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just weeks later, I was in Los Angeles on set with Joe shooting our April cover with photographer Easton Schirra and stylist Avo Yermagyan. Writer Michael Hafford hung out with Joe while he deejayed at the Hollywood club Bardot and later met him for lunch at Soho House, discovering that Joe is much more than just a former Jonas Brother. Like all successful pop stars, Joe is evolving, changing and remixing his image and music. His next solo album will show the world (and gazillions of teenage fan girls) exactly who the real Joe Jonas is.

Like pop stars, interior design is in constant flux. I’m forever editing my “stuff”—moving furniture and art around to reflect my mood. For our special interiors issue, photographer Peter Murdock paid house calls to three very stylish homes. Artist Donald Robertson is my current obsession (I relocated my Warhol soup can to make room for a drawing he did of me with pals Mickey Boardman and Lynn Yaeger, see above). The house Robertson shares with his family in Larchmont is truly living art—from his colorful, cheeky and incredibly chic drawings and sculptures crafted from shopping bags and walnut shells to his wife Kim’s impeccable decorating. Design guru Michele Varian and musician husband Brad Roberts' Downtown loft is an ever-changing, well-curated celebration of curiosities. You could spend all day in it, and your eyes would still crave more. And fashion designer Lauren Moffatt’s duplex on the Upper East Side sheds light on the mother of two behind the graphic, vibrant clothing brand. Seeing how someone lives is truly a window into their personalities, and these three homes are fascinating, engaging and incredibly fun.

Speaking of fun, we have our European runway report on page 40. From Jeremy Scott’s fast food fashion debut at Moschino to the ginormous Chanel supermarket Karl Lagerfeld erected inside Paris’ Grand Palais to Nicolas Ghesquière’s first collection for Louis Vuitton, we are front row and center with every look you must see. For his over-the-top Chanel show, Lagerfeld created everyday items with a double-C twist. There was even a welcome mat that read “Mademoiselle Privé.” Now if I could just have that for my doorstep, my interior design itch would be scratched—at least for today.

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adorning the office walls, the new space also houses all of

For the Whitney Biennial, three curators are each given

the Lorenzo-designed Martone Cycling bikes, including a

a floor of the museum to design. This year has special

new set of solar-powered models. The after-work crowd

significance since it is the last year the biennial takes place

includes Alan Cumming, Fiona Byrne, Michael Carl and

on Madison Avenue before the museum jumps downtown to

Laura de Gunzberg.

its new Meatpacking District digs in spring 2015. Max and

Then I book it uptown to catch the beginning of the

Lubov Azria are on hand to celebrate BCBG Max Azria's

Fielding Dreams Gala to benefit the Randall's Island Park

sponsorship of the art-filled weekend with a dinner at the

Alliance at the American Museum of Natural History. I

Gramercy Park Hotel Terrace, where I have a chat with Lubov

spot John McEnroe and Victor Cruz posing alongside

about her love for the Whitney.

Michael Bloomberg for a photo-op and CNN's Jeff

"I have always had a close relationship with Adam

Zucker courting his anchor, Chris Cuomo. I chat with

Weinberg, the Alice Pratt Brown director. We first met at

Fashion Week ringmaster and former Voguette Stephanie

an opening in Los Angeles and have stayed good friends

Winston Wolkoff before noticing there's a massive display

ever since," she tells me. "BCBG has supported the Whitney

of dinosaur bones towering behind me. One step closer, and

Museum since 2007. We helped in raising funds for the

I would have been under a pile of Brontosaurus bones.

Independent Study Program for emerging contemporary artists, curators and critics through the Whitney Art Party."

A couple of days later, I hang with Ivy Leaguers at the

I jump back in the car to hit the opening of the "Better" photo series exhibition at Dillon Gallery, hosted by Helena Christensen and Vs. Magazine. Gina Gershion, Valerie

Hasty Pudding Institute's Order of the Golden Sphinx Gala

Dillon and Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman are

where Lincoln Center's Allen Room is transformed to honor

all in the house to support their fellow bombshell, while Vs.

Producer David Heyman, best known for his work on

Magazine favorites Scott Lipps and Nur Khan work the

Gravity and all of the Harry Potter films. Mickey and Peggy

room. Rapper Q-Tip is the curveball guest of the evening, and I look on with Billy McFarland and Trevor Gopnik, the

of the Year, Neil Patrick Harris, are all seated nearby. I'm

creators of the Magnises Black Card, in fathoming why Q-Tip

placed among a group of debaucherous Harvard alumni. We

is here. None of us can come up with a viable explanation.

are treated to a fleet of performances by various theatrical

Then I’m off to Soho to check out the new Puck Building

groups, but my favorite goes to the musical adaptation of

penthouse. The unit is a full-on mansion in the clouds and

the cult movie classic Heathers.

is slated to go for no less than $20 million, according to

The next night is madness: five parties in five hours. I

Trump International Realty's Gannon Forrester. Everyone

start at Lorenzo Martone and Caitlin Shockley's office

takes advantage of the awesome weather on the terrace

warming for the Creative NYC. In addition to some larger-

upstairs, where power couple Ivanka Trump and Jared

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“It's my way of being, like, 'Yo, I'm real, you're real. So let's have a real conversation and skip the surface-level bullshit.'" shailene woodley SCENE) hold court. I pay my respects to my boss-man, who

three shoe styles are on display, and Fabolous, Jadakiss

jokes that he has never heard of the Observer. I tell him I'm

and Victor Cruz all ogle the kicks. Tisci arrives with buddy

off to a premiere and encourage him to crash with me next

Marina Abramovic who both stop for a chat with me

time I'm out on the party circuit.

before escaping to a back room with Lucky's Eva Chen, V

I finish things off with the Need for Speed premiere at

Magazine's Stephen Gan and Eva Chow. "Ricardo is my

the Tribeca Grand. The film's star, Aaron Paul, is hosting

favorite designer in the world," Abramovic says. "He made

along with the Cinema Society's Andrew Saffir. The bar-

shoes that are sculptures—look at these," she continues

cum-theater space turns out to be a crowd pleaser, and even

before grabbing one of the sneakers. Tisci remained mum

with my liquid courage, I can't squeeze any Walking Dead

on a possible upcoming collaboration with Ambramovic

spoilers out of the series' lead, Norman Reedus. "The fact

but knew she was a fan of the sneakers. "She is a part of

that you can drink alcohol in this theater is awesome. Thank

my tribe," he says. "This is the inspiration for the shoes;

you, Bush Mills, for that; I have a weird obsession with your

it's a celebration of one of the most iconic shoes of Nike in

brand," Paul tells us. "I've never had a cocktail in a movie

three different styles, so it's three different tribes the new

before," I say leaning over to my seat neighbor, A$AP Rocky.

generation can choose from."

"Me either. Wait, just kidding. Yes, I have," he adds with a

Once I realize there won't be an appearance made by

laugh before the lights go down. The suspense-packed

the Tisci-obsessed/Vogue cover star Kanye West, I head

racing extravaganza has us all on the edge of our seats,

to Midtown for STK's second anniversary where the party is

save for Rocky who is fully reclined to my right and lets out

already in full swing. Every guest is set up at a table getting

a cackle at fellow rapper Kid Cudi's several cameos in the

the full STK treatment in several courses, and I spot the

film. The after-party at Jimmy at the James Hotel doesn't

twin nightlife impresarios Daniel and David Koch swilling

disappoint. Paul's Breaking Bad co-star Bryan Cranston

cocktails. A late-arriving Selita Ebanks perches next to

arrives sporting leftover makeup and gray hair from his role

me on a banquette before the next slew of sparkler-laden

as President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Broadway hit All The

bottles is delivered. I certainly have no qualms about the great

Way. The two set off a photo frenzy, and the always-hilarious

company and stellar food from chef Marc Hennessy who

Cranston encourages the gauntlet of photogs to take a

plans on recreating STK in D.C. I'll certainly be making the trip.

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I end things at the Cinema Society's New York premiere of Divergent at the Hearst Tower. The full cast of newcomers

A couple of days later at the Frick Collection's annual

is on hand to celebrate, including Shailene Woodley, who

fete for Young Fellows Ball, I decide to don my blue tux.

headlines the film. She surprisingly greets everyone with a

The "celestial" theme gives partygoers a chance to drink

hug, myself included, along with a modest "Hey, I'm Shai."

and dance at the museum among priceless paintings and

So what's the story behind the hug ritual? "It's my way of

sculptures including the renaissance and baroque bronzes

being, like, 'Yo, I'm real, you're real. So let's have a real

from the Hill Collection on display for the night. Partiers

conversation and skip the surface-level bullshit,'" she says.

Rickie de Sole Webster, Elettra Wideman and mega

I'm already calling her Jennifer Lawrence 2.0. After we

blogger Jane Aldridge are all sporting looks from the

watch the must-see blockbuster, the full premiere possé

night's sponsor, Paule Ka. I cut a rug with Town & Country's

decamps to Lisle Richards and Eric Marx's new eatery,

Georgina Schaeffer and a Rockefeller or two before calling

The Wayfarer, just two blocks away. Somewhere in between,

it a night but not before grabbing one of chef Olivier Cheng's

Woodley changes up her sharp pantsuit look for a camo tee,

homemade Milky Way bars created to fit the night's theme.

jeans and Chuck Taylor sneaks and dances with her costar

I pull an about-face for the next fete and cross paths with the streetwear obsessives at Nike's 21 Mercer store to

Theo James and the movie's director, Neil Burger, while sipping on a glass of chardonnay.

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My Home Is ... Just a glorified closet with an amazing balcony—the ultimate girl cave

Personal Style: Minimal chic: Ralph Lauren

Style Icons: Kate Moss, of course (I know—so obvious). I'm kind of obsessed with

meets Zac Posen / Motto: Turn within.

Blake Lively. Always love my bestie Charlotte Ronson's style.

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Professional Skateboarder / Artist Place of Birth: Huntington Park, Calif.

Zodiac Sign: Gemini Three Things I Love: Barneys, Bergdorf and Davidoff Personal Style: Smooth My Home Is ... Happy and colorful In 2014 I Am Excited ... To watch my daughter grow Style Icons: Sidney Poitier and Yul Brynner Treasured Possession: My memory

pants by supreme; shirt by jack spade; sweater by todd snyder; hat by CA4lA; shoes by adidas mark mcnairy

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erik brunetti artist

Place of Birth: Phillipsburg, N.J. Zodiac Sign: Taurus Instagram: @erikbrunetti Greatest Extravagance: Motorcycles Hidden Talent: Karaoke Personal Style: Very American Treasured Possession: My daughter Worst Habit: Whiskey

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by J.crew

Benjamin Sturgill

Brendan Coolidge Monaghan

Place of Birth: Petersburg, W. Va. / Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius/Scorpio (I'm on the cusp)

and Publisher of T Magazine

Stylist

Vice President of Luxury for The New York Times

Instagram: @everythingmag / Favorite Interior Designers: Sister Parish and Jed

Place of Birth: Boston / Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius / Instagram: @teambrando

Johnson / Personal Style: A little prep and a little Euro leisure—with a touch of perv

Treasured Possession: My new apartment! Greatest Extravagance: God, so many—

Three Things I Love Most: Friends, being in water, love

I think I use Uber too much. / Worst Habit: I am on email way too much.

BIggest Extravagance: Spas and Dries van Noten / Motto: Let it go.

Personal Style: Preppy with a twist—classic American style with a little extra extra

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Coralie Charriol Paul

creative director of CHARRIOL international, co-founder of React to film Place of Birth: Honolulu, Hawaii / Zodiac Sign: Aries Instagram: @coraliepaul / Charities: React to Film, Public Prep, MOMA, MoM Greatest Extravagance: My walk-in closet in my new apartment. / Hidden Talent: Dancing on tables / Worst Habbit: Dancing on tables 30

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Rachelle Hruska MacPherson CEO/Founder Guest of a Guest

Place of Birth: Omaha, Neb. / Zodiac Sign: Pisces / Instagram: @rachellehruska / Three things I love most: My husband, my son Maxwell, my son Dashiell (in no particular order) Extravagance: Reading in bed in cashmere socks / Motto: Live fast 'cause it don’t last.

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Eric Marx

Place of Birth: Keflavik, Iceland / Zodiac Sign: Leo

Place of Birth: Long Island, N.Y. / Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Instagram: @lislerichards / Three Things I Love Most:

Instagram: @marxem / Favorite Interior Designers:

Restaurateur

Restaurateur

The first tulip poking through the ground in spring, old friends

Roman and Williams, Jacques Grange and Martin

and Sriracha / Personal Style: Classic and streamlined with a

Brudnizki Design Studio / Greatest Achievement:

touch of color / Hidden Talent: Finding the best in people

Opening of the Wayfarer and the Monarch Room

Jesse Alexander

EN Japanese Brasserie co-Owner Place of Birth: Atlanta Zodiac Sign: Cancer Instagram: @yep_jesse_alexander Favorite Interior Designer: Ichiro Sato Treasured Possession: My family My Home Is ... Comfortable—it is decorated with a bunch of big art from friends and has a pretty simple color scheme.

Reika Alexander

EN Japanese Brasserie co-Owner Place of Birth: Tokyo Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius Instagram: @reikaalexander Greatest Achievement: Our son, August I Would Love an Endless Supply of: Fresh coconut water

On Jesse: Suit by J. Lindberg; shoes by Saint Laurent; tie clip Vintage. On Reika: Turtleneck by Alaia; skirt by Stouls; shoes by Pierre Hardy; jacket by Balmain.

On Lisle: Jacket by Richard Chai; Shirt by The Kooples; Jeans by Levi's; shoes by Common Projects. On Eric: Jacket by En Noir; Shirt by GoodLife; jeans by Saint Laurent; Sneakers by salvatore Ferragamo

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Liars: Unravel the Rainbow music meets west coast conceptualism Text by Shana Nys Dambrot photography by ben cope Since emerging from the primordial, interdisciplinary goo of the prestigious CalArts art programs more than a decade ago, Liars has been blending pop and punk to create sparkling albums that exude an ironic optimism. Angus Andrew is the lead vocalist, Aaron Hemphill is on keys, and Julian Gross plays drums. The Los Angeles-based trio make their own album art, record covers, packaging and videos. “It’s a cross-curriculum super shop!” Andrew beams.

Their seventh record, Mess, is as much about art as it is about music.

Rainbow yarn visually connects everything from the album’s cover to the singer’s own bow tie. The colorful motif was inspired by laid-back, hands-on conceptualists like Urs Fischer and John Baldessari, who taught at CalArts, where the trio met. The school encouraged its students to branch out and take classes in music, animation, graphic design and poetry. “[The professors] taught you to think about why you are doing or making whatever it is,” Gross explains. “That it’s not all about beauty and proficiency—sometimes it’s not even about the result.”

At the time, Andrew and Gross shared a photography studio, and Hemphill worked at a record store. Andrew and Gross remember Hemphill dragging around “a steamer trunk of CDs” and playing classic L.A. bands like Suicide. The friends quickly began to influence each other. Andrew even conceived of a photography project about a fictional band. No one made music; they only produced the associated ephemera. Now, having a real band is what allows them to tie it all together—this time, with multicolored thread.

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in good light

from New york to the oval office, Christopher Spitzmiller illuminates the world Text by Elizabeth Landers

are arranged in a linear fashion so they can move easily from

in the Hamptons, he still has ties to American politics. He

Photograph by darcy rogers

one production phase to the next. There are different alcoves

has made lamps for the last three administrations, and a pair

When I reach the 17th floor of a Garment District building

for throwing the clay, molding, firing in enormous kilns,

currently sits in the Oval Office.

near Penn Station, the elevator doors slide open to reveal

glazing, attaching the gold-plated wooden base and finally

Though one might think he draws inspiration from

a floor-to-ceiling display of ceramic lamps that stretches

installing the electrical wiring. With more than 60 different

travels to St. Barth with P. Allen Smith and Punta Cana with

the length of the foyer. They are organized by color, with

shapes—from the gentle curve of a gooseneck gourd to the

close friends Bunny Williams and John Rosselli, Spitzmiller

shiny yellows distanced from swirly blues. This is the world

recognizable ming vase adorned with dragons—clients can

calls himself an “auction house junkie.” Traces of early

of a rare type of artisan in New York. It’s the atelier of

dream up whatever they please.

18th-century luxury are apparent in his latest best-seller,

Christopher Spitzmiller, a designer and lampmaker who has

Spitzmiller hand-designs and crafts every lamp. He

its creamy marbleized finish akin to what many fashion

studied at St. Lawrence University but participated in design

designers have shown on the runway of late. When making

“Lamps are something everyone needs in the utilitarian

programs at Central Saint Martins and the Rhode Island

30 to 35 lamps per week and only keeping an inventory of

part, but we make objects that are very filled with life, and

School of Design, transitioning after college to D.C., where

about 250, one must strike a balance between timelessness

they’re timeless,” Spitzmiller says, dressed in a trim button-

he worked as a White House intern and later worked in event

and trendiness to match fickle tastes. Spitzmiller seems to

down shirt. His workshop consumes the entire floor. Lamps

planning. Though he left for a residency at Mecox Gardens

have achieved both.

been working in the city for 15 years.

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this old house brooklyn’s bower studios injects whimsy into woodwork Text by marissa mule

their prestigious Studio Award for emerging designers.

wood,” Giannella explains.

Bower Studios—a.k.a. Danny Giannella and Tammer

At the fair in May, Bower will be showcasing their new

Propelled by the Shape Board’s popularity, Bower’s

Hijazi—infuses ordinary objects with a hint of magic. Need a

Float Chandelier. It’s an ethereal fixture composed of LED

latest offering employs a similar trompe l'oeil. Called Shape

cone-shaped clock or magnetized dart board for your keys?

lights that are magnetically pulled toward a center ring from

Mirrors, the wall and floor mirrors toy with perspective. They

Bower makes them.

above and below. “We're not really interested in making

appear to pop off the wall though they are actually flat.

“We like to have an element of surprise in our pieces that evokes emotional experiences,” Giannella explains. Meaning?

things that have been made before,” Giannelli says.

But the Bower vision is much bigger than simply kitchen

To date, one of their most successful products has been

gadgets or wall décor. They also design furniture and have

their Shape Board, a cutting board that is just as artful as

dabbled with designing spaces as well, such as Kinfolk

The Williamsburg-based design duo launched their first

it is practical. While one side is blank for food preparation,

Studios, a creative lounge in Williamsburg. “As long as we can

collection last May. They met while working at the furniture

the other is embellished with nontoxic paint to give the

express our passions in a way that fits Bower's personality,

company Uhuru Design and, after picking up odd side jobs

illusion of a 3-D geometric shape. It was inspired by a Barry

we will keep exploring and expanding,” Giannella says.

together, quickly realized they had good chemistry. The judges

McGee exhibit the duo visited. “We love products like the

Bower’s designs will be available in a number of stores

of this year’s Annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair

Shape Boards, because they feel like a mash-up of multiple

starting later this spring. Until then, you can purchase them

think so too, as they selected Bower as one of the winners of

passions. In this case, it's art, design and working with

at bowernyc.com.

These self-taught wood workers want to make you smile.

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scoop letter from musto

Michael Musto's Birthday Party in December 1991

Text by michael musto

generally allows you to go from not-spot to hot spot with

I’ll admit that, since Broadway has become safer than

Once in a while, I can’t stand New York and what’s

ease. (If you have an aesthetic aversion to trains and

ever due to the enormous financial pressures involved, it’s

become of it. But what I hate even more are all the people

buses, you can always get a bicycle—even one of those

mainly a place for tourist-friendly jukebox musicals and

who are constantly saying, “I can’t stand New York and

horrid Citi Bikes. God, I hate New York.)

big-name revivals these days. But some of them are pretty

what’s become of it.” That routine is so tiresome, boring

Who knows, you might even discover some of that

good. Keep going, and you’ll find off-Broadway, off-off-

and predictable that it only adds to whatever detritus

old, grimy edginess New Yorkers love to pine for. Yes,

Broadway and lots of other avant-garde stuff all through

our great city might have already suffered. A town full of

most of Manhattan’s grimy edginess (from when we

the boroughs. And if you don’t think it’s worth looking, then

people kvetching about how things used to be better is

were ironically called the Fun City) hasn’t survived

you didn’t care about it that much in the first place.

a deeply depressing place, a self-fulfilling prophecy that

any more than typewriters or enormous crime rates,

I’ll also concede that the nightclub scene has been

makes you want to drive far, far away.

but I don’t recall those complaining about it as having

decimated due to gentrification, crackdowns and the

The truth is there’s still a lot to love here. If you stick

indulged in it very much. They used to run through “bad

Internet. I wish the new generations could enjoy even

it out, New York remains rich in culture, restaurants,

neighborhoods” while looking behind them, terrified of

a tiny fraction of the experiences I had in the 1970s

people and experiences. Though some traumatized

the drugs, hookers, squalor and 99-cent stores. In fact,

and '80s, when clubs were raging palaces of hedonism

residents fled after 9/11 and many others have been

the swarms of New Yorkers living with three maids in

and free expression. It would thrill me to no end if they

squeezed out by economics, those of us who have

glitzy co-ops and griping about that loss is so rich in

could get just a taste of that era of glamour, revelry,

stayed behind find a metropolis brimming with life. Even

irony that it definitely makes New York interesting again.

performance and mixed crowds. But they can’t. That

if it is in a diminished state, it’s always going to be New

They’re the same people who constantly whine about

was then. The time is over. Things changed. "They paved

York—the epicenter of excitement for anyone with a

the chain stores that have made New York feel like an

paradise and put up a parking lot." What are you gonna

dream and some lip gloss.

oversize strip mall beamed in from the Midwest, but I’ve

do? Vaudeville is dead too, but no one walks around

Sure, some have to live in the outer boroughs just to

long ago stopped bitching about that. I’ll even enjoy an

crying over it, except maybe Jackie Mason.

be able to afford it, but believe it or not, that actually

occasional Chipotle burrito bowl en route to Kmart, TD

I love you, New York, especially when I hate myself for

counts as New York City. All the snobs (like me) who

Bank and 7-Eleven. Why moan about how unaffordable

saying I can’t stand you. That might sound convoluted,

ritualistically grumble about how you have to set up shop

New York is when you can scrap together meals at

but in New York, you’re allowed to make statements

in Astoria these days haven’t looked at a map in a while.

these places for well under 10 bucks? (No, not TD Bank,

like that without anyone making fun of you. And that’s

That’s part of the city too, I swear. And our transit system

though they do give out free pens.)

another great thing about it, too.

Getty Images

Dear New York City Haters

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Journey’s End at the Wayfarer Text by Michael Hafford

bring to mind Tammany Hall politicians deciding the fate

tuna and hamachi tartare—have you got all that?—that

Hieronymus Bosch’s painting The Wayfarer depicts a

of the city over a steak and an insane number of cocktails.

may cause a diner to fall into ecstatic rapture.

traveler—pants ripped at the knee, walking stick dragging

The effect is one of unapologetic luxury mixed with the

And then there's the alcohol. Presided over by

on the ground—deciding whether to enter a decadent

modern, sustainable cuisine that is Reardon’s trademark.

Christian Sanders of Evelyn Drinkery, one could easily get

boarding house or a bucolic country pasture. It forces

The menu begins with a selection of oysters (bicoastal,

lost in the cocktail menu and forget entirely about dinner.

the viewer to make a choice: Should we encourage him

each one from a different town or harbor) and moves

Well, not really, but it’s still excellent. The house cocktail,

toward a fleeting hedonism or a simple life in the country?

seamlessly into surf-and-turf territory. The steaks are

featuring bison-grass vodka, comes in a tall glass mixed

The Wayfarer, a new restaurant headed by executive

heart-stoppingly rich and delicious, but the seafood

with lime, agave, baked-apple bitters, celery bitters and

chef Braden Reardon, lets you have it both ways. Tucked

is the real star of the show. Featured dishes include

black cardamom. That’s to say nothing of the Man About

inside the Quin hotel, it offers delicious, unpretentious

Belgian Dover sole and the spicy-good grilled Ecuadorian

Town, The Wayfarer twist on the classic Manhattan.

seafood in an environment that evokes both the old-

prawns. For the truly famished, there’s the cioppino—a

Reardon’s restaurant makes the old new again with

school gentlemen’s clubs of New York and the hip

kind of fish stew popular in San Francisco—and The

panache. Fifty-seventh Street offers a lot of excellent

postmodernism of the 1970s. Exposed lightbulbs hang

Royale—a three-tiered seafood platter featuring oysters,

fine dining, but The Wayfarer may well be the best of

from track lighting over plush, leather corner booths that

clams, mussels, shrimp, lobster, bay scallops, crab salad,

the bunch.

HAMACHI CRUDO photo by Noah Fecks; interior images courtesy of The Quin Hotel

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CHANEL

THE FALL/WINTER 2014 SHOWS FROM EUROPE

BY PETER DAVIS

of consumer culture by erecting an enormous supermarket

holographic sneakers, hot-pink workout wear and a silver

inside Paris’ Grand Palais. The incredibly well-executed set

tunic with matching boots.

commentaries on the mass consumption of luxury goods.

was Pop art on steroids. Andy Warhol would have been très

The other big news from Paris was the debut of

For his debut collection in Milan for the 31-year-old label

jalouse. The Chanel supermarché was rigged to the last

Nicolas Ghesquière for Louis Vuitton. Ghesquière, who

Moschino, Creative Director Jeremy Scott sent out ketchup

double-C with everyday items like house paint (in a “gris

acrimoniously departed Balenciaga after 15 years, is one

red and mustard yellow suits that managed to reference both

jersey” color), detergent, potato chips, a tin of Délice de

of the most highly regarded designers today. His set for

Chanel and McDonald's—the ultimate mix of high and low.

Gabrielle tuna (Gabrielle was Mademoiselle Chanel’s real

LV was sparse and plain—the polar opposite of his Vuitton

Scott’s fast-food-inspired fashion isn’t cheap: $1,265 for a

first name) and Coco Chanel Coco pops lining shelves.

predecessor, Marc Jacobs, who belongs to the Lagerfeld

quilted purse that resembles a Happy Meal box and $780 for

Wire shopping baskets were fashioned from the brand’s

school of more is more. Ghesquière’s collection had a 1960s

a sweater printed with Mickey D's iconic golden arches. Not

braided leather and metal purse chains. A large, garish blue

feel with wearable, A-line skirts and lots of the luxe suede

sated with just a McDonald’s fix, Scott designed red carpet

and red plastic cart read “Chanel Shopping Center” on the

and leather pieces that customers crave from Vuitton. It was

dresses that looked like advertisements for Budweiser beer

front. After the show, guests attempted to “loot” the goods

an understated but strong start at Vuitton for Ghesquière,

and Hershey’s chocolate. For his bow, the Kansas City, Mo.,

(who wouldn’t want a “Mademoiselle Privé” doormat?),

who is now being sued by Balenciaga’s parent company,

native sported a tee shirt that read: “I Don't Speak Italian But

but security guards made sure no show souvenirs left the

Kering, for a reported 7 million euros for violating their

I Do Speak Moschino.”

building. And what about the clothes? Lagerfeld looked to

separation agreement. This July, opening arguments for the

street style with sporty cuts and details: tweed track suits,

messy case will be heard. Stay tuned.

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VALENTINO

MARNI

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VIVIENNE WESTWOOD

ROBERTO CAVALLI

ALBERTA FERRETTI

DOLCE & GABBANA

OLYMPIA LE-TAN

ETRO

PRADA

BALENCIAGA

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GILES

ALBERTA FERRETTI

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VALENTINO

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ALEXANDER MCQUEEN

CELINE

BARBARA BUI

MARNI

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SIMONE ROCHAS

ANTHONY VACCARELLO

GUY LAROCHE

TOM FORD

TOD'S

SALVATORE FERRAGAMO

ERDEM

MAX MARA

HERMES

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ELIE SAAB

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CHRISTOPHER KANE

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CHRISTOPHER KANE

GILES

ASHISH

STELLA MCCARTNEY

AKRIS

JUNYA WATANABE

GARETH PUGH

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LOUIS VUITTON

GUCCI

VALENTINO

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GARETH PUGH

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CHANEL

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ANTONIO BERARDI

VIKTOR & ROLF

ROKSANDA ILINCIC

PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE DESIGNER

PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE DESIGNER

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When legendary fashion illustrator Donald Robertson

Robertson has been posting his couture-inspired

woke up this morning, he reached for his iPhone in

drawings on Instagram since December 2012. They’re

search of inspiration for the drawing he posts each

often humorous and sometimes satirical: One depicts

morning to Instagram.

the duo behind Proenza Schouler playing cards with a

“Should I do a Bruce Jenner thing?” he asked himself

giraffe; another reimagines Anna Wintour as a lamp. He

while perusing the latest pop culture headlines. But

creates three every morning—a gestural sketch, another

then, his eye fell on an image of former French Vogue

using gaffer tape from the hardware store (which comes

editor Carine Roitfeld with her young granddaughter in

in a “gazillion” colors) and a third in whatever medium

tow, each wearing matching leopard print coats.

he feels like. And it all happens before his 20-minute

“Now that’s a grandmother in 2014,” Robertson

train ride into Grand Central, to his office at Smashbox

thought. He padded down the stairs of his Westchester

Cosmetics in the Estée Lauder headquarters, where he

home to a colorful studio in the basement, its two

says his job is to “project creativity.”

windows papered over with giant eyes—reminiscent of

Off-line, Robertson has made his name in the fashion

a Chanel ad—to block out the light. Sitting down at his

world as a man who makes things happen behind the

desk with a blank pad of paper and clean brush water,

scenes. The Toronto native co-founded MAC Cosmetics

he began to draw.

and in 1994 created its infamous HIV/AIDS awareness

Minutes later, he posted the still-wet sketch of

lipstick campaign, Viva Glam. In 1996, he left the makeup

Roitfield, soon getting more than 600 likes from his

business to work for 10 years as the creative director of

22,000-plus followers. Just as quickly, the editor of

Condé Nast America, where he launched Marie Claire.

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“I’m in a basement in suburbia, and Pharrell Williams is regramming me.” today. Before a photo shoot, he used to hand them

walnuts [on Instagram]. So many kids at my school

out as utilitarian blueprints for his creative vision, a

follow you, and they think you’re just in the basement

conspicuously old-fashioned habit in an increasingly

painting walnuts,’” Robertson says of his 15-year-old.

computer-oriented world. The sketches never made

His 8-year-old, Teddy, suggests that the father gleans

it into the magazines, but they’re how he met his wife,

a little too much inspiration from his son's artwork:

decorator Kim Gieske, then an editor at Glamour. “She

“He totally copied my octopus,” he complains,

was always like, ‘Where are the drawings? I need the

pointing to a drawing of the purple creature pinned

Donald drawings,’ Robertson recalls.

to the kitchen wall. “I completely and totally steal his

In those days, the city was an inspiring place for

stuff,” Robertson admits.

Robertson. He lived all over Manhattan, starting out in

Between keeping up with work and family, he connects

an apartment on Bleecker and Grove Streets, moving to

to the outside world with Instagram. Since beginning to

Soho, then to the Upper West Side and lastly to a 12th

post his art online, Marie Claire has commissioned him

Street townhouse. But after he and Gieske married in

to illustrate spreads in the magazine, Lisa Perry has

2004 and started a family, New York lost its luster.

invited him to decorate her Madison Avenue store with

They’re now just north of the city in Larchmont,

gaffer tape, and the fashion designer Giles Deacon has

where they inhabit a picturesque, three-story clapboard

incorporated one of Robertson’s more famous images—a

house flanked by two sunrooms. Just blocks away from

pair of plump, red lips—in his latest collection. (At dinner

the rocky coastline of Long Island Sound, it might as

the other day, his 17-year-old daughter informed him

well be a home in the Hamptons. There’s even a white

that one of those dresses featuring the lips had made it

picket fence and an American flag outside. “My wife

on the cover of British InStyle). He’s now working on a

had her eye on this house, and she just knocked on

sketch series of different dog breeds modeling the latest

the door and told the people they had to sell it to us,”

runway collections for a new Spanish magazine by Luis

Robertson explains.

Venegas. “It will be my favorite project when it actually

They’ve been renovating for the past five years: first

comes out,” Robertson says.

the kitchen, then the bedrooms and finally the third

Despite his illustrious past, he acts surprised by all of

floor. Gieske, who has designed homes for the likes of

the attention. “I’m in a basement in suburbia, and Pharrell

Gwyneth Paltrow and Donatello Versace, has swathed

Williams is regramming me,” he marvels. Some of his

the airy space in sandy textiles and beachy pastels.

paintings sell on the shopping app Trendabl for upwards

There’s more than enough room for the couple’s five

of $1,600, and he can’t keep them stocked fast enough.

kids, two dogs and—of course—all of Robertson’s art.

If he wanted to, he could probably quit his job, but he

“If you leave the city, you’re allowed to get stuff like this,”

says he doesn’t believe in being a full-time artist. In fact,

he grins.

he donates all of the money from private commissions to

In addition to the drawings, Robertson also paints on

the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

would-be garbage, transforming milk jugs, pizza boxes

“If you’re alone, doing art all day, it’s a bit of a drag,”

and paper grocery bags into high-end luxury items

Robertson claims. It’s a thrill for him to wake early when

like Louis Vuitton suitcases and Birkin handbags. And

it's still dark outside, work in the studio for a while

then there are the walnuts. In Robertson’s hands, the

and then head into Manhattan to trudge through the

mundane shells become effigies of everyone from Karl

corporate world for a few hours. “You appreciate when

Lagerfeld to Dita Von Teese.

you do come home,” he says. “Whereas if you’re totally

What do his kids think about their father’s work?

“My one son is like, ‘Dad, please don’t post any more

free, it’s not as much fun. It’s not as much of a gift."

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where less is more lauren moffatt’s upper east side duplex

text by laura c. mallonee photography by peter murdock

fashion designer lauren moffatt inside her home.

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LEFT: jadeite accents add a touch of graceful whimsy to moffatt's light, airy kitchen.

For most people, style is an elusive quality, something

whimsical contours mirror those within a nearby still life

we spend our lives discovering, crafting, mimicking

by Robert Kobayashi, purchased at Moe’s Meat Market

and revising. Then there’s the fashion designer Lauren

on Elizabeth Street.

Moffatt, a petite brunette with gray-blue eyes who seems

“I tend to really love the home of somebody older, who

to have been born knowing exactly how she wants the

has accumulated and collected things over a lifetime,”

world to look.

Moffatt explains, pointing out an unusual copper planter

Moffatt’s aesthetic is clean but playful, with bright

she thrifted almost 15 years ago. “Compare that to some

pops of color that bring to mind a time before black

newlyweds’ home who just registered for their wedding

leather was de rigueur on the New York streets. That

and all of a sudden have all this stuff. I just love what

sensibility isn’t unique to her clothing line, donned by

people’s belongings say about them.”

starlets like Michelle Monaghan and Zooey Deschanel. It

Unsurprisingly, her apartment brims with art from the

pervades everything she touches, especially the Upper

mid-20th century, much of it found in thrift shops and

East Side home she shares with her husband and two

flea markets. If Moffatt doesn’t like something about

young daughters.

a picture, she paints over it, brightening the colors or

“I like for things to have a sense of humor,” she says when we visit the two-story apartment. Filled with

“I like for things to have a sense of humor.”

adding in a pattern, as she did to one canvas her parents gave her.

child-like shapes and bold prints that reveal Moffatt's

“I’m a do-it-yourself-er to a fault,” she admits, recalling

fascination with form, it’s the kind of whimsical space

her mom’s dismay when she saw the painting, a portrait of

that Henri Matisse might have enjoyed painting.

two young women that now hangs above a faux fireplace.

Highlights include a set of Allan Gould compass chairs tucked into a Saarinen table, which is anchored

“I probably shouldn’t mess around with all the things I mess around with.”

beneath a Pelle bubble chandelier. Mounted fancifully

In fact, you might say Moffatt’s entire apartment is

on the dining room wall above the staircase, three

an ode to D.I.Y. She bought the top level in 2002 after

ceramic animal heads by DFC stare out over a shelf

spending two years camping out on a sailboat docked

displaying white earthenware vessels. The pottery's

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the shelf above moffatt's staircase functions like a rotating gallery space for objects that catch her eye.

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over a small sewing machine, that the Philadelphia native

things that have to endure seas," she jokes.

created her first collection in 1999.) The flat was almost

And of course, they also had an opening made in

falling apart, but it held the allure of strong bones: wood

the floor for a staircase that, disappearing down to the

parquet floors, high ceilings and plaster walls.

bedrooms, conjures Alice’s rabbit hole.

“I’ve always liked older places, so it didn’t bother me at the time that it wasn’t perfect,” she says.

While the top floor feels distinctly modern, the lower level is a haven of relaxed country comfort: weathered

Then four years ago, the apartment directly below

quilts, iron bed frames and a 19th-century marble-

opened up for the first time in 70 years after the elderly

topped bureau Moffatt's mother gave her for extra

woman living there moved to a retirement home.

storage after her husband took the big closet. It hosts

“We just got so super lucky,” Moffatt recalls.

his extensive sneaker collection, which had lined the

She and her husband, recently married, bought the

walls of their bedroom before the renovation.

lower level, embarking on a massive remodeling project

“This was the concession when we combined units,”

to join the two floors together and transform what was

Moffatt smiles, cracking open her own closet to reveal

formerly a single woman’s apartment into a comfortable,

a comparatively tiny space stuffed to the brim. But with

three-bedroom family home.

a Chelsea studio also chocked full of clothes, she might

Those renovations included upgrading the old kitchen

not actually need anything bigger. Her work and home

area, previously used as a guest room since Moffatt

lives remain distinctly separate, even while the same

didn't cook, into a fully modern kitchen complete with

aesthetic saturates both.

subway tiles, frosty marble countertops and steel

“It’s sort of just whatever happens,” Moffatt says

cabinets and appliances. They knocked out the wall

of the inspiration for her style. It's not something she

between the dining and living areas, hiring a boat builder

spends a lot of time thinking about. “I’m sure if I look

Moffatt met during her Hudson River years to construct

back at weird college projects, there’s a thread of

steel-framed glass partitions that divide the space while

'Lauren Moffat' running through them, even then.” If only

maintaining a feeling of expansiveness.

everyone were so lucky.

"They’ll last forever, because he’s used to building

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“I tend to really love the home of somebody older, who has accumulated and collected things over a lifetime.

I just love what people’s belongings say about them.”

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eclectic collectors

michele varian and brad roberts’ beautifully busy loft

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When you walk into the home of fashion-turned-

opposite page: a wedding portrait given to roberts from the previous tenant hangs on the wall along with taxidermy ducks. offerings from varian's boutique decorate the table. ABOVE: A pheasant named elizabeth and roberts' favorite chair.

gone to the dumpster yet.”

homeware designer and boutique owner Michele Varian

Every piece in her home tells a story, sparking a childlike

and husband Brad Roberts, one thing can be expected:

curiosity to point at things and ask, “What about this?”

You won’t know where to look first. Your eye may dart to

or “How about that?” For example, the large bucket that

the glass fly catchers hanging from the kitchen ceiling or

hangs against the kitchen wall: “This might be TMI,”

to one of the many taxidermy animals framed beautifully

Varian warns. “There are two stories behind it. When we

on the wall, including an impala named Aristotle and a

host dinner parties, I don’t like to work once guests have

pheasant called Elizabeth. “My husband and I like to

arrived. So I put a lot of ice in the bucket and keep drinks

name them,” Varian says with a smile. “We’ll look at them

there.” The other story? Since the couple doesn’t have a

together and come up with names, and he’ll say, ‘No, this

tub, she recounts a time that her husband would soak in

one doesn’t look like a George.’”

the bucket after a botched vasectomy. He doesn’t mind

Her husband, Crash Test Dummies lead singer and

the story, Varian assures me, as he used to tell it on stage.

songwriter Roberts, rests his eyes on a favorite recliner: a

The loft space is divided into the “big room,” the kitchen

battered Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams leather piece with its

and the bedroom. We first stop into the couple’s bedroom

back cushions burst open. “This is the second one,” Varian

so that her husband can retire there. “He is being such a

says of the chair. “We tried replacing it a third time, but the

sport,” Varian says fondly of the sleepy Roberts, who went

design had changed too much.” The couple ordered the

to bed at 6 a.m. that day. Some mornings she wakes up,

replacement, but after the delivery guys left and Roberts

and he will have written three poems or song lyrics during

sat in the chair, “He made a face,” Varian explains. “I got

the night. “This one’s about you,” he’ll say. “He’s a real

on the phone with the delivery company and asked if they

creative,” Varian gushes. “There are some people who take

could bring our garbage back. They promised it hadn’t

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varian separates the kitchen from the entry space with glass hangings.

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you won’t know where to look first. Your eye may dart to the glass fly catchers hanging from the kitchen ceiling or to one of the many taxidermy animals framed beautifully on the wall. it will be really good.”

The couple’s bedroom is the only room in the house that isn’t drenched with natural light, but it is still nothing

will be neccessary to clean up after, especially if the party was fun. Varian also suggests a candlelit party since it will

Opposite: Varian and roberts' vintage indian bed.

hide the dust.

short of bright. Treasures from her travels to Asia

We leave Roberts behind and make our way over to the

and Europe adorn the walls, one covered in beautiful

“big room.” Varian confesses that the rugs hide a very large

wallpaper and another exposed brick painted white, while

hole that was made by a man in a hazmat suit while doing

the rest are metallic to reflect as much natural light in the

asbestos abatement on the floor below. The couple is the only

room as possible. The four-post bed is vintage and from

resident in the building. They’ve had to deal with pressure to

India, though she purchased the piece from ABC Carpet

leave, but because they’re in a rent-stabilized space, they’re

& Home, where she once had a shop. Tiny piñatas hang

pretty well protected, and people will have to work around

from one of the bedposts. “[They] are from a party Brad

them. And since both of their families live in their childhood

and I had that we called “the everything party.” It was

homes, it’s likely they won’t want to leave the one home they

a couple of years after he and I got married, and a lot

have shared since marriage almost 10 years ago.

of our friends still didn’t know that we were married. We

In the big and final room, Varian and Roberts each

figured we would have a party and let them know we got

have their own workspace, a sort of masculine versus

married, but my birthday is on Christmas, so it was right

feminine. Their trinkets merge harmoniously. Guitars,

before Christmas,” Varian explains. “So we just made it

ukuleles and vintage toy pianos (which Roberts used

every holiday of the year that we could think of: Cinco de

to compose and record songs on the album Oooh La

Mayo, Mardi Gras, Happy New Year, Saint Paddy’s Day,

La) adorn much of the space along with Varian’s own

Fourth of July. I ordered string lights (a couple thousand

designs—pillows, wallpapers, furniture and a one-of-a-

dollars worth), which covered the ceilings like the Indian

kind Native American-inspired wall textile—as well as

restaurants on Sixth Street. We also had hats from

designer offerings from her eponymous shop. She admits

different holidays. It was really, really fun, so whenever

that she had to create a rule for herself: If she thinks about

we do that, I usually keep a couple of things.”

a piece purchased for the store for more than six months,

Since opening her namesake boutique in December

she can bring it home. Thankfully, Varian’s boutique, just

2001, Varian has not had the time to host many dinner

a stone’s throw away on Howard and Crosby Streets, is

parties. But she has great advice for those who do. She

an extension of her home. “Everything I buy [for the store]

cautions to tidy but not clean before a party, because it

I love,” she says.

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Joe vs.

Jonas text by Michael Hafford photograhy by Easton Schirra

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“I’m kind of in the process of deciding what I want

He is subject to the whims, rumors and fabrications of

to do right now,” Joe Jonas tells me at the Soho House

the Jungian collective unconscious that we build around

in West Hollywood—a glass-walled rooftop bar from

any public figure. Before the shoot is over, his fans have

where we can see his house. He’s talking about his next

adopted photos from the shoot as their Twitter avatars.

musical project, but he could be talking about his public

Another example: Jonas is at Bardot with his

life as a whole. He has spent the past three years, since

girlfriend, friends and a small retinue of support staff,

the release of his solo album, Fastlife, more or less out of

sitting around and waiting to deejay. The room is dark,

the public eye. Following the big summer tour last year,

all wood and leather, and there’s a band finishing up a

there was a planned fall tour with the Jonas Brothers in

set in the room downstairs. People mill about aimlessly—

intimate venues, but it was canceled two days before it

talking, drinking, eyeing Jonas’ crowd in the corner. He’s

was to kick off. That was last October.

laughing, smiling, having a good time. Finally, it’s time

Anyone might be shaken by a public falling out with

to go on. He opens with a set of music that he loves:

their brothers, but he seems, in one word, content. And

electronic and not necessarily danceable. He seems,

who wouldn’t be? Joe is your average really handsome,

for all the world, like any other young deejay playing a

super

exist,

set to a small crowd with his (O.K., pretty large) group

right?—leading a life of total leisure. At 24, he has lived

of friends hanging out. People nod respectfully and pay

the equivalent of several lifetimes and presumably made

attention but not as much attention as they pay to their

enough money and fans to purchase and populate at

drinks. At a certain point, when the drunkenness of the

least a small island or two. So what gets him out of bed

room reaches its fever pitch—this happens, as always,

in the morning?

around 1:15 a.m.—something changes.

successful

twentysomething—those

Short answer: He wants, above all else, to reset his public persona: more Joe and less Jonas Brothers.

The Jonas Brother in him takes over, the music gets faster, and people start dancing. An energetic guy

You might think it would be hard to figure out where

named Tetris jumps up and down and yells, “Woo,”

one ends and the next begins, but it’s really not. When

which seems more than appropriate. And then at the

he’s at the photo shoot playing music and making genial

very end, as Jonas tells it:

small talk with the photographer about the best places to live in New York City, that’s Joe.

“Some guy I don’t know—maybe jealous, probably wasted—was like, ‘Boo, play some better music, boo.’

Then a weird thing happens. People post Instagram

Five minutes before that, I saw him dancing like crazy...

photos of the shoot, and within hours, there are blog

I don’t think he assumed I would talk back to him. So I

posts, debates and rumors that he has canceled his

said from the deejay stage, ‘If you have something to

deejay set at Bardot later that night. The thing is, he

say, why don’t you come up here and say it? Because I

never announced the deejay set on any social media and

can’t hear you.’ I was kind of smirking. I was picking on

has absolutely no intention of canceling. He’s psyched

him a little bit, and the lights came on in the club, and

to be playing. But Jonas is, to a certain type of—let’s be

he was really embarrassed. And it was funny, because

honest—girl, the most famous person in the entire world.

the fans started laughing at him. I wasn’t trying to start 81

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“when I hit the reset button and release new music, fresh ears will listen open-minded and not judge.”

anything; it was just kind of humorous. The guy got

hosted his youngest brother for a sleepover and took him

embarrassed and left or whatever. That small thing blew

to see The Grand Budapest Hotel, which they both loved.

up into [my manager thinking] I got into a fight.”

That connection with family, he feels, is something that

Jonas seems ready to say goodbye to all that. In the hours I spend in his company, he never once says the words “Jonas Brothers.”

has helped him to adapt to a more normal day-to-day life, unlike others of his pop music generation.

“I’ve had an easier route than most. The youngsters

Of his upcoming album, he says: “I’m trying to [make

just turning 20, the Biebers of the world, are under a

it] something that I really want it to be—do music that

microscope,” Jonas says. [Beiber] is having a very tough

I’m really proud of and not let too many cooks in the

time finding balance. I think we all saw it coming. Your

kitchen.” The album is still in its nascent stages, but

dad is your party animal—that’s going to sum it up pretty

so far, he has recorded or written songs with a variety

quick. There’s an equation for some sort of explosion.”

of collaborators, the most notable of which is Albert

For all of his side projects and various entanglements,

Hammond, Jr., of the Strokes. The pair wrote and

deejaying seems to bring him the most joy. He plays with

recorded together in Hammond’s upstate New York barn

focus and intensity, and he has been working with a few

studio. Jonas doesn’t want to hurry the process along.

friends, including DJ Triple XL, on developing his skills

“I’m really at the baby stages. I’m writing with people I

on the decks.

like and admire, but I’m taking my sweet, sweet time with

Back at Bardot, Jonas has been at it for about an hour

it,” he says. “I feel like if I figured out what I wanted the

and a half. The last song plays, the house lights come on,

sound to be like, [I wouldn’t be] too worried about ‘I have

and a group of adoring, early-twentysomething women

to release this from the hype of …’”

throng Jonas as he walks out of the deejay booth. Some

Your previous band, I ask?

of them have a reaction like you might expect to see

“There are always stereotypes when people think

from people lining up to meet the Beatles—jumping,

of a band, any artist, that they’re going to sound like a

waving jazz hands and saying unpunctuated things like

certain thing,” he replies. “[I hope that] when I hit the

“Ohmigod” and “Areyouforreal?” Others play it cool.

reset button and release new music, fresh ears will listen open-minded and not judge.”

These are women that, if you do some math, have been following him since they were in their early teens.

He feels that he rushed into the last one. “In a big

For some of them, meeting Joe Jonas is a dream

way,” he says. “I was told I had a year to make a whole

hatched when they watched the Jonas Brothers play at

side project or solo album and release it. And I was like,

their middle school in Connecticut. They never want this

‘All right.’ And that was exciting, because back then a

moment to end.

year was like ... 10 years.”

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But it’s 2 a.m., and the lights are on, and it’s time to

That’s Joe pushing back against the Jonas name,

go. People leave. Jonas walks out of the club into the

wanting to make work that he’s personally proud of after

undisturbed Hollywood street. He disappears into a

spending years in the Disney teen pop machine.

waiting Uber, where he is once again, finally, just Joe.

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ON REAL ESTATE Carnegie Hill is a neighborhood on the Upper East Side of Manhattan known for its intimate village-like environment with cafĂŠs, restaurants, boutiques and book stores lining its streets. A wonderful place to call home with close proximity to the beauty of Central Park and all it has to offer. Boundaries extend from 86th Street on the south side to 96th Street on the north and from Fifth Avenue (Central Park) on the west side to Third Avenue on the east. The Carnegie Hill Historic District was designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission in July 1974 and expanded in December 1993. Carnegie Hill Neighbors, an organization that seeks to preserve the village environment, spurred creation of the Historic District and actively monitors its well being.

The neighborhood was named for the mansion that Andrew Carnegie built at Fifth Avenue and 91st Street in 1901. Today, the mansion houses the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution. The architecture of the neighborhood includes grand, prewar apartment buildings along Park and Fifth Avenues, brownstones with stoops, townhouses on the side streets, cooperatives, condominiums, and a handful of mansions. It is also home to the Jewish Museum, the National Academy of Design and the Dalton School.

The median price for apartments in Carnegie Hill has risen 14 percent over the past year, to $1,525,000.

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HALL F. WILLKIE President Brown Harris Stevens Residential Sales hwillkie@bhsusa.com

Photography by Francis Hills

CARNEGIE HILL

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on the market broker spotlight Russell Miller Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker rmiller@bhsusa.com 212.906.9360

Mary Beth Flynn

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151 East 79th Street

Years of experience: 36-plus years

Price: $9,995,000 Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 4 Apartment Perks: Experience the history and luxury of the Upper East Side in this spacious five-bedroom, full-floor apartment.

Originally built in 1924 from designs by renowned architects Rouse and Goldstone, the current configuration includes a library, a formal dining room, four baths, a massive corner eat-in kitchen, laundry and a maid’s room. The west-facing living room opens graciously into both the library and dining room and features a beautiful wood-burning fireplace that is the focal point of the apartment. From the kitchen, enjoy a direct view of All Soul’s Church. All bedrooms are private and spacious, and the master bedroom features an additional wood-burning fireplace. Natural light bathes the entirety of the apartment.

Neighborhood Perks: Located in the heart of the Upper East Side, this apartment is steps from shopping, world-class museums and the best schools in New York City.

Greatest accomplishment: Creating a practice devoted exclusively to townhouse sales

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505 West 19 street

chelsea high life Text by michael ewing

1990s that eventually attracted some of the finest art galleries

Beare of Core. “Soon after this period, the zoning changed

in the world. The Meatpacking District, a small section

from manufacturing to residential, and Chelsea became

wedged between Chelsea and the West Village, became the

home to many luxury condominium developments.”

go-to scene for night clubs and luxury fashion designers.

“What’s considered prime Chelsea has shifted westward

Once a barren neighborhood where meat was packed and

Recent projects like the High Line—a public park built

to meet the High Line. Savvy developers saw the lure of the

transported and warehouses were rampant, Chelsea has

on historic elevated freight rail lines along the West Side—

High Line and planned buildings with spacious residences

revitalized itself in the recent decades and has become one

have added another dimension to Chelsea, garnering

and high bedroom counts,” says Gordon Hoppe, a senior

of the leading real estate markets in the city.

international appeal. “Friends of the High Line was

vice president and the director of sales at Corcoran Sunshine

“The transformation of Chelsea is a good representation

founded in 1999, and with an incredible team of architects,

Marketing Group.

of how New York City has changed in the last 10 to 15 years,”

engineers and landscape architects, an abandoned,

“It used to be a a destination for nightclubs, art galleries

notes Tarek Bendida, a salesperson at Citi Habitats. The area

elevated railroad was transformed into one of the most

and flea markets—a gritty city with not many high-rises,”

gave way for artists to live in expansive loft studios in the

beautiful and interesting parks in the city,” adds Emily

says Eric Benaim, the president and chief executive officer

renderings by Peter Guthrie

a park, galleries and luxury shops attract new residents

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Penthouse living room at 137 Riverside Drive.

Façade of 12 East 79th Street.

Entry hall at 157 East 70th Street.

Staircase inside 57 East 64th Street.

a HOME FOR THE AGES

Four splendid uptown residences, each offered through Paula Del Nunzio of Brown Harris Stevens Charles Ogden Mansion at 12 East 79th Street This townhouse is perfectly positioned on today's Gold Coast near Fifth Avenue. The Charles Ogden Mansion at 12 East 79th Street is built 28 feet wide. The grand original rooms in the front and rear remain open and intact, allowing the new owner to experience the full 28 feet in width in many of the main rooms. Comprising approximately 16,000 total square feet on seven levels, this mansion is unique in possessing an incomparable historical provenance and a location that can never be duplicated.

CPH Gilbert Mansion at 57 East 64th Street A massive limestone townhouse in the style of Neo-Francois I with a magnificent four-story curved bay, the CPH Gilbert Mansion at 57 East 64th Street comprises 14,000 total square feet on seven levels. This home was originally designed to have the kind of scale, and ceiling height, in entertaining rooms sought today to display an art collection of major scale. It is a special benefit that the original plan of the architect is largely intact, and details in the rooms throughout have been restored with attention to historical accuracy. No other building by CPH Gilbert is on the market at this time, and it is unlikely that another will be available, making this mansion a rare opportunity.

William Randolph Hearst Penthouse at 137 Riverside Drive Before moving to California, William Randolph Hearst lived with his family in New York City where he created this extraordinary home—a precursor to his famed San Simeon estate. The quintuplex at 137 Riverside Drive comprised floors eight through 12 and was the largest and most opulent apartment in the city. Two owners, Mr. Hearst and the present inhabitant, selected this unique location for their immense art collections and their families. The qualities that appealed to them—its extraordinary interior scale and size with exquisite terraces and magnificent views in every direction—await the next owner.

Urban Villa with Gardens at 157 East 70th Street

PAULA DEL NUNZIO

With an exquisite position on the north side of a coveted tree-lined block, this 36-foot-wide mansion on East 70th Street is characterized by an uncommon width,

Brown Harris Stevens

excess of natural light, soaring ceilings and more than 10,000 square feet of elegant space. The townhouse is positioned on a 100-foot-deep lot resulting in a

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massive, mature planted rear garden measuring 36 feet wide by 42 feet at its deepest point. Once home to Si Newhouse's art collection, the mansion is flooded

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of Modern Spaces. “Now, when you think of Chelsea,

Line,” Hoppe continues. “Above, its skylight lets you see the

The West Tower offers three- to four-bedroom residences

words like "cool," "luxury" and "trendy" come to mind. The

underside of the structure. Residential architecture that is this

with one terraced penthouse, while the East Tower has one-

flea markets have been replaced by high-rises and the

interactive with the High Line is a first.”

to five-bedroom spaces with two terraced penthouses.

nightclubs by luxury shops.”

“This relationship with the High Line called for a special

Asking prices for the building will start at a little more than

and contextual design, which is why the developers

$2.3 million and swing upward to approximately $20 million

brought in Thomas Juul-Hansen, who excels at creating

for the penthouse suites, all of which include Juul-Hansen’s

“The High Line has been a total game changer for Chelsea!”

modern spaces that still feel warm,” says Tricia Cole,

designs of walnut entry doors, bronze trim accents in the

exclaims Drew Glick, a broker at Brown Harris Stevens. “I’m

the executive managing director of Corcoran Sunshine

kitchen and travertine slabs in the master bedrooms.

sure we would have seen some of the development we’ve

Marketing Group, describing the two 10-story buildings

Nearly two blocks north, Kohn Pedersen Fox, a world-

seen in West Chelsea take place without it but not nearly to

under development by HFZ Capital Group. “Thomas

renowned architectural firm, has designed 500 West 21st

the degree of what has and will happen.”

designed the buildings in their entirety, inside and out,

Street between the General Theological Seminary and the

“The High Line has become an instant international

and he understands how residents drawn to West Chelsea

High Line. “Though it’s amidst two of the most striking

landmark,” adds Hoppe. “Some of the world’s most noted

want to live. The light-gray limestone brick façade with

landmarks in the neighborhood, it still offers an incredible

architects are designing adjacent properties that reflect the

articulated metal and wood windows is the development’s

sense of privacy because of its lush, landscaped gardens

imagination and creativity of the park itself.”

signature. Not only is the pattern of the windows unique,

by Rees Roberts + Partners,” says Hoppe. “You can be in

“Thomas Juul-Hansen’s 505 West 19th Street has two

it also affords the residences amazing light and expansive

the heart of everything and still feel like you have a private

towers connected by a lobby built underneath the High

views of Manhattan, as well as privacy from the High Line.”

piece of the High Line.”

High Line for High-rises

renderings by Peter Guthrie

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625 Park Avenue, Ultimate Pre-War Apartment 12 rm, 3 br, 4 ba, 1 hf ba | $19,750,000 | Web ID: 0019267

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CHELSEA • neighborhood

“Every tech firm wants to be in Chelsea, as well as bio-med, media and creative companies.”

Gordon Hoppe The Sherwood Equities-owned building has recently started to bring its residences to the market with its one-bedrooms listing for about $2.2 million and a three-bedroom with a private terrace for north of $6.45 million.

A bit down the street, 551 West 21st Street near 12th Avenue is

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preparing to list its 44 large-scale residences on the market. The building is marketed as 551W21, and prices are expected to start a little below $6 million and climb to $17.5 million.

Related’s 520 West 28th Street is also hitting the market with its 37 units. Pricing has not been disclosed, but John Tenore and Glenn Norrgard of Sotheby’s International Realty note, “Famed architect Zaha

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Hadid has designed this 11-story, 37-unit luxury residence, evoking a futurist Jetson-like vision.”

Tech in the Neighborhood Though the High Line has changed the real estate and development landscape of Chelsea, several other sectors have also played a role in Chelsea’s continued renaissance. In recent years, New York under Bloomberg has been pushing to attract technology and Internet companies to the city, and Chelsea has been the first choice for many tech giants.

“Lower Manhattan has recently been referred to as Silicon Alley,”

2013 with 262,000 jobs.”

“Chelsea has become a cornerstone with large companies such as Google and IAC,” she added.

“Google bought the old Port Authority building on 15th Street in 2010 for almost $2 billion,” notes Glick, referring to 111 Eighth Avenue, a massive 2.9-million-square-foot building that stretches between Eighth and Ninth Avenues and exceeds Google’s Googleplex in California.

“Twitter just signed a big lease on West 17th Street for its New York headquarters, and Spotify and AppNexus are among many other tech

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companies in Chelsea.”

“Every tech firm wants to be in Chelsea, as well as bio-med, media

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CARNEGIE HILL CONDO | $5,500,000 7 rm, 3 br, 3 ba, 1 hf ba | Web ID: 0019358 L. Waldron, 212.606.7775 | K. Meardon, 212.606.7652

441 EAST 57TH STREET | $3,200,000 4 rm, 2 br, 2 ba | Web ID: 0019364 Randall Gianopulos | 212.606.7622

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The SherryNetherland Located on Fifth Avenue, the Sherry-Netherland is a rare prewar co-op that offers full hotel amenities and a contemporary two-bedroom, two-bath, sunflooded home. The metropolitan living area, with a cityscape to fawn over, accompanies the versatile interior layoutâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a sunny living room that offers eastern and western exposures from five oversize windows and a spacious gourmet kitchen. The large, square, chic master bedroom also offers eastern and western natural lighting and a bountiful walk-in closet. The en suite bath is in glorious, original art deco style with a marble soaking tub and shower.

In addition to the contemporary aesthetic, this home offers yet another sun-absorbed second bedroom facing north with ample storage and makes working elegant and comfortable when used as an office. The 9-foot ceiling height generates an airy aura, bringing even more life to the space.

Hardwood flooring, high-speed Internet service, a chef's kitchen, a washer and dryer in-unit and central A/C complete the interior.

In addition to full hotel amenities, the building allows flexibility of ownership through LLCs and trusts and also welcomes non-U.S buyers.

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33 Irving Place 212.557.6500

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ENJOY BIG VIEWS AND TERRACE | $3,700,000 | WEB#8824493 STEPHANIE DENNETT 212.381.6567

LOCATION, LOCATION | $2,350,000 | WEB#9685144 JOE MONTELEONE 212.381.2490

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SPACIOUS 2BR W/PATIO | $1,325,000 | WEB#9344067 MARILYN MAYERS 212.381.3211

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spotlight Chelsea

This month, SCENE takes a look inside some of the most impressive Chelsea homes on the market.

410 West 24th Street, #18BCE $6,000,000

257 West 17th Street, Apartment 4D $3,475,000

This exceptional property on the 18th floor of Chelsea’s London Terrace Towers exudes timeless prewar elegance with modern convenience and amenities. With four bedrooms and four full marble baths, the residence presents an expansive, versatile space with 360-degree views of the city’s most iconic buildings. A formal entry opens to a large corner living room with a working fireplace and leads to the dining area and open, windowed kitchen for seamless entertaining. The space also offers 9-foot-6-inch ceilings and abundant closets, plus a gracious, private master suite. This doorman building includes a half Olympic pool, steam rooms and saunas with a gym.

Susan Singer, Town Residential, 646.545.5070

This rarely available two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath (originally three bedrooms and easily restored) is a spectacular 1,889-square-foot loft at the Steiner Building. The unit offers large southfacing windows and 10-and-a-half-foot-tall ceilings. The entry foyer with guest closet and powder room leads to the large living/dining room. The adjoining chef’s kitchen includes two dishwashers and a center island. The spacious master bedroom has a large walk-in closet and an en suite bath with twin sinks, a shower and a tub. The space has a sound system throughout, a walk-in laundry room and central air-conditioning. The building has a doorman, a bike room and basement storage.

Jeffrey Firth, Sotheby’s International Realty, 212.606.7673

246 West 17th Street $3,575,000

365 West 20th Street, 5C $799,000

This two-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath sprawling condominium is the epitome of modern luxury. The grand foyer entrance with 10-foot ceilings leads to an open kitchen with custom imported cabinetry and designer appliances. The kitchen and grand living space are detailed with hardwood floors and a massive wall of windows. Both bedrooms are equally as vibrant, with a huge walk-in closet in the master bedroom and full baths en suite. This building is newly converted and the perfect pied–à–terre or primary residence located on coveted West 17th Street. The building is full service with a 24/7 doorman, gym and lounge. Jessica C. Campbell, Nest Seekers, 646.924.4362

Located on one of the most beautiful tree-lined blocks in New York City, this 11-window gem allows for lots of light yet is serene and quiet with a mixture of modern and Old World charm. The entire apartment has been tastefully renovated and restored with many of the original architectural details. The living room/kitchen opens into two equal-size bedrooms with renovated hardwood floors throughout. The subway-tiled bathroom has a rain shower, original fixtures and transoms, a Duravit sink, a Robern medicine cabinet and a cleverly designed shower rail. The apartment also includes a designated storage bin in the basement.

Porter Hovey, Halstead Property LLC, 212.521.5783, Warner Lewis, Halstead Property LLC, 212.381.6590, Ari Harkov, Halstead Property LLC, 212.381.4246

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230 EAST 63RD STREET

Uncompromising Details Situated on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, the celebrated and newly constructed 230 East 63rd Street, boasts six 1,700+ sf floor-through 2 bedroom plus study, 2.5 bath homes. Both the Maisonette and the Penthouse of this elegant limestone boutique condominium include outdoor space that is second to none. No detail has been overlooked from the wood burning fireplaces, radiant floors and outdoor spaces to the fully integrated sound systems, building gym and so much more. Prices begin at $3.15M. Only 2 homes remain.

RICHARD J. STEINBERG | LICENSED ASSOCIATE REAL ESTATE BROKER | 212-439-5183 | RSTEINBERG@WARBURGREALTY.COM JILL STEINBERG | LICENSED REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON | 212-439-4510 | JSTEINBERG@WARBURGREALTY.COM MATTHEW W. SLOSAR | LICENSED REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON | 212-439-4531 | MSLOSAR@WARBURGREALTY.COM See Offering Plan for full terms. File #CD13-0087.

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wolf 24-inch convection steam oven

A Chef Haven How to get a professional cook’s kitchen at home More than ever, people are looking to bring the experiences of the outside world into their own home. Whether it’s HD TVs replacing live sporting events or VOD replacing a trip to the Redbox, the trend is to have things on demand. Trending next are restaurant-quality meals from your very own kitchen.

A gourmet kitchen is about top-of-the-line appliances but also topof-the-line design. A fully integrated kitchen will enhance your culinary experience, as well as your living-space satisfaction.

“Ultimately, you want the cabinetry and appliances to be proportional to the space,” says Paula Cercere of GE. “Smaller appliances like an 18-inch dishwasher or a multifunctional model that saves space and provides flexibility are quite useful. The GE Monogram Advantium—available as a built-in wall unit or above-the-cooktop model—serves as a speed-cooking oven, convection oven, warming oven and even a toaster/broiler/proofer and is the ultimate in providing everyday convenience. Further, the GE Monogram 30-inch-wide Built-in Fully Integrated refrigerator includes a lower drawer that can be converted from a refrigerator to a freezer to a wine chiller at the touch of a button.”

By installing custom panels, the refrigerator and dishwasher can seamlessly blend into adjacent cabinetry, making a smaller kitchen appear larger and more luxurious.

Appliances have gotten smarter both in their functionality and in the ways we use them. Gone are microwave dinners and reheated pizzas of yesteryear. Healthy is in and here to stay.

“The latest addition to the modern gourmet kitchen is the steam oven,” says Ellen Elias of Elgot Kitchens. “You can use it for baking, broiling and steaming food. It can replace a microwave.”

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While appliances are an integral part of any kitchen, design plays just as large of a role. Dom Interiors creates expandable, customized spaces through the clever use of sliding boards and cabinets.

“Kitchens are no longer behind closed doors,” notes Brian Jevremov of Dom Interiors. “They’re part of the overall space. They’re part of entertaining, dining and living. It’s a one-room kind of situation. How do you resolve having a kitchen that needs to be clean and in as much possible order? Many people hide the kitchen. Instead, we want to make this thing beautiful and functional. With our design, instead of moving things out and putting things away, you close it and walk away.

A system of sliding boards cover your cooktop and sink and opens more space.”

Dom Interiors, however, doesn’t stop there. It also provides solutions for hiding refrigerators and other major kitchen appliances inside of cabinets.

“We have artwork done on the cabinets by a variety of fine and graphic artists,” adds Jevremov. “The refrigerator can disappear and become a piece of artwork. You can hide your kitchen and open it when you need it and be completely useful. Our designs couldn’t be more user-friendly and beautiful. We use a range of materials including wood, glass or whatever other materials you might want.”

There you have it—tips on how to have a kitchen that is as practical as it is ready for the big screen.

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EXQUISITE HOMES

HILLCREST, RIDGEFIELD, CONNECTICUT This 25,000-square-foot, 5-acre estate is almost complete. The shingle and stone home offers 50-mile views of the Hudson Valley and features nine bedrooms, 10 full and five half baths, eight fireplaces and garages to house seven vehicles. It is the ultimate Connecticut estate with a great room, a ballroom, a library, a 12-seat theater, a music room, a full gym, a sauna, a wine cellar, a wine tasting room, indoor and outdoor pools, a pool house and an elevator, as well as magnificently detailed, 10-foot ceilings, beautiful moldings, coffered and beamed ceilings, wood floors throughout and radiant heat. The home is also a Smart House and includes stone patios, an irrigation system, a security system and an emergency generator.

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Red Oak Drive, considered the most beautiful street in Spring Lake, is the home to this custom designed Colonial. Exquisite details & craftsmanship throughout, 5/6 bedrooms/5 ½ baths. Over 5500 sq. ft. $3,890,000 Susan Careatti 732-614-8372

Built in 2006, 7,000 + sq. ft. offering 6 bedrooms, 6 ½ baths, 3 car garage on over ½ acre of prime waterfront.

Master Craftsmanship throughout.

White sandy beach. Riparian Grant. $1,775,000 Marlene Mango 732-319-2874

Stunning custom designed home hosting an inviting floor plan with 4 bdrms/4 bths. Enjoy breathtaking views from decks on all 3 levels & your 160ft dock.

Treat yourself to a little bit of paradise, a must see! $1,400,000 Katie Lachowicz 732-604-7154

UNIQUE 3 BUILDING ESTATE. Bldg 1 – Main house – Custom, 4 BR, 3.5 bths.

Bldg 2 – office/guest suite/cabana.

Bldg 3 – Full in-law home w/guest suite.

All connected w/enclosed walkways!

7 BR’s, 6.5 bths, 3 car gar, I-G Pool. $1,349,000 Toula Rosebrock 609-693-0295

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SPRING LAKE – OCEANFRONT

BELMAR – OCEANFRONT

ISLAND HEIGHTS – RIVER VIEWS

Wonderful Victorian home w/beach & a 800’ riparian grant. 9 bdrms/6 bths, fabulous woodwork, 7 fireplaces. Historic beauty…Enjoy the most beautiful sunsets on the Jersey Shore. $1,895,000 The Point Pleasant Office 732-295-9600

Mediterranean Style home w/ a modern flair boasts unobstructed panoramic views from almost every rm.

Interior of home was completely redesigned, and engineered & rebuilt to Pure Perfection! $8,245,000 Colleen Tobin 732-213-5166

Panoramic views from 3 levels. 5 bdrms/4 ½ bths. Elevator service from full bsmnt to the 3rd floor! Open floor plan, w/deck overlooking the beautiful Atlantic Ocean. $2,349,000 The Spring Lake Office 732-449-4441

Situated 50’ above the Scenic Toms River. Well appointed 5 bdrm/3 ½ bth home will captivate you. Private location with stunning river views. Private beach & access to the river, bay, & ocean. $1,395,000 Gary Williamson 732-691-1368

BRIELLE – EXQUISITE ESTATE

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SPRING LAKE – SHORE HOME

Estate property nestled in Brielle’s exclusive Country Club section.

Panoramic views of the Manasquan River. This 7 bedroom, 4 ½ bath home sits on one of the highest points on the East Coast. Designed with superior craftsmanship! $1,990,000 Laurie Londoner 609-915-4835

A magnificent shore home!!! Built to withstand the test of time. Quality craftsmanship is displayed throughout, Barn flooring, chef’s kitchen, fireplace with bluestone marble & so much more.

Second & Third floors have private ocean view balconies. $3,050,000 Susan Miller 732-539-6414

Stunning 4 bdrm/5 bth waterfront home w/spectacular views. This home has a magnificent layout and boasts a huge 2 story family rm w/fireplace, cozy solarium, chef’s kitchen, master suite, formal dining rm & finished basement. $1,245,000 Colleen Dingley 732-322-0731

The beautiful shore town of Spring Lake, features this 3 bdrm, 2 ½ bath home, located just one block to the pristine Spring Lake beach. The family room opens to an oversized deck. Perfect home for entertaining. $1,399,000 Annabelle Flynn 732-616-2616

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NOAH LINDLEY HOUSE • $2,499,000

Circa 1790 five acre estate in western Redding, CT, with 3 bedroom main house, stunning pool, charming guest house, cottage, perennial gardens, magnificent pond with island, meadows and fields.

TULIPWOOD • $2,300,000

Stunning Cotswold Modern on 5 ac. next to 70+ ac. open space in Ridgefield, CT. 5BR, 5 full/1 half baths, 5 FPs, 3-story foyer, walls of glass, Chef’s kit, pool, screen porch, great details, every amenity.

HAMILTON HOUSE • $3,250,000

Magnificent ca. 1880 colonial in sought-after location near historic Main Street, Ridgefield, CT. Masterfully restored/renovated; wonderful blend of times gone by & modern day amenities & comforts.

JULIAN ESTATE • $9,975,000

WATERFRONT GEM • $2,099,000

Completely private estate on 30 ac. in Ridgefield, CT. Featured in numerous publications. Breathtaking views, expansive grounds, ponds, guesthouse, pool, tennis, greenhouse, more. 1 hour from NYC.

Spectacular Lakeview Estates home with dock!

Designer-owned Colonial in Ridgefield, CT, 1 hr to NYC. $500k+ in improvements! Smarthouse technology, elevator, pool w/ spa, finished LL w/ KIT.

SHELTERFIELDS • $8,900,000

FIELDSTONE HALL • $4,650,000

Quintessential CT country estate on 10 level acres in Redding, CT. Remarkable property w/9000 sf. 6BR reno’d 1907 carriage house. Beautiful pastoral setting, wine cellar, pool/pool hse, tennis, gardens, river view.

Award-winning, magnificently detailed 5 BR stone & shingle in Ridgefield, CT. Adjacent to country club.

Level property w/mature plantings. Carriage house w/legal aptmt. $1million+ in improvements.

MID-CENTURY MODERN • $949,000

SHINGLE SMART HOUSE • $4,000,000

John Johansen, one of the Harvard Five, designed this Mid-Century modern 3 bedroom, 2 bath home sited on a knoll overlooking the quarry pool and 3 verdant acres. Original details, a spectacular home.

Wonderful shingle-style Colonial on 2.78 acres in excellent Southern Ridgefield, CT, location. Custom designed 8,543 sf, 5 BR, 4 full baths home built in 2002. 7-car garage, Smart Home technology.

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Yorkers, he loves to cook. Unfortunately, if my boyfriend's

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cooking was rated on Seamless, it would get one star. Is there a polite way to tell him that I don't like the food he makes?

Dear Hunting Helen Although I can relate to your Aries dilemma, there's no need to get spent before you’ve

Dear Famished Friend

opened your pocketbook. There are a few stores around town that have something for

The solution to this one is easy: Get involved! Perhaps you can take a cooking class

even the most pampered and discerning birthday vivant. I suggest you start the hunt for

together to improve his Seamless lack of talent behind the stove. You don’t want to

your honey at Maison 24 on 57th Street and Park Avenue. It carries everything from croc-

take away something he enjoys doing for his love, so find ways that he can improve his

embossed leather Backgammon boards in a variety of eye-popping colors to acrylic furniture

at-home hobby. It may take time to see results, but empowering his interests will not

by Alexandra von Fürstenberg. If home is not his haven, perhaps something for your man’s

only improve his cooking craft, but your relationship in the process. And on the bright

other best friend? The Carlyle dog dining tables in acrylic and stainless steel may wag his

side, a Michelin-star chef at home comes with its setbacks. Irresistible coq au vin

canine’s fancy. Moving beyond Maison, take a trot to New York Running Company on 62nd

and sinful chocolate soufflés could have you complaining about another problem—

Street and Third Avenue, where you can find the latest in running gear and Garmin GPS

perhaps not in your kitchen, but in your closet.

gadgets to make him grin from head to sneaker. Rizzoli Bookstore on West 57th Street is another great outpost for the man who has too much. Although I do not suggest you add an photo by ben kulo

extra Porsche to his Southampton garage, a limited-edition tabletop book may fuel his 911 engine. And if you really have no time to run around town, call Bergdorf Goodman! It can messenger the latest in Tom Ford for Men grooming products wrapped and ready for his vanity. In short, move beyond the “it” bag, be creative and don’t forget that the experience of finding that special something is part of the fun of giving and what really counts.

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