Anh Duong was in Chelsea last night, surrounded by a gallery full of Anh Duongs. The painter’s new show, at New York’s Sonnabend Gallery, was devoted exclusively to self-portraits. “I decided I’m going to paint myself because I’m always available and on time,” Duong deadpanned. “So it started as an excuse, basically, and then it [...]

I go to Positano every summer to visit Giambattista Valli. This year, Victor Alfaro, Melvin Chua, Carlos Mota, Justo Artigas, Carlos de Souza, Hervé Bougon, and Anne McNally came along. We had a blast taking little boat rides to have lunch and dinner along the coast. My favorites are La Conca del Sogno, a 20-minute [...]

Let’s be honest: There’s only so much you can do with a bikini. Heck, Coco Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent could both rise from the grave and do a swimwear collaboration, and while it would no doubt be amazing and they’d be on eBay the next day for a million dollars, they’d still just be [...]

Essentially, Saturday night’s Brazilian dance fest was a party to celebrate another party. “But that is reason enough, no?” Carlos Souza asked in the foyer of Donata Meirelles and Nizan Guanaes’ swanky pad on the Quay d’Orsay. “We Brazilians know how to do that perfectly well.” He wasn’t exaggerating either; just ask Camilla Al Fayed, [...]