Join Susan in Rome for a whirlwind, two-day trip centered around the latest installment in the Ermengildo Zegna brand’s ongoing series of ZegnArt projects–in this case, the debut of a commissioned piece by Lucy + Jorge Orta at the MAXXI contemporary art museum. Guests enjoy a tour of Imperial Rome; a private viewing of the Vatican Museum; and, of course, a gala opening to celebrate the new work, Fabulae Romanae (Roman Tales). It’s an exciting event, and Anna Zegna, Gildo Zegna and their team prove to be excellent hosts. All in all, a remarkable trip that wraps up far too soon!
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To celebrate the opening of its retrospective exhibit, 125 Years of Italian Magnificence, Bulgari recently hosted a private cocktail vernissage at the Grand Palais in Paris. Notable guests included Juliette Binoche, Lenny Kravitz, Julianne Moore, Clive Owen and Carole Bouquet; but the legendary faces on display–Elizabeth Taylor, Anna Magnani, Sophia Loren–not to mention the jewelry itself, were the real stars of the show.
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Several years ago I attended a fashion conference hosted by New York University, and Iris Apfel was a speaker. She spoke of her work in fashion and interior design and shared her personal style tips.
I was immediately taken by Iris’s extraordinary sense of personal style. She mixes high and low – from Haute Couture to flea market finds – and creates a look that is totally unique and all her own. Iris doesn’t abide by trends – she inspires them.
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Last night, The Museum at FIT celebrated the opening of Isabel Toledo: Fashion From the Inside Out, a mid-career retrospective of the designer’s work from the 1980s to present. I was traveling home from Monaco, so unfortunately I could not attend. Contributing writer Rebecca Prusinowski stopped by, however, and has reported below on my behalf. The exhibition sounds really wonderful. Curators Valerie Steele and Patricia Mears always do a beautiful job, so I will be sure to visit upon my return to New York…
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While in Paris last month for the Prêt-à-Porter, I happened to see a friend of mine who’s the social media specialist at Ermenegildo Zegna. He told me the Zegna team had a lovely proposition in mind: would I care to attend the company’s upcoming ZegnArt unveiling (and related celebrations) in Rome? There was no need to ask twice–I hadn’t been to Rome in a while, and I love the Zegna brand. They took care of all details, and on March 20, I arrived at the fab Hotel Boscolo Exedra Roma and was whisked right up to my room.
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I live near the Museum of the City of New York, but never knew much about it until its chairman, James Dinan, asked my husband to be a trustee in 2008. Since then, I’ve attended several events (and chaired an exhibit about the designer, Valentina). Meanwhile, Jamie’s involvement with the museum has improved its exhibits and enabled it to compete with the other major cultural institutions in New York City.
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I first met Valerie Steele several years ago, when she spoke at a fashion conference I was attending. As the director and chief curator of The Museum at FIT, her presentation was thorough and informative but also very entertaining. She really wowed the crowd.
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The Upper East Side has long been home to “social” New York, but it’s also where you’ll find Museum Mile–a stretch of Fifth Avenue that holds the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim and (tucked at the north end of Central Park), the Museum of the City of New York. Tasked with celebrating the city’s diversity and “perpetual transformation,” this gem of a museum recently mounted an exhibit that looks at the work of 20th-century photographer and artist, Cecil Beaton, and his extraordinary career in New York. Along the way, the show offers proof of the power of glamour, and the transformative effect it can have on portraitist, subject and viewer alike.
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On the final day of the Prêt-à-Porter last month, I attended the opening reception for the Yves Saint Laurent Retrospective at the Petit Palais. It is so overwhelmingly beautiful, you can hardly take it in with just one visit. Paris-based journalist Nora Baldenweg went back to the Petit Palias after we visited that night, and she has written this piece on my behalf…
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Much has been written of this exhibition already—and all of the accolades are deserved. Covering two floors at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs and featuring 130 outfits from the designer, the Madeleine Vionnet exhibition is so thorough and so marvelous that I had to go twice!
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