldwin, ‘If someone walks into a house and immediately says Billy Baldwin did this home, then I haven’t done my job.’ At the end of the day, interiors should reflect the inhabitants and embody their personal point of view.” There is no telltale sign of a Jay Jeffers room—the subtle clues lie in the thoughtfully edited objects. Discriminating touches and elements of surprise abound—a boldly striped carpet runs down the stairs, a screen print of a bright pink Abraham Lincoln by Natalie Ammirato hangs against graphic Studio Printworks wallpaper, dimmers control every switch, and lightly scented candles burn in every room (except in the kitchen, which should only have the aroma of “a slow-cooking beef bourguignon”). •

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At a party in the early 1980s, Carmen Dell’Orefice ran into her old friend, photographer Norman Parkinson. He told the 60-year-old model she “didn’t look bad for an old bag” and persuaded her to join him at San Simeon’s iconic Hearst Castle for an editorial shoot. Acting as the lady of the house, Dell’Orefice dons a white dressing gown while presiding over the monastic dining hall—a space William Randolph Hearst referred to as the Refectory given its high windows, bright silk banners and polished silver candlesticks. Parkinson’s images catapulted Dell’Orefice back into modeling; this year, at 81, she emerged as the finale of Stéphane Rolland’s Paris haute couture show—in a caped bridal tuxedo. Photograph by Norman parkinson

text by kelsey mckinnon

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