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NYC’s Top Asian Galleries
Top: A rare and simply elegant Chinese fan from Nicholas Grindley. Bottom: Forefront, a surprisingly “modern” pottery vase from Carole Davenport, Leigh Morse GalleryAsia Week New York, March 15-23, 2013The Collector’s ChoiceOn Wednesday morning, a small press army went on an all-day jaunt, viewing several of the best exhibits that were included in the Asia Week New York tour. I nearly spent close to 12 hours exploring a total of 30 galleries*. Why? Mostly for the love of art, of course. You may recall that last year I wrote the first write up of my Asia Week experience (I even took a small group of art enthusiasts on a small private tour afterwards). But for those of you who are new to the blog, let me explain exactly what Asia Week is about, and what to expect when you visit these magical exhibitions. Are you ready to peek inside 23 of the most illustrious Asian art galleries in New York City?
All of the participating galleries boast an impressive collection of antiques, as well as a vast number of fine and decorative arts which included traditional and contemporary artwork from China, India, Japan, Korea, Tibet, Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Cambodia. The price of these objets d’art range from the few thousands to the staggering millions. Asia Week is a spectacular time in this town, and it offers a rare opportunity for collectors, art students, philosophers, or art enthusiasts to view and collect the rarest, and most unusual museum quality Asian paintings, statues, screens, sculptures, jewelry, pottery and textiles.“Asia Week New York 2013 is a nine-day celebration of Asian art throughout metropolitan New York, with exhibitions, auctions and special events presented by 43 leading international Asian art specialists, five major auction houses, and 17 museums and cultural institutions.” Asia Week New York. To inquire further about the pieces shown on this post, please feel free to email me directly.
* Overall there are 43 international galleries participating.
KAPOOR GALLERIES
Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art
Korean Works of Art & Contemporary
Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art
Japanese and Chinese Works of Art & Contemporary
Chinese and Japanese Works of Art * Contemporary
Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art
Carlo Cristi
Japanese Works of Art & Contemporary
Jewels from the Asian World represented by Valentina Gallery (speciality Indian and Himalayan Southeast Asian Art
Eye Bead Agate Necklace, Bactrian 2500 – 1800 B.C.
Mounted in gold during the 20th CenturyIndian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art
Dai Ichi: Chinese and Japanese Works of Art & Contemporary
Contemporary Japanese art at Dai Ichi ArtsMichael Hughes specializes in Chinese Works of Art & Paintings
Koo New York’s specialities are Korean Works of Art & Contemporary
Buddhist Art: Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art
Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art
CarltonRochellChinese Works of Art
James Lally
A Cizhou incised and painted large meiping, Jin Dynasty (A.D. 1115-1234)
The Song dynasty was the Golden Age of Chinese Ceramics. The elegant vessels with subtly colored glazes produced by Chinese potters during the Song are among the most beautiful ceramics ever made.Japanese Works of Art & Contemporary
Nozomi Hope: Mario Motoko 2011, pair of 2 fold screens
Gold dust: Detail work of a screen from Japanese artist, Maio Motoko
Lesley Kehoe at the Fuller BuildingChinese Works of Art
Chinese Works of Art
Japanese Works of Art & Contemporary
Katherine Martin
The gallery’s featured exhibition is on The Nightlife: Entertainment of the Floating WorldJapanese Works of Art & Contemporary
A massive and rare Tokyo School ivory carving of a shell collector. Signature undeciphered. Meiji Period
Okimono sculpture in the form of a catfish with shakudo eyes swimming among water reeds, its whiskers waving to the side. Late Meiji/Taishoo era, circa 1910-1920
In business since the 1970s, Flying Cranes, located at the Manhattan Art & Antiques Center, specializes in Japanese arts from the late 19th century, the period known to connoisseurs as the Meiji Period of the Golden Age of Japan
DALTON + SOMARE at PACE PRIMITIVEDalton + Somare: Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art
Dalton + Somare debut their “After Alexander” works of art from Hellenized Asia, Indo Greek, Greek Bactrian and Gandharan works of art
Dalton + SomareChinese Works of Art & Contemporary
Chinese Works of Art & Contemporary
Vyna St. Phard at M. Sutherland Fine ArtPhotos credit High End Weekly™ -
Wild & Beautiful: Andy Warhol’s Endangered Species at Sotheby’s
Majestic: Andy Warhol – Endangered Species, Bighorn ramSotheby’s London
COMPLETE SET OF ANDY WARHOL’S ‘ENDANGERED SPECIES’ PRINTS SERIES AT SOTHEBY’S IN LONDON IN MARCH 19, 2013
Only Andy Warhol can paint a ram and managed to make it look handsome! But I am not surprised at all since his love and appreciation for color embodied just about all of his creations. But tell me, have you ever seen one of the above pictured screenprint before? When I first came across the ram (and Warhol’s other 9 artworks), I was utterly smitten! And I suspect you will be too, if you have a serious interest for Andy Warhol‘s rare prints.
The complete set of ten screenprints of his Endangered Species will take center stage at Sotheby’s London in an auction of Old Master, Modern and Contemporary Prints on 19 March 2013.The entire collection is estimated to bring between $370,000-450,000, the Endangered Species project was the result of a conversation between Warhol and Frayda and Ronald Feldman, his New York art dealers, concerning the ecological issue of beach erosion. With his interest and curiosity in animals, Warhol was keen to take on this project, proposed by the Feldmans. The vibrantly coloured screenprints, produced in 1983, were described as ‘animals in make-up’ by Warhol. They are all portrayed majestically yet betray a poignant resignation to their fate. Placed in isolation as individual prints, they are positioned on the same level of elevation as the artist’s illustrious screenprints of 20th-century luminaries, such as Marilyn Monroe, Liz Taylor and Muhammad Ali. Keep in mind that complete sets of Warhol prints are very rare to the market. To inquire about this sale, contact Sotheby’s directly.
Warhol – Endangered Species, Bald eagle
Warhol – Endangered Species, Giant panda
Warhol – Endangered Species, Black rhinoceros
Warhol – Endangered Species, Orangutan
Warhol – Endangered Species, African elephant
Warhol – Endangered Species, Pine barrens tree frogWarhol – Endangered Species, Grevy’s zebra
Warhol – Endangered Species, San Francisco silverspot
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When Furniture Becomes Sculpture
Reading Rooms: A group show curated by Matthew WeinsteinSebastian & Barquet: February 28– April 5Reading Rooms is a group show of authors and designers curated by artist Matthew Weinstein. Weinstein will arrange seven reading areas in a large open space, using Sebastian + Barquet’s extensive archive of modern, postmodern and contemporary furniture. Each area will consist of a seat and a lamp; maybe a side table, a rug or an object will further define the arrangement. Each of these arrangements has been inspired by a novel chosen by Weinstein, and these novels will be available for people to read. For the duration of the exhibition, anybody can come in and read, for as long as they like. They will either be attracted by the novel or by the seating area when they make their choice of where to sit. In the open space, readers can watch each other read or viewers can watch people reading. A silent performance will take place every day in Reading Rooms, based on who is in there and what they are doing.Sebastian + Barquet is pleased to present Reading Rooms, a group show curated by Matthew Weinstein with selected works by Geoffrey Bradfield, Wendell Castle, Joe Colombo, Pedro Friedeberg, Graham Greene, Arturo Gomez Guerra, Johanna Grawunder, Anna Kavan, Aranda & Lasch, Peter Macapia, Carlo Molino, Ico Parisi, Charlotte Perriand, Phillip Lloyd Powell, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Krueck & Sexton, Georges Simenon, Muriel Spark, Andrzej Stasiuk, Lynne Tillman, and Mae West.As the physical object of the novel dissolves into pure information, it’s relationship to artistic issues of physicality and visual imagery becomes more and more tenuous. The look of book covers that we remember from our formative years of reading, the smell of certain books, the size of them and the typeface that we are given (as opposed to the ones we can choose on a digital reading device) are all dying properties. But the body must rest someplace while the mind reads. Where we read, what we recline or sit on while we read, the light that illuminates the space around us while we read and the rug or floor beneath our feet while we read are enduring physical factors that define our experience of reading. If you read Moby Dick on an iPhone over the course of a year of subway commutes, your experience of it will be very different from your experience of it if you read a chapter a night before going to sleep in your own bed.We are often alone while we read, but often we are in bed with a partner, on the subway, in an airplane or in a coffee shop. Reading is a way of establishing one’s privacy while one is in public. Pretending to read is a classic way of avoiding talking to someone, or of spying on someone. This exhibition is about public and private space as people can elect to be reader or viewer. The envelope of space around the reader becomes a kind of sculpture; a thing we know we are not supposed to approach too closely or pass through.Reading Rooms also considers the challenge that reading poses in a fast paced culture. It is a challenge to break from one’s day and sit down and read for half an hour. Reading is a way of claiming time as well as space and privacy. It is becoming, more and more, a personal rebellion against the social demand that we pack more and more activities into the non-expansive space of one hour.For more information or images contact at info@sebastianbarquet.comGallery Hours: Monday–Friday, 10-6 PM
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Inspirations on the runway: Chanel Fall 2013
Chanel Fall 2013photo via VogueParis Fashion Week: Chanel Fall 2013 CollectionDo you ever ask yourself what it’s like to live the life of a Kaiser? I have a close friend who often does. When I refer to the Kaiser, I’m talking about Karl Lagerfeld, of course. For the last 30 years, he made no secrets about his serious design on taking Chanel, the luxury fashion brand, to the highest possible level. And judging from what we’ve seen in the past decades, he’s done just that. Further evidence was exhibited on the runways at the grand palais in Paris this past Tuesday afternoon. The 79-year old fashion designer made clear that the Chanel brand is like no other. I think it’s safe to say that his plan has always been to make the house that Coco built even bigger than his own line, and the Frendi line for that matter.So! Have you seen the Vogue video yet? It’s a must see, if you’re a Chanel fan. Models parading around an enormous globe, each one wearing colored mink cloche hats, heavy metal boots with chains (perhaps an inspiration from Peter Marino?), and traditional-like Chanel garbs with a strong sympathy to the punk movement. The entire look, although very elegant, had a streetwise quality to it. Nothing wrong with that, mind you. I was taken by the “high leather boots, jeans with tweed patches on the legs”, and the “new” little black dresses which I’ll never tire of. The commercial impact of Chanel is huge, no one can deny that, and even though the brand is not currently in every single corner of the world, the Kaiser is looking to change that. Real fast.
Above photos are credited to Vogue.com
Chanelphoto via Los Angeles Times
Karl Lagerfeldphoto via Vogue
79-year old fashion designer, Karl Lagerfeld, circling the globe after his fashion showat the Grand Palais in ParisPhoto courtesy Los Angeles Times -
Christofle: The Silver Spirit Takes Off
Spring 2013 will mark a year since the venerable french tableware company opened their flagship store on Madison. The art of their trademark designs has ultimately raised the bar for other high end silversmith makers since 1830. But, how have they evolved? Very well from the looks of their latest collections, and from the stellar list of designers, including the late Andree Putman, that keep collaborating with them by making their original design even better. Check out these stunning photographs from Christofle which I have saved for months on end – just for you.
French-born interior designer Stéphane Parmentier designed Christofle’s flagship store on the ultra chic and trendy Madison Avenue neighborhood. Stéphane actually began his career in fashion working for Lanvin, Hervé Léger and Karl Lagerfeld. He later took another role as art director for the Givenchy and Montana ready-to-wear collections. In 2000, he traded in his dress form for a drawing board, founding his own interior architecture agency in Paris. That was when he became an instant globetrotter, working in Paris, London and Miami! In 2012, he was appointed art director for the home furnishings division of Printemps department store and has since worked on the renovation of the Orange headquarters in Paris. His latest creations were shown last November at Themes & Variations, a gallery in London. Stéphane is a marvelous person and an incredible inspiration!
Stunning: Christofle’s New York Flagship Store on Madison Avenue
Christofle is an excellent silverware choice for the well appointed house. Although I found their staff a little distant at times, there’s no mistaking the high quality of their products, and their revered heritage. Mise en table, all these elements are a sure crowd pleaser. Christofle is located at 846 Madison Avenue (between 69th and 70th Street), New York City. Tel: 212.308.9390. -
11 Must Have Art Deco Pieces For Your Collection
Left: TRAVAIL DES ANNÉES 1960. Lampe en métal nickelé à abat-jour circulaire légèrement bombé, cache ampoule cornet traversé par un tube fixé sur la base. Right: ÉCOLE FRANÇAISE début XXe Portrait de Femme Huile sur toile Signé”Martin” et daté In my view, there’s just too few art deco sales on the auction block this year. The big auction houses in NY will hold theirs presumably at the end of 2013. So I’m always on the hunt for some great pieces that will hold a sufficient amount of appeal, and add some real value to my clients’ collections.
Claude CUNDA (Ne en 1915)
“Composition abstraite”, 1974 Huile sur toile 116 x 89 cm Signé en bas à droite et daté “1974”
Travail des années 1940. Chaise de boudoir recouverte de tissu moiré passepoilé à dossier coquille animé de cordelettes dorées et orné en partie arrière basse d’une coquille laquée. 
TRAVAIL MODERNISTE. Paire de fauteuils à structure en métal tubulaire. Dossiers incurvés à côtés ajourés, assises écusson sur base trapézoïdale 
JACQUES ADNET (1900-1984)
Important guéridon à base en bois verni noir. Fût cylindrique recouvert de plaques de miroirs juxtaposés. Plateau circulaire débordant à fond miroir orné au centre d’une
ronde de lunules et cerclé d’une lame en médal chromé
Paul KISS (1885-1962)
Spectaculaire paravent à quatre vantaux en fer forgé. Structure à lames plates de section carrée à parties hautes galbées. Décor ajouré de gerbes de fleurs stylisées à enroulements ouverts et coudés.
Travail Art Déco Deux tables gigognes en bois laqué de forme U inversé à décor de coquille d’oeuf sur la table supérieure, d’une bande asymétrique sur la table supérieure et d’une
fleur stylisée sur chaque montant plein.
Corradini Argenteria (Bologne)
Vase en cuivre martelé de style art déco figurant l’allégorie des beaux-arts. Cachet de la manufactureAcross the pond, one of my favorite auction houses, Drouot, is holding a Sunday afternoon sale in Brussels. These 2 pieces that you’re seeing at the top, are among 15 of my TOP PICKS from their impressive collection.
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15 Must Have Art Deco Pieces For Your Collection
TRAVAIL MODERNISTE. Paire de fauteuils à structure en métal tubulaire. Dossiers incurvés à côtés ajourés, assises écusson sur base trapézoïdale In my view, there’s just too few art deco sales on the auction block this year. The big auction houses in NY will hold theirs presumably at the end of 2013. So I’m always on the hunt for some great pieces that will hold a sufficient amount of appeal, and add some real value to my clients’ collections. Over the pond, one of my favorite auction houses, Drouot, is holding a Sunday afternoon sale in Brussels. These 2 pieces that you’re seeing at the top, are among 15 of my TOP PICKS from their impressive collection.
Pierre CHAREAU (Attribué à) Lampadaire en chêne patiné acajou, à hauteurs variables. Fût à double jambage dont un à crémaillère permettant les différentes évolutions. A partie haute trois lames plates coudées enserrant des plaques (postérieures) en albâtre formant un éventail lumineux. Base quadrangulaire à doucine. Right: Miroir Infinitly Grand miroir en verre fumé sans teint, cadre en laiton à l’intérieur duquel se reflètent des diodes pour donner une impression de profondeur infinieArt Deco Sale in Brussels on Sunday, March 3rd, 2013Drouot Grand Sablon Forum in Brussels
Left: TRAVAIL DES ANNÉES 1960. Lampe en métal nickelé à abat-jour circulaire légèrement bombé, cache ampoule cornet traversé par un tube fixé sur la base. Right: ÉCOLE FRANÇAISE début XXe Portrait de Femme Huile sur toile Signé”Martin” et daté
Aimé HENRY DE FIGANIERES (1909-?). “Cache cache”, 1973 Huile sur toile 65 x 50 cm
Signé et daté en bas à droite
Claude CUNDA (Ne en 1915)“Composition abstraite”, 1974 Huile sur toile 116 x 89 cm Signé en bas à droite et daté “1974”
Left: Travail des années 1940. Chaise de boudoir recouverte de tissu moiré passepoilé à dossier coquille animé de cordelettes dorées et orné en partie arrière basse d’une coquille laquée. JACQUES ADNET (1900-1984). Guéridon en placage de palissandre à deux plateaux soutenus et joints par deux montants pleins galbés.
JACQUES ADNET (1900-1984)Important guéridon à base en bois verni noir. Fût cylindrique recouvert de plaques de miroirs juxtaposés. Plateau circulaire débordant à fond miroir orné au centre d’une
ronde de lunules et cerclé d’une lame en médal chromé
Paul KISS (1885-1962)Spectaculaire paravent à quatre vantaux en fer forgé. Structure à lames plates de section carrée à parties hautes galbées. Décor ajouré de gerbes de fleurs stylisées à enroulements ouverts et coudés.
Du réceptacle à la base les lames parallèles ondulent
Travail Art Déco Deux tables gigognes en bois laqué de forme U inversé à décor de coquille d’oeuf sur la table supérieure, d’une bande asymétrique sur la table supérieure et d’une
fleur stylisée sur chaque montant plein.
Corradini Argenteria (Bologne)Vase en cuivre martelé de style art déco figurant l’allégorie des beaux-arts. Cachet de la manufacture
Nikki de St Phalle (1930-2002) “Nana”, 1968 Plastique polychrome, édition Alvimar
Signé et marques de l’éditeur.
Xavier PUIGMARTI (né en 1952)“Milo II”, 1990 Technique mixte sur toile 162 x 130 cm Signé et daté au dosDrouot Auction House, FranceYou May Also Like
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Ladies For A Day
Downton Abbeyphoto via Fabsugar.comWritten by Elaine G. FloresDon’t you just swoon over “Downton Abbey” on Sunday nights? I certainly do. In these Big Gulp, plastic days, it’s wonderful to imagine a world so passionate about style and indulgence. I recently took a jaunt to London with some fellow Abbey addicts to see how much luxury we we could fit into a single day.The Crawleys are clearly committed to fashion, so we started with a morning trip to Kensington High Street. I’m fairly certain that we became a tad more soigné, just strolling along, or at least that’s what we imagined.
Downtown Abbey Season 3Photo via CBS.orgOne can’t picture Lady Mary doing anything without glamour, so my group was determined that even the least glamorous of activities–a trip to the, um, loo, if you must know–would be done with some flair. Yes, we headed to the Ritz-Carlton to use the facilities. The hotel famously regards jeans and sports shoes the way the Dowager Countess looks at Americans, the middle class and electricity, so we made sure our outfits were up to snuff. (No word on what they think of the kind of people who make field trips to their powder room.)Obviously, afternoon tea, had to be a part of this experience. The Crawleys demand the very best, and so did we. We headed to the award-winning Athenaeum, where our biggest concern was whether to finish off with the lemon drizzle cake or Elderflower Jelly. The correct answer? Both.While we’re not sure if Lord Grantham would approve of us willingly entering a kitchen, we did pay a visit to a cooking school to learn about the sort of French cuisine Mrs. Patmore would have served. Those of us who are tragically without a live-in staff should still be able to have a gourmet meal at home from time to time.After a long day of leisure, it was time for an adult beverage, so we headed to the Terrace Bar at the Chesterfield Mayfair for cocktails. As we were on our way out, Chris, the velvet-voiced concierge fussed over us, insisted that we sample old-fashioned English candy (And really, who doesn’t love a man who insists that you eat candy?), ushered us out and then gave us a gallant bow. It was as if we’d found our very own Mr. Carson.
The lesson we learned is that somebody has to be pampered, it might as well be us, and hopefully, you too.
The Crawleys from Downton AbbeyCourtesy of © Carnival Film & Television Limited 2012 for Masterpiece TheaterPhoto via Vanity Fair
Downton Abbey Tea Party CookiesPhoto via Cookie Pixie
Afternoon Tea at the Ritz Carltonphoto via http://downtonabbeycooks.com
Kensington High Street, London
The Athenaeum HotelPhoto credit Jonathan Player for The New York Times
Chesterfield Mayfair, LondonPhoto via Chesterfield Mayfair
The Athenaeum, LondonAbove photos via CNN Traveler
The Athenaeum, Londonphoto via CNN Traveler
A room with a view: The Athenaeum, Londonphoto via http://www.everettpotter.com
London Sotheby’s International RealtyPhoto via Sotheby’s Realty
The simple pleasure of Afternoon Tea (photo ITV)Photo via Downton Abbey Cooks
Best afternoon teas in LondonPhoto via CNN Traveller
Photo via AZ life and StyleElaine G. Flores blogs for Sterling Silver Tours, which offers, “Downton Abbey” themed tours to London.
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Decorating with bright and exuberant fabrics
Long, dark and cold winter days call for more cheerful colors, don’t you agree? Almost all interior designers will tell you that nothing brings your home decor more up to speed than incorporating new fabrics into your space. Although I’m more drawn to muted palettes when it comes to interiors, I’ve never been known to shy away from applying fresh and colorful outdoor fabrics inside the home.
So imagine my delight when I came across a refreshing line of textile from Link Outdoor, as well as some exciting pillows (most of them art nouveau, no less), panels and window treatments from Wende Cragg, an appliqué artist who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. I find her collections appealing because of their obvious fine craftsmanship and incredible details. Wende has been weaving her “magic” in the design industry for the past 45 years and along the way, collaborated with a number of designers and home mavens throughout the States, some of them included designer Heather Hilliard on a custom appliqued bench for the San Francisco Show house. She also contributed to past show houses in Pasadena, Marin County and San Francisco, where she resides. There’s a wonderful synergy between the historical reference she creates, and the colorful and sometimes neon outdoor fabrics from Link Outdoor. And even if they came in separate projects, both styles call for a well appointed home..jpg?w=960)
San Francisco Decorators Showcase (Angela Free Design)
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Oscar Worthy Couture Dresses By Maggie Norris
Illustrated By: Anna KiperIn the heels of a post Mercedes Benz Fashion Week closing party last week, I caught up with Maggie Norris at her atelier in midtown Manhattan. The veteran fashion designer was excited to reveal her latest projects, one of them being the launch of a mid-20th century sunglasses collection. Once a fashion designer at Ralph Lauren, Maggie has since become the go-to designer to a host of celebrities, top stylists, New York City’s socialites, philanthropists, and first lady, Michelle Obama, to name a few. Her romantic silhouettes, and costume-like couture is a celebration of femininity and speaks directly to the age of elegance.High End Weekly™: Congratulations, I heard that you are now a part of the Women & Fashion Film Festival at FIT.Maggie Norris: Thank you. The festival will be launch in late spring 2013, and the FIT students are already working hard on this project. It’s fascinating to be part of the Benefit Committee which include, Tony Award winning producer Catherine Schreiber, Alexis Doyle (Board Member of The New Group & Irish Repertory Theater), Nancy Jane Loewy, Zang Toi, and Rosina Rucci.
The belle of the ball
Maggie Norris CoutureHEW: You are also involved in FIT in other ways, aren’t you?MN: The school offers an excellent mentoring program, and I’ve been honored to participate in such a refreshing course. I always look forward to guide this next generation of fashion designers so that they too will have the opportunity to bring more beauty into the world. It’s been a pleasure to help guide them to clarify their own vision of design. Each year F.I.T. presents a runway show of its top graduating BFA design talent to a full house. Attendees include Industry luminaries and press, anxious to see the next emerging names in fashion design. Graduating fashion design students are mentored by respected designers who serve as industry critics, with each critic ‘matched’ to the relevant design concentration. Calvin Klein, Carolina Herrera, Norma Kamali, Narciso Rodriguez, Diane von Furstenberg, Josie Natori, Dushane Noble for Helmut Lang and Alicia Sison for Betsey Johnson have each acted as advisors and critics to groups of graduating students.IN THE STUDIO
HEW: Now that I’m in your studio, tell me more about some of the elegant, and sleek lines that I’m seeing in your various collections.MN: We have several of our signature white shirts. The alluring lines that they cut are quite flattering to a woman’s body. What’s great about these shirts is that our clients have the options of applying different cuffs to them, if they so choose. They can go from day wear to evening wear by simply changing the appearance of their cuffs! Our variety of perfectly proportioned jackets, with their alluring embroidered cuffs are always in vogue. Most of the time, these cuffs are handmade with Chinese embroideries. Our jackets are made of satin, suede, and various flawless materials which clients have come to expect from us. Of course, we have our corsets which is part of our signature look. Some of them are made in Paris, but mostly all of our couture is done here in the United States. We’re so well known for our corsets, that clients sometimes bring their heirlooms to us, and we in turn artfully designed them. Nicole Kidman once wore a Maggie Norris Couture corset in one of her movies. But we’re always creating all the time, whether it’s an individually crafted wide-leg pants, or an elegantly appointed leather jacket
Eye-catching and timeless: A portrait by renowned painter Nelson Shanks on a model dressed in a corset by Maggie Norris Couture
HEW: You have some fetching boots displayed throughout the atelier. Who are they from?MN: They are custom-made from London by the same boot maker that makes similar ones for Queen Elizabeth II. We have also collaborated with Christian Louboutin in the past. Throughout my career, I’ve teamed up with a number of high-profile designers, and came to appreciate the resulting synergy.
RAISING THE BAR
“We have the option of offering our clients bespoke fashion. When a bride for instance come to us, we ask her about her vision for that special day. Does she want the dress to take her to the 1940s, the 1920s? Is it a tropical weeding, do they want hand painting? For example, if the wedding is in a place like Jamaica, we can custom made the flower that apply to that region…
We recently designed a crest for one of the women from The Forbes Family. She gave us her own tartan and we made an exquisite pair of pants for her. We love doing crests for our various clients.” Maggie NorrisON PRINT
Photographed By: Chris Craymer “Agathe Long Shirt Dress”
Joyce DiDonato, Stylist: Ashley PruittPhotographed By: Bill Phelps
Joyce DiDonato wearing Maggie Norris Couture ‘Natasha’ Evening Coatfeatured in “Yankee Diva” FLATT Magazine Issue #4 2013
A model wearing one of Maggie Norris coveted corset, Photographed By: Mario TestinoAs seen in the December 2012 issue of Allure MagazineON THE RUNWAY
HEW: You’re launching your first eye glasses collection next month, is that right?MN: We’re starting with a good start: one style and four colors. The glasses are made in Italy, and the materials have this old world craftsmanship about them.
Copyright images from Maggie NorrisAll rights reservedMaggie Norris Couture is open by appointment only at: 494 Eighth Avenue, Suite 1505, New York, NY 10001. She can be reached at (212) 239-3433. Visit her website at: www.maggienorriscouture.com
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