Outstandingly Excellent (Both, Simultaneously): Miss Pat Cleveland and Mr. Stephen Burrows, 1972. Image via Charles Tracy via The New York Times.
Introducing The Committee, @ No. 8
Presenting The Committee, a members-only group of cultural programmers, focused on producing unique experiences for New York City’s arts community. Most recent information via Style.com
Outstanding occasion: the inaugural ‘The Committee @ No. 8′ event at No. 8, in New York City. January 24, 2013, time unknown. Image via Marika Wagle for The Committee, via Instagam.
Diary: A Dinner With Christophe de Menil and Jason McCoy @ Le Zie
Outstanding Excellence x 2: Christophe de Menil in conversation with Jason McCoy at Le Zie restaurant in New York City. January 17, 2013, 9:47 pm. Image via The Excellent People.
Legendary Lessons: Christophe de Menil is Outstanding, Excellent, Etc…
About Christophe de Menil
Christophe de Menil, Artist and Fashion Designer
Designer Christophe de Menil was born in France, and raised in Houston amidst the legendary collection of her parents, John and Dominique de Menil. At a young age Miss de Menil became well known for wearing the work of renowned designers, including fashion icon Madame Gres. Since her teens, Miss de Menil has also been a steady friend and patron of contemporary artists, architects and designers, including Matisse, Le Corbusier, Barnett Newman, de Kooning, Rauschenberg, Mark Rothko, Mark di Suvero, Philip Johnson, Louis Kahn, Luis Barragán, Tadao Ando, among many, many others. Inspired by these outstanding people, Miss de Menil established herself as a notable costume designer, producing work for Trisha Brown, Lucinda Childs, and Robert Wilson. While collaborating with Wilson she also created jewelry with the extraordinary Claude Lalanne.
Miss de Menil’s designs are a distillation of these remarkable collaborations and friendships, and her jewelry and clothing design hold the echoes of an immersion in the great theater costume departments of Europe: Munich’s Kammerspiele, Rotterdam’s National Theater, the Chatelet in Paris, Amsterdam’s Opera House, Rome’s Teatro dell’ Opera, Sicily’s Summer Festival in Gibellina. Contact
The Outstanding, quite undeniably legendary, Christophe de Menil (Right), with mode (left)l, as seen, and profiled, in W magazine. Image via W magazine.
Remembrances of Excellence (Recently) Past: RIP Helen Gurley Brown, Outstanding Cosmo Girl
The late Helen Gurley Borwn was Cosmopolitan’s editor from 1965 to 1997, as recapped in her New York Times obituary.
Image via The New York Times via Santi Visalli/Getty Images
Boutique Excellence: Balenciaga New York
Image via Balenciaga.
Presenting Mr. Truman Capote, Outstandingly Excellent Style Setter
Via Mr. Porter. Words by Mr. Colin McDowell.
Mr. Truman Capote, shot by Mr. Michael Salisbury, at his house in Palm Springs, California, 1969. Image via Mr. Porter.
Colorful Excellence: Olivier Theyskens For ‘Theyskens’ Theory’
BURGEONING COLOR TREND ALERT: As Outstandingly explained by Jane Herman for The Moment blog of The New York Times: “The top contender: green, and more specifically pale, mellow, minty green, introduced in the resort collections as a prelude to spring’s more pastel-centric palette (only a few months away). This green’s dustier renditions — as seen on the spring runway at Theyskens’ Theory — act similar to a khaki or olive green and can be worn as easily.”
Excellent Color: Image via Elle Muliarchyk for Theyskens' Theory via The New York Times.
For Your Consideration: SASQUATCHfabrix Men’s Layered Sweat Pants, from an Excellent A/W 10 Collection, Available in Neo Ash Grey.
Excellently available for purchase at Late Night Chameleon Cafe, London.
Excellent purchase: SASQUATCHfabrix men’s Layered Sweat pants from A/W 10 collection in neo ash grey. Image via LN-CC.
Remembrances of Excellency Past: Valentina Nicholaevna Sanina Schlee
As told by Guiseppe Cipriani, General Founder of Harry’s Bar, Venice: “Who could ever forget the extraordinary fashion designer, Valentina Schlee? Of Russian origin, she was Greta Garbo’s stylist. They both lived in the same building in New York. Greta Garbo eventually became the lover of her husband, Mr. Schlee. Valentina always dressed like the Great Garbo. Or perhaps the Great Garbo was always dressed like her. A mass of tangled locks hid her from view even in the middle of summer. She was both the joy and the desperation of all our waiters and cooks and those of the Hotel Gritti as well, where she usually stayed. When she finally left, all the men heaved a huge sigh of relief. I sent a bottle of champagne over to the staff at the Gritti, and made sure that everyone who had served her got their share.”
Outstandingly Excellent People. Image via GarboForever.com
