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CONTENTS

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Solstice style

Wood nymph-inspired holiday frocks

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New & Cool

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CUE In

Luxe, lovely fur accessories

Starr Hagenbring’s eclectic style

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Built in Style

CUE Tips

Mighty microgreens

Two new shops: a thrift store and a boutique

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Holiday gift guide Wrapper’s delight

Where + Wear

How Tamica Lee dresses for holiday galas

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THIS TIME SEVEN YEARS AGO, I WAS POURING WINE FOR A DOG that was wearing a necktie.

The quirky tableau had been assembled for a CUE cover photo reshoot. Because our original cover fell through, I was wrangling the dog three days before the issue was scheduled to go to press. Also, this was my first week on the job.

It was a crash course in the deadline-driven, unpredictable and sometimes just plain weird world of magazines. This month’s cover, by comparison, was a straight shot: we photographed it more than a month ago, when temperatures were still in the high 80s. You’d never know our model was sweating in her holiday gowns and fur accessories (p. 24), or how hard it was to nail down a wig vendor during Halloween, when pretty much any costumer is slammed.

Over the years, as my role at CUE has shifted from intern to contributor to editor, I’ve learned to manage the con-

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Whether fur or fake, these accessories give you warm fuzzies.

TO INFINITY AND BEYOND

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ALL EARS AND CHEERS

Faux fur earmuffs, $39.50 at J. Crew.

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Rabbit fur animal print bolero jacket, $600 at The Mix.

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The latest, greatest appliances make growing greens at home a snap.

BY K ATHERINE M . JOHNSON

TINY, BRIGHTLY COLORED AND FLAVORFUL MICROGREENS are larger and more mature than sprouts, but younger than fully grown plants. The superfood is harvested after one to two weeks of growth and contains significantly higher levels of nutrients than ripe counterparts, according to the USDA. Attracted to the ease of growing microgreens and their nutritional benefits, many people are turning to home growing kits that range in complexity from plastic trays with drainage holes to temperature-controlled appliances with interchangeable shelves.

One such device, the Urban Cultivator, is the Cadillac of indoor gardening. There’s an under-the-counter machine that connects to a plumbing system for fully automated watering cycles, and a standalone, wheeled version topped with a wooden butcher block that adds counter space.

“It’s perfect for people that live in an urban area — apartments, condos, downtown — any area without greenspace,” says Malinda Hill of Nordic Kitchens & Baths.

“Growing is easy. You can use grow sheets or plant seeds, and within two days it’s already sprouting.”

The Urban Cultivator holds four 10-by-20-inch flats of seeds. The programmable, airtight device grows up to eight types of microgreens and herbs. It uses less water and power monthly than a

The Urban Cultivator starts at $2,500 at Nordic Kitchens & Baths.

dishwasher, and the watering frequency can be adjusted.

“Cleaning is simple,” Hill says. “You just add new dirt and seeds; add nutrients to the [water] reservoir and place the plastic domes over the grow trays to generate humidity to help the seeds sprout. Maintenance is very minimal.”

Purchased and installed, the Urban Cultivator costs $2,500 and up. Companies including Aerogarden, Click & Grow and Home Greens manufacture simpler, more affordable versions.

These range from from kits with soil and seeds to stainless-steel growing trays with LED lighting systems controlled by smartphone apps, and prices range accordingly.

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3 1. Two-faced: Reversible shell and resin necklace, $42 at Rye Clothing. » 2. Holly Golightly: Vintage 1960s silk shantung dress with sequins in a holly design, $45 at Miss Claudia’s Vintage Clothing & Costumes.

3. Good vibrations: Mustang singing bowl, $247 at Tibetan House.

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4. Sweets for the sweet: Holiday macarons gift set, $29.50 at Sucre.

5. Stocking stuffer: Southern

Marsh koozies, $5 each at The Mix.

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9 10 7. Home is where the art is: Shotgun double pendant, $109.99 at Revival NOLA. » 8. Handmade upgrade: Italian leather Iris clutch, $120 at Four Rivers Designs. » 9. Pot shot: Square plate, $40, and mug, $48, both handmade by Rachael DePauw and available at The Historic New Orleans Collection. » 10. Local glow: Orleans candles, $9.95 at Rose Lynn’s Hallmark.

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STARR QUALITY Starr Hagenbring’s colorful style

BY LEE CUTRONE

PHOTOS BY THERESA CASSAGNE

TOP: Artist Starr Hagenbring in her studio GLASSES: Frames from Art & Eyes BANGLES: Acrylic bug bracelets purchased from a toy store

“ONE OF OUR CATS ATE ONE OF OUR GOLDFISH THIS MORNING,” says artist Starr Hagenbring in one of the many entertaining stories that pepper her rapid-fire conversation. “Pedro has been looking guilty all day.”

A conversation with Hagenbring is an animated affair, to say the least. Her art and her home are equally colorful.

A Chicago-area native who grew up in a mid-century modern house, Hagenbring has been active in the arts since childhood. She found an outlet for her creativity in high school theater and developed a passion for costume and set design.

After obtaining a degree in theatrical set design with minors in architectural history and archaeology at the University of Kansas, she moved to New York and pursued a career in costume and set design. To supplement her income, she began designing and hand-stitching one-ofa-kind garments.

Today, her exquisitely detailed pieces are sold at Art & Eyes (3708 Magazine St., 504-891-4494; www.artandeyesnola.com), the Magazine Street store she owns with partner Paul Wilcox. The store is a combination of what the two do best: Wilcox’s handpicked selection of unique eyewear and Hagenbring’s art.

Hagenbring’s jackets are constructed thoughtfully, layer upon layer. Her current collection, the Saint Series comprises jewel-toned silk jackets ornamented with medieval-inspired collages of saints. She paints and hand-stitches each piece.

“It’s a real sensory delight,” she says. “I pick the palette, I cut it out, I paint on it. I love seeing a piece of fabric that is morphed into a piece of clothing.”

The store’s eyewear ranges from inexpensive Eyebobs to high-end, featherweight leather frames from France. “New vintage” frames (frames made in another era but not pre-owned) and frames made from vinyl records also are part of the fashionable inventory.

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Hagenbring painted the dining room walls using 250 tiny bottles of artist’s paint. She stenciled the scarab pattern and stripes and painted the gold portions. Assorted pieces from a collection of orbs are displayed on the table.

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diminutive Manhattan skyreasons — including its view of scrapers accompanies a Tiffany St. Alphonsus Church’s stained lamp. In the dining room, a glass windows. As a child, Hagraphic scarab pattern genbring colored a winand stripes mingle dow screen to look with religious icolike stained glass nography. In an (to her parents’ upstairs hall, chagrin) and a group of has felt a concharmingly nection to naive West the beauty Virginia and mystery landscapes of these painted windows

by Wilcox’s ever since. grandmother She declends a genorated the teel feel. In the house with her master bedroom, brand of multimid-century and cultural joie de Starburst art Moorish lanterns vivre. Color, patby Cynthia Cook. create a Morocterns, art and fine can-inspired look. In her work crafts made by artists she’s studio, rainbow displays of befriended over the years are threads and fabrics are neatly blended throughout the home. arranged along built-in shelves.

In the entryway, a collection of

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“The fabric is sensational, but … the antique ribbons will make your heart melt.”

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“Basics are beyond here.

The good stuff.”

Trashy Diva’s shoe selection

“You’ll want to go dancing in every pair.”

Perch

“Interior stuff that’s not white.”

Contemporary Crafts at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival “I’m not a minimalist,” says Hagenbring, who also has an extensive collection of jewelry from all over the world.

“I like to see a lot of detail.”

A dash of irreverence connects the variant themes. “I’m a beauty hound and I’m also a humor hound,” she says.

After living in Miami and participating in the movement to preserve South Beach, Hagenbring relocated to New Orleans with Wilcox several years ago. “It’s so beautiful and charming and it has so much depth,” she says. “[Its] individual culture is still happening. That has been lost in so much of the United States.”

After their friend and fellow artist Jacqueline Bishop told the couple about an ideal Magazine Street property, Hagenbring and Wilcox opened Art & Eyes.

When not in the shop, Hagenbring is often at fine crafts events. Next year, she’ll exhibit her wearable art at the Palm Beach Fine Craft Show, The Art of Shopping fundraiser by the Palm Springs Art Museum, The Smithsonian Craft Show and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. In February, she’ll take part in the Recycled Fashion Show at Rock ’n’ Bowl benefiting Bridge House/Grace House.

“I am always making things,” Hagenbring says. “I just want to make beautiful stuff that makes people happy.”

“There’s always a surprising piece of art you will want to cherish.”

Favorite restaurant

“Coquette.”

Lagniappe tip

“Never shop for anything that counts online. It’s like traveling to a new country on TV. Your five senses are totally left out.”

TOP LEFT: The front of the house dates from the 1870s, while the rear dates from the 1820s. The living room’s art and collectibles include lacquer boxes from Myanmar. The framed photograph centered over the mantel was purchased at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

BRACELETS: Traditional Berber bracelets and a silver, brass and garnet bracelet from New Mexico.

NECKLACE: A necklace made from a gold watch fob that belonged to Hagenbring’s grandfather.

SCULPTURE: By Cynthia Cook of Albuquerque, New Mexico

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SOLSTICE STYLE SEQUINS, SHIMMER AND SILVERY HUES BRIGHTEN THE LONGEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR. PHOTOGR APHY BY GREG MILES ST YLING BY ALG ST YLE

Crushed red velvet gown, $169 at Maiya Boutique; cuff bracelet, $175 at Peony NOLA.

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White feathered top, $99, and sequined skirt, $79, both at Maiya Boutique; diamond necklace, $1,600 at Symmetry Jewelers.

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Gray sweater, $73.95, and slip dress, $34.95, both at Grandmotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Buttons; bib necklace, $380, and purse, $36, both at Peony NOLA.

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Off-the-shoulder red bell sleeve dress, $66 at Lucy Rose; feathered multistrand necklace, $836 at Peony NOLA.

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RIGHT: White fur vest, $310 at Febe Clothing; white slip dress, $125 at Peony NOLA; locket necklace, $74 at Grandmother’s Buttons.

ON THE COVER: Silver sequined dress, $76.95 at Grandmother’s Buttons; fur cuffs, $36 each at Peony NOLA.

PHOTOGRAPHY Greg Miles LIGHTING ASSISTANT Alicia Giuffria ART DIRECTOR Dora Sison STYLING Aimee Gowland and Corrie Pellerin for ALG Style STYLING ASSISTANT Courtney C. Jones WIG, HORNS AND MAKEUP Midori Tajiri-Byrd MODEL Kelcey Becnel SHOOT COORDINATOR Missy Wilkinson Thank you to The Golf Club at Audubon Park (6500 Magazine St., 504-212-5290) for hosting our shoot.

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PROGRAM PILOT AND POWELL OPENED LAST MONTH, BUT IT’S ALREADY MAKING WAVES in the styleosphere. Vogue recently named the luxury women’s boutique one of the coolest stores of 2016. If the instant success seems surprising, it shouldn’t — because it isn’t instant at all. Co-owners Coeli Hilferty Boron and Kathryn Bullock Joyner both had careers in the fashion industry: Boron spent the last seven years as a publicist for Mignon Faget, and Joyner spent a decade as a buyer at Mimi and Saks Fifth Avenue. Their talents combined to create an “innovative … store that feels cozy and inviting, like your coolest friend’s house,” Boron says.

A Pennsylvania native, Boron missed the “adventurous” brands carried by Barney’s and similar stores. Joyner felt that New Orleans

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“There’s an audience of ready and willing women who are eager to take risks,” Boron says. “They want to wear things their friends don’t know about and blaze new paths.”

The store’s brands include Marni, Tabitha Simmons and 3.1 Phillip Lim, as well as rotating lesser-known Australian, Korean, Spanish, Colombian and French lines. “They’ll complement those brands to give people that edge they’re looking for,” Joyner says. “We’re creating an atmosphere of clothing and lifestyle products that capture the essence of New Orleans, but are more fashion-forward.” — MISSY WILKINSON

Pilot and Powell (3901 Magazine St., 504-827-1727; www.pilotandpowell.com) is an airy, 2,000-squarefoot boutique.

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YEP THRIFT WORKS OPENED THIS MONTH on Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard. The thrift store is an expansion of YEP’s Trafigura Work and Learn Center, which provides job training and an educational stipend to at-risk youths ages 16 to 24.

“We teach them real-life job skills they can utilize in the real world,” says Tania Dall, director of communications for the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP).

“The idea is to teach these young people entrepreneurship, customer service and how to run a store.”

YEP’s other ventures include YEP Design Works, where young people learn graphic design skills, and YEP Bike Works, where they learn to build, refurbish and repair bikes. “It’s a sixweek program, so they go through the bike shop, thrift store or graphic design, depending on their interest,” Dall says.

Twenty percent of YEP Thrift Work staffers are graduates of the six-week program, says development assistant Marc Roberson. YEP Thrift works sells gently used housewares, books, DVDs, and men’s and women’s clothing, which ranges in cost from $3 for a shirt to $5 for a dress. Proceeds benefit YEP. Donations are welcomed. Visit www.youthempowermentproject.org for more information. — MISSY WILKINSON

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

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Anthropologie The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., 504-592-9972; www.anthropologie.com J. Crew The Shops at Canal Place, 333 Canal St., 504-528-9572; Lakeside Shopping Center, 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-830-3405; www.jcrew.com The Mix 4480 Highway 22, Mandeville, 985-727-7649; www.facebook. com/themixclothing Trendz 4214 Magazine St., 504-8910601; www.facebook.com/ trendznola

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Nordic Kitchens & Baths 1818 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504 888-2300; www.nordickitchens.com

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Chronos 3200 N. Arnoult Road, Metairie, 504-267-4549; www.chronosbhw.com Four Rivers Designs www.fourriversdesigns.com Historic New Orleans Collection 533 Royal St., 504-523-4662; www.hnoc.org Miss Claudia’s Vintage Clothing & Costumes 4204 Magazine St., 504-8976310; www.facebook.com/ missclaudiasvintage The Mix 4480 Highway 22, Mandeville, 985-727-7649; www.facebook. com/themixclothing Revival NOLA 877-424-7060; www.revivalnola.com

Rose Lynn’s Hallmark 800 Metairie Road, Metairie, 504-833-3319; www.roselynnshallmark.com Rye Clothing 4223 Magazine St., 504-872-9230; www.ryeshop.com Sucre 622 Conti St., 504-267-7098; 3025 Magazine St., 504-5208311; Lakeside Shopping Center, 3301 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie, 504-834-2277; www.shopsucre.com Tibetan House 4900 Tchoupitoulas St., 504-897-9339; www.tibetanhouse.com

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FeBe Clothing 474 Metairie Road, Suite 103, 504-835-5250; www.febeclothing.com Grandmother’s Buttons 2105 Magazine St., 504-249-5821; www.grandmothersbuttons.com Maiya Boutique 3000 Severn Ave., Metairie, 504-324-8745; www.facebook. com/maiyaboutique Peony NOLA 2240 Magazine St., Suite 102, 504-300-7908; www.peonynola.com Symmetry Jewelers 8138 Hampson St., 504-8619925; www.symmetryjewelers.com

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Holiday Galas

TAMICA LEE

MORNING TR A FFIC A NCHOR F O R W W L -T V

BY MISSY WILKINSON Tell us about yourself.

I was born in Denver and raised in New Orleans. I am morning traffic director for Channel 4, director of the New Orleans Saintsations, our NFL cheerleader team, and I work closely with my brother (Sonny Lee)’s foundation, Son of a Saint. I’m a mother of two, wife and social butterfly.

How do you describe your personal style?

I like clean lines and fitted clothes. Because I am so tall— 5’11” — it’s hard to find things that fit me. It has to be very simple. I don’t like a lot of patterns and color.

I choose very simple but bold statement pieces, like jewelry, a watch or bag.

Tell us about what you’re wearing.

My dress was made

by Pedram Couture (www. pedramcouture.com) for the Son of a Saint gala.

I just loved the Champagne-colored velvet fabric.

Nude colors look clean and simple. I don’t want my clothes to make the statement — I want to make the statement with who I am. He added lace on the shoulders to make it fancier, and I like how the lace went down to my hand. The shoes are Jessica Simpson.

She makes really comfortable shoes. I wear a lot of Reagan Charleston jewelry

(www.reagancharleston. com); she’s one of my best friends. My earrings are Kendra Scott.

Any tips for dressing for holiday events?

You need a statement piece. Something needs to sparkle. It’s the holidays, so whether it’s a sequined skirt or bold piece of jewelry, you can get away with being super shiny, just like how at Halloween you can get away with being super sexy. You can adorn yourself the way an ornament adorns a Christmas tree.

A lot of people wear green and red, but you can still wear blue, purple, gold or silver during the holidays.

Wear comfortable shoes, and pantsuits and jumpsuits are great, because it’s normally cold.

What’s your next big holiday event?

I have an annual girls’ lunch at Galatoire’s. They decorate the tables, you dress up and wear hats, and it’s loud. I’ll totally dress up in a tulle skirt and sequins.

What’s inspiring you now?

As a former dancer, movement inspires me a lot. I’m somebody who talks with their hands all day long. I’m a very dramatic, expressive person, so I am drawn to movement in the arts, paintings and in people. It inspires me so much.

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