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JESSICA CHASTAIN FALL TAILORING DESIGN WITH PURPOSE SOFT-GLOSS BEAUTY $6.95 DISPLAY UNTIL NOVEMBER 18, 2019 THE LIST 02/ BEAUTY The ideas, personalities, and trends to know now. SPICE OF LIFE Offering a delightful array of fragrances, candles, bath and body products, and more, Maison Christian Dior is a go-to brand for perfume lovers looking to discover their signature scent. The latest addition to the family is Spice Blend: “The fragrant translation of an exotic image stemming from my childhood,” explains Dior Perfumer François Demachy. Featuring concentrated doses of spices from around the world—namely Madagascan black pepper, Indonesian nutmeg, Russian coriander, and Chinese cinnamon—the scent has an enticing base that mingles with ginger, cedar, and musk, revealing a rum absolute that is both warm and fresh. An homage to Christian Dior’s love of Cuba and its vibrant energy, the unisex fragrance embodies both masculine elegance and sophisticated femininity. Maison Christian Dior Spice Blend is available at Saks Fifth Avenue and dior.com.
FOOD + DRINK 03/French Twist Situated in the 136-year-old C.H. Gooderham House, Maison Selby, an all-day-dining restaurant and bar, celebrates timeless French cooking with an elevated modern accent. The recognized heritage property, helmed by Oliver & Bonacini’s chefs Anthony Walsh and John Horne, focuses on old- school European techniques and Parisian-inspired nibbles. The thoughtfully curated menu serves a TIFF range of French fare, featuring perfectly executed classics like the tuna Niçoise salad and French onion EVENING THE SCORE soup. Accompanying the dining room, tucked away Based on Jessica Pressler’s article “The Hustlers at Scores”, which ran in New York magazine in 2015, Hustlers in the lower level, is an underground speakeasy tells the true account of a group of Manhattan strippers who entertain and swindle millions from their Wall Street for intimate post-dinner nightcaps. The dimly lit clients in the wake of 2008’s financial crisis. The heist film is a modern-day Robin Hood tale led by a star-stud- 01/ hideaway is the perfect place to escape with friends ded cast, including Emmy-nominated Constance Wu and Jennifer Lopez, and featuring debut acting roles from music greats Lizzo and Cardi B. Along with Hustlers’s powerful female-fronted cast, women also feature prom- for a delicious handcrafted après-work cocktail. inently behind the camera, as the project is helmed by screenwriter and director Lorene Scafaria. Attesting to the Maison Selby is located at 592 Sherbourne Street, Toronto. : photo courtesy of STXfilms. Motion Picture resilience and might that emerge from female friendship, this compelling crime story is not one to miss.
Hustlers is premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival. Hustlers Artwork STX Financing, © 2019 All LLC. rights reserved. Maison Christian Dior Spice Blend: photo courtesy of Dior. Maison Selby: photographed by Rick O’Brien.
44 • SMAGAZINEOFFICIAL.COM SMAGAZINEOFFICIAL.COM • 45 12/TRAVEL C’EST LA VIE Experience the chic atmosphere of 1960s 14/ Saint-Tropez at Hôtel Lou Pinet, a destination ART for travellers looking to envelop themselves Radical Expression in the authentic spirit of the French Riviera. To honour the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum FIU in Miami is hosting “Art after Stonewall, 1969–1989,” a major exhibi- Taking centre stage is the largest swimming tion composed of over 200 works by LGBTQ+ artists (and other artists who engaged pool of any resort in the French coastal town, with LGBTQ+ communities) during the monumental 20-year period of art-making surrounded by three clay-roofed houses that that began in 1969. Organized by the Columbus Museum of Art, the show was contain 34 spacious rooms and suites, each with curated by the artist and art historian Jonathan Weinberg, with Daniel Marcus and Drew Sawyer. The exhibition features seven sections: Coming Out, Sexual Outlaws, their own private garden and outdoor lounge. The Uses of the Erotic, Gender and Body, Things are Queer, AIDS and Activism, and Designed by Charles Zana, the rooms and We’re Here. Photographs, film clips, performance pieces, and more showcasing the suites are carefully decorated with bohemian impact of the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement on visual culture have been gathered accents, along with historical knick-knacks, such under one roof for the first time for the Miami presentation, and the spirited and informative exhibition will headline Miami Beach’s Art Basel in December. as vintage plates. Enjoy breakfast under the “Art after Stonewall, 1969–1989” is on view from September 14, 2019, to January 5, stone pines before a trip to the beach and bask in 2020, at the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum FIU in Miami. the feeling of salt on tanned skin to capture the Mediterranean essence of the luxury hideaway. For bookings, visit loupinet.com.
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AUTO SUPERCHARGED 15/ Audi is well ahead of the curve in getting out its first electric vehicle, the sublime FASHION e-tron SUV. The minimalist cabin is a tranquil space, a feeling reinforced by the GARDEN OF EDEN sheer silence of the machine. A battery powers two electric motors, providing all- 13/ Making its grand debut at Paris Fashion Week, the Givenchy Eden bag is defined by versatility, wheel drive and a range of 329 km on a single charge. The e-tron accelerates with functionality, and smart construction—making it a perfect day-to-night bag that encompasses the immense power of a wave without making so much as a peep. The avant-garde Gay Rights Demonstration, 1971 Albany, NY, an alchemy of bold graphics, sinuous lines, and exotic finishes. Available in small or medium, the and sustainable stunner consumes only electricity and leaves nothing in its wake. bag features a square or rectangular body detailed with slanted edges, and is accompanied by The 2019 Audio e-tron is on sale at Canadian Audi retailers. interchangeable leather straps available with embellished lozenges or crocodile embossing.
Givenchy Eden Bag is available at Givenchy Boutiques and SSENSE.com. Hôtel Lou Pinet: photographed by Matthieu Salvaing. Givenchy Eden bag: photo courtesy of Givenchy. Diana Davies, Photo by Diana Davies/© The New York Public Library/Art Resource, Audi NY. e-tron: photo courtesy of Audi Canada.
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