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…. Back to New York. Jimmy enjoying his evening …. Back to New York. Jimmy enjoying his evening on the terrace, secure with toys and bones. He does have that “no photos, please” look on his face, but that’s just because he was a bit twisted with me for being in Paris without him. He is now….. he has a new pool.
Paris, Haute Couture, 2021, Balenciaga. He and Ram Paris, Haute Couture, 2021, Balenciaga. He and Ramon and Hubert would approve! Perfection, this was originally and also today embroidered by the House of Lesage.
Paris, Haute Couture, 2021, Balenciaga Couture. Pe Paris, Haute Couture, 2021, Balenciaga Couture. Perfection.
Paris, Haute Couture, July 2021….. the collectio Paris, Haute Couture, July 2021….. the collection that reawakened the genius. I do not know the designer, but he made a magnificent collection. Balenciaga.
Couture Week, Hotel Ritz, Paris, 2021. Draped on f Couture Week, Hotel Ritz, Paris, 2021. Draped on fire Place mirror, the running Joseph Beuys with script collage- painting that I made and then screened on ecru silk gazaar. I cut it on the bias with a spiral seam so that Mr. Beuys is running upward and then downward on the front and opposite on the back!
Couture Week, Hotel Ritz, Paris, 2021…. Showing Couture Week, Hotel Ritz, Paris, 2021…. Showing and leading a client through the collection and it’s divergent possibilities.
More, Couture Week, Paris, 2021…. Thierry at Vol More, Couture Week, Paris, 2021…. Thierry at Voltaire. The “Man” for so many years at the V, my favorite.
Couture Week, July 2021, Hotel Ritz. My first appo Couture Week, July 2021, Hotel Ritz. My first appointment on Monday, my long time dear friend, advisor, social observer, at times very hard but correct critic, and consummate woman of honesty, integrity, and humility….. Cathy Horyn. We have been in each other’s lives since 1994. I was little more than a three person staff ( with a separate three person “factory” who made all of the double faced wools and cashmeres that I built my business upon. I went to a speciality store in the Bloomfield Plaza Mall in Birmingham, Michigan to have a trunk show. Cathy had her first job at the Detroit Free Press, and I was her first story. The article was not only wonderful but it assisted me the next night. I finished the trunk show, packed, pleased with my orders and even created some special order couture items for certain clients. I was skinny, long hair, in Prada black and Peretti silver. But, they all trusted me to deliver df cashmere and Taroni Satin Duchess for $11,000. So…. I arrived at the airport only to find out that my flight was cancelled due to very extreme storms at La Guardia. Now, I had no money, I had no credit available to check into an airport hotel, so I accepted the fact that I would be sleeping in the terminal….. but what would I do with my trunks and my personal luggage? I went to the counter and begged them to take my luggage into the American Airlines lock up…. Pleaded!!! Explained…. Finally I whipped out Cathy’s great article from The Detroit Free Press, with photos of me and the clothes…and suddenly they felt that I was some sort of celebrity that they had to accommodate…..it worked! So, I slept in the airport, affixed eyes to the back of my head when using the men’s room because the airport at night had a big flavoring of Tennessee William’s Desire and the Black Masseur. Cathy and I remained close over the years and she was THE journalist that I really listened to, because she had NO agenda except wisdom.
Fall / Winter 2022. Paris. Haute Couture. Illustra Fall / Winter 2022. Paris. Haute Couture. Illustrations by Master Bil Donovan. Film by Visionary Matthew Placek. @bildonovan @matthewplacek
Fall / Winter 2022. Paris. Haute Couture. Illustra Fall / Winter 2022. Paris. Haute Couture. Illustrations by Master Bil Donovan. Film by Visionary Matthew Placek. @bildonovan @matthewplacek
Fall / Winter 2022. Paris. Haute Couture. Illustra Fall / Winter 2022. Paris. Haute Couture. Illustrations by Master Bil Donovan. Film by Visionary Matthew Placek. @bildonovan @matthewplacek .
Fall / Winter 2022 Paris, Haute Couture. Illustrat Fall / Winter 2022 Paris, Haute Couture. Illustrations by Master Bil Donovan. Film by Visionary Matthew Placek. @bildonovan @matthewplacek
Preview. Fall/ Winter 2022. Made to Order. Pure wh Preview. Fall/ Winter 2022. Made to Order. Pure white double faced cashmere coat, long tunic, front panel skirt. Inset into the cashmere are Braids— as you would find on Japanese Saki containers. The braids are hand made with bias cashmere tubes and then hand- worm stitched within the cashmere sections….. all very Traveling Empress, or perhaps the loud silence of Grace. Illustration by Master Bil Donovan. Paris, 2021
Preview: Fall/ Winter 2022. Made to Order. A paint Preview: Fall/ Winter 2022. Made to Order. A painting that I made of Joseph Beuys running in side view wearing his infamous huge black compact wool coat with mammoth wolf collar… he often wore this while giving a performance piece and painting his face either silver or gold leaf……the painting is screened onto Silk Gazaar. It is made into a bias cut one spiraling seam caftan. The script written is embroidered in copper micro cut bugal beads. The Maasai separate necklace embroidered in micro cut copper bugal beads. Illustration by Master Bil Donovan. Paris, July 2021.
Preview: Fall/Winter 2022 Made To Order. Water col Preview: Fall/Winter 2022 Made To Order. Water color illustration by Master Bil Donovan. Taupe tulle dress embroidered with taupe couching thread, taupe-ash micro cut bugal beads, gray fresh water pearls. Over it is a Taupe Silk Huge Moire’ Coat ( Taroni) with thread French Knots following the Moire’ pattern. Paris. July, 2021.
What more uplifting way to begin winter…. An Ivo What more uplifting way to begin winter…. An Ivory Double Faced Cashmere Coat screened with the hand writing and scratch-magnificent drawings of Leonardo di Vinci….. with, my script written in between. A high resolution was taken from the blown up image, then I applied my words, then sent to Como to be screened onto the cashmere. Here seen on the ethereal, Jade Parfitt. Fall 2000.
Jimmy wanted to be seen last night on social media Jimmy wanted to be seen last night on social media. He is patiently waiting for his new pool to arrive.
What was most comforting and chilling about the ve What was most comforting and chilling about the very humble Hubert de Givenchy, was that you always knew that a Poltergeist walked with him…. Cristobal Balenciaga. I was both blessed and honored to have him critique my work, and then the two of us speaking about our craft for hours.
My very favorite photo of them in the East 56 th S My very favorite photo of them in the East 56 th Street Penthouse that Elsa took over from Halston. The wooden skid from the street is about as close you will get to channeling Pauline de Rothschild in this life. Elsa’s nonchalant lean, her Diamond set in black steel, H’s discreet Hermes briefcase. Years later the white cotton banquetts would be replaced with deep Bordeaux silk velvet sofas from Mongiardino, left over from Rome. They never looked fitting, because Jeffrey Bilhuber gave the penthouse a beautiful face lift, so believe it or not things Mongiardino simply looked out of place. I really do not know why, but I can stare at this photo for hours. Probably simply because it is uplifting to know that Gods, at one time, lived amongst us. This photo is borrow from the Collection of Chris Royer. @chrisroyercollections @jeffreybilhuber @lesley.frowick @redromanrose @vasily_rzd @rickyonlyricky @karenbmac @albrechtollendiek @dfmalabaster @ram75007 @jayglennnyc @jacekratkowski
The intellect must visualize the result, or else t The intellect must visualize the result, or else the result just becomes cliche. Here, take for example the eye make-up. You are intrigued yet feel the intellectual- aesthetic balance with this as opposed to say, Divine…. Even though we adore Divine. Also, if Mrs. Vreeland wore rouge on her ears and earlobes, then this is all perfectly normal.
Spring Haute Couture 2006? Micro fluted white silk Spring Haute Couture 2006? Micro fluted white silk chiffon….. with small wooden beads between the flutes…. Days and days and days of delicate hand work. Bias chiffon layered bottom of long dress. Thrown over the shoulder is a fringed hem cardigan, entirely made from wooden beads, like a Japanese 15th Century “Summer Screen Jacket”. One of my favorites. Alas, held hostage with my archives.
To quote Quaismodo: SANCTUARY!!! Why I prefer bein To quote Quaismodo: SANCTUARY!!! Why I prefer being home. As designed by Susan Gutfreund…. Thank you Susan.
I do not know about you, but I often stare at myse I do not know about you, but I often stare at myself to figure out who I am since I have been defined by the work for more than half a century. Especially Now.
MALLET. Japanese 18th Century Lacquered OVAL Box w MALLET. Japanese 18th Century Lacquered OVAL Box with French ormolu mountings. Faint…. Never pass up something that speaks to your heart! I don’t care if you cannot afford it, skip the Co Ed bill for two months, you will this for your eternity.
Full on Geshia…. Tales of Genghi embroidery, saf Full on Geshia…. Tales of Genghi embroidery, saffron Taroni silk Gazaar, braided Japanese Obi ties by way of Pope Street in Rome…
More Geshia…. Crepe, gold and black Japanese Cer More Geshia…. Crepe, gold and black Japanese Ceremony, gold micro sequins, and multi feathers at the hem.
The allure of Geshia…silk crepe, embroidered gol The allure of Geshia…silk crepe, embroidered gold based on the Tales of Genghi, and braided rope ties with coral stones ( added), found in Rome in the shop that makes couture for the Cardinals and the Pope.
Couture by way of the radiance of chakra. Pearl gr Couture by way of the radiance of chakra. Pearl gray Taroni silk Satin Duchess…. A jacket composed of a mosaic of suspensions…. All cleaned separately, then all parts basted on a toile foundation so that they may be “wormed” together…. Worms…. Small circular stitches wrapped 11 times around a single bar stitch. Why? The thrill and calm of moving our metier one step further with enormous loud silence.
THIS IS WHAT THEY MISSED. The Genius. I could say THIS IS WHAT THEY MISSED. The Genius. I could say much more. But, Mr. E M was magnificent. Where were Bill, DD, Faye. People Sassy was the high vendeuse who took care of couture clients, NOT running cocaine deliveries.
Happy 81st Birthday Angel. You were larger than li Happy 81st Birthday Angel. You were larger than life, and none of us ever expected you to leave us. You are with me Every Single Day of My Life! Thank you for teaching us and leading us on the Path of Simple Dignity... without any fanfare. Love You, R
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