Interiors - December 2010/January 2011

Devers’ Lazy River Swim Club in Upperville‚ Virginia. “Members” can cool their hooves—for just $250 an annual membership—in the 54 x 34 x 10 foot “equine pool.” From great estates‚ Moon
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equestrian style Anyone who lives outside “horse country” would likely say that equestrian style exists somewhere between the axis points of jodhpurs and pink coats‚ Ralph Lauren and Hermès. But what exactly lies in between? Those are the coordinates equine-obsessed scribe Vicky Moon set out to map in her latest rider’s tome. On the home front Moon takes a peek at the recently rebuilt board-and-batten style mule barn at Will Rogers’ old ranch‚ which once housed the Japanese equestrian team during the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games and is now a state park. Rogers‚ who once wrote‚ “A man that don’t love a horse‚ there is something the matter with him‚” would surely appreciate the pics of giddy phillies at Gretchen and Bill delves into the horse world’s sartorial pleasures such as the cult-followed intaglio crystals‚ which feature cabochons reverse-etched with sporting scenes in pendants‚ rings and brooches; the complex color matrix that governs racing silks (as defined by silk doyenne Patricia Headley Green); or Johnny Lynn’s colorful polo collection Polistas‚ which is favored by Princes William and Harry.