A Very Vogue Guide to Valentine’s Day: 10 Editor-Approved Self Indulgences Inline
Photo: (From left) Courtesy of ecprovisionco.com; Courtesy of Celeste New York1/10Liana Satenstein
I want to go to my favorite Italian restaurant, Celeste on the Upper West Side, with my favorite (and only) boyfriend in a bathrobe and eat the fattest plate of clams and linguini in the world.
El Cosmico kimino robe, $150
ecprovisionco.comCeleste New York linguini with clams, price upon request
For information: celestenewyork.com
Photo: (All) Courtesy of love-navy.com2/10Laird Borrelli-Persson
We re always in need of beach towels chez moi, so I figured Valentine s Day would be the perfect excuse to finally indulge in Love Navy s Serge and Jane (of "J taime" fame) double towel that I ve had my eye on. Then I logged on to their site and discovered the brand s Moss the Boss number, and now my heart is torn between two towels and three lovers.
Navy French Lovers 2 person towel, $149
love-navy.comNavy Kate towel, $35
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Photo: (Clockwise from left) Courtesy of thegreenwichhotel.com; Courtesy of La Prairie; Courtesy of Christophe Robin3/10Alessandra Codinha
This time of year—brutal arctic gusts at every turn, a daily sodden drudge through permanent-seeming sludgy, slippy sidewalks, impending Fashion Week(s), a sudden overwhelming desire to move to California (nowhere specific, just “California,” at this point, because doesn’t California sound about right?)—I think “treating yourself” should be taken very literally. (Fake it till you make it, and all that; "it” being happiness or at least a general sense of well-being.) And I am taking it to mean indulging in elaborate, luxurious beauty products and at least one spa treatment at the Greenwich hotel’s Shibui spa (likely the Samunprai Thai Poultice, which aims to "release blocked energy"), where I hope they can knead and stretch and steam the seasonal dread right out of me. As for the products: Vogue.com’s own resident beauty expert Catherine Piercy once pointed me towards Christophe Robin’s decadent salt shampoo (a purifying scrub I now can’t get enough of) and La Prairie’s skin-saving three-minute peel. I’ve never looked back.
Christophe Robin Cleansing Purifying Scrub With Sea Salt, $43
christophe-robin.comShibui Spa Samunprai Thai Poultice, $325
For information: thegreenwichhotel.com
La Prairie Cellular 3 Minute Peel, $215
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Photo: (from left) Courtesy of matches fashion.com; Getty Images4/10Mackenzie Wagoner
This year I’m booking a few girls getaways: Surfing in Nicaragua with my high school friends, going to the Lightning Fields with my college roommate, horseback riding in Montana with my sister—and of course I’ll need a few wardrobe updates for heading West. I’ve got my eye on The Row’s long tunics, Vera Wang’s floral chiffon pieces, and Saint Laurent’s bohemian patchwork dresses.
The Row Armet striped cotton-poplin tunic, $317
matchesfashion.comWalter De Maria, The Lightning Field
For information: diaart.org
Photo: Courtesy of peterharrington.co.uk5/10Elizabeth Taufield
I would treat myself to Cartier-Bresson’s Photoportraits. He’s a favorite photographer of mine and anything from Peter Harrington’s bookshop in London is special. There is something almost oddly decadent about a first-edition book.
Photoportraits by Henri Cartier-Bresson, $2,283
