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The Classicist: Gypsy + Jet Set = Gypset

Filed under: Apparel, Decor, Art, Books, The Classicist, Wealth


Julia Chaplin, a chic, talented New York–based writer and editor who covers contemporary art, fashion, design, lifestyle, and travel, has identified a new substrata of international society: the Gypset. In her new book Gypset Style, due out soon from Assouline and available for pre-order on Amazon, she presents a super-stylish Baedeker to those who "fuse the wild and unconventional ethos of a gypsy with the sophistication and speed of the jet set."

Most of them are exceptionally good-looking and have money, of course, but even those with obscene amounts of the stuff are anything but ostentatious. Most are also relatively unknown, but numbered among their ranks are the likes of designer and "daughter of Mick" Jade Jagger, British fashion designer Alice Temperley, and even bad boy Brit artist Damien Hirst and his partner, Californian surfer / designer Maia Norman, who make it by virtue of their houseboat moored on the Thames in London.

Chaplin coined the term "Gypset" to refer to "an international community of artists, designers, surfers, and bon vivants who live and work around the globe." The 21st century's Bright Young Things, if you will. Gypset Style explores the "unconventional lives of these high-low cultural nomads and the bohemian enclaves they inhabit, as well as their counterculture forebears, including the Victorian explorers, the Lost Generation, beatniks, and hippies."

Gallery: Gypset Style

Back coverModel in Gypsy-inspired garb from French Elle, 1970.The Mignot Sisters, Sayulita, Mexico.Mignot Sisters rooftop, MexicoTreehouse in Kenya (back cover detail)

Temperley Joins The Champagne Handbag Crowd

Filed under: Handbags, Wine

Here comes yet another way to tote around the Moet. This time the Champagne company has commissioned designer Alice Temperley to create a Moet & Chandon picnic bag. Temperley's bag is a metallic canvas carryall with a detachable champagne carrier. The bag will cost around £950 and be available at Temperley London stores from September 1 on.

Other designer and champagne collaborations include:
Daisy de Villeneuve Moet & Chandon Picnic Tote
Karim Rashid Veuve Clicqot Love Seat
Andree Putnam Vueve Clicqot Box
Pucci Veuve Clicquot Bag

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