Innholdsfortegnelse for April 2017 i Town & Country

A HAVE YOU SEEN MY LATEST EGGLESTON ACQUISITION? Last year a cache of never-before-seen works by the Memphis-born living-legend photographer William Eggleston turned up in a most unexpected place: on fabric. Electra Eggleston, the Nashville textile company founded by Andra Eggleston, William’s daughter, has salvaged, scaled, and printed his pen, marker, and watercolor sketches—some done in his little black book, others on hotel stationery— directly onto Belgian linen. “I’ve always felt more connected to his drawings than his photographs,” says Andra, an actress who recently moved back to her home state. “When you look at one of them you just have this profound feeling of want. I wanted to give that to people in a much more accessible way.” The project has also reconnected father and daughter, so much so that…

While their home base is in New York’s Flatiron district, florists Darroch and Michael Putnam (known professionally as Putnam & Putnam) take their design cues from the 17th-century vanitas paintings of the Dutch masters (remember, New York was once New Amsterdam). When the sweet clematis, delicate anemones, fragrant poppies, and bright daffodils in this arrangement fade, this Hermès wicker basket bag will serve as a permanent memento.…

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I screen-shot the banded agate earrings as soon as they appeared in my feed. The material, favored in the 19th century, plus the gold French wire and tiny seed pearl near the post, lent the earrings a historical aura, but the agate was pointed at the end, almost like a dagger, adding a modern edge. The designer was Eugenie Niarchos, who has, over the last three years, emerged as a jeweler with a singular way of weaving through time. Her friend Margherita Missoni describes Niarchos’s style as having “the glamour of the past but without leaving aside the irony.” It’s a recipe on full view in her new Elementa collection, which was inspired by ancient Egyptian symbols for fire, earth, water, and air, as well as by futuristic movies like…

Party AWAY Traveling the world in packs—and having a grand time doing it—is nothing new. But never has it been as de rigueur as now. Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece celebrated the new year in the Bahamas with pals Amanda Brooks and India Hicks—this on the heels of a girls weekend in Yorkshire. In January, Tory Burch and eight friends beat the cold by heading to her 27-acre spread in Antigua, a property once owned by Bunny Mellon. Gwyneth Paltrow flew to Punta Mita with her kids for film producer Crystal Lourd’s 50th birthday back in 2015 and had such a good time that she did it all over again last year. Tequila entrepreneurs George Clooney and Rande Gerber don’t even look for an excuse to take off, with or without…

Dressed in a semisheer Armani jumpsuit, Katalina Hicks is athletically pursuing a chicken across a manicured lawn, assisted by her Italian greyhound, Cara. Finally she scoops the plump hen, named Barbara Brandenburg, into her arms and laughs in triumph. Earlier her husband Ashley had displayed similar skill rounding up the errant fowl in their Oxfordshire garden, but then, chickens have always played a significant role in the couple’s romance. It was Ashley’s wittily captioned pictures on Instagram of his prized birds that first captivated Katalina Sharkey de Solis, a digital consultant based in New York. When she was asked to give a talk at the South by Southwest festival about anthropomorphism in social media, she got in touch with Ashley to ask for a highresolution image of his favorite avian…

Among all the things she collected, Bunny Mellon had a particular affinity for baskets. Pedestrian ones were just as likely to get prime placement as 19th-century antiques at Oak Spring Farm, the sprawling Virginia estate she called home. Every basket reveals its utility anew each spring, when it can be plucked off a shelf and employed to carry the spoils of your garden or the makings of an extravagant afternoon picnic.…

It took David Yurman nine years to convince his wife Sybil to marry him. His first rejection came in 1970, but he proposed again every year after that. It wasn’t lack of love that kept him at bay but rather Sybil’s free-spirited nature— though she did finally relent, in 1979. On the way to the wedding, David—perhaps because he had focused for so long on persuading Sybil—realized he hadn’t made rings for the ceremony. He bolted back to their downtown Manhattan loft and quickly welded two gold bands. Nearly 40 years later, the couple’s quirky origin story has inspired Yurman’s new wedding collection, which is full of pieces with personality—no welding torch required.…

LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE C H A N E L D R O R & E R I C TA R L O September 25, 2016 Grand CREW After a $10 million restoration, interior designer Timothy Corrigan’s 1764 Château du Grand-Lucé hosted this Austin-based couple’s festivities.…

CEDRIC BUCHET A frequent Town & Country contributor, Buchet photographed the actress Katie Holmes at the Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown for this issue’s cover story, “MOMENT OF TRUTH” (page 120). His last cover subject was Matt Damon, for our June/July 2016 issue. NINA YASHAR Nilufar, the influential Milan design gallery founded by Yashar (left), was the perfect backdrop for “ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY” (page 128), a fashion feature styled by her childhood friend, T&C creative director at large Nicoletta Santoro (right). Yashar describes her aesthetic as “interconceptual, multicultural, and unpredictable.” ALEX HITZ What made Betsy Bloomingdale’s parties so fun? “She never stopped smiling,” says Hitz of the legendary hostess (pictured with the author at a 2014 T&C shoot). Another reason: attention to detail. “Her onion puffs and peanut butter and…

“Dallas style is confident. People aren’t afraid to be exactly who they are.” —Bradley Agather Means, founder, LuellaJune.com “People here are receptive and curious about cutting-edge designers. Dallas style is like nowhere else.” —Jessica Nowitzki, president, Dirk Nowitzki Foundation “Elegant and full of color! And that’s how I’ve dressed up every day for work for the past 37 years.” —Elaine Agather, managing director, JPMorgan “We’re elegant, with an edge. Visit Dallas and you’ll realize that Southfork is over!” —Cindy Rachofsky, cofounder, the Warehouse Nancy Rogers and Forty Five Ten fashion director Taylor Tomasi Hill. Everything— personality, house, hair—really is bigger in Texas, and nowhere is that clearer than in Dallas’s design scene. Brian Bolke has been fanning that boldness flame since 2000, when he opened his clothing and home furnishings…

There is no shortage of products that claim to take care of lines, wrinkles, and sagging. But none of them can do their job if the skin’s protective barrier—which locks in moisture and fends off pollutants—is not in optimal condition. To keep it in shape, avoiding harsh cleansers and aggressive exfoliants is step one; next is applying a vitamin- and mineral-rich tonic designed to fortify and refine from the outside in. They’re proof that a nourished and radiant complexion is possible without your having to down a green juice.…

ARIES MARCH 21–APRIL 20 Claire Foy There seem to be lots of shifts and changes in the air for you this month. With your ruling planet Mars in the down-to-earth sign of Taurus until the 21st, practical considerations must take precedence now, but open your mind to the idea of new arrangements that free you from the past. Your closest relationships are accented by both Venus and the new Moon, presenting challenges and urging you to forgive and forget and move toward a brighter future. TAURUS APRIL 21–MAY 21 Audrey Hepburn With forceful Mars in your sign until the 21st, your will to win is driving you, but awkward issues around joint finances demand a great deal of finesse. Some problems may not be settled until Saturn turns direct in…

“ Her style came with a smile,” proclaimed the New York Times in one of Betsy Bloomingdale’s many obituaries last July. Socialite, philanthropist, and hostess, Betsy, who died at 93, was synonymous with 20th-century café society. To some she may have been best known as “first friend” to first lady Nancy Reagan. Her tasteful influence on Nancy in matters of dress, decorating, and entertaining was inestimable: a come-hither cocktail of Hollywood-inits- heyday high style for all the world to see. And Betsy reigned over a magnificent palace of her own creation, in the Holmby Hills section of L.A., that palace being the highest and best example of midcentury American elegance on the West Coast. Betsy’s private collection—the contents of her house— comes to auction April 5 at Christie’s New York.…

Twelve years ago, when the newsprint magnate Peter M. Brant picked his daughter Allison to manage his fabled contemporary art collection, she never imagined she would find herself waking up in the middle of the night worrying about what would happen if the 20 live canaries escaped from one of the galleries, or if the flowers on the right leg of Jeff Koons’s 43-foot-tall Puppy could bloom in limited sunlight, or how the neighbors would react if they discovered that the monumental Paul McCarthy sculpture of Santa Claus installed on the front lawn was clutching not an ice cream cone but rather a giant sex toy. “I started working for my father years before his foundation opened,” Brant recalls. “Back then I was dealing with loan requests from museums all…

CITY SLICKERS Clean lines and structural details mirror the sleek verticality of an urban home. FARM TO TABLE A house surrounded by lush gardens requires a dress that is at once delicate and lowmaintenance. Consider a wildflower bouquet.…

T H E G A R D E N “Use planters or outdoor furniture to fence off garden areas, encouraging a certain flow of traffic. If possible, set up dining and bar facilities on paved or hard-surfaced areas, versus lawn. If you’re creating temporary paths, lay paving stones at the last minute so they don’t permanently destroy the lawn.” —Carolyne Roehm, CAROLYNEROEHM.COM T H E G U E S T R O O M S “A cozy, well-dressed bed is a must for out-of-town guests. I mix Leontine linens with pillows from Mi Golondrina. I always place Santa Maria Novella terra-cotta pomegranate balls in every room. We keep a stash and send each houseguest home with one, because they’re that transformative. —Cathy Kincaid, CATHY-KINCAID.COM T H E B A R…

PENSHURST, KENT, ENGLAND H A N N A H C E C I L G U R N E Y & E D WA R D H A R D E N September 5, 2014 The director of de Gournay, her family’s hand-painted wallpaper business, Gurney wed in the garden of her father’s country home, Little Chart.…

Since opening her studio in 2001, Milan-based architect and designer Patricia Urquiola has had commissions from clients including Alessi, B&B Italia, Kartell, and Molteni & C. She’s also the art director at Cassina, and she will release new works for the brand this month at Salone del Mobile. As an architect, she has worked on projects as wide-ranging as Missoni’s Milan flagship, a restaurant on Ibiza, and the recently completed Il Sereno Lago di Como hotel, the first new building on Lake Como in decades. Here, the protégée of Achille Castiglioni opens up about her process for our peek inside the habits of a creative mastermind. How do you prepare yourself to be creative? What’s your ritual? I have my studio and home in the same building, so I can…

In 2011, I attended the opening of Giorgio Armani’s hotel in Milan. The Italian cognoscenti, including Osanna Visconti, Bianca and Coco Brandolini, and Ginevra Elkann, were transfixed. After all, Mr. Armani is something of a patron saint in Milan, having started as a window designer at La Rinascente (the city’s answer to Neiman Marcus) before building his own empire. Over the years Armani’s love of set design and architecture has never waned, as evidenced by his much photographed home on Pantelleria; his sleek 213-foot superyacht, the Maìn; his hotels in Milan and Dubai (the latter housed in the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building); and his megastores on Fifth Avenue and in Tokyo’s Ginza district. Most of these marvels are furnished with pieces from his home line, Armani/Casa (ARMANICASA.COM), the…

“It’s like a convent—Jayne, Marella, Lee, and I are in uniform every night,” Jackie Kennedy wrote to Russian princess Irene Galitzine in 1963. This spring, lounge dressing reminiscent of the Rome-based royal’s silk sets (dubbed “palazzo pajamas” by Diana Vreeland) has once again taken up residence in the fashion vocabulary. WOKE UP LIKE THIS Camilla Belle at a PJ party hosted by Dolce & Gabbana at L.A.’s Chateau Marmont. HOUSE CLOTHES In 1969, T&C shot Gloria Vanderbilt, “a splendid undiluted original,” at her NYC townhouse.…

They called her the “Queen of the Curve,” and the signature fluidity that marked her architectural masterpieces—the Aquatic Center for the London Olympics, China’s Guangzhou Opera House—would seem to make Zaha Hadid a natural for a jewelry collaboration. It was not, however, until the very end of her life that she lent her mark to this realm. One of her final efforts before her 2016 death was to collaborate on Bulgari’s B.zero1 ring. The design, inspired by the Colosseum in Rome, is “perfectly imperfect,” as was her way. The gaps between the metal bands seem like Hadid blowing her ferocious uniqueness straight through.…

TITLE TREATMENTS The original Surf Club, which opened in 1930, played host to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, as well as Grace Kelly. The new Four Seasons Hotel at the Surf Club spa menu caters to modern-day complexion obsessives, with treatments using Susanne Kaufmann and Biologique Recherche skincare products. GUIDING LIGHT The spa’s treatment rooms face the sky and the sea, views Dirand uses to his advantage. “The whole space gets lit by the mood outside,” he says. “It’s peaceful.” SPANISH STEPS The designer and his team painted their own graphic concrete floor tiles based on azulejos, the decorative ceramics that cover façades in Porto and churches in Valencia. WORLD OF INT ERIORS Dirand chose brass sconces, curvy furnishings, and Greek marbletopped cabinets to make the interior feel more…

Katie Holmes’s phone won’t stop buzzing. As the sun sinks behind the Hudson River and the clock ticks toward the moment she’ll dash off to a premiere at the Museum of Modern Art, the iPhone sitting between us blinks almost constantly to alert her to the arrival of new text messages. And while anyone who has been paying attention to celebrity news might imagine her private number being deluged with love notes from her Academy Award–winning beau, Jamie Foxx, some upside-down reading reveals the frantic party to be someone even more important: her mom. The rapid-fire texts turn out to be nothing pressing—gossip from back in Toledo that Holmes makes me swear not to repeat— but the moment encapsulates the dichotomy that renders the 38-year-old Holmes so compelling. Sure, she’s…

“There is a blurred line between architecture, design, and fashion. The way in which clothes come to signify a specific time and place in a woman’s life is an intimate connection. So too is the relationship with a house.” —Norma Ka m a l i “My challenge is how can a body move comfortably with a shape and have it function at the same time. I studied anatomy for quite some time. A good architect and designer must know anatomy as well, whether to design a chair or the flow of a staircase.” —Norma Ka m a l i “When I saw the house, I thought it was very special. It was an incredible opportunity. It’s almost like an heirloom. But I thought it was an ambitious undertaking for people…

ARTISTIC TILE Channeling the daring, industrial spirit of the early 1900s, “Aviator” propels the Grand Tour collection to a higher stratus, with a nod to vintage aircraft design. This limestone tile pattern mixes machine carving, inlaid metal, and hand-finishing to evoke the early days of flight, when the metal surfaces of airplanes were riveted into place with irregular sheets. ARTISTICTILE.com MITCHELL GOLD + BOB WILIAMS With their Spring Collection, Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams offers up rich, decadent style that still feels light and fresh. The perfect modern example: the faux-shagreen Solange desk/vanity and chic Alain chair. MGBWHOME.com BERNHARDT Bernhardt introduces the look of a new era: light-enhancing surfaces, simple bold patterns, and artisanal hand-work. Explore the potential of modern living with the artfully-crafted Sasha Swivel Chairs. BERNHARDT.com KELLY WEARSTLER…

“Flowers can be quite expensive,” gardener Charlie McCormick lamented as he recalled planning his 2015 nuptials to designer Ben Pentreath (who decorated the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s Kensington Palace apartment). “I was happy to grow them myself.” McCormick, a native New Zealander whose picturesque garden in Dorset, England, has catapulted him to Instagram fame, says planting and growing your own arrangements requires about two years of preparation—not to mention ample space. But the payoff is worth it, especially when couples stick to what inspires them, be it Iceland poppies for spring weddings or dahlias for autumn. “Flowers,” he says, “are meant to bring joy.”…

In 1971, First Daughter Patricia Nixon said “I do” to Edward Finch Cox at the most iconic home in America. Though the president’s residence—which has hosted 17 weddings in its history—is not exactly rentable, any one of these sprawling estates currently up for sale would make for a quintessentially American neoclassical affair. $ 39 MILLION 1 2 1 F U R T H E R L A N E , E A S T H A M P T O N , N Y Jackie Bouvier spent childhood summers at this Long Island compound, which designer Reed Krakoff restored in 2007. The Maidstone Club is just blocks away. CORCORAN.COM $ 2 MILLION 4 4 5 0 L O W E S F E R R Y R O A D…

HOT SPRINGS, VIRGINIA L A U R E N P R I T C H A R D & S E A N D O Y L E June 6, 2015 The DC-based couple wed at the bride’s family’s 1890s Greek Revival country home, recently restored by Charleston designer Amelia Handegan.…

THE GLASS HOUSE Graphic liners and airy aromas complement Philip Johnson’s transparent wonder, which he once called home. The 49-acre Connecticut estate, which includes 14 avant-garde structures, hosts private events, including weddings. THEGLASSHOUSE.ORG TWIN PALMS Today the E. Stewart Williams Palm Springs oasis, where Frank Sinatra went to escape the Hollywood scene, can be a wedding venue for up to 150 guests. SINATRAHOUSE.COM FALLINGWATER Tucked away in Mill Run, Pennsylvania, the Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece has an autumnal palette that pays homage to its natural habitat. A barn on the property can be booked for events year-round. FALLINGWATER.ORG…

JFK and Jackie danced under a striped one at their nautical Newport wedding. Jenna Bush Hager’s featured strings of lights and fabric to lend homespun charm to her Texas ranch reception. It’s all proof that, in the right hands, a tent can be far more than rainy day insurance. RAJTENTS Raj is the master of Moroccanand Indian-themed tenting. The California-based company also offers an array of linings to customize a tent, allowing you to rent one locally and then use a Raj design to amp up the glamour. RAJTENTS.COM PEARL TENT COMPANY Based in the UK and catering to European affairs, Pearl combines the rustic feel of wood and canvas with vaulted ceilings, generating light and space. THEPEARLTENTCOMPANY.COM SPERRY TENTS Event planner Rebecca Marin (who has worked for everyone from…