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He is laying on his bed reviewing sketches that he He is laying on his bed reviewing sketches that he made for his revolutionary, earth shattering Madame Bovary/ Ballet Russie collection. No one knew what hit them. The clothes hit the runway and the fantasy of sublime, exotic, Uber luxurious Russia appeared. People I know who were present at the Intercontinental Hotel Ballroom, say that parts of the ceiling began to fall from the thunderous applause. He changed life and life style over night..... how could he remain sane?
Be quiet. Ferre. Immortal. Be quiet. Ferre. Immortal.
The Balenciaga of Faggots. What a man... I was hon The Balenciaga of Faggots. What a man... I was honored to work with him on The Gay Men’s Health Project....
.... here is a killer for you boys and girls. Dire .... here is a killer for you boys and girls. Direct to you from Roma.... touchstones of impossible beauty, chic, and the style that oozes with no pretension.... girls who pay for their couture and their Cartier from their own work.... wow! Anna Magnani, Ava Gardner, Valentina Cortese. Basta!
Opening night of Hamilton...... I had no idea what Opening night of Hamilton...... I had no idea what to expect. I do not have wonderful hearing but went to Sardi’s to the pre-performance dinner given by Roy and Margie. I was transfixed by this masterful performance of actors who reactivated yesterday into today. The disintegration of culture and personal ethics of today merely a template from yesterday. I was speechless. During intermission I could float in awe. After this extraordinary performance, Roy and Margie asked me to jump in their car to go to the party....how could I? I was speechless and had to walk home to separate my mind from my emotions. Rosie O’Donell, who was sitting behind me and leaned forward during the constant applause that had the cast crying and said...... I’m fucking exhausted.....
Paul Rudolph.... 23 Beekman...... projected office Paul Rudolph.... 23 Beekman...... projected office. Double height for working on two levels.
Spring 2010 RTW. Each exit must be it’s own stor Spring 2010 RTW. Each exit must be it’s own story with in the novel is the collection. Here.... Pina Bausch, Japanese monumental manuscripts, homage to Rudi Genreich, deconstructed tulle manipulations from the last master, Francois Lesage, Antonino Tapies l’homage to the revolution of the Spanish Republic. And, of course the only jewelry used was Elsa Peretti’ s angel floating light gold mesh. @elsaperettiofficial @rickyandray @stefano.palumbo @redromanrose @joulesvintage @vasily_rzd @jayglennnyc @jacekratkowski @anthony.stropoli
As you..... those that follow my posts....know- I As you..... those that follow my posts....know- I am totally obsessed for years with the Infantina.... the child Infanta, always depicted as somewhat twisted, demented, evil..... with glorious costume hiding the evil....... I am obsessed and in reverence. They are from Spain, Italy, France, The Netherlands, England....... perhaps how to refrain an evil child. BUT!!!!! Look at the Farthengails!
Jesus and his Apostles....men in need for the conn Jesus and his Apostles....men in need for the connection of men. Historic...... Natural....... Complete.
.... and Saint Laurent releases the emotion of a b .... and Saint Laurent releases the emotion of a black lace mantilla.... the over powering beauty and bewitching mysterious seduction within the woman in mourning.
Here she is.... the Female God: Mme. Gres. The gre Here she is.... the Female God: Mme. Gres. The greatest artist to manipulate fabric- ever. She worked day and night and draped every toile. In the morning her toili sts would take them and extend them into patterns and then cut the pattern after trueing the toile. She is seen here standing in her salon on the second floor of One rue due la paix....across the street from the famous Monsieur Massaro, the famous house that created custom made shoes to this day in the tradition of Dal Co. In Rome. She was known for her fluid draped Racine jersey gowns, and the historic fluted jerseys.... which are explained many times within my instagram postings. But here I wish to touch on two points. Firstly, she also took silk paper taffeta and created asymmetric, twisted, huge and cloud-like gowns. Nothing had ever been seen like them and they became original wonders of couture. Young, trail blazing women wore these dresses that were illogical, yet perfect.... Chessy Rayner, Mica Eretegun, Annette de la Renta, Sao Schlumberger, Susan Gutfreund. Secondly, you can see the carved out niches in the salon. During the Second World War, all of the houses were under extreme textile cut backs. But, all of the designers took less so that Madame Gres could have more, since a Gres garment required more yardage. Now the niches.... when the wives, mistresses, trans - girlfriends of the Third Reich would arrive and ask to see a dress, Mme Gres would say.... “ O no, this is not a dress for sale, this is sculpture.” Then , speechless, they would go to somewhere befitting them like Balmain .
This is all you need to know about the release of This is all you need to know about the release of style in the 80’s...... it fueled today but we still feel the enormous absence..... Genius Helmut Lang with my favorite model of my entire career, who would write me hand written notes and then fax them- Kirsten Owen! Also my heart will always be deeply moved by Mr. Lang for attempting to protecting me while I was amidst a blood bath. @kirsten.owen @h_lang_
At the end of the day , I could spend eternity her At the end of the day , I could spend eternity here ...... Alone: The Rothko Chapel. Now, the back story is that he was commissioned by those building the Four Seasons Restaurant in Manhattan, the temple of high, modern chic and intellectual perfection in the Mies Van der Rohe designed Siegrams building. The Four Seasons was designed by Philip Johnson—- another walk in in our lifetime. So..... Mark Rothko was advanced $50,000.00 for the black transformative panels that would hang on the second floor and the hallway leading back to the glorious pool room!!!! What incredible memories. The End: Rothko hated the way his work was presented and he gave the 50k back and the panels were returned. I have always had two emotions over this. First I find that I need the utter strength on the bare African wood walls, because the Wall Street crowd with the chsllange of: “ who has the biggest cock in the room” would have been intimated by the black ascension panels. But, we are blessed to be able to travel to Texas and sit there for hours and be transported THROUGH the meditative Rothko Ascension Panels..... they just might be the human comprehension for a BLACK HOLE.
This is an image of the Tibetan Collection shown i This is an image of the Tibetan Collection shown in Paris for RTW by The mystifying Jean Paul Gautier. I am still afloat over this presentation. THIS is how a collection must be designed, structured, and presented..... with its basis in DEEP RESEARCHED CULTURE AND KNOWLEDGE. I will personally always love him because after my first couture presentation in Paris, he and his business partner came to a dinner that I gave that night at Madison Blanche. Designers must love each other because we are all on the same wave length.
LOOK UNDER THE DAMN BANQUETTE..... ON THE FLOOR! I LOOK UNDER THE DAMN BANQUETTE..... ON THE FLOOR! I have been possessed and obsessed by this since 1979! Back story: Vreeland sent photographer Horst and his husband, Valentine Lawford to Paris for Horst to shoot and Lawford to write about the private apartment of the chicest alien to materialize on earth- Pauline de Rothschild. She was married to the Baron Philippe ..... but we all know this, and if you do not, then study and catch up because she is essential to understanding the Taste in civilization. So they maintained separate apartments and met for dinners..... how perfect. They also had an active and imaginative sex life..... but Mitchell Owen will tell you all about that because he has been working on the DEFINITIVE biography of Pauline..... I digress..... when I discovered these 4 rooms in the late 70’s it changed my life..... the shift of proportion, the oddity, the museum like quality, the straw trays edged in sterling with Chinese blue and white porcelain ash trays and almond bowls...... until this day I cannot wrap my head around this much individually, in one person. Pauline. I have built many collections around her!
Just proportion, quality, and culture..... in Anyt Just proportion, quality, and culture..... in Anything!
Adore this photo..... my father, Emanuel, Rosina, Adore this photo..... my father, Emanuel, Rosina, and my nephew, Luca, whom I cherish for his pragmatic outlook, kindness, humor, and ability to watch horror films with me.
Dad and my best friend, Jaeck gave me a chic black Dad and my best friend, Jaeck gave me a chic black stroller for the spring. Sometimes I simply like to sit and observe...... so that I don’t have to walk and deal with people commenting the different Aunt Elsa jewelry that I am wearing..... boy, it gets on my nerves.... I want to say , really? What do you expect me to be wearing?...Kenny Jay Lane?
OBAMAGATE!!!??? You cannot even wrap your head aro OBAMAGATE!!!??? You cannot even wrap your head around this latest temper tantrum. What to do? Run to the kitchen and make a soft-centered ricotta donut cake. This is necessary for couture of the head. Yes, Mrs. Vreeland by Scuvullo oversees the kitchen with Russian silver and a few Russian Tula boxes....that I smuggled out of Moscow!
Marc Bohan designed Dior rtw and couture for over Marc Bohan designed Dior rtw and couture for over 25 years. He is an impeccable, refined, visionary genius..... then he was dismissed . Yes, we received the genius of Ferre, but we must Honor Bohan. Here heavy silk organza layers from Sfate and Combier. Honor Him.
Elsa offers us Coral presented on a gold tray..... Elsa offers us Coral presented on a gold tray..... so refined, yet totally quiet. @elsaperettiofficial @rickyandray @redromanrose @joulesvintage @ocram3160 @dfmalabaster @tatianasorokko @susangutfreund @jacekratkowski @anthony.stropoli @vasily_rzd
After all of this.... walk around your apartment a After all of this.... walk around your apartment and edit. Let the iconic elements speak, so that what you are left with is a refined, reduced environment that shows you unconscious.... this in turn, feeds you daily.
Twelve small terra cotta pots in the center of you Twelve small terra cotta pots in the center of your main drawing room table holding anything you wish..... but they must be small.... orchids, ferns, bonsai, .... anything. Transforms conversation into other realms.
Master Billy Baldwin, with the incredible bookcase Master Billy Baldwin, with the incredible bookcases, still available through Billy Baldwin Studio.
You can resume breathing. Now. You can resume breathing. Now.
The first time that I was nominated for a CFDA, I The first time that I was nominated for a CFDA, I escorted my dear, visionary friend, Martha Stewart. Her taste, the sense of comfort that she creates.... and our generation’s evolved Julia Child on steroids... also super elegant and relaxed. I wanted her to look like her— but also chic and very sexy. She is wearing an entirely embroidered shell of ivory fresh water pearls on Georgette.... as you can see the front is a rib cage structure which has obsessed me for years. Over this she is wearing an ivory satin duchess jacket with Kabuki volume, and all seams being inset with 1/4” self insets, then all seams are pick- stitched.... because it always reminds me of my supreme master craftsmen Italian uncles who picked everything.My Uncle Paul Gaudio, and Uncle Frank Acinapura. I lived at their home in Union City when I first moved to New York. We were all taken care of with extraordinary love and female strength. She was my Aunt Mary, whom I adored and taught me that chic must be filtered through kindness and love to be real. So.... pick stitching..... black Taroni silk/wool narrow pants and coral satin shoes. Martha has to report to jail the following week to be held as an example, but her strength, individuality, and integrity allowed her to float above it all. This shot shows she and I along with Glenda Bailey and Jimmy Galanos getting out of the car. Quite suddenly there were masses of photographers in front of our faces.... literally in front so much so that we were pinned. I was starting to push them but Martha, ever elegant and calm just said.... just smile, don’t be nervous and after these vultures get what they want, they will lift.
The greatest joy is to not only accomplish precise The greatest joy is to not only accomplish precise fit between the wearer and the cloth.... but to also create a quiet, yet intense reaction to the facade. Always remembering.... Nothing should be noticed..... just Felt. Here, in my favorite cloth which has probably defined my career, Luigi Colombo’s 720 gram Double Faced Cashmere with insets of tulle. It is a jacket amongst a group of clothes. I had to refrain myself and create a reduced suggestion of shape and lines uttering Imperial Japan..... nothing obvious. Maybe a little Samurai.
It was pouring, and I am telling you rain fell in It was pouring, and I am telling you rain fell in hard sheets this morning. It was in 2011 at a breakfast given by the Fashion Group International. I am receiving my plaque to be placed on Seventh Avenue’s “Walk if Fame” as they call it. Two things.... I am deeply moved, humbled, and with a hollow in my chest, so proud. This will be planted into the street for the rest of time, long after my death. The second thing is that my plaque is spot-on the corner of 39th & Seventh Avenue. After me going downtown towards 38th Street you have Halston, the great man, whom I deeply respect, and gave me my first job in New York, and then the icon- James Galanos who went on to become not only my friend, but a very close advisor.
You are looking at Coco Mitchell, my fitting model You are looking at Coco Mitchell, my fitting model for thirteen years..... every collection as she and I love to remember. This is another season, yet evolving the technique explained previously. We decided to stitch very thin strips of leather on tulle so that the electric up and down radiating pattern executed in leather would resemble an electro cardiac test...... and then we went in to experiment with this as heightened excitement, and then an attack...... accepting this reality.
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