THE GATSBY ISSUE

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The GatsbyIssue

Covet (7)find your inner Gatsby with these

20s-inspired trends

Candid Conversations (16)Tory Burch sits down with Gatsby costume designer Catherine Martin

Captured (20)Georges Rech: behind the lens with Sibel Gray

Cocktails (28)modern twist on the classics

Cuisine (32)perfection personified

Canvas (35)Salustiano Garcia, Seeing Red

Culture (42)Smith Center Brings the Golden Era

to Sin City

Cause (45)Moonridge Group’s Julie Murray

In Closing (48)F. Scott Fitzgerald

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C&Cwhere character & class collide

THE GREAT GATSBY

With a 1920s-inspired flapper vibe, this Nora drop waist, beaded

dress is a modest showstopper. Featuring a stunning vintage,

beaded motif and a deep V-back, it is the perfect

accessory for any cocktail party.

Bracelet of diamonds, seed pearls and platinum inspired by Chinoiserie from Tiffany’s The Great Gatsby collection.

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Gatsby’s costume designer Catherine Martin

not only modeled the film’s 500-piece wardrobe off Brooks’ early 1920s catalog

offerings (some of which F. Scott Fitzgerald

bought for himself), but Brooks Brothers made

the costumes, too.

BROOKS BROTHERS

J. Crew’s Classic 5-strand pearl necklace

LanvinSea Breeze logo minaudiere

ValentinoRockstud Crystallized T-Strap Slingback, Poudre

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TIFFANY & CO.The Great Gatsby costume designer Catherine Martin

collaborated with Tiffany & Co.

to create and source jewelry for the film, which is on display in the jewelry company’s flagship

Fifth Avenue windows.

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Macys

Barneys

How Maurizio Silvi defines the 1920s makeup look:

“Since the roaring ‘20s was a time of great economic growth, women

began to wear more makeup than years prior.

Women celebrated the age of the “flapper girls” as a female declaration of independence.

They also began to take more risk in their makeup: Pale skin, smoky eyes, bolder lips, curvy eyebrows, lots of mascara and rosy cheeks. Women

were also not afraid to make a statement and they

used makeup to express themselves.”

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So you like her?I like her. I don’t want to be her. I find it frustrating, because I’m a doer. But I think she’d be fun to wile away an afternoon with.

What’s your favorite trend to come out of the Twenties?Either beaded fringe or a tango shoe. The tango shoe is sort of strange and beguiling and a weird combo of 20th and 19th Century. It can look enticing.

The key to working with family suc-cessfully?I think it’s arguing a lot. A sense of humor. Which thankfully I don’t think we take ourselves too seriously. And remembering that today’s rooster is tomorrow’s feather duster. Pride does come before a fall. It’s about open dialogue and shared opinions.

Favorite films (other than Baz’s)?“The Wizard of Oz” changed my life because it was such an extraordinary journey to take when I was 10. And I was so scared of the monkeys, and it put me on such a trip. I loved it. I wanted ruby slippers and blue socks. It was so wrong, it was right. And then from a fashion perspective, the movie that changed my life when I was 13 was Gone with the Wind — just the whole design of it.

Favorite Fitzgerald book?With Fitzgerald, to know the book is to know your firm favorite. I’m sure if I read the others, they would be new favorites. But right now it’s “The Great Gatsby.”

For the full story go to Tory Burch.

Before Gatsby, did you have any Jazz Age icons?I really admired Josephine Baker. She’s about a change in thinking. Even though she suffered indignities and great racism, it was the birth of much more freedom of thought. She was a big thinker. The most salient thing about the Twenties is that it was one of the most revolutionary times for women. It paved the way for the feminist revolution.

And then Daisy Buchanan is at the other end of the spectrum… She was a very interesting character for me. She’s a product of her times. Bred to be a society trophy wife, she achieves that by the time she’s 18 and then realizes that it’s hollow. But she’s not trained to do anything else. She’s a bird in a gilded cage. Daisy has enormous charm and charisma. That bursts out of the screen with Carey Mulli-gan. You can’t help but see why a boy from Nowheresville is attracted to this enormously sophisticated, attractive girl who is the pinnacle of what he imagines people who live the great life are like.

With Catherine Martin

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CandidConversation ...

C&Cconnoisseur of coiffure & couture

One of Toronto’s most sought after fashion photogrpahers, Sibel Gray has been capturing

the industry’s leading designers and trendsetters through the lens of her Nikon D800 for more than

10 years. Gray’s photos have appeared in some of the most acclaimed publications throughout

Europe, Canada and the United States, including Vogue, Individualist and WWD. Her most recent

commission was for French designer Georges Rech, whose collections are a favorite among the most

discerning label lovers. Rech’s designs can be found at Lior in The Grand Canal Shoppes. >

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with Sibel Gray

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In 1960, the birth of prêt-à-porter revolutionised the world of fashion. Georges Rech was one of the pioneers. Imaginative and clear-sighted, he had a talent for creation, while remaining realistic. The GEORGES RECH brand was established with a powerful purpose: to constantly enhance the femininity of women. The women who choose Georges Rech are decisive, modern and sophisticated. His collections are always sensual and very feminine, with a refined line of articles that are both basic and original, enriched with little details and harmonious colours.

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FRENCH 75

Nothing says celebration like Champagne!

The original recipe from the Savoy Cocktail Book,

published in 1930, calls for gin, lemon juice, simple syrup and bubbly.

A later recipe replaced gin with cognac.

PROHIBITION1920-1933

What America needs now is a drink.

““ — President Franklin D. Roosevelt —

Bauman Rare Books

Double Helix

A Modern Twist On The Classic Cocktail

Cosmopolitan Las Vegas is cultivating a new culture with a modern interpretation of the classic cocktail.

General manager of the Chandelier Bar and property mixologist, Mariena Mercer is responsible for helping create more than 150 specialty drinks served at the resorts seven bars, pool and spa. However, it’s Mercer’s passion for molecular mixology that gives standards like the Old Fashioned, Moscow Mule and Manhattan a new-age edge.

New FashionedAMC’s Mad Men made this classic fashionable again ...

2 oz Woodford Reserve Bourbon4 Dashes Angostura Bitters½ oz Simple Syrup1 Orange Peel

63rd ChromosomeThe offspring of the Moscow Mule, this cocktail is guaranteed

to take your taste buds for a ride.

1 ½ oz Ciroc Coconut½ oz Lemongrass Syrup

1 Bar Spoon Sweet Ginger Puree¼ oz Lemon Juice

3 Kaffir Lime LeavesDash Thai Bitters

Top with Gosling’s Ginger Beer

Hot DateIt’s hard to improve upon perfection, but this version of the Manhattan—regarded as one of the greatest cocktails ever created—comes pretty close!

1 oz Knob Creek½ oz Luxardo Morlaco Cherry½ oz Carpano Antica½ oz Cherry Coffee Date Balsamic ShrubTop with Housemade Chocolate Soda andAztec Chocolate Chili BittersGarnish with 3 Cherries

Immaculate ConceptionAn update on the Old Pal, this haute version of the French classicis the ultimate “gilty” pleasure.

½ oz Amere Nouvelle½ oz Citron Sauvage1 oz Chai Infused Punte Mes1 oz Barenjager Bourbon and Honey Liqeuer2 Dashes Old-Fashioned BittersMist of Frankencense and Myrrh AromaGarnish with Edible Gold

French KissA favorite among highfalutins like Ernest Hemingway and

Humphrey Bogart, the French 75 may look pretty, but like its namesake, it packs a mighty punch.

2 oz gin1 oz lemon juice

1 tsp simple syrupChampagne

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A FARE TO

REMEMBER

Widely recognized as the restaurant that changed the New York dining scene forever,

Delmonico’s is now a worldwide institution. Occupying a triangle of a building in the

Financial District in NYC, the 1827 icon is credited with the birth of fine dining and cultural shift

toward French cuisine. After 186 years and many offsprings, including Emeril’s

Delmonico, Las Vegas, the famed brand is still “synonymous with perfection.”

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CULTURE

The story of Delmonico’s can be seen as the story of America’s cultural growth viewed through that most elemental and revealing of cultural lenses - food. It is the story of how the art of cuisine and dining came to be in America. It is a story of an overwhelm-ing list of groundbreaking and redefining moments in the history of how America eats, drinks and, therefore, lives. Delomonico’s was the first establishment in Amer-ica where guests were seated at their own personal tables, which were adorned with tablecloths, and for the first time given a “bill of fare” (menu) from which they could choose dishes the kitchen would prepare for them. Food was served on fine china. Guests were offered the best wines, like Chateau Margaux, and rare champagne. Del-monico’s was the host of America’s first ever debutante ball out-side of a private home. In April, 1921, Del-monico’s Restaurant was raided by “Dry Agents”, who arrested a waiter and manager for serving vodka and gin, in violation of Pro-hibition.

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Address: The Venetian, 3355 S. Las Vegas Blvd. Phone: 702.414.3737Hours: 11:30 am–10 pm (Mon.-Thurs.); 11:30 am-11 pm (Fri.); 5 pm-11 pm (Sat.) Reservations: opentable.comMenu: emerilsrestaurants.com

The cocktail menu is divided into three sections: Vintage, Specialty, and Whiskey. Patrons receive a bit of history along with their liba-tion from the Vintage section, including a 1944 Mai Tai Roa Ae, a Hemingway Daiquiri and a Jack Rose. Delmonico’s signature cock-tail, the Delmonico Coquetel, combines a sumptuous blend of Tanqueray Rangpur gin, Brachet-to D’Aqui sparkling dessert wine, fresh ruby red grapefruit and lime juices and a homemade five-spiced infused simple syrup.

Emeril Lagasse is the chef-proprietor of 13 restaurants in New Orleans, Las Vegas, Orlando, Charlotte, N.C. and Bethlehem, Pa. In 1999, Lagasse Delmonico Steakhouse in the Vene-tian Resort, Hotel & Casino in Las Ve-gas. In 2013, Lagasse was named the Humanitarian of the Year by the James Beard Foundation for his dedicated efforts to further the culinary arts in America, as well as his philanthropic work supporting children’s educational pro-grams through the Emeril Lagasse Foundation.

Chef Emeril Lagasse’s take on the grand American steakhouse. Delmoni-co Steakhouse brings back a time when lunch was an event, cocktail hour was not to be missed and dinner with friends was a celebration. At Del-monico Steakhouse, we remember. Located in The Venetian Resort Ho-tel Casino, Delmonico Steakhouse takes its name from the legendary, century-old New Orleans institution, Delmonico Restaurant and Bar All dishes were beautifully presented, perfectly seasoned and dressed,and absolutely delicious. The service here was impeccable. We had multiple servers and they all worked as a team. We nev-er had to ask for anything because they were always on top of it. Bam! Here is an example of the service, Joe was debating between two dessert wines after deciding on one, and they also brought him a sample of the other option.Bam! Great service, great food and great atmosphere!

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C&Ccultivating culture, creativity & curiousity

Seeing Red

Salustiano Garcia’s works have changed the limits of portrait painting. He approaches the human figure with the rigour of a Renaissance painter, through a detailed study of form and a clear brush stroke. However, the characters are decontextualised. They are lone busts and faces over an empty and monochrome space only limited by the canvas itself. Bodies appear like in dreams where everything turns red.>

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Why red?Because it’s full of connotations and inten-tions. It comes from Latin coloratus (colorare, “to colour”), and it’s the colour par excellence. Red has the power of transcending its own condition as a colour. It’s more than a colour, it’s a symbol which suggests beauty and atemporality, but at the same time strength, it’s the colour of blood, of religion and of the chosen ones.

Red in my paintings is actually a metaphor of heaven and of the transcendental.

Beauty, academic perfection, minimalist composition… don’t you think it all con-tributes to some kind of commercial tone which plays down the effectiveness of its message? Why “beauty”, in times when critical art is needed?

Do we really need critical art? I have never believed in this “pamphlet-art”. I think there is a lack of beauty messages in our environment. We are saturated with visual stimuli, artists create shocking images just to attract attention. But in a wall where everybody shouts, sometimes we just want to hear someone who whispers…Exhibitions and art fairs are full of blood and violence. Is it criticising violence? I don’t think so.

Do you think a picture of a gagged girl can make someone better? Can it prevent a war, or protect Third World children from prostitution?…

I don’ t think so. The most of the so-called “social art” is superficial and snobby.Sometimes artists are asked to do too much. Mend the world!? I just want to make my little Do we really need critical art? I have never believed in this “pamphlet-art”. I think there is a lack of beauty messages in our environment. We are saturated with visual stimuli, artists create shocking images just to attract attention. But in a wall where everybody shouts, sometimes we just want to hear some-one who whispers…Exhibitions and art fairs are full of blood and violence. Is it criticising violence? I don’t think so.

Do you think a picture of a gagged girl can make someone better? Can it prevent a war, or protect Third World children from prostitution?…

I don’ t think so. The most of the so-called “social art” is superficial and snobby.Sometimes artists are asked to do too much. Mend the world!? I just want to make my little piece of universe a bit more beautiful.

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“Red in my paintings is actually a metaphor of heaven and of the transcendental.”

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(Chicago Jazz Festival, Aug. 29-Sept. 1)

Some histories of jazz still cling to the romantic notion that jazz came north to Chica-go on Mississippi riverboats after the closing of New Orleans’ Storyville district in 1917. It makes a nice story, but the reality is a lot grittier. Jazz came straight to Chicago’s 12th Street station via the Illinois Central Railroad, 200 miles east of where riverboats docked on the river. Part of a mass movement of African Americans from South to North -- what came to be called “The Great Migration” -- jazz musicians came north for the same rea-sons that other people did : failing crops and discrimination in the South; WWI demand for workers in Chicago factory jobs, paying decent money; and ads in the Chicago De-fender holding out the hope of a better life up North.

Between about 1916 and the end of the 1920’s, at least 75,000 Southern immigrants arrived on the South Side of Chicago -- including musicians. The newcomers immedi-

ately became part of an already flourishing African-American community on Chicago’s South Side, the economic and entertainment district of which was known as “The Stroll.” It was the prospect of work in a community that could afford to pay to have a good time that drew musicians to Chicago, where they as-sembled in an unprecedented critical mass of jazz talent. >

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Chicago’s Top 5 Jazz Clubs

Chicago boasted major musical talent and famous venues well before Storyville closed; sheet music featuring the Pekin Theater at 2700 South State dates from 1904.

According to the Chicago Defender, Vendome Orchestra leader Erskine Tate played his first violin recital in Chicago in 1910; Wilbur Sweatman was in Chicago playing clarinet in 1906; and Jelly Roll Morton led the band at the Richelieu starting in 1914 and also appeared at the DeLuxe and Elite #2 Cafes during 1914-15. Various New Orleans musicians had already been north before 1917; Tom Brown’s band in 1915 is widely regarded as the first band to come north.

By the time Freddie Keppard, Sidney Bechet, Lee Collins, King Oliver, and other New Orleans musicians arrived in 1918 to rub musical shoulders with the local talent, the classic New Orle-ans style had already begun to change in deference to local tastes. Chicago venue owners, patrons, and musicians expected hard-driving, uptempo playing, and they expected elegant-ly turned out musicians in sophisticated surroundings—places like the Grand and Vendome

Theaters, the Dreamland Ballroom, and clubs with posh names like Royal Gardens, Alvadere, Panama, and Sunset Cafe.

The rich musical scene on The Stroll inspired musi-cians from all over town; it was not unusual for white musicians to head to the Stroll after their North side gigs to see what they could pick up. Among those appearing regularly for “music lessons” in South Side clubs were Jimmy McPartland, Bud Freeman, Frank Teschemacher, Dave Tough, Gene Krupa, Muggsy Spanier, and Eddie Condon, who would collectively be credited with the creation of the “Chicago” jazz style of the 20’s.

Andy’s Jazz ClubOne of Chicago’s best-known and most re-spected Jazz establishments, historic Andy’s offers casual dinning and live jazz. (11 East Hubbard St. 312.642.6805)

Green MillAl Capone and other gangsters used to hang here in the 1920s, but these days it’s all about the music. (4802 N Broadway. 773.878.5552)

Jazz ShowcaseLong heralded as Chicago’s leading jazz venue, the venerable club has been forced to relocate more than once since its inception in 1947... (806 S Plymouth Ct. 312.360.0234)

Katerina’sDen mother Katerina supports local jazz and world music like few others. Inside her cozy venue, you can catch Gypsy violinist Alfonso Ponticelli, jazz chanteuse Grazyna Auguscik and and Brazilian guitarist Paulinho Garcia. (1920 W Irving Park Rd. 773.348.7592)

Velvet LoungeRun by veteran saxophonist Fred Anderson (an AACM forerunner himself), the club con-centrates on free jazz, with high-caliber guests such as Henry Grimes and former Chicagoan Matana Roberts joining the locals. (67 E. Cer-mak Rd. 312.794.5904)

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C&Cconnecting communities & charities

A native of Apple Valley, California, Julie Murray’s family moved to Las Vegas when she was just six years old. In a city that has become famous for its transiency, that more than qualifies her as a lifelong resident. She counts her parents and grandparents as her earliest and most strident mentors. It was through them that she first got the hunger to improve the world around her. She quickly learned that she was good at it, and that she could inspire people and rally them to come together.

One of her earliest endeavors was the I Have A Dream Foundation, which “adopted” 55 at risk children and “committed to stay involved in their development through high school and beyond.” Over $225,000 was secured annually by the efforts of Murray and her team. The program has also seen an 83 percent graduation rate—three times higher than their peers. It has been lauded as one of the most successful K-12 education models in the country.

Moonridge Foundation, a consulting firm that partners charitable organizations with philanthropic donors in order to “get the biggest impact for their philanthropic giving.” Murray understands that to be truly effective, a charity doesn’t just need money or volunteers, but a passionate partnership between those who do the daily work of change and those capable of funding it. Murray even went so far as to suggest that if philanthropists begin to look at their giving as an investment, the rewards will be greater with a monetary outlay that will have a more positive impact on their communities.

That is what it is truly all about. If a sense of community can be built where we all feel like we are home then we may all find ourselves inspired. “It has been difficult in Vegas to build a culture of community,” Murray says. There are few longtime residents, and many people come and go without ever really calling Vegas home. If those who simply live here can come to call it home then the first step toward improving not only our city, but also our country and our world, will have been taken and our world will have been taken.

With the Moonridge Group, Julie Murray hopes to create new ways to connect and engage philanthropists to help solve the biggest social ills this country has. “Healthcare and education are the two biggest social problems we face today,” Murray told me.

“If you can give people the means to feed themselves and help keep them healthy, especially at an early age, then the problem of hunger and crime will be reduced.”

What makes her so good at her job is her deep understanding of the interconnectedness of all people. When children are hungry, lack medical care and have no access to education it damages not only the child, but also all of those around them. She is passionate about helping to create systems that will ensure that these problems disappear one small, inspired step at a time.

“Just do one thing,” Murray tells me. “Whether it is volunteering an hour to feed the hungry or a million dollars to help build a school, we are all capable of inspiring others.”

MOONRIDGE GROUP’S JULIE MURRAY

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“And as I sat there brooding on the old, unknown world, I thought of Gatsby’s wonder when he first

picked out the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock. He had come a long way to this blue lawn,

and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that

it was already behind him, somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city, where the dark

fields of the republic rolled on under the night.

Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us.

It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . .

And one fine morning—

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

~ F. Scott Fitzgerald~ The Great Gatsby

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ContentLeslie Frisbee (editor)Chris Carney (associate editor)Marissa Finetti (fashion & beauty editor)Matt Keleman (feautres editor)Jim Begley (food & spirits editor)Michele Quinn (art editor)

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