6 posts tagged "Larry Gagosian"
Louis Vuitton Partners With Italian Film School, Second Round Of Versace For H&M Sold Out On the First Day, And More…
Louis Vuitton has formed a three-year partnership with Italy’s oldest film school, Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia (Italian National Film School), in an effort to “perpetuate handcrafted artistry.” For the first year of the relationship, there will be a costume workshop focusing on the design of the late seventeenth century. [WWD]
If you thought you were going to get your hands on the latest Versace for H&M collection, think again. Following the insane buzz surrounding Donatella’s first round of designs for the brand, the second collection debuted online and in Europe today and guess what? It’s reportedly already sold out. [Huff Po]
Art titan Larry Gagosian is being sued for over $14 million for allegedly selling off two pieces of art that he “had no right to sell.” According to the complaint, Gagosian bought a Roy Lichtenstein work from the artist’s “Girl in Mirror”series without the owner’s consent from her son, and now the original owner is contesting the purchase and Gagosian’s sale of the art. [Page Six]
To mark the 190th anniversary of the invention of the chronograph, Montblanc joined forces with director Wim Wenders on a film contest. Contenders have until tomorrow to upload their one-second video or share a “compilation of the clips” on www.montblanconesecond.com. [WWD]
Victoria Beckham Branches Out, Facchinetti’s Back In Fashion, Adventures In Uncool Clubbing, And More…
Ladies looking to add more Posh to their wardrobe will be happy to know that Victoria Beckham is launching a diffusion line, Victoria by Victoria. The singer-turned-designer’s newest dress collection, launching Spring 2012 at a starting price point of $550, is softer and less structured than she’s done in the past. [WWD]
Rumors that she’d join Tom Ford have followed Alessandra Facchinetti since she left Valentino in 2008, but today brings news of a different venture. The Italian designer is teaming up with Pietro Negra, the co-founder of Pinko, for a new line called Uniqueness. [WWD]
Legendary art dealer Larry Gagosian’s massive collection of priceless artwork nearly went up in flames the other night when a fire started in his kitchen. Miraculously, the 50 firefighters that put out the fire in Gagosian’s mansion in the Hamptons managed to save all of the artwork from water or fire damage—and one very large flat-screen television. [Page Six]
And is “cool” over? The Times charts the rise of club culture in non-club spaces, like Madame Wong’s and China Chalet (both, by day, middling Chinese restaurants). Why now? “I’m so tired of places that are cool,” The Journal‘s Michael Nevin told the paper. Is it once again hip to be square? [NYT]
Cynthia Rowley Knockoffs, On Sale Cheap—By Cynthia Rowley
“The product of a runway show is really a photograph,” Cynthia Rowley remarked last night at the launch of her new capsule collection for gallerist Larry Gagosian’s Gagosian Shop. “Yes, it’s great to experience the show in person, but what you’re left with is an image, with a front and a back. And within hours, those images are public. I thought, why should people wait six months to buy this? I’ll make it available now.” So she took a page from Duchamp and Warhol and appropriated herself. Using photographs of the fronts and backs of her highly textured Fall 2010 designs, presented only hours earlier, Rowley created her own reproductions—literally printed, cut out, sewn together again, and ready to purchase. Even bags were re-created as printed totes. “I am really eager to see what else we can re-create as a print,” says Rowley. “Jewelry? Underwear? Shoes, even? Why not in the future?”
In the spirit of immediacy, Rowley’s Fall 2010 doppelgänger “installation” collection is already available in limited quantities at Gagosian Shop. A “copy” of a runway dress will run you about $320, less than Rowley’s usual price point. Rowley also encourages DIY types to buy the uncut fabric bolts, which cost $280, and simply cut out and sew together the designs yourself, making the entire designer-to-client exchange excitingly interactive. So long to the proverbial middleman (or woman, in this case). You can even pick up a Rowley tag to sew right in.
Gagosian Shop is at 980 Madison Ave., NYC, (212) 744-2313.
Exclusive: Rodarte, Tavi, And Target Team Up On Video
Teenage blogging sensation Tavi Gevinson made the scene during New York fashion week back in September, hitting the hottest shows (Alexander Wang) and the most happening fêtes (Larry Gagosian’s townhouse party). But as far as we know, only Rodarte’s Kate and Laura Mulleavy put the 13-year-old to work. The results of their collaboration, a video project promoting the designers’ Target collection that took them from the Gagosian Gallery (where Elijah Wood tells Tavi, “You sort of have a Mia Farrow thing going on”) to the North Dakota prairies, is premiering exclusively online here at Style.com. Before you hit Target on December 20 to shop the collection (FYI: Tavi’s faves are a lace cardi in a “sixties mustard color” and a Bonnie and Clyde-inspired “kind of mohair-ish” vest), read our Q&A and watch this clip.
What attracts you to Tavi and why did you want her to be a part of this video?
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Blasblog: Miami Bound
Fluorescent bikini- and Lucite heel-clad party people of Miami, get ready: The gallerinas, collectors, and jet-setters are descending upon you in T minus 48 hours for Art Basel Miami Beach. (I’ve always been amused by the combination, but the social ecosystem seems to support it—for a few days, at least.) The fair doesn’t officially open until the 3rd, but the parties, of course, won’t wait.
Every year, hotels, clubs, and bars vie for social supremacy, and this year, two new hot spots join the mix: The new W Hotel and its ground-floor restaurant, Mr. Chow. If the invites going out are any indication, the W will be party HQ this year. Mr. Chow will host dinners for Larry Gagosian, Cartier, and LACMA; investor Aby Rosen (who counts the Gramercy Park Hotel among his other glittering properties) will host his own dinner with Peter Brant there, too, followed by an after-party at the hotel’s downstairs club, Wall, fronted by Vito Schnabel, Alexander Dellal, and Stavros Niarchos. (Lest the mood get stuffy, Rosen’s also booked the Sex Pistols—what’s left of them, at least—to play the following night.)
Yours truly, of course, takes no sides and simply goes where he’s invited. That means I’ll also be putting in time at the Webster, which is organizing dinners for Pucci’s Peter Dundas, Viktor & Rolf, and Joseph Altuzarra, and the Standard, which is hosting parties for Bruce Weber, François Nars, the Whitney Museum, and the Misshapes.