Queen Latifah is looking resplendent in a multicolored striped halter dress and pink sunglasses. She seems relaxed. Western Europe has been suffering under a severe heat wave over the last week, but here in the tiny village of Grimaud, near St. Tropez, it’s balmy.
Everyone at this party at Le Beauvallon, a private luxury estate built in 1911, is wearing something splashily colorful—the invitation called for “kaleidoscopic cocktail,” in keeping with tonight’s theme. It’s an “Evening of Discovery” hosted by the Aurora Institute, a new charity devoted to “improving global mental health.”
