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DEPARTURES 100 WHAT’S UNDERNEATH Silky, rose-hued kimono from Gilson's Ukiyo collection 20 MOTOR MARVEL A much sought-after classic is a star attraction in a London car gallery 21 An icon of 1950s engineering, the über-rare, super-cool Jaguar XKSS has acquired almost mythical status over the years and has included Steve McQueen among a very select coterie of owners. That nine of the 25 ever to be built were destroyed in a fire just adds to its allure; perhaps even more remarkable is finding a peerless specimen for sale, as is the case in a new Mayfair showroom. This TECH SPECS 22 Made: 1957 Engine: Jaguar XK6 Top speed: 143mph (230kph) 0-100mph/161kph: 13.5 secs Weight: 921k 1 2 Haute country Native food is front and centre at Orana, in, for example, Zonofrillo’s 1 marron with aniseed myrtle and his 2 taro and roast beef particular vehicle (pictured) has an added back story that has taken it from the US to Cuba, where it lay mostly dormant, and now to London. Fully restored and repainted to its original mist grey colour (from British racing green), it takes pride of place in the recently unveiled JD Classics showroom alongside a handful of the world’s rarest vintage and classic cars. jdclassics.co.uk It’s been two decades since Belgian designer Carine Gilson launched her eponymous lingerie label in Paris, and her name is now synonymous with sophisticated feminine couture creations. Each piece, made of sumptuous Lyon silk and Chantilly lace, is hand-stitched in the designer’s Brussels atelier. With boutiques already in Belgium and Paris, the brand has recently opened a new one in London, on Pont Street, where golden Modiglianiesque mannequins are currently sporting the new Ukiyo collection. Inspired by the style of centuries-past Japanese indulgence, this line focuses on kimonos adorned with sensual lace as well as with lush floral prints in antique rose, rust and indigo. carinegilson.com PIONEERING PROVISIONS His extraordinary degustation menu features strange and exotic ingredients like saltbush and green ants, pandanus and bitter grass, oxeye daisy and Geraldton wax. And when Jock Zonfrillo, 38, opened Orana in Adelaide’s East End a year ago, “for the first few nights we just sat around in an empty dining room waiting for the phone to ring,” he says. Today, the Scottish chef and his eatery are the toast of the town, with foraged fixings once classified as weeds or, as he puts it, “a plant that no one wants”. Judging by the bookings, a fair few are very interested indeed. restaurantorana.com XXXXXXXX CLOCKWISE XXXXXXXX FROM TOP RIGHT: © CARINE GILSON, DANILO AGUTOLI (ILLUSTRATION), MATT TURNER (2), MAX EAREY, © JD CLASSICS 28 DEPARTURES-INTERNATIONAL.COM CONTACT PLATINUM CARD SERVICE FOR BOOKINGS
DEPARTURES 100 1 2 23 FOUR QUESTIONS a salt on the senses A conversation with artist and curator Helga-Marie Nordby, the co-founder of SALT, a year-long festival on Sandhornøya in Northern Norway that combines locally inspired architecture with international art, music, food and spectacular scenery. 3 CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: DANILO AGUTOLI (ILLUSTRATION), MARTE ANTONSEN, KRISTIAN SIVERTSEN, YANG FUDONG, GUNNAR HOLMSTAD What is the concept behind SALT? SALT is about bringing past, present and future together. We want to raise questions about what is happening with Arctic climate change, natural resources and geopolitics. Isn’t remote and Arctic rather less-than-user-friendly? SALT is not about feeding people with constant entertainment. Its elements are spread about a 2km-long beach. This means that people have to move, they have to walk. It is not an urban art gallery. It’s about spending time, taking time for reflection and just being – which is quite a rare thing today. What art is being shown now? Until February we are presenting a video project by Chinese artistfilmmaker Yang Fudong. The film is poetic and beautiful, and was shot here with local actors and dancers, but it also enters the landscape in a very different way. Norwegians are used to nature being represented in certain ways. Yang is an artist from the outside, and he really transforms the surroundings. What is SALT’s next step? We are working on a parallel project in Nuuk, Greenland for 2016, though we don’t know yet what will happen. Ours is a very organic project. Like nomads and people living on the coast, you have to be flexible. Things change in this environment. You can’t be a control freak. ♦ 1. The soulful contemporary Nordic folk music band Slagr serenades the crowd 2. Modern Norse architecture at its finest: the Amphisauna lit up by the northern lights 3. A black-and-white still from Yang Fudong's film installation The Light That I Feel 4. The breathtaking Sandhornøya coastline 4 CONTACT PLATINUM CARD SERVICE FOR BOOKINGS DEPARTURES-INTERNATIONAL.COM 29
