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Summer is here with sunshine-streaked promises of brighter days and music in the air.

The beaches are full of the latest swimsuits and spa fashion including luxury hand bags. The hottest summer read, James Sturz’s magical and beautifully written new novel UnderJungle.

Summer Music Concerts are in full swing from Taylor Swift to Dead & Co. As fans are dancing in the streets. Also featured in this issue, some amazing mothers and daughters, from TV’s Wonder Woman Lynda Carter and her singing daughter Jessica Carter Altman to former model Carolyn Melillo and her singer-songwriting daughter Ellis Melillo who will be performing in the fall as an opener to Zac Brown at the Jones Beach Amphitheater.

Photographer Amy Arbus remembers her legendary mother Diane Arbus. On the art scene, everybody is buzzing about Takuma Tanaka, Japan’s version of Jean Michel Basquiat, and we explore the work of Lori Horowitz, Julia Licht and other rising stars.

Enjoy!

Adam Kluger Editor in Chief Metropolitan/25A Metropolitan Palm Beach Metropolitan Lifestyles

Today, as an emblem of Tiffany & Co. and a figure who changed the world of jewelry, altering the possibilities of what can be designed from nature’s sight and transformed into emblazoning pieces, Schlumberger’s extraordinary wonders have continued.