FREE SPIRITS Chopard’s Happy Diamonds design liberates the stones from traditional metal prongs and leaves them to spin between two clear sapphire crystal discs. It’s a playful concept that Chopard’s co-president and artistic director, Caroline Scheufele, frequently updates for new jewelry and timepieces, such as the Happy Precious earrings and ring, shown. Here, the rolling stones are surrounded by lace-like patterns of sapphires and diamonds. —Jill Newman
NEW YORK NOSH These days, nostalgia runs high for relaxed, mask-free meals at beloved New York City restaurants, whether it’s a Xi’an Famous Foods lunch of spicy noodles or a multicourse Il Buco dinner. A trio of cookbooks brings home a taste of what’s been missing. —Kate Donnelly
Sant Ambroeus: The Coffee Bar Cookbook Whip up some Milanese sweets and savories, including egg frittatas, croissant-like cornetti and a tiramisù to pair with cacao-dusted espresso.
Xi’an Famous Foods: The Cuisine of Western China, From New York’s Favorite Noodle Shop Home cooks can try their hand at Jason Wang’s family recipes for favorites like cumin lamb with hand-ripped noodles.
Il Buco: Stories & Recipes Donna Lennard shares 100 Mediterranean-style dishes from her downtown standby, such as (former) chef Ignacio Mattos’s black kale salad and (current) chef Justin Smillie’s bucatini cacio e pepe.
EXERCISE POWER Loro Piana’s The Art of Wellbeing Fitness Set.
Photo: Courtesy of Loro Piana
ACTIVE DUTY With so many workout classes canceled and health clubs closed, athletic types everywhere are taking refuge in their home gyms. The new Loro Piana Fitness Set—part of the Italian brand’s capsule series The Art of Wellbeing—features equipment for exercising in style. The offering comes with an adjustable jump rope, satin- finish metal hand weights, a cotton jacquard towel, a water bottle sling and, most fitting coming from knitwear experts, a cashmere-padded exercise ball with leather handles. —Natalia Barr
Loro Piana Fitness capsule towel, $200, water bottle and cashmere holder, $525, jump rope, $675, gym ball, $2,000, and hand weights, $2,150 per set, loropiana.com
TIME MACHINES The limited-edition Chronomaster Revival Liberty by Zenith channels 1960s style with its gradient blue dial and tonneau-shaped case, a throwback to the decade when the watch’s El Primero movement first debuted.
$8,200, zenith-watches.com
LEADING LIGHTS Thierry Dreyfus is known for the grand lighting schemes he designs for fashion shows, from Dior Homme to Saint Laurent. This fall, at New York gallery Les Ateliers Courbet, he’s exhibiting a series of more intimate pieces he’s created, like B Lamp.
$14,000, ateliercourbet.com
PARTNERSHIP Jeweler Jessica McCormack has teamed up with the Haas Brothers to create a collection based on their fanciful work; for example, the diamond ring, shown, is inspired by their waterdrop-shaped bathtub, while the jewelry box stands on shaggy bronze legs, a Haas Brothers signature.
Price upon request, jessicamccormack.com
FURNITURE BRAND ORIOR DEBUTS ITS FIRST LINE OF RUGS, A COLLABORATION BETWEEN SIBLINGS. Last spring Irish siblings Ciaran and Katie Ann McGuigan—a New York–based furniture designer, 30, and a London-based fashion designer, 27, respectively—found themselves reunited on a pandemic-induced nostalgia tour of their childhood hometown when they temporarily moved back in with their parents on Carlingford Lough, north of Dublin. For years, the brother-and-sister pair had talked about collaborating on a project. Out of the confinement came a small line of rugs, including the Orcal (above), with stripey geometric patterns and easygoing shapes by Katie Ann that complement the plush, old-school upholstery of Ciaran, proprietor of the family-owned furnishings brand Orior. Within weeks, samples were being hand-tufted in Irish and New Zealand wools at a small mill in County Wexford. On their daily walks, the McGuigans worked out a palette for the three styles, looking beyond the spring lawns and leafing trees to the landscape’s purest companion colors: a cobalt sea, a crimson sky at sunset, the knotty gray of the water when clouds rolled in. “I’m a big fan of green,” Katie Ann says. “Maybe in the next collection.” —Sarah Medford
Katie Ann McGuigan and Ciaran McGuigan © Simon Watson for Orior rug, $190–$220 per square foot, oriorfurniture.com
BREEZY GOOD LOOKS With the transition to fall, many of us are trying to hold on to that summer feeling. For Adam Shapiro, Dan May and Gautam Rajani, the three founders of London-based menswear brand SMR Days, it’s a calling. At least when it comes to clothes. “It’s always summer somewhere,” says May about SMR’s ethos, which is to make “effortless menswear for long summer days.” Soft, lightweight shirts and pants, lightweight jackets, relaxed suiting, swimwear—highly crafted, summer-inspired pieces that can be worn all year round. —Scott Christian
SMR jacket, $425, and pants, $295; SMR jacket, $555, shirt, $320, and shorts, $425, mrporter.com
ON BEAUTY Flamingo Estate, creative agency founder Richard Christiansen’s L.A. haven, is now the source of a new self-care line, Pleasures for the Body. The supplements (shown), candles, soaps, shampoos and other wellness products are all made from plants grown in the property’s gardens.
$28 per bottle, flamingoestate.la
EVENT PLANNER REBECCA GARDNER OF HOUSES & PARTIES HAS LAUNCHED AN ONLINE STORE FOR AT-HOME FETES. Party planning in the age of Covid-19? “Oh, it’s a nightmare,” says Rebecca Gardner, the founder and creative director of Houses & Parties, a nine-year-old event and interior design firm based in Savannah, Georgia, and New York. “It doesn’t exist.” Yet Gardner, whose clients include individuals like Lauren Santo Domingo, Aerin Lauder and Candice Bergen and brands like Carolina Herrera and Christofle, strikes an upbeat note. The pandemic slowdown gave the 39-year-old entrepreneur the time to bring to fruition an idea she’s been developing for years: a new e-commerce site, also called Houses & Parties. The online shop features a host of private-label supplies—everything from ornate tablecloths to playful hats and parlor games, done in collaboration with artists such as illustrator Happy Menocal, milliner Maor Zabar and glass- blower Paul Arnhold. It also offers a sampling of vintage items, like enamel salt cellars or Victorian finger bowls, that Gardner has picked up over the years on her travels. All the goods are lavish and fun, befitting Gardner’s self-described maximalist aesthetic. Despite the coronavirus, or perhaps because of all the time everyone has spent sheltering in place, Gardner believes that her potential customers will be eager to host home gatherings—just more intimately and cautiously than in the pre-pandemic past. “I want people to have the tools to entertain their friends and make occasions really special, really beautiful,” Gardner says, “but more than anything, a screaming blast.” —Mark Yarm
Design-minded fitness brand Technogym now offers a training station that, despite its compact, minimalist appearance, provides a wide range of exercise opportunities. Skillbench comes with five hexagonal dumbbells, a variety of weighted knuckles, three resistance bands and a training mat, as well as access to a video library of workouts. Each item has its designated place inside the wheeled bench, offering a sleek and practical solution to exercising in small quarters. —Natalia Barr
$990, technogym.com
Corrections & Amplifications
The website for furnishings brand Orior is oriorfurniture.com. An article on the brand’s new line of rugs incorrectly listed it as orior.com. (Corrected on October 5, 2020)
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