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64 LUXURY TRAVEL 8 WATCHES A cool custom 3 0SPIRITS A Here’s why St Barths in the skeletonized Patek Philippe lusciously-photographed look French West Indies might be made for Italian soccer star at festive cocktails that has the world’s most stylish island Andrea Pirlo us inthe mood to celebrate 04 M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 M A X I M . C O M 1 2 MOTO The new Bike 34ICONS The Shed Moto Co. in Downtown legendary Pirelli L.A. is devoted to gentleman Calendarreturns for motorbikers 2023 photographed by Emma Summerton 14 STYLE A look at the 40PHOTOGRAPHY illustrious House of Bijan as it redefines men’s luxury fashion British photographer and lifestyle David Yarrow’s supermodel- strewn tableaux really 16 COLLECTING How rock our world to collect Formula 1 cars, 4 6 SPORTS A Q&A from gems driven by Schumacher and beyond with Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes 2 0HUNTING The 4 8 TITAN The Preserve in Rhode Island is the ultimate luxury sporting club legacy of Texan oil tycoon plus so much more H.L. Hunt lives on in myriad ways 24 RACING Meet 52 COVER STORY thenext generation of Le Mans hypercars set to revolutionize Gracie Hunt, former endurance racing Miss Kansas, is a mind-blowing mix of beauty and philanthropy P H OTO L E F T C O U R T E S Y O F TO U R I S M S T B A R T S /A S S O U L I N E 70MAXIM COVER GIRL Meet our 2nd, 3rd and 4th place finalists who offered some serious competition in 2022 ON THE COVER Gracie wears a shirt by PLT. Photographer: Gilles Bensimon Stylist: Caroline Christiansson Assistant stylist : Karin Agstam Makeup by Leslie Lopez using CHANEL / TraceyMattingly.com Hair by Julien Farel for FAREL Haircare New York Production by Jessica Athanasiou @newspixie



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WATCHES SKELETON FOR A SOCCER STAR Artisans de Genève customizes a coveted Patek Philippe Aquanaut for soccer legend Andrea Pirlo Text by JARED PAUL STERN Andrea Pirlo is something of a legend in the world of soc- an avant-garde skeleton movement. Artisans de Genève’s modifica- cer. The Italian professional football coach and former tions—they are not affiliated with Patek in any way—are made exclu- superstar player, nicknamed “The Architect,” can count sively by special order in extremely limited capacity. The Patek is among his achievements a bronze medal in the 2004 Pirlo’s third commission with them, and one of their most beautiful Olympics, as well as a World Cup trophy for Italy’s victory in 2006. customizations to date. He finished in the top ten three times for the Ballon d’Or, was named an MLS [Major League Soccer] All-Star in 2016, and in Dubbed the Ciottolo Azzurro Project, Pirlo specified “an intense 2019 he was elected into the Italian Football Hall of Fame before blue that reminds him of the sea pebbles, the mist in the air, and the going on to coach Juventus. freedom” of the ocean for the one-off watch, the company says. They also reworked the movement with a skeleton cut that required ex- Not a man who would be satisfied with an ordinary timepiece, ceptional attention to detail. The sleek design is set off by a satin- obviously. Hence his new customization realized by the Swiss inde- finished openwork dial combined with rose gold hands that have pendent watchmaking personalization workshop Artisans de Ge- been polished and hand-beveled. Even the rubber strap took nève on a one-of-a-kind Patek Philippe Aquanaut Ref. 5167A with months to develop in order to achieve the exact shade of azure blue ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF ARTISANS DE GENÈVE 08 M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 M A X I M . C O M

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that Pirlo desired. ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF ARTISANS DE GENÈVE “This is the third customization I’ve done with Artisans de Ge- nève,” Pirlo notes. “They’ve become like a second family; they know me so well. For this new project, I wanted to keep the codes we had developed together in the past, the blue and rose-gold, the skeletonized cut, by adapting them to my Aquanaut model. I’m a great lover of Patek Philippe and the Aquanaut, which reminds me of a pebble, the sea, and freedom. The artisans have worked on every detail with the most outstanding care. I can’t believe it, the colors, the finishing touches... my personalization ultimately re- flects me as a person, and my story.” For Pirlo, Artisans de Genève “entirely rethought” the iconic timepiece, an evolution of Patek’s famed Nautilus, favored by the likes of Drake, LeBron James, Paul McCartney and Mark Wahl- berg. “The challenge was to combine the elegant aesthetic with a sporty allure,” they note. “To meet Andrea’s request, we skeleton- ized by hand the Patek 324 caliber, and each part of the movement is reworked in the smallest detail: chamfering, polishing, satin-finish- ing, and circular-graining, to bring depth, light and shine to the movement. The barrel and balance bridges are beveled and round- ed-off a meticulous technique that gives the piece a rounded appear- ance. The final touch, the skeletonized gold rotor, brings relief and contrast to the anthracite movement.” All of this handwork is “extremely meticulous to do, and only a few artisans ever master” the techniques employed in making Pirlo’s watch. Just as few ever master the midfield skills he himself can lay claim to. “THIS CUSTOMIZATION ULTIMATELY REFLECTS ME AS A PERSON, AND MY STORY” 10 M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 M A X I M . C O M



MOTO TheWILD ONES Downtown Los Angeles’New Bike Shed Moto Co. might just be the coolest motorcycle lifestyle space ever created Text by NICOL AS STECHER On first approaching the new Bike the patio by the open garage bay, a young you, ‘You can’t do that anymore.’ But we’re, Shed Moto Co. in Downtown Los group of about a dozen professionals enjoy like, ‘No, we need to keep hold of this,’” Angeles on a crisp winter afternoon, we’re a festive holiday lunch. shares Vikki as we walk the aisles of the not entirely sure what to expect. Certainly beautifully-styled retail space. “It’s that feel- not the hive of activity and commotion— Inside there’s a brass-top cocktail bar ing of feeling at home, you just don’t feel like the parking lot outside rumbling with two- lined with expensive spirits, and a barber anybody’s exploiting you. It doesn’t feel like wheeled creations from standard-issue, shop buzzing just beyond with several cus- you want to leave.” stock Yamaha YZFs to severely modded- tomers getting trimmed. There’s also a tat- out BMWs and Norton Commandos. too shop next door. “IT’S REALLY ABOUT HAVING Through the front doors inside the “You don’t have to be a member or a bike A CLUB WHERE YOU DON’T brick-walled warehouse, there’s a 20-some- rider to enjoy the Bike Shed, but we do thing hipster with a Nikon DSLR attached have membership at the heart of us,” ex- HAVE TO BE A MEMBER” to his laptop attentively editing video foot- plains Vikki van Someren, cofounder along age in one corner. Next to him a young with her husband Dutch of this already il- PHOTO COURTESY OF THE BIKE SHED MOTO CO woman who appears plucked straight from lustrious club. “And it’s really the heart and a Maxim photoshoot noshes on a plate of soul of what we are, and why we created baby back ribs plump with meat. Below on this space.” “The overall picture is really about having a member’s club where you don’t have to be a member, and a motorcy- cle destination where you don’t have to ar- rive on a motorcycle,” adds Dutch. The entire Bike Shed project started in London with a 12,000-sq.-ft. railway-arch space in Shoreditch. And now they’ve opened up their second location, here in Los Angeles’ trendy Arts District, a sprawling 30,000-sq.-ft. former ware- house with an identical level style and cu- ration. Their shop features a plethora of stylish jackets, protective denim and rid- ing gear from their own BSMC brand, and others. They are the official west coast dealers of Belstaff, makers of stylish waxed motorcycle jackets, and of British watchmaker Bremont. Custom Super73 e-bikes and Royal Enfields substitute for sculptures on display. “We’re on a mission to bring new people into moto culture, make it accessible and preserve it when the world is trying to tell 12 M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 M A X I M . C O M



STYLE Celebrating the evolution of one of America’s first true men’s luxury lifestyle brands Text by JARED PAUL STERN The House of Bijan is one of the most illustrious names in brand was born. men’s lifestyle and fashion—practically a byword for Over the years, Bijan’s celebrity clientele, many of them personal luxury itself, thanks to founder Bijan Pakzad who prac- tically invented the concept when he established the friends, has included the likes of Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, brand in the mid-1970s. He was among the very first modern mens- Bo Derek, the Kings of Spain and Saudi Arabia, and Presidents wear designers to institute a by-appointment-only policy at his bou- Clinton, Obama, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush—just a tiques, first in Beverly Hills and later New York, which instantly handful of the 36 heads of state he is said to have dressed, yet most created an air of exclusivity. And of course it didn’t hurt that his of whose names he never revealed. wares included what one of his advertisements once heralded as “the costliest men’s wear in the world.” The stunning success of the Bijan brand allowed him to indulge his passion for fine automobiles. His signature rides, including a Bijan soon expanded into incredibly sybaritic lifestyle items, in- custom “Bijan Yellow” Rolls-Royce—in fact, a series of them—were cluding a full set of crocodile-trimmed luggage for $65,000. He often seen parked outside his Rodeo Drive flagship. His 23-car ga- once even designed a $10,000 Colt .38 caliber automatic pistol made rage in Beverly Hills according to many accounts also housed a with 24-karat gold parts. His Beverly Hills boutique, opened in custom yellow Bentley, Ferrari, and Aston Martin, among others. 1976 and dubbed “the most expensive store in the world,” was fur- Aligning himself with these iconic marques in part helped put the nished with $500,000 worth of antique Persian carpets and Bijan name on the same rarified level. a $400,000 Lucite-and-brass staircase. By that point the mere men- tion of the Bijan name “suggested caviar and yachts,” as the New The passing of the founder patriarch in 2011 at the age of 71 was York Times put it, and America’s most exclusive men’s lifestyle a sad occasion indeed, yet it has led to the evolution and enhance- “THE MERE ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF BIJAN PHOTO MIDDLE ROW CENTER GILLES BENSIMON MENTION OF THE BIJAN NAME SUGGESTS CAVIAR AND YACHTS” Bottom: The late Bijan Pakzad, founder of the House of Bijan. Top: Early Bijan advertisements featuring the designer with Michael Jordan; with a Rolls-Royce; and wearing a hard hat to celebrate the opening of a new boutique. Plus others featuring famous models including Bo Derek 14 M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 M A X I M . C O M

ment of the brand he built under the direction of Nicolas Bijan, his son by model Tracy Hayakawa, at the age of 19. By then the younger Mr. Bijan had been well immersed in the world of opulence his fa- ther created. As Nicolas told Maxim in 2018, “It’s much better to be classic and timeless than fashionable and hot, because we have been more profitable, year after year, for the past 42 years.” Regarding his customers, among them numerous billionaires, “They’re the smart- est, most shrewd businesspeople in the world, and in some instanc- es they’re spending millions of dollars” on a Bijan shopping spree, which could include numerous bespoke offerings. Nicolas, who has since gone on to launch his own luxury brand NB44 and begin his own legacy, built on his father’s love affair with beautiful automobiles, telling Maxim in 2019: “At the House of Bijan we have had the honor to collaborate creatively with some of the most recognizable and iconic automobile companies in the world. In the collection are a few of these special pieces of drivable art. There is the 2008 Bijan Limited Edition Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Coupe, the 2014 Bijan Limited Edition Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupé, and of course the 2020 Bijan Edition Aston Mar- tin DBS Superleggera.” We cannot wait to see what comes next for the House of Bijan. Clockwise from top left: An advertisement featuring Nicolas Bijan. Founder Bijan Pakzad photographed at his Beverly Hills residence in 2010. Some luxurious Bijan creations. Nicolas Bijan at the flagship Beverly Hills boutique. A bespoke Bijan Bu- gatti and Rolls-Royce on Rodeo Drive. The Bijan boutique at the Wynn Las Vegas. Nicolas Bijan with a custom Bijan Rolls-Royce. Nicolas Bijan and model Bregje Heinen wearing Bijan designs M A X I M . C O M M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 15

COLLECTING HOWTO COLLECT highly sophisticated engineering, electrical and hydraulic systems, sensors, and very advanced engines and transmissions.” F1 CARS Hence, “cars of the past 30 years can be incredibly difficult to The market for collecting Grand Prix and Formula 1 look after, maintain and run on a track,” he says, “so that has histori- cars has exploded in the past few years cally narrowed the buyer market. Add to that the fact that cars of the modern era have fewer grids in which they are eligible to compete in Text by DUNCAN QUINN historic racing, and the market is further narrowed. So, in short, ear- lier Grand Prix cars have had a wider market, and those cars which Iwant a road-registered Porsche 917 to blast through Europe. are widely regarded as beautiful to look at—a 1950s Maserati 250F Stopping at every beach bar along the French and Italian Riv- for example—have historically commanded large sums. The big iera, playing the hero à la Steve McQueen. But some guys change in recent years is that modern-era F1 cars have begun to find want even more than that. They want a Formula One car. their place in the market.” That they can race. On a track. Against other fanatics who think they are Fangio, Hunt, Senna, Schumacher, Hamilton—rolled into This has come about thanks to collectors with very deep pockets one. So let’s take a look at this rarified sector of the car collecting who have the means to look after and maintain highly-technical community; because of course the truth is we all want one. modern cars, no matter the cost. In response to this, manufacturers like Ferrari, McLaren and Williams have all created divisions dedi- There was a time when buying and owning an F1 car was rela- cated to offering the facilities and technical support necessary to tively inexpensive. Peter Haynes, a Consigning Specialist at the look after F1 cars; think of this as the Ferrari FXX program on ste- world’s top collector car auction house RM Sothebys, tells us that roids. There are also new racing grids and championships emerging “the market for Formula One cars has traditionally been very niche, where the cars are eligible. These factors have converged to make and a market where values haven’t always been commensurate with modern-era Formula One cars increasingly desirable, leading val- the historical significance of the cars.” He points out that cars from ues in the past five years to increase significantly—possibly more the 1940s, ’50s and even the early ’60s are more commonly referred to than any other area of the car market. as Grand Prix cars; technically the first Formula One race was at Silverstone in England in 1950. So, what to buy? This depends as much upon your personal pref- erences as your investment advisor’s indication of future returns. “Although Formula One machines are exotic by any measure, cars Hence it comes down to who your heroes are, and which teams you from that earlier Grand Prix era have always been relatively easy to own and race because they are, at least by the standards of more modern machines, technologically simple,” he notes, “and there are many places where owners can race them.” From the 1970s onwards however, “the cars became increasingly technical and aerodynamics began to play a significant part. By the late 1980s through to the modern day, these cars rapidly became computers on wheels with Top: Jackie Stewart 1970 March-Cosworth, courtesy of Bonhams. Bottom: Juan Manuel Fangio 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196R, courtesy of Bonhams. Opposite, top: 1983 Ferrari 126 C2B, courtesy RM Sotheby’s. Bottom: 1984 Ferrari 126 C4, courtesy RM Sotheby’s 16 M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 M A X I M . C O M

support, both in the narrow sense of actual teams “A FERRARI F1 flimsy missiles like Juan Manuel Fangio and Jim and the broader sense of lifetime affiliations. Brits CAR DRIVEN Clarke, through the playboy era of James Hunt, to love Aston Martin, Williams, McLaren and all early BYMICHAEL modern-day heroes like Ayrton Senna, Michael tinkerers who made it from weekend warrior to seri- SCHUMACHER Schumacher and, latterly, Lewis Hamilton. ous business. As well as some who didn’t, like Lotus, SOLD FOR $14.9 Hesketh, Brabham and their ilk. Germans may pre- MILLION” So what is it going to cost? RM Sotheby’s tells us fer Mercedes. The French Renault. The Japanese that pricing depends on several factors: the manufac- Honda. If you were a smoker back in the day, perhaps turer, with Ferrari leading the way; the driver, with anything with John Player Special, Marlboro, Gi- Schumacher and Senna cars the holy grail; and final- tanes or Gauloises livery. Then of course you had the ly, how many races the car has won and whether that characters driving. From death-defying pilots of was in a year in which the team or driver or both won the championship. And they tell us that things start to M A X I M . C O M M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 17

get interesting when you have somewhere between $1.5 million and $3 million to play with when acquiring your first F1 beauty. Interestingly the most expensive Formula One car ever sold at auc- tion is the 1954 Mercedes W196 (chassis #6) piloted to victory in Ger- many and Switzerland by Argentina’s Juan Manuel Fangio. Bonhams sold it at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2013 for a cool $29.7 million. Chasing that record are cars with impeccable pedigrees, con- structed by the greatest manufacturers, and driven by the rockstars of their era. Such jewels as the 1993 McLaren MP4/8A Ayrton Senna drove to his record sixth and final victory at the Monaco Grand Prix, the race which put this car into the history books. It was initially ac- quired by a collector directly from McLaren chief Ron Dennis in 2006 when it reportedly became the first-ever privately-owned McLaren MP4. By the time it changed hands again in 2018 at a Bon- hams sale in Monaco it went for over $4 million. Not to be outdone, in 2021 RM Sothebys was the first to ever auction an F1 car driven by Lewis Hamilton, a 2010 McLaren MP4- 25A, which carried him to victory at the Turkish Grand Prix in 2010. most doubling the previous record for a modern Formula One car The Mercedes V8-powered machine, chassis #1, went for nearly $7 when Schumacher’s F2001 fetched $7.5 million in 2017. million. A favorite in recent years is Nigel Mansell’s 1991 Williams When all is said and done though, I think alongside the Porsche FW14, chassis #5, which he piloted to five race wins that season, 917 in the garage I’d get my hands on James Hunt’s 1974 308C Hes- including the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. It keth, which Lord Hesketh himself said represented “a was owned by Mansell until RM Sotheby’s auc- belief in a kind of English genius.” Most recently sold in 2021 by car dealer Duncan Hamilton for a “high six- “MODERN-ERA F1tioned it in Monaco in 2022—without its V10 Renault engine which was removed at the end of the 1991 sea- figure” sum, it may still be the steal of the bunch for provenance and lunchtime stories the next time it sur- CARS HAVE NOWson. And it still brought in nearly $4.5 million. BEGUN TO FINDMost recently in Geneva, Switzerland in Novem- faces. I’m imagining the grin now as I whip her around the Paul Ricard circuit in the South of France, James ber 2022 RM Sotheby’s smashed all previous records for a modern Formula One car when Michael Hunt style. Glass of champagne in one hand, cigarette hanging out of my mouth, with the badge on my race THEIR PLACE INSchumacher’s 2003 Ferrari F2003-GA driven to five race wins, two podiums, three pole positions and a THE MARKET” overalls proclaiming “Sex, Breakfast of Champions”— sixth world championship, sold for $14.9 million, al- and everyone else eating my dust. Top: Ayrton Senna 1993 McLaren-Cosworth Ford MP4 8A, courtesy of Bonhams. Bottom: Nigel Mansell 1992 Williams-Renault FW14B, courtesy of Bonhams 18 M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 M A X I M . C O M



HUNTING diverse portfolio of real estate across the world, while building and scaling several other businesses, including FAMARS, a high-end SPORTSMAN’S knife and gunmaker founded in Italy in 1967. A dedicated conserva- PARADISE tionist, lifetime enthusiast of the outdoor lifestyle, and an automotive, wine and cigar aficionado, with the $1 billion The Preserve he has At The Preserve in Rhode Island, entrepreneur managed to combine all his passions, as well as a successful real es- Paul Mihailides has created a 3,800-acre outdoor tate venture, in one property. lifestyle empire With the entry point for one of the growing number of luxurious, Text by JARED PAUL STERN privately-sited residences Mihailides has built on Preserve lands, with complete membership privileges from golf to hunting, costing around $500,000 according to Forbes, it is still less expensive than many of the private clubs around the country which pride themselves on exclusivity, while offering half as many activities. Unsurprisingly he has attracted a fair number of high-profile members, homeowners, and regular visitors, including the billionaire CEO of one of the “TOUTED BY BERETTA AS THE FINEST UPLAND BIRD-HUNTING GROUND IN AMERICA” In the middle of Rhode Island, the smallest state in the union, world’s largest banks (New York City is just 30 minutes away by pri- ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OFTHE PRESERVE serial entrepreneur, car collector, and conservationist Paul Mi- vate jet); and numerous sports legends. SPORTING CLUB & RESIDENCES hailides has created something everyone said would never work: a nearly 4,000-acre private club dedicated to the out- “When I first put my plan forward they thought I was crazy,” Mi- doors lifestyle, with an emphasis on shooting sports. The Preserve hailides laughs. “I said I was going to build a 100-mile trail system, an Sporting Club & Residences, located in Richmond, about 30 min- 18-hole executive golf course, clay shooting range, upland hunting utes west of Newport, is a year-round enclave with an incredible array fields, equestrian stables, tennis courts, a pool, sporting shop, a spa, of offerings: clay shooting, upland bird hunting, a firearms range, and a main lodge…. Then when it started to catch on I went from tactical weapons training, fly-fishing ponds, an equestrian center, 18- crazy to visionary. And now we’re very fortunate that it’s turned into a hole golf course, off-road driving course, safari tents, a 50,000-square- success.” When he started, “the property was very small, just 100 foot sporting shop with a fine gun room, a five-star luxury lodge, a acres. Now we have over 3,800 acres. The property is four miles by six world-class restaurant from famed chef David Burke, a spa, swim- miles. So essentially, it’s 24 square miles, which means we own rough- ming pool, tennis courts, helipad, zipline, and an impressive portfolio ly a half-a-percent of Rhode Island. It’s pretty spectacular.” of luxury real estate, among other amenities. Upland bird hunting, taking place from October to March, is a Mihailides, a Rhode Island native, has spent 40 years creating a major draw. Mihailides’ breeders raise about 15,000 pheasants a year, which are released at various times for staged hunts. “The property is 20 M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 M A X I M . C O M

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so vast that the areas where hunting is allowed are miles away” from the manders, Green Berets, 40-year NRA instructors, former Olympi- rest of the facilities, he notes. Eight lush sorghum fields are maintained ans, and we train people from all over the world here. We have 17 mu- as hunting grounds, with English-style shooting blinds, and there’s also nicipal contracts. So there’s just nothing else like it.” a lodge with a shooting porch that offers protection from the elements in colder months. The hunting here has come to be recognized as some The Sporting Shoppe is another showstopper. “We have the largest of the finest in the country; get to know Mihailides and you’ll quickly inventory in the country,” Mihailides says, “more than $30 million realize that key to his success is never settling for second best. worth, with several million in the fine gun room alone. If you’re a gun enthusiast, we probably have every type of pistol known to man,” along “If you look at The Preserve, every element of it is truly first rate,” with scores of beautiful handmade rifles and shotguns. He notes that he says. “And so I don’t want to compare myself to places like Pal- The Preserve is “touted by [legendary gunmakers] Beretta and Hol- metto Bluff [in South Carolina], Magee Homestead [in Wyoming] or land & Holland as the finest upland bird sporting ground in America, the Ranch at Rock Creek [in Montana]. They’re all beautiful places bar none. Not the second, not the third, not the fourth. The best.” that I’ve visited and they all offer a very nice experience. If you want to maybe learn how to shoot a gun, maybe shoot a .22, or if you want to Mihailides has been a Bentley owner since the early 1980s, so it go and shoot sporting clays, you might have two or three traps and a makes perfect sense that he recently inked a partnership with the Brit- place to shoot clays there. But here you have 41 clay stations, and ish luxury marque. The Preserve is now the first-ever venue for the world-class, military and competition grade, professiona-level facili- Bentley Outdoor Experience; in order to convince Bentley that he ties for every type of firearm. We have the longest indoor automated was the right person to collaborate with, Mihailides built a world- firing range in the world, with no caliber limit. I have four former class, 2.2-mile off-road course—at a cost of over $2 million, on spec— Navy SEALS who work for me, former Delta Bravo Force com- for a Bentley event. When they saw the result, Bentley decided to make it permanent. Now members and guests can test drive models “WE HAVE MORE THAN $30 MILLION OF INVENTORY IN OUR FINE GUN ROOM” ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OFTHE PRESERVE SPORTING CLUB & RESIDENCES 22 M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 M A X I M . C O M

like the Bentley Flying Spur and Continental GT Speed, part of a stocked with different types of trout, smallmouth bass, largemouth rotating eight-car fleet now based at The Preserve, while all-wheel- bass, and soon, landlocked salmon as well. Next up he has plans for a drive Bentaygas are on hand for use on the off-road course, where state-of-the-art medical center dedicated to life extension, a fully- challenges include water traps, steep inclines and even steeper de- stocked general store, a combat marksmanship range, tree houses, scents, and other obstacles which the über-luxe SUV conquers with and another 100 luxury rooms and suites for overnight stays to add to ease. And a $4,000 per night Bentley-themed suite is planned soon the impressive 24-suite Hilltop Lodge, Which Mihailides invested in for the Hilltop Lodge for those who want full immersion. to the tune of more than $1 million per key. After a day on the sporting clays range, the off-road course, the fly- One of the most popular features on the property are the Hobbit fishing pond, or all three, there’s no need to travel off the property for Houses, for which Mihailides has partnered with Maker’s Mark to a world-class meal. The Preserve’s signature dining experience is the offer a tasting menu in the unique venues complete with bourbon Double Barrel Kitchen, which has the largest wine cellar in Rhode pairings. “There’s a five-course pairing with five different types of Island. “We have more than $1 million worth of wine,” notes Mihai- Maker’s Mark, from Maker’s 46 to Maker’s Cask Strength, to our lides, who is partial to big-name Napa Cabernets of various vintages, own Maker’s Mark Preserve Reserve drawn from barrels that I per- with the most expensive bottle priced at $18,000. The restaurant is sonally selected down in Kentucky,” he tells us. If cigars and Scotch staffed with chefs and sommeliers brought in with the help of The are more your thing, there are also a trio of safari tents on the property Preserve’s new partnership with internationally acclaimed chef Da- furnished with antler chandeliers and leather club chairs where you vid Burke. The Preserve also shares reciprocity with the Ocean can indulge in the smoke of your choice along with drams of Laphroaig House in nearby Watch Hill, which is frequently ranked as the top single malt, another one-of-a-kind partnership that Mihailides luxury hotel in New England. Preserve guests can also use the Ocean brought to the table. His enthusiasm is infectious, and he personally House’s beautiful beach club. oversees, and obviously enjoys, every element of the property, and in- teracts with the members and guests like old friends. At The Preserve’s nearby 63-acre Equestrian Center, soon to be joined to the rest of the property with another land acquisition, there One thing becomes immediately apparent; spending a day at The are more than 30 horses worth a combined $14 million in residence, Preserve isn’t really feasible. Several days would be needed to do it from small ponies all the way up to Mihailides’ personal mount, Big justice and partake in all the activities and amenities on offer. But a Bear. “He’s a 19-hand Percheron, really majestic,” he tells us. “If you few months would be even better. Hence the astounding success of think of any of the battle movies or the Excalibur movies, they’ll have Mihailides’ residential real estate offerings, from small cabins to enormous horses just like these”—Percherons were originally bred as 6,000-plus-square-foot luxury estates. “We’re lucky to enjoy some of warhorses. “We actually have three of them, massive Percherons, all the highest sale prices per square foot in the country, with the last 19 hands,” making them some of the biggest horses in the world. “So if sales in excess of $3,000 per square foot,” he enthuses, an infectious you want to ride something really magnificent, we can do that, or a grin lighting up his face. “Right here in little old Richmond, Rhode sleigh ride if that’s more your speed.” Island. On average per foot, that’s more than Beverly Hills.” On the fishing front, The Preserve’s dozen picturesque ponds are M A X I M . C O M M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 23

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This year the 24 Hours of Le Mans, arguably the most famous sign and build the entire car from a white sheet—engine, chassis, race in all of motorsports, celebrates its 100th Anniversary. body, etc., from nose to tail. This means OEMs can take their own In that century the endurance crucible forged epic rival- street-legal hypercars and transform them into LMH competitors ries, created legends and defined destinies for nearly every (as Aston Martin is considering with their Valkyrie production hy- marque worth mentioning. Eras like the famed Ford vs. Ferrari battles percar). They can be all-wheel-drive, but are capped at 671 bhp (662 of the late 1960s and the Porsche vs. Audi vs. Toyota world wars of the hp). LMH cars will reportedly cost 80% less than outgoing LMP1 2010s are almost mythic in racing lore, beloved by fans worldwide. entries, explaining why so many manufacturers are willing to return to competition. And while the race—and endurance sports car racing in general— has suffered in the past years as major manufacturers fled the series, Meanwhile LMDh cars must use a preset hybrid system and things are about to turn around in a major way. Call it coincidence or gearbox, and can only select between four different chassis options. destiny, but just as the 24 Hours of Le Mans celebrates its centenary, Power is also limited to 662 hp, and must be rear-wheel-drive only. the fields of the World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the LMDh teams are additionally capped with a €1 million (currently International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) are about to expe- about $1 million) budget. While LMH already launched in 2021, rience an explosion arguably unlike any we’ve seen since the 1980s. the LMDh class launches in 2023. Together both classes dramati- cally lower costs and therefore bar of entry, welcoming back teams IMSA and its European counterpart, FIA, have agreed on terms that had left the sport and inviting new players to the grid. After a that will allow cars that qualify for one series to cross the pond—so stretch where Toyota was the only major manufacturer left compet- cars in the WEC can also race in IMSA, and vice versa. Perhaps ing in WEC, 2023 sees a flood of new marques stepping into the ring most importantly, they can all race at Le Mans, to the delight of rabid including Porsche, Ferrari, Cadillac and Peugeot, with Alpine and race fans across the planet. The reason for this rush is fairly simple: Lamborghini set to join the fray in 2024. regulators have implemented extensive rule changes designed to lower the bar of entry for both racing series, making them vastly Meanwhile in America, BMW and Acura join a crowded IMSA more affordable and their tech more transferable to the street. field that also includes the above entries from Porsche and Cadillac. Here we highlight three of the most exciting new competitors. LMH vs LMDh FERRARI 499P WEC has now ceded their erstwhile apex Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP1) cars into the Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) and the new Le “We decided to return to the elite class of the WEC exactly 50 years Mans Daytona hybrid (LMDh) classes. LMH teams will now de- after our last official participation, because the new regulations allow M A X I M . C O M M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 25

us to take on a sustainable challenge from an economic point of view, BMW M Hybrid V8 and with an interesting transfer of technology to series production,” explains Antonello Coletta, Head of Ferrari Attivita Sportive GT di- So far BMW have only committed to race their M Hybrid V8 in vision. This explains why the Prancing Horse has opted to compete IMSA, under the LMDh class (or ‘GTP’ class in IMSA speak). in the higher LMH class versus LMDh, as it’s critical for Ferrari’s One of the hottest-looking vehicles on the grid, the M Hybrid ‘from track to showroom’ strategy that they’re allowed to build the V8 incorporates many BMW design cues, so there’s no mistaking race car themselves from the ground up—and then transfer the race its place among the herd. “We are proud that, parallel to the 50th tech to the streets. For instance the engine from the 499P is based birthday of BMW M, we are returning to the big motorsport stage on the V6 from Ferrari’s 296 GTB road car (and also 296 GT3 GT with the BMW M Hybrid V8,” Franciscus van Meel, BMW M’s racer). Coletta sees the track as “the ideal terrain for experimenting newly-minted CEO, tells us. “We are delighted that this adventure with cutting-edge technological solutions to be incorporated into begins in North America, the most important international market Maranello-manufactured road cars…. This new regulatory formula, for BMW M. After all, the BMW M Hybrid V8 is more than just a in my opinion, will be able to take the WEC back to its halcyon days, race car—it is paving the way for an electric future for BMW M by because it will reignite legendary challenges between the great car emphatically demonstrating how dynamic and emotive electrified manufacturers.” M Power can be.” According to van Meel, the Hybrid V8 represents BMW M’s turning point towards electrification, providing an ideal “ENDURANCE RACING IS ABOUT TO SEE THE BIGGEST BOOST SINCE THE 1980S” THIS PAGE PHOTOS COURTESY OF BMW 26 M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 M A X I M . C O M

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platform “to show how exciting electrified BMW M cars will be even though Porsche left the apex LMP1 racing series, they’ve con- in the future.” tinued successfully competing in the WEC’s GTE Pro class with their 911 RSR. Regardless, they wanted more. “It’s safe to say the PORSCHE 963 desire to return to the top class was always there,” continues Lauden- bach. “With LMDh we are able to compete for overall wins in both Porsche is returning to the WEC crucible it last won in 2017 with the WEC and IMSA with a car that also keeps costs under control… its 919 Hybrid. So far only the gorgeous Cadillac LMDh-V.R has At the same time there is still sufficient freedom for us to prove our joined the Porsche 963 in committing to racing in both WEC and capabilities and push technologies forward. We can’t wait to start IMSA, and was slated to make its debut in January’s 24 Hours of racing and are very excited about entering a new era with great ri- Daytona. Their LMDh class 963 is anchored by an updated version vals—some of them with a lot of experience in endurance racing. [It] of the 4.6-liter twin-turbo V8 that powered the production hyper- goes without saying that a crowded field makes for more interesting car 918 Spyder. “Endurance racing is in our blood,” stresses Thomas racing, and more exciting spectating. We love competition.” Laudenbach, Vice President of Porsche Motorsport. He notes that THIS PAGE PHOTOS COURTESY OF PORSCHE 28 M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 M A X I M . C O M

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SPIRITS Life of the Beyond the holidays, here’s how to whip up impressive tipples for any festive occasion Text by JARED PAUL STERN “ like to have a Martini, two at the very most. After three with photographs by Alex Luck, the best cocktail photographer in I’m under the table; after four I’m under my host.” Doro- the business. thy Parker, famous rapier wit of the Algonquin Round Table, summed up the festive possibilities of the world’s Holidays and other festive occasions, “from large cocktail parties most famous cocktail in her usual succinct style; while to intimate celebratory dinners,” call for timeless tipples and riffs on also managing to comment on the perks (and perhaps pit- classic concoctions as a solid repertoire of crowd pleasers, plus a falls) for those who provide hospitality in liquid form. few showier drinks that scream “celebration”—in a well-bred way. All of which is to say we are wholeheartedly in favor of festive According to the book’s authors, “stylish cocktails that can be rus- cocktails of the cool and classic sort that transcend the much-ma- tled up from a well-stocked festive bar cart,” include, in addition to ligned “holidays.” Which is why we welcome the publication of the the iconic Martini, takes on the Sour, Bramble and Manhattan. definitive work on the subject: Festive Cocktails & Canapés: Over 100 Recipes for Seasonal Drinks & Party Bites from Ryland Peters & Small, Then, “when it’s time to break out the bubbly, take your presenta- tion up a notch with sparkling cocktails, such as a Blackberry Belli- ni, Chambles or Prosecco Classico,” they advise. “And tangy aperi- ALL PHOTOS © ALEX LUCK / RYLAND PETERS & SMALL Above left: The Blackberry Bellini. Right: The Zaza, made with gin, Dubonnet, and Angostura bitters. Opposite: Fireside Sangria 30 M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 M A X I M . C O M

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tifs designed to whet your guests’ nothing that fits the bill appetites” include versions of the icon- better than Monaco. ic Sidecar (they swap cognac for gin) Over New Year’s the Ho- and French 75. Above all, they opine, tel Metropole Monte- “party drinks should always be colorful Carlo offered its entire and fun,” so be sure to have a few satu- top-floor penthouse, rated specialties on hand such as the spanning 4,300 square Clementine Caipirinha, Singapore feet with a massive ter- Sling, and Rose and Pomegranate race, for high rollers with Cosmo. And of course Espresso Mar- $55,000 to spend—per tinis are the ultimate spirit-lifter; just night, that is. The luxe ask the famous supermodel who supposedly invented them by com- lodging includes seven manding a bartender in London to create something that will “pick lavish suites designed by me up and f––k me up.” the famed Jacques Gar- Gabe Cardarella, Dewar’s National Brand Ambassador and a cia and comes with a but- man who knows a thing or two about being the life of the party, notes ler, unpacking services that festive occasions are the perfect opportunity “to explore flavorful and helicopter transfers. and spectacular cocktail creations. By mixing unique flavor profiles with festive garnishes and elegant glassware, you can create a drink Closer to home, the that will surely be the showstopper at any get-together. From a new newly revamped The take on a classic hot toddy to a refreshing cranberry spritz, this is the Vanderbilt, Auberge Resorts Collection, in a historic mansion in time of year to dive into those sweet and spicy mixes.” This season Newport, Rhode Island built by Alfred Vanderbilt, partnered Dewar’s debuted a decidedly celebratory new cocktail called the with New York City’s renowned Maison Premiere to create a one- Stroke of Midnight, made with its special-edition French Cask of-a-kind, nine-course private dining experience called Upstairs/ Smooth Scotch whisky and honey syrup, with a hand-whipped cream Downstairs: A Gilded Age Dinner Party. The bespoke dinner float, garnished with gold leaf. Decadence in a coupe. and cocktail aesthetic adventure curated by the James Beard The next question is obviously where to celebrate. Sure you award-winning restaurateurs is “inspired by the raucous parties of could play host at home. But after staying home for a couple years of the early 20th century, when Newport’s most legendary families the pandemic, we say splurge on a super-luxe excursion. And there’s threw extravagant soirées.” Someone mix the Martinis and get Dorothy Parker on the line. ALL PHOTOS © ALEX LUCK / RYLAND PETERS & SMALL Top left: The cover of the book from Ryland Peters & Small. Top right: The White Manhattan, made with Georgia Moon Corn Whiskey, and the Vieux Carré, made with Sazerac Rye. Bottom left: The New York Sour, made with Bulleit bourbon, and the Ward Eight, made with Michter’s rye. Bottom right: Espresso Martini. Opposite: White Russian and Black Russian 32 M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 M A X I M . C O M

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ICONS PHOTOS COURTESY OF PIRELLI RETURN of THE PIRELLI CALENDAR Scantily-clad supermodels once again take center stage in the new edition from photographer Emma Summerton Text by BR ANDON FRIEDERICH Above: Ashley Graham as “The Activist,” resplendent on a couch in sculpted body armor, in the 2023 Pirelli Calendar photographed by Emma Summerton. Opposite: As “The Sprite,” Bella Hadid reveals exactly as much as she wants 34 M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 M A X I M . C O M

T o make a product as mundane as tires seem sexy re- the latter helped in no small part by the iconic calendar they’ve quires inventive advertising to say the least. But only been putting out pretty steadily since 1964. the Italians could transform an actual tire manufac- turer into a sexy lifestyle brand—even if it took them These days Pirelli tailor-makes expertly engineered tires for nearly 100 years to do it. We are of course talking Ferrari, Aston Martin, McLaren, Lamborghini and other re- about Pirelli, founded in Milan in 1872, whose name has come to vered marques, while supplying the only rubber allowed in For- represent “industry, culture, tradition, technology and passion”; mula One and the FIM World Superbike Championship, among many other racing series. Elsewhere, the brand has branched into M A X I M . C O M M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 35

commensurately luxurious categories via partnerships with the niversary in 2022, and luckily the powers that be realized this most likes of high-end watchmaker Roger Dubuis and luxury goods important element of the brand’s identity needed to carry on. And brand Montblanc. best of all, supermodels are back, in the 2023 Pirelli Calendar - “Love Letters to the Muse” photographed by Emma Summerton. The coveted Calendar, as you might know if you’ve ever tried to get your hands on one, is distributed exclusively to celebrities, top “I wanted to go back to the etymological root of the word Pirelli customers, and other VIPs worldwide. It cannot be pur- ‘muse,’” says Summerton, only the fifth female to photograph the Cal- chased at any price, and anyone on the list caught trying to sell their copy will be quickly 86’d. Originally conceived as a “corporate free- bie” by Pirelli’s British subsidiary, the alluring annual first featured rising models in stunning settings lensed by the day’s venerated photographers like Robert Freeman, Francis Giacobetti and Sarah Moon, until a hiatus from 1974–83. It then made a welcome return to form—Helmut Newton shot a famously sexy version in 1985 that was subsequently kept under wraps for 30 years—but it was in 1993, when the artistic direction moved to the company’s headquarters in the fashion mecca of Milan, that the Calendar would become a sought-after celebration of female beauty. In 1994, photographer Herb Ritts ushered in the Calendar’s new era with “An Homage to Women” featuring an all-star lineup of Cindy Crawford, Helena Christensen, Kate Moss and more. The mission was to capture “the women of the ’90s and their place in the world: proud, sexy and beautiful on the inside.” Subsequent editions followed suit with appearances from nearly every super- model extant, including Naomi Campbell, Gisele Bundchen, Heidi Klum, Adriana Lima, Doutzen Kroes, Miranda Kerr, Lily Cole, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, and Gigi Hadid. Due to the pandemic however there was no calendar at all in 2021, while in 2022 a music-themed number shot by Bryan Adams was all but lost in the maelstrom of world events; so 2023 looked uncertain to say the least. But Pirelli also celebrated its 150th an- PHOTOS COURTESY OF PIRELLI Top: Portraying “The Storyteller,” Precious Lee is one of many elite models who’ve graced the pages of the Pirelli Calendar over the decades. Bottom: Lauren Wasser (as “The Athlete”) became known as fashion’s “Girl with the Golden Legs” after undergoing a double leg amputation following a battle with toxic shock syndrome. Opposite, top: As “The Writer,” model and author Emily Ratajkowski reveals both an immaculate figure in black lingerie and two sides of her face in a mirror. Bottom: “The Photographer” is portrayed by Guinevere van Seenus 36 M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 M A X I M . C O M

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endar. “The muse originally represented the source, not just inspiring “I’M FASCINATED BY WOMEN WHO DO but also possessing talents in literature, science and the arts. I’m fasci- EXTRAORDINARY, CREATIVE THINGS” nated by women who do extraordinary, creative things, women who, starting with my mother, have inspired me throughout my life and throughout my career.” Summerton’s work often features recognizable hallmarks of “surre- alist” and “magical realist” tones that make her covers and editorials for W Magazine, Vanity Fair, and almost every edition of Vogue stand out. She drew on these same tones for “Love Letters to the Muse” in craft- ing 28 images of 14 models. “In my shots, the borderline between the role that the models play and what they really are is not clearly defined and everything blends together to create images that sing to magical realism,” Summerton says. “The Photographer” muse came to Summerton first and is por- trayed by supermodel Guinevere van Seenus, seen in a revealing floral shawl, stockings, and heels. Model, actress and singer Cara Delev- ingne is “The Performer,” posed in tattered material beneath giant dan- delions, while model Ashley Graham is “The Activist,” a fierce reformer clad in sculpted body armor. And as “The Writer,” model Emily Rata- jkowski reveals both an immaculate figure in black lingerie and two sides of her face in a mirror. Additionally, “Love Letters to the Muse” features Lila Moss as “The Seer,” Adwoa Aboah as “The Queen,” Karlie Kloss as “The Tech Savant,” Sasha Pivovarova as “The Painter,” Lauren Wasser as “The Athlete,” Bella Hadid as “The Sprite,” Kaya Wilkins as “The Musi- cian,” Precious Lee as “The Storyteller,” He Cong as “The Sage,” and Adut Akech as “The Dream Catcher.” We’re feeling inspired already. PHOTOS COURTESY OF PIRELLI This page and opposite: Summerton’s work often features recognizable hallmarks of surrealist and magical realist tones, hallmarks that are seen on the set of her shoot for the 2023 Pirelli Calendar 38 M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 M A X I M . C O M

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PHOTOGRAPHY THE STORYTELLER The spellbinding adventures and misadventures of brilliant British photographer David Yarrow Text by SI SI PENALOZA 40 M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 M A X I M . C O M

What drives David Yarrow to such dizzying photographic row’s work has raised over $11 million for philanthropic organiza- feats, rallying for the causes he’s literally gone to the ends tions since 2018. of the earth for? His evocative and immersive photo- graphic style has earned him cult status amongst art collectors, for At Art Basel Miami Beach, his “The Wolves of Wall Street” starters. One of the top-selling fine art photographers in the world, broke records. One print, signed by Leonardo DiCaprio and Mar- and an ambassador for WildArk, Berenberg and Best Buddies, Yar- tin Scorsese—featuring the real Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Bel- fort—sold for $200,000. The proceeds went to conservation NGOs Cara Delevingne packing heat in “The Getaway.” All images © David Yarrow from ‘Storytelling’ (Rizzoli, 2022) M A X I M . C O M M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 41

supported by DiCaprio. size a lesser model. For his part, the artist says of his muse, “She’s Cara Delevingne has said she loves working with Yarrow be- unique, authentic, and in many respects, in a league of her own.” cause he is the epitome of an artist, going above and beyond to cap- For Yarrow, it all boils down to trust. “If you are working with ture a moment in its true essence. Indeed, it’s rather surreal and extraordinary people whose time is an opportunity cost, you can’t startling to see a wolf riding shotgun with this icy-eyed smoldering let them down,” emphasizes the 56-year-old photographer. “You siren in Yarrow’s work. Upon the release of their most recent col- have to make sure that their days working with you are happy, good laboration, she shared, “he makes me feel safe and inspired whilst and memorable. If you can remove stress in art creation, there’s always producing a visual feast.” It shows; in Yarrow’s oeuvre, De- more chance of them coming back to work with you.” levingne is a chameleon capable of collaborations that would cap- Yarrow identifies as a romanticist first and foremost. His stir- Top: A visual feast of cowboys, composition and contrast in “The Quick and The Dead.” Bottom: Cindy Crawford holds court in “Hos- P R E C E D I N G S P R E A D A N D T H I S S P R E A D A L L P H OTO S © DAV I D YA R R OW / CO U RT E S Y R I Z ZO L I tiles.” Opposite: A play on Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds,’ British models David Gandy and Bella di Lorenzo cruise the coast in a classic Sun- beam in “Bodega Bay” 42 M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 M A X I M . C O M

ringly visceral photographs are characterized by an emphasis on rather than bad stories. I think in journalism, bad news sells, but I emotion and individualism, a clandestine idealization of nature. His think in art, happiness sells.” new book, David Yarrow: Storytelling, published in vivid glory by Riz- zoli, is an overture to more meaningful emotional engagement with This is a man driven to capture both the timeless and the vast. images—an antidote to absentee “scrolling” syndrome. All profits Like Breugel, Yarrow’s work, when viewed in a gallery setting, is will be donated to UW Health Kids Cancer Care. “For art to be spellbinding in the sense that you can gaze at the work endlessly as strong, there has to be a narrative compelling enough to grab the revealing revelations float into consciousnesses. His relentless pur- attention of the viewer and hold that attention,” he reflects. “And in suit of seamless finesse is near pathological. Is there a personal price telling those stories, I have a predilection to telling good stories for such monomaniacal and monastic discipline? He suspects it stems from his mother, an artist who went bankrupt because she M A X I M . C O M M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 43

didn’t work on the commer- about hanging from choppers to get the shot, this British lensman is cial side enough. “She was a more prone to self-effacing jibes about Zombie-wading across a brilliant artist, though. I’m crocodile-riddled stretch of the Nile in the dark, while sleep-de- trying to balance the rest of prived no less. While he keeps it upbeat, a stirring cinematic syntax my life, especially my work underlies Yarrow’s work. “My heroes are Steven Spielberg, Martin and my children.” He opens Scorsese, Ridley Scott and Clint Eastwood. They all have many up further, “My daughter was things in common,” he says candidly. “Work ethic, making screen head girl of her school and is sweat, but most of all, emotional engagement. I have a lot to learn as at Oxford university doing a storyteller, and I still am gripped by their every scene.” history, so that part of it I guess we got right.” In the age of Google image search, we can consume a consider- able body of any major artist’s work as a grid of seemingly infinite While some humble brag thumbnails. A contemporary condition that can leave us feeling T H I S S P R E A D A L L P H OTO S © DAV I D YA R R OW / CO U RT E S Y R I Z ZO L I Top: Cara Delevingne in all her rakish glory in ‘Miners #2.’ Middle: The cover of the book, published by Rizzoli. Bottom: Making time for the most lovely and lascivious of constituents in “Lincoln.” Opposite, top: A homage to Martin Scorsese featuring the real-life Jordan Belfort, ‘The Wolves of Wall Street’. Bottom: A cheeky encounter with a motley crew of pirates in ‘Beach Bums’ 44 M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 M A X I M . C O M

freakishly phenomenal and absurdly empty all at once. In “casting” “CARA DELEVINGNE SAYS elaborate scenes—with the likes of Cindy Crawford, Alessandra THAT YARROW IS THE EPITOME Ambrosio, Russell Wilson and Ciara—Yarrow is drawn to strong faces. “I’m 100 times more interested in the face than really any other OF AN ARTIST” parts of the anatomy. It is all about the face and the eyes and having a good breadth of characters.” He elaborates, “They don’t need to be famous. But of course, if they are famous, that familiarity lends to a higher level of engagement with the viewer than if they weren’t.” M A X I M . C O M M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 45

SPORTS COMMANDER in CHIEF Patrick Mahomes, star quarterback for the glory-bound Kansas City Chiefs, talks about his life lessons, friendships, inspirations and more In 2019, quarterback Patrick Mahomes of Tyler, Texas, led the for over 5,000 yards in a single season in both college and the NFL. P H OTO T H I S PAG E BY DAV I D E U L I T T/G E T T Y I M AG E S Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl appearance in 50 That year, he was named to the Pro Bowl, named First Team All- OPPOSITE PAGE BOTTOM LEFTPHOTO BY JEFF BOTTARI/GETTY IMAGES years. They defeated the San Francisco 49ers, and Mahomes Pro, and won the NFL Offensive Player of the Year and NFL Most BOTTOM RIGHT PHOTO BY CHRIS UNGER/GETTY IMAGES was named Super Bowl MVP, only the second Black quarter- Valuable Player awards. The rest is history in the making. TOP P PHOTO BY CHRIS UNGER/GETTY IMAGES back and the youngest ever to take home the honor. You’ve said your dad really let you walk in your own shoes as a A 10-year contract extension with a potential worth of $503 million young athlete, and you’d do the same for your kids. Can you ex- (the third-largest in sporting history), was his reward. It was money plain how he toed that line between teacher/coach and allowing well spent as he took his team to the Super Bowl again the following you to grow independently? year, this time against the Tom Brady-led Tampa Bay Buccaneers. “First off, my Godfather LaTroy [Hawkins] and my dad [MLB When Mahomes emerged from the locker room after a grueling 31-9 pitcher Pat Mahomes] are two people I’ve always leaned on, [who loss, he was stunned to find Brady waiting outside the door. “The big- taught me] how to go about your business, how to make sure that gest thing he said was, ‘Stay with the process and be who you are,” as your sport is the first priority but still be out in the community and Mahomes told Heavy.com. “He didn’t want me to change at all. He be able to do the things you want to do. I’ve gotten to meet a lot of wanted me to go out there and take advantage of every single day. great people [who] have all kind of shed light on certain things that When you hear it from a guy like that, who’s had the success at the helped them in their careers, and those are conversations that I al- level that he’s had for his entire career, you know you’ve got to take ways go back to in finding ways to better myself.” advantage of every single day if you want to be great.” It seems like some players really match their cities, and now you seem The son of MLB pitcher Pat Mahomes, and the godson of pitch- almost inextricably linked to Kansas City. The community has em- er LaTroy Hawkins, it was clear sports was in Patrick’s future from braced you and you’ve seemed to have embraced them right back. an early age, and he initially played baseball before turning to the “I’ve been blessed to be in a lot of great communities. Growing up in gridiron. The number ten draft pick in 2016, Mahomes was lucky to Tyler, Texas, and then going to [Texas Tech in] Lubbock and now sign with Kansas City, a competitive team with a 12-4 record at the here, the people genuinely care about you as a human being as well time. He spent his rookie season as backup to veteran Alex Smith, as a football player. Being blessed to be in those environments has but became the starter in 2018 when he threw for 5,097 yards and 50 touchdowns, making him the only quarterback in history to throw Text by NICOL AS STECHER and JORDAN RIEFE 46 M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 M A X I M . C O M

“YOU’VE GOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY SINGLE DAY IN ORDER TO BE GREAT” helped me be able to trust people and go out in the community and How much did you benefit from learning how to stay calm during give that passion and love back to them…. I enjoy going out there the season from Smith? and being a part of this community, knowing I’ve prepared myself “Yeah, you have to build it up. You can’t peak too soon. You can’t well that I can go out and execute the game plan and try to win foot- watch a ton of film and [then be] just dead tired because you watched ball games. [And] I have said it since day one, it truly is special the too much film on these guys. You have to kind of build and have a love the community has for the Chiefs and for this organization. We certain plan on how you are going to watch the film on these guys, to try to show that love back to them.” really not waste film I guess you would say, but execute everything that you need to learn from watching these guys. Then at the same One of the things that (as an outsider) appears to have really time, make sure you are prepared and ready to go for the game.” helped your development was your one year as a rookie, learning under a former #1 draft pick and widely respected veteran in quar- During the off-season you were able to work on your off-the-field terback Alex Smith. Was that as important as it seems? relationship with Bills QB Josh Allen. What do you make of the “I learned about just having a routine. Alex was the same. He rivalry between you two? watched these games on this day, watched these games on that day, “When you go up against the other great quarterbacks in the league, focused on [something else] the next day. I have kind of taken stuff you always want to win. You always want to compete. Josh is a great from that and made it my own. I make sure I am prepared for every guy. He’s a great quarterback—physically talented, he can throw, can single situation. That is something that he was great at and still is. run, he can really do it all…. Obviously when we’re on the football That has helped me a lot as you get on the field and you get an un- field, we are competing against each other and we want to beat each scouted look, you are prepared for that un-scouted look and you can other’s teams, but I have a ton of respect for him as a player and the make the right protection call and get yourself into the right play.” person that he is…. He’s a tremendous player. They put a lot on his shoulders, and he rises to the occasion. He’s able to run the ball, he can throw the ball, he has the arm strength to throw it anywhere on the football field, and he makes great decisions. Like you said we’ll probably play [the Bills] a lot of times, it’ll be great competition and it’s definitely a great challenge for us as a team to compete with them.” Arizona Cardinals Head Coach Kliff Kingsbury, your former coach at Texas Tech, said it would be surreal to face you on the field. What were your thoughts on that? “He’s someone who taught me a ton, not only about football but about life. He got me kind of out of high school where I was a base- ball player trying to play football, and basically trying to be on my own. You’re leaving the household and kind of being on your own, and he helped me become who I am today, and [it’s] cool to play against him. Hopefully, I get the win because you’ll have those little ‘bragging rights’, you know, because I see him every once in a while, in the offseason, out in Lubbock and stuff like that, so it’s definitely going to be an awesome moment that we’ll have forever. Just hope- fully, I get the win, so I can have those bragging rights for the rest of time” [NB the Chiefs went on to win the game]. Compiled from various NFL transcripts and assembled with the help of the Kansas City Chiefs. Edited for length and clarity. M A X I M . C O M M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 47

TITAN H.L.HUNT A MERICAN DYNASTY How The Hunt family built a multibillion-dollar empire from boomtown oilfields to the NFL Text by KEITH GORDON . Scott Fitzgerald famously wrote, “There are no as much as H.L. Hunt and the dynasty he founded, one that contin- THIS PAGE PHOTO COURTESY OF BETTMANN / CONTRIBUTOR second acts in American lives.” While some argue ues to impact our nation in enormous ways. After all, how could a OPPOSITE PAGE BOTTOM LEFT PHOTO COURTESY OF OR PROMOTIONAL USES over his meaning and intent, the fact remains that the story that involves poker winnings, Texas oil booms, an unquench- BETTMANN / CONTRIBUTOR BOTTOM LEFT PHOTO COURTESY OF BETIMERNCONTRIBUTOR history of America is full of people, families and even able entrepreneurial spirit, and a seemingly rotating series of suc- companies that have been able to revive, rebuild, re- cesses and setbacks be any more apropos of the American identity invent or reimagine themselves, leading to even fur- and history? ther successes after overcoming whatever difficulties they faced. Perhaps no person, or family, has ever embodied this sentiment In 1889 Haroldson Lafayette Hunt Jr. certainly didn’t begin life with a silver spoon in his mouth. Lacking any formal education, de- 48 M A R / A P R 2 0 2 3 M A X I M . C O M