Frances Rivera
ANCHOR AT 7NEWS
For: defining professional on set, and
edgy and incredible off.
Jeet Singh
SINGER
For: dazzling rhinestone-studded
scorpion cashmere sweaters from
Paris.
Hiroko Takeshita
OWNER OF HANAYA FLORAL
For: somehow managing to define cute
and chic simultaneously.
Ellie Vee
SINGER/GUITARIST OF THE
CHARMS
For: dizzying multicolored leather
jackets. ’Nuff said.
Doc Rivers
CELTICS COACH
For: his incredible hand-cut shirts and
suits.
Brittney Rothweiler
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BUYER
AT THE TANNERY
For: her blend of sass and no-nonsense
— via killer knits and sleek footwear.
Jonathan Soroff
COLUMNIST AT THE
“IMPROPER BOSTONIAN”
For: dapper, high-voltage suits that
stand out in any crowd.
Brelyn Spindel
JEWELRY DESIGNER
For: her 20-something, floppy-hat boho
flair.
Denise Teti
BUSINESS MANAGER OF
DANIELA CORTE
For: serving as a poster child for
flattering cuts and flawless tailoring.
Jeff Taylor
FOUNDER OF MONSTER.COM
AND MEETCHA.COM
For: whipping the job and dating
scenes (respectively) into shape in
snappy, understated designer gear.
Julian Wadsworth
DJ
For: epitomizing all that is good and
right about streetwear.
AJ Williams
EVENT PLANNER
For: her laid-back elegance and poise.
Lydia Santangelo
OWNER AND FOUNDER OF
TESSTYLIST
For: turning heads in suburbia with
cool, strategically tattered pieces.
Chris Stirling
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF
“CHRONICLE”
For: a rainbow of ties, and real know-how about which to put on at exactly
the right time.
Cedric Tonello
DIRECTOR OF CARTIER
BOUTIQUE
For: showing us how to make perfect
tailoring seem nonchalant.
Doris Yaffe
NONPROFIT CONSULTANT
For: a fearless love (and knowledge) of
color. And the personality to pull it off.
Mario Seiler
GUEST RELATIONS MANAGER
AT THE MANDARIN ORIENTAL
For: embracing color and patterns and
the chicest cuff links out there. PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOEL BENJAMIN; HAIR BY DEREK YUEN OF JAMES JOSEPH SALON; MAKEUP BY TAVI DE LA ROSA;
STYLING BY MARCI DUARTE. OUTFITS ARE ALL MODELS’ OWN EXCEPT FOR THE FOLLOWING: ON JEFF: LEATHER BELT, $18; BELT
BUCKLE WITH AMERICAN EAGLE, $28; BOTH UNIFORM, 511 TREMONT ST., BOSTON, 617-247-2360. ON AUSTYN: FIONA PAXTON
GUNMETAL NECKLACE, $300, SAKS FIFTH AVENUE, THE SHOPS AT THE PRUDENTIAL CENTER, 800 BOYLSTON ST., BOSTON, 617-262-
8500. PRISM BANGLES, $59, CLUB MONACO, THE SHOPS AT THE PRUDENTIAL CENTER, 800 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON, 617-262-
2658. ON DANTE: BRACELET BUCKLE WITH LOOP AND RING, $18, HOOTENANNY, 36 JFK ST., CAMBRIDGE, 617-864-6623. LEATHER
BELT, $18; BELT BUCKLE WITH SILVER GRIFFIN, $28; BOTH UNIFORM, 511 TREMONT ST., BOSTON, 617-247-2360. ON DANIELA: AQUA
NECKLACE, $98 EACH, BLOOMINGDALE’S, THE MALL AT CHESTNUT HILL, 225 BOYLSTON ST., CHESTNUT HILL, 617-630-6000. ON
RANDY: OKUTANI SKULL SCARF, $14.99, HOOTENANNY, 36 JFK ST., CAMBRIDGE, 617-864-6623. SCOTT KAY SILVER SKULL BRACELET,
$1,375, SAKS FIFTH AVENUE, THE SHOPS AT THE PRUDENTIAL CENTER, 800 BOYLSTON ST., BOSTON, 617-262-8500. CHEAP MONDAY TEE, $39, UNIFORM, 511 TREMONT ST., BOSTON, 617-247-2360. ON RICARDO: JOHN HARDY NECKLACE, $395, SAKS FIFTH AVENUE, THE SHOPS AT THE PRUDENTIAL CENTER, 800 BOYLSTON ST., BOSTON, 617-262-8500. AQUA BRACELETS, $28 EACH, BLOOMINGDALE’S, THE MALL AT CHESTNUT HILL, 225 BOYLSTON ST., CHESTNUT HILL, 617-630-6000. ON CRISTINA: CHAMAK BY PRIYA
KAKKAR NECKLACE, $125, BLOOMINGDALE’S, THE MALL AT CHESTNUT HILL, 225 BOYLSTON ST., CHESTNUT HILL, 617-630-6000.
Leslie Shupe
OWNER OF SERENELLA
BOUTIQUE
For: her astute eye for high-quality
investment pieces.
THE FASHIONABLE LIFE IDINING
The Next Small Thing
Somebody stop Todd English, whisper the naysay- ers. He’s the culinary answer to Genghis Khan: an unstoppable conqueror too busy plotting his next restaurant conquest to much bother with tending to his last. Alas, much of that sentiment shadows — if not precisely mirrors — the gossip columns’ squalid obsession with his personal life rather than his professional one. But somewhere along the line, those obsessed
forgot about the food that he and his generals still manage to create:
gutsy, big-flavored, and thoroughly addictive dishes. They’ve ignored
how good he’s become at creating restaurants that actually work. And
they’ve neglected one very real possibility: That he might just fall for a
particular place, and spend as much time there as possible, making the
food as downright excellent as possible. That place, it would seem, is The
Summer House.
Understandably so. A cluster of hobbit-size cottages (renovated 18th-
century fisherman’s shacks) in Nantucket’s sleepy Siasconset, The Summer House is an antidote to the island’s clogged downtown. It’s quiet,
but still buzzes with global luminaries. (Around here, Katie Couric and
Candace Bushnell sightings are just another day at the beach.) It’s unpretentious, but unpretentiously stylish. (The beachside pool’s a stage for as
many Vuitton maillots as flip-flops.) Meanwhile, it just so happens to be
one of those kinds of places that English often alights to in his personal
time. And the beneficiaries, without question, are those who dine in the
seaside-chic restaurant he’s taken over here.
After partnering with the property’s owners, Boston lawyer Danielle
deBenedictis, real estate developer Peter Karlson, and their son, Christopher Karlson, English is yielding dishes that riff on his greatest hits,
but spins them with a singular love for the island. To wit: His well-documented way with tuna tartare (years ago, he was one of the first to showcase it at Olives) shows up in the tuna martini, which sings of freshness
over a silky, salty seaweed salad — all of it doused with crunchy fried
wontons. Ditto the wild striper — also reminiscent of earlier menus, but
this time hooked to fresh-as-can-be roasted beets, lentils, and a carefully
balanced blood orange sauce.
The upshot? English’s well-oiled restaurant know-how, but this time
rolled out in a highly personal, family-run setting. All in all, it’s the kind
of experience that transports you to a place that’s as new as it is familiar
— and that holds you solidly in the moment, until most all other ports of
conquest recede. — ALEXANDRA HALL
THE HOTTEST TABLES ON THE CAPE AND THE ISLANDS ARE FAR FROM THE MADDENING CROWD
PHOTO BY MELISSA MAHONE Y
I THE SUMMER HOUSE, 17 OCEAN AVE., SIASCONSET, NANTUCKET, 508-257-4577
