Innholdsfortegnelse for May 2018 i Town & Country

1975 SHELF LIFE “The Island of Legendary Delights” is how T&C described Capri in our August issue. Slim Aarons, our noted contributing photographer, would set up camp on the island to capture visitors enjoying a bit of dolce far niente. Looking at his shot of bathers at the Hotel Punta Tragara, one can’t help wondering: Were the subjects wearing sunscreen? How did they stay so thin? We may have answered the latter question in this issue (see “Lithe Forever,” page 120) by asking another question: Isn’t that rich?…

Cole Porter purring in the background. The famous and distinguished glittering and gossiping in their seats. The thrill of a new collection. The venue? Immaculate, of course. From her first show at the Metropolitan Club, in 1981, to her last, this year, at the Museum of Modern Art, Carolina Herrera has come to stand for a certain kind of New York, and it was that sangfroid that she sought to capture in this metallic clutch, the latest addition to her Insignia collection. Inspired by the ornate balustrade on the staircase in Stanford White’s gilded masterpiece and handcrafted by artisans who specialize in embroidering Spanish bullfighter costumes, it is—to paraphrase Porter—deluxe, delightful, delovely.…

Although Mandi Jacobs and Andy Everson lived in the same dorm as freshmen at the University of Kansas, they didn’t meet until several years later, when they were both working in Chicago. (He’s now an advertising director at Match Media Group; she’s an agency partner at Facebook.) Mandi got lost on the way to a friend’s party one night, and Andy was a kind stranger who came to her aid. It turned out they had many mutual friends, and after a few more chance encounters the two began dating. Five years later, in 2016, Andy decided to propose. To keep it a surprise, he told Mandi he wasn’t sure if he ever wanted to get married. “I called my mom in a panic,” Mandi says. They were living in San…

It’s easy to tell when Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the vice president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates and the ruler of Dubai, arrives in Lexington, Kentucky. Blue Grass Airport suddenly looks as if it has added a new terminal. The Sheikh, as the locals universally call him, travels in a Boeing 747 that always seems as if it will be too big for the runway. From the airport the Sheikh heads to one of his six farms, which comprise more than 6,000 acres, properties he began acquiring in 1997 to house some of the 4,000 thoroughbred horses he owns in various countries. Although Lexington might seem an unlikely destination for the global one percent, it’s a charming city, with a dense downtown and a thriving…

Is there any downside to chandelier earrings loaded with stones? Maybe one: overstretched lobes. Dermatologists see a lot of them, and they have an easy fix: a few shots of a hyaluronic acid filler like Restylane or Juvéderm in and around earring holes. This plumps up the lobes and keeps earrings in the right place—so studs don’t look as if they’re about to fall out, and heavier styles don’t stretch the hole. “Just as you lose fat in your face over time, you can lose volume in your ears,” says dermatologist Karyn Grossman, who sometimes uses what’s left over from a syringe of filler being used on a patient’s face to plump up her lobes. Because the ears don’t move much, she adds, the filler can last longer than it…

Could jade, obsidian, and amethyst have a higher purpose than a David Webb pendant or a pair of Irene Neuwirth earrings? Skincare gurus, who have long been using these stones for in-office treatments, say yes. “They have a cooling effect on the skin, temporarily tightening to reduce the appearance of fine lines, and depuffing under the eyes,” says New York City facialist Georgia Louise, who uses her signature butterfly-shaped rose quartz massage stone on such clients as Jennifer Aniston and Lauren Santo Domingo. Now Los Angeles–based brand Skin Gym is launching home facial rollers that go beyond the standard jade and rose quartz. Each one is handcrafted with a different semiprecious stone and with a specific benefit in mind: red jasper to fade dark spots, for example, or blue sodalite…

BEAUTY & AESTHETICS Topical products and skin treatments that deliver results. MODERN SWAN SKINCARE Retinol, vitamin C, and sunscreen: They’re considered the triumvirate of skincare at Canyon Ranch wellness resorts. It’s a combination that CR aesthetics professionals, at the Tucson property, recommend starting in your twenties for short-and longterm efficacy. “Topical vitamin C in the morning, retinol at night, and the use of a daily physical sunscreen, SPF 40 or higher, are the core components of healthy skin,” says CR aesthetics lead nurse Amy Henderson. “Being proactive and prevention-minded at this age is critical.” AT-HOME TREATMENTS Exfoliation is also key, but choose your method wisely, says Laura Hittleman, Canyon Ranch corporate director of beauty. While skin may be at its most tolerant in a person’s twenties, that can’t be an…

No true society doyenne ever admits she’s on a diet. That has been the case since the turn of the 20th century, when plumpness as a sign of privilege was traded in for a trim, toned figure (and the fashions to flatter it), which suggested that one had the leisure time for sporting pursuits. To be seen making an effort to stay trim is desperately déclassé. Dieting is the white collar crime of Park Avenue royals: a dirty little thing they do in the dark so they can shine in the light during gala season. “I’m not really a dieter. I care about not gaining weight, but somehow my body puts its own stopgap on me,” admits Louise Grunwald, the renowned New York society hostess, sotto voce. She can hardly…

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER CAUSE FOR STRESS. HOW CAN WE STOP SPIRALING? On the first day of school in the fall of 1972, Tammy Snodgrass stood up for show-and-tell in her green and tan plaid gauchos, white cotton turtleneck, and single blond side ponytail, and smugly announced, “This summer my dad went to Germany for the Olympics and saw Mark Spitz win seven gold medals.” As proof, she held up a photograph so grainy and blurry it could have depicted a German male stripper with her father. My dad had not been watching sexy mustachioed swimmers in Munich that summer, because he had been committed to McLean, the private psychiatric hospital just outside Boston, for alcoholism. My mother was a poet, so when she spoke of McLean it was with reverence,…

Working with one’s hands has taken on new meaning in the era of social media, when we are constantly clutching devices at all hours of the day and night. The exception to that for many women is the time they devote each week or month to getting a manicure. Whether it’s done at a salon or in the comfort of your own home, the few minutes of buffing and polishing are a brief—and blissful—break.…

Before it became the horse hot spot it is today, Wellington, Florida, was the world’s largest strawberry patch (and, before that, just 18,000 acres of swampland). In the 1950s a Harvard-educated accountant named Charles Oliver Wellington bought the land, about 20 miles west of Palm Beach, and named it after himself. Half a century later, thanks to a few enterprising horse enthusiasts, it is home to two formidable bastions of equestrian sport: the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center and the International Polo Club. The latter, set on 250 acres, is the largest polo facility in the U.S., with seven tournament fields (which, since they have to accommodate ponies galloping at speeds up to 35 mph, are as big, combined, as nine football fields), along with tennis courts, a pool and…

The latest must-have item for members of the global elite—whether they’re hoping to see the world or thinking about drastic security measures—has become an additional citizenship, which grants the holder convenience in travel, the ability to live and work abroad, and major bragging rights—though not, in most cases, tax breaks. With British citizens facing the potential loss of visa-free travel throughout Europe once Brexit takes effect, interest has never been greater. “Having a second citizenship is like having a black American Express card. It’s what you do,” says Nuri Katz, who holds six passports and whose firm, Apex Capital Partners, consults on citizenship. While a German passport was recently rated the world’s most powerful — it boasts visa-free or visa-on-arrival travel to 177 nations — the country requires eight years…

HAPPENINGS BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY On Thursday, February 8, guests gathered at Tiffany & Co.’s new Blue Box Cafe at the New York City flagship for breakfast before exploring the recently renovated fourth floor. The morning featured a special tour of the collections led by Town & Country Editor in Chief Stellene Volandes, followed by an exclusive shopping experience in which guests had the opportunity to have select accessories and baubles hand-engraved or embossed on-site. TIFFANY.com FASHION LELA ROSE The Lela Rose Pre-Fall 2018 Collection centers on a traditional menswear glen plaid, recolored and reimagined through a feminine lens. Mixed materials are hued in jewel tones of orchid, cobalt, and olive bearing a delicate and refined elegance. Designed to bring you from day to dinner, this versatile collection highlights hidden accents.…

When I got engaged to Hannah Bronfman (who is now my wife), a friend gave me a Rolex from his collection — he was embracing an anti-status life and giving away material possessions. This one he found easier to give away than most, because it was broken. We were at dinner at Mr. Chow, and he said he was going to smash it if I didn’t take it. I hadn’t ever held a Rolex before. It was the experience of restoring this Submariner 16800 that made me an aficionado. I went to the Rolex store, and it was all brown leather couches and white glove service. They told me that my friend had gone into the ocean with non-Rolex glass on the watch and that it was going to cost…

Before she became the modern evangelist of the art of the locket—and the designer of some of the most artful ones currently being made—Monica Rich Kosann was a photographer. It’s only fitting, then, that she would create a technology that allows images to appear inside her jewels. The Locket Bar, online and in select stores, is a user-friendly program that takes photos from your personal library and sizes them to an MRK locket. Each one, with the click of the modern world, becomes a treasure for a lifetime and beyond.…

Glowing skin is no longer the sole responsibility of highlighters and vitamin C serums. Women are now relying on plant-based pills and powdered potions made with adaptogenic herbs to help them achieve radiant complexions from the inside out. Pair an updated routine with a sleek, modern bathroom fixture, such as one of Robern’s AiO lighted cabinets, which conceal built-in plugs and energy-saving bulbs that can make you look and feel good in any light.…

Habib Sadeghi’s The Clarity Cleanse was published just this past December, but you wouldn’t know it from the religious fervor its acolytes express for it. You see, this slender tome has transcended the self-help genre to become a gospel for our very anxious times, a selfcare palliative and instructional manual to smooth our frayed edges. How did it get there? Did the zeitgeist demand it, or were we just waiting for someone to talk us down from the ledge? Is Gwyneth Paltrow responsible? Breathe. Let’s review the making of a pop culture phenomenon. ELEVATOR PITCH It’s a cleanse—for your mind. WHY YOU NEED IT “It’s an exploration into how unresolved emotional trauma creates a biological environment favorable to disease,” says Sadeghi (top right). “Healing requires clearing the mind of all…

VICTOR DEMARCHELIER The photographer (seen here with daughter Alice) shot our cover subject, supermodel turned supermom Cindy Crawford, who is profiled in “MODEL MATRIARCH” (page 100). “I feel like I’ve known Cindy forever,” he says. “She’s such an inspiring woman and as radiant as ever.” SARAH MASLIN NIR While researching “STRAND OF TRUTH” (page 114), Nir, a reporter at the New York Times, discovered that the phrase “blondes have more fun” has roots in an ancient Roman edict that required prostitutes to dye their hair. Anyone else “was serious and, well…not fun!” BEN WIDDICOMBE A stint as a newspaper gossip columnist taught Widdicombe a thing or two about getting the dish, a skill he put to use when reporting “LITHE FOREVER” (page 120), an examination of how rich women stay…

ARTS & CULTURE Mid-May Saks Fifth Avenue The department store’s NYC flagship unveils a new 32,000-squarefoot beauty floor. April 26 The Iceman Cometh Denzel Washington returns to Broadway to headline the Eugene O’Neill classic. Open Now David Webb The jeweler’s designs for Doris Duke are on display at Rough Point, her Newport mansion. May 3–6 Frieze New York The mega–art fair (and Instagram heaven) takes over Randall’s Island. May 19 René Magritte More than 70 works from late in the surrealist’s career provide an immersive experience at SF MoMA. May 10 “Heavenly Bodies” The Met’s spring Costume Institute exhibit is devoted to Catholicism, with robes and accessories on loan from the Vatican. April 24 Travesties Tom Stoppard’s Tony-winning 1974 play comes back to Broadway. May 16 Christie’s Geneva: Magnificent Jewels…

Long before Daphne Guinness became an international fashion icon, she was a classically trained singer. And while she gave up studying opera when she married Spyros Niarchos, at age 19, these days she’s making up for lost time; her debut album of glam rock–inspired songs, Optimist in Black, came out in 2016, and her sophomore effort, Daphne & the Golden Chord, was just released. The biggest difference between the two? Guinness says she developed more confidence. “I was in the driver’s seat for this one, after having learned it all on the first album.” Here, she opens up about her creative process. How do you prepare yourself to be creative? What’s your ritual? I keep my channels open to whatever I’m going to receive. How do you take your coffee?…

Some of the better parties I’ve been to in the past decade have been wine auctions. The major houses have been sponsoring bacchanals at which fine wine is not only sold but consumed in robust quantities. “When we started out, it was rows of chairs lined up in a room, with water and crackers,” says John Kapon, chairman of Acker Merrall & Condit, which probably started this trend. “Then we got the idea to make it livelier.” In fact, things got too lively for a while. The party reached a crescendo at an April 2008 Acker auction that featured the last-minute withdrawal of 84 bottles of wine suspected of being bogus that had been consigned by the collector Rudy Kurniawan, who is now serving a sentence for counterfeiting. Within a…

Every age, it seems, gets the face jewelry it deserves. Greeks in the 5th century BC, for example, mastered the art of carving stones in projected relief and immediately began sculpting images of their beloved Olympian gods. Romans continued the tradition but added political visages to the mix; citizens wore cameos to express devotion to public figures, like very decorative proto–bumper stickers. Medieval times inspired religious cameos, and the Baroque period favored muscular forms and busts of the two Caesars. The 18th and 19th centuries witnessed a boom in glyptic art due in no small part to the discovery of Pompeii in 1748 and the resulting trend in Grand Tour travel. Cameos depicting classical scenes and profiles reigned supreme, Cupid and Psyche being particularly popular—note the centerpiece of what has…

There is a bit of breathing room that comes as spring arrives, when the weather—and life in general—starts to feel sunny and bright. As temperatures rise, not all beauty staples are able to stand up to the heat. Foundation can run, eyeliner can smudge, but a bright, bold, not too perfectly drawn lip can last through the shifting seasons. Fuchsia is less expected than a classic red, making it a more playful choice in any finish. Lancôme l’Absolu gloss delivers a slick shine, while Laura Mercier Velour Extreme Matte lipstick comes in a long-lasting opaque formula. The newest texture for lips this season, however, is powder. Nars’s Lip Powder Palette lets you create a custom color by layering a balm with a range of pink-toned lip powders in four different…

“People are terrified when I tell them I don’t want to do more,” says New York dermatologist Patricia Wexler. “But if fillers aren’t lasting, or you’re no longer getting the results you want, another injection is not the answer.” The problem is that the alternative—cheek implants—has tended to result in a decidedly unnatural marionette visage. “They were often too big, didn’t blend into the surrounding structure, and cast a shadow,” says New York plastic surgeon Andrew Jacono. “It was like buying a cheap suit.” So now Jacono, as well as Beverly Hills plastic surgeon William Binder, is pioneering custom-made cheek implants. “The implants act like your facial skeleton. There’s no protrusion or awkward shift as you age,” Jacono says. He points out that as you get older and your skin…

OLIVIA CHANTECAILLE The celebrations for Chantecaille’s 20th anniversary have been going all year, and creative director Olivia Chantecaille is looking forward to time in her mother Sylvie’s East Hampton garden, which is where the company’s philanthropic work in conservation got started. She shares with T&C how she gets ready for a warm weather fête. 1 WEEK BEFORE: “For the last couple of years I’ve been using essential oils. I put jasmine or rose in a diffuser—both help with feelings of well-being and calm—in the days before a big event.” 3 DAYS BEFORE: “I see facialist Joanna Czech (JOANNACZECH.COM) when she’s in the Hamptons. She makes you look as if you’ve had a great night’s sleep.” THE NIGHT BEFORE: “I use our new Gold Recovery Mask. It fights inflammation and repairs…

TAURUS APRIL 21–MAY 21 Mark Zuckerberg It will be difficult to sort out tangled communications before the 18th, but with the Sun beautifully aspected in your birth sign, nothing can hold you back. A feeling of starting afresh accompanies the new Moon of the 15th; this is the perfect moment to launch yourself into new activities or begin pretty much anything. Breaking free from restraints is also something of a theme midmonth, and you’ll be closing in on a dream, despite setbacks near the 26th. SCORPIO OCTOBER 24–NOVEMBER 22 Bill Gates Partnerships are favorably accented in May. Connect, deepen commitments, and generally enjoy the company of others. Communication glitches are in the air near the 6th and 11th, but don’t go on a rampage, because crossed wires will untangle by…

Lipstick means little. A slash of red or a brush of beige suggests only that the wearer is feeling frisky or pouty, daring or demure. Slap on all the concealer you want, brush on every iota of blush available, and all you’ll do is cover a flaw or highlight a cheek, hiding, perhaps without meaning to, the woman beneath the war paint. Now try dyeing your hair. Lighten it with peroxide or deepen the hue from summer to sunset. Chop it off. Go from glamorous tresses to gamine crop. Buzz it, pick it out, and ’fro it. Willfully forget to brush it until the split ends make those around you titter about what you got up to last night. Cornrow it. Each strand and style is a talisman; hair is…

Of all humankind’s difficult languages, Water Bottlese may be the most complex. Below, a few key translations. SPRING: Comes from a spring. Bottlers now include phone numbers for consumers interested in hearing how the company’s particular spring scored in mandatory government inspections. PURIFIED: Water from any potable source (a tap) that has had potential pathogens and contaminants (as well as beneficial minerals) removed, typically through filtration, distillation, and/or reverse osmosis. IONIZED: Manufacturers claim that by sending an electrical current through water they can alter its molecular charge and pH level—and in the process greatly improve its health benefits. Most scientists are not electrified. ALKALINE: Water that, through natural or engineered processes, has a pH level above neutral. Some purveyors claim it can help with digestion. Others, much, much more. ELECTROLYTES…