If there is a single summer home that effectively serves as a monument to the Gilded Age, that home is The Breakers. The term was first coined by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner in their book The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today in an effort to mock the ostentatious display of wealth by playing on the term “golden age.” Such rapid accumulation of wealth will likely never be witnessed again as the personal fortunes of the 1870s and 1880s were not subject to an income tax.
We recently toured this breath-taking relic of a by-gone era while in Newport for a stint. The great hall immediately swallows you in a sea of disbelief...
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J.McLaughlin churns out preppy, playful attire ideal for a clam bake or a weekend in East Hampton. It's an aesthetic akin to a more mature take on J.Crew. "It's the Hamptons with a sense of humor, New Canaan with nerve, and Palm Beach with passion," says design director Kevin McLaughlin whom we sat down with recently. "It is all about tradition with a twist." The McLaughlin brothers have been twisting classic American sportswear for 33 years now...
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Jean René Lacoste was famous not only for his considerate achievements on the court, but off. The Frenchman found traditional tennis attire too bulky, stiff, and completely uncomfortable for the court. He embarked on a mission to create the ideal shirt for the game in white loosely knit piqué cotton. Ironically, the true brilliance was the small, green smiling alligator stitched on the left breast. What began as a joke from a ridiculous nickname* would soon become one of the world’s most recognized prep fashion logos of all time...
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