JUNE 5, 2012 - JUNE 18, 2012 WWW.STUFFBOSTON.COM SUMMER FASHION CAMPING IN COUTURE | THE ART OF FASHION | SHADES WITH STYLE 840 SUMMER ST SOUTH BOSTON | 617.268.2500 | WWW.SHAGBOSTON.COM | WWW.SHAGFORLIFE.COM PHOTOGRAPHY BY WWW.SANDYPOIRIER.COM june 5, 2012 – june 18, 2012 HOTS 6 GET ...this or that 9 ...seen 10 ...close 12 ...cultured 13 ...pretty 14 ...out 16 STYLE 20 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.) 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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.