Terranea
L.A.'s Oceanfront Resort
Terranea is part of the Destination Hotels collection. The luxury eco resort offers well-appointed rooms and suites and includes a collection of residential Bungalows, Casitas and Villas. An award-winning nine-hole, par-three golf course, the soothing oceanfront Spa at Terranea, four ocean-view pools and a collection of eight distinctive restaurants, bars, cafes and lounges welcomes you with open arms. As the location of many Hollywood films and television shows, all who come to Terranea feel as though they've walked onto the set of paradise.
Designers of The New School
William Okpo
Nigerian sisters Darlene and Lizzy Okpo are the Creators behind William Okpo, a successful women’s wear line. Darlene and Lizzy Okpo began designing in 2005 at the ages of 19 and 14 with a t-shirt line called Mayhem. (Photo via Christelle de Castro)
Quality Time
FABERGÉ VISIONNAIRE DTZ 18 KARAT ROSE GOLD
The self-winding Fabergé Visionnaire DTZ uses a movement designed exclusively for Fabergé by Agenhor Manufacture. The model adopts a logical and intuitive method of displaying two timezones simultaneously, perfectly suited to the lifestyle of those who need to keep track of the time in a second, distant location. The hours and minutes of the local timezone are presented with peripheral, open-worked hands rotating around a raised, decorated dome located at the centre of the dial. The hour of the second, remote timezone is viewed through a remarkable aperture at the centre of the dome, optically amplified for a bold finish, a feature sure to surprise and delight. To create even greater animation and theatre to the dial, the collection features a dial side rotor, visible beneath the dial’s colour-matched sapphire crystal hour ring with applied indices. In true Fabergé spirit, Agenhor Manufacture created a peacock-shaped mechanic hidden within the movement, paying homage to Fabergé’s signature element of surprise.
Fabergé Visionnaire DTZ 18 Karat Rose Gold Timepiece features an opaline dial with TCI luminescent coating 15-minute indicators, sapphire with metallic treatment and applied numerals and hour indicators and an automatic movement with a GMT complication, encased in a 43mm 18 karat rose gold and titanium case, with alligator strap.
The Designing Woman
Stella Jean
The stunning Stella Jean is one of Milan’s rising stars. In 2011, she won Vogue Italia's talent competition, “Who’s on Next,” and now counts designer Armani and Vogue UK editor Suzy Menkes as fans. Her designs are a true reflection of her and embody ladylike silhouettes. Her prints pay tribute to her mother’s homeland of Haiti, as well as West Africa. (Photo via Gareth Cattermole/Getty)
Welcome Home!
II PALMETTO
When architect Maurice Fatio was commissioned to build ‘Il Palmetto’ in 1930, the 5.46± acre Ocean-to-Lake estate was declared exceptional. Years later, Fairfax and Sammons oversaw a 4 year meticulous restoration of the Italian Renaissance-style palazzo, Il Palmetto’s architectural detail was maintained. The result is an estate without peer in Palm Beach. The main residence is designed as a series of pavilions connected by cloisters, beginning with the 2 story entrance hall. The pièce de résistance is the living room with a shield-decorated ceilings and architecturally-framed sunset views over Lake Worth. The formal dining room with a 16th Century carved ceiling accommodates elegant dinner parties. The main level is completed by the chef’s kitchen featuring custom appliances, butler’s pantry, family room, theater, billiards room, library, office and pavilion, all circling a courtyard and fountain. An outdoor loggia connects the inner courtyard to a large swimming pool lined with dark blue tiles. The master bedroom suite and 3 guest bedrooms are on the second level. A 20,000-bottle carved limestone wine cellar, exercise room and spa, second wine cellar for 1,000 additional crates plus the Moroccan room offering exquisite indoor/outdoor entertaining are on the ground level. The main house features 2 elevators and 3 additional bedrooms in staff quarters. The interiors have a unique lightness and grace creating a serene atmosphere. The property features hurricane-proof, bronze impact windows and doors and hidden modern-day technological systems controllable via smart phone. Private underground tunnel below A1A leads to 2 bedroom, 3 bath beach house featuring a kitchen and sitting room framing an infinity-edge swimming pool that blends into the turquoise waters of the Atlantic. A seawall affords protection and stairs for beach access. The lakefront boat house is equipped with 2 state-of-the-art motorized boat launches with a 2 bedroom, 2 bath guest apartment above.
