We’re raising our teacups in salute of Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee. Her 60 year reign is the longest in British history, and her loyal subjects and fans are throwing one giant street tea party in London today to celebrate. The Savoy, a legendary British hotel, gave us the menu for a proper English tea, while […]
As everyone starts their migrations to sunny summer getaways, Ed Ruscha’s current exhibit seems especially apropos. He pulled quotes from Jack Kerouac’s On the Road and plastered them on large, colorful canvases, on display at at Miami’s Museum of Contemporary Art.
Here’s to Brazil! To help toast our São Paulo boutique, Mrs. Lilien sent us a recipe for her favorite Brazilian drink — the Cucumber Caipirinha — from her new book Mrs. Lilien’s Cocktail Swatchbook. In her words, “this blended Brazilian delight is refreshingly crisp, boozilicious + outta sight!” Stationery courtesy of Mrs. John L. Strong
We’re channeling our grooviest bossa nova beat this week as we open our very first South American boutique in Sao Paulo. On deck? A little Getz & Gilberto, Ben, Jobin and plenty of rhythm.
Just a few more reasons to love Brazil. James Wojcik and Marianne Diorio sent us a photograph from their travel diary of a recent trip to Trancoso, Brazil. “Trancoso is a slice of heaven,” says Diorio, Senior Vice President of Global Brand Communications, The Estée Lauder Companies. “We stayed at Uxua Casa Hotel (above), which is […]
The chef-owner of The Crown and The Lion talks fresh mozzarella, where he eats and, yes, where he does his groceries.
“I landed in Brazil in 1979, when I bought my first tanga (string bikini) in red for $8,” reminisces Teri Agins, the fashion columnist for the Wall Street Journal who spent five years in Brazil as a freelance writer. “I got right into the swing of The Girl from Ipanema — and kept coming back.” To help celebrate the opening of the very first South American Tory Burch boutique in Sao Paulo, Teri recounts her favorite Brazilian memories and why she keeps going back….
Being in the garden, hanging out at the pool, swinging in hammocks, and playing tennis… a few of our favorite activities captured in our Summer 2012 Lookbook. Check out Dree Hemingway, Ruby Aldridge and Wolf Fleetwood Ross in the full lookbook here and download the video song Marathon by Tennis. Shop our Summer Lookbook.
Richard Avedon’s stark black and white portraits earned him a place in the cannon of photography and a devoted following among fashion cognoscenti. Through July at New York’s Gagosian Gallery, see his life-size group murals of iconic characters who shaped the 60s and 70s — from Andy Warhol and The Factory gang to activist Abby Hoffman and poet Allen Ginsberg.
Very Classy‘s Derek Blasberg on how to look like a seasoned traveler at the airport this summer:Mental State: With a smile on her face and a zip in her step, a lady is more likely to get that complimentary upgrade. Eyewear: Sunglasses to cover superficial signs of tiredness are a good idea. Watch: A lady is […]
Q: I’m getting ready for summer Fridays and long weekends. What are the five things I need? — Daniela, Maryland A: My boys and I are counting down the days — we spend our weekends in Southampton. We go to clam bakes, we fish, and my boys surf (I watch), so layers are essential — […]
First, we saw Brooklyn Decker — who is doing the rounds for not one, but two new summer movies What to Expect When You’re Expecting and Battleship — wearing our Bevin Dress, custom-made for her in the same mint color as our Beckett Dress. Then one of our Facebook fans, Jennifer Addison Youngs Harris, asked us what […]
Barbara Bush (above, left) and Jenna Bush Hager share that bond that only twins can. They call each other “Sissy” and are both devoted to social service. Jenna, a contributing correspondent for NBC’s Today show and a UNICEF Next Generation chair, is launching the Novo Project, dedicated to social change. Barbara is the CEO of Global Health […]
Feyt’s founders Ferebee Taube and Eleanor Ylvisaker are taking the personal stylist experience online and talk about spring’s hottest color.
Matisse, Picasso and Modigliani moved to a new building in downtown Philadelphia this weekend. The legendary Barnes Foundation opened in its new location, allowing art lovers to view the over 2,000 paintings and objects that were meticulously collected by Dr. Albert C. Barnes — an early 20th Century scientist and entrepreneur with an eye for […]
Astrology expert Susie Cox tells us what to expect this month now that we are in Tory’s sun sign, Gemini (May 20 – June 20).
We smelled fresh coffee and pecan pie at Rachel Lee Hovnanian’s MUD PIE exhibition, but found out they are all manufactured in a chemist’s lab, not a kitchen. In the interactive exhibition, at Leila Heller Gallery (through June 2), Rachel asks, “What’s real, what’s not?” Everything is beautifully fake, including the flowers — metal floral sculptures. We asked Rachel, photographed here in front of Gates of Narcissus series, about it all….
Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom premieres today at the Cannes Film Festival, and Randall Poster — Wes’ music supervisor (and our contributing music editor) — will be there with him. “Doing the music for Wes’s films is always an adventure and these projects have taken me all over the world,” Randall says. “What distinguishes the soundtracks is how indelible the music is from the storytelling. No one uses music better than Wes.” We hope Wes brings home the Palme d’Or. Here, Randall’s favorite songs from Wes’s movies.
Rorschach test: What do you see when you look at this image? Our print of the season — the Duriez — is a floral take on camouflage in bright, painterly colors. Tory was an art history major in college, and often draws inspiration from the art world, which can be seen in this abstract print. […]
Vincenzo La Torre has lived in five countries, but now calls Singapore home. To help us celebrate our new boutique in Singapore, the Deputy Editor of Harper’s Bazaar Singapore tells us where to go and what to see.
A scarf for summer? Yes. It’s an essential layering piece for stylishly handling unexpected weather if you’re by the water or traveling. We asked our stylist to show us three simple ways to tie our bright mixed-print scarf for that nonchalant-chic everyone in Paris seems to have naturally mastered. Want to tie one on? Shop […]
Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, our contributing art expert, recently visited the Brooklyn Museum’s Keith Haring exhibit. Here, her take-away.
Dr. Samantha Boardman discovered that her mom Pauline’s advice about combing your hair, standing straight and smiling is the best medicine. (Dr. Sam is the one above in pink, with ears, with her sister Serena and mom Pauline Baker Pitt.)
“Motherhood is happiness — more rewarding and joyful then anything I have ever done,” says Jeanne Yang, Hollywood stylist and co-designer of Holmes & Yang, with Katie Holmes. For Mother’s Day, we photographed her at her Los Angeles home with her twin daughters Zoey (left) and Sydney Cort and her mother Helen Hahn, each wearing […]