For Mrs. Alice’s 40th Birthday Party, Only a Picture-Perfect Celebration in Tuscany Would Do

Ten years ago, entertaining doyenne and Vogue contributor Alice Naylor-Leyland, aka Mrs. Alice, threw a 30th birthday party for the ages: one that was immortalized in the pages of this magazine’s September 2016 issue and minted her Instagram star status. A decade later, it was time for another monumental milestone—with a bash to match. Here, her friend, writer and editor Gianluca Longo, recaps the fantastical Italian festa.