Wednesday night we had the hottest (and dare I say chicest) ticket in town. Over at RS POP Shop on 47th and Lexington, IN*TANDEM Magazine has the pleasure of sponsoring “Fashion Art Gallery Presents: Studio 2020″, an intimate look at a modern New York City single woman’s closet - but set in the year 2020. The Pop Up boutique is the brainchild of the ultimate modern woman (and IN*TANDEM featured New Creative) Kelly Mills, whose future woman is an obvious extension of her current self. As the wine flowed and the cupcakes were devoured, we were truly inspired. Designs in collaboration with LaQuan Smith, Telfar, Mari J. Brooklyn, Mercury Sunglasses, Original Women and Gabriel Barcia-Columbo were on showcase and a little more than a twinge of jealousy flared up as we drooled over the futuristic accoutrement. And, did we mention the best part: all of Studio 2020 is up for sale, with a portion of the proceeds being donated to Care.org.
Gucci Group, the owners of the late designer Alexander McQueen’s eponomous clothing line, announced the label’s new creative designer today and her name is……..drumroll, please………………..Sarah Burton! The word around town is that she’s basically the only one who could truly take over McQueen’s line. Having studied at Central Saint Martins and McQueen’s first assistant from 1996 to the day he died, Burton was the woman responsible for turning McQueen’s runway vision into successful commercial collections.
She’s been an intergral part of the McQueen brand for over a decade - and not some superstar designer Gucci Group picked out of hat. And I think that is truly where Alexander McQueen’s legacy lies. He was such a gift and and a talent to the fashion world, only someone who knew him so intimately could follow in his footsteps.
Todd Selby is a portrait, interiors, and fashion photographer and illustrator, whose project The Selby offers an insider’s view of creative individuals in their personal spaces with an artist’s eye for detail. Having began in June 2008 as a website, TheSelby.com, where Todd posted photo shoots he did of his friends in their homes, requests quickly began coming in daily from viewers all over the world wanting their homes to be featured on the site. The Selby’s website became so popular—with up to 35,000 unique visitors daily—that within months, top companies from around the world began asking to collaborate.
These joint projects have included a large ad campaign and web project with Nike 6.0, a solo show at Colette (picture above), an international ad campaign for Habitat, work for the New York Times T Magazine, and frequent contributions to Vogue Paris and Architectural Digest France.
According to his website: “before working on this project full time, Selby worked as a translator and Tijuana tour guide to the International Brotherhood of Machinists, a researcher into the California strawberry industry, a Costa Rican cartographer, a consultant on political corruption to a Mexican Senator, an art director at a venture capital firm, an exotic flower wholesaler, a Japanese clothing designer, and a vermicomposting entrepreneur. Todd currently lives in New York City. His pastimes include eating four square meals a day, planning vacations, breaking his computers, and working on his tan”
Jean-Michel Basquiat is the subject of a new documentary by Tamra Davis. “Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January and was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize at the festival. The project is a labor of love for Davis who met the artist in 1983. Davis filmed Basquiat in 1986 where Basquiat was at the height of his career (Basquiat passed away just two years later in 1988 of a heroin overdose). The Radiant Child captures never-before seen footage of the prolific artist. The OST features music from Mike D and Ad Rock (Beastie Boys). Unlike the 1996 film “Basquiat” by Julian Schanbel, Davis was able to use Basquiat’s paintings from the Basquiat estate. Schanbel had to recreate Basquiat’s painting shown in his film.
I had the chance to catch the Brooklyn Museum retrospective on Basquiat’s work in 2005. It was amazing! I had to go twice because there was so much to see. The exhibition gathered over 100 of Basquiat’s finest works, including some never before shown in the United States. Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child was released on Feb 21. To those of you heading to SXSW this month now is your chance to catch this screening on Saturday March 20. Log on to SXSW.com for more details.
The lovely Miss Paola Ambrosi de Magistris over at 5Preview was looking très chic in this month’s 101 IDEAS’s section of Marie Claire (which featured some quick quotes and sweet pics of the photographer). If her name sounds familiar it might be because IN*TANDEM featured her gorgeous portraits of 5Preview’s creator Emeli Martensson in the Spring 70s’ REDUX ISSUE. Click HERE to Read it All Over Again!.
We love Paola’s images (which range from lusty to ethereal) and she looks mighty fierce in that 5Preview Chanel T! Work It!
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Last month we were invited to the Fendi book launch party for John Baldessari: A Catalogue Raisonne of Prints and Multiples, 1971-2007- a stunning collection of the conceptual artist’s work from the last four decades. Of course, Fendi and Co through one hell of a party, with plenty of champagne, an other worldly performance by the amazing rock-jazz pianist ELEW (Eric Lewis), and enough beautiful clothes and beautiful people to last until the new year. The author, Sharon Coplan Hurowitz (a private art consultant), has been on our radar ever since New York Magazine featured her ridiculously modern, colorful, and oh-so-cool rental apartment back in 2007. The main event, of course, was the book’s artwork. Sandwiched between leather Fendi bags and fur coats were beautiful copies of some of Baldessari’s works featured in the catalogue raisonne - print work that is both remarkably contemporary and fantastically absurd. Who could ask for anything more?
