My Favorite Things

“My ego wouldn’t allow me to not include a pair of velvet slippers from my collaboration with Stubbs & Wootton, which was all inspired by my favorite elements of hotel living—including the club sandwich!”

“And in my endless quest to replicate hotel living at home, I turned to Hill House for this plush, piped bathrobe.”

“This was originally a splurge item, since it looks like any other navy turtleneck, but it’s quickly become an essential layering piece. I don’t travel without it.”

“I spent my first three years in Manhattan hitting the pavement as a party columnist for a newspaper, and got burnt out on regular black-tie. I like to spice it up with outlandish options, like this silk robe from New & Lingwood, which gives new meaning to ‘peacocking.’”

“I had a bunch of white shirts made, very affordably, the last time I was in Hong Kong. I like—and by ‘like’ I mean ‘refuse to wear any shirts without’—an oversized Oxford collar. This Thom Browne iteration is an elevated take on that … not to mention I’d join a cult if Browne started one.”

“I’m lucky to visit Montana every so often, and I try to steal inspiration from the homes out there for my apartment, to avoid falling in the ‘midcentury metropolitan’ trap that seems to plague Manhattan.”

“A favorite wedding gift to break the tired tradition of giving servingware and salad bowls.”

“I can always rationalize a new pair of sunglasses due to the fact that I can’t grow out of them, and they last a lifetime … provided I don’t lose them in a cab.”

“I have at least 20 pairs of these boxer briefs. Supersoft, with just enough stretch.”

“Italian summer is coming.”