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Fa s h i o n One Month… and Counting Tent dresses and elastic waistbands get the job done, but sartorially, you deserve more. Ariane Goldman’s newly launched maternity collection, Hatch , goes even a step further by offering versatile basics meant to be worn before, during and after pregnancy. Goldman’s sexy cutout dresses, chic button-downs and Japanese-cotton wraps and capes have sent mommy—and fashion—bloggers swooning. Scholarly EXCURSIONS Skip the slopes this year and go somewhere you’ ll actually remember. Before you confi rm the cabin for the annual getaway, consider a destination slightly off the beaten path. Soane Travels —named for the infl uential English architect of the 18th and early 19th centuries—has a roster of trips that Soane himself would surely book. In January they’re off to Cuba for “An Insider’s View of Architecture and the Arts,” where a handful of distinguished experts will show you the most extraordinary sights on the island. In September 2012, they’re heading to North Wales and the English counties of Shropshire and Staff ordshire to explore the most gorgeous houses in Britain. So while everyone else is skiing the same old slopes, you’ll be a world away. soanetravels.com Your stately manor awaits. FUr n i t Ur e de s ig n Although it’s only just launched, the website Dering Hall is being hailed in the interior-design world as the 1stdibs. com of contemporary (not vintage) furniture. Scan dozens of designers and hundreds of lamps, sofas, chairs and tables from the world’s best artisans. deringhall.com w ine BAUGh DOWN In 1975, modern-design great Milo Baughman created the ultimate thinking man’s chair: the T-Back . It borrows a little from an offi ce chair, with the connecting T stem, but doesn’t feel clinical or literal—we imagine John Currin lounging in one before painting his wife as a wide-eyed nymphet doing something lewd. With oversight from Thayer Coggin—the exclusive manufac-turer of Baughman’s work—DWR has brought the lounge chair back into production, utilizing polished steel and Chesterfi eld leather upholstery. It’s at once comfortable, minimal and never over-designed. $3,500. DWR, 110 Greene St., 212.475.5331 SIP, SNIFF and SWALLOW Matt Franco’s Greenwich Village shop MCF Rare Wine is fi lled with 100 or so hand-selected bottles, from a $9 Vylyan Zweigelt Villany to a $549 red-label Riserva by Giacosa, an oft-forgotten vintage for which collectors go gaga. But if you simply need a hearty red for that steak au poivre you just whipped up, he’s got that too. 237 W. 13th St., 212.25.8870 soane travels by david brown Jan/Feb 2012 | | 97
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