**LOUIS VUITTON** _dress and shoes_, **VICTORIA GRANT** _hat, and_ **BRADLEY KENNETH EYEWEAR** _sunglasses_.
**LOUIS VUITTON** _dress and shoes_, **VICTORIA GRANT** _hat, and_ **BRADLEY KENNETH EYEWEAR** _sunglasses_.
**VALERJ POBEGA** _dress_, **VIVIENNE WESTWOOD** _shoes_, **BRADLEY KENNETH EYEWEAR** _glasses_, **STEAMPUNK WOLF** _gloves_, and **LYNN BAN** _ring_.
**VALERJ POBEGA** _dress_, **VIVIENNE WESTWOOD** _shoes_, **BRADLEY KENNETH EYEWEAR** _glasses_, **STEAMPUNK WOLF** _gloves_, and **LYNN BAN** _ring_.
Left to right: **VALERJ POBEGA** _dress_, **VIVIENNE WESTWOOD** _shoes_, **BRADLEY KENNETH** _glasses_, **STEAMPUNK WOLF** _gloves_, _and_ **LYNN BAN** _ring_. **LOUIS VUITTON** _dress_, **VICTORIA GRANT** _hat, and_ **BRADLEY KENNETH** _glasses_. **VALENTINO** _top and_ **LORAND LAJOS** _headpiece_. **GUCCI** _dress and shoes and_ **VALERJ POBEGA** _tights_.
Left to right: **VALERJ POBEGA** dress, **VIVIENNE WESTWOOD** heels, **BRADLEY KENNETH** glasses, **STEAMPUNK WOLF** gloves, and **LYNN BAN** ring. **LOUIS VUITTON** dress, **VICTORIA GRANT** hat, and **BRADLEY KENNETH EYEWEAR** sunglasses. **VALENTINO** dress, **LORAND LAJOS** headpiece, and **STEAMPUNK WOLF** gloves. **GUCCI** dress and shoes, **VALERJ** **POBEGA** tights, and **STEAMPUNK** **WOLF** gloves.
**VALENTINO** _dress_, **GREG LAUREN** _trousers_, **VIVIENNE WESTWOOD** _shoes_, **LORAND LAJOS** _headpiece, and_ **STEAMPUNK WOLF** _gloves_.
**GUCCI** _dress and shoes_, **VALERJ POBEGA** _tights, and_ **STEAMPUNK WOLF** _gloves_.
**GUCCI** _dress and shoes_, **VALERJ POBEGA** _tights, and_ **STEAMPUNK WOLF** _gloves_.
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I’ll Be Mother, You Be My Baby
The Drought, the Swimming Hole, and Flakka
The state of the world having proven itself no longer palatable on this day in late summer, Anita, Maria, Miriam, and Gillian sojourned for afternoon tea by the warm current of the 101 freeway (northbound) to collect themselves and revive their spirits. On the menu, courtesy the Peninsula Hotel, Beverly Hills and a rogue tea trader:
### **FINGER SANDWICHES**
##### Cucumber, Dill
##### Egg, Dijon, Watercress
##### Camembert, Tomato, Pesto
##### House Smoked Salmon, Caper
##### Curried Chicken, Marcona Almond Raisin Compote
### **PETITE PASTRIES**
##### Lemon Linzer Torte
##### Rum Raisin Madeleine
##### Disaronno Originale Petit Gâteau
##### Blood Orange Tart
##### Cassis Macaron
### **SCONES AND ACCOUTREMENTS**
##### Traditional and Currant Scones
##### House Made Seasonal Preserves
##### Lemon Curd, Devonshire Cream
##### Strawberries and Cream
### **TEA**
##### **HAND-ROLLED CEYLON** plucked by seventeen octogenarians at midday, meticulously rolled by unknown apparatus.
##### **CORNISH EARL GREY** grown in a walled garden, hand-scented with real petrol!
##### **SECOND FLUSH MUSCATEL DARJEELING** from untouched, virgin forest, guarded by tigers, the aroma is heady and fruitless.
#### _Director_: Adam Powell at Adam-powell.com.
#### _Director of Photography_: Todd Heater at Toddheater.com.
#### _Stylist_: Timothy Chernyaev at Timothychernyaev.com.
#### _Prop Stylist_: Sonja Kroop at Sonjakroop.com.
#### _Models_: Anita, Gillian, and Miriam at Freedommodels.com, Los Angeles and Maria Eugenia at Nextmanagement.com, Los Angeles.
#### _Hair_: Amber Kerns for Opusbeauty.com.
#### _Makeup_: Elie Maalouf for Jedroot.com.
#### _Casting Director_: Linda Nyvltova.
#### Afternoon Tea Courtesy the Peninsula Hotel, Beverly Hills.
_Location_: The Echo Park Shallow Pool, Los Angeles.
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