With the Met’s Costume Institute gala nearing, its theme—the role of fashion models as muses—has become party talk even on the West Coast. Last night, at a memorial celebration for legendary lensman William Claxton, who died a day shy of his 81st birthday last October, it was abundantly clear that no subject offered more grist [...]

“Nobody captures beauty like Matthew Rolston,” cooed Christina Aguilera, earlier this week, in Beverly Hills as she toasted the launch of the photographer’s new book, beautyLIGHT. Guests including Rose McGowan and Cameron Silver agreed, along with gallerist David Fahey and Martha Stewart (who proved to be quite the shutterbug herself whilst capturing the ambience of [...]