James Reginato

1 month ago | townandcountrymag.com | James Reginato

“One of my earliest memories is watching my mother floating across our living room in London. She was practicing the rumba with her dance instructor, sashaying to the tinny phonograph music. I stood in the doorway with my older brother, Tim, and drank in her colorful beauty while I could—we would not be allowed to stay long. All too soon, our nanny, Letty, gently pulled us away and led us upstairs to the nursery for our supper.”So begins a memoir written by Frederick Vreeland.

Sep 25, 2024 | townandcountrymag.com | James Reginato

“It’s completely by accident that I ended up here,” says Diane von Furstenberg, perching on a bronze daybed in the piano nobile (the second floor of a palazzo, traditionally where Italian nobles live) of the Palazzo Brandolini, one of Venice’s most venerable buildings.

Sep 17, 2024 | vanityfair.com | James Reginato

“Think of the Brady Bunch,” a member of the Mellon dynasty recently told me as he tried to explain some family dynamics. Though ’70s kitsch could hardly be further from the great banking and industrial fortune, the relative was referring to Paul Mellon and his blended family. But instead of Alice the housekeeper, more than a hundred staff members were on duty at Oak Spring, a 4,500-acre estate where the walls were adorned with masterpieces by Van Gogh, Degas, and Manet.

Jul 24, 2024 | hollywoodreporter.com | James Reginato

Growing up in Mexico City, Eugenio López Alonso’s path was preordained: He was destined to become the fruit juice king of Latin America. As the only child and sole heir of beverage billionaire Eugenio López Rodea, he was expected to take the reins of Grupo Jumex, the family’s mammoth empire, the largest purveyor of fruit juice in South and Central America. Not exactly glamorous, but it sure was a lot of guava.

Jul 24, 2024 | yahoo.com | James Reginato

Growing up in Mexico City, Eugenio López Alonso’s path was preordained: He was destined to become the fruit juice king of Latin America. As the only child and sole heir of beverage billionaire Eugenio López Rodea, he was expected to take the reins of Grupo Jumex, the family’s mammoth empire, the largest purveyor of fruit juice in South and Central America. Not exactly glamorous, but it sure was a lot of guava.