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Jenni Kayne’s Family Abode
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118 mademoiselle kruger Living between the city of Lights and the city of Angels, Diane Kruger has become the small screen’s most fashionable leading lady.
San Francisco designer Kendall Wilkinson dreams up a glossy San Francisco flat that’s classic with an edge.
130 Basic instincts the beverly Hills family residence of fashion designer Jenni Kayne and realtor richard ehrlich offers exalted quietude for reflection and play.
140 frame work canvasing the scene in fierce leather silhouettes, fall’s top designs are now on display.
146 ByZantine Beauty restored to its 1920s majesty, the enchanting crocker-Fagan mansion stands its ground amid Monterey’s windswept cypresses.
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From exclusive Malibu parties
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terrace, she has already paid a mind-numbing visit to the DMV. But if there’s any lingering irritation, it doesn’t show. Fortunately, for the sake of our meeting, she passed her driving test and has just rewarded herself with a pedicure in West Hollywood—a pretty burgundy to match the Mary Katrantzou dress she’ll wear to the FX party at Soho House later in the evening. “I was pulled over for speeding at 2 a.m., coming from work in Long Beach,” she exclaims, as if she’s presenting in front of a jury—yet still wearing green salon flip flops. “I have a French license because I live part time in France. I also had all this bruised makeup on because we were shooting a car crash, and the cop looked at me and was like [adjusting to masculine officer voice], ‘Have you been drinking?’” She takes a bite of her lobster taco and continues, “I was trying to charm him. I said, ‘I play a cop on this show…’ and he’s like, ‘Yeah whatever, not happening.’” Perhaps Officer Friendly had missed the first three episodes of “The Bridge” on FX. Kruger, 37, does indeed play a very dedicated member of the force, even though Detective Sonya Cross suffers from a not-so-subtle form of Asperger’s Syndrome. Mentally unstable and fighting homicide along the Texas-Mexico border is not the most obvious place for a former model from Germany to end up, but it’s incredibly captivating. (Imagine Carrie Mathison of “Homeland” fighting immigration instead of terrorism on primetime television every Wednesday evening.) Even though she claims her Spanish is “horrible,” after 30 films (most notably Troy, 2004, and Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, 2009), Kruger’s small screen breakout seems like a natural fit. “The pace of it is so much faster. Coming from movies sometimes, I’m just like, ‘No, you have to get this right, you need to spend time, I don’t care how long we’re here tonight.’” That’s not to say this is Kruger’s first time on television. In 2010, she appeared in an episode of “Fringe” opposite Joshua Jackson, her partner of seven years (and counting). He was the star of the drama, which concluded its final season in January of this year. Throughout its filming in Vancouver—where Jackson and Kruger have lived on and off from 2008 to 2013—Kruger would jet back and forth between shooting French films (Farewell, My Queen; Un Plan Parfait; Me, Myself and Mum) and various Hollywood projects (including The Green Blade Rises, a forthcoming biopic of Abraham Lincoln’s early life). Of her relocation to California last winter, “This is the first time in five years that we are in the same place,” she says. Part of the reason she accepted the part on “The Bridge” was because it films in L.A. Here, Simi Valley doubles as the dusty outskirts of El Paso. The dangerous Juarez slums? Our very own Downtown L.A. And while this may not be her only home, it’s very familiar territory. Jackson bought his family
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property in Topanga Canyon, which the couple uses as a weekend retreat from their home in Beachwood Canyon. It has been a peaceful nesting period—that is, until last week, when the paparazzi staked out the city house and chased her down the street. “I’m crying, and Josh keeps telling me to go to the police station and tell them there are people following me,” she says, still a little nonplussed. “It must be the show, I don’t know what else it would be. It’s not like I changed anything. It’s not like we have a very exciting life.” The latter is arguable, but it’s true that she has been able to fly reasonably under the radar considering a) how striking her bone structure is in person; and b) the snapping frenzy that occurs every time she steps onto a red carpet. Kruger doesn’t like to go out except for fashion and work events. Hollywood parties? “He [Jackson] hates going to shit like that.” She even missed the most recent Paris Fashion Week to film the indie Midnight Sun, in New Mexico, with Jesse Eisenberg and Emily Hirsch. She informs that precisely “5/6th” of her friends are not in the industry (one count for Karl Lagerfeld). Her 20-yearplus relationship with Chanel is also an anomaly. This fall, she stars as the face of their new beauty campaign shot by Peter Lindbergh. Lagerfeld attests from his office in Paris, “I have known Diane for a long time. She doesn’t have a stylist, so I deal directly with her. She knows exactly what she wants and what fits her.” The fellow Germans are also neighbors in Paris. Lagerfeld adds, “We share a deep understanding of each other.” Today, in a faded leopard sweatshirt dress from Topshop with her hair in a simple bun, she also wears a few rings, including a thin diamond band on her fourth finger, which she’s quick to point out is not an engagement ring. Since her 2006 divorce from French actor/director Guillaume Canet, she has resisted the idea. “What’s important is the commitment. It’s not the size of the ring your wear on your finger. You know, I don’t place particular importance on that, but I would love a nice gift!” What is important is Paris. “It’s part of the deal. I come with Paris, there’s no negotiating that,” she says. She first moved to the city when she was 16 to model and purchased her apartment in the 7th Arrondissement eight years ago. On whether she’ll start a family there: “Yeah, I know it. I see myself raising kids there. I would love that, having little French babies in Bonpoint.” The couple will return to the City of Lights when she wraps the first season of “The CONTINUED ON PAGE 152
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fresh seaweed, provide honest analysis. He links how his house burning down at the age of four segued into foraging. That becomes inspiration for a plate of redwood tips, sprouted wheatberries and duck that he has aged for two weeks—technically profound and exacting. Patterson doesn’t praise the overly lavish (“Nothing wrong with that, it’s just not how I cook”). Components may be hand-picked, seasonal and at times obscure, but Patterson’s world is not about making things difficult in vain. In the end, he doesn’t really belong in either S.F. culinary extreme. All he wants to do, he writes, is, “construct an extraordinary dish out of ordinary ingredients.” danielpattersongroup.com. •
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Bridge” at end of summer and, “We’ll see. It happens when it happens.” Until the style spawn arrives, Kruger is nurturing another side project. A few years ago, she purchased the rights to the story of Hedy Lamarr, an Austro-American actress and mathematician. She is perhaps equally famous for being the first woman to bare her chest on screen (Ecstasy, 1933) as she is for patenting a “Secret Communication System” to detect enemy torpedoes and bombs. (The idea behind this technology would evolve into the foundation for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.) Kruger has the “Boardwalk Empire” producers on the project and is working on finding a Hollywood studio home for it. Putting down roots across the globe is something Kruger is embracing—and a commute between Charles de Gaulle and LAX seems to be perfectly suitable for the time being—with or without un bébé. To make the transition easier between her two homes, she also just purchased a Vespa like the vintage one she has in Paris—a reminder of her European roots that will certainly avert future speeding tickets. •
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for kids,” she explains. “And I love to help out, but frankly, it was getting a little exhaust-
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ing. Now I just put it all on the blog, and when people ask for advice I send them there.” Though she once dreamed of expanding her brand to include lifestyle items, for now, she’s content to inform her followers of tastemakers she finds around town, be it Maurice Harris of Bloom & Plume for artful floral arrangements, the vegetable garden whiz Laurie Kranz of Edible LA, or Amanda Chantal Bacon of Moon Juice. When it came time to decorate her own home, Kayne deferred to style authority, Christian Liaigre, and borrowed liberally from his aesthetic. “A lot of the ideas from this house came from his first book on design, Maison,” she says. She set out to create an environment that was “clean, neutral, warm and comfortable,” and adds, “The house is modern, but we’re not modern people. We added a lot of natural, organic elements.” The first step was to purchase the majority of reclaimed wood from a single Amish barn in Pennsylvania. “The ceilings in the kitchen are from the siding. We used the big beams, which we hollowed out, all over the house. And some of the wood from the beams was used to create our kitchen counters,” she says. A long farm table from Obsolete lines one wall; and woven leather chairs from JF Chen, and white linen upholstered sofas custom made by Molly Isaacson surround a concrete, dual-sided fireplace. Kayne also commissioned an alabaster fixture from JF Chen, and she designed a generous two-sided master bath with a shared shower that’s certainly a lesson in marital diplomacy. But the home’s most impressive feature might be its art collection. Paintings of Native Americans by Alison Van Pelt hang above the dining table; family photos from friend Michael Muller line the hallway leading to the master suite at the rear of the house; and an oversized image of a woman floating serenely in a turquoise sea is the only jolt of bold color in the living room. “I am so lucky my mom didn’t have enough wall space for this one,” she says. “I like to say it’s on loan.” With the scent of wood smoke from the fireplace lingering in the air, and the wall of green that lines the pool, it’s easy to forget the property is a stone’s throw from the tourist throngs and retailers of Beverly Hills—a place where Kayne swore she would never reside again. “I never thought I’d live in the flats! It was hills all the way for me,” she says. “But I love it. It’s so convenient. The sidewalks are great for the kids. And in this house,
you can’t see a single neighbor. It feels so calm. You could literally be anywhere.” Kayne has created an impressive oasis for her family, equal parts adult refuge and kid paradise. “People are kind of shocked I have white furniture with little kids around. But I just have my eco Scotchgard person come, like, once every couple of months. Everything just wipes off. You’ve got to try it. I’ll give you the number.” •
p.87 Jeffrey Alan Marks: The Meaning of Home, $45, Rizzoli.
p.146 California Splendor Splendor, $85, Rizzoli.
p.107 An Invitation to Château du Grand-Lucé: Decorating a Great French Country House, $65, Rizzoli.