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Resorting in S tyle
to the
Artists, writers, bon vivants—they've all
taken inspiration from the heady charms
of the French Riviera.
Photographs by Kalle Gustafsson
Styled by Ildo Damiano
Inspired by French writer and
filmmaker Jean Cocteau’s life in the
South of France, we set out to shoot
on location. Here, a 1951 Citroën
Traction Avant idles by the white-walled
waterfront of Villefranche-sur-Mer.
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RESEARCH BY RORY TOLAN. GROOMING BY DALY DOUDA; PRODUCTION ON LOCATION BY ERIC VINCENT AT V&E PRODUCTIONS
Clockwise from far left: ' jacket ($2,800)
and trousers ($930); ''shirt ($350);
' tie ($205);  hat ($405).
' document holder ($610); '
bow tie ($90); ' cuff links (price upon request);
eyeglasses, Cocteau’s own. ' suit ($5,195; also
worn on previous spread), gilet ($1,140), shirt ($525), tie ($255)
and pocket square ($155); ' shoes ($795);
'''' sunglasses ($310). '
 trench ($500) and shirt ($135);  cardigan ($275);
' trousers ($345); ' tie ($205);
 hat ($285). For details, see page 216.
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' pullover
($795), shirt ($795) and tie ($295).
Opposite: ' jacket
($1,490), vest ($550) and pocket
square ($60). '
shirt ($135). '
pants ($665). ' tie ($140).
’ Kennet lace-ups ($725).
Shot at La Pausa, Coco Chanel’s
retreat in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin,
where Cocteau was a frequent guest.
The villa, a seven-bedroom manse on
more than six acres of olive groves,
is now for sale. Asking price:
$47.8 million (knightfrank.com).
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 cardigan ($2,295), trousers
($1,325), shoes ($1,590) and scarf
($285). 'i shirt (price
upon request). Opposite: '
 jacket ($2,145), polo shirt
($895), pants ($995), shoes ($775) and
pocket square ($195). '
  shirt ($895). Villa
Santo Sospir, where a patroness
housed Cocteau for 11 years, is filled
with his murals and mosaics, one of
which adorns the garden path.
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Clockwise from far left: '
' coat ($900), sweater
($590), shirt ($895) and trousers
($900); ''shoes
($795) and sunglasses ($425). The first
museum dedicated to Cocteau sits
inside these ramparts of the Bastion,
a 17th-century fortress. A Borsalino
hat on a bust of Cocteau, sculpted
by Appelles Fenosa. '
robe ($900), vest ($565) and trousers
($590); ''shirt ($135);
' scarf ($215)
and cuff links ($375). The Welcome
Hotel was a popular boîte for Cocteau
and his friends Igor Stravinsky and
Man Ray in the 1920s and ’30s.
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' jacket ($4,020) and
moccasins ($1,350). '
 shirt ($135). '
 pants ($565). 
sunglasses (price upon request).
Opposite: ' crewneck
($860). ' shirt
($345) and scarf ($215). '
 trousers (price upon request).
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 jacket ($2,595), shirt ($1,375),
pants ($810) and shoes (price upon
request). Opposite:  blouse
($595), pants ($1,150) and scarf ($345).
A Cocteau tapestry-draped dining
room at Villa Santo Sospir.
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