12 new york | march 16–29, 2020
PHOTOGRAPH: COURTESY OF DE LESSEPS63 minutes with ...
Luann de Lesseps
Decamping upstate with the Real Housewife
of the Hudson Valley.
by molly fitzpatrickintelligencerO
n an ancient leather couch
tucked in the back of Rough
Draft, a cozy bookstore and
café in Kingston, New York,
Luann de Lesseps is country-
house chic in a white puffy vest with a fur-
trimmed hood over a gray sweater and
nary a statement necklace (her signature)
in sight. There is something unaccount-
ably regal about her, though maybe that’sjust good posture. A fixture of The Real
Housewives of New York City since its
debut in 2008, she’s a red giant in Bravo’s
galaxy of reality-TV stars. That’s no small
achievement: The network currently airs
seven Real Housewives series, fuels a cot-
tage industry of “Bravolebrity”-branded
products (Vanderpump rosé from Bev-
erly Hills, SparkleDog pink dog food
from Dallas), and welcomed thousandsTRANSMITTED
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PHOTOGRAPH: COURTESY OF DE LESSEPS63 minuteswith...Luann de LessepsDecampingupstatewiththeRealHousewife
of theHudsonValley.
bymollyfitzpatrickintelligencer
n an ancient leather couch
tucked in the back of Rough
Draft, a cozy bookstore and
café in Kingston, New York,
Luann de Le ntry-
house chic in a white pu a fur-
trimmed hood over a gray sweater and
nary a statement necklace (her signature)
in sight. There is something unaccount-
ably regal about her, though maybe that’sjust good posture. A fixture of The Real
Housewives of New York City since its
debut in 2008, she’s a red giant in Bravo’s
galaxy of reality-TV stars. That’s no small
achievement: The network currently airs
seven Real Housewives series, fuels a cot-
tage industry of “Bravolebrity”-branded
products (Vanderpump rosé from Bev-
erly Hills, SparkleDog pink dog food
from Dallas), and welcomed thousands