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Supermodel Elle MacPherson has fond memories of summers lived in a one-bedroom shack at the end of Dune Road in Southampton. “It was the most elegant space on the street -- discreet and tiny,” she tells Hamptons magazine in its latest cover story.

Australia-born MacPherson especially enjoyed partying in the Hamptons on July 4, where “everyone dressed up in red, white and blue, and we went to lots of barbecues. I remember much sangria; I remember buying fresh vegetables at the roadside markets,” she tells the magazine. “I’m a huge fan of American culture. I appreciate the rebel spirit of Americans -- I think it’s something Australians share.”

The former Victoria’s Secret model has had a top-selling intimate apparel line for almost 20 years in Europe and Australia. She recently launched a new line of intimates called Boudoir, available to the American market at upscale stores like Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue.