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144 SECRET GARDEN

Designer Richard Shapiro has shaped a surreal retreat with rare botanical species, sculpted boxwood and a trompe l’oeil Palladian villa for quiet repose.

154 LASTING IMPRESSIONS With her modeling career spanning three decades and counting, a storybook marriage half as long and 10 years of bliss in Malibu, one thing is certain—Cindy Crawford isn’t afraid of commitment.

160 GRAND CANYON

168 PRETTY IN PINK “I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot...”—Audrey Hepburn

180 HALLOWED GROUND Long before he erected a castle along the California coast, William Randolph Hearst, a cowboy at heart, tended to his sprawling estate—lions and all.

The new tome Hearst Ranch: Family, Land, and Legacy explores the lay of the land.

CINDY CRAWFORD in a Michael Kors dress, Page 154.

NINO MUÑOZ. SEE SHOPPING GUIDE FOR MORE DETAILS, PAGE 185

A Los Angeles film producer and his family build an unexpected dream home on a parcel of paradise in the Santa Barbara foothills.

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departments 42 FOUNDER’S LETTER

for any holiday fête; an ode

town L.A.; souvenirs from a

There’s no better gift than the gift

to Ferragamo’s famous first

globetrotter’s adventures; a wine

of living in our golden state.

steps in Hollywood.

country weekend in Los Olivos.

44 C PEOPLE

103 C BEAUTY

139 C CULTURE

Who’s who behind the scenes of C.

Sealed with a crimson kiss. Book

British painter Jonathan

now for day-of party perfection.

Myles-Lea touches down

55 C WHAT’S HOT

Guy Bourdin inspires François

in L.A. and paints the town.

A look at new and exciting

Nars’ holiday collection.

185 SHOPPING GUIDE

around the state: C’s annual

113 C HOME

holiday gift guide; Amanda Hearst

Merrymaking with Mary

186 C CALIFORNIA

gets back to her roots.

McDonald. House of cards:

Season’s greetings from

Sugar Paper’s leading ladies.

Humphrey Bogart and

76 REPORTS FROM THE SOCIAL FRONT

123 C THE MENU

C’s social scribe is in good

Making spirits bright with chic

company as she dashes from

bottle wrappings. Gourmet

black-tie galas to designer BBQs.

goodies to enjoy year round.

Lauren Bacall.

S.F.’s hottest new eateries.

85 C FASHION

ON OUR COVER CINDY CRAWFORD photographed by Nino Muñoz in a Valentino jumpsuit and Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane necklace. See Shopping Guide for more details, page 185. Styled by Karla Welch at The Wall Group.

Winter wonderland: Bedazzled

133 C TRAVEL

HAIR Gio Campora at The Wall Group. MAKEUP Rachel

and bejweled bags and shoes fit

The Ace Hotel arrives in Down-

Goodwin using Chanel at The Wall Group.

LISA ROMEREIN

people, places and products

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ANNINA MISLIN Associate Fashion Editor

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hat to get the person who has everything? Always a dilemma...especially when that person is you, our reader, who already gets to live in this glorious state! What more could you want than getting to breathe in the California air 365 days a year?

So we present the Winter issue, chock-full of the best this state has to offer, as our

gift to you. From our iconic cover girl to the most beautiful garden estate, a modern home with views of the Channel Islands to a legend’s seaside ranch, fashions that pop and the ultimate gift guide, this issue has everything you need to luxuriate in our golden state.

Cindy Crawford is beautiful. Seriously. Pretty on the outside but, more importantly, on the

inside. She also knows how to work an angle. During our photo shoot, she was aware of the light, which way worked best for her, and how to move her body for the most interesting shot— a consummate professional through and through. With brains (a scholarship to Northwestern for chemical engineering) and a great head for success (look at her thriving businesses), she is the ultimate C woman…and we are so happy to have her grace our cover.

Designer, collector, artist—Richard Shapiro is a true Renaissance man. We showcased his Malibu home a while back, and it is one of my favorite homes we’ve ever published. Not to be outdone, though, his L.A. garden is just as impressive. It is rare for us to profile a single garden, but this more than lives up to the honor of an in-depth look. The fact that he single-handedly cuts and shapes each boxwood makes this stunning oasis even more special to share.

Toro Canyon is a place in the Santa Barbara hills that is majestic—plain and simple. Think wilderness mixed with endless views. It is a spot people dream about. One remarkable house there, showcased in “Grand Canyon,” is a perfect example of using the landscape to the best advantage. With beautiful lines and vegetation that is synergistic with the architecture, it’s certainly a home to take note of.

We also invite you inside a legend’s California estate. William Randolph Hearst built an amazing castle, as we all know. But were you aware of his majestic ranch full of exotic animals?

We look back at his world and share his passions. I actually drove by dozens of zebras on his ranch just a few months back on a trip to Big Sur—his dreams continue to inspire many decades later.

And, as this is the time of year to give (and receive), we try to help make the search a little easier. Our editors scoured the best of the best and boiled it down to a curated selection inspired by California’s beloved getaways.

Which brings us back to the beginning, that living here, in this amazing

Jennifer Hale Founder & Editorial Director

WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU Please send letters to edit@magazinec.com.

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place, is the true gift we should be thankful for and revel in.

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people WHO’S WHO BEHIND THE SCENES OF THIS MONTH’S ISSUE, PLUS THEIR FAVORITE CALIFORNIA PLACES

Nino Muñoz

“The blessing of being able to capture my subjects in a moment that reveals something from within is a gift I treasure as a photographer,” says Chilean-born Nino Muñoz of capturing Cindy Crawford for “Lasting Impressions” (p.154). Most recently, Muñoz’s work was featured in an exhibit at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles. C SPOTS • Denim Revival • The tea bar/juice press at Erewhon • Egg sandwiches

Laure Joliet

“We ran around all day getting this angle and that shot—the way the house plays with the vistas is extraordinary,” says interiors photographer Laure Joliet of “Grand Canyon” (p.160). “But it all pales when the sun starts to set. The light bounces off the glass and the whole house is alive.” C SPOTS • Gravel & Gold in S.F.’s Mission • Elysian Park • Gem-O-rama— it’s nerdy, it’s hippie, it’s science

Darlene Jacobs

“I absolutely love all the pink in this story. There’s

Rachel Goodwin

something romantic about pink; it’s as though it can bring

gorgeous, but I do love that I got to

C SPOTS • The Antelope Valley California Poppy

“We all know Cindy Crawford is

give her a red lip for the cover. If there’s a woman who will make us all want to break out our red lipsticks this winter, she’s definitely the one,” says L.A.-based Chanel celebrity makeup artist Rachel Goodwin. C SPOTS • The Hollywood History Museum • The Dahlia Garden in S.F.’s Golden Gate Park • McConnell’s Ice Cream in Santa Barbara

back those first magical recognitions of femininity,” says makeup artist Darlene Jacobs (“Pretty in Pink,” p.168).

Reserve • The Huntington Botanical Gardens • The drive from Morro Bay to Monterey on CA-1

Barbara Bestor

“I had the great combination of working on a beautiful mountainous site with old friends who wanted to explore new possibilities with the architecture­. How lucky is that? A three in one!” says L.A.-based architect Barbara Bestor of “Grand Canyon” (p.160). C SPOTS • Casa Bianca—an old family-run restaurant in Eagle Rock • Opening Ceremony store in the old Charlie Chaplin studios on La Cienega • Summer water flume runs in the hills above Three Rivers

MUÑOZ: DANIEL LYONS. JOLIET: MICHELLE PULLMAN. GOODWIN: COURTESY OF CHANEL. JACOBS: NICK HOLMES. BESTOR: BESTOR ARCHITECTURE

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people WHO’S WHO BEHIND THE SCENES OF THIS MONTH’S ISSUE, PLUS THEIR FAVORITE CALIFORNIA PLACES

Sarah Jenks-Daly

“I’d compare sitting with Cindy Crawford in Malibu to spending time with a star athlete at their hometown sports bar. No less than three people stopped by to say hello during our hour-long interview, and she couldn’t have been more polite,” says writer Sarah Jenks-Daly, who penned “Lasting Impressions” (p.154).

She previously worked at Men’s Vogue and has contributed to June in Beverly Hills • The Alcove in Los Feliz • Urbanic Paper

Coliena Rentmeester

Boutique on Abbot Kinney in Venice

Gareth Bromell

“Shooting all shades of pink in such a quirky location felt like an indulgent treat,” says photographer Coliena Rentmeester of “Pretty in Pink” (p.168).

“We shot in a wonderful

She grew up in N.Y., has an identical twin sister

Mid-century home by

and splits her time between coasts. C SPOTS

David Hyun, which was

• Napa for the food, wine and scenery • Olvera Street

really fitting for the story,”

for the Mexican-themed Christmas ornaments •

says hairstylist Gareth

Brentwood Farmers’ Market for arugula and flowers

Bromell (“Pretty in Pink,” p.168), whose work has been featured in Pop Magazine, French Vogue and Marie Claire.

C SPOTS • Jonathan & George for haircuts and color • Giorgio’s at the Standard Hotel for Bryan Rabin’s disco dance night • Point Dume

Victoria Kastner “Writing Hearst Ranch: Family, Land, and Legacy opened up a whole new world to me, even

Elizabeth Lamont Mendoza

thought I’ve worked at the castle

amazing new addresses to add to my beauty rolodex,”

Hearst Castle’s official historian,

“There’s nothing better than discovering some

says Marin-based writer Elizabeth Lamont Mendoza (“Black Book,” p.106) who recently relcated with her family from N.Y. Her work has appeared in Vogue,

for more than 30 years,” says Victoria Kastner, whose new book is celebrated in “Hallowed Ground” (p.180). C SPOTS •

Harper’s Bazaar, Elle and InStyle. C SPOTS • Picco

Hearst Castle—you are guaranteed to notice new and

for the kampachi crudo • Farmhouse Inn • Poppy at

wonderful things every single time you visit • Sebastian’s

the Marin Country Mart

Store in San Simeon for lunch • Montaña de Oro State Park

JENKS-DALY: MELISA MELLING. RENTMEESTER: JQ WILILAMS. BROMELL: JACK WATERLOT. MENDOZA: EMILY SCHOFIELD. KASTNER: VICTORIA GARAGLIANO

WSJ, Teen Vogue, InStyle and Elle.com. C SPOTS • Olive &

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127 years ago, the founder of Mercedes-Benz challenged his employees to deliver “the best or nothing.” The 2014 S-Class is proof that his words still resonate to this day. Building on its own history of innovation, the groundbreaking new S-Class features dual 12.3" high-resolution screens, hot stone massage seating and an aromatic filtration system on the inside, while outside, a revolutionary MAGIC BODY CONTROL system uses cameras to scan the road for imperfections and instantly adjust the suspension for a superior ride. The 2014 S-Class is the flagship Mercedes-Benz that not only makes a statement, but answers a calling.

See your Mercedes-Benz Dealers of Southern California.

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Jenny Murray

Lara Koulajian for Gray Gallery 18K gold with multi-colored sapphire ring, 8751 Melrose Pl., L.A., 310-854-0091.

Editor

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OBJECTS OF DESIRE Tied up with a bow, the items C’s editors hope to unwrap this season

Annina Mislin

Associate Fashion Editor Céline sandals, celinecom.

Elizabeth Khuri Chandler

Arts & Culture Editor

Samsung Galaxy Gear in Rose Gold, from $299, samsung.com.

Samantha Traina

Eclectic by Tom Dixon marble and brass spice grinder, $125, Garde, L.A., 323-424-4667; mrporter.com.

Alison Clare Steingold

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still don’t know how he got everything up there!” marvels Amanda Hearst of the massive antique ceilings, fireplaces and 25,000 artifacts her great-grandfather William Randolph Hearst used to furnish Hearst Castle in San Simeon. The Manhattanbased model, journalist and philanthropist recently spent a day at the property starring in Oliver Peoples’ Resort/Spring 2014 campaign shot by Lisa Eisner. While she’s been going to the castle since she was a baby, “for the first time in my life I was able to

walk around as if I lived there…wearing pajamas in the bedroom, playing with the Arabian horses. It was surreal.” Hearst works with the castle’s Preservation Foundation and says she would eventually like to start her own jewelry collection. At the top of her Christmas list this year: “Will Cotton painted a portrait of me, which is at my mom’s house in the Hamptons. I’d really love to get one of the sketches he did to frame for my apartment.” oliverpeoples.com; hearstcastlepreservation.org. •

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Naughty or Nice?

From a girly hangout on Sunset Boulevard to a rustic respite in the woods, fashion your holiday wish list around California’s quintessential hideaways

Sunset Tower Hotel

Los Angeles

No stay at the Sunset Tower is complete without a flute of pink Champagne, some pumped-up tunes and a pair of rose-colored frames

Kenzo

FROM ABOVE W.I.M.P.

#2 by Dorothea Rockburne, $4,000, Gemini G.E.L. Rupert Sanderson mules, $725. Swans: Legends of the Jet Society by Nicholas Foulkes, $195, Assouline.

Jambox by Jawbone, $300.

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Coach clutch, $108. Gucci sunglasses, $295. Clé de Peau Beauté blush, $55.

Veuve Clicquot Rosé, $69.

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PlumpJack Squaw Valley Inn

Lake Tahoe

Cuddle up with snow-white accoutrements and sleek slope-side gear at PlumpJack’s mountain lodge

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watch. Bally mittens, $1,850. Pomellato necklace. Maison Martin Margiela snow globe, $280, aplusrstore. com. 2013 Anchor Brewing Christmas Ale, $12/6-pack. Miu Miu brooch, $395. Cathy Waterman candlesticks, $5,180, barneys. com. La Perla bra, $285, and panties, $130, net-a-porter.com.

PLUMPJACK: PAUL DYER PHOTOGRAPHY. TREE: RESTORATION HARDWARE; RH.COM. LINGERIE: NET-A-PORTER.COM

FROM ABOVE L.L. Bean toboggan, $259. Hermès boots, $2,375. Mulberry bag, $3,500. Restoration Hardware starlit tree, from $79. Chanel snowboard. David Webb cuff. Napa Valley Bath Co. bath salts, $22. Tod’s loafers, $665.

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GIFT GUIDE La Valencia Hotel

La Jolla

La Valencia’s palace overlooking the Pacific shores-up a sea of beach-worthy treasures

tank, $66. Sand chair, $280, jennypennywood.com.

Manolo Blahnik heels, $930, barneys.com.

Fujifilm Instax mini, $69.

Anderson Brothers Marshall surfboard, $995, mollusksurfshop. com. Giorgio Armani bag, $1,945. Coola Sport SPF 30, $32.

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Home towel, $200. Versace Home cup and saucer, $260. Prada travel bags, from $1,135. A.P.C. bikini top, $165, and bottoms, $165. Christian Louboutin espadrilles, $445. Karma Gone Bad by Jenny Feldon, $15, Sourcebooks. Tom Ford parfum, $520. Leica binoculars, $945.

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Agraria burning sticks, $28. Diane von Furstenberg boots, $398.

Parabellum valet trays, from $300.

Nic + Zoe scarf, $108.

Etro guitar case.

Denim & Supply Ralph Lauren cardigan, $225.

Manka’s Inverness Lodge

Marin County

LEFT TO RIGHT Asprey backgammon set, $4,300. Le Feu de L’eau candle, $60. Boat, $4,850, guideboatcompany.com. Rag & Bone hat, $175. Bottega Veneta duffle bag, $2,280. Aēsop cleanser, $47, barneys.com. Sur La Table marshmallow skewers, $13.95/each. Happy Socks, $12.

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Palm Springs

The desert heats up as playful pastels hit the Moroccan-style Korakia Pensione

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FROM TOP Monique Péan bracelet, $10,330, barneys.com. Heather Levine wind chime, $250, chayonline.com. Louis Vuitton badminton set. Jimmy Choo flats, $550. Crosley record player, $100. Dior Timepieces watch. PB 0110 backpack, $625, similar styles at gardeshop.com.

Steven Alan blanket, $48.

FROM TOP Kelly Wearstler tic-tac-toe, $3,295.

Stumptown coffee, $42.

Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane bag, $1,550.

Albino peacock, $4,995, theevolutionstore.com.

Acne sunglasses, $370.

Kate Spade Saturday iPhone case, $25.

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GIFT GUIDE FROM LEFT Clé iPhone case, $35.

Monique Lhuillier heels, $1,350, shopbop.com. Harry Winston necklace. Morihata Binchotan air purifier, $68, theline.com. Google Glass, $1,500. Nars eye paint, $25. Christofle caviar set, $600, gearys.com. Tom Ford bag.

San Francisco The members-only Battery in Jackson Square is fully charged with black and white finds for the modern mogul

bicycle, $3,999, publicbikes.com.

Diptyque diffuser, $145.

Chanel watch. Kate Spade Saturday pet carrier, $130. Vhernier ring. Alexander Wang candle holder, $175.

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17th of September 1755. In the offices of the solicitor Mr. Choisy, a young Master Watchmaker from Geneva named Jean-Marc Vacheron is about to hire his first apprentice. This agreement is the first known reference to the founding watchmaker of a prestigious dynasty and it represents the establishment of Vacheron Constantin, the oldest watchmaking manufacturer in the world in continuous operation.

Ever since this agreement, and true to the history that built its reputation, Vacheron Constantin has been committed to passing on its knowledge to each of its Master Watchmakers in order to guarantee the excellence and durability of its craftsmanship and of its timepieces.

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FROM LEFT Dolce

& Gabbana heels, $695. Empty Vase topiary, from $129. Fresh soap, $15, barneys.com. Paul Loebach & Kontextür’s watering can, $45, aplusrstore. com. Anthropologie bird house, $40. Patek Philippe watch, Gearys Beverly Hills.

San Ysidro Ranch

Montecito

The lush gardens surrounding San Ysidro Ranch blossom with earthly delights for the refined green thumb Burch bag, $450. Delfina Delettrez earring, $1,190, opening ceremony.us. Garrett Leight sunglasses, $355.

La Mer eye concentrate, $185. Verdura earrings, $6,750, Neiman Marcus.

Savini truffle oil, $20, le-sanctuaire.com. Proenza Schouler pajama set, $685.

Céline sandals, $870.

Stella McCartney

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Tyler Ellis

L.A.-reared Tyler Ellis and Paris-based Louis-Marie de Castelbajac both have famous The French Bag in crocodile, $2,750. fashion designer fathers (Perry Ellis and Jean-Charles de Castelbajac), so it’s no surprise that the friends and protégées have teamed up on a capsule collection for Ellis’ bag line Tyler Alexandra. From $750; tyleralexandra.com.

Kendrick often travels for his clients; here, in Gstaad.

Blue cashmere butterfly scarf, $1,175.

Silk Judecca scarf, $630. Cream cashmere butterfly scarf, $1,175.

Objets D’Art

PICTURE PERFECT Framed as a cherished family memento or a holiday card standout, the refined lens of L.A.-based Kevin Kendrick (KPK Photo) captures families in their very best light. kpkphoto.com.

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH In 1914, a group of investors went looking for oil but found water instead and decided to develop a town. Author Nancie Claire’s In the Spirit of Beverly Hills explores the past 100 years in 90210 from dreamy pool parties, mansions, shops and the glamorous denizens lucky enough to get their mail here.

Artist Damien Hirst’s kaleidoscopic butterflies and other insects have landed on Alexander McQueen chiffon, pongee, twill and cashmere squares for a collection honoring the 10th anniversary of the house’s infamous skull scarves. In more than 30 variations and colorways, some patterns reveal a fauna-encrypted skull, while other frame-worthy pieces are a smattering of Hirst’s iconic creatures. 8379 Melrose Ave., L.A., 323-782-4983; alexandermcqueen.com.

Ice Maker

Since taking over as creative director last year, Saint Laurent’s L.A.-based Hedi Slimane has proven he’s not afraid to try new things. Take, for example, his latest output, Saint Laurent’s first (ever) collection of handmade diamond jewelry. Dainty solitaires adorn 18K gold bracelets and rings—the perfect pop against Resort’s edgy black suiting. ysl.com.

18K gold and diamond ring, $3,700.

Assouline, $45.

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Renaissance Movement

RH extends its West Coast sensibility into the cultural stratosphere ary Friedman is having a Medici moment. Credited with transforming Restoration Hardware from a purveyor of industrial fixtures to RH, a luxury lifestyle brand, the chairman/creator/curator/co-chief executive officer is now setting his sights beyond tufted sectionals and beveled mirrors—carving out a niche for the Corte Madera-based company as a cultural juggernaut and patron of the arts.

This fall, Friedman debuted the ambitious new RH Contemporary Art platform, a business comprising an online gallery (complete with e-commerce), a print journal, an RH Music’s artist residency program and a concert at the six-story brick-and-mortar space in Greek Theatre.

Manhattan devoted to showcasing the oeuvre of RH’s nascent roster of emerging talent. A site in Los Angeles where Friedman plans to mount the West Coast premiere of “Rain Room” (an interactive work by Random International that drew record crowds at New York’s MoMA last summer, and for which he holds the North American rights) is forthcoming, with plans for future galleries in select U.S. cities. There’s also talk of hotels, restaurants, architectural services and a clothing line.

“Our customers buy things that we curate, so the opportunity to curate art that we love is in some ways no different,” he explains, adding: “There’s more square footage on the walls of America’s homes than there is on the floors—that’s a lot of space that needs attention.”

A music initiative is also part of the agenda: In September, RH Music introduced the first singer/songwriters to the family, including soul-infused chanteuse Edei, bluegrass duo Larkin Poe and retro pop act The Brixtons, with a private show at New York’s Highline Ballroom and a concert at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley.

The entrée into the struggling industry is an unlikely move, but perhaps entirely expected for a man increasingly known for galvanizing businesses. After all, this is the guy who reacts to a recession by going more high-end and continues to open overthe-top experiential retail spaces, when most are throwing their resources online.

Friedman (a Belvedere Island resident) partially attributes his philosophy to a West Coast sensibility: “Our attitudes are more open than closed, and we’re influenced and motivated by our brethren in Silicon Valley who are breaking all the rules and changing the world,” he says. But when it comes down to it, the strategy has less to do with geographic variables and more to do with instinct: “Some people say, ‘Oh, don’t take things so personally.’ But those people are not our people,” he emphasizes. “We’re a company that takes everything very personally. And we’re not going to be right all the time, but at least we’ll be passionate about it.” rhmusic.com; rhcontemporaryart.com; rh.com.•

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REINVENT YOURSELF

RENDEZ-VOUS NIGHT & DAY Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 967A Every woman has a Rendez-Vous, with herself.

The Rendez-Vous Night & Day timepiece is entirely crafted and gemset at the Manufacture in the Vallée de Joux, Switzerland. Its automatic movement keeps pace with the constant changes in a woman’s life, as she perpetually reinvents herself. Rendez-Vous is more than a watch, it is a state of mind.

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From filming upbeat music videos with her Harvard-Westlake friends to belting out the national anthem at an NFL stadium, Claire Nordstrom (a descendant of the fashion dynasty) is well on her way to superstardom.

FAMILY My dad is a television composer; my mom is a decorator; my siblings are filmmakers, singers and artists. We are also crazy Seattle Seahawks fans! STYLE I like to mix Topshop with Isabel Marant and collect Dr. Martens boots. CURRENT PROJECTS A new song coming out in December called “Invisible Girl.” BIG BREAK Singing “Time to Say Goodbye” with Andrea Bocelli when he was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. DREAM JOB A lead role in a Broadway show. HIDDEN TALENT I can cross one eye. FAVORITE BAND Keane.

MY CALIFORNIA Hanging out at the beach, playing ukulele and swimming in the ocean.

J Brand blazer, $450, jbrand.com. Equipment shirt, $208, equipmentfr.com.

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Karolina Kurkova

Charlize Theron, Wallis Annenberg

Amy Adams and Darren Le Gallo

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ANNENBERG After 10 years of construction, the much-anticipated opening of the Wallis Annenberg Center for Performing Arts went off with a bang. The celebrity-packed gala tent featured a runway show from the evening’s sponsor, Salvatore Ferragamo, and a performance by Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo.

Alessandra Ambrosio

Gia Coppola

Kevin Spacey Maria Bello, Ray Azoulay, Vanessa Getty

VACHERON CONSTANTIN At a private manse in Bel Air, producer, collector and philanthropist Grazka Taylor and Vacheron Constantin’s Hugues de Pins welcomed the arrival of the watchmaker’s high jewelry collection stateside. Violinist Lee England Jr. Hugues de performed as guests mused over the Pins, Grazka 10 pieces, totaling 3,218 diamonds.

Taylor Terri Smooke, Jeffrey Soros

Eva and Michael Chow

Camilla Belle

James Ferragamo, Freida Pinto and Dev Patel

BULGARI Marissa Mayer and husband Zachary Bogue hosted an intimate dinner at the de Young Museum Observation Tower to celebrate “The Art of Bulgari: La Dolce Vita and Beyond.” In keeping with the name, 50 local VIPs were treated to a private tour of the exhibit before the seated dinner.

Trevor Traina, Marissa Mayer

Susan Gersh, Deborah McLeod Mandy and Cliff Einstein

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HELPERS HOUSE OF COUTURE With much cause for celebration, guests gathered atop S.F.’s Fairmont Hotel to toast local icon Joy Venturini Bianchi on her 75th birthday and to ring in 60 years of her organization, Helpers House of Couture. In a stunning red dress, Bianchi floated about her close-knit circle of friends.

MORNING Over steak frites, ice cream sundaes and an array of timepieces at Chateau Marmont, C and JaegerLeCoultre toasted the cast of Morning on the eve of the film’s release. S.F.-based producer Todd Traina brought wife Katie and celebrated on their 10th wedding anniversary.

Joy Venturini Bianchi

Kelly Lynch

Karen Caldwell, Karen Hartle

Elizabeth Banks

Camille Hayes and Drew Altizer

GREG LAUREN/BARNEYS Barneys New York, along with director Marc Forster and Katherine Ross, fêted Greg Lauren in honor of his debut fragrance.

Guests were given white shirts and encouraged to paint their own.

Todd and Katie Traina

ISABEL MARANT It was a rare visit to L.A., but Isabel Marant seemed totally at home. On her Melrose Place boutique’s one-year anniversary with friend and co-host Milla Jovovich, the queen of Parisian cool and a gaggle of Hollywood’s hippest gathered for a très chic BBQ with a live performance by the all-girl band Warpaint.

Claudia Ross, Jack Calhoun

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Greg and Sky Lauren and Elizabeth Berkley Zoe Lister-Jones

Rosie HuntingtonWhiteley

Mariel Hemingway

Ally Hilfiger

Amanda Hearst

Liberty Ross Isabelle Fuhrman, Emily Browning, Juno Temple, Dakota Johnson

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MORNING: MIKE GARDENER. HELPERS: LAURA MORTON FOR DREW ALTIZER. MARANT: DONATO SARDELLA FOR WIREIMAGE. LAUREN/BARNEYS: JEFF VESPA

Leland Orser and Jeanne Tripplehorn

Michael Govan and Katherine Ross

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HAMMER MUSEUM The Hammer Museum’s 11th annual Gala in the Garden, co-hosted by sculptor Robert Grober and playright Tony Kushner, alongside co-chairs Rita Wilson and Bottega Joshua Veneta Creative Director Tomas Maier, welcomed guests Jackson and to the Westwood campus for an evening of dinner and Diane Kruger dancing under the stars (k.d. lang performed).

Maria and Bill Bell

Jodie Foster, Ann Philbin, Alexandra Hedison

Franca Sozzani, Wolfgang Puck and Gelila Assefa Puck

DREAM FOR FUTURE AFRICA FOUNDATION

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Each fall, serious fashion power players flock to Chateau Marmont for the annual CFDA presentation. This year, nominees, including Juan Carlos Obando and S.F.’s Veronica Beard, didn’t disappoint. The runway show was followed by lunch in the garden.

Devon Aoki

Bella Heathcote, Lily Collins

Juan Carlos Obando and model

Anna Wintour, Lena Dunham

David and Victoria Beckham

HAMMER: STEFANIE KEENAN FOR GETTY IMAGES. DREAM FOR FUTURE: MICHAEL BUCKNER AND STEFANIE KEENAN FOR WIREIMAGE. CFDA: JEFF VESPA AND DONATO SARDELLA FOR WIREIMAGE

Maria Sharapova, Ethiopian-born Gelila Assefa Puck Francesco threw the inaugural Dream For Carrozzini Future Africa Foundation gala at Spago. Her husband traded his toque for a suit to hang with the VIP guests, including the night’s honoree, Franca Sozzani.

Amber Valleta

Minnie Mortimer

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POMELLATO

Rouge Passion Collection 9K rose-gold rings in synthetic ruby, orange and pink sapphire with mother-of-pearl, $1,050/each.

320 N. Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills, 310-858-1300; pomellato.com.

NIC+ZOE

MICHAEL Michael Kors

Coffee Saffiano Hamilton North/South Specchio tote, $398.

The Grove, L.A., 323-549-9500; South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, 714-557-5600.

Hand-painted Winter Bloom scarf from the new accessories collection, $108. nicandzoe.com.

KATE SPADE NEW YORK

VACHERON CONSTANTIN

all that glitters emanuelle clutch, $298. Westfield Mall, Century City, 310-788-0791; katespade.com.

Patrimony Traditionelle Lady, $18,800, 365 N. Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills, 310-598-2026; South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, 714-955-4057.

TAG HEUER

BRIONI

Limited-edition shoe collection Fall/Winter 2013-2014, price upon request. South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, 714-427-0945; 459 N. Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills, 310-271-1300.

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CHOPARD

CARRERA Calibre 36 Flyback Automatic Chronograph on black alligator strap, $7,900.

TAG Heuer Boutique Valley Fair Mall, 2855 Stevens Creek Blvd., Santa Clara, 408-247-0620; shop.tagheuer.com.

Brooch from Red Carpet Collection, price upon request. South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, 714-432-0963; us.chopard.com.

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FARBOD BARSUM Luxury Redefined

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Christian Louboutin, $2,995. Marchesa, $2,995.

Valentino, $4,245.

Tom Ford, $2,340. Roger Vivier, $2,795.

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FASHION EDITOR: ANNINA MISLIN

ALL THAT GLITTERS

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and flats fit to dance till dawn.

Jimmy Choo pumps, $3,250.

Emporio Armani flats, $850. Roger Vivier flats, $2,125.

Dolce & Gabbana heels, $1,495.

Giuseppe Zanotti sandals, $3,250.

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LOS ANGELES Tabitha Simmons.

BELOW Toms x Tabitha Simmons Classics, $124.

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os Angeles-based The Elder Statesman is appealing to a younger crowd with a kids’ collection of apparel, accessories and teddy bears. “As a parent, I understand how thoughtful one is about what your child wears,” says designer Greg Chait of the 2T to 6T line of cozy cashmere clothes and diaper covers. “I wanted to create a collection that was an extension of the brand’s free spirit with an emphasis on touch and experience.

Kids have a totally honest relationship with their world, so they understand cashmere on the most basic and important level.” From $73; elder-statesman.com.

Colorblock cashmere sweater, $294. Teddy bears, $500 each.

This holiday, designer and stylist Tabitha Simmons has partnered with footwear favorite Toms on a debut collaboration of 10 styles. “Tabitha’s design expertise, immense respect within the fashion community and personal appreciation for our One for One movement makes this special for us,” says Toms founder Blake Mycoskie.

Simmons added canvas and silk patchwork, stripes and a rope-sole wedge to the signature silhouette.

From $42; toms.com.

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GREEN SLEEVES A one-of-a-kind 18K yellow-gold cuff and ring glowing with ethically sourced Zambian emeralds are among Santa Monica-based Hoorsenbuhs’ guest designer collaboration with Gemfields. From $15,000; hoorsenbuhs.com.

Plaid shirt, lace dress, leather pants and pumps, prices upon request.

PARISIAN IMPORT French label Maje opens its first CA stand-alone store in Beverly Hills. Outfitted with an elevated alcove and natural oak flooring, the 1,240-square-foot shop will feature the line’s full arrray of Left Bank-style apparel, shoes, handbags and jewelry.

350 N. Beverly Dr., B.H., 310-281-0083; us.maje.com.

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“I can’t think of a better introduction to the design process,” says Viera-Newton of her crystal-and-gold-thread beaded handbag and cat headphones. 8407 Melrose Ave., L.A., 323-951-1947; dvf.com.

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Nestled on the second floor of San Francisco’s Saks Fifth Avenue, Dior’s new shop-in-shop has opened just in time for the holidays.

The modern white exterior, wood floors and interior paneling showcase its lastest ready-to-wear and footwear. 384 Post St., S.F., 415-986-4300; dior.com.

A look from the Resort collection.

Gradient purse, $5,700.

BIG TIME The best in timepieces and jewelry have come together to create three blackened steel band watches with Rolex movement and Asprey’s trademark purple accents.

9641 Sunset Blvd., B.H., 310-550-0520; asprey.com.

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STRAIGHT LACED L.A.-based Esquivel launches its debut women’s resort collection at Barneys New York. The exclusive CA-culture-inspired line includes boots, oxfords and derby styles in vegetable and sun-tanned leathers. From $575; 9570 Wilshire Blvd., B.H., 310-276-4400; barneys.com.

Oxford #1 with Kilty, $595.

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Bicoastal beauty Daphne Javitch’s intimates line, Ten, pairs up with prepster Steven Alan on a special set of cotton briefs. Among the set is Ten’s first-ever logo print. $100/pack of three; Steven Alan, 638 N. Robertson Blvd., W.H., 310-854-1814; tenundies.com.

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Corner Store Valentino’s new 10,000-square-foot S.F. flagship aptly channels an Italian palazzo—complete with a Venetianinspired terrazzo made of Carrara marble chippings, leather accents and decorative chandeliers. A collaboration between the brand’s creative directors, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Picciolo, and architect David Chipperfield, the discreetly opulent setting highlights the array of sophisticated menswear and elegant women’s ready-to-wear, handbags and shoes. 105 Grant Ave., S.F.; valentino.com.

Soft cotton boyshort briefs.

A lace look from the brand’s resort collection.

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Set in Stone To celebrate Marco Bicego’s 12th anniversary with its first retailer, Saks Fifth Avenue, the brand will launch 12 redesigned 18K gold pieces, including earrings, bracelets, rings and necklaces, for the XII for XII collection. Available at Saks Fifth Avenue Beverly Hills and San Francisco; marcobicego.com.

Known for its designer denim, L.A.’s AG has introduced an exclusive Made In Italy collection for men and women, focusing on deep earthy tones of cozy cashmere, wool and alpaca knits and handmade leather motorcycle jackets. 329 N. Beverly Dr., B.H., 310-275-2621; agjeans.com.

Earrings, $3,050.

Leather jacket, $695.

GET A GRIP Sally Perrin, creative director of Perrin Paris 1893, and stylist B. Akerlund have designed a clever collection of artistic gloved clutches in plexiglass, stingray and calfskin. “She brought the fantasy; I kept the chic in check,” says Perrin of their whimsical work. 346 N. Beverly Dr., B.H., 310-786-9936; perrinparis.com.

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From new traditions to secret shops, four CA style-setters reveal their holiday game plans

S.F. native Sabrina Buell of Zlot Buell + Associates is an art adviser and mother of two young children. Her holiday wish list offers the best of both worlds.

TRADITIONS Deck the Hall at S.F. Symphony ((sfsymphony. org). ) SHORT LIST Gutai: Splendid Playground (barnesandnoble.com). • Smythson (smythson.com) diaries in festive colors. • Tauba Auerbach wall clock made for The Thing Quarterly (thethingquarterly.com). • Delfina Delettrez Eye and Pearl ring (openingceremony.com). SHOPS March (marchsf.com) for pantry items. • The Future Perfect (thefutureperfect.com) for design items. • 871 Fine Arts (415-543-5812) for rare art books. • Dandelion (dandelionsf.com) for wrapping paper and table decor. • Cotton Sheep (cottonsheep.com) for the coolest kids’ clothes from Japan.

Delfina Delettrez ring, $525. Tauba Auerbach wall clock, $120. Gutai: Splendid Playground, $44. Smythson notebook, $80.

LAURA CUNNINGHAM Tastemaker Laura Cunningham masterfully runs Thomas Keller’s restaurant empire (Bouchon, French Laundry, Per Se), so when it comes to giving and receiving, she has her sights set on the kitchen.

TRADITIONS French Laundry (frenchlaundry.com) open house, for a great day of food, family, music and vino. SHORT LIST Byredo perfumes (barneys.com). • Sieger Egg by Fürstenberg egg cup (store.tkrg.com). • Jennifer Meyer jewelry (jennifermeyer.com).

SHOPS Finesse (store.tkrg.com), our new retail store in Yountville.

• Birch (birchsf.com) for beautiful candles and vases. Heath (heathceramics.com) in Sausalito. • The Marin Country Mart (marincountrymart.com) for family gifts. • TableArt (tableartonline. com) has the best table decor.

Cathy Waterman earrings, $6,330.

James Turrell: A Retrospective, $75.

Rodarte T-shirt, $135. The Elder Statesman handkerchief, $230.

MINNIE MORTIMER Clothing designer Minnie Mortimer has an affinity for all things California, so it’s no surprise her favorite gifts hail from fellow Golden State creatives.

TRADITIONS This year we want to start a new one and cut down our own tree (nancysranch.com)! SHORT LIST Clare V. (clarevivier.com) monogrammed travel backgammon set and catch-all. • Sugar Paper (sugarpaper.com) monogrammed notecards. • Roseark (roseark.com) rings.

SHOPS Turpan (turpanonline.com) at the Brentwood Country Mart. • Nathan Turner Living (nathanturner.com) for the home.

• The Acorn Store (theacornstore.com) for wooden children’s toys. • Hennessey and Ingalls (hennessyandingalls.com) for art books.

Sugar Paper notecards, from $24/10.

Kathy Rose ring, $12,900, Roseark. Clare V. catch-all, $70 ($50/monogramming), and backgammon set, $249.

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KATHERINE ROSS Katherine Ross’ corporate fashion background made her a perfect fit for her most recent gig as the curator of Wear LACMA, in collaboration with Net-A-Porter.

TRADITIONS Ice skating at Pickwick Ice in Burbank (pickwickgardens.com). SHORT LIST Rodarte (openingceremony.us) T-shirts.

• The Elder Statesman (elder-statesman.com) pashmina handkerchiefs. • James Turrell: A Retrospective by Michael Govan and Christine Y. Kim (thelacmastore. org). • Cathy Waterman (cathywaterman.com) jewelry. SHOPS Gratus (gratus.com) in Beverly Hills. • Jill Roberts (jillroberts.com) in Santa Monica. • Des Kohan (deskohan.com) just off Wilshire Blvd. • Andy Griffith and Rose Apodaca’s A+R (aplusrstore. com). • Kendall Conrad (kendallcon raddesign.com) on Abbot Kinney.

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Platform sandals, 1938.

Ivory pinstripe blazer, $2,950, and trousers, $750. Python trench coat. Blue suede handbag, $1,650.

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The evening, like its sponsor, Salvatore Ferragamo—which presented a fashion show—was a balanced amalgamation of a heritage and a future— a fresh space waiting to be filled with song and dance.

The Italian brand, in celebration of its 100th anniversary in America, sent a special collection of looks for an entirely contemporary woman down the runway.

The story of the fashion house is as much one of a young shoe prodigy as it is a Hollywood tale. After arriving in Boston in 1914 at age 16, Salvatore Ferragamo found his way to Santa Barbara, then the locus of the entertainment industry, where he started making shoes for movie stars. Hired by the American Film Company (aka Flying “A” Studios and now Twentieth Century Fox) to create footwear for silent films, Ferragamo outpaced his assignments and was soon providing entire shoe wardrobes for large-scale films throughout the ’20s, such as D.W. Griffith’s Way Down East and Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments. Longing to wear his designs off-set, actresses began commissioning custom-made shoes for their personal wardrobes. It seemed only natural that when the movie industry moved to Los Angeles, Ferragamo went with it, opening The Hollywood Boot Shop at the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Las Palmas Avenue in 1923. Talent like Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and Rudolf Valentino—themselves experiencing a new kind of celebrity—flocked to him.

“The glamour of that time was very exciting,” says the brand’s creative director, Massimiliano Giornetti, from the Beverly Wilshire FROM ABOVE Hotel days before the Annenberg gala Blush heels, $1,190. 100thCONTINUED ON PAGE 184 (and while

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Newbark sandals, $295, A’maree’s.

Hermès scarf, $325.

Chloé ring, $255, net-a-porter.com.

Balenciaga earrings, $395, Mona Moore.

Balenciaga clutch, $625. Gianvito Rossi for Altuzarra mules, price upon request.

Aurélie Bidermann necklace, $1,270, Barneys New York.

Vacheron Constantin watch.

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Jimmy Choo heels, $695.

Mulberry bag, $4,200.

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Time stands still with the return of the bracelet watch, a glittering piece of wrist candy fit for a luxe holiday eve Piaget, 877-874-2438.

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PROP STYLIST: BRIAN PRIMEAUX AT ARTMIX BEAUTY

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP Chanel Rouge Allure Velvet in La Précieuse, $34, chanel.com.

Giorgio Armani Rouge Ecstasy in Four Hundred, $34, giorgio armanibeauty-usa.com. Jouer lipstick in Simone, $22, jouercosmetics.com. By Terry Hyaluronic Sheer Rouge in Be Red, $35, barneys.com. Nars Cinematic Lipstick in Short Circuit, $26, narscosmetics.com.

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beauty LIP SERVICE From coral to crimson, the newest color wave to hit beauty counters will have you puckering up FROM LEFT Dolce

& Gabbana Classic Cream Lipstick in Ruby, $32, saksfifthavenue.com. Armani Rouge Ecstasy in Hot, $34, giorgioarmani beauty-usa.com. By Terry Hyaluronic Sheer Rouge in Fatal Shot, $35, barneys.com. Chanel Rouge Allure in Audacieuse, $34, chanel.com.

Jouer Hydrating Lipstick in Ava, $22, jouercosmetics.com.

Dimanche, $385/50ml.

Fresh Start

With notes of iris root, hydro-distilled rose, cacao, honey and amber, Strange Invisible Perfume’s new Dimanche fragrance evokes a leisurely Sunday lunch in the City of Light.

1138 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice, 310-314-1505; siperfumes.com.

Heart Beat For François Nars, Holiday 2013 is all about celebrating the late French fashion photographer Guy Bourdin. After all, Nars connects the photographer’s unconventional narratives, overt sexuality and rule-breaking nature not only to his career choice as a makeup artist but also to his roles as founder and creative director of Nars. “Bourdin’s influence is everywhere in my life; it’s in the DNA of Nars. I’ve long incorporated his work into our collections—in names, colors, even inspiration for the campaign images,” says Nars.

From bold, high-impact cinematic eye shadow in loud colors with names like Rage and Bad Behaviour, to a complete face palette called Crime of Passion, the collection pays homage to Bourdin’s part art, part fantasy legacy. narscosmetics.com. pouchette, $75. Blush in Coeur Battant, $29.

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Designer Tory Burch may be East Coast born and bred, but there’s no denying there’s a little laid-back CA in her soul. Her love of bohemian touches, tomboy comfort and bold Hollywood Regency style infiltrates everything she does, whether it’s designing her first namesake fragrance or her new Rodeo Drive flagship store. Architect and interior designer Daniel Romualdez created a striking façade for the store that’s based on the scent’s brass fretwork bottle cap.

Burch’s holiday collection, which includes a gold-tone locket with solid perfume and chic compacts, is sure to please everyone on your gift list. But the rooftop terrace, with an outdoor fireplace and a cozy seating area, is reserved for VIPs. 366 N. Rodeo Dr., B.H.; toryburch.com.

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• Pop into the Hollywood Regency-style Blushington for flawless makeup looks from the understated Simply Glowing to the festive Life of the Party. They use upscale niche brands, such as Kevyn Aucoin and Becca, are super-prompt and make house calls.

WeHo, 310-652-5874; blushington.com. MANI-PEDI The signature milk-infused manicure at Milk+ is luxurious, but the truly decadent request is the Pearl Tea Mani—a ylang-ylang essential oil soak and paraffin dip render hands satiny-soft. S.F., 415-346-0100; sfmilkplus.com.

• A rainbow of lacquers from designer brands, including Nars and Butter, brighten an entire wall at Olive & June. Try the Margot, a custom, all-organic mani-pedi using products made in California. Bonus: They record your preferences and offer complimentary iPads. B.H., 310-247-0500; olivejune.com. NAIL ART Intricate, artful creations are the trademark of Nail Art House, a Japantown hotspot where owner Asako Yamashita dreams up glittery ombre looks, 3-D bows and David Hicks-style zigzag patterns. S.F., 415-816-7342. • The nail artists at Chi Nail Bar & Organic Spa can create any design you dream up—from tiny Dior logos to reverse moon manicures—and stock über-chic brands like Tom Ford and Chanel. B.H., 310-8588803; chi-nailbar.com. BROWS Picture-perfect, never-anemic arches are the trademark of Cinta Salon’s threading genius Bhavna Patel, who delivers unbelievably pain-free results. S.F., 415-989-1000; cinta.com. • Located in the elegant Warren-Tricomi Salon, Kristie Streicher Beauty Bar is ground zero for natural-looking arches. By tweezing a few select hairs, Streicher miraculously gives brows their perfect shape. L.A., 323-651-4545; kristiestreicherbeautybar.com. BRONZING Devotees like Victoria Beckham and Eva Longoria are obsessed with Jimmy Jimmy Coco’s discreet house calls and subtle airbrushing. So gifted is he with a spray gun, he can even create the illusion of perfectly toned abs and arms. L.A., by appointment only; 323-283-4449; jimmycoco.com. • Spray-tan master Sinead Norenius of Couture Glow never makes a mistake as she (or one of her meticulously trained experts) sprays you with her own hydrating, sweetly scented formula. S.F., 415-658-5040; coutureglow.com. BLOWOUT At sleek and contemporary Drybar, one is presented with a glass of Champagne and a menu of cocktail-themed blowouts, from the pin-straight Manhattan to the loose, curly Cosmo. Salons throughout CA, 877-379-2279; thedrybar.com. • Whether the request is for a smooth and shiny look or an upswept chignon, the stylists at Blow deliver perfect, fog-proof results every time. S.F., 415-989-2569; blowmyhair.com. •

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xuberant, fashionable, dramatic—all words to describe the inimitable and witty Mary McDonald. On the cusp of the holidays, C ventured beyond the glossy black door of her Hollywood Hills residence to see how the daring interior designer prepares for a season of entertaining.

When do you get started? I hoard a new theme as early as Halloween. I don’t ever put anything up before December, though.

What are your entertaining traditions? My father is British, and it gave me the opportunity to arrange a giant Christmas breakfast buffet of all the items I love that I never have—sausage rolls, bangers, pastries and blood sausage— for a big group of family and friends. I try to get a gift for everyone so even drop-bys have a little something to open. I also host an evening Christmas party that alternates between sit-down dinner and buffet. I’ve probably thrown a dozen all-out Willy Wonka-style gingerbread house decorating and cookie dough ornament parties for my godchildren. Down the table, I set monochromatic or striped candy in silver dishes on different pedestal heights. I really get into the whole stage production of it.

Your philosophy on outdoor decorations? I prefer only white twinkle lights, unless you are masterfully talented at some sort of natural theme, such as pinecone wreaths with green garlands.

This season’s thematic inspiration? I wanted to use part of my Schumacher fabric and trim collection for table decor and to pair that with the black, red and green pressed glass I have collected over time. It is incredibly durable, since it mimicked cut crystal during financially trying times. The lack of delicacy makes it all the more fun to collect and actually use.

What’s your secret? Repeat a base theme tonally and add one simple pop. I am a more over-the-top type, but my profession and style have been practiced to accommodate that. Starched linens, polished silver, narcissus and greens are the most elegant base for tartan table runners, red felt underskirts or velvet-trimmed napkins.

What has been your most elaborate design scheme?

Huge rooms simultaneously decorated in distinct themes. One was only white, greens and silver with real pears and grapes affixed to garlands; the next was persimmons, tangerines, coral-hue balls and embroidered ribbons with authentic peacock feather ornaments, fans Layered textiles from McDonald’s new F. Schumacher & Co. line (front to back): and birds. (I decided from then on that papier-mâché Firenze, $92/yard, Honey Comb, $80/ fruit would be just fine.) I love that you can actually be yard, and Vanderbilt Velvet, $150/yard.

Eclectic pressed-glass patterns and sort of insane at Christmas and somehow, it is excusable colors include decadent black, if done with a good eye. marymcdonaldinc.com. • chartreuse and this emerald green.

MARY’S SEASONAL SOURCES GREENERY Original LA Flower Market (213-627-3696). • ORNAMENTS Michael’s (michaels.com) and GM Floral downtown

(gmfloral.com), Aldik in Van Nuys (aldikhome.com). For specialized blown glass, Bergdorf Goodman (bergdorfgoodman.com) and Neiman Marcus (neimanmarcus.com). Try Pottery Barn (potterybarn.com) and Anthropologie (anthropologie.com).

And I always make a few as well. • TRIMS + NOTIONS International Silks & Woolens (internationalsilks.com), Berger Specialty Beads (bergerbeads.net), and M&J Trimming in New York (mjtrim.com) is the best! • PRESSED GLASS Seek out curated shops like Indigo Seas (indigoseas.us) and Bountiful (bountifulhome.com), antique malls such as Sherman Oaks (soantiquemall.com) and Pasadena Antique Center (pasadenaantiquecenter.com), as well as hole-in-the-wall junk stores and eBay.com. • VINTAGE SILVERWARE Rent at The Vintage Table Co. (thevintagetableco.com), search through The Find (thefind.com), Antique Cupboard (antiquecupboard.com) or Replacements Ltd. (replacements.com), and scour 1stdibs.com and local antiques stores.

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Cire Trudon scented matches, $12, barneys.com.

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Ferm Living triangle Christmas tree blanket, $42, huset-shop.com.

La Cornue W. by Wilmotte induction table, $24,900, and hood, $8.700, Purcell Murray, Huntington Beach, 800-294-0644.

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n 2003, a pair of former debutantes and self-professed doers with a mutual deep-seated passion for thank-you notes set out with some healthy postgrad naïveté and a letterpress. Jamie Grobecker and Chelsea Shukov’s idea for bespoke stationery, Sugar Paper, would utilize traditional materials but swap thick, creamy card stock with stark white. Out of a tiny Century City shop and adding a Brentwood Country Mart outpost in 2005, the two produced seriously high-quality invitation suites that appealed to a younger, upscale clientele. The niche designs met demand for grocery lists on recycled craft paper and smart sentiments—catch-all “You’re Awesome,” or “Stay Positive, Stay Strong” (notes for cancer patients, instead of sympathy cards). “We believe form follows function,” says Shukov.

While also wholesaling to 800 retailers globally, they’ve seen overall sales grow 61% over the past five years. That’s not because the profit margin on a $6 card is high. The arcane process requires many hands for typesetting, testing and mixing Pantone hues, inking, heated foiling, feeding paper, lining envelopes. The only corners being cut are on the scalloped notesets, even as they expand: This month, a collection of hand-lettered cards and coasters in a range of pale pinks, charcoal, gold and cream will launch with J.Crew.

They’ve collaborated with Mark and Graham on the monogram company’s stationery debut. And for an eight-week run with Target of color-block paper datebooks, Shukov explains, they maximized the look: “It’s not a letterpress wannabe. You’re not going to letterpress a datebook, so we can bring the style to [Target’s] price point.”

To accommodate this growth, a dreamy openair printing studio in West L.A. houses four letterpresses. In this world of slipper chairs, linen pinboards and campaign hardware, office supplies are off-the-charts chic. “Our products are not something Jamie and I create on a whim,” adds Shukov of correspondence cards in the lightest ethereal pink and bold, black-and-white-striped journals. “We really use what we create.” sugarpaper.com. •

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Up in the Air Spiky, ribbon-like and Medusa-haired specimens from Josh Rosen’s Airplantman botanical trove are cropping up everywhere, from a Ray Keppe home in Rustic Canyon to Porch in Carpinteria. Wrapped pieces are mounted, while lightweight, powder-coated frames are strung like tennis rackets for simple, pop-in arrangements. airplantman.com.

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reen roofs, Mediterranean ground cover, droughttolerant plants instead of English gardens, spaced plantings to avoid a “fire ladder” effect.

For veteran Blasen Landscape Architecture, every detail is analyzed. Notes principal Eric Blasen, “Doing a meadow, you don’t just throw some seeds down.”

This angular, manicured look—a shapely minimalism—shines on a Napa Valley hillside. To play up the stellar view, “we added an infinity-edge pool and put lawn in between square pavers in two colors. It was originally intended to be a chessboard.” And on an unusually flat site in Atherton, the challenge was size. “We planted ginkgo trees to take the scale of the house down. We wanted the pool to feel more like a pond, so we kept the paving to a minimum. At the end, we nested a stone firepit and boulders. Blurring the lines of paving…We’re contrasting geometries.” blasengardens.com.

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Repurposed, indeed. From Annie Haven’s ranch: Odorless Authentic Haven Brand Natural Brew manure teas include cow, horse and an alfalfa blend specifically for roses. manuretea.com. $11.95/3 sachets, kaufmann-mercantile.com.

PORCH: ART GRAY/COURTESY OF AIRPLANTMAN. NAPA VALLEY RESIDENCE: MATTHEW MILLMAN. ATHERTON RESIDENCE: MARION BRENNER

Beginning December 12 at Nickey Kehoe, look for an exclusive lot of Kristen Caissie’s Moon Canyon Design Co. holiday wreaths.

7221 Beverly Blvd., L.A., 323-954-9300; nickeykehoe.com; mooncanyondesign.com.

FROM LEFT Napa Valley project with DAR and Paul Wiseman interior design. Atherton project with Aidlin Darling Design architects.

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ed Medicine didn’t win any points for refusing to seat the former L.A. Times food critic upon opening.

Regardless, the buzzing Beverly Hills spot has been swarming with style-setters and gourmets for three years now.

What began with a heady Southeast Asian menu—interpreted with unusual herbs and delicate flowers—has gradually evolved into Jordan Kahn’s studio of ephemeral creation. Alongside the avant-garde chef, managing partner Noah Ellis has curated wines with laser acidity and of-the-moment cocktails to match

(#89 combines vintage bourbon, sweet vermouth, cherry heering and orange juice). However inspired, the days of bánh mì were numbered. Today, a fresh lineup reflects Kahn’s modern proclivities—a style dubbed the “new naturalism.” The artistry on each plate is a miniature world to explore. Sea urchin, Kei apple, almond milk and parsnip alchemize as wintry sheets of ice. Crust resembles an exaggerated Magritte cloud.

Welcome to the surreal—realized. 8400 Wilshire Blvd., B.H., 323-651-5500; redmedicinela.com. •

Potatoes poached in cultured butter; rice dumplings; foraged Malibu coast grasses, flowers and succulents; aromatic wheatgrass and chive juice.

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Tie-dye leather coasters, $24/set of 4.

One of wine country’s premier cheese experts has launched The Cheese Monger’s Cave, a new cheese-of-the-season club. Three or four wedges of artisanal delicacies arrive in a specially insulated box, along with James Ayers’ tasting and pairing notes.

Copious lots include accoutrements such as Boska Holland knives.

From $62.50; thecheese mongerscave.com.

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That’s a Wrap Sommelier and wine buyer Whitney Adams (Domaine LA, Terroni) has bid adieu to the brown paper bag with her chic new Bottle Stock accessories. Look for vibrant wrappings, watercolor tags, leather totes and tie-dye coasters. bottlestockshop.com.

In her debut book, Anything That Moves, New Yorker writer and USC professor Dana Goodyear plunges headfirst—often with mouth wide open—into the world of increasingly extreme foods and the chefs behind them. $28, Riverhead Press.

BEVERLY HILLS 2010 Onda Cabernet Sauvignon, $175.

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Dana Estates burst on the scene in 2005 with three cabernets, crafted by Cameron Vawter and sought-after independent vintner and consultant Philippe Melka. (Its 2007 Lotus Vineyard, a 100-point masterpiece, was hailed as a next-generation cult cab.) Late this fall, the offering went out for 503 cases of Onda, a worthy second label pulling from the winery’s four vineyards in Rutherford, Howell Mountain and St. Helena. danaestates.com.

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In a distinctive A*Pour Toi gift box, not only do the lavenderinfused olive oils and calisson d’aix (almond and lemon confections) come from owner Julie Hasson’s native France, but also look for local truffles, pâte de fruits and pistachio nougats. apourtoi.com.

Red, white and blueberry pearls, $16.

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Ken Fulk-designed Blue Bar at The Cavalier; the restaurant’s “Duck Duck” Scotch eggs.

The sleek Bouli Bar, designed by KallosTurin.

La Urbana’s roasted beets, smoked almonds, habañero. The scene outside the modernMexican restaurant. April Bloomfield, co-savior chef behind Tosca Cafe.

Modern dim sum at State Bird Provisions.

Golden Gate Gourmet An incredible lineup of openings—and welcome returns— just might keep winter blues at bay

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THE CAVALIER (2): CESAR RUBIO. BOULI BAR: MARIKO REED. LA URBANA (2): ERIC WOLFINGER. BLOOMFIELD: MELANIE DUNEA. STATE BIRD PROVISIONS: DYLAN + JENI

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HE CAVALIER Ever-chic restaurateur Anna Weinberg (Marlowe, Park Tavern), James Nicholas and chef Jennifer Puccio have opened The Cavalier within SoMa’s Hotel Zetta. Bangers and stout custards prevail on the English pub menu, while the scene is elegant, hunting-season-meets-rock star—complete with one of design maestro Ken Fulk’s “secret” rooms. 360 Jessie St., 415-321-6000; thecavaliersf.com. BOULI BAR Underneath Tom Dixon pendants and in French oak environs by of-the-moment firm KallosTurin is Bouli Bar. The central element is a wood-burning hearth, from which Amaryll Schwertner’s marinated octopus, warm funghi salad and za’atar-topped wild yeast pizzas emerge. One Ferry Building, 415399-1155; bouletteslarder.com. LA URBANA The conceptual fare crosses local with Gulf of Mexico: braised oxtail, clams and hominy with cabbage tostadas; Oaxacan chocolate crémeux with mezcal gelée. Annex bar Garage Urbano is set to open with limey palomitas upon arrival and dominoes at the ready. Come sunset, it’s hard to turn down a raspberry-habañero coconut water spiked with Bols Genever. 661 Divisadero St., 415-440-4500; laurbanasf.com. TOSCA CAFE After 93 years slinging the famous House Cappuccino (a Prohibition-era booze sneak: chocolate and steamed milk with brandy) to the likes of Hunter S. Thompson, Rudolf Nureyev and Francis Ford Coppola, the legendary Tosca Cafe faced closure this year. Sean Penn sent a missive to N.Y.’s Ken Friedman and chef April Bloomfield (Spotted Pig) to bail them out. Freshly renovated, Tosca 2.0 sports a Bloomfield menu—bucatini with tomato, guanciale and chili, please—and denizens can relish the promise of Bono belting out “’O Sole Mio” at 4 a.m., once again. 242 Columbus Ave., 415-986-9651; toscacafesf.com.

STATE BIRD PROVISIONS This year’s James Beard Award winner for Best New Restaurant (and the city’s toughest reservation) recently expanded next door. Enter Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski’s modern dim sum carts—oysters with kohlrabi kraut; kimchi yuba with smoked egg bottarga—plus new family-style set menus and a raw bar. 1529 Fillmore St., 415-795-1272; statebirdsf.com. •

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Harvest meal by Govind Armstrong at the Cook’s Garden by HGEL. Urban Palate and Pie Hole catered the Arts District salon. Honoree Doug Aitken. Hollywood Forever dinner.

Meals on the Go

A convivial set of dinners salutes design and arts across Los Angeles—and the U.S.

ABOVE Canapés at the Airbnb salon. BELOW The Station to Station feast in Venice.

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In L.A., after Station to Station came to a halt, a citywide spectacle had begun. Airbnb—like VRBO for the design set—had installed five smartly decorated prefabs around town. There, invited curators—James Franco, Lake Bell, Molly Sims, Moby, Anjelica Huston—hosted events, while top chefs such as Willie Jane’s Govind Armstrong and Sqirl Preserves’ Jessica Koslow helmed culinary festivities.

Airbnb’s final event honored Aitken and his project—in his hometown of Venice. Fittingly, Hedendal prepared the intimate Cook’s Garden by HGEL post-feast. Atop al fresco tables, blooms and branches were arranged in vases by Humble Ceramics, which also provided bowls, plates and cazuelas. Courses showcased his deference to onthe-fly findings: “I started outlining when I first got to the [Santa Monica] Farmers’ Market. I saw a lot of nice mushrooms, and they made up for the lack of meat.” The fare was soulful: batter-fried purslane with zesty chile and star anise; cherry tomato gazpacho; fresh lima beans; roasted sunchokes in brown butter.

Short ribs sourced from Lindy & Grundy were braised in vermouth, sake and soy, and served on toasts. “I used to make a lot of vegetarian meals, so this was kind of in-between.”

Hedendal says Station to Station was “one platform to talk about issues.” With this experience behind him, he’ll return to his salons (next up, Inverness). In the words of the train’s onboard manual: “As we travel on, the meals should reflect on our immediate past.” •

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United Artists building’s Spanish Gothic exterior. Guest rooms mix modern design with the structure’s existing architectural heritage.

WHEELS UP Take this pint-size yet expandable Longchamp rolling trolley on your next getaway. longchamp.com.

Veau Foulonné suitcase, $1,605.

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WINE COUNTRY RESPITE IN LOS OLIVOS STAY The ever-so-charming Fess Parker Wine

Country Inn & Spa is in the heart of town. The 19 rooms are split between two sides of Grand Avenue, with Greek-inspired Petros restaurant anchoring one and the heated pool on the other. 2860 Grand Ave., L.O., 805-688-7788; fessparkerinn.com.

PLAY Explore the area’s sprawling vineyards (Foxen Winery, Blackjack Ranch, Firestone Vineyards) or meander through town, popping into reopened tasting room Epiphany Cellars, between shops such as Wendy Foster and Jedlicka’s. 2963 Grand Ave., L.O., 805-686-2424; epiphanycellars.com.

DINE Local institution Mattei’s Tavern is seeing a new day since Charles and Ali Banks of Terroir Selections (formerly Screaming Eagle) reopened its doors this past summer. 2350 Railway Ave., L.O., 805-688-3550; matteistavern.com.

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setting at the Bells’. Decades and a blouse from the Cameron Silver Vintage Capsule Collection for Tommy Hilfiger. Walgrove Avenue Elementary School. Chateau Marmont. Peninsula Beverly Hills.

Maria and Bill Bell welcomed Dee and Tommy Hilfiger with an alfresco dinner on the terrace.

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BELOW, FROM LEFT Guy Vickers, Cameron Silver. Dee Hilfiger. Sutton and Christian Stracke. Maria Bell, Martyn Lawrence Bullard, Julia Sorkin. Elizabeth Stewart and Rob Bragin. Mark and NJ Goldston.

Martin and Kelly Katz.

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early eight months ago, the tall and lanky Jonathan Myles-Lea stepped off the plane at LAX, a Briton about to be replanted in the arid California basin. The internationally recognized landscape painter had already hit all the high points of his career: the Prince of Wales’ Highgrove Gardens, Princess Salimah Aga Khan’s Provençal abode, Oprah’s Montecito refuge and elaborate compounds outside Moscow and Shanghai.

“I’ve done so many paintings for commission,” the white-jeans-clad artist proclaims. “Will the client like it? You never really relax.” So, in his comfy bungalow in Hollywood, surrounded by elegant Eames chairs, a wood-andiron-wrapped table, and inlaid cabinets filled with curios of white and glass, 44-year-old Myles-Lea created only the second painting he’s ever done just for pleasure as a professional artist.

The scene is typical L.A.: bleached sun penetrating down upon two palm trees, the whites extra-extra white, bold stripes and a cloudless blue sky. It’s a new direction, but it’s easy to spot threads of continuity from his previous oeuvre documenting great estates. Look at the flatness of the picture, the precision of the shapes, its graphic nature, the studied exactitude that emanates from the canvas. “I love geometry and straight lines,” he says.

His scrupulous style is entirely self-taught. Myles-Lea never attended art school, never went on the art fair circuit; today he still doesn’t have a gallery or dealer—not that that’s affected his career, which continues to flourish purely by word of mouth. He began by teaching himself to paint by copying Hans Holbein the Younger, and then a chance encounter with the late artist Francis Bacon (1909-1992) in 1990 forever altered the course of his life.

At the time, Myles-Lea was working for Channel 4 in London as a television presenter and studying History of Art and Architecture at the University of London. His boss took him to the tiny—often described as squalid—drinking den called The Colony Room in Soho, famous for harboring drunken poets, writers and artists. Bacon was there. “My boss introduced me as an artist,” MylesLea says, “and Bacon asked me what I was interested in, telling me, ‘I’m inspired by evil.’ My boss answered, ‘Oh, that’s not very nice, Francis,’” he says, laughing.

Repeat visits to The Colony Room often meant that Myles-Lea was privy to the wild binges of the artistic set. On one occasion, Bacon had just sold a painting to a Japanese bank, which meant Champagne for all, and the next thing Myles-Lea knew, he was waking up in Bacon’s studio to the sound of scratching.

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<< his own style from a postcard,” Myles-Lea says. Bacon told him he was a real artist and needed to resign from his job.

“He was like this father figure, saying this to me,” Myles-Lea recalls. “And I trusted him.”

After leaving television, MylesLea moved into the large, rambling, 12-bedroom estate Plas Teg in Wales, where the lady of the house asked him to paint the property, which was stuffed to the brim with live exotic birds, huge dogs and kittens. As part of earning his keep, he helped feed the animals and led tours. “We didn’t have much money,” he remembers. “I call it ‘stately squalor’ because the parrots ate better than we did—kiwi fruits and walnuts­—while we had powdered soup.” Eventually, his mother, also an artist, decided he’d spent long enough with the birds and the beasts and brought him home.

From there the commissions started pouring in. He posted an advertisement in Country Life in 1991 and received five phone calls the next morning. For his style of landscape painting, the process is agonizingly deliberate. He uses a 17th-century technique, beginning by creating handmade canvases made from wood wrapped in linen. Myles-Lea treats the canvas with several applications of homemade gesso (hot water, rabbit-skin glue granules and chalk dust). He uses Old Holland paints, a brand launched in 1664 and employed by old masters such as Vermeer.

To accurately distill the property, FROM TOP The Rectory, Myles-Lea meets with clients five or six Litton Cheney, United Kingdom. The artist times, creating what he calls “layers” at work. The Sundial from which to paint. The first comes Garden, Highgrove House. Burghley from the traditional surveying notes, House in Stamford, made after looking at ground plans, England, the home of William Cecil, counting trees, confirming where the Lord Burghley and land ends and a pond begins. Then there Lord High Treasurer are the layers of color, taken in by visiting to Queen Elizabeth I, and built between the grounds at different times of the year.

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Finally, the human interest element: What area does the family use the most? Where do the dogs like to sit? Where are the animals and birds on the property? He compiles photographs and sketches before launching into the über-detailed work.

“Every painting kills me,” he says cheerfully. Every tree and every brick must be exact; the images are embedded with ciphers, symbols, coats of arms. It takes six to eight months to complete a single work.

Myles-Lea also expanded into portraiture in a most unusual fashion: with a commission to paint the queen. He was working on a commission at Burghley House in 1997, when the owner asked him if he knew anybody who painted portraits. “I said I’d think about it, and she answered, ‘It’s a shame, because I’m looking for someone to paint the queen.’”

When he was driving home, “I remembered the conversation, and I called her back, quickly. ‘Have I just turned down the opportunity to paint the queen?’ She said, ‘Yes, I think you have.’”

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Clouds of trimmed boxwood swirl around an antique Italian stone urn, and paths meander among the cypress.

OPPOSITE The pool house amid the rampant growth of ivy, citrus trees and ficus. The antique fireplace warms the setting on a winter evening.

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The abstract forms of dream-worthy boxwood topiaries are trimmed and shaped every day with specialized pruning and clipping tools. In the background, bamboo creates a vertical screen and blurs the boundaries of the garden.

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On a quiet street in Holmby Hills, Shapiro has created a lush environment for his HispanoMoorish residence. Hidden behind walls of Boston ivy and a forest of Japanese timber bamboo, it is an utterly private domain, silent and poetic—his escape from the world.

Shapiro’s vision is a dreamscape of sculptural clipped boxwood. Meandering paths lead past a reflecting pool to hidden corners with dramatic steel sculptures. This verdant world—vivid year-round—feels much larger than its near-acre. Boundaries are blurred. Even his sprawling house and design studio are romantically shrouded in overgrown vines, and their tall windows reflect abstract patterns of leaves and branches.

“I view my property as a vast canvas, and the creative possibilities are limited only by my imagination,” says Shapiro, who feels compelled to work on the landscape almost every day, pruning and planting, clipping, trimming, sweeping leaves and contemplating where to place new sculptures. “Rather than a garden, I think of it as an installation of land art.”

Overlooking the large pool, a charming folly was designed to be the focal point of the grounds. This pool house was inspired by a Palladian villa and is complete with a handsome antique stone fireplace, hand-carved columns, an antique mirror and a large-scale lantern, meticulously designed by Shapiro.

But it’s the surreal boxwood, inspired by the abstract hilltop gardens surrounding the turreted Château de Marqueyssac in southwest France, that is Shapiro’s theatrical tour de force.

“On an annual tour through the Dordogne 10 years ago, I visited its 15th-century fortifications and cliff-top site and marveled at its endlessly swirling and surreal boxwood sculptures,” recalls Shapiro. He had started designing his garden about 16 years earlier as a labor of love. In a kind of frenzy, he dug up the lawn, and over the next nine years, he planted hundreds of boxwood in its place.

The château garden, his inspiration, was originally planted in the 17th century by a pupil of André Le Nôtre, the designer of the Versailles gardens. At Marqueyssac, acres of overgrown topiaries are clipped in abstract shapes, a rare concept in France, where they are traditionally highly regimented and formally laid out, and never wildly imaginative and playful.

“I returned home and began researching Buxus sempervirens—known as box,” says Shapiro. Some of his plants are acquired fully grown from a specialist nursery; others are planted with just a few tender branches.

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Shapiro wanted the â&#x20AC;&#x153;villaâ&#x20AC;? to be simply furnished with rattan chairs and an antique table, creating an undecorated air. OPPOSITE, FROM TOP Richard Shapiro beside his studio/ office where he meets design clients and shows his fine antiques and art.

The monumental steel sculpture The Red Forest, by Shapiro, consists of seven 15- to 18-foot-tall steel columns, painted red oxide and emerging from the earth at random angles.

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Shapiro also planted exceptional trees and shrubs, including Italian cypress, Ficus nitida, king and queen palms, fragrant Pittosporum, Schefflera actinophylla, Podocarpus henkelii, jacaranda, Norfolk pine and Rhapis excelsa.

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Juxtaposed with museum-quality modern sculptures are oversize stone and marble torso fragments, chipped stone capitals, Romanesque lions, 16th-century Florentine lions, 18th-century stone busts, weather-worn urns, broken stone columns, an antique stone portal and a marble fountain placed throughout the verdant composition.

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Pomellato ring. OPPOSITE Versace blazer, $3,875. J Mendel skirt, $1,950. David Yurman necklaces, from $2,600.

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LASTING IMPRESSIONS With her modeling career spanning three decades and counting, a storybook marriage half as long and 10 years of bliss in Malibu, one thing is certain— Cindy Crawford isn’t afraid of commitment

BY SARAH JENKS-DALY PHOTOGRAPHED BY NINO MUÑOZ

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hen Cindy Crawford was discovered in her hometown of DeKalb, Illinois, at 17, it came as a surprise both to her and to her family: “Girls in DeKalb didn’t dream of becoming models,” she says. “I think my dad actually thought model was another name for prostitute.” After sorting out any confusion, Crawford moved to New York, and the career that followed is one of the most legendary: more than 1,000 magazine covers worldwide, high-fashion advertising campaigns, long-running endorsement deals with some of the largest and most ubiquitous companies in the world (Revlon, Pepsi, Omega) and, of course, the title of original supermodel (joining other glamazons known by first names only: Naomi, Christy, Linda).

At Café Habana in Malibu, Crawford is simply a local who lives a couple of miles down the road… albeit a local with connections (her husband of 15 years, Rande Gerber, whom she met at a wedding, owns the establishment, along with a collection of other bars and restaurants around the world).

Now 47, Crawford is as radiant as ever. In a long gray cardigan, jeans and a cream-colored blouse, she is forthcoming about her years in the fashion business and the philosophy that guided her: “If we’re going to sleep together, then I want to get married,” she says figuratively of her client relations. “I’m investing in you and vice versa, and that’s been my approach to business.” This explains her long-standing contracts (she’s been an Omega watch ambassador for nearly two decades).

After years of traveling between New York and their home in Brentwood, she and Gerber moved their family to Malibu shortly before their son, Presley, started kindergarten. “We had some friends who were here, and we really liked the way they lived,” she explains. “We kept saying to each other: ‘We think they have it right.’”

Nearly 10 years have passed since their move to the beach, and Crawford can’t imagine living anyplace else. “Recently we contemplated traveling and home-schooling the kids. We brought the idea to them, but they both said if they could live anywhere, it would be here,” she says with a smile.

“My son loves to surf. He won’t live anywhere there aren’t waves.”

Fortunately for him, they recently built a second home in Cabo, where the waves are plentiful, as are the visits from their very next-door neighbor, George Clooney (they own adjoining properties, with separate houses).

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Altuzarra blouse, $995, and pants, $1,575, Barneys New York. Eres bra, $230. Gucci heels, price upon request. David Yurman cuff, $8,400. OPPOSITE Gucci dress, $4,000, Neiman Marcus. Manolo Blahnik pumps, $735, Barneys New York.

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GRAND CANYON

A Los Angeles film producer and his family build an unexpected dream home on a parcel of paradise in the Santa Barbara foothills

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Broad windows and retracting doors open the house to its surroundings. Architect Barbara Bestor sandblasted the wood boards that helped form the concrete to reveal a grain detail. OPPOSITE “Barbara sited the house so well,” says homeowner Christina Liao. “We can see the weather coming in across the sky, and nothing else.” Santa Barbara landscape architect Isabelle Greene designed the dramatic hardscape, and Sally Paul planted low-water succulents and natives that don’t compete with the natural landscape.

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n Toro Canyon, an L-shaped slice of prime real estate in Santa Barbara, no one is stunned when they see an occasional mountain lion or bear ambling about in the rolling hills. But a boxy, modern board-form concrete house, sited in the center of 150 acres of untouched wilderness? Now that turns a few heads.

The homeowners, film producer John Lesher and his wife, Christina Liao (a former film executive herself), embarked on a years-long saga to build on this untouched land that was not unlike the process of getting a movie made.

“It took more than four years just to get the permits from the county,” says Liao, who tells the story with a little levity now that it’s behind her. “We had to install the septic system, the cistern. We built a road. It was a commitment.”

One of the most surprising details about the property is that it was designed by Barbara Bestor, a Los Angeles architect known for building smart, progressive homes and retail spaces in the artsy neighborhoods on the east side of L.A., including Silverlake, Los Feliz and Beachwood Canyon. She’s the executive director of the Julius Shulman Institute at SCI-Arc, and her book Bohemian Modern: Living in Silver Lake (Harper Design) is a coffee table staple in hipster households from Echo Park to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Despite her credentials, she isn’t an obvious choice for this kind of property, but she had known Lesher and Liao for nearly three decades, and the friends were eager to work together. The Lesher family lives in a traditional 1930s Georgian Colonial in town, and the decision to build a more streamlined modern vacation home was very deliberate.

For Bestor, it was an opportunity to spread her wings. She found inspiration from unlikely and disparate sources, including the rugged landscape of Marfa, Texas, and the traditional layout of the California missions.

“I’ve almost always worked in an urban setting, so this was the first time I could manipulate the passage, the entrance to the home, how you see it from the road. I could think about how you see it from afar, how you view that piece of coastline,”

she says. “Then you don’t see that crazy view until you’re at the front door, standing inside the courtyard.”

If the exterior of the home appears to be boxy and Brutalist, made of solid concrete tinted a reddish brown to match the surrounding soil, once visitors reach the courtyard, the heaviness disappears. Retractable glass doors open to reveal a “wooden jewel box,” Bestor says of cedar-lined walls and ceilings. The 40-foot outdoor space at the center of the home is its focal point, which provides not only shelter from the powerful coastal winds but also a communal space to host friends, family and Lesher’s colleagues.

“Barbara is a mom, and she knows how a family uses a space,” says Liao. “She has an innate sense of where things should go. There’s a big, open space where we can all be together with friends, and then the bedrooms and the guesthouse are very cozy, so you can kind of retreat to your own corners.”

Bestor worked with landscape designers Isabelle Greene and Sally Paul to blend the home into its surrounding landscape in a seamless, low-maintenance way that also complied with strict fire codes. She also recruited The Archers, the interior design team of Richard Petit and Stephen Hunt, to help outfit the home with an unpretentious mix of organic-feeling modern pieces, bold textiles and punctuation marks of color, like a vibrant yellow door and a glossy emerald-green bed. It’s almost under-furnished, designed to let the architecture, the extreme privacy of the setting and the stunning views take center stage.

“We didn’t want it to be overdecorated, like a vintage chair showroom, and The Archers understood that,” says Liao.

Now that production has wrapped, Liao says that the family enjoys watching the weather roll in from the coast, the fog burn off into a sunny afternoon. They’ll gather around the fireplace and put a pot of soup on the stove. But the real benefit of getting away from it all?

“It’s the parking,” she says. “We can spend an entire weekend without ever having to valet park.” •

OPPOSITE The Archers, the interior design team, discovered the rare pair of Thonet bentwood chairs, originally designed for a Swedish embassy in the ’70s, before the builders broke ground. Liao found the flokati rug and custom-made the 12-foot sofa.

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The view is “even better in person,” according to Liao, who had to negotiate a complicated permitting system to build in the environmentally sensitive area. A striped Woolrich Hudson Bay blanket and vintage kilim rug add texture and color to the minimal bedroom. The detached guesthouse has a slightly more formal feel than the main house but is still completely relaxed. Bestor turned flagstone, brick and mortar into a feature wall in the dining room, using simple materials to dramatic effect.

A spacious outdoor living room features both a fountain and a fireplace.

Traditional butterfly chairs provide outdoor seating. L.A.-based Karen Harautuneian designed the kitchen.

OPPOSITE The Toro Canyon home is an all-season vacation property, an ideal spot for swimming in the summer and “building a fire and watching the fog roll in” in the winter.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Barbara kept nodding to Brutalism. She was rethinking the formed-concrete-andwood box house, rooting it in its landscape,â&#x20AC;? says Richard Petit of The Archers. OPPOSITE The custom-made oversize dining table is surrounded by Friso Kramer-style plywood chairs. The chandelier is a customized Adolf Loos Goldman Original, designed circa 1911, manufactured by Woka lighting in Vienna.

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PRETTY IN PINK “I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.” —Audrey Hepburn

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Hermès watch, $2,700. OPPOSITE Equipment blazer, $468, Bergdorf Goodman. Derek Lam blouse and pants, prices upon request, Neiman Marcus. David Webb necklace and bracelet.

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HALLOWED GROUND

RANCH: STEVE E.MILLER. HEARST: THE HEARST CORPORATION

Long before he erected a castle along the California coast, William Randolph Hearst, a cowboy at heart, tended to his sprawling estateâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;lions and all. The new tome Hearst Ranch: Family, Land, and Legacy explores the lay of the land

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William Randolph Hearst poses in costume for one of the silent home movies filmed at Hearst Ranch. He was generally the author, director and star of these elaborate productions and wrote amusing titles, including “The hero has the fattest part/And gets the greatest glory/But that’s because he runs the ranch/And also writes the story.” OPPOSITE Piedra Blanca Rancho encompassed both the sloping pastures of its marine terraces and the steep mountains of the Santa Lucia Coast Range at its upper elevations.

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SAM SIMEON BEACH: CAMBRIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY/SEBASTIAN FAMILY COLLECTION. CASTLE: COURTESY HEARST CASTLE/CA STATE PARKS. JACK RANCH: RICHARD FIELD LEVINE. CATTLE RANCH: RICHARD FIELD LEVINE. VIEW: STEVE E. MILLER ZEBRA: MITCH BARRETT. POULTRY RANCH: ALEXANDER VERTIKOFF. COASTLINE: STEVE E. MILLER. GATE: RICHARD FIELD LEVINE. GRANT AND CHERRILL: MARC WANAMAKER/BISON ARCHIVES

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love this ranch. It is wonderful. I love the sea and I love the mountains and the hollows in the hills and the shady places in the creeks and the fine old oaks and even the hot brushy hillsides—full of quail—and the canyons—full of deer. It is a wonderful place. I would rather spend a month at the ranch than anyplace in the world.” – William Randolph Hearst Hearst and [architect] Julia Morgan did not have to invent a model farm. The Hearst family had owned and operated the ranch at San Simeon for fifty-five years when ground was broken for the hilltop buildings in February 1920. Construction continued for the next twenty-eight years, during which time Hearst and Morgan focused on the ranch buildings nearly as often as the hilltop ones.

Though she had no prior experience in this form, Morgan designed San Simeon’s dairies, stables, dovecotes, hay barns, bunkhouses, aviaries, and orchards. She improved existing buildings, making them both more functional and more picturesque. She also oversaw the creation of many new ranch structures, including fish ladders, dams, bridges, reservoirs, rock walls, airplane hangars, landing strips, garages, polo fields, warehouses, and hundreds of miles of backcountry roads.

Hearst was involved in every aspect of the building process, as more than one thousand of their surviving letters and nine thousand architectural drawings attest. One of Hearst’s earliest letters to Morgan emphasized: “The main thing at the ranch is the view.”

Hearst’s animal collection expanded quickly. Morgan wrote him later that year: “The lions are beauties—about the size of St. Bernards and as well kept and groomed as human babies.” Exotic species including kangaroos, antelope, zebras, elephants, jaguars, polar bears, and giraffes began arriving in large numbers, eventually totaling approximately three hundred animals. To increase the dramatic effect, they mixed many of the grazing species together. Though picturesque, it was problematic. The animals often failed to mix well together, and it was challenging for Hearst’s guests and hilltop employees to drive up a six-mile road through a wild animal park…

Hearst invited a few genuine Hollywood cowboys to the ranch, including Tom Mix, Hoot Gibson, and Will Rogers. The majority of his guests, however, only played cowboys onscreen. Hearst was thirty years older than most of them, which might explain his particular delight in leading them on long rides to the Hacienda. The journey was more than twenty miles. Many must have felt as Clark Gable did, when he reportedly whimpered to Gary Cooper after a long day in the saddle, “When we get to the brow of the next hill, we’ll see Los Angeles!”…

As Vice-President of the Hearst Corporation’s Western Properties division, Stephen T. Hearst oversees the ranching operation today. He is also William Randolph Hearst’s great-grandson and one of sixty-five surviving members of the Hearst family. He states: “The Hearst Ranch still raises some of the finest cattle and horses. The Hearst Ranch now comprises more than 82,000 acres, making it the largest cattle ranch on the California coast. Seven generations have been privileged to be a part of the Piedra Blanca Rancho, the original name of the Hearst Ranch at San Simeon, California. I believe this very special place is home to every member of our family, no matter where they get their mail.” •

IMAGES AND TEXT EXCERPT FROM HEARST RANCH: FAMILY, LAND, AND LEGACY

BY VICTORIA KASTNER AND FOREWORD BY STEPHEN T. HEARST; PUBLISHED BY ABRAMS, 2013. TEXT © 2013 HEARST HOLDINGS, INC. SEE PAGE 185.

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Today, approximately 3,000 cattle are raised on Hearst Ranch each year. Hearst Castle. Weaning at the Jack Ranch involves separating the cows from their calves.

In the 1920s, the ranch was approximately 250,000 acres; currently it’s a substantial 82,000 acres. The descendants of Hearst’s zebra herd now roam the pastures. The poultry ranch manager’s house, designed by Julia Morgan in 1928. San Simeon coastline. The Hearst Ranch was originally named the Piedra Blanca Rancho, after the large white rocks beside its shoreline.

Frequent guest Cary Grant takes in the view of the backcountry with Virginia Cherrill in 1932.

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holding his arm in a deep red cast—an injury he incurred while trying to avoid a biker on the street in Florence). Though the sensibility of the collection unveiled at the Annenberg Center was a modern one, small throwbacks that echoed the brand’s star-studded DNA were woven throughout (while Ferragamo eventually returned to Italy, his relationship to the movie industry was cemented). “You think about the big change in Hollywood and the rise of actors and celebrity— Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo—that’s the reason I wanted to have this lingerie factor,” explains Gionetti. “For me it’s the very sophistication of Hollywood—the idea of sensuality, of neutrals, of beautiful craftsmanship like handmade embroidery.” To house the boudoir-inspired eveningwear was a Ferragamo pop-up store, with one-of-a-kind accessories—from graphic Lucite clutches to an enviably strappy python wedge. “The ideas really came from the archive, but were reinvented in a modern way,” notes the designer. “Sometimes using very 1930s materials—plexiglass, this kind of transparent and translucent effect. It’s part of Salvatore Ferragamo, but never nostalgic—very cool, very modern, linking the past with the future.”

“I really feel that the Ferragamo consumer is in the L.A. style,” he continues. “It’s much more about the preciousness of the time that you spend being very healthy, being very sporty, very relaxed—but always very elegant.” •

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the 16th century, because the painting was to be placed in Drapers’ Hall (part of an old guild founded nearly 600 years ago), and across from one of his early influences: a Holbein portrait of Henry the VIII, who had donated the land to the guild. “I asked her if she could stand by the window [for better light],” he says. “And she said, ‘Oh, no, I can’t stand by the window.’ I asked her why and she said, ‘The last time I did that, a taxi driver looked up and saw me and crashed.’”

Today, portraits are just another portion of Myles-Lea’s creative output, which also includes photography. He recently painted Evelyn Lauder, and shortly after, Evelyn’s son’s wife contacted him about doing their family in Palo Alto. That portrait, finished just last September, places the group in a classical frieze composition, with the mother gazing at the daughter (a great-granddaughter of Estée Lauder’s), the daughter gazing at her father, the son at his mother. The painting whispers with life, and of conversation, of pride and love and complicated relationships. But that’s not the only reason he’s here in California. It’s time for a change.

Currently, Myles-Lea is delightedly traveling all over L.A., capturing his thoughts on the Hollywod sign, James Turrell at LACMA, and Joshua Tree National Park in his blog, While the Paint Dries, and exploring an entirely new direction: working on modern paintings of charismatic buildings in Palm Springs and Los Angeles. “This is my favorite place,” he says definitively. “I can’t seem to go to sleep because I’m so excited. It’s the light. It

changes the color of things and makes it so vivid it has a psychological effect on me. I feel so energized.”

And as for all those beautifully detailed garden paintings? “I don’t want to repeat myself, but the Getty Villa would be quite fun, or the White House,” Myles-Lea muses, with a twinkle in his eye. •

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“The carefully sculpted plants, now numbering around 1,500, suggest to me the forms they might take,” says the designer. “The entire exercise is very fluid and spontaneous, with a great deal of accident, surprise, experimentation and randomness.”

He planted the box and then hand-carved the plants into a maze of undulating, cloud-like forms.

“The shapes are so mysterious and original,” says Shapiro. The clipped box project was the basis for what has become and remains his obsession.

Shapiro conceived the clipped mounds and sculptures and does all the shaping and shearing by hand with specialized Japanese shears and clippers. Heavy-duty American versions go into action for rough work. More are added every year, and his skill at creating new effects reflects his passion. Well-worn Japanese leather gloves attest to Shapiro’s attacks on woody branches and rampant and unruly twigs.

“It is a work in progress, always being refined and altered somewhat,” says Shapiro. “With these shears, the sculptural possibilities are endless, very precise and rapid. Gratification is instant.”

Over the last few years, Shapiro has written his autobiography in leaves, covering every square foot of the free space, planting rare specimen trees and creating vast and wavy vistas in every direction, like a flock of green sheep roaming his land.

The evergreen garden, tranquil and shaded, changes subtly from season to season. A burst of light green new growth and the beauty of mauve wisteria and blue jacaranda blossoms herald the spring. Colorful fallen leaves indicate the last days of autumn.

Juniper trees form a background of green curtain. Boston ivy covers the walls of the studio, where the designer crafts new collections and meets clients.

Shapiro planted Eugenia to secure the tall property-line hedges. An impenetrable perimeter of trees, hedges and foliage entirely obscures the house and landscape garden from the exterior.

He also planted exceptional trees and shrubs, including Italian cypress, Ficus nitida, king and queen palms, fragrant Pittosporum, Schefflera actinophylla, Podocarpus henkelii (with its elegant slender leaves), as well as jacaranda, Norfolk pine and Rhapis excelsa (a dramatic fan palm).

Shapiro’s pool house (just 20 feet wide) is an exact copy of the portico at Palladio’s Villa Chiericati outside Vicenza. He discovered the 16th-century architect’s original construction drawings in a book from his private library.

Shapiro executed the plans in weather-resistant wood and then eroded and covered the surfaces with plaster, lime and varied pigments to simulate ancient stone and to give the portico and the entire scene an authentic antique appearance.

He uses weather-faded furnishings that appear old and worn and well used. The pool

house is the perfect hideaway for festive apéritifs in the evening, as a bucolic setting for a quiet summer lunch, or even as the stage set for an early supper on a winter evening with the fire blazing and darkness settling over the trees.

“I was steeped in post-war conceptual art for over 35 years, and as a working sculptor, I sensed that something other than mere landscaping was taking place,” he says. “It was at this juncture that I began to realize that for me, this entire exercise had very little to do with gardens.

Somewhere along the way, I had forgotten that I was installing plants. Instead, I was in a dream state, creating art populated not only by individual sculptural forms but rather a fully integrated whole, with Buxus as the medium.”

Shapiro says that his lifelong immersion in the world of art had taught him to see everything as art, or at least as the fodder for art. It’s silent here in his verdant domain. Undisturbed, he can work for hours, his artistic instincts and imagination taking over. For him, it’s sculpture, creation, expression.

“My garden, it is now obvious, is my art project, endlessly captivating and inspiring,” he says.

The primary objective—that of total creativity and isolation—has been achieved. Richard Shapiro’s Studiolo line of furniture is sold in showrooms around the country or at the Los Angeles studio by appointment, 310-275-6700; studiolo.com. •

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Crawford is quick to admit the house, recently featured in Architectural Digest, isn’t the most practical, but the weather is “always awesome,” and she insists that’s not what the house was built for: “You could never live there full time, because it’s completely open, but because it’s a vacation house…it can be more of a fantasy.”

It’s evident that much has changed since her days on the runway, but Crawford remains passionate about modeling. “I’m much more comfortable in front of a camera now than I was when I was 20…unfortunately, I might not look as good!” she laughs. “But in some ways, I feel I have more to offer.” Given her burgeoning miniempire, that statement doesn’t only apply to her modeling career. Nine years ago, Crawford started Meaningful Beauty, a skincare line, with a Parisian cosmetic surgeon she met through a friend, and she has been actively involved in each step of the business ever since. “I felt like it was my job as a model to take care of my skin,” she explains of her love for the project. She uses the day cream with SPF 20 religiously, and her fervor for protecting her skin has resonated with her children. “It’s second nature to them,” she says proudly, but hesitates when she reflects on her own skincare regimen. “I really stopped over-sunning myself early, after a bad sunburn…still, there was the 18 years before that where I was frying in our backyard in Illinois!”

The other arm of her thriving brand is Cindy Crawford Home, a furniture collection that began as a collaboration with Rooms To Go, after her former Brentwood home was featured in Elle Decor. Refreshingly, Crawford views her business successes as shared entities: “I know what’s right for me and my brand,” she says confidently, but she credits the long-term loyal team she has built

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around her. “We respect what each other knows… and we really divide and conquer.”

Reinvention, it seems, comes quite naturally to Crawford, even though she still refers to herself as “old school.” She laughingly laments that her instinct at the photo shoot earlier in the day should have been to post on Instagram, as many of the young models do today, showing behindthe-scenes looks at fashion shows and their glamorous lives. “They have so many more opportunities for direct relationships with their fans through social media now,” she reflects thoughtfully. “The first time people got a glimpse of my personality was through MTV and ‘House of Style,’” the popular television show she hosted for six years in the early 1990s. Warm and surpris-

ingly funny, Crawford transformed the image of inaccessible supermodel and made herself seem approachable…even normal.

This past year, Crawford made the familiar journey back to the “very normal, almost ‘Leave It to Beaver’ normal” Midwest. And while there, she brought her daughter, Kaia, to visit the Wisconsin hospital where Crawford is involved and where her younger brother, Jeff, was treated for leukemia before he died (he was four, and she was 10 years old). “My husband and I want to start a trust for our kids because they are old enough now to be included in our philanthropy,” she says. “Not money for them but money for them to give away. I want them to understand that when you are given a lot, a lot is expected of you, and how you give back.” •

ON OUR COVER

$122,000, FD Gallery, N.Y., 212-772-2440. Jacob & Co. white gold and emerald cut diamond watch, $310,000, Jacob & Co., N.Y., 212-719-5887; jacobandco.com.

Valentino black tuxedo jumpsuit, $3,490, Neiman Marcus, B.H., 310-550-5900. Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane silver choker, $1,945, saintlaurent.com.

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p.34 Michael Kors gold long sleeve gown, $11,995, select Michael Kors stores; michaelkors.com.

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ALL THAT GLITTERS p.85 Christian Louboutin gold spike Mina clutch, $2,995, christianlouboutin.com.

Marchesa gold metal chain with silver crystal embroidery oval box, $2,995, similar styles available at Neiman Marcus, B.H., 310-550-5900. Roger Vivier Maxi Boite de Nuit Orthodoxe clutch, $2,795, Roger Vivier, C.M., South Coast Plaza, 714-435-0015. Tom Ford white and orange evening minaudiere, $2,340, Tom Ford, B.H., 310-270-9440. Valentino pink pearl clutch, $4,245, Valentino, B.H., 310-247-0103. p.86 Jimmy Choo black and crystal pointed pumps, $3,250, jimmychoo.com. Emporio Armani red flats, $850, armani.com. Roger Vivier Black satin slipper with allover gold sequins and beading, $2,125, Roger Vivier, C.M., South Coast Plaza, 714-435-0015. Dolce & Gabbana red lace sling back kitten heels with glass beads, $1,495, select Dolce & Gabbana boutiques; 877-703-4872; dolcegabbana.com. Giuseppe Zanotti crystal sandals, $3,250, Giuseppe Zanotti, B.H., 310-550-5760; giuseppezanottidesign.com.

ABOVE WATER p.98 Balenciaga natural and red raffia Panier clutch, $625, Barneys New York, B.H., 310-276-4400. Gianvito Rossi for Altuzarra gray suede mules, price upon request, altuzarra.com. Aurélie Biderman gold vermeil and coral lacquer necklace, $1,270, Barneys New York, B.H., 310-276-4400, barneys.com. Newbark black and white stripe Roma sandals, $295, A’maree’s, N.B., 949-642-4423. Hermès nautical silk scarf, $325, hermes.com. Chloé gold plated ring, $255, netaporter.com. Balenciaga gold tone smooth chain track earrings, $395, Mona Moore, Venice, 800-619-0674. Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Traditionnelle Lady watch, $24,200, Vacheron Constantin, B.H., 310-598-2026, vacheron-constantin.com. Prada leather bracelet, $215, select Prada stores; prada.com. Mulberry midnight blue bag, $4,200, Mulberry, S.F., 888-685-6856. Jimmy Choo black and white Flame patent leather pumps, $695, select Jimmy Choo stores; jimmychoo.com. BRACE YOURSELF p.100 Asprey white gold and mother of pearl Daisy diamond watch, $48,250, Asprey, B.H., 310-550-0520; asprey.com. Van Cleef & Arpels Fox Trot timepiece featuring diamond bracelet with white mother-of-pearl dial and Swiss Quartz Movement set in white gold, price upon request, Van Cleef & Arpels, B.H., 310-276-1161; vancleefarpels.com. Chanel Premiere Haute Joaillerie watch in white gold, onyx and step cut diamonds $69,000, select Chanel Fine Jewelry stores, 800-550-0005; chanel.com. Piaget Couture Précieuse cuff watch in white gold with a silvered dial set with a total of 142 brilliant-cut and marquise-diamonds, price upon request, 877-874-2438; piaget.com. Patek Philippe diamond, emerald and ruby Art Deco watch,

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p.154 Roberto Cavalli black and gold beaded dress, price upon request, select Roberto Cavalli stores; robertocavalli.com. David Yurman thick woven cable cuff in yellow gold, $17,500, David Yurman, B.H., 310-888-8618. Pomellato oval black stone with black diamonds, gold band ring, $11,850, pomellato.com. p.155 Versace matte stretch black blazer, $3,875, select Versace stores, 888-721-7219. J. Mendel matte crepe asymmetrical layered wrap long skirt with slit, $1,950, jmendel.com. David Yurman gold Mosaic oval chain necklace in yellow gold, $2,600, and oval Link necklace in yellow gold, $5,300, David Yurman, B.H., 310-888-8618. p.156 Gucci black snakeskin dress, $1,850, Neiman Marcus, B.H., 310-550-5900. Jimmy Choo black suede pumps, $595, available at select Jimmy Choo boutiques; jimmychoo.com. Cartier gold bracelet, $6,850, Cartier, B.H., 310-275-4272; cartier. us. p.158 Gucci copper strapless dress, $4,000, Neiman Marcus, B.H., 310-550-5900. Manolo Blahnik black Tayler pumps with patent coper heel, $735, barneys.com . p.159 Altuzarra v-neck button up blouse, $995, and draped leg pants, $1,575, similar styles available at Barneys New York, B.H., 310-276-4400. Eres green mesh bra, $230, select Eres boutiques, 888-656-3737. Gucci metallic platforms, price upon request; gucci.com. David Yurman gold and diamond bracelet, $8,400, David Yurman, B.H., 310-888-8618. MAKEUP Le Jour de Chanel face care, $85, Les Beige sheer powders in #20 and #30, $58, and Rouge Allure Luminous Intense lip color in Passion, $34, chanel.com. Koh Gen Do Aqua foundation in OC2, $62, barneys.com. Hourglass Cosmetics Film Noir Mascara, $28, us.spacenk.com.

Ellis Faas Creamy Eyes in 109 and 105, $36, ellisfaas. com. Make Up For Ever Uplight Face Luminizer Gel, $29, sephora.com. Votre Vu Arch de Triumph Brow Definer in Dark Brown, $17, votrevu.com.

PRETTY IN PINK

p.169 Valentino pink down coat, $4,790, pink sweater, $850, white cotton blouse, $660, and pink shorts, $650, Valentino, B.H., 310-247-0103. Manolo Blahnik blush pink ankle strap heels, $725, Neiman Marcus, B.H., 800-937-9146; neimanmarcus.com. Balenciaga dusty rose weekender Tube Round L bag with gold hardware, $2,150, Balenciaga, N.Y., 212-206-0872.

Vhernier light pink stone Laguna ring in pink gold with mother of pearl siderite and rock crystal, $6,900, Vhernier, B.H. 310-273-2444. p.170 Dior pink silk dress with front zipper closure, $13,000, burgundy knit bra, $1,050, and metallic cotton briefs, $990, Dior, B.H., 310-859-4700. Christian Louboutin dark cherry T-Slick pumps, $795, Christian Louboutin, L.A., 310-247-9300. Vhernier Navette ring in pink gold with garnet and other of pearl, Vhernier, B.H. 310-273-2444. p.171 Erdem embroidered lace sequins sleeveless Jemima mini dress with collar, $3,950, barneys.com. p.172 Burberry London pink cropped

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by Victoria Kastner, foreward by Stephen T. Hearst, $50, Abrams. motorcycle leather jacket, $2,195, burberry.com.

Lanvin pink wrap dress, $2,695, Lanvin, B.H., 310-402-0580. p.173 Ralph Lauren pink cropped sweater, $1,198, select Ralph Lauren stores; ralphlauren.com. Rochas pink silk sailor cady pants, $1,365, rochas.com. Jimmy Choo pale pink Ari pumps, $675, select Jimmy Choo stores; jimmychoo. com. Bottega Veneta silver chain link necklace, $5,550, Bottega Veneta, B.H., 310-858-6533. p.174-175 Equipment sheer pale blouse, $238, Equipment, L.A., 323-380-8889; equipmentfr.com. Oscar de la Renta bubble hem skirt, $1,290, blush resin buckle belt, $790, and resin rose necklace, $595, neimanmarcus. com. Dior satin and patent calfskin pumps, $990, Dior, B.H., 310-859-4700. Saint Laurent grey sunglasses, $310, Solstice Sunglasses; solsticesunglasses.com. p.176 Equipment peach blazer, $468, Bergdorf Goorman, N.Y.; bergdorfgoodman.com.

Derek Lam polka-dot blouse, and pants, prices upon request, Neiman Marcus, B.H., 310-550-5900; neimanmarcus.com. David Webb diamond and black enamel bangle, $19,500, and yellow gold, platinum and diamond necklace, $24,500, David Webb, B.H., 310-858-8006. p.177 Equipment collared black long sleeve blouse, $208, Equipment, L.A., 323-330-8889.

Zac Posen powder pink corseted dress, $2,750, Neiman Marcus, B.H., 310-550-5900. Jimmy Choo lychee, black and silver flats, $650, Jimmy Choo, B.H., 310-860-9045. Hermès white leather strap watch, $2,700, hermes.com. p.178 Balenciaga black jersey V top, $955, Balenciaga, L.A., 310-854-0557; pale pink skirt, $1,545, The Webster, Miami, 305-674-7899; and bracelet, $525, Balenciaga, L.A., 310-854-0557.

Manolo Blahnik suede mules, $665, Barneys New York, N.Y., 212-826-8900. Vhernier Eclisse medi white gold earrings, $10,700, and Piroutte ring in white gold $7,400, Vhernier, B.H. 310-273-2444. p.179 Chloé virgin wool pink coat, $2,195, white top, $1,075, and ivory wool shorts, $895, Chloé, B.H., 323-602-0000. Gianvito Rossi nude pumps with black toe and ankle strap, $790, net-a-porter.com. David Webb diamond and black enamel ring set in yellow gold and platinum, $21,000, David Webb, B.H., 310-858-8006. MAKEUP Koh Gen Doh Cleansing Water, $39, Oriental Plans Emollient Cream, $123, Maifanshi Moisture Foundation, $62, and Maifanshi Natural Lighting Powder, $42, kohgendocosmetics.

M.A.C Lipmix in orange, $15, and Cream Colour Base in Madly Magenta, $20, maccosmetics.com. Giorgio Armani Beauty Maestro Eye Shadow in #5, $30, giorgioarmanibeauty-usa.com.

CORRECTIONS NOVEMBER 2013 In “Playing it Cool,” p.117, Kate Beckinsale’s Underworld character name was misspelled. She played Selena.

In “Sleep Walkers,” p.143, the fashion credits should have referred back to p.140: Louis Vuitton shirt, $1,480, and pants, $1,400.

Brunello Cucinelli turtleneck, $835. Harry Winston ring, price upon request.

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HUMPHREY BOGART AND LAUREN BACALL WITH THEIR SON, STEPHEN, ON DECEMBER 24, 1951 Lauren Bacall was just 19 when she met Humphrey Bogart on the set of 1944’s To Have and Have Not. Bogie was married to his third wife at the time and 25 years Bacall’s senior, but he divorced and popped the question within a matter of months. “Baby,” as he called her, was born Betty Joan Perske to Jewish immigrants in New York City (she is in fact a first cousin to Shimon Peres, the current president and former prime minister of Israel). Bogie was very accepting of her religion, but Bacall concealed the fact she was Jewish publicly because she was frightened by the post-war anti-Semitism in Hollywood. And so, at home in Beverly Hills on Christmas eve, the couple pose with their young son, Stephen, in front of a tinsel-laden tree.

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