The stone is the first thing Poupette Giraud mentions when she talks about her latest creation. It is local volcanic rock, weathered to the exact color of the Toiny coastline, built into walls that seem to have emerged from the hillside rather than been placed upon it. “I tried to make something that, over time, will get more and more soul, because it’s part of the land,” the designer says of the three-bedroom private villa she is launching this season, part of Hotel Le Toiny, which stretches across 42 acres on St. Barths’ wild eastern coast.

Giraud, the resortwear queen who built the global boho-chic empire Poupette St Barth, has been working between Indonesia, India, and the 8-square-mile French Caribbean paradise for 35 years. For Villa Anima, she has teamed up with longtime friend, Ch

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