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Pure Barre Sarasota: What You Need to Know
Heather Dunhill gets the dish on Pure Barre Sarasota, including tips from instructor Chaz Glunk and real-life success stories from three Pure Barre enthusiasts.
Read More >>Raw Food Curious
This week: Heather Dunhill on her curiosity about the raw food movement.
Read More >>What I Wear to Work: Kyle Scott Battie
You can often find Kyle Battie in downtown Sarasota, whether it’s making you feel welcome at State Street Eating House or sussing out the best in local jazz. But no matter where he is, he’s purposefully pulled together with haberdashery styling choices that are all polished but worn with ease. And, he always sports a [...]
Read More >>Best of Sarasota :: Pique-Nique Sur La Baie 2013
New College Foundation celebrated three decades of Pique-Nique Sur La Baie this week, co-chaired this year by the adept quartet of Renee Hamad, BJ Creighton, Pat Johnson and Kathy Coffey. A favorite of mine, the event is a virtual eye candy of Sarasota’s doyennes who don their best chapeau for an afternoon on Sarasota Bay, [...]
Read More >>Town & Country’s Kathryn Livingston on Lilly Pulitzer
Some historians argue it was Lilly Pulitzer who introduced the iconic shift dress into pop culture, but it was the Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Kennedy and Whitney families that popularized the brand in a major way, making it a must-have for resort jetsetters. You may be surprised to know that these internationally recognized cheerful prints have humble [...]
Read More >>Q & A with John Hardy’s Guy Bedarida
By Heather Dunhill Guy Bedarida, creative director and head designer of the John Hardy brand, joined the company in the 1990s after receiving a call from Mr. John Hardy himself. Since then, he’s worked synergistically with the team, taking it to new heights with an eye on sustainability and social responsibility. Guy’s passion for craftsmanship [...]
Read More >>What I Wear to Work :: Jordon Stone
According to his Neatly Collected blog‘s home page, Jordon Stone is a “sartorial enthusiast, maker, writer and style liker.” All of which is right on, in my opinion, along with a bit of Les Misérables’ Eddie Redmayne thrown in for good measure. Jordon’s a guy who pays attention to detail and has the ability to [...]
Read More >>Mrs. Kennedy and Me: Q&A with Author Clint Hill
Courageous is the word that comes to mind when one thinks of Clint Hill. Maybe you don’t recognize the name right off – but it’s certain you know the man. Hill was the Secret Service agent who leaped onto the back of President and Mrs. Kennedy’s motorcade on that fateful November day in Dallas, 1963. [...]
Read More >>A Q&A with Andie MacDowell
By Heather Dunhill You never know who a celeb will be when they step off the screen and into your day. I’ve often been surprised, and not always in a good way. But lovely and soft-spoken Southern belle Andie MacDowell was warm and gracious when we sat down for a one-on-one chat while she was [...]
Read More >>L.A. Style: Herb Ritts at the Ringling
By Heather Dunhill The highly distinctive black-and-white photography of Herb Ritts is as iconic as those who modeled for them. California-born, Ritts shot his film among the elements of the place he knew as home: Los Angeles. Hence the title of his up-coming exhibit at The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art: Herb Ritts: [...]
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