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"If I'm away from painting for a week, I get bored." - Jean-Michel Basquiat
Fashion
Lifestyle
Fashion
"The best color in the whole world is the one that looks good on you." "Fashion changes, but style endures." - Co Co Chanel
Lifestyle
Lifestyle
Lifestyle
Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. - Bruce Lee
Beverly Johnson /Top Model
New York Fashion Week is always a star-studded affair, but this season the most exciting cameo happened on the runway. Walking for both Sergio Hudson and Bibhu Mohapatra was the trailblazing model Beverly Johnson—who you may know as the first Black women to ever grace a Vogue cover. At each show, she strutted to the tune of the audience’s applause, proving that she can still shut down a catwalk after five decades in the field. At Mohapatra, an excited guest screamed from the front row, “Yass, mother Beverly!”
Johnson first burst onto the fashion scene in the early 1970s, and has since appeared on more than 500 magazine covers. One of her most famous is her 1974 Vogue cover, shot by Francesco Scavullo, which provided well overdue representation for Black and POC models on mainstream covers. While she’s remained active in fashion ever since—she walked at the Tommy Hilfiger x Zendaya show in 2019—Johnson felt this season was the right one to mark her grand return back to fashion week in a big way.
Charles Renfro /Architect
Charles Renfro joined the husband-and-wife team of Liz Diller and Ricardo Scofidio in 2000, becoming a partner in 2003. As Diller Scofidio & Renfro, the architecture firm has presided over numerous influential projects, including the design of the High Line park and the redevelopment of Lincoln Center in New York, that have reshaped modern-day attitudes about what cities should be. In this latest installment of the “What Made Me” video series by Poppy de Villeneuve, Renfro reveals how a childhood bully helped set him on his life path, remembers his early education gawking at Houston skyscrapers and explains his architectural philosophy.
Diller Scofidio & Renfro is an interdisciplinary design studio that integrates architecture, the visual arts, and the performing arts while investigating issues of contemporary culture such as the spatial conventions of the everyday, the influence of media technologies on architecture, the changing definitions of domesticity, and the institution in the public realm. Based in New York City, Diller Scofidio + Renfro is led by three partners who work collaboratively with a staff of 100 architects, artists and administrators. DS+R was the first architecture firm to receive a MacArthur "genius" grant and it also won an Obie for Jet Lag, a wildly creative piece of multimedia off-Broadway theater.
Sisley-Paris Spa at The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel
When it comes to old-world New York glamour, nowhere does it better than the iconic Carlyle Hotel. You likely know Bemelmans Bar, with its whimsical murals painted by one- time Carlyle resident Ludwig Bemelmans; or the Cafe Carlyle, the grand dame music venue that hosts a rotating line-up of talented live performers from all walks of life. But not as many know that this discreet mecca of the Upper East Side is home to one of the best spas in NYC, the Sisley-Paris Spa. Right off Madison Avenue but tucked on the third floor of the hotel, this calming refuge is worlds away from the energetic sounds and sights of cosmopolitan life. The treatments are luxurious and the space, like the hotel itself, is designed to feel more like a private residence than an ordinary spa. Expect an oasis within dark-lacquered wood walls, and treatment rooms with Carrara marble countertops and English chandeliers. The purpose here is nothing other than to relax, and make yourself at home.
5 E 76th St.
The History of Valdo
The history of Valdo winery began in 1926, when a group of four enterprising wine-makers from Valdobbiadene decided to join forces creating the Società Anonima Vini Superiori: a company devoted to sparkling wine production of Prosecco Superiore and Cartizze. The great step forward in terms of quality started in 1938 when the winery was bought by the renowned Bolla family from Verona. During World War II production stopped and the cellar was hit by several bombs resulting in important structural damages.
ART GALLERIES
Gagosian Gallery
Gagosian Gallery With 15 spaces around the world Larry Gagosian is the undisputed master of the gallery world. His mammoth (20,000-square-foot) contribution to 24th Street’s top-level galleries is the centerpiece of this empire. It was launched in 1999 with a mammouth Richard Serra installation. Since then, exhibitions have featured works by Ellen Gallagher, Damien Hirst, Anselm Kiefer, Ed Ruscha, Julian Schnabel, Andy Warhol and many other top-shelf names.
David Zwirner
Since 1993, German expatriate David Zwirner has grown his gallery from a relatively modest space in Soho to a global powerhouse with locations in London and Hong, as well uptown and down. A purpose built gallery building on West 20th Street in Chelsea is dedicated to museum-quality shows of historical figures and movements, while his West 19th Street space hosts exhibitons by his roster of international contemporary artists, a group that includes such luminaries as Marcel Dzama, Luc Tuymans, Chris Ofili, Neo Rauch, and Lisa Yuskavage.
ART GALLERIES
Greene Naftali
With spaces at street level and on its building's eighth floor, this gallery plays host to such big name talents as Rachel Harrison, Paul Chan and Peter Halley, and also has a reputation for mounting potent group shows. Upstairs is worth a visit just for its wonderful light and spectacular bird’s-eye view of the Hudson Yards and midtown.
Cavin-Morris Gallery
According to the gallery itself, “uniqueness, integrity and authenticity” are the qualities that have its defined its program over 30 years of operation. With a particular focus on exhibitions of self-taught and visionary artists, Cavin-Morris has also mounted shows by contemporary ceramicists and has presented indigenous artworks from Africa, Asia, the South Pacific and the Americas.
MICHELIN STARRED Restaurants
Sushi Noz
There is a certain energy that courses through this sacred space, where every detail recreates an intimate Japanese refuge. Some of the tools alone are marvels, and Chef Nozomu Abe is a meticulous and engaging craftsman. The Ash Room seats seven at the counter and offers a pure expression of seasonal nigiri, while the 200-year-old hinoki bar is where the sensei prepares a tasting menu in addition to the omakase. Commence with cooked dishes like tilefish broth with mozuku seaweed or hay-smoked bonito with shiso leaves and shaved nori. Sushi is masterfully prepared with fresh catch from Tokyo's Toyosu market and points beyond. Imagine Norwegian crab, Spanish bluefin tuna and Kyushu uni; tailed by nigiri like deliciously chewy squid and scallop.
181 E. 78th St., New York, 10075
Daniel
Located in the former Mayfair Hotel on Park Avenue – the original site of Le Cirque – DANIEL is steeped in French culinary history. Building on time-honored techniques, Executive Chef Eddy LeRoux , Chef de Cuisine Joshua Capone and Executive Pastry Shaun Velez present a modern, seasonal menu inspired by the finest meats, wild game, seafood, fruits, vegetables and foraged flavors from around the world. Wines from the Rhône and Burgundy, as well as a robust Champagne program, rank among the noteworthy highlights of the restaurant’s award-winning cellar. Presented with a flourish of fine hospitality, the restaurant’s effect is transportive, a seamless service overseen by General Manager Karim Guedouar and orchestrated by more than 150 staff members behind-the-scenes.
60 E 65th Street New York, NY 10065
Le Bernardin
Le Bernardin Born in Paris in 1972 by sibling duo Maguy and Gilbert Le Coze, Le Bernardin only served fish: Fresh, simple and prepared with respect. After receiving its first Michelin star in 1976, and two more in 1980, the Le Coze’s set to open Le Bernardin in New York in 1986. After the unexpected passing of Gilbert in 1994, Maguy Le Coze began working closely with Chef Eric Ripert, a disciple and close friend of Gilbert, who took over the kitchen to continue preparing the freshest seafood with the simple philosophy that the fish is the star of the plate.
155 W 51st St
Jua
JUA (joo-ah) is one-of-a-kind Korean wood-fired restaurant by chef Hoyoung Kim. Chef Kim is a former executive chef of two-Michelin-starred Jungsik in Tribeca. JUA is the chef’s gift to his firstborn daughter Jua whose name signifies “joie” in French. The restaurant utilizes a variety of wood-fire techniques to present an original 7-course tasting menu.
36 E 22nd St
