Guest Edits
Before Carey Lowell began her modeling career, in the 1980s, when she worked for the likes of Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren, she lived with her parents around the globe. Later, as a Hollywood actress, Lowell had significant roles in film and TV from License to Kill and Law & Order to Sleepless in Seattle. These days, the mother of two channels some of this worldly, creative background into her work as a ceramist, plying her craft in both upstate New York and Montecito, California. “There’s a distinct calling to lose yourself that is apparent in both acting and throwing ceramics,” she notes of the two pursuits. Herewith, Lowell lists the products winning in her wardrobe and topping her wish list
Photo: Catherine White (Lowell)
Although Liya Kebede has been on the cover of Vogue no fewer than three times, the model, designer, and actress apparently spends the bulk of her time thinking about other folks. Since 2005, Kebede—who founded her dreamy clothing line, Lemlem, in part to help preserve the art of traditional weaving in her native Ethiopia—has served as the W.H.O. Goodwill Ambassador for maternal, newborn, and child health. And just this fall, the globe-trotting fashion veteran launched Liyabrairie—an online community for fellow book-lovers to share and discuss their latest reads. Herewith, the ever stylish Kebede shines a light on her shopping list
Photo: courtesy of Liya Kebede (Kebede)
Brazilian-born interior-and-architectural designer Andre Mellone is so cherished by his loyal clients that for a period he remained something of a guarded secret in certain circles. All that, unsurprisingly, started to change—and fast—thanks to organic recognition from a host of fellow top designers, major publications, and higher-profile projects. Most recently, Studio Mellone has been charged with refurbishing a historic lobby at Rockefeller Center, “which is a huge deal for us,” he says of the commission. “It was a gut renovation, and we designed all of the light fixtures with Apparatus, furniture with Green River Project, custom rugs—it was a big, big hospitality project in a legendary building complex.” Needless to say, Mellone has been on the go of late; these are the items he keeps close at hand
Photo: Richard Phibbs (Mellone)
Lizzie Tisch, a member of the International Best-Dressed List Hall of Fame and a contributing editor to Town & Country, is seemingly about as far from a somnolent wallflower as one can get. And her mindset has always skewed in a highly discerning direction. Case in point: her recently launched curation consultancy, LTD, for fashion and art events. Tisch—who supports myriad nonprofit organizations ranging from City Meals on Wheels to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital—loves LTD “because it’s fluid and always evolving,” she says. Herewith, the proud New Yorker shares the items that currently have her attention
Photo: Joe Schildhorn/bfa.com (Tisch)
Sara Moonves, the editor in chief of W magazine, has spent her entire life among exceptionally creative individuals—first, growing up in the midst of industry lights in L.A., then, in adulthood, quickly climbing the ranks of fashion media in New York. As an editor at Vogue and T Magazine, Moonves channeled her inventive style into glossy editorial projects with photographers including Hedi Slimane and Tim Walker, and, in her scarce “free” time, into her work with fashion brands ranging from Proenza Schouler to Longchamp. Herewith, she spotlights her essentials
Photo: © BFA (Moonves)
Like his landmark apothecary, C. O. Bigelow, in Greenwich Village, Ian Ginsberg is something of a neighborhood fixture—and for good reason. Family-operated since the late 1930s, the cozy-storefront company founded in 1838 has, thanks to Ginsberg, gained a winning global reputation for its eponymous line of high-end beauty products. But it may be his commitment to first-rate service and a selection of difficult-to-find heritage brands from around the world that keeps his loyal patrons—film stars, retirees, local workers, young families—returning with religious dedication. Herewith, the ever stylish Ginsberg offers AIR MAIL a look at his current must-haves
Rosa Park is the type of friend whom you always want to consult before traveling anywhere on her radar. Which is largely why Park—co-founder and editor of Cereal magazine and director of Francis, a gallery in Bath, England—has found such a devoted following for her collection of guidebooks to major metropolises, including London, Paris, and New York. Having recently welcomed a baby boy, Turner, and moved from the U.K. to L.A., where she’s opening a second location of Francis, the design-lover, on the eve of publishing two new Cereal guidebooks, says, “Well-being and comfort are at the forefront of my mind. My selections reflect that”
Photo: Rich Stapleton (Park)
“The art world is alive and kicking,” says independent curator and artistic director Roya Sachs of her robust fall agenda. The uptick in engagements means Sachs, a London-based AIR MAIL Editor at Large, finds herself returning to her staple classics, such as “a black Khaite number for day-to-play scenarios, paired with a looping sculptural necklace by Alex Eagle.” Meanwhile, she’s discovered that an analog 1980s Polaroid camera makes the “perfect dinner companion for drinks and openings with old and new faces,” while Peter Brook’s book The Empty Space keeps her company for the moments in between. Herewith, she shares “my go-tos to get me through the next two weeks”
Photo: Cindy Ord/Unibail Rodamco Westfield/Getty Images (Sachs)
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