Dolce & Gabbana, Dr. Barbara Sturm, Asprey and More Arrive at The Pink Paradise
Palm Beach, FL (Nov 2022) – The Colony Hotel is delighted to announce a stellar slate of partnerships for the hotel’s 75th anniversary season. Much more than a hotel, The Colony is a state of mind, with collaborations across art, wellness, fashion and design creating a vibrant hub for modern well-travelled guests from Palm Beach and afar. New and returning brand partners will activate on property, with Italian megabrand Dolce & Gabbana creating its first Palm Beach boutique in the hotel’s new retail space, The Colony Edit. Skincare innovator Dr. Barbara Sturm and celebrity fitness programs Tracy Anderson Method & TORCH’D by Isaac Boots will be in residence at the hotel, as will British brand Asprey. Aerin Lauder will design The Colony’s holiday décor once again via her AERIN brand, and photographer Nick Mele, known as the “young Slim Aarons”, and fashion darling contemporary artist Ashley Longshore will both mount shows this winter. The Colony continues to immerse a new generation of modern and discerning guests in a world sure to inspire dreams of the Pink Paradise.
RETAIL
DOLCE & GABBANA
December 2022 through March 2023
Italian powerhouse brand Dolce & Gabbana brings a taste of Amalfi to Palm Beach with a seasonal shop at The Colony Edit, the hotel’s new retail concept. Bursting with women’s wear from the new Resort and Spring Collections, plus special products exclusive to Palm Beach, the boutique will also feature rotating special collections of menswear, jewelry, children’s, home, and couture Alta Moda.
ASPREY
Late November 2022 through April 2023
British retailer Asprey arrives at The Colony in November offering their heritage assortment of jewelry, leather, silver and other luxury goods. Founded in 1781, the House has historically been recognized as one of the world’s pre-eminent luxury goods brands and has a substantial client base of members of royalty, heads of state and important actors on the world stage.
LADURÉE
Launching in November 2022
Laudrée the Parisian patisserie, iconic teahouse, and creators of coveted macarons, will make Palm Beach a little bit sweeter starting November at The Colony. Ladurée macarons and giftboxes will be available via Laudrée’s mobile patisserie cart, located at The Pink Paradise café, then poolside later in the afternoon.
THE COLONY EDIT
The Colony hotel is excited to announce the much-anticipated launch of The Colony Edit, a boutique concept curated by Colony Owner and President Sarah Wetenhall. The Colony Edit will feature apparel, accessories, and home products inspired by The Pink Paradise, plus exclusive collaborations with the most coveted resort brands. Click here for images of exclusive designs from Vilebrequin, Peter Millar, Smathers & Branson and Stubbs & Wootton available only at The Colony.
WELLNESS
DR. BARBARA STURM
November 2022 through March2023
Dr. Barbara Sturm will bring STURMGLOW™ to Palm Beach with an exclusive, limited time-only spa residency at The Colony Palm Beach. Dr. Sturm is widely renowned for her anti-inflammatory philosophy and unique, science-based products that strengthen and improve the skin, without attacking it. The full, newly revised facial menu will be available during the residency, including Dr. Sturm’s most renowned treatments; the STURM LIFT, SUPER ANTI-AGING FACIAL, BRIGHTENING FACIAL and MENS FACIAL, and Dr. Sturm’s latest treatment innovation, the EXOSO-METIC FACIAL; a 75-minute treatment which combines Dr. Sturm’s high-performance EXOSO-METIC COLLECTION with Microdermabrasion and Microneedling for fresh, radiant and youthful-looking skin. Hotel guests will be given QR codes to access Dr. Sturm’s treatment menu from the comfort of their own rooms and will be able to sample their favorite products with complimentary miniature skincare sachets.
TRACY ANDERSON METHOD
Select Dates November 2022 through January 2023
Practiced by A-list celebrities and clients worldwide, the Tracy Anderson Method is a revolutionary and unique movement genre based on over 25 years of founder Tracy Anderson’s research and choreography creations, provenly designed to create balance where there is imbalance in the body.
TORCH’D by Isaac Boots
Select Dates February 2023 through March 2023
Created by Isaac Calpito, Torch’d is a vigorous flow of body resistance, dance conditioning and intense targeted repetition to fire up and transform your body. Celebrities such as Kelly Ripa, Jessica Chastain, Gwyneth Paltrow, Naomi Watts, Faye Dunaway, and Lucy Liu are just a few longtime devotees of TORCH’D and are never hesitant to give Isaac credit for their superb form and increased energy. As one of the most in-demand fitness trainers in NYC, The Hamptons, and LA, Isaac will be teaching outdoor in person classes open to the public at The Colony Hotel February through March 2023.
ART/DÉCOR
NICK MELE PHOTOGRAPHY,
Please Sign in all Guests (2022) December 2022 through January 2023
The Colony is proud to present Nick Mele’s first fine art series, Please Sign in all Guests (2022), a stylish, flamboyant ode to classic Palm Beach. Mele is a Palm Beach based lifestyle, fashion and interior design photographer known for his whimsical take on American luxury and elegance. His passion lies in his love for fabulous interiors and the people who inhabit those spaces. Mele’s images have been said to evoke feelings of both old-world glamour and modern irreverence.
ASHLEY LONGSHORE
February 2023 through March 2023
KATE FERRARONE, DIVE
March 2023 through Summer 2023
Katy Ferrarone’s new series, DIVE, comes directly from her Transcendental Meditation practice. The organic forms and peaceful tones reflect the transcending of the artist’s consciousness. Each painting is an actual representation and vision Ferrarone experiences in meditation. Thoughts of calm seas and peaceful Colony palettes have provided endless inspiration for these powerful canvases which will be exhibited during the ideal season of rebirth.
AERIN HOLIDAY
November 2022 through December 2023
Traditions are cherished at The Colony, thus Aerin Lauder will once again be designing the hotel’s holiday décor through her AERIN brand. To celebrate the partnership, AERIN will launch a limited-edition raffia pouch trimmed in Colony Pink. Aerin’s holiday décor will draw on cherished childhood memories of holidays in Palm Beach with her grandmother Estée, and give all guests a glimpse into her world of updated classic Palm Beach glamour.
ABOUT THE COLONY
As guardians of a treasured icon, The Colony Palm Beach faithfully preserves its legacy of gracious hospitality while ensuring continued relevance to a new generation of modern, well-traveled and discerning guests. The 89-room property provides unique, curated offerings for guests of all ages delivered with best-in- class ultra boutique service. Much more than a hotel, The Colony is a state of mind a place to connect meaningfully and authentically with one of the world’s most storied destinations, steps from both Worth Avenue and the Atlantic Ocean. Aware of The Colony’s singular place in the hearts of long-time Palm Beachers, the hotel is dedicated to maintaining a rich tradition of culinary excellence and sophisticated entertainment in a vibrant social setting that is both welcoming and refreshingly unpretentious.
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