O Magazine April 2009 Fashion - Behind the Scenes in Argentina

This month, the O Magazine fashion team made the (ten hour!) journey to the Estancia El Rocio, a real working ranch just outside Buenos Aires to shoot our April 2009 Gaucho Chic fashion story. O's creative director, Adam Glassman, was calling the shots--a

By Robin Monheit
O, The Oprah Magazine | March 11, 2009

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Photo: Courtesy of Estancia El Rocio

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Colors of the Pampas

Meals at the estancia are an authentic combination of Pampa and Argentine flavors. Think empanadas, locros, carbonadas (meet and vegetable stew), pollo al disco, mil hojas de dulce de leche.... They're also served here in the equally charming "La Matera"—the dining room, and traditional gaucho break room. Macarena personally decorated every nook and cranny, inspired by the colors of the natural landscape, peppering the rooms with exclusive pieces she has collected from her travels.