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In a sea of drab print publications covering the same six celebrities and increasingly sacrificing voice in an attempt to increase readership, Town & Country goes their own way and has been for a while now. Their coverage is niche and distinct and that is exactly what makes it so compelling. And what makes their latest crop of covers so delightful.
There are four covers in total: Martha Stewart and New York Knicks Star Karl-Anthony Towns, Anna Sui and Chase Sui Wonders, Cornelia Guest and Ivy Getty, and Taylor Sheridan and his horse.
It’s a eclectic lineup that perfectly encapsulates the diversity, specificity, and sense of play that make Town & Country such a compelling media property (and such a fun read).
Check out some of our favorite quotes from issue’s various cover stories below.
Martha Stewart on seeing the AI revolution coming:
I was a very big fan of science fiction and if you read all the science fiction that I read, you would absolutely have known.
Martha Stewart (Art Streiber for Town & Country)
Karl-Anthony Towns on making time to recharge after his big year:
There was the wedding to model, designer, and courtside fixture Jordyn Woods (her ever-present Woods by Jordyn orange bag was exhibited at the Guggenheim). Before that, of course, was the basketball season that changed New York and inspired euphoria like we haven’t seen in 53 years. Next year he’ll be back for more, but for now it’s time to rest. “I like a great vacation,” he says. He certainly deserves one.
Karl-Anthony Towns (Art Streiber for Town & Country)
Stewart and Towns on the fanciest things about them:
Martha Stewart: My beautiful hair and skin. I don’t mean to sound vain, but it does make a difference. It’s what people remember.
Karl-Anthony Towns: I’ve been on some crazy, over-the-top trips.
On their cheap guilty pleasures:
Martha Stewart: Watching really good movies on my iPad in bed.
Karl-Anthony Towns: Sports cards. I’ve been collecting since high school.
On their go-to neighborhood joints (and orders):
Martha Stewart: In New York it has forever been Elio’s; I’ve been going since the ’80s.
Karl-Anthony Towns: I love a diner. I judge them by their chicken noodle soup.
Karl-Anthony Towns and Martha Stewart (Art Streiber for Town & Country)
On who they would change a place card to sit next to…
Martha Stewart: I’m a very polite person, and I have not ever done that.
Karl-Anthony Towns: Jordyn Woods.
On what they would bring to dinner at the home of their fanciest neighbor:
Martha Stewart: Always, a box of my beautiful eggs. They are the best.
Karl-Anthony Towns: A 2013 bottle of Caymus Special Selection.
On what they would do to turn the tide of a dull dinner:
Martha Stewart: Some people, believe it or not, don’t have a clue who you are. Make up all kinds of stories. Have fun.
Karl-Anthony Towns: I figure out what we have in common and break the ice that way.
On his early years in LA:
“I was homeless twice,” he says. Each time he dealt with it by venturing away from the city to wide open spaces. “I lived in my car. Sometimes I’d go to Ojai, just somewhere where I could safely sleep. I did that for six months.” Sheridan, now 57, blames no one but himself for those struggles. “I could have decided at any point, ‘I’m going to go get a full-time job and I’m going to give up this dream,’” he says. “And I chose to sleep in my car over that.”
Taylor Sheridan (Emerson Miller for Town& Country)
On how the success of Hell or High Water gave Sheridan financial independence and the chance to build a life on his own terms:
“When I sold that first screenplay, I bought a little house on an acre on a river in Wyoming,” he says. “We moved there, and I wrote a check for it. Then, as I would start to have more success, I would buy a little bit more land beside it and get a couple horses. I’m still so averse to having to ever owe anybody anything.”
On the personal meaning behind everything he writes, like his prison drama, Mayor of Kingstown:
“Here’s a guy in a place that he hates, attempting to hold this place together instead of leaving,” he says. “That, to me, was pretty autobiographical, because there I was stuck in L.A. That’s what that was.”
Taylor Sheridan (Emerson Miller for Town& Country)
Billy Bob Thorton, who stars in Sheridan’s Landman series, on Sheridan’s outsider status and authenticity:
“Hollywood wasn’t nice to Taylor,” Thornton says. “There’s something about being an outsider that drives you. I think the ranch community in Texas accepted Taylor 100 percent because he’s not phoning it in. He doesn’t go to the tourist cowboy shop and get an outfit. This is the real thing.”
On balancing his life as a rancher and showrunner:
“The horses come first, so you work the horses. Then I work on me, which would be going to the gym,” he says. “I try to ride four hours a day.” Among his duties is helping to train the horses in cutting, the practice of using a horse to separate individual cows from a herd. It’s precision work that requires a lot of practice, for both horse and rider. The cutting arena at Bosque Ranch also has editing bays where he and his teams assemble shows. Writing and editing take up the back half of Sheridan’s days. “Then the rest is dedicated,” he says, “to whatever the problems du jour are.”
Taylor Sheridan (Emerson Miller for Town& Country)
Anna Sui on 45 years (and counting) in fashion:
“I never thought I’d be doing this this long,” Anna Sui says. “I always said to my friends, ‘I’m going to give it five years.”
Chase Sui Wonders on following the creative path her aunt inspired, and passing that influence onto the next generation:
“Growing up, I was confused, because she was from the suburbs like me and was able to move into this rarefied world. She called herself Auntie Mame, and we became her surrogate children,” Sui Wonders says. “It wasn’t until I got to college that I was like, ‘Oh, maybe I could do that.’” Now she’s following in her aunt’s benevolent footsteps as well. “I’m bringing my nephews to set, and they’re getting Seth Rogen to punch up their jokes. I’m trying to exert my influence as much as possible.”
Chase Sui Wonders and Anna Sui (Hunter Abrams and Sam Lee for Town & Country)
On the fanciest things about them:
Anna Sui: My imagination.
Chase Sui Wonders: The numbers on my Delta account are pretty impressive.
On their go-to neighborhood joints (and orders):
Anna Sui: There’s a Shanghainese restaurant in New York called Steam, and they have great xiaolongbao.
Chase Sui Wonders: I’ve become a regular at the diners near me, and they know my order: tuna with cucumbers and lettuce on white.
Chase Sui Wonders (Hunter Abrams and Sam Lee for Town & Country)
On phone calls vs. texts:
Anna Sui: There’s nothing as satisfying as a good call.
Chase Sui Wonders: Phone call, all day every day.
On their good luck charms:
Anna Sui: A pouch that holds a carved coral rose ring my mother gave me and a black pearl from Tahiti from my father.
Chase Sui Wonders: A bad night’s sleep before a new job.
On what they would do to turn the tide of a dull dinner:
Anna Sui: I ask about their vacation plans, and they usually liven up.
Chase Sui Wonders: [Ask about] old romantic trauma.
Anna Sui (Hunter Abrams and Sam Lee for Town & Country)
Cornelia Guest on the inspiration behind her upcoming memoir:
While we recall Guest’s first T&C mention in a 1981 story about show horses, she has certainly been no stranger to our pages over the years, as the “Deb of the Decade” in the ‘80s and later as an equestrian, animal rights activist, actress, and also author, with a new memoir, tentatively titled There are Blondes, and then There are Blondes, in the works. “The book is really the story of my mother and me, and how I’ve taken what she taught me and modernized it,” Guest says. Though she does admit that some aspects of the modern world have their shortcomings. “Thank god,” she says with a laugh, “there wasn’t social media when I was in in my twenties.”
Cornelia Guest (Hunter Abrams and Sam Lee for Town & Country)
On the fanciest things about them:
Cornelia Guest: That people think I’m fancy.
Ivy Getty: I’m obsessed with Evian. I drink it religiously, and it’s been like that since I was a kid. I have a finger painting I made of an Evian bottle when I was five framed in my kitchen in New York.
On their cheap guilty pleasures:
Cornelia Guest: A Cadbury Dairy Milk Fruit & Nut bar.
Ivy Getty: Citi Bike. Mostly when I have to go to doctor’s appointments, which are always in the East 70s. I live downtown.
On their go-to neighborhood joints (and orders):
Cornelia Guest: Le Bilboquet. I love the smoked salmon.
Ivy Getty: I love Postmatesing the quesadillas from Cafe Habana.
Ivy Getty (Hunter Abrams and Sam Lee for Town & Country)
On what social grace we should bring back:
Cornelia Guest: No more cell phones.
Ivy Getty: People need to stop being on time. I think being 15 minutes late is much more polite.
On texts or handwritten notes:
Cornelia Guest: Handwritten note.
Ivy Getty: Note. I also think it’s bad manners to text back immediately. I never want to see those dots.
On what conspiracy theories they believe in:
Cornelia Guest: There are aliens among us.
Ivy Getty: That Avril Lavigne died and was replaced by a girl named Melissa. It’s all in good fun; even Avril jokes about it.
Cornelia Guest and Ivy Getty (Hunter Abrams and Sam Lee for Town & Country)
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