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Download the Louis Vuitton pass app to reveal exclusive content. 870 MADISON AVENUE NEW YORK 800-457-TODS april 2014 18 EDITOR’S LETTER 26 COLUMNISTS on Taste 104 STILL LIFE Grant Achatz The maverick chef shares a few of his favorite things. Photography by Paul Octavious What’s News. 29 Fashion Savant Elin Kling’s Luxe Preppy Line A Shangri-La Opens in London’s Shard 31 The $150,000 Baccarat Clock Cartier Unveils a Fragrance Laboratory 32 Vintage-Styled Speakers Pack a Punch Beloved Films Adapted for Broadway Stage Hermès’s Limited-Edition Heirloom Watch 33 Pallas Updates Le Smoking Jacket Germany’s Berlin-Style Clubs 34 Artist Robert Longo Debuts Two Solo Shows Tiffany Reprises a Jean Schlumberger Brooch A History of Hinckley Yachts 36 A New Food-and-Design Hub in Paris 38 Q&As With Three Top Landscape Architects Market Report 45 TABLEAU VIVANT Exquisite accessories and ornamental objects are sure to be the centerpiece of any setting. Photography by Alice Gao Styling by Jocelyn Beaudoin Fashion Editor David Thielebeule ON THE COVER AND THIS PAGE Scarlett Johansson photographed by Alasdair McLellan and styled by 78 Marie Chaix. Alexander Wang shirt and boxer all-in-one and Topshop loafers. For details see Sources, page 102. 92 MOD. AR8018 54 00 72 COM the exchange. the taste issue. 51 TRACKED: Frédéric Malle 62 A PLACE IN THE SUN 90 LINE YOUR POCKET FRAMESOFLIFE. Perfumer Frédéric Malle’s fragrance Take a break and bask in the relaxed Horologists are winding back the empire is in full bloom. spirit and sweet simplicity of the clock with sleek updates on the time- By Christopher Ross season’s casual fashion. honored, discreet pocket watch. Photography by Martine Fougeron Photography by Lachlan Bailey Photography by Robin Broadbent Styling by Clare Richardson Prop Styling by Eva Barbieradzki 54 AMERICAN TRUFFLE Fashion Editor David Farber Trues from the U.S. are making a 72 THE VERVOORDT WAY comeback, with Oregon—and highly Axel Vervoordt and his sons are 92 THE BROTHERS ROCA skilled dogs—leading the way. developing a mixed-use community The trio behind Catalonia’s El Cellar By Andy Isaacson that embodies his influential aesthetic. de Can Roca, voted top restaurant in Photography by Laura D’art By Sarah Medford the world, is taking its avant-garde Photography by James Mollison cuisine on the road. 56 BEAUTY QUEEN By Jay Cheshes Photography by Nacho Alegre Makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury’s new 78 FRANKLY, SCARLETT line reflects her rosy career. Scarlett Johansson opens up about By Alexa Brazilian her unpredictable path to success and 98 IMAGE CONSTRUCTION Photography by Philip Sinden balancing family and career. Iwan Baan’s photographs have made By Jason Gay him architecture’s most sought-after Photography by Alasdair McLellan lensman. Styled by Marie Chaix By Fred A. Bernstein 84 FORTRESS OF FASHION To preserve her family’s history, Laudomia Pucci is reinventing her ancestral Tuscan estate. Clockwise from top le: Five bites in an origami By J.J. Martin globe from El Celler de Can Roca; a flower in Photography by Simon Upton Axel Vervoordt’s Kanaal showroom; on the hunt Sittings Editor Anita Sarsidi for winter white trues in Oregon. CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: NACHO ALGRE; JAMES MOLLISON; LAURA D’ART ’ SIMPLY THE BEST ILLUSTRATION BY ALEJANDRO CARDENAS FRUITS OF LABOR Bast and Anubis, both dressed in Ralph Lauren, snack on anchovy-wrapped olives from the Catalonian restaurant El Celler de Can Roca. OOD TASTE IS PERSONAL and often highly Our cover star, Scarlett Johansson, has never this surging demand? They’re taking the restaurant subjective. But as we discovered while followed a master plan, but as writer Jason Gay dis- on a world tour. putting together this issue devoted to the covers, by listening to her own instincts—and finding While the job of being a tastemaker seems enviable, topic, tastemakers who elevate distinction roles in both indie films (Her) and blockbusters it also takes hard work and dedication. In the words of Gto an art form lead with their vision, and we are (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)—she’s been one of this month’s Columnists, music executive Lyor happy to follow. able to take artistic risks while also becoming one Cohen: “Being a cool kid isn’t a part-time job.” Case in point is antiques maestro Axel Vervoordt, of Hollywood’s most bankable actresses. Now, with whom we profile along with his sons, Dick and Boris. the exciting news that she and her fiancé, Romain The collector, curator and decorator has built a loyal Dauriac, are expecting a child, she reflects on balanc- fan base including high-powered clients like Robert ing the demands of career and family. De Niro and Calvin Klein. Now he’s channeling his For the brothers behind Catalonian restaurant singular sense of style into a venture that will allow El Celler de Can Roca, voted the best restaurant in anyone to live the Vervoordt life, as he transforms the world last year, the rewards of recognition came Kristina O’Neill STYLE, HOSPITALITY, LA BELLE SAISON an industrial zone outside Antwerp into an elegant swift and furious, as the trio was inundated by hun- [email protected] mixed-use community. dreds of calls for reservations. The solution to meet Instagram: kristina_oneill SOME SECRETS ARE FOR WHISPERING ROYAL MANSOUR www.royalmansour.com MARRAKECH . 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