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FROM THE alexaMARCH 23, 2016 The Best of Everything the DARK KNIGHT rises Known for his swagger on and off the field, Mets ace is back — and he makes no apologies for his flights of fancy

STORYY B kirsten fleming

Photos by jeff riedel Photographer: Jeff Riedel Editor: Serena French Stylist: Khalilah Beavers khalilahwilliamswebb.com Groomer: William Murphy for Atelier Management Location: The High Line Hotel, 180 Tenth Ave.

Far left: Double-breasted jacket, $1,800 at Jeffrey Rüdes, 57 Greene St.; Shirt, $120 at tommy.com; Silk tie, $200 at Dior Homme, 17 E. 57th St.; Wool trousers, $525 at Ermenegildo Zegna, 663 Fifth Ave.; Girard-Perregaux 1966 white-gold watch, $17,250 at Cellini, 509 Madison Ave.

Left: Two-button slim suit, $1,295, and shirt, $350, both at Calvin Klein Collection, 654 Madison Ave.; Tommy Hilfiger bow tie, $50 at macys. com; Prada shoes, $950 at barneys.com

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O one exemplifies the compli- Anne V, posed naked for the ESPN the Magazine could to keep runs off the board. I was very cated relationship New York has Body Issue, and gave a freewheeling interview to passionate about the game and it showed. with its superstar athletes more Men’s Fitness in which he marveled over Derek And it was something I really wanted. And than Matt Harvey. Jeter’s ability to date hot women under a veil of unfortunately it didn’t work out.” The 26-year-old Mets ace has been discretion. He inspired envy from Yankees fans in a With no parade down the Canyon of celebrated by the Amazin’s fans and way that hasn’t been seen in the city since the Mets Heroes, Harvey decamped to Mystic, the media as the Dark Knight who won the World Series in 1986. Conn., where he spent some time with his led his team to the But the Matt Harvey of 2016, now single, won’t family, and then treated pals to an Aspen and, almost in the same breath, the be posing in the buff or gushing about dating vacation. Unlike his teammates who stay object of their ridicule when he models on the sly. He wears a more seasoned look in their home states during the off-season, posts a vacation photo on Instagram, on his face, and even his bravado is much softer Harvey returned to the city. He starts his is spotted at too many Rangers games with a blond than three years ago. days with Pilates in Long Island, then modelN on his arm, or appears on a red carpet in a “I think there’s a lot of learning process in figur- drives to for a sweat session. He dapper suit that accentuates his athletic frame. ing out what things you want to do and shouldn’t also spent a month in Newport Beach, But he makes no apologies for his off- do. Maturing in that way is something that comes Calif., training with other players across the the-diamond pursuits. with experience and time,” he says, his hazel-blue league to prepare for spring training. “I’m not going to give up enjoying my life eyes sparkling. “I did some things, including the When he wasn’t hitting the gym, Harvey and doing the things that I’m Body Issue. I’m not going to say I took advantage of all New York has to interested in doing,” says a regret doing that, but I think now offer. In November, he sat front row at the thoughtful Harvey, reclining if you asked me to do it, I would Victoria’s Secret show and watched as his on a leather couch inside the probably say no. It’s just some- then-rumored girlfriend Devon Windsor High Line Hotel. thing fun to do when you’re a hit the runway in a barely-there blue-and- “I’m not getting caught in a I think a lot of little bit younger. But I think there green bodysuit with wings. He joined ON COVER and above club at 2 o’clock in the morn- women would be have been a couple of articles that New York Jet Eric Decker, Giant Victor Single-breasted suit, $2,000, and shirt, ing. I’m going to basketball came out that I wish I maybe had Cruz and Olivia Palermo’s model husband $340, both at Jeffrey Rüdes; Reversible games and hockey games and impressed by my had a little more insight [into], Johannes Huebl as CFDA ambassadors for silk tie, $200 at Dior Homme; “Le Petit going to events and dinners. maybe that I [had been] a little Men’s Fashion Week in February. Prince” watch, price upon request at IWC [The scrutiny] might be jeal- shoe collection.” more careful.” “It was a cool experience and great Schaffhausen, 535 Madison Ave. ousy. I don’t know. Nobody — Matt Harvey After sitting out the 2014 season to hang with those guys,” says Har- knows the hard work that goes while recovering from Tommy vey, who names the John Varvatos LEFT in the morning before I do any- John surgery, Harvey returned in show as his highlight. Single-button suit, $1,295, and shirt, $350, thing. You can only work out 2015, joining Noah Syndergaard He even appeared on Bravo’s “Watch What “I think a lot of women would be impressed both at Calvin Klein Collection, 654 for so many hours a day.” and Jacob deGrom in what became Happens Live,” where he let loose and divulged by my shoe collection,” he says, adding, “It’s Madison Ave.; Camouflage silk tie, $200 at The hate sometimes poured the most electrifying pitching staff to host Andy Cohen that while attending the Uni- getting to the point where it’s ridiculous: I Dior Homme on the handsome hurler in baseball. In a rollicking post- versity of North Carolina, he engaged in a three- have too many suits, over 20. My suit game has hasn’t dampened his allure. season run, the team reached the some on the baseball field. stepped its level up, and that has a lot to do OPPOSITE There is no doubt he is the World Series and faced off against “Yeah, you can’t believe everything you hear with my stylist Khalilah (Beavers).” Sweater, $130 at tommy.com; Trench reigning object of fascination the . But the all the time,” he says with a playful smile when As for the ladies, Harvey says that, unlike his coat, $2,000 at Jeffrey Rüdes; “Fit 2” in Big Apple sports. storybook season ended in Game pressed about the admission. Yankee idol, he most likely won’t be waiting until jeans, $255 at rag-bone.com; 43.5mm When the 6-foot-4 stud arrived 5. Harvey, during an otherworldly And he moved his home base from a one- 41 to pop the question. Automatic Chronograph watch, $3,400 at for his first full season in 2013, he performance, refused to let his bedroom in the East Village to a three-bedroom “I don’t think I will [follow] the Derek Jeter davidyurman.com; Saint Laurent shoes, was often compared not to his manager, , take him bachelor pad in the West Village. model. I’m not afraid of [marriage],” he says with $795 at barneys.com baseball hero Derek Jeter but to off the mound going into the ninth “I didn’t buy it, but I am splurging on the rent a a smirk. “I would like to have two or three kids.” Jets great Broadway Joe Namath: inning, and the Mets eventually little bit and decorating. I had an interior designer. But first there’s baseball to be played. Col- freakishly confident and eager to lost the game and with it the series. It was my biggest off-season purchase,” says Har- lins has named Harvey the starting in take a bite out of the Big Apple. Fans and sports writers piled on vey, adding that the décor is homey and dark. “It the season opener against their World Series His prowess and intensity on both Collins and his pitcher, but could look like the Dark Knight pad if that’s what foes, the Royals. There are high hopes for the the mound inspired fans, who the unflappable big leaguer is at you want to call it. It’s much bigger than my old Mets’ likable squad. dubbed each of his starts a “Har- The “Real Deal” Matt Harvey peace with his actions. place. I can finally have my parents come and stay “It’s pretty obvious what we bring to the table. vey Day,” to flood Citi Field. He works New Yorkers up to a fever “No regrets,” he says of the instead of [putting them in] a hotel.” Everyone is a year older and we’re used to being immediately hooked up with pitch on and off the diamond. moment. “I felt great. I felt I could It’s the perfect spread to house the fruits of his in spring training together. It’s nice to have a core Russian model ph oto by Getty Images. go out there and do everything I gentlemanly pursuits — his suits and shoes. group of guys coming from the same place.”