november 9th party
The Party Dress Book is off to the printer!
I’ve finally put the finishing touches on the Party Dress Book and it's off to the printer (break out the veuve clicquot!)
It's my first book and As many of you know, I've been working on this project for the past couple of years. It was tons of work to say the least. the best part was I got to work with some great people, my editor Joy Aquilino was a real pleasure to work with. I wrote all about my creative inspiration tracing things back to the 50 onward. I loved doing the research on different eras and sewing techniques that I've used and redeveloped since starting to sew back in junior high school.
The book will be released on November 9th, 2010, and if you like ruffles, pin-tucks, bias, quilting and applique, check it out at amazon.com. And there’s an added bonus: a pattern for my signature party dress along with step-by-step instructions so that you can make one for yourself!
Artist, Nicolas Pol, poses infront of one of his works at the opening party for his show, “The Martus Maw”
Lastnight ArtObserved was on site at the opening of “The Martus Maw;” the first US exhibition featuring the “wild and raw” work of the emerging French artist Nicolas Pol. Housed in an old meat market at 80 Essex Street in New York’s Lower East Side, the private party recalled an art gathering of the Warhol era when openings were not just for the art crowd but included prominent pop culture figures of the time from the worlds of art, fashion, literati, music and social scenes – an element typical to shows produced by Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld’s company, Feedback Production Ltd. Vladimir, son of French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld, has a penchant for working with emerging talents to promote and produce their shows and provide a platform for them to sell their art – this is Vladimir’s fourth show and follows an exhibition of works by Richard Hambleton that previewed in an equally star-studded affair in September this year.
Puaka Crusade, Nicolas Pol
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