Nico and Adrien go for Marie Antoinette.
Coming to Nico and Adrian’s showroom ensemble last week to see what we reckon to be one of the city’s most up and coming designers was an exercise in giddy delight, Marie Antoinette ballroom drama and the wicked boys...
Tommy Hilfiger redefining American classicism.
For a show that started at ten in the morning we were surprised by the magnanimous turn out. Then again once the boys and girls started working the planks we suddenly understood the anticipation. An American icon had just...
Amanda Lepore: More than a Woman.
Call her beyond life size, freak, transcendental icon, night life host impresario, seductress extraordinaire, pop star or savvy business woman galore this femme fatale has us wondering if you’ve all got it wrong and somehow right too. More real...
Richie Rich- East Village Renegade.
Even before the show started the show started if you know what I mean…From flamboyant punk, life sized teddy bears, Barbie doll vignettes, triumphant divas and savage au les homes we were all in for a treat on and...
Okay, so we went to the Oscars too…hanging out with the Hot Chocolate Oscar gang.
What do you get when you combine a sweet tooth, a fascination for Hollywood stardom and the mink coats that come with them? A night out with America and the Hollywood dream.
This Sunday night saw us join the rest...
Sioloonim: Fountain of Youth.
We’re packed in the Sioloonim showroom under harsh lights. It’s not a lot of space but they’re making the most of it. Guests are carrying martini’s that look curiously chalky while snatching delicate hors d’oeuvres from stone layered plates...
Melissa Foss: A Styles Editor who only sits in the Front Row.
As Fashion Week leaves us cold and clamoring for new clothes, we catch up with Texan-born-and-bred Melissa Foss-Zdyb, Style Expert and writer at Style List. Does the devil really wear Prada? What’s up with Tyra Banks’ forehead? Does fashion...
Fashion Week- Celebrity, the Fame game and Trying to hold onto it at any Cost.
We here at SCV have been quite intrigued by the degree of deference given to celebrities, their handlers, and the overzealous camera crews rushing to project them to your television screen. Curious to see how the celebrity gambit had...
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...
