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Hotelier Jason Pomeranc has long lived in the heart of New York City, with 60 SoHos and 60 LES, and his newest company, Civilian, is located above 14th Street. The Civilian Hotel is located in a 27-story building on West 48th Street, equidistant from Times Square, Hell’s Kitchen and the Theater District. Architect David Rockwell's Rockwell Group built it-and affordable. Inside, the prosperity of the theater world dominates: the lobby threshold entered through the Broadway stage door, the front hall decorated with black and white backstage photos, and 203 comfortable guest rooms with costume trunk-style closets. The bistro on the first floor will open early next year; at the same time, the bar offers one of the city’s largest selections of absinthe. Civilhotel.com's grand opening price starts from US$149.
Hair stylist Takamichi Saeki is known for his minimalist beauty aids planning at Takamichi Beauty Room in New York, and will now have his own product line called Ichi.1 (ichi is the word "one" in Japanese). Saeki said that these "simple, streamlined, and timeless" products-shampoos, conditioners, body washes and lotions-have been "carefully considered to the smallest details" and are made from wild extracts developed by a family factory. Parma, Italy (soap is made in France). Shampoo and conditioner are suitable for all hair types and have the effect of strengthening camellia oil; glycerin soap moisturizes; body lotion rich in argan oil can penetrate into the skin. These four scents were created by Takasago International Corporation, Japan’s oldest perfume company, and exude a discreet scent that is both musky and green to some extent. The minimalist design of the packaging completes the effect of careful editing. Starting at $35, takamichibeautyroom.com.
"Most people I know have a closet full of clothes, but no clothes to wear," said Alissa Zachary, former merchandising director of The Row. In order to correct this very common imbalance between fashion and practicality, she created her own stretch knit brand High Sport, which will be launched this month. Zachary defines classic American fashion as "a relaxed combination of form and function", but made of the highest quality cotton in Italy, her collection includes colorful wardrobe necessities such as tops, bottoms, dresses and coats. Designed for active women looking for comfortable, simple clothing, High Sport proves that the pursuit of comfort after a pandemic does not require lack of fashion. "I started to create something brand new, wearable, full of energy and fun." Starting at $500, high-sport.com.
Not long after he stepped down as CEO of Tod's in 2018 and settled in the suburbs of Perugia, Umbria, Claudio Castiglioni founded a new business: Beauty Thinkers, a skincare line inspired by From neighbouring Castello Monte there are often centuries-old olive trees Vibiano. He learned that when the olives of the estate are squeezed into the best olive oil in Italy, the water squeezed out as a by-product contains extremely high antioxidants. Therefore, with the help of the local university laboratory and the "horizontal collective" of agronomists, chemists and various skin care enthusiasts, Castiglioni turned this discovery into an antioxidant booster, a light, non-greasy facial oil , And antioxidant cream, a gentle, ultra-moisturizing lotion. Both are plant-based, with minimal ingredients and fragrance-free, and use refillable bottles with exquisite non-gender designs. As the new year approaches, Beauty Thinkers will release a series of moisturizers and sunscreens as part of the same product line. Starting at $78, beautythinkers.com.
When Ksenia Kagner and Nicko Elliott, the husband-and-wife team behind Civilian, a New York architecture and interior design studio, went abroad for projects, they always took a suitcase full of practical household items home. Tape dispenser, notebook. As of last month, the couple launched Civilian Objects, an online retail platform that offers a series of exquisite daily necessities, from the double-pronged brass hooks of the Roman hardware workshop Poignee (in Kagner and Elliott are renovating a palace into one A set of nested pine kitchen bowls made by the fifth-generation Portuguese family business. From November 18th to 23rd, Civilian Objects opened a pop-up store at Oliver Coffee Shop in New York’s Chinatown for the first time offline. Kagner said: " It is possible to discuss the patina of raw brass with others, how can we ask for more?" From $15, civilobjects.com.
The brothers and sisters of Emily Cameron and Owen Mears grew up in a village in Somerset, England, surrounded by smells, where apples and fresh-cut hay were mixed with cumin, cinnamon and cloves from a local herb farm. "It was only when I left home and moved to the city that I realized that perfume has become a part of our lives," Mears said. To recapture this intoxicating landscape, the two launched Ffern, a small-batch subscription service for organic fragrances, created by the fourth-generation perfumer François Robert. Quarterly releases, each evokes a specific location, the time is either the winter solstice or the vernal equinox, is mailed to the customer's "ledger", and the number of customers is kept at a low level to ensure the integrity of the manual production process. This winter scent evokes the breath of the British seaside town of Lyme Regis through the intoxicating blend of mimosa, orange, bergamot, vetiver and marjoram. Starting from $129, ffern.co registers for a waiting list (customers will receive an invitation to join the customer ledger via text shortly thereafter).