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The Model and Artist Sharon Alexie's Beauty Regimen |
 | | Left: The model and artist Sharon Alexie. Products, clockwise from top left: Augustinus Bader the Cream Cleansing Gel, $69, augustinusbader.com; Dior Hydra Life Fresh Sorbet Crème, $75, dior.com; Olaplex Professional 4-in-1 Moisture Mask, olaplex.com to find salons; Rouge Dior Lipstick in 964 Ambitious Matte Finish, $39, dior.com; As I Am Coconut CoWash, $9, asiamnaturally.com; Louis Vuitton Attrape-Rêves Eau de Parfum, $280/100 ml, louisvuitton.com; Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r Instant Retouch Setting Powder, $34, ulta.com.Left: Claudio Lavenia/Getty Images. Right: courtesy of the brands |
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My mother is Cameroonian, and she always wears a very vivid red lipstick — that's her signature. When I go out at night, I do a brownish contour on the lips with an elegant dark red in the middle. Rouge Dior Lipstick in 964 Ambitious Matte Finish is a shade I like. I also love Dior Forever Couture Luminizer; the way it melts into the skin looks so natural. I use Vaseline as a highlighter on my eyelids, a trick I picked up on set. To finish, Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r Instant Retouch Setting Powder is the only powder that I feel works on me. I like Fenty's eye shadows, too. In the morning, I use the Cream Cleansing Gel by Augustinus Bader, followed by the Essence as a toner and Dior's Hydra Life Fresh Sorbet Crème. A really feminine perfume gets me ready for the day. I like the Attrape-Rêves fragrance from Louis Vuitton and Miss Dior Eau de Parfum. I'm very particular about how I get my hair done; either my mom does it or I do it myself. When I take out my braids, I'll use a creamy cleansing conditioner, like Coconut CoWash from As I Am. I'll use a mask, too, like the Olaplex 4-in-1 Moisture Mask, or Jamaican Black Castor Oil Moisturizing Masque, also from As I Am, depending on what issue I'm having with my hair. At the end of the day I take off any makeup with a liquid remover, like Bioderma Sensibio H20 Micellar Water, and then double cleanse, again using the Cream Cleansing Gel from Augustinus Bader. I use scented creams before going to bed: I gravitate toward anything that smells like honey or vanilla, or a traditional Cameroonian oil called Manyanga. |
This interview has been edited and condensed. |
Stylish Sister Hotels in Miami Beach |
 | | Left: a room at the boutique hotel the Esmé in Miami, with walls painted in Benjamin Moore's Rosetta, a Thibaut-clad stool and furniture custom designed by Jessica Schuster. Right: tile is the star at the roof bar, with Nemo on the floor, Clé Tile Zellige on the bar and Dex Industries Terrazzo on the counter. Uniqwa's Atang Atang pendant lights preside over the scene.Christian Harder |
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By Rima Suqi T Contributor |
For her first-ever hotel project, the Manhattan-based interior designer Jessica Schuster took on a doozy, or rather, two of them: Over the last five years, she re-envisioned a pair of Miami Beach boutique hotels, the Esmé and Casa Matanza, both backed by the New York-based firm Infinity Hospitality and located across the street from each other on South Beach's Española Way promenade. The 145-room Esmé's interiors were meant to be "softer and sweeter," Schuster says, while at 42 rooms, Casa Matanza is "darker and moodier," but in both, Schuster employed a color palette of saturated citrus and jewel tones, and retained many architectural features from the hotels' original 1920s buildings, including arched doorways, pecky cypress ceilings and a fireplace uncovered during demolition. The result is a richly eclectic space that guests may not want to leave, and won't need to: Schuster connected Esmé's multiple roof decks with a series of small bridges, so visitors can saunter from the new pool to cabanas to the Spanish tapas restaurant and sangria bar, and the sibling properties will soon be connected via a subterranean passageway so that people may take discreet advantage of each property's amenities. "I was borrowing from yesterday, today and tomorrow to create this whimsical and fantastical experience," Schuster says. "It's very different for Miami." Rooms at Esmé or Casa Matanza from $300, esmehotel.com. |
Sneakers in Spring Colors |
 | | Veja x Mansur Gavriel Campo sneakers in (from left) Celeste, Crema, Rosa and Sunshine.Chaumont-Zaerpour |
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Though Rachel Mansur and Floriana Gavriel, the founders of the New York-based accessories line Mansur Gavriel, are not lacking for options when it comes to choosing their own footwear, the two like to "wear sneakers nearly every day," they said in an email to me. They're big fans of Veja, the French brand founded in 2004 by Sébastien Kopp and François-Ghislain Morillion — recognizable for the letter "V" emblazoned on the shoe's side — and respected for its efforts in sustainability, including sourcing wild rubber and organic cotton from Brazil, as well as working with chrome-free leather as much as possible. "We love that Veja is environmentally conscious, as this is something we have always thought about at Mansur Gavriel," wrote the duo. "We intentionally create classic shapes that have longevity and use leather that wears well and sustains over time." A new collaboration between the two brands debuts this week that offers Veja's classic Campo trainer in four striking colors. Choose among a morpho butterfly blue, a soft clay, a rose pink or a sunrise yellow — and match your new pair of shoes with Mansur Gavriel accessories, such as a woven tote or a slouchy shoulder bag, while you're at it. $175; veja-store.com or mansurgavriel.com. |
A Revived East Hampton Gallery Space |
 | | The facade of Onna House in East Hampton, N.Y.Jordan Tiberio |
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By Michaela Trimble T Contributor |
From hosting women's liberation salons led by Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan to sitting for one of Andy Warhol's first portraits, the art collectors Robert and Ethel Scull were at the glamorous center of the 1960s culture, as was their modernist mansion in East Hampton. Staying true to the original ethos of their home as a living art gallery — the Sculls once covered the walls with works by Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, to name a few — the art collector, designer and women's rights advocate Lisa Perry purchased the property in early 2021 and reimagined it as Onna House, an arts space devoted to creating visibility for the work of women-identifying artists and designers. When it opens to the public this May, the home, which Perry transformed to incorporate Japanese design elements like a verdant moss garden and a tranquil tearoom, will host its inaugural exhibition, consisting of colorful woven tapestries by the Japanese textile artist Mitsuko Asakura and a paper dress collection by the Swiss-born artist and designer Ligia Dias. Though visitors can book viewing appointments, Perry also hopes Onna House will be a gathering place for discovery and collaboration among creatives, with regular community events and discussions. onnahouse.com. |
Floral Hosting Gear From Colombia |
 | | Left: Casa Velasquez Sinu Violette Dress and Denim Gardening Apron. Right: Embroidered Terracotta and Navy Trim Dinner Napkins, Table Stationery Set in Coral Mompox (16 menus and 16 place cards, plus one extra of each for practice) and Sole Coral Dress in printed linen.Andrés Oyuela |
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By Julia Bozzone T Contributor |
It was a desire to look polished while "cooking up a storm and building giant cakes" on photo shoots for the likes of Saveur magazine and Williams-Sonoma that, she says, led the Brooklyn-based food stylist Mariana Velásquez to design her signature cross-back, pinafore-style aprons. She had them made by a women-owned workshop in her native Colombia and started selling them about a decade ago. While planning her 2021 cookbook, "Colombiana," Velásquez began imagining a line of tableware that evoked the essence of Santa Cruz de Lorica, the Colombian port town where her grandmother lived that had made a vivid impression on Velásquez as a child for its fusion of Caribbean and Lebanese cultures. Now, in partnership with the Colombian workshop owners Blanca Muñoz and Catalina Avila, she's produced Casa Velasquez, an elevated line for entertaining that includes table linens, her trademark aprons and hand-painted menu and place cards in the exuberant local palette of terra-cotta, mustard and pink, as well as dresses and tops with voluminous sleeves inspired by the dramatic arches in the town's public market. The debut collection's cotton and linen pieces, in stripes and chrysanthemum prints, are meant to be mixed and matched, and though Velásquez believes entertaining is making a comeback, they could also be used to brighten up an otherwise routine weeknight dinner. From $30, casavelasquez.co. |
A Full-Circle Show Curated by Simone Rocha |
 | | Francesca Woodman's "Self-Portrait Talking to Vince, Providence, Rhode Island" (1977).Courtesy of the Woodman Family Foundation and Marian Goodman Gallery/ © Woodman Family Foundation/DACS, London |
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The line between fashion and art is often permeable, but the designer Simone Rocha definitively crossed over with "Girls, girls, girls," a group show she has curated at the nonprofit Lismore Castle Arts in Ireland. For it, Rocha, who often looks to artists for inspiration for her namesake line, selected works by female talents who, like the designer herself, explore codes of femininity and the various chapters of womanhood, and posit progressive notions of beauty that poke at convention. She made a point, too, of including a range of perspectives and media. Works by Roni Horn, Cindy Sherman, Sophie Barber, Cassi Namoda, Francesca Woodman, Louise Bourgeois and others take the form of photography, oil painting, sculpture, textiles and more. There are also a number of pieces, such as a wax-covered saccharine pink dress by Iris Häussler and a pair of surreal cowhide stilettos by Dorothy Cross, that bring things full circle — and further the dialogue — by referencing items of clothing. "Girls, girls, girls" runs from April 2 to Oct. 30. Read more fashion and arts coverage at tmagazine.com, and follow us on Instagram. |
Correction: Last week's newsletter referred incorrectly to the Quinte oyster bar at the Pinch hotel in Charleston, S.C. The bar is scheduled to open this summer; it is not currently open. |
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