I was invited to moderate a conversation between jewelry designers Amedeo Scognamiglio and Roberto Faraone Mennella at Savannah College of Art and Design. It took place in the theatre at the museum there, and was honestly one of the more fun of these types of events that I've ever been involved with. You can see Amedeo's cameo line here and the duo's line of fine jewelry here....
Marta Ferri is known to some as the go-to fashion designer for the Milanese jet-set, and to others as the head of fabrics for Molteni. For the Milan fair, Ferri created a capsule collection of women's styles, made out of Molteni's fabrics, that will be used to accessorize their ever- popular closet systems. Sadly, you can't buy them...
50-plus doors from the Chelsea Hotel in New York City will be auctioned next week via Guernseys. It's such an incredible opportunity to own a piece of history - some of the doors on sale led to rooms once occupied by the likes of Leonard Cohen, Tennessee Williams, Humphrey Bogart, Bob Marley, Jack Kerouac, Jackson Pollock, Jim Morrison, Bob Dylan, Isabella Rossellini, Jimi Hendrix, Madonna, Andy Warhol, Liam Neeson, and Brian Jones. You can read the full article here and preview the pieces at Rico Maresca Gallery starting April 5th....
Faena, undoubtedly one of the hottest hotels in Miami today, gets a lot of press for its decor, restaurants, and owner who dresses head to toe in white. More people should be looking into the Tierra Santa spa. Located on the mezzanine level of the oceanside hotel, it has a gorgeous hammam and DIY all-marble wet spa water circuit, but also a new menu, that incorporates more healing treatments, developed for the spa by a (female) shaman. Read more at Luxury's current issue, available online here....
Chable, a resort located about 45 minutes from Merida, Mexico, opened last year. Designed by Paulina Moran, it's one of the best resorts, all-around, that I have ever visited. Each room is a free-standing modernist house with its own pool, hammock, indoor and outdoor shower, etc, the Hacienda on property dates to the 1800s, and the spa is beyond. You can read more here....
John Derian has made East Second Street a must-visit shopping destination, thanks to over 20 years on that block and now three stores. Later this month (in reality it will probably be next month) he will open a shop on Christopher Street in the West Village. You can read more about it here (behind WSJ paywall, for now)....
A lot of really cool creative people live in West Chelsea -- like the interior designer Jamie Drake, co-founder of Fathom Pavia Rosati, and gallery owner Michael Jenkins. I bugged them, and a few others, for this article, where they reveal their favorite spots to eat, hang out, and shop....
Every year, the St. Regis Hotel in New York City has a fabulous, but temporary, holiday shop. This year they enlisted event designer Rebecca Gardner, who has produced some of the hotel's famous midnight suppers (most recently for fashion designer Jason Wu), to create a pop-up featuring her favorite things, which include Venetian glassware and Elizabethan collars for dogs (really). Read more here, and if you can't make it in person, you can shop it online here....
A kind of major shopping story with loads of insider tips (from the likes of Jill Kargman, , Maya Jankelowitz and Jordan Roth) on navigating what can seem like daunting spaces. Did you know that Barneys has a concierge who can get you the hottest reservation in town? Or that Bloomingdales plays Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York" throughout the store every morning when the open the doors? Or that if you buy any two skincare products at the La Mer counter in Bergdorfs, you get a free facial? I didn't either, until reporting this story. It's in the November/December issue...
Haven't heard of them? That will change soon. This new line, from Marco Kinloch and Antea Brugnoni Alliata, who are based in Rome, is just hitting the US, with everything from crazy candles to tabletop and even wallpaper. Read more here....