BEAUTY AT HOME

For the first time, top tastemaker Aerin Lauder reveals how she honors her grandmother Estee’s love of living beautifully. This private tour of Aerin’s world and her remarkable homes shows what it means to inherit an exceptional sense of grace and style and use it in a way that’s contemporary, elegant, and timeless. Extravagant and fun to be around, Estee Lauder, Aerin’s grandmother, loved jewelry and chocolate-covered marshmallows. She adored flowers and rooms full of exuberant patterns. When Aerin was a child, weekend visits with Estee meant ice-cream-and-late-night-TV adventures and spending time together at her grandmother’s dressing-room table with its intriguing lipsticks and creams. From an early age, Aerin understood that Estee’s passion for family was equal to her love of beauty. Now, Aerin has made this legacy her own. For the first time, she shares memories of the family celebrations and world travel that formed her sense of style. Aerin opens the doors to her New York apartment, where on any given night she might host a relaxed dinner with friends under a vintage French chandelier or, just as often, an impromptu get-together for her sons. Aerin also reveals how she preserved Estee’s heritage in her former Hamptons home while adding her own twists. The traditions Aerin has created in her own family–from pool parties with her sons to walks along the beach collecting sea glass to breezy summer lunches–blend elegance and fun in equal measure. Throughout this book, evocative photographs by Simon Upton show Aerin’s world in inspiring detail and enhance Aerin’s insights into surrounding oneself with beauty and family in every aspect of life.