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Making a Scene in Morocco—Vogue’s Hamish Bowles Tries His Hand at Costuming a Play Inline

August 31, 2016

Photos: Courtesy of Hamish Bowles
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The view across the Strait of Gibraltar from Veere Grenney and David Oliver’s house in Tangier.
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The pavilion in Madison Cox’s hollyhock garden at the Villa Mabrouka.

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The entrance to Villa Mabrouka, former home of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, in Tangier.
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Summer Strallen leads a morning yoga session with Jake Robinson in the gardens of the Villa Mabrouka.
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The “rock pool” swimming pool at Villa Mabrouka.

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The entrance gallery at Villa Mabrouka, decorated for Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé by Jacques Grange.
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The artist and Tangerine resident Lawrence Mynott instructs the cast in how to use his wind-up gramophone in the play.
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The stage is set: the drawing room of the gazebo, decorated by Veere Grenney and arranged with ballroom chairs for the performance.

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A corner of the Villa Mabrouka with accessories for the play, including hats by Stephen Jones, jewelry by Vicki Beamon, and silk flowers from William Ivey Long.
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A fitting with actress Suzann O’Neill—ensemble from Marc Jacobs’s Diana Vreeland collectsion and hat by Stephen Jones.
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A fitting at Villa Mabrouka with Summer Strallen; her dress is by Marc Jacobs, her headdress by Stephen Jones.

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A fitting with Jessie Buckley (in Zac Posen, with hat by Stephen Jones) and James Norton (in Ralph Lauren).
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Exotic flowers at the gazebo.
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Yours truly in a Stephen Jones fez, Jessie Buckley in Zac Posen, Dominic Thorburn in Ralph Lauren, Summer Strallen in Ralph Lauren, and Jake Robinson in Dunhill.

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Natalie Dormer and Jake Robinson at cocktails at the American Legation.
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Summer Strallen in a Stephen Jones cloche hat, Ralph Lauren jacket, and fox stole by J. Mendel.
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Summer Strallen and yours truly (in Dunhill) at the American Legation cocktail party for theater guests.

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Rashpal Panesar in Attico, Suzann O’Neill in Marc Jacobs, Summer Strallen in a Stephan Janson ostrich jacket, yours truly, and Nathalie Dormer in an Allegra Hicks dress and Stephan Janson ostrich jacket. All hats by Stephen Jones.
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Director Rob Ashford with Jessie Buckley (in a 1930s dress from Deborah Andrews) and James Norton (in Huntsman).
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Jessie Buckley in Zac Posen and Stephan Janson jacket and James Norton in Ralph Lauren.

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Phil Dunster, Jake Robinson (in Tom Ford), James Norton (in Dunhill), Dominic Thorburn (in Ralph Lauren), and Richard Dempsey