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On this weekend's cover, @kdhwillems in the trends to know now. "Think of it as a moodboard that might influence you later on," writes @jellison22.
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Also inside: batcaves, cubbies, a secret “cloffice” – Rosanna Dodds plays hide and seek in homes with hidden rooms; what’s life like at the world’s furthest extremes? Jo Ellison visits “the island of maybe” to find out; Schiaparelli’s Daniel Roseberry talks “psycho chic”, legacy and why luxury should still be Shocking; Swedish singer-songwriter Lykke Li talks taste; Jay Cheshes tracks down the leaders of the Big Apple’s new dining revolution; How to spend it in Athens with the cultural director of the Onassis Foundation; Laila Gohar puts on a plastic-free picnic - and much more.
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Don't miss it. Pick up your copy this weekend with @ft_weekend, or hit the link in bio for a preview of the cover story.
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📷 by @quentindebriey at @cadenceimage
Stylist @isa_kountoure
Model @kdhwillems at @vivamodel wears LOEWE cotton cut-out top, GAUCHERE leather trousers, JUSTINE CLENQUET brass-dipped palladium Nico necklace
Casting @ben_grimes_casting
Hair @josephpujalte at @bryantartists
Makeup @mariaduhart at @bryantartists
Manicure @delphineaissi_ydalagence
Production @kitten_production
Special thanks to @rolandparrot
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#NewSeasonPreview
"Nirjhara resort, hidden away in the rice terraces north of Tanah Lot on Bali’s south-west coast, has been on our radar for months. Now it’s unveiled its “sister” proposition Vela – a six-cabin, handcrafted phinisi sailing boat that launches next month with a diving-and-disporting itinerary through the Komodo Archipelago," writes @mariashollenbarger. "This has become one of the most plied bits of Indonesia, with private charters and even small cruise ships now in on the game; so creating an experience that still feels private to some degree is the challenge. Vela’s journeys, which can also take in Sebayur – just outside the actual national park – look promising. So does Vela itself, with its Hermès and Dedar Milano fabrics, foredeck bar and spa terrace, with products from The Retreat, Nirjhara’s own wellness brand". For more boating and beach adventures for summer 2022, follow the link in bio.
📷 the Komodo Archipelago
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#summer2022
Schiaparelli has always had a place in fashion history, thanks to the surreal inventions of its founder, Elsa, but it wasn’t necessarily contemporary until Daniel Roseberry took over as artistic director in 2019. Now, after dressing Lady Gaga, Beyonce and Bella Hadid in career-defining outfits, the Texan-born designer has brought the label to a whole new audience. As he prepares to stage his latest couture show at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris just days before an exhibition dedicated to Elsa opens there, Roseberry talks about “psycho chic”, the necessity of creating viral moments and why he still refuses to read his predecessor’s biography. “I love that my connection with her feels more creative and more intuitive,” he tells Louis Wise. For full story, see the link in bio.
📷 @danielroseberry of @schiaparelli shot by @arnau_bach
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#schiaparelli
Cantonese cacio e pepe, Rajasthani rabbit feasts, vodka fish and chips… has the New York foodie scene ever been so exciting and iconoclastic? @jaycheshes hit the streets in search of the Big Apple’s greatest new culinary hits and put their dishes to the test. For the full restaurant guide, click the link in bio.
📷 Modern Cantonese-American cuisine at @bonniesbrooklyn: (from top right) fuyu cacio e pepe mein, cha siu McRib, wun tun in brodo, tinned dace fish dip, bak chit gai and gerng jook © Alex Lau
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#NYCdining
Location: Bonnie's
"I love how Athens has real neighbourhoods," says the Onassis Foundation’s director of culture @afroditi_panagiotakou. "If you take the cable car up to Mount Lycabettus you get a good sense of the city and its contradictions – the ancient ruins but then also the ugly blocks of flats. I think I live in the best area, in Mets. It’s in the centre, but hidden, next to the Kallimarmaro stadium. It has a boho vibe and you can sit in Odeon café and just enjoy the people passing by. But it’s when you walk around Athens that you begin to understand all the layers of time beneath your feet. There are only a few cities in the world that have been inhabited for more than 3,000 years”.
Where does she spend her time when she’s in Athens? Find out at the link in bio.
📷 © @marcoandres | @afroditi_panagiotakou on her terrace in Athens
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#Athens
Location: Athens, Greece
"In Greece, a buzzy hotel-boat launch comes in August," writes @mariashollenbarger. "Evrima is the first of what will eventually be a three-yacht fleet from Ritz-Carlton hotels and resorts. The experience it proposes is along the lines of the small, ultra-luxe cruise model – Evrima is 190m, carries fewer than 300 passengers and will call in at Greek ports both familiar (Mykonos) and less known (Bozcaada). Its blue-water capabilities mean the Yacht Collection can ply the Mediterranean in the northern-hemisphere summer and St Barth’s or Aruba in winter (and offer transatlantic cruises). Concierge services will offer bespoke experiences for guests who want something beyond the extant half- and full-day excursions; so if there’s an artisan jeweller you’ve always been keen to meet in Costa Rica, let them sort it for you. This summer, it’s Athens to Istanbul via the social whirl of Patmos, the ancient ruins at Ephesus and the Ottoman fortifications at Kavala". For more new boating and beach adventures for summer 2022 - follow the link in bio.
📷 @ritzcarlton’s Evrima will call in at Greek ports including Mykonos © Getty Images
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#summer2022
A new book, A Newport Summer, reveals that life inside Newport's Bellevue Avenue cottages has remained largely unchanged since Edith Wharton’s depiction of its parties and lawn tennis matches in her 1920 historical novel The Age of Innocence; the images capture both the overwhelming privilege but also the incipient decrepitude of old Newport. Two sisters in matching shell-pink dresses sit beneath symmetrically placed Georgian portraits; two gentlemen in tails enjoy pink champagne on an Atlantic-facing lawn; a woman pokes her head out from behind an ice-pink 1950s fridge in a chintz-papered kitchen. Step inside the ‘vast and florid’ mansions of Bellevue Avenue - at the link in bio.
📷 Gentlemen taking a break between coach rides during Newport’s triennial coaching weekend © @nickmelephotography
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#Newport
Location: Cliff Walk - Newport RI, 02840
To 5 rue de Marignan, Paris, where the Alaïa boutique has opened a café tucked inside its hidden courtyard. Azzedine Alaïa was a famously enthusiastic dinner party host who enjoyed gathering friends, colleagues and artists around his kitchen table. "I like to be surrounded," he once said. "Even now, every day it's the same thing, we all eat together. Everything is mixed: people from the workshop, famous personalities, young people, old people ... it comes from my childhood and my education. I was raised by my grandmother in Tunisia, and her house was always open. The whole family arrived for lunch and there were always around twenty of us at the table. As soon as I moved to Paris, I reproduced the exact same thing." Café Alaïa will honour its namesake with a menu drawing on Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian cuisines - with dishes such as sardines, lemon, toast and butter, and rigatoni all’arrabbiata. Head over to @maisonalaia for more 🍋
"I’ve been visiting Milan and its annual Design Festival for countless years. Earlier this month, though, my return felt like a homecoming. The sun was shining, the city buzzing and on every corner were posters proclaiming: Design is Milano and Milano is Design," writes @jackiedaly_designeditor. "The next three days were a maelstrom of espresso-fuelled curtain drops and champagne cork pops. Trends — or anti-trends, as some of us called it – emerged. The new rule was to break the rules: at LA Double J, new Murano glass vases in jewel-like colours and clashing print tableware for the upcoming festive season were shown amongst flower power dresses on Via Sant’Andrea in a joyous assault on the senses. Clashy-mashy style also featured at Return to Arcadia, a collection for the fabric house Rubelli by the British designer and FT columnist Luke Edward Hall". Read her Milan Design Week diary, including her highlights from Fuorisalone - at the link in bio.
📷 @rubelli_group by Luke Edward Hall
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#Milan
Location: Milan, Italy
Baby plus-one? Welcome to the child-friendly members’ clubs. Link in bio for family-friendly hangouts in the capital and beyond.
📷 Tucked away in a cobbled Notting Hill mews, the wellness-focused club pairs the joys of quality spa action with children’s playtime. The big attraction for kids is the enchanted forest-themed soft-play area with a climbable treehouse and ball pit, and other areas are set aside for arts and crafts, staffed by “play buddies”. @cloudtwelveclub
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#childrensmembersclubs
See art beyond the traditional four walls of the gallery as more immersive sculptures are integrated into the great outdoors. The contemporary White Cube gallery meets English Country House Arley Hall for the first time and the Setouchi Triennale kicks off for another year of open-air art across its islands. Hit the link in bio to read @augustinehammond’s round-up of the best international outdoor exhibits to visit this season.
📷 Place For Sea Dreamers, by Heather B Swann and Nonda Katsalidis © Kioku Keizo, at Setouchi Triennale in Japan, from 5 August to 4 September; and 29 September to 6 November
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#OutdoorArt
Location: Setouchi
“I will start healing the day my city starts healing,” designer Rabih Kayrouz tells @gilleskhoury in this weekend's issue. Kayrouz was in his atelier in the Beirut neighbourhood of Gemmayze when last August's explosion tore through the city. "Within a split second, the business that Kayrouz had been growing over the past 20 years was devastated; he was also severely wounded," writes @gilleskhoury. "For someone like Kayrouz, who is so entrenched in this city, it’s clear that it will take much longer to start recovering from the trauma. But despite everything, the designer’s atelier has been rebuilt, and he has created temporary solutions for the Lebanese arm of his business."
Nearly a year after the explosion that devastated Beirut, click the link in bio to meet the creatives finding beauty in unexpected places. 📸: An abandoned home in Achrafieh following the blast in August last year (by @james.kerwin)
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#beirut #lebanon #rabihkayrouz #maisonrabihkayrouz
Location: Beirut, Lebanon