Innholdsfortegnelse for June/July 2017 i Town & Country

2016 THE LION ATREST David Rockefeller, who died on March 20 at the age of 101, towered in many fields: urban development, art, banking, and, of course, philanthropy. It was for the last that T&C interviewed him last year at his family’s estate on Mount Desert Island, Maine. After photographs were shot outdoors with his son David Jr. and granddaughters Ariana and Camilla, David Sr. posed for a solo portrait inside a small private residence on the property. This image, which has never been published before, captures him in a moment of pure ease, surrounded by art and artifacts, in a place he loved.…

INSTA-GEM To see in real time my Vegas jewelry finds at the Couture Show (June 2–6), follow me on Instagram: @MRWILLKAHN LAS VEGAS DEALERS CHOICE Every June the jewelry world heads to Las Vegas to unveil new designs at the Couture Show. Yes, Sin City, but the only sinful thing about this event is that the jewel-filled ballrooms at the Wynn Las Vegas are open to the trade only. Luckily, I will be there to sift through the collections and bring back the best. In the meantime we have some exclusive previews, including an Ethiopian opal and orange sapphire necklace that Coomi sent us fresh offher workbench; Oscar Heyman’s sketch of a soon-tobe- completed 13.07-carat bicolor tourmaline ring; and Vhernier ear clips in a newly cast shape. Will Kahn, Fashion…

ARTS & CULTURE June 12 Frank Lloyd Wright NYC’s MoMA celebrates the legendary architect’s 150th birthday with drawings, films, and more, some never seen before. June 30 “Eloise at the Museum” Manuscripts, drawings, and photos of the Plaza’s tiny heroine at the New-York Historical Society June 25 “Gauguin: Artist as Alchemist” Chicago’s Art Institute presents his oeuvre, from Tahiti paintings to lesser-known ceramics. July 4 Sun Valley Media and tech titans don Allen & Co. fleece vests and seal deals at the annual Idaho conference. June 13 Paul Cézanne The master of still lifes and Provence landscapes also did portraits. They’re at Paris’s Musée d’Orsay. June 27 David Hockney L.A.’s Getty Center pays tribute to the lively and prolific British artist, who turns 80 on July 9. July Bohemian Grove…

When Gerry Lester “Bubba” Watson Jr. turned pro in 2002, it was clear thathe was going to shake up the game. A rare left-handed player, he chalked up multiple victories, including two Masters. But along with a thundering drive, he also brought a unique sense of style. Examples? Well, there was that music video he shot with his band, Golf Boys, in which he appears wearing overalls. (He now has a Bubba-in-overalls driver cover to commemorate the event.) And then there are the pink clubs and the green and pink balls. Watson, who taught himself to play, enjoys standing out. “Everybody can see that my swing is homegrown. That means everybody has a chance to do it.”…

CULTURE, LEISURE, AND OTHER PURSUITS What people expect from Charlotte Le Bon depends entirely on where she is. “In America I’m a dramatic actor,” says the Canadian-born, Parisbased Le Bon. “And in France I’m a comedian.” For anyone paying attention, it’s clear there is no limit to Le Bon’s ability. The former model gother big break in a comic segment on the French talk show Le Grand Journal and was subsequently handpicked by Steven Spielberg for 2014’s The Hundred- Foot Journey. Since then she has appeared in the Philippe Petit biopic The Walk, and this month she stars opposite Christian Bale and Oscar Isaac in The Promise, director Terry George’s epic about the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. The new film provides more than just a message, however— it’s making…

There is a photo of a young Jackie Kennedy in East Hampton wearing what appears to be a Mexican folk dress. It is not unlike the embroidered Vita Kin pieces that dominate the summer landscape. The penchant for international details that suggest that a blouse or jacket might have been picked up at a Moroccan souk or procured from an artisan in India has graduated from trend. These worldly wardrobe staples are now bona fide classics that should be restocked and refreshed often. DIRECTOR’S CUT The new shop on the fourth floor of Bergdorf Goodman on Fifth Avenue is stocked with items hand-selected by the store’s fashion director, Linda Fargo (above). They include travelinspired pieces by jeweler Lisa Eisner. LISA EISNER NECKLACE ($7,500) AND PENDANT ($2,500), BERGDORFGOODMAN.COM…

Without fantastic education, the future of the country and the world is really in trouble,” said Gwyneth Paltrow last fall after wrapping up a workout led by her friend, fitness guru Tracy Anderson. Insights and revelations are encouraged in Anderson’s method, but on this particular day hearts were racing for a purpose greater than toned arms. The Tribeca studio was packed with kids from a KIPP public charter school in the Bronx, who were there to help raise money for Donors Choose (DONORSCHOOSE.ORG), a group that connects teachers in high-need schools with backers who can fund their dream projects The event was organized by Swiss watchmaker Frederique Constant, for whom Paltrow serves as global charity ambassador. Along with some off-campus fun, the workout offered lessons in tracking personal progress. Armed…

BEAUTY, HEALTH, AND WELLNESS Occasionally I hanker for a new workout. The spin studio starts to seem awfully dark and dank; at the gym my headphones fail to block out the chatter and chaos; yoga bores me senseless. And last year new research began to reveal the many benefits of outdoor, rather than indoor, exercise, for both our physical and mental health. Four recent studies have shown that getting out of the gym and into the wild—so-called “green exercise”—may improve sleep, energy, and mood and reduce stress, anxiety, and depression. This move back to nature follows other trends, such as the paleo diet and the rise of the gentleman farmer, that urge us to make like our ancestors and simplify. I live in a gorgeous swath of rural New England.…

“THE AUDACITY TO SAY, I’M GOING TO CHANGE THAT PERSON’S LIFE— IT’S PRETTY SELF-CENTERED. BUT THAT’S WHAT IT TAKES.” —Mich a el B l oo m b e rg They are business tycoons, award-winning performers, academics, refugees. Some are rich in the traditional sense, some with the gift of brilliant ideas and the elusive ability to galvanize others. Their goals are varied, but they are united in their belief that improving the world around them is an essential mark of a life well lived. The following pages feature 50 individuals in the world of philanthropy who captured our attention and admiration this year, starting with our three cover subjects: Cate Blanchett, John Legend, and Michael Bloomberg.…

“ We need a hero.” This is what an acquaintance at a dinner party told me last year, by way of explaining why she was so desperate for Michael Bloomberg to enter the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign. Needless to say, her prayers were not answered—although perhaps a version of them was. Because while the former mayor of New York City abstained from what turned out to be the most shocking race in recent history, his commitment to serving the public is as intense as ever. In the last few months Bloomberg has doubled down in particular on his initiatives to fight climate change, with a new book, a new role at the UN, and a global “covenant” among mayors thathe’s leading. Here, he discusses what his parents taught him about…

During an emotional speech at SXSW in March, Joe Biden admitted one regret in deciding to give up his presidential bid after his son Beau died of brain cancer in 2015: He wanted to be the president who eradicated cancer, which he considers the only bipartisan fight left in America. But rather than ruminate, he and his wife Jill got to work. Two weeks after his last day in office, they launched the Biden Foundation. It continues to support the White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force, the efforthe spearheaded to accelerate research and care through unprecedented data-sharing and partnerships between the public and private sectors. The goal? Make 10 years’ worth of progress in five. The foundation has several other core missions: promote equality, advance foreign policy, support military families…

TABLE MANNERS “The eldest son was sitting on Attila’s own couch, right on the very edge, with his eyes fixed on the ground in fear of his father.” —Roman historian Ammanianus Marcellinus, describing a feastheld by Attila the Hun, AD 448 APPLYING YOUR SELF “You come into life with advantages which will disgrace you if your success is mediocre. And if you do not rise to the head not only of your own profession, but of your country, it will be owing to your own laziness, slovenliness, and obstinacy.” —John Adams in a letter to his son John Quincy Adams HOUSEHOLD CHORES “What’s wire hangers doing in this closet when I told you, ‘No more wire hangers, ever’? I work and work ’til I’m half-dead, and I hear people say,…

A cloud of bug spray and a wafer-thin mattress are not among anyone’s treasured memories of sleepaway camp. But a big delivery always caused excitement among the bunks. Just imagine if it had contained the items here, from retro boating and archery gear to gilded compasses and framed prints—or a suite of striped linens that might even inspire campers to work on those pesky hospital corners…

MAJORCA Too touristy? Not if you do it right. In fact, it’s hardly surprising that the Spanish royal family, who own a stunning portfolio of palaces all over Spain, have been spending their summer holidays on Majorca since 1975. With craggy shores punctuated by sandy coves, a dramatic northern spine of the Tramuntana mountain range, and groves of silvery green olive trees and fragrant citrus orchards, the island has been casting its spell for centuries. All it needs is a good edit (not unlike Florida, for that matter). Avoid, of course, the package holiday towns (Magaluf especially, on the south coast) and spend a night or two in Palma, a delightful little city with a beautiful Gothic cathedral. Then retreat to one of the stone farmhouses in the countryside that…

In the days before the internet and the smartphone, when I was an impecunious writer living in Barcelona, two friends staying with me set out to explore the old fishing village of Cadaqués, 105 miles north along the Costa Brava. Even though I was meant to be working on a book, I would have gladly gone with them that mid-September Sunday, if only I had had the funds. I remember watching enviously as they left for the bus that would take them up along the coastal highway toward France, make a sharp right at the town of Figueres, birthplace of Salvador Dalí, and then zigzag its way over the rocky hills to the Cap de Creus peninsula and Cadaqués. I imagined the glare of the morning sun on the white…

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I’m not sure when exactly I started going to Shakespeare in the Park religiously, but it pleases me greatly to look at the collage above and note that I saw every one of these productions, save Meryl Streep’s legendary 1976 turn as Katherine in Henry V. I will be there again this summer to see Julius Caesar and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and if I’m lucky enough to be there on opening night I will also get to see Oskar Eustis take the stage. He speaks, sometimes clad in a seersucker suit, about Public Theater founder Joseph Papp’s belief that theater is a need and a right for all, and Eustis is himself a powerful preacher for the religion of the theater. He believes in its capacity to change the…

TRAVELING SHOW PEOPLE, PLACES, AND PARTIES One night last April, while on assignment in Tokyo for T&C, I was walking through the narrow alleyways of Ginza en route to a friend’s favorite yakitori-nabe restaurant (a nearly century-old establishment where businessmen feast on self-cooked meat and smoke openly between courses), when I was almost blinded by the multistory signage of a Max Mara store that occupies the first two floors of a recently built mall. Myriad new buildings have popped up in the city’s oldest district, but something struck me about the store, and over a dinner of tsukune (chicken meatballs), I described the experience to my companion. A Tokyo native who works at a popular fashion magazine, Mihoko nodded her head and told me that in Japan Max Mara is…

When Shiza Shahid and Amir Tehrani were planning their wedding, one thing was clear: They wanted to honor their respective heritages. Shiza, the founding CEO of the Malala Fund (created to fight for girls’ education after the young Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban) and founder of Now Ventures (a seed fund that invests in mission-driven startups), is from Islamabad. Amir, founder of Legacy Angel Ventures and a Los Angeles Entrepreneur in Residence, is Persian and has family in Palos Verdes. The solution? Two weddings, one in each place. The Pakistani celebration came first, over three days in April 2016. For the 80 guests from around the country the main event was a party at Sky School, an orphanage run by Shiza’s mother. “I wanted to make…

THE MASTERS Augusta National, Augusta, GA (April 6–9) FIRST PRIZE $ 1.98 MILLION Plus a green (Pantone 342) jacket made by Hamilton Tailoring Co. in Cincinnati. U.S.OPEN CHAMPION SHIP Erin Hills, Erin,WI (June 12–18) FIRST PRIZE $1.8* MILLION Plus possession of the 8.5-pound, 18-inch sterling silver trophy for one year. BRITISH OPEN Royal Birkdale, Southport, England (June 20–23) FIRST PRIZE $ 1.5* MILLION Plus the Claret Jug, a solid silver trophy inscribed with the winner’s name.…

Although Plum Sykes’s new novel, Party Girls Die in Pearls (Harper, $27), is fiction, the author drew on real experiences for inspiration. “I was at Oxford in the ’80s,” she says, “and I thought it was a good place to set a story.” She wasn’t wrong. The posh pupils make a charming backdrop for a murder mystery—the book is as much Agatha Christie as Evelyn Waugh. “People love a window into a world of extravagance,” Sykes says. “And if you have a murder thrown in, it’s a great leveler.” A.R.…

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ALL MANNER OF JEWELRY “There is never a good sale for Neiman Marcus unless it’s a good buy for the customer,” said Herbert Marcus, who started the department store 110 years ago. The definition of “good buy” can vary, but few would argue with Neiman’s partnership with the nonprofit jewelry maker Akola. Founded a decade ago in Uganda by Brittany Merrill Underwood, who was in the African nation between semesters at Southern Methodist University, Akola employs 450 women (the name means “she works” in the local dialect). “We run the entire thing through a nonprofit framework, so 100 percent of our profits are reinvested in our social mission to empower women,” Underwood says. Though Akola’s designs have focused on materials found in Uganda, a fine jewelry collection that will include…

PAUL & MAURICE MARCIANO GRAND PLAN Make one of the world’s great contemporary art collections accessible to the public. MAKING HEAD LINES This spring the brothers behind the Guess fashion empire will open the doors of the Marciano Art Foundation, a 100,000-square-foot Los Angeles space that houses their collection of contemporary works. CONNIE NIELSEN GRAND PLAN Help Africa’s poorest citizens become self-sufficient. MAKING HEADLINES After working in Nairobi, Kenya, on a film project, the Danish actress co-founded the Human Needs Project to construct a town center in Kibera, one of Africa’s most impoverished slums, that provides basic infrastructure and services. It will serve as a blueprint for future centers SANFORD & JOAN WEILL GRAND PLAN End A l z h e i m e r ’s , Parkinson’s, and related…

DAYLE HADDON GRAND PLAN Bring quality education to girls without access to it, especially those in refugee camps. MAKING HEADLINES The former model founded Women- One, which recently led a media workshop for refugee girls in Jordan, giving them video equipment and training to document their lives and share their stories. One of the resulting films screened at Sundance last year. DAVID MILIBAND GRAND PLAN Help victims of crises like the Syrian war, which he does as head of the International Rescue Committee, a top global NGO that provides emergency aid. MAKING HEADLINES The IRC has been trying to settle refugees in America and Europe against the political odds, and has launched campaigns against Trump’s travel bans and cuts to foreign aid. LUMA MUFLEH G R A N D P…

Taxes. Private school tuition. Mobile car detailing services. Add to the list of realities that people in particular zip codes and income brackets in major metropolitan centers cannot avoid: galas. Like allergies, galas are seasonal. They emerge with the forsythia, ebb a bit in summer, and hit hard again in the fall. And there is no cure. No matter how much they complain about spending X nights out in a single week, lament that multiple committee obligations are killing them, or bemoan the number of friends they’re obliged to cajole into buying tables—and buy tables from, in a bizarre twist on what evolutionary biologists call “reciprocal altruism”—the philanthropists keep doing it. “Plenty of people who aren’t religious still go to church or celebrate the high holy days,” Richard Kirshenbaum, the…

No one knows better than Diane “Dede” Wilsey what it means to sit on a board of directors. Since heading west as the young bride of shipping magnate John Traina, and later marrying Al Wilsey, a prominent philanthropist who made his fortune in his family’s dairy business, Dede has become the philanthropic centerpiece of San Francisco society. The outspoken 73-year-old has served on more than half a dozen boards (the San Francisco Chronicle called her the city’s “queen of culture”), and she has learned that piecing together an effective roster takes serious savvy—the kind that can balance a mixture of outsize personalities and bulging bank accounts. Her current posts include vice chair of the San Francisco Ballet and spots on the boards of the San Francisco Opera and the mayorappointed…

Sara Ojjeh is in Kampala, Uganda. I know this because I’m scrolling through my Instagram feed and see a Boomerang video she has made. There she is, perched underneath a tamarind tree, sporting a huge grin that consumes half of my iPhone’s screen, holding some kind of box while doing a full-on shimmy in the dappled light. But unlike most of my other friends who post from their trips to Africa, Ojjeh (pronounced like the juice) isn’t using the social network to humblebrag about giraffes drinking out of her tented safari camp’s private plunge pool, or modeling a Karen Blixen–style hat she imported from Beretta, or touting a custom-beaded handbag she snagged from a Maasai clan. Rather, the 27-year-old is showing offa Maama kit, a sealed package containing two plastic…

I first fell in love with the Mediterranean in Chiavari, on the Italian Riviera. Of the town itself I remember little, other than the beach from which I refused to budge (I was 10). Its name—those three strong yet sonorous syllables that I still feel happy saying—is what has stayed with me. This happens along these shores. In his essay on the following pages, Adam Gopnik confesses that just reeling offthe place names “is comforting at night.” It’s as if the islands—and the towns and villages of this Mare Nostrum, as the Romans aptly called it—were engraved in our collective subconscious as a primal home, and each trip to them a longed-for homecoming. This sea is ringed with more desirable locales than one could visit in a lifetime. The ones…

“The first years we rented a house in St.-Tropez. But then Princess Grace kept saying, ‘Lynn, you have to come up to civilization.’ ” —Lynn Wyatt, on buying La Mauresque in Cap-Ferrat CAP-FERRAT Some things are—and should be—preserved in aspic. This peninsula just east of Nice is one such delightfully enduring bastion of old-school Gallic elegance. Linen shirts are ironed, shoes shined, the scent of orange blossom wafts on the briny air, and you’ll swear you can hear ice cubes rattling in a cocktail shaker beyond the cypress trees. Still, this most exclusive destination in the Mediterranean is not stuffy; residents like old-timers King Leopold II of Belgium and Gregory Peck, along with more recent arrivals such as philanthropist Lynn Wyatt (whose villa was once owned by Somerset Maugham), have…

FRANCE Contact Annie Flogaus at Just France (ANNIE.FLOGAUS@ JUSTFRANCE.COM). St.-Tropez: No need to worry about traffic jams here. With lovely sea views, a heated pool, and a jacuzzi, the five-bedroom Villa Cocoa is within easy walking distance of tony Pampelonne Beach and the classic Club 55. FROM $10,250 PER WEEK ITALY Contact Cédric Reversade or Paul-Maxime Koskas at Unique Properties & Events (INFO@UNIQUEPROPERTIESAND EVENTS.COM). Portofino: Land by helicopter in the gardens at the six-bedroom Villa Naiades, which has an infinity pool and direct access to the sea—a rarity in Portofino. Reaching town is a snap: A private elevator takes you there. FROM $37,700 PER WEEK GREECE Contact Christos Stergiou at True Trips (INFO@TRUE TRIPS.COM). Santorini: The stunningly minimalist five-bedroom Nafsika Estate comes with killer views of Santorini’s caldera and such…

Hotel-design doyenne Anouska Hempel’s handsome black-sailed gulet, the Beluga, plies the waters of the Mediterranean through October. Sleeps 6, plus 5 crew. FROM $49,000 PER WEEK; CONTACT AYSEGUL DURU AT DURUKOS YACHTING, AYSEGUL@ DURUKOS.COM The 184-foot Regina, which nearly upstaged James Bond in Skyfall, is available for charter in Croatia, Turkey, and Greece. Sleeps 12, plus 8 crew. FROM $81,350 PER WEEK; CONTACT AYSEGUL DURU AT DURUKOS YACHTING, AYSEGUL@DURUKOS.COM With a steady flow of complimentary champagne and caviar, the 62-passenger Crystal Esprit cruises the Adriatic and has its own small submarine. FROM $5,900; CONTACT MARY JEAN TULLY AT TULLY LUXURY TRAVEL, MARYJEAN@TULLYLUXURYTRAVEL.COM Ponant’s 260-passenger Le Lyrial has quality itineraries in remote areas; a new eight-day Aegean sailing stops on wild Amorgos and remote Kythira. FROM $7,373; 888-400-1082 The 600-passenger Seabourn…

I B I Z A , S P A I N Platja de Ses Salines Chill-out playground for families, singles, and gay travelers, with mellow sets by world-class DJs. A mile-long stretch of white sand (and occasional rocks) gently sloping to sky-blue water in a national park. Embrace the party scene with some hair of the dog at one of the many chiringuitos (popup bars). You (like everyone else) haven’t read Don Quixote? Rob Davis’s graphic novel adaptation is more fun than tilting at windmills. S T. - T R O P E Z , F R A N C E Le Club 55 Boho chic meets va-va-voom glamour. Brigitte Bardot put it on the map in the 1956 classic And God Created Woman, and it’s still the one. Driftwood-andstraw…

MYKONOS It’s no surprise that this island’s cerulean waters, sandy beaches, and 16th-century windmills on a ridge above town have been drawing everyone for decades. The miracle is that the enduring chicness of Mykonos has not destroyed what made everyone fall in love with it in the first place. Little wooden fishing boats painted with evil eyes to ward offmisfortune still bob in the harbors, and tavernas like beachfront Fokos (FOKOSMYKONOS .COM) serve the same simple, delicious dishes. So whether your taste runs to Barolo and white truffles or a cold beer and taramasalata with rebetiko on the radio, Mykonos will make you happy. S T A Y Cavo Tagoo is a quiet boutique hotel with a gorgeous infinity pool on the edge of Mykonos town (CAVOTAGOO.COM). Outside town, Santa…

ZOSIA MAMET “One benefit of celebrity is that our voices are a bit louder,” says the actress, who stars off-Broadway this summer in The Whirligig. Here, she profiles Samantha Nutt, founder of War Child, for “CHARACTER STUDY” (page 82). “We have to speak for those who can’t be heard.” ELIZABETH HOLMES The Wall Street Journal reporter was struck by how Dede Wilsey, her subject in “ABOVE BOARD” (page 164), revels in giving. “She told me, ‘You have to be comfortable with being wealthy to understand the real fun of giving money away.’ ” CORY BOOKER The U.S. senator spoke with musician John Legend (now on a U.S. tour) about Legend’s work on criminal justice issues and his impetus for giving back in “THE T&C 50 PHILANTHROPISTS OF THE YEAR” (page…

ANDY WARHOL Contemplate his prints at the High Museum in this futuristic-cityinspired dress. Atlanta’s skyline makes for a nice backdrop. JUNE 3; WOOL DRESS ($1,190), MAXMARA.COM FOR ALL ART BASEL It might be warm in Switzerland this time of year, but the sheer immensity of works displayed in the Herzog & de Meuron– designed hall will give you chills. JUNE 15–18; ALPACA WRAP COAT ($6,090) DAVID SMITH Head-to-toe white puts you in the right mindset for David Smith’s meditative sculptures, now at Storm King in upstate New York. THROUGH NOV. 12; VISCOSE SWEATER ($765) AND WOOL SKIRT ($765) PABLO PICASSO The graphic silk dress is a way to pay homage to the artist, who never shied away from juxtapositions, as evidenced at the Gagosian London. THROUGH AUG. 25; CREPE SILK…

Like most sports, tennis has its share of chest thumpers and tantrum throwers, but it also has Rafael Nadal, who, along with winning 69 singles championships, has exhibited exceptional sportsmanship in his 16-year professional career. A few highlights from post-game interviews over the years O LONG TIME RIVALRO GERFEDERER AFTER BEATING HIM “Well, first of all, sorry for today. I know how you feel right now. It’s really tough. Remember, you’re a great champion. You’re one of the best of history.” ON OTHER GOOD SPORTS “I want to congratulate Tim [Smyczek]. He’s a real gentleman for [allowing me to repeat a first serve after a fan distraction]. Not a lot of people will do this.” WHY TENNIS? “What distinguishes tennis is respect for one’s opponent, one’s conduct on the court.”…

Dressage, arguably the most beautiful of the equestrian sports, has its roots in ancient Greece. The philosopher Xenophon (a protégé of Socrates) penned On Horsemanship in 350 BC, becoming the founding father of equestrian pursuits—the first horse whisperer, if you will. In the centuries since, dressage has taken on numerous forms, from cavalry training drill to Olympic sport, without ever losing the lyricism and artistry outlined in Xenophon’s text. Though the word dressage is French for “training,” champion Jessica von Bredow-Werndl compares the sport more to dancing. The animal performs a series of painstakingly refined technical moves with cues from its rider; the more skilled the rider, the less obvious the cues. Intense training is a given in any Olympic sport, but the secret to dressage success lies in the…

“I honestly had no clue what we were getting into,” Glenn Close says with a laugh. She’s talking about beginning her work as a philanthropist. But she certainly got it right: In 2010, inspired by her sister and nephew, who suffer from mental illness, Close co-founded the nonprofit Bring Change 2 Mind; seven years in, the organization has reached more than a billion people with its efforts to end discrimination against the mentally ill. It’s nother only recent achievement. Close has found success on stage and screen (with three Tony awards, three Emmys, and six Oscar nominations to show for it) and has been the toast of Broadway lately, thanks to her performance in the hit revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard, a show in which she first starred…

HER AGAIN When we try to channel the woman who is at home (and very well dressed) everywhere in the world, forgive us if we turn, as so many others before us have, to the beautiful but doomed Talitha Getty. No one since has made a gold brocade coat seem so perfectly casual.…

“My relationship to my jewelry is almost tribal,” says Temple St. Clair, who just became one of only three Americans whose jewelry is in the permanent collection of the Louvre. St. Clair herself is testament to the power of permanence. “I am never without my rock crystal amulet. Other perennials: my simple bangles, my serpent ring, and one of my classic gemstone rings. The jewelry I wear is part of my own story, chapter to chapter.” That volume expands this summer with pieces to benefit the Lion Guardians philanthropy (LIONGUARDIANS.ORG). Gold is your color. Gold has been in fashion for several thousand years. Its properties make it fabulous to work with, and it’s beautiful on everyone. Bring us back to the beginning. My earliest designs explored the ancient world. They…

GEMINI MAY 22–JUNE 21 With Jupiter moving forward in your relationship angle in June, others are ready to say yes to your requests. Professionally, though, it’s time to give thought to what you’re trying to achieve. The Sun in Cancer in July will get you more focused on matters of security and stability, but as the month winds down, getaways sparkle. CANCER JUNE 22–JULY 22 With Mars entering your sign in June, you’ll be eager for action, and workrelated projects seem to be getting a cosmic thumbs-up. Behindthe- scenes strategizing will give you an edge, and so will flexibility. And even though some clashes will be impossible to avoid in early July, what’s important at this time is to level with others and clear the path for new understandings. LEO…

Grooming by Naivasha Johnson for Exclusive Artists using Chanel Sublimage. Set design by Philipp Haemmerle. Tailoring by Yasmine Oezelli for Lars Nord. Produced by Wanted Media. Ilisten to John Legend often. It’s not just because of his soulful voice, his insightful lyrics, his exciting ability to blend everything from gospel to pop to jazz to funk. It’s because, with all the work he does outside the recording studio—including his newest initiative, a fund that will seed businesses and nonprofits launched by formerly incarcerated would-be entrepreneurs—his music contains my own worries, my own disappointments, and my own hopes. In conversation, too, he’s as incisive, perceptive, passionate, and nuanced as his music would suggest. I’m fairly certain that, as an artist/activist/philanthropist, John has an impact on America that would hardly be improved…

CARI TUNA & DUSTIN MOSKOVITZ GRAND PLAN Prevent robots from taking over. MAKING HEADLINES The Facebook co-founder and his journalistturned- full-timephilanthropist wife, who support global health and criminal justice reform, allocated tens of millions to research on biosecurity, artificial intelligence, and pandemic preparedness through their Good Ventures foundation and Open Philanthropy Project. JEFFSKOLL GRAND PLAN Pioneer a new kind of doomsday prep. MAKING HEADLINES The former eBay exec’s Skoll Global Threats Fund is assembling experts, organizations, and governments to “safeguard humanity” from threats like nuclear weapons and climate change. As founder of Participant Media, he’s behind such films as An Inconvenient Truth and its upcoming sequel. PAUL ALLEN GRAND PLAN Use his $20 billion fortune to preserve the earth and keep humans alive. MAKING HEADLINES He donated millions to thwart…

Jennifer and Billy Frist’s son was diagnosed with autism when he was two. Now thathe’s 16 his parents have a new concern: What will happen when he’s an adult? Will he be able to find work and live independently? “People just give up hope. If one in 68 individuals is autistic, that means you have that many not contributing to society,” Jennifer says. “Plus, one of the parents will stay home to take care of that person, so it’s a compounding effect.” Issues related to autism in adulthood have become a cornerstone mission for the prominent Nashville philanthropists (Billy’s grandfather co-founded the Hospital Corporation of America; his uncle Bill is a former Senate majority leader), who are also the masterminds of the Autism Innovation Roundtable, an annual forum they host…

Psychologists, educators, and researchers the world over have spent decades trying to crack the code on privileged children and the parents who try to keep from spoiling them. Despite so much effort from so many well-meaning grown-ups, a definitive blueprint has been elusive Then, one night a few years back, Jon Stewart and Chris Rock got to talking on Stewart’s show. It was idle chatter about Rock’s heavy workload, utterly unscripted, and Stewart teased him about wanting to avoid his family. Rock took the bait, but then he went in an unexpected direction. “I just do not like these people. I don’t understand them,” he said. “My kids are rich. I have nothing in common with them.” Stewart stammered a bit and admitted his own, similar discomfort, noting thathe had…

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In James Boswell’s The Life of Samuel Johnson, the Mediterranean suddenly springs up, on an April day in 1776, and casts a spray of salty water at the still-chilly Londoners sitting around a dinner table and talking. “The grand object of traveling,” Dr. Johnson announces, “is to see the shores of the Mediterranean. On those shores were the four great empires of the world: the Assyrian, the Persian, the Grecian and the Roman. All our religion, almost all our law, almost all our arts, almost all that sets us above savages, has come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean.” Poor Dr. Johnson, who never traveled farther on the continent than Paris, which he didn’t much like, did not, in the end, get to those shores. But the truth…

MONTE CARLO Yes, it’s still fun to eyeball the bling on display around the Casino de Monte-Carlo, and the Hôtel de Paris still feels elegant. But—and this might be the biggest news in Monaco since the arrival in 1956 of that gorgeous blonde from Philadelphia—the new place to see and be seen is the sublime, renovated Monte-Carlo Beach hotel. Regulars and locals rent pool cabanas here and venture “downtown” (where the hoi polloi drive rented Maseratis) only for some shopping or nightlife. What remains the same? The bewitching backdrop of the sea. A Y The Monte-Carlo Beach hotel has sophisticated retro decor by India Mahdavi to match its Roaring Twenties origins (MONTECARLOSBM.COM). E A T Monegasque global gastronaut Alain Ducasse snagged his first three- Michelin-star designation at the Hôtel de…

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HVAR Well-bred citizens of the Austro-Hungarian empire used to vacation here, and then came 46 years of socialism (think pink polyester hotel sheets and Slovenian soft drinks). That’s all history now, and this spectacularly beautiful 42-mile-long island offthe Dalmatian Coast is back. The limestone-edged harbor is filled with yachts, and the portside cafés are packed with a strikingly good-looking international crowd. (Yes, Prince Harry fell into a club pool here.) After Croatian, Italian is the language heard most often, and Italy has been setting the tone for the makeover. Sure, there are sights to see, but most people come to have fun—easily done, as Hvar also happens to be one of the world’s sunniest places. S T A Y The Adriana, with a rooftop pool, a good spa, and beautiful…

The enchanting islands of Tahiti, French Polynesia, Fiji and the South Pacific are graced with islands, each with its own distinct beauty, atmosphere, and myth. Paul Gauguin Cruises offers luxurious, small ship cruising in this exquisite destination with the award-winning, 332-guest m/s Paul Gauguin. Designed specifically to sail the pristine lagoons of these islands, The Gaugui n provides an up-close, authentic experience of the South Seas on 7- to 14-night itineraries. Aboard each sailing, the welcoming, hospitable spirit of the South Pacific is infused with a number of exclusives. The Gauguin’s troupe of Les Gauguines and Les Gauguins, are local Tahitians who serve as cruise staff, entertainers, and storytellers and are a highlight for many guests along with local musicians and dancers who perform on board. The Gaugui n features…

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