How to affect Nonchalance: A Night out with Kithe Brewster and his Celebrity Friends.
To my left is Lil Kim, behind her Marc Jacobs, Moby, Lynn Whitfield and in between us and them are the ‘zingatini’s,’ the gestures, poses, and wondrous thoughts that make a kindred enclave (Casa La Femme- at 140 Charles...
Who Wants some Koch?
New York’s Wonder Twins, the Koch brothers have activated their powers yet again and have assumed the form of a whale on 88 10th avenue. Swallowing up Gotham’s beautiful girls and wooden boys for a Tuesday night dinner in...
Katya Leonovich at L Gallery Studio.
In essence, Katya Leonovich is more of a philosopher than anything. To validate her visions and values, she has chosen to use the media of fabric and paint. But don’t be fooled, the fabric is not reserved for her...
Skye Nicolas- Mortelle Series Act I @ ION space.
“Just kill them!” ordered Marlon Richards of Skye Nicolas; and the “Mortelle Series: Act I” was born. How can beauty be captured without repeating the clichés of art history, the enticing curvaceous Venus of Urbinos, the delectably innocent Daphnes?...
Alexis Bittar: 80’s Club Kid turned Jewelry Genius.
Photography by Liza Gates.
Alexis Bittar’s quaint Bleeker Street boutique was the perfect place for a Valentine-themed gathering. Last Thursday’s pink-frosted cupcakes and festive candy dishes complimented the store’s hand painted cheery blossom walls while romantic floral arrangements and free...
How they all Scrambled for Diane Von Furstenberg.
Normally one is apt to write about the clothes but when it comes to a DVF outing that’s just a front. That’s not to say we don’t love her designs, we do, it’s just that after close hand inspection...
Patricia Fields celebrates her Birthday, and they all came, including the Geisha Girls.
What do you do when you run into people dressed as pink polar bears, swig vodka tequila make up and are crushed by the NY Post paparazzi and their elk? Easy, you get in line, pucker up your lips...
A Fashion show, or something like it: Finnish Designer Paola Suhonen begins a Chic Experiment.
Last Thursday, I showed up at Bond Street’s Moeller Snow Gallery expecting a traditional fashion show. But considering Scallywag’s last experience at this particular location involved critiquing Jani Leinonen’s cereal-box paintings which, in case you forgot, depict such scenes...
Haute HIPPIE COUTURE.
The penthouse is packed, the event is catered, and the tequila is spiced with jalapeños. I’m at the Haute Hippie show and cramped elevators aside, someone’s doing something right. Beauties standing on bleacher-like rises wearing shimmering baby doll dresses...
Hard Times.
Last Thursday the Chelsea Art Museum Young Associates and guests put on their slickest suits and dreamiest dresses to attend the Winter Wickedness party. As most of us on planet Earth have been informed, either by the transcendent power...
Love is a Toxic Event. A 7 step guide to Valentine’s Day .
First of all, the day doesn’t hold much significance. Well, it does and it doesn’t. It does because of the jerky couples making out everywhere, and their fake happiness can serve as a painful reminder that today especially, you...
Why are you still Single? A Smug Married girl’s guide to getting Hitched
You’re conflicted:
And like dogs, they just know. Your post-feminist need for self-power is all tangled up with your pre-war sentiment for being taken care of. Maybe your motivation to be independent is mangled with your fear of...
“Makes you think, Doesn’t it…”
The chelfitsch Theater Company’s U.S. debut of 5 Days in March begins before the lights dim in the theater when two male hipsters meet center stage and begin speaking in Japanese. They tell us that they will be telling...
Sony goes Glamorous on Us. A Night out at the Flagship store.
There’s an adage that goes something like this; ‘You know you are at a celebrity party when the mini burgers being passed around are eaten whole except for the buns themselves.’ In so many ways Mickey Boardman’s PAPER Magazine...
After Uber Party at Tribeca Grand. If only Ruven turned up.
I’ve always held the greatest respect for artists who shun their own after parties. Be it because of desire to mitigate unwarranted press or simply to get back to work (at least we like to believe so…). In this...
