Turkish delight: a journey of love & design
East meets West as Ossining-based fashion designer Neil Bieff designs dresses for son Gwyn’s marriage to Turkey’s Ikbal Bozkaya.
A dog’s best friend
In the long journey that was the life of Doris Day — who died May 13 at age 97 at her home in Carmel…
The ‘Fascinating Landscapes’ of May WAG
This month we expand our annual flora and gardens issue to consider the landscapes of “Fascinating Botanicals.” Few have been more intriguing than the…
A paean to the peony
The varied peony has become a protean metaphor, including for healing after violence.
A botanical paradise unearthed
David Hosack, MD, America’s first botanist and friend to both Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, has been a footnote in the nation’s history (though he does get a shout-out in “Hamilton.”) Victoria Johnson is looking to change that with her National Book Award finalist “American Eden.”
Artist of eden
The New York Botanical Garden celebrates the protean creativity of landscaper/artist Roberto Burle Marx.
Puttin’ down new roots
Bill Ruhrkraut – a man who likes a good garden – takes over as GM at Bloomingdale’s White Plains.
Bloody relations
HBO’s “Game of Thrones” – which runs through May 19 – has nothing on the Plantagenets, the Rolls-Royce of English royal families.
Art, naturally
When it comes to nature, the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in Manhattan is all in.
Down to earth
Pithy and powerful, Tracee Ellis Ross exhorts people to become who they already are.
Olive oy!
Weather and infestations have devastated olive oil production in Italy, even as Val Morano Sagliocco gets set to debut his brand, Oliveto Morano.
Earthly inspired
InsidherLand – the Portuguese home and jewelry design brand created in 2012 by architect Joana Santos Barbosa – takes its cue from natural forms, which include its new coral-colored collection.
Good enough to eat
When it comes to fragrance and skincare, botanical elements continue to be a hot trend. And they are certainly key factors in the luxe products we recently sampled from Beauty Made in Italy, a program sponsored by the Italian government and Cosmetica Italia to promote these products in the American market.
Showing them the money
Lehman College Art Gallery in the Bronx holds a family day of art tours and workshops.
Horse and rider in history
In the Russian nesting doll of narratives that is art history, “Secret Departure of Ivan the Terrible” is not merely a Nazi-looted work. It is also part of a genre – the man on horseback – that sweeps us from the ancient world to our own time, in which it has become a symbol of the controversy over Confederate monuments as well as a metaphor for dystopia.
Casting a discerning ‘eye’ on luxury
Avril Graham and Carole Haarmann Acunto offer us a sneak peak at “Platinum Eye,” a forthcoming luxury lifestyles TV series that they describe as “your invitation to curated luxury.”
Stylin’ by Olivia
We first encountered style goddess Olivia Palermo in flowing contrasting florals on the arm of now husband Johannes Hueble at the 2013 Sentebale Royal Salute Cup at Greenwich Polo Club, featuring Prince Harry and Nacho Figueras. Since then, Palermo has become even more regarded as a “street style pioneer,” says shades company Westward\Leaning, “known for her classic yet modern fashion sensibility.”
Saddle up
Continuing to represent Ireland, Christian Coyle “has jumped into the ribbons in grand prix events throughout North America,” even as he trains promising riders and their horses at Old Salem Farm in North Salem.
The champagne of polo
There is one thing that threads, or rather flows, through the tournaments of Greenwich Polo and that is Veuve Clicquot – the nectar of the club and, perhaps, the gods.
Dragon bejeweled
The dragon and the dragonfly figure spectacularly in Michelle Ong’s jewelry designs – and in a forthcoming book on her Hong Kong-based jewelry house, Carnet.