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Tese “dandified Southerners-in-exile” took sartorial matters into their own hands when they couldn’t find the style supplements to fit their ideal. Starting with a line

of ties and pocket squares, dapper designers Lukas Smith (left) and Scott Permar (right) are launching a major accessories collection chockablock with bags, tie bars, cuff links, hats and shoes. Te 2011 spring tie collection will be blooming with floral prints, seersucker and a light, bright color palette. In stores in NYC and online, the Bloomingdale neighborhood-based brand hopes to nab a DC retailer soon, too.

The New CrewTe guys behind Derringer Friday don’t like to separate work from play.

A new decade can redefine an entire city. what’s hip, hot and now for 2011? we track

down the best ideas, designs, trendsetters, tipples and bites for the year to come

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a style statement like Couture Saboteur. Each

design is individually created on a form and purposely positioned for

maximum eT ect.

fINe LINeS “fi ink global, act local”

just got even more stylish. raid your closet for an old jean jacket and a fab scarf (perhaps grandma’s heirloom hermès), and send it over to Good Jeans Co. for a major mash-up. former Pr exec Kate fralin launched the couture biz after lining her own jackets with aplomb.

“sales are up and leases are stIll retaIl-frIendly, whIch makes 2011 great for expandIng boutIQues lIke mIne.”

–kassie ReMPel, owneR of siMPly soles, with locations at national haRboR and GeoRGetown PaRk

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As if we needed another reason to hit up Tysons Galleria— now we have three! Bountiful boutiques by Elie Tahari, Vineyard Vines and Louis

Vuitton will be opening their doors inside the ever-expanding mall throughout the spring. ABouT TowN

while sorting through urban

options, new-to-DC designer

Celia Reyer fell for the District. why?

“with the city’s history and international

culture, my aesthetic will thrive.” As will

her clientele—her gorgeous gowns are

perfect for DC’s gala-goers.

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It’s one of Oprah’s favorite things for 2011, and it will be yours, too! After working in DC politics for years, Rochelle Behrens could never ff nd a blouse without a gape. So she made it! her line of shirts, featuring a patented double-button, comes in four fashion-savvy, suit-ready styles, each crafted in cool stretch-cotton and available in black, white and color.

MuST Go Born to a Barbadian dad and Trinidadian mom, Dana

Ayanna Greaves infuses her paper jewelry and silk dresses with her multicultural background, all available at her new boutique in Chevy Chase.

uNZIPPeDSaks Jandel loves reality Tv. After hosting Christian Siriano and his capsule collection last year, the Chevy Chase boutique brought Isaac Mizrahi and his spring line to DC exclusively.

MULTI-FACETED Locally based Couture Sabatour will make its mark on 2011 with launches for its spring line. 01 Custom bronze and gold tone leather cuff

with resin crystals, $375. 02 Gunmetal spheres and blank link necklace with chains, $300. 03 Bronze serpent collar with multi-chain drop, $650. 04

Jumbo ebonized studded wood cuff, $250.

MuST Seewe’re watching WaPo’s Style section shape up after losing much of its aesthetic team with the departure of fashion editor robin Givhan (to � e Daily Beast) and critic Blake Gopnik in December.

fArr froM heAveNfriendship heights just got friendlier to chic, niche brands at Julia

Farr. halston heritage, Tibi and Milly rate at this lawyer’s new boutique.

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Te BoLD and the BeAuTIfuLfirst staged at the Miami-

based rubell family Collection, the landmark exhibition 30 Americans is being contextualized for the Corcoran Gallery of Art this october, featuring the most infiuential African-American artists of the last three decades. Look for eye-popping works from Jean-Michel Basquiat, David hammons and performance artist Nick Cave. DC’s Iona rozeal Brown steals the show with Sacriffce (above).

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to preservation with Second Lives: �e Age-Old Art of

Recycling Textiles. fie exhibition features 18 works that

demonstrate how textiles can be artfully repurposed, with each

use gaining another layer of meaning and cultural importance.

“I’m lookIng forward to seeIng brave, bold shows In 2011—works that

challenge patrons and shake thIngs up a bIt.”

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Musicians Andrew Bucket and Lex Paulson love to rock onstage, but think the internal life is worth examining, too. So they dreamed up �e Folly, DC’s new print literary journal. An all-star editorial board and inspired submissions from DCites will stretch your intellect while running the gamut of lit: expect poetry, satire, literary criticism, loquacious musings and even some wild art showcases around town.

ouTSIDer ArTfie Studio Gallery in Dupont

Circle opens �e Magic of the

Melting Pot: Immigration in America

this month, showcasing a set of visionary

works inspired and inffuenced by the

non-native experience from artists

around the globe—and closer to home.

SMooTh MoveSfie South Asian folk dance

Bhangra has be come a bright

international phenomenon. on feb. 11,

the sensation hits DC in the second-

annual Elite 8 Bhangra Invitational, a

hot competition at the warner fieatre.

exTrA! exTrA!fie flrst show dedicated to Andy warhol’s tabloid mania débuts at the National

Gallery of Art this fall, with 80 works of sensationalism.

TrIPLe ThreAT fie Washington Ballet rocks into the new year with its rollicking February program, featuring Christopher Bruce’s Rooster, set to hits by the Rolling Stones; Trey McIntyre’s High Lonesome, choreographed to Beck tracks; and an electrifying world premiere by Artistic Director Septime Webre.

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Hometown boy canvases the city

with what just may be too cool for the color school.

DC-born-and-bred Chris Martin opens his flrst solo show at the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s NOW Contemporary Art Program on June 18. ever ecstatic and chromatic, Martin will install three original 40-foot-high paintings in a site-speciflc installation in the museum’s atrium, where the artist’s bold—and, let’s face it, trippy—paintings will give a fltting nod to the sculptures in the same light-fllled space. Martin’s Isaac Hayes (above) radiates shafts of vivid color.

wILD ThINGS!

“fie great international festivals produced by the Kennedy Center are one factor in making the DC cultural landscape unique,” says National Symphony orchestra Maestro Christoph eschenbach. “fiis year, the NSo will perform in maximum INDIA, giving us the great opportunity to experience this culturally rich part of the world.”

To The MAx! fie Kennedy Center’s maximum INDIA festival.

DISTrICT uNITeDSam Gilliam’s audacious project comes to life this month in the Kreeger Museum’s In Unison: 20 Washington, DC Artists, where a ffock of the District’s flnest creatives show oT their skills in a variety of mediums. It’s a chance to see local works in a uniquely local landmark space.

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The Real DeALerA candle from her high-

end interior accessories company, Blissliving Home, was a white house gift in 2010. Now, she’s turned her sights on another reigning couple with the launch of her London collection—just in time for the royal wedding. Picture applique pillows with red telephone booths and sheets bedecked with the city’s skyscape. while no one can say whether Prince william—or his betrothed—will rest his royal head on xu’s luxe wares, her diplomatic style is T t for a king.

Design-savvy Mei Xu knows how to engage even the most powerful senses.

the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial is on schedule to open this August with a star-studded landmark dedication. Generous landscaping near the Tidal Basin fi anks the heroic structure, which will be the T rst memorial to honor an African American on the National Mall.

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Moshe Safdie’s United States Institute of Peace, a Modernist

expression of bended glass and bold diplomatic ambitions. Te

uSIP, expected to achieve LeeD Silver status, will consist of

three distinct sections, connected with atriums and an undulating

roof of steel and white glass, swooping near the Potomac river.

CeNTer STAGe If you think design

competitions are hard, imagine facing ofi against 15 DC

ffrms to win the task of creating a building about design. hickok

Cole Architects did just that, and were awarded the job of erecting

the District Architecture Center, set to break ground in March.

Te ffrm’s design connects with the city through broad glass walls.

The STYLe hoT SPoT

Just in time for spring, hipsters

house-wares giant CB2 will open

its accessories-fflled showroom in

Georgetown. with a huge expanse

of street-side display space for

the 12,875-square-foot post, the

cutting-edge, contempo shop is set

to become the city’s go-to for chic,

inexpensive essentials.

ShowING off!what’s Kelley Proxmire’s secret? Tis

interiors guru and real estate problem-

solver ffxes up long-for-sale houses, which

are snapped up within weeks. She’s a go-

to among ffrms such as Gibson Builders

and washington fine Properties.

MuSeuM MAJor Te National Park Service is busy rehabbing Te Petersen

House, the site of Lincoln’s death. Slated to re-open this spring with a repaired façade and refurbished interiors, the historic space will resume its invaluable post alongside ford’s Teatre and Museum.

LITTLe APPLe?Te design-savvy stars at hickok Cole Architects are spearheading their best project yet: New York

University’s 75,000-square-foot building on L Street, Nw, slated to open in 2012. Te ultra-mod space encases oflces, classrooms and a 200-seat auditorium.

SuPerIor INTerIorAnn Blackwell’s Well Built, one of DC’s top design shops, brings Keeping It Close on Jan. 20, 6-8PM, a panel discussion by area designers promoting local goods and eco-friendly building and design.

NeT Zerofor this fall’s Solar Decathlon, Parsons Te New School for Design’s carbon- neutral home will be built in Deanwood and sold via a no-interest loan. Te project is a collaboration between habitat for humanity and DC’s Department of housing and Community Development. Te home’s energy use is one-tenth of its neighbors.

“washIngton fosters opportunItIes to create great new buIldIngs and landscaped envIronments that

can be contextual, human-scaled, transparent and sustaInable statements of the 21st century.”

–daniel J. cinelli faia, ManaGinG PRinciPal, PeRkins eastMan

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The Bar rAISerSsays Michael romeo, whose Dirty Martini is the Trst full-fiedged

restaurant of his nightlife ventures. he could’ve fooled us, upping his game with his latest venture. Aesthetes will swoon over its soaring ceilings and leather-clad club space. But the real joy is for cocktail lovers, who will enjoy a genius drink list that includes three incarnations of the cocktail that inspired the bar. A 4,000-square-foot deck that can seat 600 will be open year-round out back.

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Hudson’s Alan Popovsky’s new digs are money.

we cannot tell a lie: Lincoln, Popovsky’s new resto-lounge downtown, is sure to have the same boozy-schmoozy atmosphere that’s made hudson the perennial washington favorite. But what’s really going to set it apart is local artist Maggie o’Neill’s canvases of honest Abe and the tricked-out log-cabin art instillation fashioned out of some one million pennies.

GoING wILDer! Look for new cocktails at Zola from brothers Ari and Micah wilder. Teir swell swills use 19th-century elements, like gomme syrup of acacia trees.

hAuTefiTeChEden, a bona ffde downtown

hot spot with its sweet heated rooftop bar, is seeing a fab high-tech expansion of its ffrst floor, complete with interactive screens, imported from overseas.

New BArAfiPeeL Club Life’s Jamie hess and Mcfadden’s Martin Corboy bring us Blue

Banana, where a bevy of brews (12 tap, 20 bottle), titanic televisions throughout and zero pretension will make this Petworth locale your new favorite neighborhood bar and hangout.

The New fAN fAveRedline is where local fans root for the home team in style. It’s part sports bar, part lounge, with beer taps at each table and a tequila bar upstairs.

Museum, Penn Quarter’s newest

libation destination, shuttered 10 days after opening, but our money—and likely there’s—is on a 2011 reopening.

Anyone who has ever had a truly outstanding cocktail knows a good drink is a work of art. Te creators of Museum seemed to have taken that adage to heart when it opened the event space in late December 2010. Masterfully crafted Prohibition-era-inspired cocktails were on offier, and will likely star once more when the venue decides exactly what framework it will use to reinvent itself. The management worked closely with the DC historic Preservation o-ce on the club’s construction and poured millions into the space, so it’s unlikely it will remain closed for long. Tough plans for cocktail parties, business meetings and gala rentals have been shelved in the short term, we’re watching for the doors to be thrown open once again.

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ArT houSe reDux

West End Cinema is the booze-peddling movie house showing hard-to-ffnd indie flicks and your favorite classic oldies.

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hAY uP There!Te world’s most powerful man will look up to you at Top of the Hay, the swanky new rooftop spot at the white house-adjacent hay-Adams hotel. expect to see all the President’s staffi sipping on signature Smooth orchard Storms.

CheCK IT ouT!Te guys who brought Lima and ultrabar bring Barcode, a suave downtown lounge at its best. Sample its conscientiously crafted eats (don’t think about sharing your grilled calamari!), with inspired cocktails, like Te Green Tea.

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The Top ChefSwe’re hungry for action,

and chefs Mike Isabella (left) and fabio Trabocchi (right) are ready to deliver. “Italian restaurants in DC serve the same categories of antipasti, pastas, secondi and desserts. Gra�ato’s menu will be Italian-style with small plates, value-priced so guests can enjoy several snacks and dishes—pizzas, pastas, meats, cheeses and desserts,” says Isabella of his Penn Quarter restaurant, set to open in spring. >> Trabocchi made Maestro famous. Now, he’s back with Fiola, an upscale modern trattoria— where the menu changes daily—opening in spring. “fiola is the same location where I started years ago, when I landed from Italy,” says Trabocchi. “DC feels like home. how could I not come back?”

A rising star. A returning champ. fiey’re both Italian—and they both rock.

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Haute hamburger helpers will be

busy in 2011. Look for openings from celeb chefs and local burger bigwigs.

“My favorite thing to eat is a cheeseburger,” says Bobby flay, who will open Bobby’s Burger Palace on K Street in spring. Top Chef ’s blazing richard Blais will Tnally lauch his Flip Burger Boutique in Penn Quarter this spring. Logan Circle gets an esteemed outTt with the launch of Standard Burger. And Passion food will open Burger, Tap & Shake on washington Circle.

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What do you do when you own the most proTtable restaurant in town? You open another—fast! fie Clyde’s restaurant Group is launching a 35,000-square-foot eatery in the former Borders space on 14th Street—in part to capitalize on the business they turn away from old ebbitt. fie unnamed two-story space, set to open in fall 2011, will feature a classic American menu and room for practically everyone.

GoNe fIShIN’!Todd Gray has an appetite for

construction! fie equinox chef

spent 2010 rebuilding his obama-

favored eatery. In 2011, he’ll launch

Todd Gray’s Watershed, serving clam

chowder, oyster po’ boys and cajun-

spiced catTsh in the new NoMa ’hood.

PeArL worLDfiis summer, Jeff Black expands

his urbane empire with Logan

Circle’s Pearl Dive Oyster Palace, a

sassy seafood spot on 14th Street. fie

spot-on space? It’s upstairs at Black Jack,

a pub-style space for brews and boccie!

BurGer MANIACS

okay, so it’s not a very big secret, but former vidalia chef r.J. Cooper is busy planning the spring opening of Rogue 24, his tasting-menu extravaganza serving two dozen bites in a new Blagden Alley space.

BACKflALLeY BITeS Get ready for a 24-course feast in a secret spot!

“It’s stIll top-secret, but don’t be surprIsed to fInd a spIcy new restaurant In the west end by summertIme...”

–ashok baJaJ, RestauRateuR and owneR of Rasika, bibiana, aRdeo+baRdeo and thRee otheR dc venues, on Plans to exPand his eMPiRe.

ITALIAN STALLIoN fie man who brought the magic to Teatro Goldoni is bringing his modern Italian touch to Penn Quarter. In spring, chef enzo fargione tapped design Trm Grupo7 to create Elisir, a palace of pasta perfection, Tuscan ffiavors and all the Barolos you can sip and savor.

whAT’S IN STore “It’s all about the fun for us. Picture the perfect lunch, brunch and night scene,” says Cathal Armstrong of Virtue Feed & Grain, his new old Town spot, open in spring.

uNCoMMoNLY GooD fie Atlas District keeps getting better and hotter! Chef frederik De Pue launches his three-tier culinary destination Smith Commons as an unpretentious restaurant and public house, serving American comfort food (devour the duck leg conTt) and a few Belgian favorites, along with classic cocktails and 40 craft beers. It’s the h-Street haunt you’ve pined for.

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Style

Artaya 1425 Wisconsin Ave., NW, 202.567.7292, artisticaya.com

Couture Saboteur couturesaboteur.com. Found locally at: Upstairs on Seventh, 555 12th St., NW, 301.351.8308; Redeem, 1734 14th St., NW, 202.332.7447 redeemus.com

Derringer Friday derringer friday.com

Good Jeans Company 202.686.5354, goodjeansco.com

Julia Farr 5232 44th St., NW, 202.364.3277, juliafarrdc.com

Te Shirt by Rochelle Behrens 202.319.1698, the-shirt.com

Tyson’s Galleria 2001 Intl. Dr., 703.827.7730, tysons galleria.com.

Saks Jandel 5510 Wisconsin Ave., 301.652.2250

Washington Post Style washington post.com

best of

culture

30 Americans Te Corcoran 500 17th St., NW, 202.639.1700, 30 americans.com

Andy Warhol: Headlines Te National Gallery, 4th & Constitution Ave., NW, 202.737.4215, nga.gov

Elite 8 Bhangra Invitational Te Warner Teatre, 1299 Penn. Ave., 202.783.4000, elite8 bhangra.com

In Unison: 20 Washington, DC Artists Te Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Rd., NW, 202.337.3050. kreeger museum.org

maximum INDIA John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F St., NW, 202.467.4600, kennedy- center.org

NOW: Chris Martin Te Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 17th St., NW,

202.639.1700, corcoran.org

Rock & Roll by Te Washington Ballet Shakespeare Teatre/Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St., NW, 202.547.1122, washington ballet.org

Second Lives: Te Age Old Art of Recycling Textiles Te Textile Museum, 2320 S St., NW, textile museum.org

Te Folly Literary Magazine thefollydc@gmail.com

Te Magic of the Melting Pot: Immigration in America Studio Gallery, 2108 R St., NW, 202.232.8734, studio gallerydc.com

best of

deSign

Blissliving Home 866.952.5477, blissliving home.com

CB2 3307 M St., NW, cb2. com

District Architecture Center 421 7th St., NW, 202.667.5444, wafonline.org

Hickcok Cole Architects 1023 31st Street, NW, 202.667.9776, hickokcole.com

Kelley Proxmire 4519 Wetherill Rd., Bethesda, 301.320.2109, Kelleyinterior design. com

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial mlk memorial.org

New York University Campus 1307 L St., NW, as.nyu.edu/page/NYUDC

Perkins Eastman 2121 Ward Ct., NW, 202.861.1325, eek architects.com

Peterson House 516 10th St. NW, 202.426.6830, nps.gov/foth

Solar Decathon solardecathlon.gov; parsit.parsons.edu

U.S. Institute of Peace 1200 17th St., NW, 202.457.1700, USIP.org

Well Built 1541 14th St., NW, 202.299.0597, wellbuilt space.com

best of

nightlife

Bar Code 1101 17th St., NW, 202.955.9001, barcodedc.com

Blue Banana 3632 Georgia Ave., NW, 202.713.5011, blue bananadc.com

Dirty Martini 1223 Conneticut Ave., NW, 202.503.2640, dirty martinidc.com

Eden 1716 I St., NW, 202.785.0270, edendc.com

Hay Adams Rooftop 16th & H St., NW, 202.638.6600, hayadams.com

Lincoln 1110 Vermont Ave., NW, lincoln restaurant- dc.com

Museum 915 F St., NW, 202.638.1234, dcmuseum.com

Redline 707 G St., NW, 202.543.1724, DCredline.com

West End Cinema 2301 M St., NW, 202.419.3456, westend cinema.com

Vetro 1401 K St., NW, 202.789.2800, vetroevents.com

Zola 800 F St., NW, 202.654.0999, zoladc.com

best of

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Clyde’s Restaurant Group clydes.com

Bobby’s Burger Place 2121 K St., NW, bobbysburger palace.com

Burger, Tap & Shake Washington Circle: 2200 Penn. Ave., NW

Elisir 427 11th St., NW

Fiola 601 Penn. Ave., NW, fabio trabocchi.com

Gra�ato 707 6th St., NW, grafiatodc.com

Mandu 453 K St., NW, mandudc.com

Pearl Dive Oyster Palace 1612 14th St., NW, blackrestaurant group.com

Rogue 24 Blagden Alley, NW, Mt. Vernon Square

Smith Commons 1245 H St., NE, 202.396.0038, smithscommons dc.com

Standard Burger 1801 14th St., NW

Todd Gray’s Watershed 1225 First St., NE, 202.408.4870, toddgraywater shed.com

Virtue Feed & Grain 106 South Union St., Old Town, Alexandria, virtuefeedand grain.com

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