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Photography: Ben Fitchett, Veronique Mati

Southern belle

RÉSIDENCE DE LA PINÈDE, SAINT-TROPEZ

A favourite of Saint-Tropez’s jet set since

opening in 1936, Résidence de la Pinède,

now under LVMH management, has just

emerged from a makeover by architect Jean-

Michel Wilmotte. Original Provençal-style

balustrades and the spruced-up peaches-

and-cream exterior are in perfect sync with

the midcentury ceramics and works of art

by Vallauris artist Roger Capron. Seaview

rooms mirror their setting in a medley of

sandy beige and cobalt blue, while dinner

is served under the windswept pines at

three-Michelin-starred restaurant La Vague

d’Or, which dishes out deconstructed

modern French cuisine. Lanie Goodman

Plage de la Bouillabaisse, tel: 33.4 94 55 91 00,

residencepinede.com. Rates: from €500

Private affair

63 WALL STREET SPEAKEASY, NEW YORK

One hidden attraction of residential

tower 63 Wall Street is that it comes with

its own speakeasy, available to residents

only. Located in the former 1920s HQ of

private bank Brown Brothers Harriman,

this bijou Manhattan nook has been

deftly converted by Brooklyn studio The

Design High, who blended contemporary

touches, such as velvet banquette seats

and a customised brass mesh and marble

bar, with an original green marble fireplace,

wood panelled walls, herringbone floors

and chandeliers. A minimal cocktail menu

is headlined by a Moscow Mule and a

Negroni spiked with mescal. Daven Wu

63 Wall Street, tel: 1.855 503 5658, 63wallstreet.com

BAR STAR

The residents-only

speakeasy at 63 Wall

Street (left) in New York

honours the building’s

1920s heritage

SEA CHANGE

Suites at Saint-Tropez’s

Résidence de la Pinède

(below) feature a

palette of sandy beige

and cobalt blue

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