A Look Inside Tuxedo Park, the Birthplace of the Tuxedo
In 1886, a cloistered community in upstate New York gave its name to a new kind of dinner jacket. one hundred twenty-five years later, the tuxedo has withstood time and the whims of fashion—much like the town that put it on the map.
In 1886, a cloistered community in upstate New York gave its name to a new kind of dinner jacket. one hundred twenty-five years later, the tuxedo has withstood time and the whims of fashion—much like the town that put it on the map.
Lunch at 19th-century financial titan George Fisher Baker's former carriage house, now a family dwelling.
Alex Salm, a decorated Air Force vetean, lives in a house built by his grandfather in 1900.
Jack and India Kilgore take the family dog for a spin.
Steve Hellman attempts repose on a Ming dynasty court chair.
Philip, Nicholas, Gail, and Sophia Lobkowicz at home.
Thomas Wilson, Tuxedo Park's mayor and co-founder of the Tuxedo Land Trust, stands by a 1967 Tuxedo Park model Jeep at the club's boathouse.
Angus Cundey and son Simon, of Savile Row's Henry Poole & Co., showcase their signature product, the dinner jacket, at the Tuxedo Park Autumn Ball.
Chris Sonne and wife Sally on Tuxedo Lake.
Dan Laukitis, Rob Silvay, John Dawson, and Greg Beard, members of the Tuxedo Club Board of Governors, in front of the Tennis House, designed by Warren and Wetmore, architects of New York's Grand Central Terminal.
Court tennis, an arcane ancestor of lawn tennis. Cleveland Amory once said the game was understood by so few, "it was almost possible to announce yourself as champion without playing at all."
Guy Devereux, two-time champion of the Tuxedo Gold Racquet, an international court tennis tournament. He grew up playing the sport in England and is currently ranked fifth in the U.S.
Chris Sonne, town historian, ferries his wife Sally around Tuxedo Lake in their 1907 Elco Electric, named the Teal after the fast-flying duck. When Sonne's father bought the Ambrose Monell house in 1933, the boat was thrown in for good measure.
Inside Chastellux, designed by McKim, Mead & White.
The Hacienda, as seen from below.
The terraced gardens of the former Henry W. Poor house.
Jack and Kim Kilgore with their daughter India in the Ballroom, once an adjunct to the far grander Villa Blanca, thought to have been designed by McKim, Mead & White. The villa was torn down following a 1937 fire, and the Ballroom is now a stand-alone residence. It was previously the home of aesthete and music historian Robert Rushmore.
Paul and Chauncie Rodzianko, adding Kazakh and Uzbek flourishes to the traditional tuxedo, in front of their home, which was once George F. Baker's gardener's cottage.
David du Pont and Gardiner Hempel, treasurer and president of the Tuxedo Park Fire Department, an all-volunteer (but no longer all-male) force chartered in 1901.
Will Russell, a Christie's sculpture specialist, and Rob McQuilkin, a literary agent, outside their home, the former Henry W. Poor estate manager's residence.
Barbara and Peter Regna look out onto Tuxedo Lake from their home, the Hacienda, built in 1900. Barbara wears a Tom Ford tuxedo and Roger Vivier shoes.
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