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WHEN THE CUE TEAM sat down to plan this issue in January, publisher Margo DuBos came up with an idea: “Let’s call it the skin issue,” she suggested. It felt like a perfect fit for a magazine published in July, when the summer heat pivots from sultry to oppressive. Bared skin, the more the better, is a key strategy for dealing with heat. Over the following months, we brainstormed ways to focus on skin. Our fashion spread (p. 19), in which boho looks reveal glimpses of glowing shoulders, backs and midriffs, was one such attempt. So is the New & Cool feature (p. 11), a roundup of home and fashion pieces made from exotic animal hides. Last, we put together a beauty feature about popular cosmetic procedures (p. 29) that bring a renewed vitality to skin. Looking through the issue, I doubt many people would be able to guess its underlying theme. (Just writing that sentence makes me feel like I’m back in freshman English class.) But I’m glad there is one. A theme gives the issue the sort of cohesion you’d find in an entertaining beach read — which I hope this issue will be for many of you.

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Animal instincts Exotic skin accessories bring the call of the wild to your home or outfit. BY CALLIE KIT TREDGE

MIXED BAG

Vintage leather patchwork purse, $42.50 at Funky Monkey

MOOVE YOUR FEET

Cow hair-printed heel, $129.99 at Feet First

HORSIN’ AROUND

Horse hair pillow, $138 at Hazelnut

REPTILIAN WRAP

Charlie Jade Missoni kimono, $174 at Hemline Metairie

SNEAKY SNAKE

PRETTY IN PYTHON

Python print pants, $59 at Maiya Boutique

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Ultimate home bar BY MISSY WILKINSON

PHOTOS BY SEAN AMBROSE FOR SOLOMON GROUP

Gary Solomon Jr.’s stylish pad melds work and play. GARY SOLOMON JR.’S great-grandparents were Lebanese immigrants who lived above their shop. “I always thought that was the coolest thing,” Solomon says. “I knew I wanted to live by my office.” The 29-year-old president and co-founder of Solomon Group, an events production company, found the ideal space in a mid1900s warehouse. He hired architecture firm Eskew+Dumez+Ripple and interior design team Bockman+ Forbes to turn the down-

Climate-controlled wine room in an old elevator shaft

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“Some of the best ideas come over more casual cocktails.” — Gary Solomon Jr.

Pig painting by Landon Lott

wh at g uy s wa nt stairs into a cleanlined, modern office for Solomon Group. The upstairs became Solomon’s residence: a warehouse-chic living area connected to his office by a private staircase. “Downstairs reflects our brand and upstairs reflects my personal style,” Solomon says. “[Upstairs] has become an extension of our office — we bring clients up here for drinks. Some of the best ideas come over casual cocktails.” High-gloss floors juxtapose a raw, exposed warehouse ceiling, and an old elevator shaft houses a climate-controlled wine room, built by Solomon Group. With an open floor plan, recessed bar lighting controlled by iPad and four ice machines, the space is ideal for parties. “My work is an extension of what I’m passionate about, which is entertaining,” Solomon says. “I built this place around what I love.”

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Salut, sous-vide! Take the plunge with the high-tech yet simple cooking method. BY ANDRE A BLUMENS TEIN

Sous-vide cooking involves placing bagged food in a warm water bath. Photo courtesy Mellow

WITH ITS LARGE, WATER-FILLED VESSEL and thermometer, a sous-vide machine looks more at home in a science lab than in a kitchen. Sous-vide is a style of cooking and literally means “under vacuum,” says Phillip Lopez, executive chef and co-owner of Root and Square Root. “With sous vide, you are cooking with moisture instead of with dry heat,” Lopez says. “It allows chefs or cooks to really refine ... and also control the ingredients that they want to cook.” Conventional ovens use dry heat, which cooks meat from the outside in. “The problem with this style of cooking … is that if you forget about it, you end up with an incredibly dry piece of meat,” Lopez says. By contrast, sous-vide cooking involves putting meat, vegetables, spices, herbs and oils in a vacuum-sealed bag, which is

bu i lt i n st yle then submerged in the sous-vide machine’s heated water bath to cook. “Sous-vide is becoming more popular because it holds your food out of the temperature danger zone, gives it more time to develop flavors and puts the control in your hands,” says Samantha Carroll, chef/ owner of Sac-a-Lait. “The vacuum seal increases the pressure inside the bag,” says Lopez, who offers lamb meatballs cooked sous-vide at Square Root. “When you use a small chamber vacuum, everything you put into the bag, all of those essences are now infused into the meat or vegetables. You are pushing the volatile compounds, the oils and essences, into the main ingredient. Those flavors are infusing at a very high rate of speed. No need to marinate; it is self-contained.” Home sous-vide machines work with either vacuum- or zip-sealed bags. “A classically trained chef would [cook] … sous-vide with a chamber vacuum, but the sous-vide enthusiast community found out that you can get the same results using zip-seal bags,” says Ze Pinto Ferreira, co-creator of Mellow, a smart sous-vide machine that is activated and programmed through a smartphone. Mellow is available for preorder now, and other sous-vide machines are for sale in home appliance stores, including Williams-Sonoma. Unlike traditional vacuum-sealed sous-vide bags, Mellow bags seal themselves using pressure from the water. Home chefs can assemble meals in bags ahead of time, refrigerate them in the sous-vide machine’s chilled water and activate the cooking process remotely using their smartphones. Carroll calls sous-vide machines “the foodie’s version of a CrockPot” — put a bag of meat, fish, vegetables or eggs in the machine before leaving for work, return to a dinner like duck confit or teriyaki chicken. “The vision is simple: to make great home-cooked food convenient through … a technology that works more like a sous chef for home cooks than a cooking device,” Ferreira says. Pickles are one of Lopez’s favorite things to make sous-vide. “To make pickled peaches, put them in a bag with just a little bit of apple cider vinegar, cinnamon sticks, bay leaves, maybe some raw sugar and a splash of bourbon,” Lopez says. “Twenty to 30 minutes in sous-vide water ... gives you an awesome end product.” AUGUST. 2 0 1 5 <<<

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY JASON KRUPPA STYLING BY ALG STYLE

Shoulder to shoulder Top: Maxi dress, $159 at Fini; earrings, $14 at Pop City. Right: cutout top, $46 at Hickory Chicks; earrings, $25 at Grandmother’s Buttons. Next page: Green dress, $95 at Pop City; stone ring, $12 at Hickory Chicks.

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Legs for days Left: Caftan, $66.95, necklace, $110, both at Grandmother’s Buttons. Lacy top, $44, and shorts, $45, both at Hickory Chicks; earrings, $25 at Grandmother’s Buttons.

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Navel gazing Clockwise from top left: Kimono, $79.95, at Grandmother’s Buttons; drawstring jeans, $38 at Hickory Chicks; bralette, $20 at gae-tana’s. Crop top, $36 at gae-tana’s; palazzo pants, $159 at Fini; necklace, $175 at Neon Heart. Bracelet, $38 at Fini; maxi skirt, $44.50 at gae-tana’s; necklace, $34 at Hickory Chicks; lace bralette, $38 at Fini. PAGE 22

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PHOTOGRAPHY Jason Kruppa ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Dora Sison STYLING Aimee Gowland and Corrie Pellerin for ALG Style STYLING ASSISTANT Courtney C. Jones and Grace Zwirn HAIR AND MAKEUP Kelsey Edwards for Glenn Michael Salon MODELS Bianca Finch for John Robert Powers Tanyell Waivers

Back in action Clockwise from top left: Romper, $64 at Fini; earrings, $21 at Grandmother’s Buttons. Dress with back detail, $76 at Fini. Crocheted shirt, $61.95, necklace, $87, both at Grandmother’s Buttons.

ON THE COVER

Maxi dress, $98 at Fini; earrings, $37 at Grandmother’s Buttons.

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Sand castle molds, $2.50-$5 each at ZukaBaby

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Le Top Fish Swimsuit, $32 at Haase’s

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SPF COMFY

Sunsnapz Uber Blanket with SPF 50, $42 at ZukaBaby

GONE FISHIN’

Boys’ romper, $56 at Little Miss Muffin

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Body sculpting BY MISSY WILKINSON

Three doctors share the scoop on popular cosmetic procedures.

LEGS VEIN THERAPY

The procedure: “Sclerotherapy involves injecting a sclerosing solution into the lumen of the vessel itself (the inside of the vein). This causes the blood vessel to collapse and then fade away. … When the vessels are too tiny to respond to treatment with sclerotherapy, we can use various lasers to get rid of them.” — Dr. Leah Jacob, dermatologist at Uptown Dermatology and Aesthetics Recovery time: No downtime Price: Around $600 per session.

LASER HAIR REMOVAL

The procedure: “The laser light is attracted to the hair bulb, which causes heating and destruction of the hair bulb. Because of the hairs’ growth cycle, you need to adhere to strict timelines.” — Dr. Penelope Treece of Southern Aesthetics Recovery time: No downtime Price: $75 and up for one session, with four to six sessions required for long-term hair reduction. PAGE 30

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NECK MICRONEEDLING

The procedure: “It uses very fine stainless steel needles to make tiny channels in your skin. These ‘microchannels’ give us a way to deliver topical serums to the deepest layers of skin where collagen is formed. With this response, old collagen is broken down and new collagen is formed, leading to an overall tightening effect.” — Dr. Leah Jacob, dermatologist at Uptown Dermatology and Aesthetics Recovery time: Minimal downtime, with redness lasting 24-48 hours Price: $200-$300 per treatment.

ULTHERAPY

The procedure: “Ultrasound [energy] stimulates collagen to regrow. We apply [the machine] to the neck, and the body will slowly, over the course of two to three months, form tighter collagen and suck in the neck’s [loose skin] in a subtle, gradual process.” — Dr. Miguel Aguilera, co-founder and co-owner of Chronos Recovery time: Discomfort during the procedure but no downtime Price: $200-$300 and up

ABS COOLSCULPTING

The procedure: “The head of the machine sucks in your fat and skin and slowly lowers the temperature of your body to the temperature at which the fat freezes and dies. Once you kill the fat, that fat is gone.” — Dr. Miguel Aguilera, co-founder and co-owner of Chronos Recovery time: No downtime Price: $700 to $1,400, depending on the region treated

LIPOSUCTION

The procedure: “Liposuction is the quickest way to remove fat for the greatest amount of results. That being said, it does require surgery and anesthesia.” — Dr. Penelope Treece of Southern Aesthetics Recovery time: Two weeks Price: $2,000-$6,000

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Top row (left to right), $110, $200 and $41; Bottom row: $64, $51 and $47, all at Grandmother’s Buttons.

New & Cool

Fashion

Feet First (200 Metairie Road, Suite 102, 504-324-9124; 526 Royal St., 504-569-0005; 4122 Magazine St., 504-899-6800; www.feetfirststores.com)

Fini (6250 General Diaz St., 504-304-0633; www.finiboutique.com)

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Funky Monkey (3127 Magazine St., 504-899-5587; www.facebook.com/funkymonkeyneworleans) Hazelnut (5515 Magazine St., 504-891-2424; www.hazelnutneworleans.com) Hemline Metairie (605 Metairie Road, Metairie, 504-309-8778; www.shophemline.com) Maiya Boutique (3000 Severn Ave., Suite 4, Metairie, 504-324-8745; www.facebook.com/maiyaboutique)

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gae-tana’s (7732 Maple St., 504-865-9625; www.gaetanas.com) Glenn Michael Salon (1623 Metairie Road, Metairie, 504-828-6848; www.glennmichaelsalon.com) Grandmother’s Buttons (2105 Magazine St., 504-249-5821; www.grandmothersbuttons.com) Hickory Chicks (1915 Hickory Ave., 504-324-2454; www.hickorychicksboutique.com) Neon Heart (1022 Lowerline St., 504-202-7983; www.facebook.com/ neonheartshop)

resou rces A LISTING OF THE RETAILERS AND PROFESSIONALS FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE OF CUE.

Pop City (940 Decatur St., 504-528-8559; 3118 Magazine St., 504-304-7744; www.facebook.com/ funrockn.popcity)

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Haase’s (8119 Oak St., 504-866-9944; www.haases.com) Little Miss Muffin (244 Metairie Road, Metairie, 504-833-6321; 766 Harrison Ave., 504-482-8200; www.shoplittlemissmuffin.com) Little Pnuts (209 Harrison Ave., 504-267-5083; www.littlepnuts.com) ZukaBaby (2122 Magazine St., 504-596-6540; 3248 Severn Ave., 504-407-2700; www.zukababy.com)

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Chronos (3200 N. Arnoult Road, Metairie, 504-267-4549; www.chronosbhw.com) Southern Aesthetics (3815 Hessmer Ave., Metairie, 504-779-7749; www.penelopetreece.com) Uptown Dermatology and Aesthetics (3434 Prytania St., Suite 310, 504897-5899; www.uptowndermatologyandaesthetics.com)

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Eclectic Home (8211 Oak St., 504-866-6654; www.eclectichome.net) Frenchy Gallery (610 Toulouse St., 504-581-3522; 8319 Oak St., 504-861-7595; www.frenchylive.com) Glue Clothing Exchange (8206 Oak St., 504-782-0619; www.glueclothingexchange.com) Haase’s (8119 Oak St., 504-866-9944; www.haases.com) Oak Wine Bar (8118 Oak St., 504-302-1485; www.oaknola.com) AUGUST. 2 0 1 5 <<<

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Shop late in the day, and watch as Oak Street’s bustling shopping scene gives way to vibrant nightlife.

CAMBRONNE ST.

Frenchy Gallery

(8319 Oak St.) Known for his dynamic live painting, artist Frenchy paints brush strokes that documentarians have likened to musical notes. Grab a drink at Oak and check out his gallery, but don’t come too early — the “King of Oak Street” is open from 6 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

Eclectic Home

DANTE ST.

(8211 Oak St.) Interior designer Penny Francis curates the quirky-yet-refined mix of home furnishings, lighting and accessories at this upscale showroom.

OAK ST. DUBLIN ST.

Glue Clothing Exchange

(8206 Oak St.) Co-owned by husband-andwife (and impeccably attired) team Jeff and Magda Nelson, this clothing resale spot has a decidedly groovy vibe. You’ll find costume items, men’s and women’s vintage clothes and unique pieces reconstructed by local designers.

Oak

(8118 Oak St.) This airy, modern bar offers a sleek setting for drinking more than 100 wines and noshing on small plates — plus, with a kitchen that stays open till midnight, it’s one of Riverbend’s few options for late-night dining.

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Haase’s

(8119 Oak St.) From its classic canvas sneakers and sailor dresses to its Buster Brown helium balloon tank and school uniforms, this family-owned children’s shoe and clothing emporium offers a shopping experience tinged with nostalgia.

five precious gems Saks Fifth Avenue Tiffany & Co. Jack Sutton Fine Jewelry Mignon Faget Donald J Pliner

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