“This house signifies the next chapter of my life—as an adult, a woman, and a performer. I was able to pour all of who I am into making this place.” —Mandy Moore
It seems fitting that we ring in the Fourth of July and this high-summer double issue of AD with a feature on a resuscitated and refreshed Pasadena house that our Mayer Rus aptly describes as “a declaration of independence.” Cover star Mandy Moore , a onetime teen idol, bought a “starter house” in 2002 at the tender age of 18 and admits that “it never felt wholly mine. . . . I never felt secure enough to bring a lot of people there.” Sixteen years later, Moore has a hit television show ( This Is Us ), a fiancé, and a spectacular new “old” place to live. A carefully selected team of pros helped her achieve, at last, a home she’s proud to call her own.
Mandy Moore’s pasadena Pool.
In addition to Moore’s sunny, can-do spirit, the issue positively brims with American optimism. Three wildly different houses—a beachy modernist getaway for a young family on Shelter Island, a deluxe estate in Southampton that wears its erudite design ever so lightly, and esteemed L.A. architect Ron Radziner’s ultracool creation for his own family—were all built from the ground up.
A young family enjoys a Shelter Island summer.
Painted floors in an 1800 Hudson Valley farmhouse.
Also quintessentially American: Calvin Klein . The brand’s venerable home collection was once a minimalist nirvana of sleek glassware and oatmeal-hued towels, but under Belgian creative director Raf Simons, its new look is a riot of color and a frank celebration of team USA. Feast your eyes on our exclusive photos of bright wool Pendleton blankets and pillows (made in Oregon and Washington), vivid Fiesta dinnerware (made in West Virginia) emblazoned with Andy Warhol images, and the pièce de résistance, Gaetano Pesce’s Feltri armchairs upholstered with vintage quilts selected by Simons himself. Having made a big splash last month at Design Miami/Basel, the chairs are destined to become design-world trophies and the “new classics” of Calvin Klein.
Feltri armchairs by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina, upholstered in vintage quilts selected by Raf Simons for the newest Calvin Klein home collection.
—AMY ASTLEY, Editor in Chief
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