Holiday delights
Joanna Buchanan is known for her luxury home-décor goods, designed in her Wilton studio and sold around the world. Now, she offers WAG a glimpse into her creative process.
A career journalist, Mary Shustack has been writing features for WAG since 2011. A graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia, her previous experience includes more than 20 years with the Gannett company.
Joanna Buchanan is known for her luxury home-décor goods, designed in her Wilton studio and sold around the world. Now, she offers WAG a glimpse into her creative process.
Kevin Burke and David Kimelman’s Burkelman empire expands with a second brick-and-mortar location. A stylish home goods shop on the Bowery in Manhattan joins the Hudson Valley original, which continues in Cold Spring.
WAG pays a visit to Brotherhood, America’s Oldest Winery where visitors can take tours, participate in tastings – and step back in history.
Terrain is a “sister store” to Anthropologie and Urban Outfitters, so you know there’s something aesthetically pleasing – and eco-minded – going on here. Westport’s lucky enough to have these three URBN siblings within its borders, and we spotlight what’s on offer at Terrain, the “baby,” these days.
Patricia’s Presents, an eclectic gift shop first featured in WAG in early 2015, has just made the move to Bethel after five years in Ridgefield.
Jewelry designers are often called jewelry artists – and an exhibition opening this month at the Katonah Museum of Art shows just why. We offer a sneak peek of the highly anticipated “Outrageous Ornament: Extreme Jewelry in the 21st Century,” curated by Jane Adlin, former curator of modern and contemporary design at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Greenwich Historical Society is set to unveil its bold new Cos Cob campus – complete with a new $12 million building alongside the National Historic Landmark Bush-Holley House – with festivities set for Oct. 6 and 7.
Hudson Valley stone sculptor Bob Madden takes WAG along on his latest commission, which will be unveiled during this month’s 2018 ArtEast Open Studio Tour.
Flipping Fur, where fur coats are repurposed into new fashions, is the latest creative effort from Cassandra Saulter, a Cold Spring artist who spent 40 years working behind the scenes in film and television.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will take a probing look at jewelry, from what it is to why we wear it, in “Jewelry: The Body Transformed.” The expansive exhibition will open Nov. 12.
Double H Farm offers Olympic-caliber equestrian amenities plus so much more on nearly 90 acres in Ridgefield.
WAG first profiled the Armonk-based fashion duo of April Bukofser and Marin Milio back in 2013. Today, AprilMarin remains a vibrant fashion force that has just launched a charitable component by teaming up with White Plains-based Lifting Up Westchester.
Famed fashion photographer Bill Cunningham was as noted for his candid shots as for the trusty bike that he rode to capture his subjects. His groundbreaking street photography (and his lifetime of work) is now being honored through an exhibition at the New-York Historical Society Museum & Library. Of course, his bike is on display.
A 13-acre equestrian paradise on the Ridgefield/South Salem border not only caters to those with a love of horses but also those with a love of gracious living, all centered around a meticulously updated 1937 farmhouse.
Vintage treasures from the likes of Harry Houdini are celebrated in “Summer of Magic: Treasures from the David Copperfield Collection” at the New-York Historical Society Museum & Library in Manhattan.
Mark Kramer, the man behind Susan Lawrence in Chappaqua, shared holiday entertaining ideas with us in 2011. Today, he’s launched a new Susan Lawrence website and expanded its menus, draws on his own Putnam County garden for ingredients and is working on a cookbook. All the while, he’s also feeding his passion for classical music.
The cachet of owning tabletop or decorative goods by Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) remains to this day. Lyndhurst is exploring the decorative-arts legend, including his ties to Irvington, with “Becoming Tiffany: From Hudson Valley Painter to Gilded Age Tastemaker,” through Sept. 24.
Carla McDonald may now be the toast of Austin, Texas, society — but the founder and editor-in-chief of The Salonnière, an elegant website that…
Ana Parzych, owner and creative director of her eponymous baking business, is all about creating delicious cakes – and memories.
New York-based interior designer and author Markham Roberts participated in the Bruce Museum’s “Art of Design” panel in Greenwich. We caught up with him to hear more, particularly about his high-profile revamp of the late Oscar de la Renta’s Tortuga Bay Hotel.