St. Moritz Chic Book by Assouline

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Nestled in Switzerland's Alpine Engadine Valley, St. Moritz sits amid a sea of ​​ski resorts famous 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 bring together so many great names in cinema, art, and fashion in the same place, year after year. Author Dora Lardelli takes the reader on a journey through the favorite haunts of Chanel and Hitchcock and the hidden parties at Badrutt's Palace where royalty will play, not to mention 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 the Winter Olympics and the annual Snow Polo World Cup to the Summer Jazz Festival and the British Classic Car Meeting. In St. Moritz, designers and royals share skiers slopeside on the sheepskin benches of El Paradiso, pause to sip champagne on long walks around its frozen, crystalline lake, and enjoy coffee and sweets at the centuries-old Hanselmann. St. Moritz has never lost its inimitable appeal and will continue to reign as an elegant refuge for all those who have come to call it a home away from home.

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