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Ever notice how the front row at a fashion show can be as eye-catching as the runway? Us too. Check out fall’s bold looks in FLASH 62 “Scene Stealers” on page 26. sam sisakhti’s STUFF 66

Letter from the Editor Fall Fashion models from last year, Essex Museum. On page 14, Each week, it’ll combine the The Fall 2012 runways were rife Olivia Culpo, now boasts the title of Renata Certo-Ware chats with cutting-edge style, dining, drinking, with dramatic designs, and with Miss USA.) designer Michael Bastian, whose nightlife, and pop-culture coverage Fashion’s Night Out and Boston Speaking of women in the fall collection for Gant — which you know from STUFF with the Fashion Week just around the spotlight, few locals know its just set up shop in the Back Bay Boston Phoenix’s award-winning corner, we couldn’t resist staging a glow better than the subject — draws inspiration from his years politics and arts reporting — and fashion show of our own — with a of our second feature: Marilyn in the Boston area. Meanwhile, pack in lots of new surprises, too. special STUFF twist. So for our Fall Riseman. You may have seen the MC Slim JB digs into some truly Look for it on September 21. Until Fashion spread, we had our models octogenarian style icon at swank old-timey eats at new South End then, thanks for reading. We’ve play the parts of the crew, tackling events around town, sporting her spot Kitchen on page 53, while loved exploring the best of Boston hair, makeup, wardrobe, and all the signature kabuki-style maquillage, Luke O’Neil squeezes the last bit with you. other backstage tasks. Of course, surrounded by throngs of young of boozy goodness out of summer, since they were clad in fall’s wild things eager for a word. Maybe you rounding up some of the city’s The STUFF Team prints and luxe fabrics, this behind- wondered, what’s the story there? most mouth-watering watermelon the-scenes team couldn’t help Scott Kearnan raided her closet drinks on page 56. but seize the spotlight. Check out to find out. Using pieces from her Fun stuff, indeed. But Fall the results in “Scene Stealers” on epic wardrobe, he reveals the many Fashion is special for another page 26. (And keep an eye out for fascinating facets of Boston’s reason. You hold in your hands model Leila Goldkuhl: she played grandest grande dame in “The the final issue of STUFF as we a supporting role in this spread, Elements of Style” on page 36. know it. We’d insert a sob here, but now the Framingham beauty There are plenty more fab but we’re actually pretty pumped: is strutting her stuff on the just- finds outside the feature well. On we’re joining forces with our premiered season of America’s page 16, Miles Howard offers a buddies at the Boston Phoenix Next Top Model. We have high sneak peek at an exhibit of haute to create a brand-spankin’ new hopes for her — after all, one of our hats coming to Salem’s Peabody glossy magazine, The Phoenix.

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HOT IMPORT With the August opening of its gleaming-white duplex boutique, Marimekko (140 Newberry Street, Boston, 617.247.2500) is once again smack in the public eye. But Back Bay browsers may not all realize the Finnish design brand’s deep ties to the Boston area. Back in the 1950s and ’60s, legendary architect Ben Thompson revolutionized New England taste with his Harvard Square store, Design Research, which spawned several additional locations and, in 1959, became the very first US retailer to stock Marimekko’s fabrics, apparel, and home goods. More than 50 years later, hotthe brand’s intelligently simple aesthetic — rich palettes, bold patterns, clean lines — still holds up. The iconic Marimekko design is Maija Isola’s poppy-inspired Unikko print, introduced in 1964 — just before Andy Warhol redefined himself with his hibiscus-inspired Flowers series. Which are art and which are design? After a visit to Marimekko, you may just decide the difference is irrelevant.

HOT BOOZE HUB After two years of getting Chestnut Hill tipsy, The Urban Grape is making good on its name: in late September, the wine, beer, and spirits boutique will open a second location in Boston proper, setting up shop at 303 Columbus Avenue in the South End. Husband-and-wife team TJ and Hadley Douglas are maintaining fan favorites like their EnoRound Elite Tasting Machine, which allows imbibers to sample 16 wines, and their newb-friendly Progressive Shelving system, based on the body of the wine rather than varietal or country of origin. But with 2,100 square feet, they now have more elbow room. “We’re giving a lot of real estate to beer,” says Hadley Douglas, who plans on a 400-strong selection with lots of local brews. Size matters on the wine front, too: oenophiles can expect more portion options, from half-bottles up to magnums and three-liter offerings. But the centerpiece is the store’s 14-foot-long butcher-block tasting table, a sign of its continued focus on hosting unique events. (Mark your calendar for October 14, when chefs Seth Morrison of the Gallows and Michael Scelfo of Russell House Tavern will face off in an old-school vs. new-school showdown, serving competing courses while hip- hop beats and perfectly paired Old World and New World wines flow.) The prospects seem pretty intoxicating. HOT BOTTOMS The 1950s gave us the “panty raid,” but nowadays it seems the inverse scenario is a lot more common: many a dude has had his underwear drawer robbed by the boxers-loving lady in his life. Erin Cormier is looking to change that. The Newburyport-based designer set out to create the perfect pair of boxer shorts, keeping the comfort but ditching the baggy, saggy silhouette. The result is Paxton 1345, a luxe loungewear line of fitted, flattering boxers for men and women. The debut Northeast Collection features colorful patterns named for preppy havens, from Nantucket and Newport to Bar Harbor and Montauk. Available at paxton1345.com and local stores like Forty Winks (56 JFK Street, Cambridge, 617.492.9100), the designs ($48–$54) aren’t exactly priced like your average pair of Hanes. But they’re made in the USA from fine Egyptian cotton, and the folding waistbands allow you to wear them short or long. Plus, these undies are stylish enough that we’re (almost) tempted to wear them outside the house.

HOT EXCUSE TO SHOP Last year, they turned the Pru hot-pink and stopped Newbury Street traffic for the first time in 15 years. How will the folks behind Fashion’s Night Out Boston top that? Handily, from the sound of it. The Hub is once again one of hundreds of cities participating in the four-year-old FNO phenomenon, which has stores staying up late to cultivate a party scene, complete with DJ-spun sounds, bites, drinks, and other surprises. On September 6, this year’s installment will close Newbury to cars once more, this time adding a music stage at every other intersection. But local organizers Michelle McCormack and Richard Villani (pictured) aren’t stopping there. They’re beefing up programming in ’hoods beyond Back Bay, including Downtown Crossing, Faneuil Hall, and the South End. Expect street performances, fashion shows, indie-designer pop-up shops, and the unveiling of a public-art installation on the Greenway, part of the global “Before I Die” project. To learn more about the lineup (including details on wrap parties at the Estate and on a Boston Harbor Cruises boat), visit fnoboston.com.

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GET SEEN Close cultured GETthis... “Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions,” quipped Coco Chanel. The two fields do seem to share plenty of common ground: both demand creative vision, careful attention to detail, and a keen sense of form and function. And the disciplines coordinate particularly well in the case of these blueprint cufflinks ($60), available at the ICA Store (100 Northern Avenue, Boston, 617.478.3104). Created by architect turned industrial designer Constantin Boym, these clever cufflinks come adorned with their own product specs. The blue- and-white enamel beauties will keep your dress shirts in line — and show that your style isn’t too buttoned up.

or that... Of course, not all of us are fancy enough to need cufflinks. But we can still dress up our next soiree with these blueprint martini napkins ($6). They’re sure to lend an air of sophistication to the plastic party ware — and maybe even impress that hottie neighbor who’s studying architecture at Harvard. Get yours at Joie de Vivre (1792 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, 617.864.8188), and toast to your excellent taste. — Susan Johnston

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Erika Lovero, preschool teacher Melissa Fritz, senior account Tommy Vo, junior photographer at Donica White, assistant men’s buyer This Peruvian beauty clearly manager at Critical Mention Karmaloop at Karmaloop knows how to craft a pulled- Melissa’s global style is the Tommy is a master at mixing and Donica confessed that she was together look. We noticed the lovechild of local and online matching prints, as he proved with formerly afraid of twins, but she megawatt pops of color on her dress shopping. She turned heads in a his floral tie from Topman and his still stepped out for the Os Gêmeos from across the ICA’s deck — and beautiful printed dress from Lit on striped and star-spangled shirt from exhibit’s opening party. We’re glad were delighted to see her mile-high Newbury Street, and she walked the Eleven After Eleven. she did: her Doo.Ri dress and Dolce pumps were a perfect match! planks in shoes from Endless.com. He completed his look with Vita sandals were too gorgeous to She scored the Blumarine dress She insists those heels are pants from Insight, boots from miss! and shoes on sale at Nordstrom, lightweight and super comfortable Marc Jacobs, and some killer A self-declared tomboy who pairing them with golden aviator — just like the delicate gold hoop accessories: a Vans fedora and a nonetheless hates wearing pants, sunglasses from the Gap. earrings that are her style staples. bracelet from a line called Farts & Donica is always on the lookout for Erika says she keeps it stylish on Melissa says she’s more open to Crafts (yes, really!). great casual dresses, like this one the job, too. (Maybe those kids will experimenting with prints in the Like Os Gêmeos, the evening’s she found on sale at Macy’s. pick up a few fashion pointers along summertime, but she keeps things featured artists, Tommy is a She loves unfussy fashion, with their ABCs.) balanced with simple accessories, twin. He’s also a big admirer of the especially if she can get away like her small Michael Kors shoulder Brazilian brothers’ murals. with just one layer; this look, which bag in black leather. she threw on après swim after a day at the beach, fits the bill.

STUFFY: Breakfast of Champions We don’t know about you, but this is definitely not what we had for breakfast. In fact, the granola bar we scarfed on the bus ride to work would probably quiver with fear (and then crumple up with shame) in the presence of this beast: The Billionaire Benedict. It seems that being a billionaire has more perks than private jets — it means it’s A-OK to poach your eggs in Champagne before noon, thank you very much. The White Elephant hotel’s Brant Point Grill (50 Easton Street, Nantucket, 508.325.1320) plays host to this indulgent grande dame of brunch, and they’re not above letting her show off a little. Perched atop a sturdy crisscross of potato hash — representing society’s underlings, we imagine — it starts with a lightly toasted English muffin, which of course signifies the old-money royal bloodline. You like sausage in the morning? This lady calls for two four-ounce filets mignons. Next, all good days begin with a little bacon, right? In the homes of serfs, they do — make it a lobster claw, garçon. This is all topped off with that softly sweet Champagne-poached egg number we mentioned before, which demands a garnish. Chives? She adjusts her mink coat and scrunches her nose. Better make it sturgeon caviar. Then, because whipped cream is for wimps, comes a dainty dollop of crème fraîche. According to food and beverage director Jonathan Ruppert, the restaurant sells about one a month, with a price tag of $100. We bet you were guessing a whole lot higher, right? Chump change! — Cassandra Landry

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GETclose ...with Designer Michael Bastian

Michael Bastian has been based in NYC since the mid-’80s, but he has a soft spot for New England — his college stomping grounds. After earning his business degree at Babson, he took the first job that covered rent, an assistant-buyer gig at Brooklyn’s Abraham & Strauss. “I had no idea where Brooklyn was, but I knew it was close enough to New York,” Bastian laughs. Next came stints at Sotheby’s, Tiffany & Co., Polo Ralph Lauren, and Bergdorf Goodman, where he served as the men’s fashion director. Then, in 2006, he launched his eponymous line. Last year, the CFDA named him Menswear Designer of the Year, and he’s added womenswear to his résumé with his line for GANT, which opened its first New England store at 324 Newbury Street this month. While GANT’s team prepared to open their doors, we got Bastian to open up too. Word on the street is that Boston helped inspire many of your GANT designs. True? Boston’s always been a favorite city of mine. The Fall 2012 collection in particular was directly inspired by my time at Babson in Wellesley. Going to school in the suburbs and getting into the city every chance I could get made it that much more exciting, more vivid, and it really stuck with me. The beautiful thing about Boston is that it’s always changing, but in a way it never changes. Half the population grew up there, the classic half, and the other half is changing every semester. Yet Boston manages to retain its own personality so clearly. I’ve read that your design process is to create something perfect and then rough it up a bit. What’s the philosophy behind that? I want you to be able to wear the clothes you own, even if it’s the most beautiful, perfectly made cashmere sweater. It’s like knocking the whole thing off a pedestal a little bit. You should be able to wear it every day without having that guilty feeling, like, “These are my dress-up clothes; why am I wearing this to go to the supermarket?” It’s like how old people have plastic-covered couches you can’t sit on. Or women who have Belgium is renowned for its vibrant and diverse beer culture. A rich tradition of culinary invention and this beautiful jewelry they keep in a bank vault. improvisation, combined with centuries of brewing passion and expertise, helped craft a stunning What’s the point? Here’s where my business embody both your lines. Do you reflect your though. I actually cried at a show. education comes in: buy less, buy better, and designs, or do your designs reflect you? The Which show? A Jil Sander show, right after variety of beer styles enjoyed around the world. really wear it! It’s the opposite mentality of that designs reflect me. When I start a collection, I Jil left the brand. It was actually one of my whole fast-fashion thing. In my 20s and 30s, always think, “What do I want right now?” It’s all first menswear shows. It was beautiful, with Leffe Blonde was first brewed in 1240 by the monks of Abbaye de Notre Dame de Leffe in Belgium. A I didn’t have a lot of money, but I knew what I very personal, which I don’t think is a bad thing. Radiohead music. . . . Maybe I was just spicy, faintly clove-like aroma is balanced by Leffe's creamy body and restrained dry finish. wanted. I would save money, and I would wear I’m a normal-enough guy, so if I’m looking for exhausted: you’re jetlagged, going to 14 shows it until it fell apart. To me, that is pure Yankee, something, there’s probably a bunch of guys who a day, hungry, vulnerable. But being moved pure Boston. You can see one of those old are looking for it too. like that renews my faith. . . . That’s how I know Stella Artois' rich brewing heritage dates back to 1366 in Leuven, Belgium, where it was first brewed to guys walking around Beacon Hill in the ratty old You’ve been on both sides of the runway, as a I’m doing the right job, because I still have that celebrate the holiday season. Traditional malted barley and the highest quality European hops give Shetland sweater and the perfectly washed-out designer and as a buyer. Where do you feel at capacity to be swept away like that. Stella Artois its full flavor and delicately crisp finish. wide-wale corduroys, and you just know that home? I definitely prefer being on the designer What fashion faux pas makes you want to run guy has owned that stuff since 1974. And it still side. The weird thing about doing a runway show across the street and slap someone in the works, and it probably looks better now than as a designer is you have an incredibly huge, face? Oh man! Every time I say, “Never do this, Hoegaarden is the Original Belgian Wheat Beer, dating back to the 15th Century. A naturally cloudy when he first bought it. complicated party, but you’re in the back; you never do that,” I’ll walk outside the next day and beer, Hoegaarden features a secret to its refreshing flavor and spicy nose: real Curaçao orange peel and Some designers completely separate miss it. It’s almost like you missed your own see someone rocking it! On the right person, a dash of coriander. themselves from their work. Lagerfeld wears wedding. You don’t even know what happened anything can work! But let’s say square-toed black Dior jeans and fingerless gloves; until you see the video, read the reviews, and see shoes. They’re really hard on the eyes. Armani has his black T-shirts. You perfectly the pictures. I did used to love going to shows, — Renata Certo-Ware Always Enjoy Responsibly. © 2012 Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A., Stella Artois® Beer, Le e® Blonde Ale and Hoegaarden® Beer, Imported by Import Brands Alliance, St. Louis, MO <14> 8.28.12

Brand: Belgian Brands Closing Date 7/27/12 Trim: 8.375x10.875 PA AE Item #:PSA201210325 QC: CS Bleed: 8.875x11.375 AD CD Job/Order #: 242901 Publication: Stuff Magazine Live: 7.875x10.25 AM Belgium is renowned for its vibrant and diverse beer culture. A rich tradition of culinary invention and improvisation, combined with centuries of brewing passion and expertise, helped craft a stunning variety of beer styles enjoyed around the world.

Leffe Blonde was first brewed in 1240 by the monks of Abbaye de Notre Dame de Leffe in Belgium. A spicy, faintly clove-like aroma is balanced by Leffe's creamy body and restrained dry finish.

Stella Artois' rich brewing heritage dates back to 1366 in Leuven, Belgium, where it was first brewed to celebrate the holiday season. Traditional malted barley and the highest quality European hops give Stella Artois its full flavor and delicately crisp finish.

Hoegaarden is the Original Belgian Wheat Beer, dating back to the 15th Century. A naturally cloudy beer, Hoegaarden features a secret to its refreshing flavor and spicy nose: real Curaçao orange peel and a dash of coriander.

Always Enjoy Responsibly. © 2012 Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A., Stella Artois® Beer, Le e® Blonde Ale and Hoegaarden® Beer, Imported by Import Brands Alliance, St. Louis, MO

Brand: Belgian Brands Closing Date 7/27/12 Trim: 8.375x10.875 PA AE Item #:PSA201210325 QC: CS Bleed: 8.875x11.375 AD CD Job/Order #: 242901 Publication: Stuff Magazine Live: 7.875x10.25 AM GETCULTURED Hat Parade Back in their dapper day, our grandparents and great-grandparents wouldn’t have been caught dead leaving the house hatless. By the late ’60s though, headwear had largely fallen out of favor, eventually getting relegated to bad-hair days and Sox games. But then came a resurgence of sorts. In recent years, we’ve seen enough fedoras around town to outfit a Bogart flick; spots like Salmagundi and Goorin Bros. have reintroduced terms like trilby, cloche, and porkpie to our vocabularies. And last year’s royal wedding had us fascinated with the beautiful and bizarre hats of Britain’s upper crust. London milliner Stephen Jones is a favorite of said set, and he’s collaborated with high-fashion names like Jean Paul Gaultier, Vivienne Westwood, and Marc Jacobs. Now he’s bringing standout toppers to the Peabody Essex Museum (161 Essex Street, Salem, 978.745.9500) for “Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones.” Opening on September 8 and running through February 3, 2013, the exhibit features more than 250 hats, representing a huge range of eras and aesthetics. We singled out some choice specimens to pique your inner haberdasher’s interest. — Miles Howard

Most Indians were less than While Jackie Kennedy was Simone Mirman was the go- Scottish designer Jo Gordon put a gorgeously pleased when the Brits seized donning demure pillbox to milliner for the British royal nightmarish spin on the traditional 19th-century control of the subcontinent. But hats in the States, Spanish family in the 1960s, but we mourning bonnet with this 1994 work. It’s titled one imperial staple that India designer Cristóbal Balenciaga somehow can’t picture Queen Kiss of Death, but we doubt anyone could gladly adopted and adapted created this swirly, sculptural Elizabeth wearing this wild get close enough for so much as a peck: the was the European-style crown. take on the shape. Crafted design, titled Langoustine two-foot-long pheasant feathers attached to Cotton-based, velvet-lined, with cream-colored silk in Fantasia. Boasting bright hues the satin base create a tunnel-esque brim that and embroidered with sequins, 1962, this spiral hat was of coral, yellow, and turquoise, largely obscures the wearer’s face. seed pearls, glass beads, and designed exclusively for Mirman’s 1965 piece features tinsel, this 19th-century crown Balenciaga’s then-legendary a padded silk ring strung with was likely part of a young couture house Eisa. shoulder-length tentacles. noblewoman’s wardrobe.

Fresh Salsa Not ready for the fest? No The Dance Complex (536 During our college years, we thought one semester worries: spots around town Massachusetts Avenue, of Intro to Salsa Dancing would have us destroying offer newbie-friendly salsa Cambridge. 617.547.9363) | classes every night of the Beginning Salsa, Mondays and club floors come winter break. But to truly master week. Thursdays from 8 to 9:30 p.m., $14. the art requires years of sweat and perseverance. And from September 7 to September 9, we’ll An Tua Nua (835 Beacon Havana Club (288 Green have the chance to behold such dedication when Street, Boston, 617.262.2121) Street, Cambridge, some of the world’s most dizzying dancers gather | Beginner/Intermediate 617.312.5550) | Beginner and for the 2012 Boston Salsa Festival. Hosted at Salsa and Bachata Class, Intermediate Salsa Lessons, Springstep (98 George P. Hassett Drive, Medford, Wednesdays from 8:30 to 10 Fridays and Saturdays from 9 to 781.395.0402), the fest will allow attendees a look p.m., $10. 10 p.m., $12. at scorching performances from local troupes Club Caribé (Courtyard Ryles Jazz Club (212 and visiting companies like San Francisco’s Marriott, 777 Memorial Drive, Hampshire Street, Cambridge, SalsaMania. They’ll also get the opportunity to Cambridge, 617.513.9841) 617.876.9330) | Beginner Salsa, bust some moves of their own at daily workshops | Introduction to Salsa, Tuesdays from 7 to 9:30 p.m., and nightly DJ-led dance parties. So stretch Thursdays from 9 to 10 p.m., $13, Thursdays from 7:30 to those calves, shine up your shoes, and visit $17 (includes hors d’oeuvres). 8:30 p.m., $13, and Sundays bostonsalsafest.com to find the full schedule and from 6 to 8:15 p.m., $10. passes ($85–$210). — M.H. <16> 8.28.12 115359_0

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IN THE SALON AT HOME If your blonde hair looks a bit seasick, you probably have chlorine To nurse your hair back to health between salon visits, Freeman suggests a damage. Stylist and colorist Gary Croteau of Mario Russo (9 Newbury regimen of sulfate-free clarifying shampoo ($13) and conditioner ($16), like Street, Boston, 617.424.6676; 60 Northern Avenue, Boston, 857.350.3139) the Rosemary Mint line from Carol’s Daughter. She also has a sweet spot suggests giving green-tinged locks the Malibu Treatment ($45), a for the Living Proof line, which was developed by MIT scientists. Its Restore medley of deep-cleansing shampoos that removes chlorine and mineral Targeted Repair Cream ($28) functions like a leave-in conditioner, absorbing buildup. into the hair’s cuticle to repair damage without weighing it down. To give dull locks some serious TLC, head to Jackie Siegel’s chair Croteau recommends treating your locks to an at-home moisturizing at Beaucage (71 Newbury Street, Boston, 617.437.7171) for a fast-acting mask. He’s a fan of Oribe’s Masque for Beautiful Color ($59), which works Kerastase Repairing Treatment ($35–$45) that will have your hair bouncing overtime to restore and maintain color and shine, repair damage, shield hair back in no time. We mean that almost literally — this spray-in treatment from harmful UV rays, and infuse major moisture. penetrates your hair instantly, replacing protein that has been stripped by If you really want to take matters into your own hands, head to the kitchen. the elements all summer long, so you’ll see an improvement in breakage Kucerova’s go-to DIY remedy is mayonnaise — and not the low-cal kind, and frizz right away. The treatment, or “prescription,” is a customized either. It might not be the healthiest sandwich accoutrement, but slathering cocktail of sorts: each unique formula is tailored to the depth of damage. your hair with a monthly mayo mask works wonders. The lipids, proteins, Another quick fix? Ask your colorist to take you a shade darker. and cholesterol that could have your doctor cringing are actually great for “Coloring hair conceals damage, and darker hair appears to shine more,” smoothing your hair, puffing up dry follicles, and cramming in moisture. Siegel points out. A color gloss is a good solution: it’s easier, faster, and Of course, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of mayo. To ward less damaging than a single-process dye job. off scorched hair next summer, Croteau says, make sure to rinse after each And don’t forget to ditch those split ends. Anne Freeman, a senior dip, even if it’s just with bottled water. Not letting your hair marinate in sea skincare advisor at Sephora (800 Boylston Street, Boston, 617.262.4200), salt can make a world of difference. Siegel adds that wetting your hair emphasizes that a trim effectively eliminates what is likely the most before a swim will reduce absorption of salt and chlorine. And keeping your damaged part of your hair, so your coif will appear sleeker and shinier. noggin under wraps while you’re basking in the sun is key, says Freeman. Finally, remember that salons don’t have a monopoly on hair-repair A hat is a better choice than most products with a UV shield, which aren’t services. Elena Kucerova of La Residencia Spa (336 Elliot Street, required to disclose the actual SPF factor. In short, remember the definition Newton Upper Falls, 617.244.2280) suggests requesting a 15-minute scalp of insanity offered by Albert Einstein (who also happened to possess a massage ($25) when you visit for a facial or a massage. It will stimulate famously frizzy head of hair): doing the same thing over and over again and hair growth, get blood flowing, and jumpstart the production of nutrients expecting different results. essential for healthy hair. — Renata Certo-Ware

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takes on her role in a film about his life. You can catch the opera’s 8 p.m. East Coast premiere at the Boston Conservatory Theater (31 Hemenway Street, Boston, 617.912.9222). Admission is free, but space is limited — so visit thefaceopera.com for info on securing your seat.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 Okay, Marie Antoinette probably never uttered the phrase “Let them eat cake.” But that hasn’t stopped her from becoming pop culture’s poster child for the one percent — and no wonder, given her marathon gambling sessions, three-foot-tall coiffures, and legendary appetite for haute couture. Now, more than two centuries after her run-in with the guillotine, you can catch the ill-fated queen in the American Repertory Theater’s world-premiere production of Marie Antoinette. Written by David Adjmi, the TUESDAY, AUGUST 28 playwright behind last year’s Off- Front man Zach Condon may have named his indie-folk outfit Beirut, but the band actually draws on the Broadway hit Elective Affinities, the sounds of many far-flung locales (Lebanon not included). Balkan folk rhythms drove Beirut’s 2006 debut, show takes a comedic peek into Gulag Orkestar; French chanteurs like Serge Gainsbourg influenced their follow-up, The Flying Club Cup, Marie’s life. If The Real Housewives while a Mexican trip helped inspire their March of the Zapotec EP. The band’s latest album, 2011’s The Rip of Versailles had existed back then, Tide, doesn’t have a clear geographic allegiance, but that didn’t dampen critics’ responses. Check out choice it might have looked something like cuts like “Vagabond” and “Santa Fe” yourself when Beirut plays an 8 p.m. show at the House of Blues (15 this. The show opens tonight at the Lansdowne Street, Boston, 888.693.2583). Grab tickets ($27.50–$40) at livenation.com. Loeb Drama Center (64 Brattle Street, Cambridge, 617.547.8300) and runs through September WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29 his Achilles heel. (Rick Santorum poet David St. John. Set in Venice 29. Find tickets ($25–$65) at The words “wedding music” don’t lost the Republican presidential Beach, the show uses music, americanrepertorytheater.org. conjure pleasant associations for nomination for many reasons, but film, and choreography to chart most of us. (We’d prefer that the we’re pretty sure his sweater vest the anguish of Raphael, a writer SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 Village People, the Black Eyed Peas, was one of them.) Thankfully, Hub forced to confront the traumatic Given their penchant for arena- and Celine Dion were permanently hombres in need of some sartorial loss of his muse and soul mate ready tunes, it may seem strange stricken from the guest list, thanks.) schooling will soon have a shot at when an ambitious young actress continued on p22 But though its name contains redemption, courtesy of Swagger the Hindi word for “wedding Up My Style! This class from local procession,” Red Baraat is image-consulting firm It’s a Man’s anything but your average function- World will offer expert guidance room act. The project took root on dressing for success on the after founder and dhol drummer dance floor, at the office, and when Sunny Jain’s own wedding, when he picking up groceries in a certain tapped friends to form a marching neighborhood hottie’s field of vision. band and perform at the ceremony. Class commences at 6:30 p.m. Now he’s the leader of a nine- in the cushy comforts of Eastern piece act that fuses brass- and Standard (528 Commonwealth percussion-filled bhangra jams Avenue, Boston, 617.532.9100), with funk, go-go, Latin, and jazz. and your tuition ($20) covers your Catch the Brooklyn-based band first drink. Reserve your spot at when they bring their party-ready eventbrite.com. sound to the Calderwood Courtyard at the Museum of Fine Arts FRIDAY, AUGUST 31 (465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, When you’re fantasizing about the 617.267.9300) for a 7:30 p.m. dream casting for a big-screen concert. For tickets ($24–$30), visit adaptation of your life, it’s easy mfa.org. to forget just how unsettling the viewing experience might actually THURSDAY, AUGUST 30 be. That’s the scenario explored As history has proven time and time in , a new opera from The Face red baraat again, a man’s wardrobe can be composer Donald Crockett and

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continued FROM p20 Burlesque and Inkllusionist, live p.m. shows at ImprovBoston THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 that Crash Kings set out to create music and giveaways by the beer- (40 Prospect Street, Cambridge, At this point in his career, Frank a big rock sound strictly sans garden stage, seminars, daily 617.576.1253). Find tickets ($20– Turner might be accustomed to guitar. Yet with distinctive hits like contests, and a bevy of vendors $25) and the full fest schedule at stadium-style glory: after all, the “Mountain Man” and “1985,” the and artists ready to trade tat bostoncomedyarts.com. folk-punk singer-songwriter and LA-based trio has achieved it, tales, tips, and tricks. Even if former front man of post-hardcore using only overdriven bass, hard- you’re new to the world of body WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 band Million Dead just played to a hitting drums, and a tricked-out art, it should be a fun scene For a while, we assumed our nights crowd of 80,000 at the Olympics Clavinet keyboard customized — just don’t expect your ill- of bar trivia had gone the way of opening ceremony, which millions with a whammy bar. Expect cuts conceived spring-break souvenir keg stands and naked quad runs. more watched on TV. But now off their 2009 self-titled album to win a “Tattoo of the Day” But we’re happy to admit that the English sensation is crossing and sneak peeks of new material title. Get passes ($20–$65) at hosts James Lindsay and the pond to treat Boston to a from their forthcoming follow-up bostontattooconvention.com. Richard Hawke have proven us more intimate concert. Touring in when they hit Great Scott (1222 wrong with their recently launched support of his 2011 album, England Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 Champions of Champions Keep My Bones, Frank Turner and 617.566.9014) for an 8:30 p.m. What do Monty Python’s John series. Held at 9 p.m. on the first the Sleeping Souls are making show. Pick up tickets ($12) at Cleese, late Hitchhiker’s Guide Wednesday of each month their first US tour stop at Royale ticketweb.com. scribe Douglas Adams, House at the Middle East Corner (279 Tremont Street, Boston, star Hugh Laurie, and Oscar (480 Massachusetts Avenue, 617.338.7699) for a 7 p.m. show. Get MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 winner Emma Thompson have in Cambridge, 617.864.3278), this tickets ($20) at ticketmaster.com. The beach isn’t the only place common (besides Britishness)? free game night takes trivia to to see some skin this Labor They’re all alums of the Cambridge some seriously bizarre territory, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 Day. Monday marks the closing Footlights. Cambridge University’s incorporating surprise guest Usually, a trip to the John Joseph day of the 11th annual Boston famed comedy troupe has been appearances and unique physical Moakley US Courthouse (1 Tattoo Convention, a four-day getting belly laughs since 1883, so challenges. (Imagine constructing Courthouse Way, Boston) is fest that’s bringing ink experts we’re sure it’ll provide a killer kickoff your answer with Legos, for preceded by night sweats and and enthusiasts to the Sheraton to the Boston Comedy Arts Festival, instance.) And with an influx of new frantic phone calls to a cousin’s Boston Hotel (39 Dalton a nearly week-long celebration students descending upon friend at Harvard Law. But Street, Boston, 617.236.2000). of improv, sketch comedy, and Cambridge, we’ve got a feeling we expect the courthouse to The stacked lineup includes standup. The Footlights will start the competition will be fiercer cultivate a far more relaxed vibe performances from Black Cat things off with 7:30 and 9:30 than ever. when it hosts Around the World

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in 80 Sips, a titanic tasting of SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 grapes from across the globe. With its globe-hopping restaurant Starting at 8 p.m. (7 p.m. for VIP culture, Cambridge has long been ticketholders), oenophiles can a hotbed of worldly flavors. But sample from more than 80 wines no culinary fare can compete while nibbling on iGourmet’s with the 20th Cambridge artisanal cheeses and choice Carnival International. This charcuterie from Creminelli. Steel community-organized celebration your liver and reserve your spot of Afro-Caribbean music, food, ($75–$125) at eventbrite.com. and artwork is the city’s largest festival. And its centerpiece, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 a sprawling, percussion-filled You might have caught Shea parade from the Charles River Rose steaming up the pages of through Central Square, is open our Boston’s Sexiest issue this to any uninhibited soul with a past spring; evidently, the rest talent for costume design and of Boston has taken notice. The a competitive streak: judges Braintree-born, Berklee-educated will award prizes to those with soul siren has been heating up the the most exuberant outfits. The MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 local club scene with her irresistible parade runs from 12:30 p.m. to 4 Bob Mould is now old enough to have fathered much of our staff, elixir of big R&B beats and brash, p.m., but the party doesn’t end but when he plugs in his Stratocaster, the Hüsker Dü and Sugar balls-to-the-wall lyricism. Busting there; you can snack on bites from mastermind still towers above most axe-handlers of our generation. taboos and hip-hop stereotypes multinational vendors and dance And no wonder: he’s been honing his chops for more than three on cuts like “Light Fades” and “I’m the day away to live salsa, reggae, decades, playing a key part in crafting those choppy guitar squalls the Shit,” Rose packs a merciless calypso, and more at the Main and searing power riffs many of us still associate with modern punk wallop. If you haven’t felt the Street stages between Central and and alt rock. Now he’s riding solo, but tonight he’ll revisit his early impact yet, get thee to Brighton Kendall. Find more information days with Sugar at the Paradise Rock Club (967 Commonwealth Music Hall (158 Brighton Avenue, and register for the parade at Avenue, Boston, 617.562.8800) with an 8 p.m. performance of the Allston, 617.779.0140), where she’s cambridgecarnival.org. band’s propulsive 1992 debut album, Copper Blue. For tickets ($20), headlining a 9 p.m. show. Grab — Miles Howard, Luke Milardo, visit ticketmaster.com. tickets ($13) at ticketmaster.com. and Hilary Milnes

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Theory “Kianna” top, $265, and Rag & Bone “Malin” pants, $290, both at Saks Fifth Avenue; Another Line bow belt, $28 at Nordstrom; Valentino stud sandal, $945 at The Tannery; Rebecca Minkoff “Jealous” bag, $495, and Gerard Yosca necklace, $330, both at Moxie; Biko “Sekani” coral necklace, $195 at Gretta Luxe

WHERE TO SHOP Gretta Luxe, 94 Central Street, Wellesley, 781.237.7010 Moxie, 51 Charles Street, Even octogenarian Boston, 617.557.9991 style icon Marilyn Nordstrom, 290 Riseman has heard the Speen Street, Natick, news: check out the 508.318.2600 local grande dame’s Saks Fifth Avenue, 800 all-red ensemble on Boylston Street, Boston, page 37. And for more 617.262.8500 red-hot looks from our The Tannery, 711 fashion shoot, visit Boylston Street, Boston, stuffboston.com. 617.267.5500

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<36> 8.28.12 A work of art. The local icon’s Beacon Hill home The makeup. Boston’s “kabuki socialite” is full of paintings by her late husband, William isn’t seen publicly without her trademark Riseman. An acclaimed architect and artist, maquillage. Created more than 30 years ago, he designed the interiors for his wife’s Apogee the dramatic look is the work of star makeup boutiques, which flourished in the 1960s and ’70s. artist and friend David Nicholas.

A colorful character. She wears almost exclusively black and white, A powerful network. This fuzzy phone but red is the one color Riseman will never stops ringing. Riseman enjoyed huge don from head to toe. This jacket and success as an event planner, creating skirt are by Sonia Rykiel, a favorite some of the city’s most glamorous galas designer and one of many she’s met and fundraising fetes. Today, she remains over the years. the most coveted guest in town.

Boston accents. A leather scarf with fishnet tights? Why not? At age 85, Riseman has a fiercer fashion sense than most a fraction of her age.

Feet on the ground. “I don’t do anything for shock value,” says Riseman of her style. “I imagine everything as it will look as a full picture, from head to toe” — here covered by crimson Arche boots.

8.28.12 <37> feature continued FROM p37 She swears like a sailor, flits like a very social butterfly, and boasts a head-turning style befitting the aristocratic lovechild of Marcel Marceau and Louise Brooks. In a city of few high-style or high-society deities, Marilyn Riseman rules from a lofty perch — respected by blue-blooded Brahmins, revered by the young acolytes who line up at parties to snap a photo and kiss the proverbial (or possibly literal) ring. But Riseman is more than Boston’s fashion folk hero, a one-woman brand, or the face that launched a thousand Facebook updates. (“Marilyn, please — a picture?!”) She’s an accomplished woman with fascinating stories to share. So we visited the glamorous grande dame at her Beacon Hill home, rifled through her closet, and fashioned a profile — one wardrobe detail at a time.

runs a successful boutique on fashion-focused Newbury Street — close to where Riseman opened her own edgy retail store, Apogee, in 1966, after getting plenty of buying experience under her belt. (Funny enough, Corte’s address is 211; Apogee was at 112 Newbury.) Apogee was designed with as much style as any garment sold inside: the interiors were the work of Marilyn’s husband, William Riseman, an artist and acclaimed architect who specialized in movie theaters. He also designed the Apogee logo with help from his friend Norman Ives, a Singular style. Riseman’s preferred color palette masterful mid-century artist. And shoppers were is black and white, so it may seem surprising that often sent home with posters by Jerry Pinkney, she was drawn to this colorful Jean Paul Gaultier a famed illustrator whose daughter once worked skirt. But the intricate pattern of haunting faces at Apogee. Riseman now considers her stores was compelling to a woman who has always to be her greatest professional success. But the used fashion to stand out. “I never wanted to seemingly unflappable fashion maven admits to look like everyone else,” says Riseman, recoiling being “frightened to death” at first: “I remember from the very thought. “I always wanted to be telling my husband the night before we opened, different. Fashion gives you — I wouldn’t say ‘Please, sell the store. I don’t want you to lose power — but the ability to not be like the crowd.” your money.’ It was overwhelming to me.” But She began honing that ability in girlhood, growing when the doors opened, Riseman’s characteristic up among the well-dressed and well-heeled. confidence returned: “Once I was in it, I knew Her father, Harry “Doc” Sagansky, was a major it would be a success.” And Apogee was, philanthropist, infamous bookie, and bigwig spawning five more locations across the country Boston businessman who invested in swanky and marking a high point in Boston’s style scene Hub nightclubs (like the Latin Quarter, where before closing in 1982. Riseman recalls rubbing elbows with Frank Sinatra). But Riseman’s mother, who passed masterminding soirees of extraordinary elegance. when the future socialite was still a teen, was the She tapped top culinary talents: Jean-Georges true “instigator” of her lifelong love of fashion. “I Vongerichten once fed guests at her “Springtime had three brothers. I was the only girl, and she in Europe” event at the Lafayette Swissôtel loved to take me shopping in all the finest stores,” (now Boston’s Hyatt Regency), where the says Riseman. Her mother’s style advice came internationally renowned chef opened his first in handy during Riseman’s first real foray into the stateside restaurant in 1985. And her guests fashion business, when she worked as a buyer would often go home laden with luxuries, for high-end retailers. The job required plenty of like bottles of Jean Patou’s Joy, a famously European trips; Riseman always traveled light. expensive perfume that Riseman gifted to “My mother taught me to buy one good thing attendees at an “Evening in Paris” fundraiser for and accessorize it differently. So I would pack the American Cancer Society, of which she’s a one fabulous black dress and pray that nothing Boundless hospitality. Pop into a high-profile longtime supporter. But Riseman’s most creative happened to it — that no waiter would spill a event, and you’ll probably find Riseman seated (and challenging) event might have been the drink on me,” she says with a laugh. “I’d change somewhere plush, holding one of her many fundraising scavenger hunt she once organized it up: wear it one night with a hat and pearls, bauble-topped canes — like these favorites at Neiman Marcus. Boasting three floors of another night with a scarf.” from Alan Bilzerian — like a queen clasping music, food, and luxury prizes, it was staged her scepter. She’s a coveted guest on the in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Gloria Business savvy. This shimmering blue jacket Boston social circuit, guaranteed to be good — which forced the catering staff to do all its was a special gift from friend Daniela Corte, a company and essentially ensure a gala’s shout- prep work by candlelight. Eek. But as always, a local fashion designer whose topnotch tailoring out in society columns. But the doyenne also powerful event producer ensured the show would earns high praise from Riseman. Today, Corte enjoyed a storied career as an event planner, go on.

<38> 8.28.12 A helping hand. Riseman has always been Sage style advice. What does Riseman think interested in helping local talent develop. Take about John Galliano? “That bastard!” she huffs. Maya Luz, the designer who gave Riseman this Fair enough, but before the designer was canned round spiked bag. Now based in New York, Luz from Christian Dior for his outrageously anti- first gained wide recognition as a contestant Semitic tirades, Riseman bought this gorgeous on Project Runway. (Then just 22, the designer Galliano woolen coat on a whim. “I went into famously withdrew from the competition.) But Neiman’s to pay a bill, saw it, and said, ‘I want by that time, Riseman had already met and that!’ ” Even if you’re working on a more modest mentored Luz. “She’s a spirited girl — smart, budget, Riseman suggests spur-of-the-moment artistic, and professional,” she gushes. They shopping is the way to go. “The best way to shop first crossed paths at the Colonnade during one is when you don’t need it,” she says. “When I’m of Riseman’s Symphony Fashion Luncheons, a looking for something I need, like a dress for a series she established to showcase emerging wedding, it’s torture. But if you see something young designers. Luz, then a MassArt student, you instantly fancy, buy it!” That probably means Fabulous friends. This gray stole — and its was a model in the show. But Riseman it’s something you really love and will always razzle-dazzle details — immediately caught recognized her promising talent as a designer want to keep. our eye. Like many of the furs in Riseman’s vast in her own right; they’ve been close ever since. collection, it’s by Zandra Rhodes, an English “I like to help nice people. Not assholes,” says fashion designer who looks like Riseman’s Riseman. Of course, whether they listen to her inverse: while the Boston fashionista is known for advice is up to them. She recalls one suggestion monochromatic ensembles and a jet-black bob, made to the team behind Boston Fashion Week, Rhodes’s trademarks are Technicolor outfits and which consolidated citywide events into a single shocking-pink hair. Superficially, they couldn’t tented location last year. “I think that was a wise be more different — but Riseman says her move. But I think an unwise move is that they “fabulous” designer friend has a sensibility much don’t have celebrity fashion people coming from like her own. “We have the same personality; New York. That would excite people and reflect she’s not afraid to be crazy. She’s extreme.” well on the designers here. They don’t want to do And how’s this for a small-world coincidence: it.” Why not? Riseman offers a befuddled shrug. Rhodes was a Paris roommate to designer Hey, BFW — didn’t anyone tell you to listen to Paloma Picasso and Be Bilzerian, wife of Boston your elders? clothier Alan Bilzerian, Riseman’s dear friend. (His eponymous store supplies a good chunk of her wardrobe.) Rhodes is one of many major designers Riseman has met over the years, from Permission to impulse shop? We like young guns like Zac Posen (“Everyone says he’s it. So we asked Marilyn for a few more hateful, but he couldn’t have been nicer to me!”) fashion pointers. to esteemed vets like Yohji Yamamoto, one of her favorites (“I was in awe,” she says of their Secure your investments. Riseman’s meeting). Who does she wish she could have walk-in closet is organized according to her own system: skirts here, jackets there, and met? Alexander McQueen. “He was gone too so on, with each section further divided soon,” says Riseman. “I know everything there is by designer. So when she’s creating an to know about him. He was a genius.” ensemble, she can instinctively pull pieces off the rack like flawlessly filed library books. And especially expensive items are each kept in a garment bag, its precious contents labeled with a handwritten note.

Think about the big picture. “A wonderful outfit is complete in every respect: Respect for the classics. This vintage cassette- right hair, right shoes, right bag, right shaped Chanel clutch can elicit ’80s flashbacks. proportions,” says Riseman. So even if your (Though not from everyone: Riseman says closet is full of fabulous pieces, carefully some of the handbag’s younger admirers don’t consider how to pull them together, lest the recognize its shape. Gag us with a spoon!) But whole be less than the sum of its stylish even in the Age of Lagerfeld, whom Riseman parts. credits for bringing bold innovations to the Don’t fit in. But have the right fit. The century-old house, it’s hard to forget Chanel’s most gorgeous garments will look horrid if namesake’s role in defining the fashions of the they don’t fit properly. Find an expert tailor Roaring Twenties — an era that has always had who understands your body type, and a special place in Riseman’s heart. You can tell make sure every pant, shirt, and jacket fits from her makeup (partly inspired by the period, like a glove. says artist David Nicholas), her trademark Louise Brooks–style bob haircut, and, of course, Educate yourself. “Read as many her wardrobe. “When I saw Angelina Jolie in magazines as you can,” says Riseman. Changeling, I wanted to rip the clothes off her!” The more background and context you possess, the better your ability to form says Riseman. In fact, she admits that her strong opinions and cultivate your own clothing might sometimes give the impression style. “Be able to say, ‘I love this! I hate this! that she’s stepped “right out of the 1920s.” She That’s not for me.’ ” adds with a chuckle, “I was born in 1927. The only thing authentic [from that decade] is me!”

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five years ago. On Valentine’s Day 2012, childhood friends Rebecca Penner and What’s Laura Macris opened their second store on Newbury Street — and we’re smitten with the selection of designer bags, New on shoes, jackets, and more. GANT Newbury Between the esteemed universities and Newbury Street is steeped in a Brahmin blue-blood heritage, Boston distinctive history that reflects true doesn’t need much help when it comes to pulling off preppy style. But GANT gives American ingenuity. It is located just enough European flair to keep its on what used to be part of Boston American heritage fashions feeling fresh. Harbor; for 25 years, from 1857 to That sensibility started with its founder, 1882, the area was filled with dirt a Ukrainian immigrant who founded from nearby hills to build a parcel of GANT of New Haven — a shirt store not land for retail and residences. And the far from that other Ivy League school. gorgeous original brownstones, many Today, Babson College grad and NYC- of which still stand, soon became the based fashion designer Michael Bastian most covetable addresses in town. brings a trendy touch to his collaboration with the brand. We GANT get enough. Some things never change; Newbury Georgetown Cupcake Street still attracts a highly fashionable If you’ve seen the TLC reality series DC set with a taste for the best in life. But Cupcakes, you’ve already “met” Sophie in 2012, Newbury also reflects a wide LaMontagne and Katherine Kallinis — diversity of retailers, with new spots the sweet sisters behind Georgetown. opening all the time. From Boston-born The show follows the fascinating ins and businesses to international imports, outs of running their first cupcake shop they clamor for a spot on Boston’s in the nation’s capital, but if you need a coolest street. Here are a few spots snack for while you’re watching, you can that have opened since the start of always swing by this new Hub location. the year. Stop in and welcome these The boutique cupcakes come in gourmet newest kids on the block. flavors that rotate daily, and the time has never been more appropriate to give them at try: the sisters release a new cookbook, Crush Boutique Sweet Celebrations, in October. If you’re looking for fresh, flirty women’s fashion, you’ll fall in love with Crush. The Marimekko boutique’s first location, on well-heeled Bright, bold and beautiful, the textiles — not the faint of heart. Eye-popping Robin’s Candy Beacon Hill, quickly became a style made by the Finland-based designers of patterns and stylish, saturated colors When it comes to seasonal getaways, we maven’s go-to glam spot when it opened Marimekko are for the fashion-forward are the trademarks by which you’ll love any chance to head to the beautiful recognize their clothes, home-décor Berkshires. The resort-area mountains of pieces, and fabric art. With the Newbury western Mass are filled with small town Street location’s August opening, centers, lined with adorable shops that Bostonians finally have a one-stop shop seem lifted from a Norman Rockwell for outfitting their homes and bodies painting. (No wonder, since the man with cool, contemporary designs. lived much of his life in Stockbridge.) Robin’s Candy started in Great National Jean Company Barrington, but this year brought Boston Boston the type of cool, quirky candy shop that Talk about making a splash. When seems straight out of classic Americana it opened in April, National Jean — or Willy Wonka’s wildest dreams. Company Boston brought in a special celebrity host: Nicole Richie, the Crush Boutique * 264 Newbury Street socialite-turned-designer who now * 617-424-0010 mentors young talent on the NBC show GANT * 324 Newbury Street * Fashion Star. Richie’s accessories line, 617-536-1949 House of Harlow 1960, is one of many Georgetown Cupcake * 83 Newbury brands stocked by National Jean — Street * 617-927-2250 which goes way beyond bottoms. Inside Marimekko * 140 Newbury Street * you’ll find trendy tops, head-turning 617-247-2500 handbags, and super stylish shoes National Jean Company Boston * 218 that will probably have the paparazzi Newbury Street * 857-233-4809 popping off photos of you. Ready for Robin’s Candy * 253 Newbury Street * your close-up? 857-263-7618 continued on p44

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And ladies, you won’t be non-hair services as facials and massage.) could probably fill your entire home sexy style that actually enhances home able to shake a hanger without hitting And of course, you should never trust with finds from Newbury. Here’s décor. Or kick back with a tantalizing somewhere to find fabulous fashions — your tresses to anyone. So meet the super- where to start. tome from Raven Used Books, which whether you’re dressing for a casual affair experienced eponymous owners of Salon stocks gently read books that, if nothing (Madewell and Intermix are cutesy picks) Eva Michelle. The dream-team duo of KITCHEN else, add an air of intelligence to your or the city’s most glamorous gala (the Eva Mustafai and Michelle Lee has 30 Whether your home chef skills are of coffee table. Still using moving boxes couture fashions at L’Elite Evening). And combined years in the industry, plus Cordon Bleu quality, or you’re just a as makeshift ottomans? 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equally faithful ode to France, with rich and refined plates complemented by a wine list reflecting each region. ArtNewbury Street is pretty enough to Indian frame. (Or, at the very least, to put Ready to turn up the heat? Come into on a “Wish You Were Here!” Boston Kashmir for some of the restaurant’s postcard.) But it is also home to a spicy Indian dishes, which can be number of esteemed art galleries ordered as “mild,” “medium,” or “hot” that feature rotating exhibitions by interpretations. The reasonable price local, national, and international points encourage plenty of return visits names. If you’re an ambitious art — which will be necessary to put a dent collector looking to invest, you’ve in the expansive menu. During the day, found the spot. But even if you’re its popular buffet lunch is an affordable just a culture vulture hoping to soak way to graze through the goods. in the work while sipping wine (most Italian galleries host artist receptions to The Italians are known for big appetites launch shows), do a little window (“Mangia!”), but Piattini puts the focus shopping by gallery hopping. We on small plates. Even the space itself found a few upcoming shows that is supremely intimate, with just 14 seem particularly hard to resist. tables inside and seven on the quaint patio. (Hmmm. What’s Italian for “date Barbara Krakow Gallery night”?) But Piattini packs plenty of Antipodes: New Zealand (runs flavor into pasta, veal, and risotto dishes, September 8–October 13) to name a few — and save room for Remember cartoons where Bugs Bunny your sweet tooth, because the spot has a dug a hole in one spot — and it led delish gelateria. straight down to China? He had reached an antipode: the spot directly opposite Japanese you, on the other side of the Earth. And The name Itadaki is a shortened for his series Antipodes, New York–based form of “Itadakimasu,” a traditional artist Mike Glier began traveling between expression used to commence a meal. antipodal locations around the world, (Think of it as Japan’s answer to “Bon painting their landscapes to convey the Appétit!”) But we think words fail to interconnectedness and interdependence describe the offerings here, which range of global points. The Barbara Krakow from traditional sushi rolls to more Gallery will exhibit his work on New contemporary small plates — and even Thai Forum’s menu combines classic culinary Zealand, the antipodal point of Spain: an Itadaki take on New England clam We love when we have chance to settle technique with inventive, refined flourish. curious, captivating paintings that get you chowder. Luckily, “Yum” is part of an in for a long dinner with good food, good You can eat light by opting for a delicate thinking deep thoughts about the land international language. company, and good conversation. But salad (the watermelon and feta dish is to down under. this is Boston — and frankly, we live on die for) or a simple, sophisticated starter Mexican the go. So while the tantalizing menu at like tuna tartare served with mango Copley Society of Art The best restaurants truly transport your Thai Basil is already worth a trip (try the puree and avocado. Or dig into entrées Distant Shores (runs September 13– taste buds. And when you step through sweet, tropical stir-fry noodles or one of like grilled swordfish, rib eye steak, October 4) the alley-side entrance of Casa Romero, the spicy curry dishes), we really love or a pan-roasted 16-ounce pork chop Summer is almost over, but you’re you’ll feel like you’ve found a portal to that the entire selection is available for coupled with chorizo cornbread stuffing probably not ready to leave your seaside Puebla tucked in the middle of Boston’s online ordering. With a few quick clicks, and sweet-potato puree. To find other memories behind quite yet. This juried Back Bay. 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COURSES with: Liz Vilardi, co-owner of The Blue Room, Central Bottle, and Belly Liz5 Vilardi sweeps in looking very Audrey Hepburn — the long neck, the hair that flickers with shampoo-ad shininess. She’s got Southern good manners, but her look is urban cool. She’s a poised presence in the construction zone: today Vilardi is presiding over the finishing touches on Belly (1 Kendall Square, Cambridge, 617.494.0968), her soon- to-open wine bar and charcuterie. It’s tucked in next to the Blue Room, which Vilardi co-owns with her husband, Nick Zappia, and a 10-minute walk from the sleek wine shop Central Bottle, which they co-own with friends Maureen and Dave Rubino. We’re hidden away in one of Belly’s banquettes, working through a platter of coppa, merguez, and lardo. It’s not a bad way to spend a late-summer afternoon. You’ve been at the Blue Room for 12 years. How did a nice girl with a finance degree get sucked into the restaurant business? I began as an investment banker and ended up owning restaurants, maybe by accident, maybe not. I’m a Texas girl who wanted an East Coast college with a great football program. BC was perfect. As a student, I started waiting tables on Newbury Street. That’s the obvious part-time job for a college girl, right? When I had a chance to use my finance degree at an investment bank, I jumped at it. I was doing analysis, but my dream was to be on the trading floor. Now that I was making money, I could indulge my “hobby” and get a culinary degree at night at Cambridge Culinary. I did a series of long stages in the kitchen at Lumière with Michael Leviton and at Tremont 647 with Andy Husbands, still keeping my day job in banking. I realized that what I loved about the trading floor was exactly what I love about the restaurant business: total chaos from the minute you open until the gong goes off. You get addicted to the adrenaline. What’s the Belly concept? If the Blue Room and Central Bottle had a baby, you’d get Belly — artisanal and funky, cutting-edge and intellectually daring. Belly is going to be boisterous, fun, and young. Cozy yet noisy. Twenty-plus wines by the glass, and all sorts of charcuterie — chicken- liver mousse, rabbit rillettes, andouillettes, curated cheeses served with confiture, oysters always, and “snacks” like fried green tomatoes, grilled razor clams, and lamb bacon. And if you are really hungry, a ribeye wood- grilled for two. We want people to come for the wine and stay for it all. Where did the idea come from? A lot of credit goes to our chef, Robert Grant, who came to us from the Butcher Shop. With Robert, we got a twofer: a chef who cures his own meat; and our cheesemonger at Central Bottle, [his partner] Stephanie Santos, who will be curating the cheeses for Belly. Each day she’ll feature a menu of cheeses: one salt, one fresh, one funk, one whole, one home-grown, one italiano, one français, and the best of “the blues.” This is our Fall Fashion issue, and you seem pretty stylish yourself. If you had to pick two perfect pieces of clothing, what would they be? A classic navy blazer and a pencil skirt in a bright color. And anything 617.325.1700 | RED-EYEDPIG.COM cashmere. You know that black dress in Pretty Woman? I’m from the South. There’s a lot of emphasis on “putting your face on” before you go out. 1753 Centre St West Roxbury, MA 02132 What don’t people know about you? When I was a little girl, I wanted to be president so I could pass a law that everyone could wear pajamas all day Take-out and Catering long. I’d still rather be home than out. I’m a closet introvert, a professional extrovert. Hours: M-W 4-9 | Th 11:30-9 | Fr & Sat 11:30- 10 | Sun 2-7 — Louisa Kasdon Louisa Kasdon can be reached at [email protected]

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The Last Sip of Summer Right now, Watermelon is ripe for the Drinking Some of the best discoveries come about accidentally: penicillin, Play-Doh, Post-it Notes, and Popsicles, to name a few that all begin with P for some reason. But all of these pale in comparison to the first time a drunk bro at a barbecue stumbled back from the house with some vodka and fell bottle-first into a watermelon. No use letting good food and booze go to waste, this unknown genius thought. Thus a new era of fruity drinking was born. “Watermelon was probably the first infused fruit,” says Michael Ray of Forum (755 Boylston Street, Boston, 857.991.1831) while I’m nose- deep in an impromptu recipe he’s made for me, a blend of Michter’s bourbon, fresh watermelon, mint, and rhubarb bitters. But it’s kind of a switcheroo on the old infusing-booze-with-fruit routine, he says. “You’re not really infusing the vodka; you’re infusing the watermelon.” Science. “Everyone wants to turn a bottle of vodka upside down, stick it in watermelon, and start chewing on some pieces,” he continues. “It’s easy, cool, and refreshing; it reminds people of summer.” And since we’re approaching the end of summer, many of us are going to want to cling to those memories for as long as we can. But while that venerable bottle technique is fine for those slumming it at the beach, there’s more than one way to skin a watermelon. For a slightly classier version, Mike Corcoran of Back Deck (2 West Street, Boston, 617.670.0320) recommends turning a halved watermelon into a punch bowl. West Street Cooler at bAck deck That’s what he does for the sharable version of Back Deck’s West Street Cooler, made with Berkshire Mountain Distillers’ Ragged Mountain margarita with Tres Generaciones reposado Watermelon, a dry watermelon wheat beer that’s rum, Aperol, and lime and watermelon juice, all tequila, lime juice, simple syrup, Cointreau, and way better than it sounds. topped with soda. fresh watermelon juice. Meanwhile, Zócalo (35 But those in search of a fruity fix don’t even Look around, and you’ll find plenty of other Stanhope Street, Boston, 617.456.7849) serves have to belly up to a bar: as the old teenager- refreshing rum- and vodka-based watermelon one made with Tanteo, a surprisingly decent at-the-beach bottle technique suggests, cocktails, like the Anguria at Scampo (215 bottled jalapeno-infused tequila. And Masa (439 watermelon is easy to work with at home on the Charles Street, Boston, 617.536.2100), made with Tremont Street, Boston, 617.338.8884) has long fly. Use a blender or just muddle it in a glass watermelon puree, vodka, and muddled lime, and done a version with their own house habanero- to make your own puree. If that’s still too much the Watermelon Cooler, suggested by the folks at infused tequila that’s spicy enough to make you work, the folks at new fresh-pressed juice shop Ipswich’s Privateer Rum; it’s made with Privateer, brace yourself before every sip. Nourish Your Soul (17 Playstead Road, West watermelon puree, simple syrup, and lime juice But maybe you don’t want to sweat any Medford, 888.995.8423) will do the heavy lifting and garnished with mint. more than you already are? It is August, after all. for you. They sell a watermelon-mint juice that But for me, watermelon tends to be, well, a For lighter sipping with less of a boozy punch, you can take home for mixing. It’s touted as little watery, so I prefer a spicier spirit base. And The Beehive (541 Tremont Street, Boston, a good source of vitamin A, vitamin C, and lots of bartenders have noticed that the fruit pairs 617.423.0069) does a watermelon mimosa with lycopene, which are great for kick-starting the well with a bit of heat. “Fresh watermelon juice watermelon, orange juice, sugar, triple sec, metabolism. It’s still summertime, remember: adds a very subtle sweet taste that feels very Champagne, and mint, while Blue Inc. (131 anything you can do to burn some extra calories summery without being overpowering,” says Mike Broad Street, Boston, 617.261.5353) pairs the is great. You want to be drinking watermelon, not Letterman, GM of the newly opened OAK Long dry red sparkling wine Rosa Regale with mint looking like one. Bar + Kitchen (138 Saint James Avenue, Boston, and watermelon. And it seems like every other — Luke O’Neil 617.585.7222), where they’re doing a watermelon bar now carries 21st Amendment’s Hell or High Got an idea for Liquid? Email [email protected].

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As any aspiring designer will tell you, breaking into the fashion industry can is to change the opinion of indie fashion. The word “indie” has a stigma. But seem like an impossible feat (one tougher than the wackiest Project Runway indie fashion’s quality is exceptionally high. Now, one of the most frequent challenge). Sam Sisakhti wants to change that. In 2008, the Lexington- comments [on the site’s designs] is, “I would actually wear that.” bred, Brandeis-schooled innovator launched UsTrendy, an online fashion You started out in California. Why move back to Boston? I did move to marketplace that helps independent designers connect with buyers and California, and I was there for a year and a half. I realized it didn’t matter where garner funding. It was risky. At the height of the recession, he fled a secure job I was sitting at the end of the day, though, working with 14,000 designers from in finance to follow his dream. Now, he runs his own office by day and spends 100 countries. I needed to feel comfortable. Being around the support of my his evenings holding court at Bond and Empire. He paused to chat about his friends and family made me feel better. In fact, when I moved back here, I style, Boston’s swagger, and his prized possession — a humble chair. actually got funding. Okay, tell us about this chair. Growing up, my dad was my role model. He Which entrepreneur do you most admire? I admire Steve Jobs because he still is. About 10 years ago, he started his own company, sitting in this chair. kept rebounding and came back — initially at Apple when things didn’t work When I graduated from Brandeis, I had a job lined up in finance. I thought I out and they kicked him out, he went on and did other successful projects. should play it safe. My dad gave me his chair and told me to follow my heart He experienced the highest highs and lowest lows. I can relate. One month is and pursue my dreams. That’s really what put me over the edge; I knew I had awesome, and the next month you hit adversity. to follow my heart. He engraved it: it says, “Sam Sisakhti, UsTrendy Founder.” Where can we find you when you’re not at the office? I live near the North Is it comfortable? [Laughs] No, it’s just a wooden chair. No cushion. End by the Boston Harbor area, and when I’m not working I love to play Why did you leave a secure job for the unknown? Well, I had done a basketball a couple of times a week. My favorite place right now is Emerald. I summer internship, and the company offered me a job going into my last year like Bond, I like the Liberty Hotel, and I really like the Seaport area, especially of college. I knew I was in a fortunate position. Then I showed up at work, Legal Harborside. and everyone seemed really miserable. I remember looking at some of the As a fashion entrepreneur, you probably look spiffy when you’re out on guys who were older and thinking, “This could be me one day.” One month the town, right? I wear a collared shirt and Seven jeans or True Religions. And turns into a year, then five, then 10. I could see myself settling. I knew I had to I like to wear vests and skinny ties. get out after just a week. My dad saw me and talked to me, which led me to What do you think of Boston’s style? Well, there are the people who rock resign. They thought I was kidding until I didn’t show up again. out with the baseball cap. I’m telling you, when I get on a plane in different Why did you start a fashion company? I always wanted to start a company, states, I can tell who’s from Boston. They just have that swagger. There’s also but I didn’t know what it would be. I wanted to focus on the Internet, though, the sophisticated after-work style at places like Middlesex Lounge. There’s a because it could grow quickly. Fashion interested me, and I felt it was hipster scene out in Cambridge. You see a lot of black in New York, but out important that I should market products to my generation. My goal is to here it’s broad, a wide range. build up as many independent designers as I can. One of my biggest goals — Kara Baskin

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