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FEATURE Camping in couture 22 artistic statements 33

FEED food coma 41 5 courses 42 stuff it 43 liquid 44 RESIDE 46 22 SEX 47 FLASH 48 Mother Nature has never looked so glam. Check out dreamy summer fashions in “Camping in Couture” on page 22. nirva derbekyan’S STUFF 50 Photo: Conor Doherty

Letter from the Editor course, if you do find yourself far. (Mind you, I leave every shoot she curated dazzling collections pitching a tent with Mother Nature saying that. But this time, I really of jewelry inspired by the colors, some weekend, look on the bright mean it!) Much of the thanks for forms, materials, and sensibilities side: the bathrooms are often that goes to producer Lauryn of three very different art exhibits cleaner than those at some Boston Joseph, who has been contributing on view this season. Each is fierce, bars. fantastic work to our style coverage fashionable, and fit to frame. (So Me? Though I love spending over the last year or so. I’m thrilled we did. Frame them, that is.) time in the great outdoors, it’s to say that she is taking an even There are plenty of non-style been years since my last camping more active role with us going stories inside too, from a chat with attempt — which ended in forward, signing on as our fashion a suave former Superman, actor missing tent parts, a Ted Bundy– and beauty editor-at-large. Lauryn, Brandon Routh (see page 12), reincarnate raccoon, heartbreak, as they say in the fashion world to a roundup of cocktail recipes and, ultimately, a warm motel bed. (and by that I mean Drag Race), you devised for the bar geek within (see But we had a blast shooting our better work. (No, seriously. We’re page 44). Read, enjoy, and save summer fashion spread, “Camping on deadline. Hurry!) a copy for your summer camping in Couture,” in the woods outside “Camping in Couture” isn’t trip. You never know when you Plenty of urbanites get the creepy- of Boston. We envisioned a the only spectacular spread in might need a couture rain hat, and crawlies at the mere thought of whimsical scenario involving two this issue, though. Our own senior staples are so in this season. camping. They prefer to keep the eccentric fashionistas who are managing editor, Jacqueline worms in their tequila, the dirt in unwilling to give up their finery in Houton, set out to unite fashion their whispered gossip, and the the forest. Check out the result fans and culture vultures with Scott Kearnan roaring animals in their bedrooms, on page 22. I think it might be my “Artistic Statements” on page 33. Editorial Director where they belong. (Rawr.) Of favorite STUFF fashion spread so With help from stylist Alisa Neely, @TheWriteStuffSK

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6.5.12 <5> HOT ISLAND GETAWAYS Not that the average red-blooded (or is it blue-blooded?) New Englander needs convincing, but we came across a few new reasons to book a summer escape to Nantucket or Martha’s Vineyard. For starters, National Geographic recently named Nantucket the “best island in the world” — ahead of awe-inspiring paradises in Polynesia and the Mediterranean. Impressive. But on a local-interest level, we’re jazzed for the June opening of MET on MAIN (38 Main Street, Nantucket, 508.325.5111), the fifth location of restaurateur Kathy Sidell’s Boston-area restaurant hotgroup, which includes MET Back Bay. Expect the new outpost to boast Moroccan-inspired décor and a menu that combines European café fare with island flair — complete with a tartare and raw bar with rotating selections and a toppings-filled build-your-own pancake bar. The opening marks a homecoming of sorts for Sidell: the restaurant inhabits the former site of the Sweet Shop, an ice creamery where she had her first job. (Aww!) Summertime nostalgia is also at play on the Vineyard, which is ramping up for JAWSFEST: The Tribute, scheduled for August 9–12. Often regarded as the first summer blockbuster, Steven Spielberg’s 1975 flick about a killer shark was filmed on Martha’s Vineyard. So this commemorative series will feature panel discussions with those involved in the movie, reenactments, a screening (of course), and shark-conservation programs, among other events. For more info, visit jawstribute.com. HOT IMPORT Fans miss her music most, but there’s no doubt that Amy Winehouse was also a style A HOT TIP icon. (What can we say? Cat-eye mascara that It’s been a long time coming, but in mid- swoops up to a foot-tall beehive hairdo has a June doors will finally open at The Tip Tap tendency to grab attention.) So while we await Room (138 Cambridge Street, Boston, word on posthumous album projects, we’ll at 857.350.3344). The new spot is helmed least enjoy the singer’s final spring/summer by chef-owner Brian Poe, the toque who collection for Fred Perry (301 Newbury Street, revamped the Back Bay’s Rattlesnake in Boston, 857.233.4698), the British sportswear- 2009, turning it from a sticky-floored party meets-streetwear retailer. Opened in late scene to a restaurant with a real, chef- May, the Boston store is Perry’s first non-NYC driven menu. (Though come night, it’s still location in the States. And while we’re digging a party scene. Thankfully, no one threw all of Perry’s preppy summer looks for men and the baby out with the bathwater.) The Tip women, we have a soft spot for the pieces that Tap Room will likewise have a casual vibe mark Winehouse’s last collaboration with the — picture a 100-seat dining room with brand: sweater dresses, pedal pushers, and natural wood floors, flat-screen TVs, and bowling bags inspired by ’50s Americana and a wall of retractable garage-style glass Art Deco. One request: please, no hologram doors — and an adventurous approach window models. to food. The titular “tip” nods to the array of inventively marinated proteins: steak tips, turkey tips, chicken tips, and lamb tips, plus experimental options like elk tips and alligator tips. (Even side dishes, like wild-boar bacon-chive potatoes, have us roaring.) The “tap” refers to the beverage program, dominated by craft bourbons and 36 draft beers — nearly half of which are local brews. We expect Tip Tap’s business to boom.

HOT HANDS Looking to pay homage to the Hub’s brightest talents? Then give a standing O to the Hand Wall at Theatre 1 (200 Stuart Street, Boston), the reincarnation of the Stuart Street Playhouse that’s part of the new Revere Hotel. Unveiled in late May, the wall- of-fame-style installation features creepy- but-cool plaster castings of hands, each belonging to a local notable from the arts world. The inaugural honorees are American Repertory Theater artistic director Diane Paulus, bestselling Wicked author Gregory Maguire, Boston Ballet artistic director Mikko Nissinen, and A&E reporter Joyce Kulhawik, a longtime fixture on the Boston media scene. As for coming attractions? Conductor Keith Lockhart will be cast once the Boston Pops season wraps, and there’s buzz that a certain rock “idol” will swing by to lend a hand this summer. Keep us posted, guys. We don’t want to miss a thing.

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GET SEEN Close cultured GETthis... Technological advancement doesn’t always mean progress. Take texting: given its effect on the English language, we’ve come to see it as a sign of devolution. (The turning point? When “Happy Birthday” cards started being replaced by tacky “HB2U” texts. Uh, WTF?) So we think it’s time to bring the art of communication back to its handwritten roots — literally. That’s why we love these twig pencils ($21) from Joanne Rossman (6 Birch Street, Roslindale, 617.323.4301). What better way to turn our backs on technology than by scratching out a few words with sticks? Boasting real bark, they come as a bundle of three sets, with four- inch-long colored pencils and five- and seven-inch-long graphite ones. They’re far more stylish than the average No. 2. And should we ever decide to really renounce modern civilization, we’ll know just what tools to use to write the next Walden.

or that... Okay, okay. Who are we kidding? Our penmanship skills have atrophied, and we’re more likely to compose a passive-aggressive note about a roomie’s dishwashing habits than the next great American classic. But even if we’re not writing books, we’re still reading them. And these petrified-wood bookends ($148) from Anthropologie (203 Newbury Street, Boston, 617.262.0545) are a great way to display our favorite tomes. The bookends are totally unique: that whole trees-turning-to-stone process ensures that no two are exactly alike. And if you’re not a big bookworm, fret not — they’re just as good for holding DVDs. (We heard the movie was better anyway.) — Meghan Kavanaugh

top photo by janice checchio 6.5.12 <9> GETSEEN …at the Institute of Contemporary Art’s Party on the Harbor

Rebecca Rivers, designer at Ligne Kendra Slaughter, administration Pamela Vargas, graduate student at Kerstin Voigt, general manager at Roset and planning associate at the UMass Boston Valentino She looked art-party perfect in Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Her bright maxi dress was on We admired Kerstin’s outfit from an abstract-print dress from a Paris This is how you pull off a print. trend yet had a timeless elegance the ground up: she wore absolutely boutique, a clutch from Filene’s Kendra paired her Charlie Jade dress about it. killer Valentino heels with lavender Basement, and Calvin Klein sandals. from Mint Julep with BCBGirls heels She chose the Bebe dress to Calypso jeans, a fringed top from All The rain inspired her bright look, and a clutch from her college days. “bring some color to Boston” Saints, and a Valentino cross-body a departure from her typical palette She describes her wardrobe and paired it with Audrey Brooke bag. of neutrals. “I wore color to contrast as “Kylie Minogue meets flight platform sandals. This fashion pro moved to Boston the weather. Plus, it’s practical.” attendant.” Translation? She mixes This former Miss Colombia USA from Munich four years ago; she Her style is influenced by her street looks with glamour and loves a credits the pageant circuit with sees ours as a city with style. “There interior-design work, which pulls her ladylike silk scarf. developing her self-confidence. is a feeling of freshness here.” toward structural and architectural The art around her at work “Pageants make you feel secure in She draws style inspiration from pieces. inspires her, as does the exciting yourself,” she says. To which we say, her annual trip to Ibiza. “There is We quickly fell in love with her fashion energy of the female staff. being gorgeous and sweet doesn’t an amazing explosion of fashion [in leather necklace, which, turns out, “The spirit of the Gardner is about hurt either. Ibiza]. People are very open-minded is attached to her dress. Guess we powerful women.” She may know how to rock a and experimental.” won’t snag it, then. An avid traveler, Kendra is moved gown, but her signature look She identifies with the fun, edgy by Middle Eastern women who is about laid-back sexiness. Her vibe newer designers have delivered exude true personal style while favorite outfit is a pair of jeans, a to Valentino. Just look to her working within societal constraints T-shirt, and sneakers. studded bag for proof. on dressing.

STUFFY: The Nick of Time When did men’s shaving supplies get so fancy? Scope the shelves at CVS, and you’ll find a world of gently vibrating 10-blade razors that squirt moisturizing creams, aloe, and butterfly kisses. Why, great men of the past might have used little more than a shot of whiskey and a piece of glass. (At least, that’s what Grandpa said. But he also claimed he once wrestled a bear — blindfolded.) We’d rather not return to the days when shaving tools looked like Sweeney Todd’s murder weapons, but we do love one find that combines old-time ruggedness with modern indulgence. Check out the Aristocrat gold razor ($150), a vintage Gillette Regent Tech razor re-plated in 24-karat gold. The razors were produced for only a short time in the years before WWII, but thankfully these babies have since been cleaned, sanitized, and oiled. (What, you don’t like 70-year-old stubble?) Pick one up at the new Back Bay outpost of men’s favorite Ball and Buck (144B Newbury Street, Boston, 617.262.1776), a boutique that boasts its own barbershop. Cutting-edge, no? — Meghan Kavanaugh

<10> 6.5.12 GET SEEN PHOTOS BY melissa ostrow; text by erin souza; stuffy photo by janice checchio

GETclose …with Crooked Arrows Star Brandon Routh

Boston is a big sports town, though local passion for lacrosse hasn’t reached a Fenway-level fever pitch. But we’ll still line up for Crooked Arrows, a locally filmed lacrosse movie starring Superman Returns and Chuck actor Brandon Routh. In Arrows, Routh trades his superhero cape for a coach’s whistle, portraying a Native American of mixed heritage who returns to his tribe’s reservation to lead an underdog high- school team to success against rich prep-school rivals. (Think The Mighty Ducks on grass.) While shooting last summer in and around the Hub, Routh took some time to explore the city. (Legal Harborside’s rooftop lounge was one of his favorite hangouts.) And he just came back through town for the movie’s premiere, so we grabbed him to chat about Crooked Arrows and his newly announced role on Partners, an upcoming CBS sitcom from the creators of Will & Grace. Routh will play the boyfriend of lead Louis (Ugly Betty’s Michael Urie), a gay architect who shares a business with his straight best friend. Superman on the small screen every week? Score! Since Crooked Arrows is a sports movie, I’ll ask: any affinity for Boston teams? I’m a Patriots fan, if anything. I liked Drew Bledsoe; I was always a fan of him. I’m a 49ers fan first and a Chiefs fan second, but we never had too many run-ins with the Patriots, so I was always able to applaud their rise to success. . . . And my wife is a big Red Sox fan. Her sister went to school out here, and she came out to visit. She fell in love with the stadium, the game, and the fans — how much they loved the game. I hear you actually have Native American heritage yourself? There’s a teeny bit of it in my blood, from very far back. . . . It was something that was a presence in our lives growing up. Before I even knew that we had some trace in our lineage, my grandmother — my dad’s Brandon routh at the boston premiere mom — always had a lot of Native American art around her house. Though she was distant from it, she longed for it. She really appreciated the you get about the history of lacrosse and the say, it does get better! Just hang on a little bit. spirituality aspect of it. sport’s evolution. I think it looks at sports in a You’ll meet more enlightened people. They’re out How hard was it to learn lacrosse? Pretty new way. It’s not just about winning and losing, there in the world. challenging! It’s a whole-body thing. I had to cliché as that is, but about playing for something Tell us about Wyatt, your character in unlearn some things. You always think your bigger than that — whether playing for the Partners. He’s basically a recovering alcoholic, dominant hand is where the power is. But if Creator as the Natives do, or your version of a former club-hopping model. Now he’s a sober you’re right-hand dominant, in throwing lacrosse God, or for the joy of it, the meditation of it, the vegan nurse. It’s exciting for me because it’s you really need to pay attention to your left hand expression of the human experience. a type of character I love to play and haven’t — ’cause that’s the captain of the ship. When Have you had times in life when you felt had much opportunity. He’s a little naïve and I finally figured that out, it made things much like the underdog? My whole high-school really happy, like a more dimwitted Mr. Rogers. easier for me. But I loved it. I love sports where experience was like that! I wasn’t cool in high [Laughs] The first role I ever played was a I can continually work on skills by myself. That’s school. I was a band nerd, a theater geek. I character called Aesop in a play called Hide and what I love about soccer: I’ll stand in front of a did sports, but didn’t really have any friends Shriek, a comedy where I played this bumbling goal for hours, taking kicks. outside of school. I was a loner in that respect. redneck who wore bib overalls and a straw hat, What separates this from other “underdog” I played video games, read books, did sports, with this stupid accent I tried to do. Wyatt isn’t as sports movies? It’s not just about sports. There and practiced music. I was an underdog waiting dumb as Aesop, but I really enjoy playing naïve are a lot of themes: father-son relationships, the to get out of high school — and college was a characters. old and new coming together, and the education savior. So kids who come across this, like they — Scott Kearnan

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It’s Alive! (Sort of) When we first heard that filmmaker Danny Boyle was directing a stage adaptation of Frankenstein for London’s National Theatre, we were intrigued — and excited. What would Mary Shelley’s Gothic classic look like when reinterpreted by the man behind the zombie epic 28 Days Later and the self-amputation study 127 Hours? Then the buzz ballooned. Legendary electronic band Underworld signed on to compose the show’s score, and Boyle announced his leads: Benedict Cumberbatch, star of the BBC’s hit Sherlock series, and Jonny Lee Miller, whom we still remember as conniving heroin junkie Sick Boy in Boyle’s terrific Trainspotting. Plus, the production would feature a nifty gimmick: throughout the show’s run, Cumberbatch and Miller would alternate the roles of Dr. Frankenstein and the Creature, giving audiences a chance to see two actors’ different interpretations of the same characters. Sadly, 3,000 miles and some very expensive plane tickets kept us from seeing Frankenstein during its rave-garnering 2011 run. But thanks to the National Theatre’s stage-to-cinema program, National Theatre Live, a rare American screening of the show will allow us to behold Boyle’s shocker in all its gory glory. Filmed with multiple high-definition cameras, a standard NT Live production works like a large-scale television broadcast, allowing international audiences to watch the play unfold in real time on the screen of a participating movie theater. The stage run of Frankenstein is over, but luckily for us, it’s getting special encore screenings at the Coolidge Corner Theatre (290 Harvard Street, Brookline, 617.734.2501), playing at 10 a.m. on Sunday, June 17, with Miller as Frankenstein and Cumberbatch as the Creature, and at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 25, with the roles reversed. Maybe nothing quite beats the live experience, but this is still a rare opportunity to watch an inventive master of celluloid put his own twist on a perennially twisted tale. Grab tickets ($20) at coolidge.org. — Miles Howard

Contradictory Terms If you’ve ever been transfixed by one of the many, many cable marathons of Law & Order episodes, you probably know actress S. Epatha Merkerson from her whopping 391 appearances as tough- as-rawhide NYPD lieutenant Anita Van Buren. The long-running show was cancelled in 2010, but unlike many stars of the sofa-side screen, Merkerson didn’t move on to drunken brawls in hotel lobbies or a desperate turn on Dancing with the Stars. Instead, she stepped behind the camera to direct The Contradictions of Fair Hope, a documentary exploring one of the last surviving benevolent societies of the antebellum American South. It’s serving as the grand finale of the 14th annual Roxbury International Film Festival, which will screen more than 50 selections by filmmakers of color from June 14 through June 17. The term “benevolent society” might sound awfully appealing, but its definition is societies — in which universal needs could be that draws thousands. Get a glimpse into a hollow rooted in unspeakable hardship. After Lincoln’s addressed and provided for fairly. of history unacknowledged by textbooks at 2:30 Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and the Merkerson’s film takes us to present-day p.m. on Sunday, June 17, when The Contradictions enactment of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865, Uniontown, Alabama, where the Fair Hope of Fair Hope screens at the Museum of Fine Arts more than four million slaves had been freed in Benevolent Society still remains. The film (465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, 617.267.9300), America — but that hardly soothed the country’s juxtaposes the community’s enduring spiritual which will also host Merkerson for a post- rampant racial hostility. Faced with hunger, and social rituals with the modern hedonism of its viewing Q&A. Get tickets ($15) at mfa.org, and disease, and indifference from the white majority, annual Foot Wash celebration, which began as a learn more about the festival’s other offerings at many freed slaves in the South formed their well-intentioned society reunion in the late 1880s roxburyinternationalfilmfestival.org. own self-sufficient communities — benevolent but has since become a massive outdoor party — M.H.

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talents — including the winner of know that the ’90s were an era tonight’s Pride Idol Finale. (Paging of over-the-top anthems. Now, Ryan Seacrest!) Modeled after a to commemorate the decade in certain televised singing-showdown stereophonic style, the Boston Gay sensation, this local search for a Men’s Chorus is revisiting more gifted vocalist launched auditions than 50 hot hits with Get Ready back in April; now the final round for This! The Music of the ’90s. will go down in the new Revere Accompanist and arranger Chad Hotel (200 Stuart Street, Boston, Weirick has prepared a medley of 617.482.1800). VIP attendees can memorable numbers — including start schmoozing over cocktails RuPaul’s “Supermodel” and C+C at 6:30 p.m., and all can vote Music Factory’s “Gonna Make to choose the winner of the 8 You Sweat” — for Sunday’s 7 p.m. p.m. show, hosted by NYC drag show at John Hancock Hall (180 diva Hedda Lettuce. The crowd Berkeley Street, Boston), the closer favorite will win $500 and a public of a three-night run. Find tickets performance at Saturday’s Pride ($16–$46) at bgmc.org. Festival on City Hall Plaza. For tickets ($10–$15), visit MONDAY, JUNE 11 prideidol-zents.eventbrite.com. Nicolas Cage may have won an Oscar for 1995’s Leaving Las Vegas, FRIDAY, JUNE 8 but if you ask us, the notorious When a local burlesque troupe like over-actor was equally deserving of the Boston Babydolls announces a his Razzie nomination for the 2006 feast, we think it’s safe to assume stinker The Wicker Man. (His death- that the event’s edibles won’t be by-bees scene brought the art of going anywhere near our gullets. scene-chewing to new heights. Having earned a well-deserved Or depths?) To celebrate his, spot in the Boston Phoenix’s Best um . . . expressive body of work, of 2012 roundup, the Babydolls will the Brattle Theatre (40 Brattle soon sashay their way to the Davis Street, Cambridge, 617.876.6838) Square Theatre (255 Elm Street, will host the repertory series Somerville) for A (Re)Movable Nicolas Cage: Greatest American Feast. The new appetite-inspired Actor tonight through Thursday, stage show will combine real June 21. Covering his admirable munchies, libations, and ready-to- work à la Adaptation as well as the serve waitresses with back-bending entertainingly abysmal territory of burlesque. The curtain rises on Con Air, the series will showcase Friday at 8 p.m. and on Saturday at one of cinema’s most schizophrenic 7:30 p.m. Grab tickets ($20–$30) at screen presences. Night one’s THURSDAY, JUNE 7 brownpapertickets.com. offerings include the ’80s California The Instagram Age has not helped artful photography proliferate — rom-com Valley Girl (7:30 p.m.) unless you find poorly lit pictures of half-eaten burritos or pouting SATURDAY, JUNE 9 and the Coen Brothers’ comedy cats enthralling. If not, get thee to Boston’s second-annual Flash Anyone whose tour title includes classic Raising Arizona (9:30 Forward Festival, a visual celebration of emerging photographers the word “sexy” is setting a high p.m.). Grab tickets ($6.75–$12) at from the States, Canada, and the UK. Running today through June bar, but Stephanie Miller clears brattlefilm.org. 10, the festival is based out of Fairmont Battery Wharf (3 Battery it with serious flair. Sure, the fire- Wharf, Boston, 617.994.9000), but it’s featuring inventive installations tongued radio host and Sexy TUESDAY, JUNE 12 and events at spots throughout the city, including galleries and public Liberal Comedy Tour headliner From Clint Eastwood to Ashton spaces like the Rose Kennedy Greenway. (We’re also told that event has an aesthetic advantage over Kutcher (admit it: you saw Texas organizers will be decking the Harborwalk with prints from participating a certain butter mountain by the Rangers), countless actors have artists.) Admission is free, and you can find a full schedule of events name of Rush Limbaugh. But we’re capitalized on the mystique of the and locations at flashforwardfestival.com. even more turned on by Miller’s Wild West. But iconic composers like trademark blend of sharp wit and Ennio Morricone and Max Steiner sharper social commentary: waxing have also made their fortunes TUESDAY, JUNE 5 debut album, Connected. They’ve on everything from Occupy Wall through frontier epics, suffusing If you think your latest OkCupid since released soulful, electronic- Street to abortion rights, she delivers cinemas with evocative woodwinds conquest is a testament to the flavored cuts like “Daykeeper” and a refreshing retort to the well-oiled and strings. To celebrate the history magic of online matchmaking, wait the Stevie Wonder–reminiscent “I conservative-talk machine. To catch of Western scores, classically trained till you hear the story behind The Wanna Know,” which they’ll bring to her live at her 8 p.m. show at the garage band Time for Three (who’ve Foreign Exchange. North Carolina the Middle East Downstairs (480 Wilbur Theatre (246 Tremont Street, covered everything from Bach to rapper Phonte and Dutch producer Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Boston, 617.248.9700), snag tickets Kanye West) will team up with the Nicolay connected in 2002 through 617.864.3278) for an 8 p.m. show. ($35–$62.50) at ticketmaster.com. Boston Pops to revisit sounds from the hip-hop community Okayplayer Grab tickets ($20) at ticketweb.com. The Magnificent Seven, Silverado, .com, swapping original tracks via SUNDAY, JUNE 10 and other classics with their instant messenger. By the time they WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6 If you’ve ever found yourself belting retrospective The Wild West. The finally met in person, the duo had Boston’s 2012 Pride Festival will Celine Dion power ballads in the show begins at 8 p.m. at Symphony already recorded their acclaimed boast a stage filled with musical middle of rush-hour traffic, you continued on p18

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continued FROM p16 in a bygone era. But tonight, the grouplove Hall (301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston Harbor Hotel (70 Rowes Boston, 617.266.1492). Grab tickets Wharf, Boston, 617.439.7000) kicks ($22–$92) at bso.org. off Music and Movie Fridays, a free weekly series that starts with WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13 a DJ spinning at 4:30 p.m. Then at For a man whose stage name dusk, the hotel projects a film on the seems better suited for a reigning seaside terrace of the Rowes Wharf hacky-sack player, Laidback Luke Sea Grille. Tonight’s kickoff features knows how to throw a high-energy Sydney Pollack’s politically charged party. The Dutch electro-house DJ tearjerker The Way We Were, and and producer first started making August screenings will showcase saw waves in the early 2000s with favorite flicks from 1987 — like The his kabooming mixes for Daft Punk Princess Bride, Moonstruck, and and Green Velvet. Since then, he’s Dirty Dancing — in honor of the played pulverizing sets at world- hotel’s 25th anniversary. For the full class festivals, like Coachella and schedule, visit bhh.com. Creamfields Peru, and collaborated with EDM giants David Guetta and SATURDAY, JUNE 16 Swedish House Mafia. Now he’s “Bruising” is an adjective we THURSDAY, JUNE 14 bringing his beats to Boston with a rarely apply to piano compositions When we hear the words “The Seaport Six,” we find ourselves picturing 10 p.m. set at Royale (279 Tremont (though our high-school-era, one of those swing bands our grandparents jitterbugged to on their Street, Boston, 617.338.7699). Grab riding-crop-wielding piano retirement cruise. But in this case, the name refers to one of the heftiest tickets ($30) at ticketfly.com. instructor is another story). But indie-rock bills the Bank of America Pavilion (290 Northern Avenue, when a band like Mogwai fills Boston, 617.728.1600) has seen in years. Popcorn-guitars-meet- FRIDAY, JUNE 15 our ears with epic keys, guitar synthesizers trio Two Door Cinema Club co-headline with ’90s geek- Unless you feel like hitting the road feedback, and booming drums, rock champions Cake; they’re supported by Americana throwback Delta for one of New England’s (very milder words fail us. Since 1995, Spirit, LA pop authorities Grouplove, nu-psychedelic rockers Reptar, and few) remaining drive-in cinemas, the Scottish post-rock auteurs local breakout Stephie Coplan & the Pedestrians. The show starts at 5 enjoying a movie in the warm air have specialized in breaking p.m., and tickets ($27.50–$35) are available at livenation.com. can seem like a pleasure left behind down pop song structures into

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MONDAY, JUNE 18 Modern folk music would have been a major snooze fest without good old Canada next door. The Great White North has given us the likes of Neil Young and Feist, and its most recent contribution to today’s six-string scene is Wintersleep. The Nova Scotia five-piece boasts the same harmonic sprawl of Fleet Foxes but jumps between frenetic, distortion-driven rhythms and chilly acoustic compositions. Their latest album, Hello Hum, hit shelves on mesmerizing instrumental flows. SUNDAY, JUNE 17 Point Theatre Channel (10 June 12, so expect plenty of new (Think Explosions in the Sky, Whether they wind up trapped by Channel Center Street, Boston, numbers like “In Came the Flood” but meaner and louder.) Festival their own insanity (The Shining) or 617.750.8900). Kicking off this when Wintersleep plays tonight’s legends in Europe, they’ll bring someone else’s (Misery), nothing weekend (and continuing next), 9 p.m. show at Great Scott (1222 their road-tested roof-raisers like good seems to happen when Graziano’s show drops us into Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, “Auto Rock” and “White Noise” to writers are isolated in secluded the lives of a writer and his lover, 617.566.9014). Grab tickets ($9) at the House of Blues (15 Lansdowne locations. The same seems true in holed up in a remote cabin as the ticketweb.com. Street, Boston, 888.693.2583) for the case of Indiscreet Discretion, former prepares a new murder — Miles Howard tonight’s 6 p.m. show. Grab tickets a new play from Silvia Graziano, mystery. When a stranger stumbles For more event picks, sign up for our ($22.50) at livenation.com. co-artistic director of the Fort through their door, reeling from an email list at stuffboston.com/subscribe.

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Full Circle Get ready for the Summer of Love: Redux. We’re still smitten with the round frames that style icons like John Lennon made popular decades ago. So since it’s about time to stock up on sunglasses (hurray!), we scoured the city for some modernized takes on the look. These shades get the 2012 treatment courtesy of eye-popping colors, unusual contours, or transparent frames. Think circular specs are You’ll go bug-eyed over these shades ($99) hopelessly old-school? All we are saying is . . . give these a chance. from SEE Eyewear (125 Newbury, Boston, — Renata Certo-Ware 617.236.0105). These oversized lenses are big enough to eat off, so you can be sure you’re getting maximum coverage from UV rays. And the clear frames keep them current and versatile. Penny Lane would snap these up faster than you can say, “It’s all happening.”

Diane von Furstenberg has been designing stunning clothing and accessories since the 1970s, when these circular sunnies had a heyday. These DVF frames ($165) contemporize the look with color blocking: swoops of cheery yellow put the Golden Arches to shame, contrasting with shiny silver accents and a gray lower rim. Pick up a pair at DVF (73 Newbury Street, Boston, 617.247.7300).

As long as you’d rather look good than see well, these Jeremy Scott “Smile” sunglasses ($260) are perfect. Emblazoned with gothic-glam smiley faces (complete with crosses for eyes), the metal top flips up to reveal intensely red lenses. Unleash your inner Ozzy at Saks Fifth Avenue (800 Boylston Street, Boston, 617.262.8500).

Beloved by bloggers, screen queens, and Iris Apfel wannabes the world over, Prada’s “Baroque” sunglasses ($290) are impossibly chic — and the perfect accessory for hiding from the paparazzi. The curlicues at the temple create drama, and the camel stripes that streak across the frames lend a natural feel that harkens to horn. Find them at Saks Fifth Avenue (800 Boylston Street, Boston, 617.262.8500).

These custom frames ($328) by SEE Eyewear (125 Newbury, Boston, 617.236.0105) come in delicious candy colors, like this cool electric blue that’ll look perfect poolside. Such bright hues feel fresh and modern, but the classic shape would make them distinguished enough for Lennon to sport were he alive today.

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Artistic Statements Stuck in a style rut? Craft new looks with jewelry inspired by three must-see summer exhibits.

Produced and written by Jacqueline Houton

Photographed by Danny Kim of visceral photography

Styled by Alisa Neely

6.5.12 <33> “Alex Katz Prints” at the Museum of Fine Arts

During the first decade of his career, Alex Katz destroyed nearly one thousand of his own paintings — casualties of his dogged quest to define and refine a style all his own. Today, a half-century later, his aesthetic is instantly recognizable. In his paintings, prints, and cutouts, Katz distills forms down to their essences, crafting landscapes and portraits with clean lines and vibrant colors, graphic punch and laid-back cool. Now 125 of his works are on view at the Museum of Fine Arts (465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, 617.267.9300). Running through July 29, “Alex Katz Prints” features pieces dating from the 1960s to the present day, including summery landscapes of Maine (the New Yorker’s longtime second home) and larger-than- life portraits of art-scene friends, family members, and his wife, Ada, his muse for more than five decades. Katz has also frequently drawn inspiration from advertising, films, television, and, yes, fashion. (He even captured Kate Moss for a work commissioned by style bible W magazine.) So we had a blast finding accessory analogues for his stylish work, picking designs with bright pops of color and simple yet striking shapes. From cherry-red earrings made from coconut shells to a statement necklace strung with bold resin baubles, they’re the perfect pieces to pump up your summer style.

Anthropologie “Caramelo” necklace, $48, available at Anthropologie (203 Newbury Street, Boston, 617.262.0545); Ayala Naphtali red coconut and sterling-silver disc earrings, $105, available at Laura Preshong (558 Tremont Street, Boston, 617.236.7660); Jacques Carcanagues medium clear resin bangles, $25 each, and PONO mother-of-pearl hinged bangle, $585, both available at Good (88 Charles Street, Boston, 617.722.9200); Chic to Chic Private Collection large triangle turquoise pendant with champagne diamonds, $995, Chic to Chic Private Collection vermeil bangles with carnelian and turquoise stations, $120 each, and Chic to Chic Private Collection chalcedony drop earrings, $895, all available at Chic to Chic (888.781.2442, chictochicaccessories.com)

<34> 6.5.12 6.5.12 <35> “Josiah McElheny: Some Pictures of the Infinite” at the Institute of Contemporary Art

No, the forthcoming exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art (100 Northern Avenue, Boston, 617.478.3100) doesn’t feature the latest images beamed down from Hubble. On view from June 22 through October 14, “Some Pictures of the Infinite” is actually the first US museum survey of Josiah McElheny, a Boston-born artist who’s blinding us with science — not to mention gleaming mirrors, shining chrome, and gorgeous glasswork. Now based in Brooklyn, McElheny studied glassblowing at the Rhode Island School of Design and in apprenticeships with European master craftsmen. But he’s been equally impacted by his longtime collaboration with astronomer David Weinberg: McElheny’s works often explore cosmic questions through the unexpected idiom of décor, dissolving distinctions between craft and fine art, science and aesthetics, past and future. The huge starburst sculptures of Island Universe nod to both the Metropolitan Opera’s 1960s Lobmeyr light fixtures and cutting-edge models of the Big Bang; turn-of-the-century chandeliers and the current universe-charting efforts of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey each influence Study for The Center Is Everywhere. Such works’ restrained beauty inspired us to play with pattern and repetition, seek out sleek yet sculptural forms, and add some celestial sparkle. The result? Bling that’s truly out of this world.

Josiah McElheny, Island Universe (detail), 2008. Photo: Todd-White Art Photography, London. Image courtesy of the artist and Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York; Donald Young Gallery, Chicago; and White Cube. © the artist

Persona oxidized sterling-silver underwater coral replica ring, $250, available at Persona (504 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, 617.266.3003); Zeffira horn bangles, $95 for a set of seven, Zeffira polished horn and Swarovski bangle, $235, MooMoo horn and crystal ring, $250, Yochi blue pyrite ring, $55, PONO clear Italian resin link necklace, $215, Lauren Wolf gray pearl necklace with stingray-spike spacers, $375, Lauren Wolf stingray claw with Herkimer diamond, $55, and Lauren Wolf sterling-silver shell slice earrings, $240, all available at Good (88 Charles Street, Boston, 617.722.9200); Annie Fensterstock hammered oxidized sterling-silver cuff with white diamonds, $3,495, available at Chic to Chic (888.781.2442, chictochicaccessories.com) <36> 6.5.12 6.5.12 <37> “Pretty Ugly: Deviant Materialism” at the Mills Gallery

As the frequency with which we utter the phrase “hot mess” suggests, there’s often a fine line between the beautiful and the grotesque. Gleefully straddling that line is “Pretty Ugly,” on view now through June 24 at the Boston Center for the Arts’ Mills Gallery (551 Tremont Street, Boston, 617.426.8835). In paintings, sculptures, videos, and photographs, the exhibit’s eight artists elicit visceral reactions, attracting and repulsing the viewer — sometimes simultaneously. In Kate Gilmore’s video Sudden as a Massacre, five women in sweet floral sundresses destroy a 5,000-pound cube of clay, chucking handfuls of the brown muck at previously pristine walls. Other artists use luxe materials and their own bodies in unsettling ways: Lauren Kalman’s photograph Hard Wear (Tongue Gilding) depicts her drooling mouth in full-on Midas mode, while Charmaine Wheatley offers up chocolate casts of an even more intimate part of her anatomy. Overindulgence is a common theme: Summer Wheat slathers on the acrylics and oils so thickly that her gorgeously gaudy paintings almost become sculptures, and Marilyn Minter’s video Green Pink Caviar zooms in on the mouths of models slurping up sweet treats. Inspired by all the excess, we gravitated toward the edgy and over-the-top, picking dramatic statement pieces that pile on the glitz and blend the beautiful with just a touch of the strange. These are styles to stop traffic — and start conversations.

Lauren Kalman, Hard Wear (Tongue Gilding), 2006. Courtesy of the artist and Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA

Alexis Bittar “Modernist” statement ring, $275, and Alexis Bittar “Elements” pavé-accent vine-encased wood necklace, $395, both available at Nordstrom (250 Granite Street, Braintree, 781.519.7200); Daniela Zagnolli “Waves” leather cuff, $195.50, available at Recess (38a Church Street, Winchester, 781.369.1654); Daniel Espinosa “Mexican Geometry” necklace, $580, available at danielespinosa.com; Alexis Bittar “Miss Havisham” large crystal-encrusted fringe earrings, $255, and Alexis Bittar “Shirt Cuff,” $123, both available at Neiman Marcus (5 Copley Place, Boston, 617.536.3660); Erickson Beamon “Bette Davis Eyes” earrings, $505, and Alexis Bittar “Zanzibar” gold gem-encrusted marquis ring, $245, both available at M. Flynn (40 Waltham Street, Boston, 617.292.0079); Ronni Simon pearl and smoky-quartz bracelet, $600, available at Essentia (91 Central Street, Wellesley, 781.239.1440) <38> 6.5.12 6.5.12 <39> Come and enjoy $5 appetizers!

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A5s a panelist at a recent restaurant-industry business seminar, Anthony Ackil knee- jiggled like a kid kept indoors for extra help on a great ball-playing afternoon. The b.good cofounder and CEO certainly didn’t seem to need any tutoring as he supplied rapid-fire responses to the moderator’s questions, not the least bit worried that his answers flouted conventional restaurant wisdom. But why should he worry? His “real.food.fast” burger empire is exploding. Ackil and his friend and partner, Jon Olinto, opened their first b.good eight years ago, after having spent days sitting in front of the potential location, counting passersby to gauge foot traffic. Today, the pair operate eight b.good locations in Boston and upscale suburbs, with number nine coming soon near South Station — and they have plans for a national franchise rollout of many more. It’s an ambitious strategy for Ackil and Olinto, who had zero experience in the food industry when they first dreamed up b.good. What the two BFFs did have were two important F’s: focus and friendship. Did either of you know anything about the restaurant business when you started? Nothing, other than consuming immense amounts of food together. We met in the sixth grade, bonded over basketball and burgers with my Uncle Faris, and have been hatching ideas for a business ever since we were in college. We still laugh at the same jokes and still love the Celtics. What was the worst idea you had for a business? Cigar vending machines. But that wasn’t my idea. It was Jon’s. What makes b.good work? We focus on the things we do well. We sell real food that is made by real people, not factories. We grind our own steak for the burgers, make our own veggie burgers, hand-cut the fries; we use fresh produce and keep the menu simple. We focus at the store level, on how everything fits together — the financial model, the labor cost, the food cost, how many people you need in the morning, how many people you need at lunch, and how long it takes to train them. All the thinking has to happen beforehand because we want each b.good store to be a cookie-cutter operation: systematized, simple, and easy. Little boxes that run successfully and make our customers happy. How did you get so smart about the restaurant business? We outwork everybody. We are fanatical about hard work. At the beginning, each of us spent 20 hours a day in the store. We weren’t making money, but we had started with a goal of where we wanted to be. We’re still continuously working at our business, focused on the business every single day. Only one number matters: customer counts, the number of transactions compared to the same store in previous years. If you have customers, you have cash flow. If you have cash flow, you can succeed. Is there a way to say “healthy” without making it sound tasteless? We never use the word “health.” We say “real.” We buy the best ingredients we can find, buy our beef and produce from local farmers, use real potatoes for the fries that we source ourselves — when we say “real 75 Arlington Street, Boston, MA 02116 food,” we mean it. And our customers know what we mean. 617.357.4810 • www.davios.com — Louisa Kasdon Louisa Kasdon can be reached at [email protected]

<42> 6.5.12 photo by melissa ostrow feed STUFFIT bar from Ten Tables founder Krista Kranyak, a longtime practitioner of responsible sourcing. Here, every ounce of naturally raised beef is acquired from Vermont’s East Orange Belties farm, so you know your burger boasts a proper back story. The ethics are important, but Grass Fed wouldn’t be a Kranyak kitchen if it didn’t also yield inspired and seriously savory menu items. Our personal favorite is the Blue Devil ($9), spice- infused beef heaped with crumbled Stilton blue cheese, crispy fried onions, smoky bacon, and tangy aioli. Then there’s Kranyak’s creative take on surf-and-turf fare, the Oyster Burger ($12). This puppy comes topped with two juicy, golden- fried oysters and smothered in house-made tartar sauce. The burgers are the centerpiece, but there’s also a selection of salads and other sandwiches, including vegetarian options. And unlike those stale shoestrings found at fast-food operations, Grass Fed’s fries ($3–$4) are a flavorful accompaniment, cooked to a perfect amber Back in 2006, Michael Pollan knocked the gristle His bestseller helped mainstream conversations crunch. If calories are no object, plump down for out of our collective gut with The Omnivore’s about the importance of ecologically sound and the poutine ($6), a Quebecois classic of hot fries Dilemma, a food-ethics opus that stressed the humane farming practices. And just a few years topped with fresh cheese curds and doused at the value of knowing where every bite begins. (Killjoy! later, we’ve reached a point where even a casual last minute with delicious chicken gravy. Krista, if Once you learn that the patties at the local burger joint founded on those principles can you’re reading this, might we suggest a poultry- McDonald’s actually came from a confined Iowan survive and thrive in Jamaica Plain. centric venture next? “Cage Free,” perhaps? One cow fattened up — and sickened — with corn Opened in March, Grass Fed (605 Centre can dream. feed, it’s hard to consider it a “happy meal” again.) Street, Jamaica Plain, 617.553.2278) is a burger — Miles Howard PHOTO BY joel veak

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6.5.12 <43> Bartender Bingo A few weeks ago, my behind-the-bar colleague at Temple Bar Evan Kenney was messing around with a cocktail that called for both mezcal and Fernet- Branca, two ingredients that are reliably trendy among pretentious bar liquid geeks — aka people like me. “That sounds gross,” I thought. “Get it right in my belly.” Then I started thinking about ways to push that recipe even further and make an amusing parody of a cocktail nerd’s order. (Think of it as “Shit Bartenders Say: The Cocktail!”) So together with Temple Bar’s Sam Gabrielli, we created a drink called Bartender Bingo. It’s made with 1.5 ounces of Old Overholt rye and .5 ounces each of Fernet, Maraschino, Yellow Chartreuse, lime, and lemon, plus a dash each of orange, Peychaud’s, and Angostura bitters, all in a glass rinsed with mezcal. It was surprisingly not disgusting and, more important, made me look like a super- pompous dickhead every time I ordered it somewhere else that week. But maybe we weren’t maximizing the potential of all those much- hyped ingredients? So I turned to some fellow cocktail nerds, challenging them to create a drink that used as many selections as possible from an ingredient list that would make any bar geek pop a boner. Incidentally, there are no losers. But the winner? That’s you — because now you get to go out and order all of these. You’re welcome. — Luke O’Neil Ginny Edwards, Back Bay Social Club Got an idea for Liquid? Email [email protected]. The drink: Red, White, and Rye Bar-nerd number: 4.5 Description: “The concept for the cocktail is simple: a stroll through an herb or vegetable garden on fire,” explains Edwards. “There’s more pretension there than you could shake a stick at.” The Challenge Ingredients: Create the trendiest cocktail 1.5 oz. Rittenhouse rye imaginable by using as many .75 oz. Yellow Chartreuse bar-nerd-approved ingredients .75 oz. Cynar as possible from this list. 2 dashes of celery bitters Atomized mezcal • Rye, mezcal, fernet, Carpano Lemon twist Antica Formula, Chartreuse, Cynar, and Cocchi Americano: 1 point each The process: Add all ingredients (except mezcal) in a dry pint glass, add ice, and stir. •Shrubs (sweetened vinegar-based Spray an empty single rocks glass with two to mixers) and lesser-known three spritzes of mezcal and strain the drink bitters: .5 point each into the glass. Finish with a lemon twist.

John Henderson, Scholars Dave Werthman, West Side Lounge The drink: The Violent Tome or The The drink: Fiasco Cocktail Formerly Known as Hip Bar-nerd number: 3.0 Bar-nerd number: 6.0 Description: We had to give Description: Henderson scores Werthman an extra half-point for big points for hitting pretty much combining the quinine-based Kevin Mabry, jm Curley every ingredient we asked for. The aperitif wine Bonal Gentiane-Quina The drink: Lava Pot result falls somewhere between with Antica and balancing the Bar-nerd number: 3.0 two beloved classics, a Toronto sweetness of Calvados with the Description: The only thing your stereotypical bartender likes more than a and a Last Word. “It’s semi-sweet bitterness of the Cynar. Sexy like bitter cocktail is spicy food. Mabry earns a and dark with some nice complex bar porn. full bonus point for infusing Aperol with 10 herbal notes,” says Henderson. whole chilies for 48 hours. “The final product Ingredients: on its own is dynamite,” says Mabry. “The Ingredients: 1 oz. Calvados heat of the chilies plays off the bitterness 1.5 oz. Bulleit rye .5 oz. Carpano Antica Formula and round sweetness of the Aperol.” .5 oz. Fernet-Branca .25 oz. Bonal Gentiane-Quina .5 oz. Green Chartreuse .25 oz. house apricot shrub Ingredients: .5 oz. Carpano Antica Formula .25 oz. lemon 1.25 oz. Fidencio Clásico Mezcal .75 oz. Thai-chili Aperol .25 oz. Cynar .25 oz. Cynar .5 oz. kumquat shrub 10 drops of Bittermens Orchard Ginger-water rinse .5 oz. lime Street Celery Shrub Dash of grapefruit bitters 2 dashes of Regans’ Orange The process: Combine all Cayenne-salt rim Bitters ingredients except the Cynar and ginger water. Double-strain into The process: Shake in tin and strain into an The process: Stir, strain up, and a martini glass with the rinse. ice-filled and salt-rimmed rocks glass. garnish with a flamed orange disk. Garnish with an orange medallion.

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A. When he moved in four years ago, Slater completely renovated the home with help from Gina Freeman of Boston-based firm GSD Interiors, his family’s go-to design guru. “It looked like it was At Home with stuck in the 1980s,” says Slater of the pre-overhaul space. Think wall-to-wall carpeting (even in the bathrooms!), glittery tile in the front foyer, and cheap Formica countertops in the kitchen. Slater cut no Sam Slater corners in the renovations: just take a look at these gleaming Blue Eyes granite kitchen counters. Slater was inspired to use the luxe material after seeing it all over the Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo. The the real-estate pro shares unique stone has a dark background with bright pops of blue crystal. “I love that you only see them from certain angles, when the light catches them in a certain ways,” says Slater. See? He likes a little his own digs in a haute hotel shimmer too — just of the more tasteful variety. We’re not sure how Sam Slater will celebrate his B. Since his home was to be featured in our Summer Fashion issue, we thought we’d ask the stylish 28th birthday in June, but one thing is certain: Slater what fashion line is the closest analogue to his abode. His answer: Eton, a Swedish heritage he has the right pad for a big bash. The young brand of men’s luxury dress shirts (and a fixture in Slater’s wardrobe). We see why. Like the shirt maker, real-estate bigwig and philanthropist lives large Slater’s home is unmistakably high-end and combines classic masculine style with modern flair. in his home at the Four Seasons, where he’s That’s reflected in his overall color scheme, captured best in this abstract painting, whose subdued known to host impressive cocktail parties that brown, slate, and cream tones are energized with dashes of bright red. “I wanted a modern feel, with attract the next generation of Boston’s movers, really bright reds that would pop against the browns,” says Slater, who adds doses of scarlet via small shakers, and socialites. Most of the time, though, accents and larger focal pieces — like the cheery dining-area chairs from Roche Bobois. Slater is managing a major portfolio of family- The young entrepreneur also includes “film producer” in his portfolio of professions. This spring, the owned international real-estate investments — or C. Tribeca Film Festival screened Teacher of the Year, a short that Slater executive produced alongside overseeing the charitable giving of the Slater two other local real-estate moguls: Jason Weissman, founder and principal of Boston Realty Advisors, Foundation, a private institution that delivers and Michael Lorber, star of Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing New York. At home, Slater keeps his extensive gargantuan grants to hospitals, universities, art movie collection in this gorgeous entertainment center. Instead of overwhelming the space with a initiatives, and community nonprofits. He’s also single bulky console, he opted for this custom unit with compartmentalized storage areas, made of behind plenty of the foundation’s recent VIP-filled beautiful zebrawood with steel edging and affixed as if floating against an ebony back panel. fetes, like the May fundraiser he cohosted with Governor Patrick to benefit Operation Homefront, D. Problem: you love pets, but daily dedication to dog-park outings isn’t necessarily practical for a which supports service members and veterans in professional’s hectic schedule. Solution: add an aquarium to your living space for comparatively low- maintenance companionship (and fantastic décor). Of course, Slater does little on a small scale, so his need. All this, and under 30? We decided to get a fish live in a 400-gallon aquarium that weighs as much as a small car. (Among the inhabitants of this glimpse at the home of a young entrepreneur who steel-reinforced, custom-made case is a nearly three-foot-long bamboo shark.) But even if you can represents the future of the Hub’s high society. only swing something small, the serene underwater scenery offers a natural stress reliever when you’re — Scott Kearnan unwinding at home. “I love kicking back to relax and watching them swim,” says Slater.

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Fashion designer Nirva Derbekyan uses elegant, flowing, and über-feminine I thought, “I don’t have a title or a theme — is that okay? This is the first time fabrics to create each season’s eye-catching collection. But those aren’t the I’m doing this!” With this collection, I started with draping more than pattern- only textiles she loves: Derbekyan also has a soft spot for this collection making. I went for certain colors; I went for specific fabrics, whatever caught of Oriental rugs, passed down to her through generations of family. She my eye, color-wise. The rugs were definitely the backdrops for the colors. But it remembers playing on the rugs, some more than one hundred years old, as a was about whatever popped out at me and felt “juicy,” as I like to call it. I went little girl growing up in Istanbul. Now they decorate her home and her Lexington for whatever I felt and draped. It was whatever came out of my hands onto the studio. But you’ll also see their influence in her Nirva label’s current spring/ dress form. summer collection, which draws inspiration from the rugs’ vibrant oranges, Maybe the theme is not having a theme? [Laughs] The theme is feeling! It’s greens, and blues. We grabbed her to cover some ground on the matter. all pure emotion. These rugs have been in your family for a long time. What are your Can you give us a preview of the fall/winter collection? It’s again going to be favorite early memories of them? We’ve always had these rugs, starting more structured, but I will be using pops of color. I’ll have blacks and blues and from my great-grandmother on my dad’s side of the family. It started from the grays, and this flannel wool that I found in Italy. It’ll be very interesting — not too villages they came from in Turkey, and eventually they ended up in Istanbul. sporty-looking. And yes, I’ll be back on the theme thing. It helps keep me in line. Then they were passed down to me. I remember always playing on them on How have you seen Boston’s fashion industry change in recent years? the ground when I was growing up. I’d look at them and study the designs It’s definitely improved. It’s about having a collection, but also about pitching it and colors. A few I liked more than others! [Laughs] . . . My favorite memories to the buyers. A lot more people are aware of that. There used to be a lot more are from Christmastime. I remember one in particular, when my brother had club shows and fashion shows just to have a fashion show. But are you making a train set and I would just watch the trains go around and around on the rug. money? Are you selling? It still has a long way to go. Everyone who wants to Christmastime was always special — but I remember that one vividly! make a business goes to New York. But a few people are staying behind to How have they inspired your designs? It’s funny: in college we had to learn have showrooms. The next step is to have trade shows. beading, and I chose a pattern in one of the rugs. I sketched it out and beaded What do you think about the fashion-related reality-TV shows? How it like an appliqué. . . . For this collection, I chose particular colors from some realistic are they? Project Runway is a bit more realistic. It’s probably scripted of the rugs to incorporate — not necessarily the silhouettes. And they are in — who knows what’s real! But at least you see them working, sewing, and the collection’s campaign photo shoot. There’s a photo of my mom from the how hard it is to make something within a certain amount of time. I watched 1970s that my dad took. She’s wearing this gown and sitting on a chair on one Fashion Star and I couldn’t stand it; it was awful. You don’t see the creative of these rugs. I thought, “This is perfect for my photos! But instead of sitting on side, just the product. You have all these buyers from Macy’s bidding for it. It a chair, I want the model lying right on the floor with the rug.” was just garbage. . . . It’s not about design anymore; it’s about money. Which is The spring/summer 2012 collection is your first without a “theme.” How’d important, because it is a business. But it’s not a fast-food industry. that happen? Usually, every collection of mine has a united theme. This time — Scott Kearnan

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