ASSOULINE

St. Moritz Chic In White

White paper St. Moritz Chic from Assouline featuring hardback, non-fiction, 268 pages, over 250 illustrations, 25x33.1x3.2 cm and 9781614288534.

Exclusive, glamourous and elegant, the ski resort of St. Moritz in Switzerland has enchanted for over a century, thanks to its elusive allure and natural beauty. Now the enclave is charted in Assouline's 'St. Moritz Chic', a tome by Dora Lardelli that takes a sneak peek into one of the world's most fashionable winter escapes. As a seasonal attraction for visitors from the worlds of cinema, art, fashion and royalty, St Moritz Chic presents a playground of hidden haunts, architectural mastery, and world renowned events — including the summertime Jazz Festival the annual Snow Polo World Cupvillage charm — all documented in this 268 page photography book.

Nestled in Switzerland’s alpine Engadin Valley, St. Moritz stands on its own amidst a sea of celebrated ski resorts in that it has long maintained an elusive allure. The winter home of personalities from Gunter Sachs and Gianni Agnelli to Sofia Loren, Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn, John Lennon, and Claudia Schiffer, there are few places in the world that manage to unite so many of the top names in cinema, art, and fashion all in one place, year after year. Author Dora Lardelli takes the reader on a journey through Chanel and Hitchcock’s favorite haunts and the hidden parties at Badrutt’s Palace where royalty goes to play, without forgetting the natural beauty, village charm and architectural mastery that define it. St. Moritz. also takes readers on a majestic tour of its special events, from Winter Olympics to the annual Snow Polo World Cup, as well as the summertime Jazz Festival and the British Classic Car Meeting. In St. Moritz creatives and royals share skiwassers slope-side on the sheepskin benches of El Paradiso, pause to sip champagne on long strolls around its frozen, crystalline lake and enjoy coffee and confections at the centuries old Hanselmann. St. Moritz has never lost its inimitable appeal, and will continue to reign as an elegant hideaway for all those who have come to call it a home away from home.. Dora Lardelli is an art director, art historian and writer. She attended the University of Basel, where she studied art, classic archaeology, Italian literature and linguistics. Dora helped cofound the Upper Engadin Cultural Archive and worked at the Segantini Museum in St. Moritz, and she was an active member in the cultural commission of the Swiss UNESCO. She currently continues to live in her hometown of Bregaglia, a valley between St. Moritz and Lake Como..