Monday, September 28, 2009

Tangie and Cator on Polo



My friend Thomas Farley recently launched his own site-
http://www.newyorkinsider.tv

He interviewed a bevy of celebs at the Prince Harry Polo Match and if you wait till the VERY end
he includes a quip from Tangie Silva and I.

check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrcwG7G-LPk

Friday, September 25, 2009

My day in Cannes









Here are pics from my day today. The sunset I took about 5 min ago.
Check out my hotel! No not the big fancy Carlton- Im the little white house next door, the Bleu Rivage. So charming.
Im the top floor with the windows open.

I spent the entire day on a chair at the beach at the 3.14 beach area. 15 Euros well spent. I picked them because their umbrellas were the cutest and then realized it was part of the hip boutique hotel my friend Dani used to work at.
I ordered 2 massive bottles of Badoit and an amazing tomato mozzarella.

Then I just gazed for ages at the water, at the boys, at the boats and took a dip here and there. It was total bliss.
Then I ripped through my Out Magazine and NY Mag and listened to the Talented Mr. Ripley Soundtrack- how can you not
in such a place?

At 430 I figured I was burnt to a crisp and ran out of reading material so I popped back up to Bleu to shower, dress and head out for a stroll. I hit the Lacoste store for a new polo. My purple one was DONE. Its had 4 holes in it and was brown on the collar. Im all for old money tattery togs but this was beyond. I bought a new salmon colored one that will be fab for Art Basel and Africa.

Then I sat on La Croisette and watched the sunset before changing into my blazer for champagne at the Carlton terrace and dinner at 3.14 before heading home to pack and post.

What an amazing unexpected treat this trip was!
Can't wait to write the article and for the next time with the PR guru Kelley LUSH-ford (as she signed her name today)

Bon Nuit

Yachting in Monaco











Wednesday night, jet lagged but still dazzled by the magic of Monaco I met up with Kelly Luchford, owner of Luchford PR, Liz Jeans from House & Garden UK and Anton Mossa from Quintessentially at the Fairmont for a quick glass of fizz before heading to Port Hercules for a cocktail party on a swanky mega yacht. Recession who?!

Kelly’s client Intarya is winning Yacht Designs ‘Queen of Show’ for the stellar interiors they created for the new Celestial Hope and it was time to celebrate!

More on the boat:
Celestial Hope, a luxury 47metre Heesen motor mega yacht has already won several awards even before being officially launched at the Monaco Boat Show this week, such as the Asian Boating Award for most innovative interior design (other winners included Phillipe Starck and Riva).
Back to the soiree:
We tossed our kicks and hopped onto ‘Celeste’ as I will call her. Note for you mega yacht hoppers- be sure to get a pedicure before jumping on board! Champagne was popping and we were all getting into the party spirit when all of a sudden I ran into Ian from Based Upon. Uh oh, party alert. I met Ian last week in NYC to learn more about his amazing company. Well I learned a lot about his company since we were out till 3am together doing the Harlem jazz bar circuit. This time he arrived with his twin brother Richard. Trouble times two.

Boat-acious:
Celeste was truly incredible. To me it resembled a young Park Avenue socials home more than the typical nautical nightmare one sees on the sea. The designer Kamini Ezralow took yacht interiors to the next level. Mother of pearl inlaid headboards? Hammered silver doorknobs? A metallicised bas-relief staircase? Come to think of it the interiors brought another look to mind, Elise de Wolfe’s Paris home. Clean, elegant and terribly chic.

After copious amounts of bubbly the party wound down and Kamini invited 12 of us to dinner at a divine outdoor spot on the harbor. I was lucky enough to sit by her and she is a wealth of information and real gem of a person. Her husband was hysterical and his mother (who was almost engaged to Carey Grant and knew Tony Duquette!) was a treasure trove of old Hollywood trivia.

After dinner and solving all the worlds problems we took the party back to the Fairmont. Here is where it gets a bit fuzzy. Actually, I remember most of what happened but I think the shorts incident, the lady man, the peanut explosion and ballroom dancing should be left to memory

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Morning from Monaco










I was invited to cover the new Riva/CRN mega yacht collaboration just last Sunday and here I am on Wednesday overlooking the Med from my suite at the Fairmont. Not too bad for a hum drum week in September!

I landed this morning and was eager to see the show. I met Alessandra who took me around the new Riva Domino and then onward to the CRN's new baby- Blue Eyes, a $65 million floating palace.

I am not showing all images because I may post on other blogs. But here are highlights of the boat show and one very cute French teacher I couldn't help snapping. Bonjour!

I still can't believe I am here. Last time I docked here was with Rick, Mom and Dad 3 weeks before I moved to NYC in 1999. How different I am and how amazing this place still is.

Off to the launch of another designer boat tonight.

Stay tuned!

Monday, September 21, 2009

Off to Monaco!



Just got invited to check out a couple of new yachts launching during yacht week in Monaco.
Wed night I will be checking out the one attached during a cocktail party on the boat.

Thursday I have a press conference on a new collab that Riva is doing. My fave line of boats in the world!
You know the ones- Talented Mr. Ripley style?
More soon!

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

FULL FRONTAL FASHION LAUNCHED!



Click on the link and check it out!
Please make comments on my posts!
I'm very proud to be a part of this launch and hope it succeeds!
Can I use any more exclamation marks?!

My interview in Icelands National Paper

If anyone can read Icelandic let me know how this article reads! (click on title for link to the actual page)

As you will read in blogs I did for FFF this Icelandic Fashion Week was a total scam. These poor designers were told they would have a magical fashion show that ended up rained out with no alternative venue. I hope this event never happens again. At least with Kolla as President.
More soon.

Hallarbylting hönnuða á Iceland Fashion Week

Cator Sparks Hann kom til landsins á vegum Full Frontal Fashion og hefur meðal annars skrifað fyrir New York Times.
„Tískuvikan var hryllileg, algjör hörmung. Ég skil ekki hvernig þessi kona hefur getað unnið svona lengi við þetta," segir bandaríski blaðamaðurinn Cator Sparks.

Cator skrifar fyrir vefmiðilinn Full Frontal Fashion og kom til landsins í síðustu viku í tengslum við Iceland Fashion Week. Allt fór í háaloft á laugardag þegar tískusýning átti að fara fram á Ljósanótt í Reykjanesbæ og hönnuðir neituðu að senda fyrirsæturnar á sýningarpallinn.

„Skíturinn skall á viftunni daginn sem tískusýningin var haldin í Keflavík," segir Cator. „Hún [Kolbrún Aðalsteinsdóttir] sagði að módelin myndu „ganga á vatni" og það hljómaði eins og ótrúlega fallegur sýningapallur - virkilega framandi. En pallurinn samanstóð af stöflum af íslenskum vatnsflöskum á vörubrettum og sýningin var haldin í miðri bæjarhátíð! Þetta var hræðilegt!"

Cator segist hafa vorkennt hönnuðunum sem áttu að sýna. Vinnuaðstaða þeirra var í tjaldi sem lak í rigningunni og samkvæmt heimildum Fréttablaðsins eyðilögðust nokkrar flíkur.

Svo fór að flestir hönnuðirnir ásamt nánast öllu starfsfólki tískusýningarinnar fyrir utan Kolbrúnu færðu sýninguna á Nasa, þar sem hún fór fram eftir að hafa meðal annars verið auglýst á Facebook.

Cator segir að Kolbrún hafi ekki tekið því vel.

„Kolla kom inn í eitt tjaldanna og öskraði að þetta væri ólöglegt og að þau mættu þetta ekki," segir hann, „Hún sagði líka að þau sem færu myndu aldrei vinna fyrir hana aftur og bað alla um að koma með sér. Það litu allir á hana og sögðu:

„Fyrirgefðu, en við ætlum með hönnuðunum". Hún fór þá, tók rútuna sem átti að ferja okkur og skildi okkur eftir í rigningunni á bæjarhátíð í Keflavík. Það tók klukkutíma að fá leigubíl. Hún bar enga virðingu fyrir okkur og ég velti fyrir mér hvort hún geri sér grein fyrir hverja hún skildi eftir; New York Times, New York Magazine, risastórar alþjóðlegar útgáfur og henni var alveg sama."

Kolbrún Aðalsteinsdóttir, skipuleggjandi Iceland Fashion Week, segir að hæst bylji í tómri tunni og vill að öðru leyti ekki tjá sig um óánægju hönnuða og blaðamanna.

„Verkefnið mitt skilaði svakalega skemmtilegri vinnu sem alheimspressan veit um og er alveg hrikalega flott," segir hún. Kolbrún hyggst halda Iceland Fashion Week á ný á næsta ári.
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