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Dumb waiter on left extending from first to second

Dumb waiter on left extending from first to second floor. Kitchen and dining room above on three. Paul Rudolph magic cathedral awaiting Jimmy’s arrival.

..... I want to tell you about POSITIVE EXPOSURE.

..... I want to tell you about POSITIVE EXPOSURE. This is a charity, non for profit organization created 16+ years ago by my childhood buddy, Rick Guidotti. We actually went to prep school together— Jesuits( gay). Rick had the sense of humor, I was the bi-polar. We both came to New York to discover our destinies. I, in fashion, and Rick in fashion photography. Soon Rick’s career was building, not just because of his talent, but essentially because of his enormous heart. Which would eventually lead him to his life’s work. I think that I knew that he was destined for something bigger. He was a great success in fashion photography but he felt incomplete and a need for more purpose. He was in Milan working and Connie Uzzo who was running the Saint Laurent empire in the US called to purchase a portrait that Rick took of Monsieur Saint Laurent in his apartment at the Pierre.... yes, great, but he was non plus.
He got back to New York and his life changed one day as he was waiting for a traffic light to change. He was standing next to a young girl who had virtually no pigmentation and white long hair and eye lashes. She looked downward out of shame from embarrassment and years of bullying. Rick was immediately infused with inspiration. He spoke softly to her and invited her back to his studio to photograph her..... the rest is history. He has been all over the world raising consciousness and knowledge not only for pigmentation issues, but bone , birth, cranial, structural, neurological and many other very RARE birth defects. Rick created this organization to give a FACE to the normalcy in perception. POSITIVE EXPOSURE and Rick’s credo is: “CHANGE HOW YOU SEE.... SEE HOW YOU CHANGE...”
The organization is having their virtual fund raiser. I have been a moved and proud believer for many years since I witnessed what Rick has been permitted and destined to create. Sign up.... buy tickets.... DONATE PLEASE. Their is an auction, and amongst many items their are several of my paintings.... take a peek, bid for this incredible cause.
R R. @redromanrose @rickgnyc @lisamariaadriana @positiveexposure

She is up there right now.... she has it all taken

She is up there right now.... she has it all taken care of with you know who. This is one of the reasons that she agreed to leave now....

When distanced, I am able to perceive a profound o

When distanced, I am able to perceive a profound out of body experience through my work. This pandemic has made this more clear than ever. When must accept responsibility for the shift in species and civilization and await our individual calls to become leaders in what ever circumstance. Just pray for a cleansing.

I cannot even put into words what happened in this

I cannot even put into words what happened in this space ship@of creative and metaphysical wonder...... this is why I choke that it was destroyed.... my mind does not comprehend.

In 1987 I sent Elsa these noble Chinese cricket ca

In 1987 I sent Elsa these noble Chinese cricket cages that I found at a magical Asian antique gallery curated by the mystic, William Lipton. I sent them to Elsa with a note to perhaps make them in jade, gold, and wood as minaudieres...... Now, 33 years later I understand that Elsa still teaches that change is not necessary when something is already perfect...... a lesson in life and behavior.

The Prince of quiet intensity, my nephew Luca and

The Prince of quiet intensity, my nephew Luca and I. Weeks later Daniel died from the merciless scourge of AIDS. I wore this shirt, which I still keep as a memory that when you are taking care, cleaning, and Being with a person dying from such a disease, you will not be infected because you are protected by love.

If Brancusi translated into human, this is what yo

If Brancusi translated into human, this is what you would find. The Lady, Coco Mitchell, I worked with her intensely for 13 years, fitting constantly. I post her so that viewers can bask in her God sent intensity and grace!

It came in as a fog.... an understanding of the sp

It came in as a fog.... an understanding of the speechless sculptures of Arnaldo Pomodoro. His work along with the extraordinary Yves Dana had always left me speechless. Fissures from fragments sent from black holes in deep space or frozen bones and body parts from aliens long left behind. That year my memory was constantly aware of the great Pomodoro sculpture in front of the United Nations, and then before Christmas I was in Paris working and visited my dear friends and guides, Messers de Givenchy and Venet. In their back garden on the rue de Grenelle was a Pomodoro that was fragmented and floated in space. I came home an was incapable of escaping the intensity..... so with my incredible team, through meetings and tests and toiles and fittings. We arrived at a Resort Collection that Sang in Hommage. I hope that I can be reunited with these children some day since I feel very incomplete without them. Notice the white gazaar gown on the left. It is a painting taken from a Tang Dynasty chair in reverence to the majestic power of humility.

In perhaps 1978, I discovered, through my normal-c

In perhaps 1978, I discovered, through my normal-constant research, Pauline Potter, also known as the Baroness Pauline de Rothschild. At first it was through the pages of Nrs. Veeeland’s American Vogue, as she sent the photographer, Horst and his partner Valentine Lawford , to photograph and write about Pauline— respectively.
The world was in shock, probably re-calibrated by Pauline’s enormous style in Everything— homes, furniture, decor, food, entertaining, writing, and of course clothes... in this order: Balenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent, and Andre Courreges. An explosion of luxury, but everything tempered with such individuality and casual necessity, that we all instinctively became pupils. Today, and since 1978, she is in my psyche- deeply imbedded, and every “aesthetic” and probably other decisions that I have to make after consideration come from this woman of miraculous depth.

When I want to remember so many women of great sty

When I want to remember so many women of great style, grace, and elegant poise.... I think of and smell this fragrance..... but most of all, I think of Elsa and Rosina because she and my sister wear it.... it’s a dream.

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Life is all about many things, but most significa

Life is all about many things, but most significantly is the constant process of accepting the evolution of self.

The Church..... Imagine all that was conceived and

The Church..... Imagine all that was conceived and created here. Today it is inhabited by a great couturier, Stephan Rolland.

DEATH CHIC....Queen Ingrid of Denmark and her daug

DEATH CHIC....Queen Ingrid of Denmark and her daughters, Queen Margrette and Queen Anne Marie arriving around the funeral service of King Frédéric in 1972. In today’s equivalents of black double faced wool Grain de Poudre, serious yet discreet pearls and tulle illusion. Serious, like a fashion show in the next frame.

She is ...... Divine. She gave us Justify My Love

She is ...... Divine. She gave us Justify My Love,
And was totally justified. Happy Birthday Madonna.
Many years ago when she was making the “Bad Girl”
Video directed by the insanely brilliant David Fincher ( Fight Club. Seven)..... you get his mind..... Vivian was assisting Fincher during the production. The story line was about a high fashion editor who after hours went to gay, sex, and fetish bars in New York to pick up dangerous tricks to test her life expectancy. It was snowing out, I’m going to say that this was perhaps 1988?, something like that. So Vivian called me and said to come down to the set , I would make $100.00 for the night- Great!!! There were wardrobe trucks parked on Park Avenue on the West side between park and Broadway at 17th Street, as this segment of the video was being shot at The Old Town Bar. Christopher Walk-in was playing the angel of death, and Viv told me to bring his wardrobe into his trailer. The most incredible thing was that I thought that I was amidst legends, mean while they were all in shock therapy insane!
Genius Joe McKenna was handling the styling, so I just brought wardrobe to the trailers..,.of course little did I know that almost two decades later Joe would style an incredible shoot for a Spring Ad Campaign. But, Joe and Garren and Pat Magrath were genius, and I have nothing else to say about all of the others involved.
So we are late and have to go into the bar to shoot the gay bar scene. Gay men are in all different states of undress, and Vivian tells me that they need more extras. So I am so excited!!!! My debut in. Madonna video. I take off my shirt..... perfectly normal in a gay bar to give your hairy chest, and stand facing my male partner while facing the front entrance. I am also wearing tight jeans and thick boots. But I pull a knitted skull cap over my head to intensify my look.
Everyone is instructor and Fincher shouts ACTION..... the cameras begin pulling backward to follow Madonna’s entrance into the bar.
Here we go.... I turn to face the camera..... she freaks out.....SCREAMS AND POINTS—- He’s in my light, DAVID, get him out of my light. I was moved, we shot the scene, and I made my debut.

Speechless.... this is, you would think, the last

Speechless.... this is, you would think, the last straw... you are looking at a photograph equivalent to The Nazis burning of books in the streets of Germany.

Mona Bismarck’s dyed to match her Balenciaga chi

Mona Bismarck’s dyed to match her Balenciaga chiffon pajama in coral. The custom from the great company Dal Co. in Rome. Dal Co was the greatest couture shoe creator. When this photo was taken, she was walking the grounds of her gardens with her friend, Mrs. Aristotle Onassis.

Merry Christmas!!!!! Perhaps 1988...Elsa, Pat Ast,

Merry Christmas!!!!! Perhaps 1988...Elsa, Pat Ast, and Halston reflection in the mirrors? Cal me early. X r

quiet, strong, moral, integrity, compassionate, Be

quiet, strong, moral, integrity, compassionate,
Beginning our return to sanity and normal. This post borrowed from my dear friend and Inspiration, Ms. Patti Smith.

Incredible men’s outer wear from Donna Karan. Wh

Incredible men’s outer wear from Donna Karan. What she contributed to fashion was enormous.... honor her. Please note Edward on the bottom right on the runway! He was one of the genius designers at DK.

New Quarantine addiction as taught by Paul.... on $New Quarantine addiction as taught by Paul.... on all the sites finding major treasures. Here a super vintage space age Major Tom silver Mylar from the great prophet, Helmut Lang. This new habit of stay at home Jackpot!!! Finding such incredible items for a fraction of the cost is my new obsession.$

You never imagined.... the black woman of extreme

You never imagined.... the black woman of extreme chic within a Mantilla..... full in cosmic Infanta.

Perhaps a date with destiny, here heavy silk faill

Perhaps a date with destiny, here heavy silk faille from another master, Roberto Capucci.

.... just the silence of masterful attempts of cut

.... just the silence of masterful attempts of cut, this is all we need in fashion right now to move forward, separate the wheat from the shaft, and have the intellect dressed, then the frame. Psychiatric clothing. Here, the master, Balenciaga.

The mind is the most powerful vehicle. My sister R

The mind is the most powerful vehicle. My sister Rosina lived in Rome for fifteen years. Then she returned to help me and have my nephew educated here. She has since developed a life with her partner in Tunisia. She is simply waiting to leave this lost country and return to her true home. Until then this is a view from her front foyer.... you see, this is not America, this is the place that her mind transports her soul to until she leaves.

Joe Eula, capturing a certain visionary genius thr

Joe Eula, capturing a certain visionary genius throwing a bolt of red fabric in the floor, cutting directly into it, and draping while seeing with his hands in three dimensions. H.

Same Thanksgiving, at the Hermitage Museum before

Same Thanksgiving, at the Hermitage Museum before a private tour. A young me with my bestie and quiet mentor, James Galanos. He really was two things.... the man with the most discreet style in the world, and with this the most talented couturier in the US, but at time the most shy. We, his posse including Serge, Gelila Puck, Iris Cantor, Betsy Kaiser,.... of course Mrs. Regan and Mrs. Bloomingdale and his boys from Palm Springs.... he never stopped being the life of the party in two coasts and in Paris and Italy. Can you imagine that when he passed away, American Vogue never even mentioned it. Shame.

Thanksgiving in Saint Petersburg twenty years ago.

Thanksgiving in Saint Petersburg twenty years ago.... Tatianna, Me, Dinese Hale, Paul Podlucky, Glenda Bailey..... beautiful memories.