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P H OTO CO U R T E S Y O F T H E L E A D I N G H OT E L S O F T H E WO R L D (O K U R A ) Who has had the greatest impact on your career(s)? It was definitely my parents who paved the way for my love of art and design. My dad was a painter, and my mom had a gallery when I was in high school. I lived in a beautiful mid-century home and was surrounded by Saarinen and Eames furniture, as well as beautiful art. Personal style icon: Gloria Steinem. Style and brains! Which city do you find most visually inspiring, and why? I love Japan, and walking around Tokyo is a visual delight. It's everything there—the fashionable people, the perfect bonsai gardens, the gorgeous tea rooms, the Japanese ceramics and textiles, the artistically arranged flowers, the impeccable pastry and candy shops, and a five-floor stationery store, with every paper and pen you can possibly imagine. Onna House in East Hampton has a very Japanese vibe, built around a central rock garden. (Onna means woman in Japanese.) Japanese style and sensibility have been a big part of my world. I grew up in a Japanese- inspired home, with shoji screens, and I am continuing it now with Onna House. What's next on your travel agenda? An expedition to Mexico City and Oaxaca to discover artists and artisans. A book you love so much that you've read it more than once: "Lessons in Chemistry." The second time around was with a yellow highlighter in hand. If author Bonnie Garmus is reading this: Please come do a talk at Onna House. We love you! On the weekends, you're happiest… Being at the new Onna House pop-up gallery and showing guests the work of incredible women artists including Kelly Klein, Fiorella Escalon, Almond Zigmund, Alice Hope, and Yoona Hur. It's also really great to hang out all day at the gorgeous Royal Poinciana Plaza. The best gift you received lately: A pendant from my husband by the artist César. And it was in the center of a book where he had cut out the pages to hide it! Ten points, RP! Advice you hold dear: "Just do it!" What has been your favorite hotel stay? A recent stay at the Okura in Tokyo was pretty great. The hotel reopened about five years ago after a big renovation, including recreating the original gorgeous lobby design from the 1960s. And every detail is sublime, from the perfect bathrooms with every amenity you can imagine, to the incredible view of Tokyo from the bathtub, to the perfect green-tea chocolates that awaited us bedside each night. An indulgence you would never forgo? I'm sure you can guess by now… chocolate! The lobby of the Okura Tokyo Works by artist Almond Zigmund at Onna House in Palm Beach. A view from Perry's home in Villefranche-sur-Mer, on the French Riviera. BAL HARBOUR 105