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le dauphine enjoying his ice cream from Dianne and

le dauphine enjoying his ice cream from Dianne and Bob… beneath is Orientalist Splendor.

Today, 33 years ago he left us. The emptiness is s

Today, 33 years ago he left us. The emptiness is still not filled. But, the world of brilliance that formed at 33 East 68th Street still exists and resonates on another plane that many of us visit frequently. Thank You H!

With Pauline’s arrival and his new Hasten’s be

With Pauline’s arrival and his new Hasten’s bed…. Jimmy is receiving…. full of love and jumping to exhaustion with his best buddy, Jacek. But most of all Jimmy wants to thank Aunt Tracey Jackson who made all of this possible!!!

In 1977 i saw, for the very first time, the images

In 1977 i saw, for the very first time, the images that Mrs. Vreeland—- who was the Editor in Chief of Vogue—had Horst take of the private apartment ( in Paris), of the Baroness Pauline de Rothschild. The effect on me still exists as if it were the very same moment—- AWE. Her bed, in steel and vermilion, made by the Maison Jansen, became a symbol of how she infused everyday need with luxury, and a staggering approach to individuality. I embraced Pauline…. like Elsa as a touchstone in all thought and in all offerings in my work. So here we are 46 years that the bed has been left to me, and i have had to wait an additional two years to restore it. Well, it was too large to freight it, or to carry it up…. it had to be hoisted to the roof….. deep thank you’d to B/K NYC STUDIO, Dominic, Enrico, Reilly, Pauline, The wonderful world of Linus and his world of Hasten’s Bed C
May i give you….. Pauline’s Bed In Flight…….

Spring 2023 Haute Couture. Piacenza White Double F

Spring 2023 Haute Couture. Piacenza White Double Faced Wool / Silk Narrow Spring Coat with Slight Flare. Spiral Ellipse Insets all hand wormed INTO their neighborhoods thus existing in a suspended state. All by hand. A very meditative surprise to wear,…… as magically transformed by wizard illustrator ,
Bil Donovan.

Spring 2023 Haute Couture. Black Elliptical Sleeve

Spring 2023 Haute Couture. Black Elliptical Sleeve Mohair Pant Suit with Tulle Transparencies and Tuxedo Leg inset.
Wizard Bil Donavan bringing it to life.

Spring 2023 Haute Couture… Double Faced coats wi

Spring 2023 Haute Couture… Double Faced coats with :
tulle inset motif.
coral, tuscan red, cinnabar and black on white… hand set on cashmere.
White Mohair. The sublime water colors by the visionary, Bil Donovan.

Spring 2023 Haute Couture… Have some silk rainco

Spring 2023 Haute Couture… Have some silk raincoats. Visionary water colors by the great, humble Bil Donovan.

Spring 2023 Haute Couture. At the end of the day… a simple black sheath to have for your lifetime. Hand braided double silk and wool… no flat surface… all braid work is organic and attached with worms. Nude silk chiffon lining layers slipped within. Master artist, watercolor visionary, Bil Donavan, bringing my work to a level of ascension.

Last week in the beauty parlor… head, beard, cut

Last week in the beauty parlor… head, beard, cut, color, eyebrows, and the glorious scents! All executed by the young, joyous sage— Daniel Lariviere at the sexy Barba Salon.

something extraordinary occurred last week in the

something extraordinary occurred last week in the world of fashion. In my opinion, one of the greatest fashion designers in the world, Marc Audibet presented his first collection for the blessed, historic house of Mila Schon. It was a lesson and demonstration in grace, refinement, technique, knowledge, humility, and EXPERIENCE. Mr. Audibet has shown us a new direction with impact, yet the blast of silence.
I honor him! x r @marcoderivera

In keeping with the homage…there was the family

In keeping with the homage…there was the family of chado— vivian, rosina, marco, shirley, cva, larisa, irina, adelia, hercilia, yuri, justin, sam, maria l, manuel, monica, the divine dorli, lonnie, sai ying, mr. king, janny, jennifer, halina, zofia, elena, oksana, luz maria, daniel, carlos, ryan, cami, vanessa, wendy, luba, angel, and my angels, Mr. Kim and his wife and family. my eternal love….

I believe that it was my fall / winter 2006 ready

I believe that it was my fall / winter 2006 ready to wear collection being shown at the colossal large tents that seated 1100 people. How my staff and the public relations did this correctly and with ease always intimidated me, so i only approved of the seating chart but never became involved. I had extraordinary teams around me, from my toilists, my sewers, my hand finishers, my tailors, my sales team, my shipping team, Naji and my selling team, the production department, the fabrics ordering and tracking department, Rosina and the in- house relations that made this couture house have a face of humanitarianism, kindness, normalcy, and humility. The enrichment was made up of profoundly talented and original people that i began acquiring in 1980….. so many that destiny allowed them to find me and we built a family, a family of such focused talent and directed vision, so that i not only became the design director, but also a papa.
This was my life, and my family. A collection was a metaphysical undertaking and the result was raised to such a level that attendees would stand with their mouths open and cry. At every event i was always on the edge of anxiety and depression thinking that i would not hit the nail. Every Collection.
Thus, it came to this collection that the culmination of all of my work, all of my reduction and distillation came to the very second when time, reality, spiritual ascension all came together.
I was standing back stage sending the models out when—- in seconds—God stopped time—- I looked up at the monitor and the dress which became my favorite dress of my career—- black double faced wool crepe with a back cut as the spinal column. I looked up and saw the dress floating to the music of Thomas Newman— “Any Other Name” from the film— “American Beauty” — listen to it. The icy awareness that we live within the duality of spiritual awareness. The audience collectively felt spoken to from a higher source, and this was-is my responsibility within this work. Shocking, amusing, and vile but years later i was told by a certain magazine that i use music which is too slow.

….how i miss you, so much that i make myself hea

….how i miss you, so much that i make myself hear you….

You are a child of God. Your playing small does no

You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all ment to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us —- it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberated others…..
embrace humility.

Often, when i am not expecting it…. at any time,

Often, when i am not expecting it…. at any time, i find these two love birds sitting out side of my bedroom window staring at me. They know that i may be disturbed, worried, unwell. They sit in the content@of my Japanese terrace, sent by God. They are my parents, so i talk to them.

Find the continuum in your eye. A chair from my co

Find the continuum in your eye.
A chair from my collection for Holly Hunt, Inc. 2006.

There is something so refined, beautiful, and poet

There is something so refined, beautiful, and poetic about this boy in leather and hair braids with his Jesus crucifixion head piece.

The MET ball has not made any damn sense to me sin

The MET ball has not made any damn sense to me since i saw Mrs. Chessy Rayner arrive in this Mme. Gres silk paper taffeta. When your eyes have witnessed such timelessness, the future has much, much to measure up toooo.

….. it’s simply the way in which you sleep tha

….. it’s simply the way in which you sleep that decides the next day. Here, for example is an entirely upholstered bed in puce silk damask. Put this in your pipe and smoke it!

Spring 2023 Couture

Spring 2023 Couture

….. you simply know if you had past lives in Jap

….. you simply know if you had past lives in Japan.

Just a moment…. the divine woman who discovered

Just a moment…. the divine woman who discovered me in the late 70’s. The divine Mrs. Eve Orton, here wearing two of her cherished Elsa Peretti’s Bear Claw Rings…. in the other hand her hand carved ivory cigarette holder. Eve was a complete pedigree. She worked in fashion until Mrs. Vreeland hired her T HB to be the fur and fabric editor. When Mrs. Vreeland was fired, Eve left with solidarity. She helped many fashion designers careers….. Halston, Elsa, CK, Scott Barrie, Ralph Lauren, Mr. Blass, who signed all of his nicotine scented notes: Bless,Bill.
She went on to work and become dedicated to the point of obsession , Rome’s totality— Valentino and the great Giancarlo Giammetti—- who treated her royalty…. but had fun nicknaming her The Contessa de la Complaint.
She discovered me on the dance floor at Studio 54 in 1881, the next day in my showroom. We had many years of a deep friendship until she took her life. I have always said, and mean it… “Eve taught me the importance of the color brown…”

white double faced wool / silk circular panels han

white double faced wool / silk circular panels hand applied on a tulle foundation, split over another dimension, just because i was told too. You can say, just your basic jacket for the couture…. a preview.

…. to make sense of it all we would always say t

…. to make sense of it all we would always say to each other: “things are exactly the way they are supposed to be.” That gives much more clarity than, Why?

the art and discipline of “discord” in any asp

the art and discipline of “discord” in any aspect of life renders sumptuous individuality and haunting inspirational beauty. Here, for example, Mrs. Joan Lapham’s fire place within her drawing room.
The Kent gold leaf mirror, the position of the logs, the warn dark green velvet upholstery on the Chippendale chair, butting up against the Pauline blue and white striped silk taffeta slipper chair holding a single Ocelot upholstered pillow. The books, the porcelains, the engagingly personal photographs placed within the mirror….. Outstanding!
There is no correct order in the selection , but there is no correct oder in anything….. just the eye of the beholder.

when you push yourself for a few dozen years, and

when you push yourself for a few dozen years, and you only allow your previous work, and the work of your mentors as touchstones, there is never a faltering step, just constant ascension.

the essence of the gesture…. a hand carved chine

the essence of the gesture…. a hand carved chinese coral rose on elsa’s fireplace in rome. halston gave it to her. even though the arts may have shifted somewhat where the new must pay hundreds of millions for a contemporary painting over their mantel, that will hopefully allow them social enter’— this type of aesthetic still leads allows all of us to ascend.

taste, reduction, simplification, juxtaposition…

taste, reduction, simplification, juxtaposition….. magnificent selection…. the dining room and home of Mrs. Joan Lapham. Very few individuals enter this plane with the rare talent of selecting items to live with that express their souls, Mrs. Lapham is one of them…. Pauline, Elsa, Mrs. V, H, Cy, Lee, Hubert, James, ….. were.
I have been using this template of rooms— while being harmony out of order—- yet all within speaking to one another when dark and silent. Stand in a doorway of such a space— hide yourself—- and you WILL hear the whispering.

WE BETTER GET READY!!!!! At any moment Superior Al

WE BETTER GET READY!!!!!
At any moment Superior Aliens may make themselves known since we, as a species, need other worldly guidance.
So we better have gifts ready to present…..
Here is one suggestion:
A Figure of Guandi / China. Ming Dynasty. 18 th Century in pale coal hand carved marble on a befitted and befitting gold ormolu base.
Imagine how much love could be expressed….. as well as cultural, since we have to make up for the present.