Deeda Blair did not want to write a book. The society doyenne, medical philanthropist, and mental-health and brain-research advocate has lived an extraordinary life. She's traveled the world, developed meaningful relationships with politicians, industry leaders, and cultural luminaries, and cultivated highly specific tastes. She is known in fashion circles for her elegantly restrained style and extraordinary couture collection; she maintained a close friendship with Hubert de Givenchy. She is a fascinating person, the very embodiment of style and substance. But she would much rather put two interesting people together-like an impressionist art collector and a brain researcher-and listen to them than talk about herself.
Nevertheless, next month Blair will put out a tome, Deeda Blair: Food, Flowers & Fantasy, that can't neatly be categorized. It can broadly be described as an entertaining book, and it's certainly beautiful enough to put out on your coffee table. It's full of gorgeous photos of her serene oyster shell-colored home in Manhattan and the art and places and people that have inspired her and informed her taste over the years. But then it's also a recipe book: a compilation of menus she has refined over years of entertaining as the wife of William McCormick Blair Jr., who served as the ambassador to Denmark and then the Philippines during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations and was also a close adviser to Adlai Stevenson. (When William died in 2015, they had been married for 53 years.)
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The UN-TRAD RISE of NARA AZIZA SMITH
Her FROM-SCRATCH COOKING VIDEOS regularly go VIRAL to the tune of 20 MILLION VIEWS, inspiring AWE, RAGE, and MEMES galore. But if you ask Smith about it, \"It isn't that DEEP.\"
Mr. ARMANI's Universe
Over the past five decades, GIORGIO ARMANI has constructed his own CINEMATIC WORLD out of FASHIONand with an ambitious new PROJECT in NEW YORK, now you can LIVE in it too
Her OWN Way
As one of the most beloved K-POP IDOLS, JENNIE is always THINKING about what her FANS want from HER. But what does she want for HERSELF?
All WRAPPED Up
What's SO MAGICAL about a MAX MARA COAT? Why the ITALIAN label's enviable OUTERWEAR has become a bona fide OBSESSION.
INTERIOR Lives
DEREK C. BLASBERG talks to LAUREN SANTO DOMINGO and MARTINA MONDADORI about living in spaces created by a pair of interior-design visionaries-RENZO MONGIARDINO and FRANÇOIS CATROUX-and the most important LESSONS they LEARNED from working with these LEGENDS of HOME.
Housemates JULIA FOX and RICHIE SHAZAM on MOVING IN together, the beauty of CHOSEN FAMILIES, and what it means to MAKE A HOME
In January 2023, Julia Fox posted a tour of the Manhattan apartment she was living in with her young son, Valentino, to TikTok, and it immediately went viral.
When in Rome- Rediscover the eternal city through a slew of new properties that ooze sprezzatura
Italy's capital is a dramatic mash-up of ancient and modern, flawed and reinvented, chaos and control. Winding through the streets, visitors can have the heady experience of turning a corner and feeling like they traveled back in time. It's a city with so many historical layers and styles, says Daria Reina, who, along with her husband, Andrea Ferolla, founded the cult boutique Chez Dede. You can feel the spirits of the people who came before and left behind their soul. The couple just opened Superattico Monserrato, a 1,400-square-foot penthouse apartment in the same building as the store. Eclectically appointed with contemporary art, bed linens designed by Reina and Ferolla, vintage Marcel Breuer chairs, and Venini chandeliers, it's like living in a Chez Dede world.
The STATES of REPRODUCTIVE Rights
The STORIES from a POST-RUE AMERICA are HARROWING and HARD TO BELIEVE. That's why we MUST LISTEN..
The Whole TORY
TWO DECADES in, TORY BURCH, the BRAND, is once again one of the most TALKED-ABOUT labels in FASHION because TORY BURCH, the WOMAN, did what she's ALWAYS DONE in times of uncertainty: BET on HERSELF.
The VANGUARDS
WHO DO YOU look up to when you're the one name-checked as the first, the best, the source of inspiration? That's the question everyone at the vanguard of things contemplates at one time or another.