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’70s Revival Asymmetrical-cut, 100-percent lamb-

leather shearling Also available in black-on-black

$1,495, Vince, White Plainswww.vince.com

Animal Attraction Striped faux-fur Macklin Vest with hook-

front closure (Jack by BB Dakota)Juniors’ sizes XS to L

$85, Lester’s Rye Brook; www.lesters.com

White Out Soft faux-lambswool style in Turtledove

$168, C&C California

www.candccalifornia.com

Ode to Oxblood Cropped, antiqued suede with angled

zippers (Worth New York)Also available in olive, $648

To purchase locally:msklaver@worthnewyork.com

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Bullseye Glass Company Resource Center New York115 Hoyt Ave, Mamaroneck(914) 835-3794www.bullseyeglass.com/newyork

This new-to-the-county kiln-glass center is a multifunctional resource hub for both amateur and pro glass artists, where they can purchase the full line of Bullseye sheet glass, tools, and other supplies; improve their skills with hands-on classes; and exhibit their work among other artists in the showroom’s gallery (both functional and decorative pieces welcome). Founded in the ’70s by three artists, Bullseye, with a factory in Portland, Oregon, is one of the world’s most prominent manufacturers of colored glass for art and architecture.

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Soccer and Rugby Imports40 Pondfield Rd, Bronxville(914) 337-5999www.soccerandrugby.com

With four stores in Connecticut, this family-owned retailer of high-quality soccer and rugby apparel and equipment opened in New York in March. Find soccer cleats ($20-$300), jerseys ($40-$200), and team uniforms for high schools and colleges, including Fordham and Colgate Universities. Also, create custom polo shirts for golf tourneys or specialty items for fraternities and non-sporting events. One of the top 10 Adidas and Nike soccer specialty stores in the US, the shop carries exclusive shoes and other rare products. —Michelle Tomassi

Best Vests Time to layer up—at last!

TREND DESIGNER

Turkish DelightsA long distance mother-daughter duo designs artisanal treasures from Istanbul.

L ike many mothers and daughters, one of the things Ferzan and Benan Cakar most enjoy doing together is shopping. That

Benan lives in Rye and her mom in her native Turkey doesn’t seem like much of an obstacle. “When I go back home twice a year, our favorite thing to do together is to shop for gemstones for hours over Turkish coffee,” says Benan. Alas, the stones are not for their own jewelry boxes but for Chakarr Jewelry, the business they co-founded in 2009, when Benan graduated from college here in the States. By that time, her mother’s dramatic artisanal designs, inspired by jewelry from ancient Egypt and the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires, were being sold throughout Turkey and Europe—and Benan sensed that the American marketplace was ripe for them as well.

She was right. The line is now sold in 10 states and, in 2013, the brand’s first retail outpost opened in Larchmont. In the company’s Istanbul atelier, local artisans, under Ferzan’s design direction, employ century-old traditions of metal-smithing and casting to construct each piece around gemstones or charms. Primarily silver or bronze, with a rose- or yellow-gold finish, the collection features quartz, lapis, agate, turquoise, etc., and much two-toned metal and hammered finishing. Offerings range from a silver Evil Eye charm bracelet with jade stones ($48)

to a Baroque pearl necklace with hematite stones ($425), and include the signature Stone Luxe necklace, a long, diverse array of handpicked stones accented with charms like old Roman coin replicas ($245). Next up? A sapphire collection, in time for the holidays. For more info: www.chakarr-jewelry.com.

—Laurie Yarnell

Stackable flat gem bracelets, $70 each; www.chakarr-jewelry.com

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Mary Ann Hawley grew up and attended college in Syracuse, New York. It wasn’t until the early ’80s, when she landed an advertising job in the Big

Apple, that her tastes in design developed. “I had a couple roommates and they brought me to Rowayton [Connecticut],” she recalls. She fell in love with the sailing community and the crisp New England clothes and the architecture. “It was so very cottage-y,” she says.

Fast-forward to meeting the man who became her husband, who had a large, rambling Victorian in Stamford, Connecticut. While they were dating, he was sent to London. She stayed behind to “do” the house, prepping it to rent out. “That’s when I learned about staging,” Hawley says.

After the wedding, Hawley moved to London. In Belgravia, they had a five-story townhouse. After the children came, she studied interior architecture and design at the Chelsea College of Art and Design and London South Bank University and set about remodeling.

The Belgravia house was “done,” she said, meaning central heating was installed, as well as yards of chintz to finish it. “It was beautiful, but I felt smothered,” Hawley says. By then she’d become a devotee of the architect John Pawson, a noted minimalist. “His work frames my thinking,” she says. “I love the austerity and the feeling of sanctuary.”

After 20 years in London, the Hawleys headed east in 2002, living in Tokyo for several years when her husband’s work required another move. “I love the Asian idea of our fragile place in nature,” Hawley says.

It was that spirit of nature and love of minimalism that informed her choices when she designed and built Rochambeau Farm, her 10,000-square-foot Bedford residence on 67 acres (originally part of Daisy Hill Farm), in 2010. While Rochambeau is a classic New England farmhouse design known as “Big House, Little House,” a Japanese aesthetic prevails.

Inside, the décor is a marvelous but spare mash-up. Fine art hangs on the walls, but the chairs and sofas are from Crate & Barrel. A pair of lamps is from Target. Many of the furnishings Hawley designed herself or brought back from Europe. Her bed is Stickley. There is a Noguchi coffee table.

“I prefer a classic private-school look,” she says. “I’m geeky-preppy and proud.” Mixed in with that classic Connecticut look, her decades in London wed her to the British style popularly known as Sloane Ranger, an Hermès-scarf-enhanced, haute equestrian style favored by Princess Diana.

Her Katonah shop, Uovo Moderno, is about sharing how the Hawleys live. In addition to a well-edited selection of housewares, Ana Rose, Hawley’s daughter and business partner, makes organic soy candles sold exclusively at the store. The hand-poured and -packaged candles come in an array of beguiling scents including Pineapple Sage, Grapefruit Mango, and Island Hibiscus.

Hawley’s newest passion is sailing. One could say it is a return to Rowayton. No doubt her love of navy blue and military trim will find its way into her design schemes in the future. Stay tuned.

—Eve Marx

"It was my intention to integrate a minimalist aesthetic with the grace and history of the bucolic Bedford area," Hawley says of harmonizing influences near and far while designing her home's interior. "I was going for a Zen aesthetic that also had a farmhouse utility and modern comfort and style."

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LIVING WELL

Make Mine “Hawley Style”The Katonah shop owner brings aesthetic influences from London and Tokyo to her Bedford farm.

Above, left: “The posts and beams are reclaimed wood from a barn built in 1840 in Albany,” Hawley says of her design.

Above, right: The 10,000-square-foot dwelling is a classic New England farm-house design known as Big House, Little House, i.e., a series of buildings at-tached by walkways. Inside are five bed-rooms, seven baths, five fireplaces, and a large mudroom.

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