28 SEPTEMBER 2019 | TOWNANDCOUNTRYMAG.COM
DON^PENNY/STUDIOD(SHOE)FEATURES
102 BOURGEOIS?
MOI?
The dress codes of
the idle rich dom-
inated the fall
collections. But before you say “bour-
geoisie,” here’s how to use it correctly
in a sentence. BY CAROLINE WEBER108 THE GUEST LIST
The 102 people who
will be invited to
every party this sea-
son—and a few who
probably won’t.THE VISIT
A young couple
descend on a legend-
ary enclave, wardrobe
trunks overflowing
with mysterious dark florals. People
are talking. They should be.122 FRIENDS
WITH MONEY
How Ralph Rucci,
the only living Amer-
ican haute couturier,
became a cautionary tale for art and
fashion. BY JESSICA IREDALE126 THE HAUNTING
OF PARIS
A familiar name, a
recovered painting,
that street in Paris:
Who was Georges
Mandel and what does his murder
75 years ago have to do with France
today? BY JAMES MCAULEY130 HOUSE MUSIC
In the early ’60s
jazz great Dave
Brubeck and his
wife packed up
and moved from California to Con-
necticut, where they built a modern-
ist masterpiece out of steel and
stone. Fifty years later it hasn’t
missed a beat. BY WENDY GOODMANIT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD...
Or is it? In a land of fairytale
castles, garden parties, and duck
hunts, royal rumors have cast
a dark shadow. BY SIMON USBORNE140 ARE YOU
SEEING THINGS?
The designer of a major
new jewelry collec-
tion wants it that way.
BY STELLENE VOLANDES146 THE DECADENCE
OF DISCIPLINE
How the meditation
retreat became the new
private villa, and spiritual
snobs our ruling class. BY MIKE ALBODEPARTMENTS
SOCIAL NETWORK
53 MODERN
DILEMMAS
Celebrity deaths
have turned
Instagram into
the Wailing Wall. How to mourn
socially, with dignity.58 WEDDINGS
The high and low charm of a
Wisconsin wedding weekend.63 THE T&C 10
114
EDITOR’S LETTER.......... 38
CONTRIBUTORS........... 48
STARS & SIGNS.......... 100
SOURCEBOOK............ 154
INVALUABLE............. 156ESTABLISHED 1846
136
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“bourgeois style”
(page 102)? A pair
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