September 2017: Fashion & Design

Auctions, Antiques and Design.

• The Chart Art Fair focuses exclusively on contemporary art from leading galleries of the Nordic countries – Sept 1–3
• The fourth edition of the Folkestone Triennial art festival takes place in the seaside town of Kent in England; this year’s theme is Double Edge — Sept 2 – Nov 5
• Elements of Style: A Selling Exhibition of Magnificent Jewels and Handbags, Christie’s, Hong Kong – Sept 4-7
• Yuko Nasaka Exhibition, Sotheby’s, London – Sept 6 – Oct 2
• Sydney Contemporary is Australasia’s international contemporary art fair – Sept 7 – 10
• Robert Indiana: Works from the Collection of Herbert Lust Exhibition, Sotheby’s, New York – Sept 8-Oct 6
• Fine and Rare Wines, Christie’s Hong Kong – Sept 8-9
• Maison & Objet Paris is the international interior lifestyle show featuring three major sections: Maison (interior decoration), Objet (concept and retail) and Influences (encompassing luxury, design and architecture) – Sept 8-12
• The 6^th annual Paris Design Week showcases the work of over 300 French and international designers with exhibitions, lectures and awards, including the celebration of emerging talent at Now! Le Off and the awarding of the RADO Star Prize – Sept 8-16
• Finest & Rarest Wines, Sotheby’s New York – Sept 9
• Beyond Limits, A monumental outdoor sculpture at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, Sotheby’s, London – Sept 9-Oct 29
• Fine Chinese Paintings, Christie’s, New York – Sept 12
• Christie’s Paris holds an auction of pieces from the private collection of interior designer Alberto Pinto – Sept 12-14
• Cecil Beaton: Portraits of Vivien Leigh featuring Laurence Olivier Exhibition, Sotheby’s, London, Sept 12-26
• The 29^th Biennale des Antiquaries, the preeminent antique and haute joaillerie fair, is held in Paris – Sept 12-18
• Sotheby’s will feature Photographer Mario Testino (famous for his glamorous shots of models and fashion spreads in magazines around the world) with more than 400 works at auction in Shake It Up: Works from the Mario Testino Collection. The sale, will benefit Museo Mate in Lima, Peru – a nonprofit that aims to bring Peruvian artists to world attention and is expected to raise more than $10 million, London – Sept 13-14
• Expo Chicago The International Exposition of Contemporary/Modern Art & Design will take place from Sept 13 – 17
• Made in Britain, Sotheby’s, London – Sept 13
• Important Chinese Art, Sotheby’s, New York – Sept 13
• South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art, Christie’s, New York – Sept 13
• Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art, Christie’s, New York – Sept 13
• The first-ever edition of Art Berlin replaces art berlin contemporary (abc); the four-day fair, part of Berlin Art Week, includes some 110 galleries hailing from 16 different countries – Sept 14-17
• The Brand New Conference in Chicago is for those who love logos and corporate branding; a highlight every year are the custom-designed name badges, bags and banners that are laboriously handmade by the event’s husband-and-wife organizers Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit – Sept 14–15
• Marchant: Nine Decades in Chinese Art, Christie’s, New York – Sept 14
• Treasures of the Noble Path: Early Buddhist Art from Japanese Collections, Christie’s, New York – Sept 14
• Fine Classical Chinese Paintings & Calligraphy, Sotheby’s, New York – Sept 14
• Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Christie’s, New York – Sept 14-15
• De la Collection du Prince Marc de Beauvau-Craon, Sotheby’s, Paris – Sept 15
• Paris-Rome: une Alliance Artistique, Sotheby’s, Paris – Sept 15
• Saturday at Sotheby’s: Asian Art, Sotheby’s, New York – Sept 16
• The Chicago Architecture Biennial is the largest architecture and design exhibition in North America, featuring over 141 practitioners from more than 20 countries; this year is the third edition – Sept 16 – Jan 7, 2018
• Watches, Sotheby’s, London – Sept 19
• Tableaux 1400-1900, Christie’s Paris – Sept 19
• Un Autre XXE Siecle: Les Arts de la Figuration 1900-1950, Christie’s, Paris – Sept 19
• New Now, Phillip’s, New York, Sept 19
• The London Design Festival, launched in 2003, features a range of creative installations and events celebrating contemporary design and provides rare access to local studios during the 9-day program; the V&A Museum is the event’s hub – Sept 16-24
• Fine Jewels, Sotheby’s, London – Sept 20
• Finest & Rarest Wines, Spirits & Vintage Port, Sotheby’s, London – Sept 20
• Important American Furniture, Silver, Maritime, Folk and Outsider Art, Christie’s, New York – Sept 20
• Design, Phillip’s, London – Sept 20
• Zona Maco Salón del Anticuario presents renowned antique dealers specializing in decorative arts, jewelry, furniture, and fine art, Lomas de Sotelo, Mexico – Sep 20–24
• Fine & Rare Wines Including Wine from the Personal Cellar of the Earl of Halifax, Christie’s, London – Sept 21
• The 12^th annual NY Art Book Fair is the world’s premier event for artists’ books, contemporary art catalogs, monographs, art periodicals, and zines. Held at MoMA PS1, Long Island City, Queens – Sep 22 – 24
• 20^th Century & Contemporary Art (Evening Sale), Christie’s, Shanghai – Sept 24
• The Library of John and Suzanne Bonham, Sotheby’s, London – Sept 26
• Vivien: The Vivien Leigh Collection, Sotheby’s, London – Sept 26
• The Collection of Edward Albee, Sotheby’s, New York – Sept 26
• The Collection of Paul F. Walker, Christie’s, New York – Sept 26-27
• Yeats: The Family Collection, Sotheby’s, London – Sept 27
• Irish Art, Sotheby’s, London – Sept 27
• Contemporary Curated, Sotheby’s, New York – Sept 27
• Post-War & Contemporary Art, Christie’s, New York – Sept 28
• Postwar and Contemporary Photographs, Sotheby’s, New York – Sept 28
• Finest and Rarest Wines, Sotheby’s, Hong Kong – Sept 29-30
• The Best of the Best – The MQJ Collection of Ming Furniture, Sotheby’s, Hong Kong – Sept 29-Oct 2
• Modern and Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Sotheby’s, Hong Kong – Sept 30

Fashion and Beauty.

• My LV World Tour kicks off online this month: customize an assortment of Louis Vuitton bags with your choice of 60 travel-inspired patches – order now for holiday gifts, as delivery takes 8-12 weeks
• Bulgari’s new collection of high jewelry, Festa, is a happy celebration of Italian traditions – among the 100 one-of-a-kind pieces are the Palio de Siena necklace, a gelato brooch, and a chocolate cake ring
• Make-up superstar Pat McGrath launches her first line of color cosmetics this month exclusively on her website and at Sephora stores
• Tom Ford launches his latest fragrance, F***ing Fabulous, available only in Tom Ford boutiques and at tomford.com
• Maison Chloe is a cultural space that opened this summer in Paris – to celebrate the 65^th anniversary of the house, the first exhibition is Femininities – Guy Bourdin, showcasing the work of the photographer and his collaborations with the label.
• The fashion and design crowds are flocking to check out designer, Kanye West creative director, DJ and architect Virgil Abloh’s new Off-White store in SoHo; called Em Pty Gallery, the space will feature revolving art exhibitions, with the label’s clothes and accessories positioned in response to the featured artist’s work
• Brent Neale Winston, formerly of Kara Ross, debuts a new fine jewelry line with ecommerce site Moda Operandi; the whimsical pieces include unicorn stud earrings (with diamonds)
• Kari Sigerson and Eliza Axelson-Chidsey recently opened shoe emporium Alumnae in the former Western Union building in Tribeca, featuring flats made of pony hair, fur, and python
• Ginger Nutz: The Jungle Memoir of a Model Orangutan is a new book that is an affectionate comic adaptation of Grace Coddington’s bestselling 2012 memoir by her friend the artist Michael Roberts — Sept 1
• London denim brand Frame, celebrating its 5^th year, opens its first New York store in SoHo – Sept 1
• Selena Gomez and Coach debut the first product from their new collaboration: a top-handle bag called the Selena Grace – Sept 2
• Australian brand Zimmermann teams up with eyewear creators Cutler and Gross on a new line of sunglasses – Sept 4
• Ukrainian Fashion Week celebrates its 20^th year, showcasing the spring/summer 2018 collections of more than 60 participating designers before the international media and over 20,000 guests – Sept 4 to 9
• Four years after launching its instantly popular line of minimal, sculptural handbags, Mansur Gavriel will reveal its first ready-to-wear collection this September at New York Fashion Week. Co-founders Rachel Mansur and Floriana Gavriel, who won “Accessories Designer of the Year” at the 2016 CFDA Awards, will debut the Autumn/Winter 2017 collection at the same time it will be offered to the public.
• Russell Westbrook: Style Drivers is the new Rizzoli tome about the two-time NBA All-Star MVP turned fashion iconoclast; in it, Westbrook reveals how he uses style as a psychological weapon on and off the court– Sept 5
• New York Fashion Week will see all eyes on Jeremy Scott, mounting his 20^th-anniversary show, and Hood by Air’s Shayne Oliver, debuting his first collection for Helmut Lang – Sept 7-13
• Minimalist label A.P.C., founded by Jean Touitou, celebrates its 30^th birthday with the publication of Phaidon’s P.C. Transmission, a chronicle of the brand’s evolution – Sept 7
• Harper’s Bazaar and Carine Roitfeld will host the annual red-hot “Icons” party at the Plaza Hotel in New York with a performance by cover-boy The Weeknd – Sept 8
• Assouline publishes a window into the world of the designer with Pierre Cardin – Sept 8
• Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Madrid will feature names in Spanish fashion like Custo, Marcos Luengo and Menchén Tomás, with 42 designers showing in all – Sept 14-19
• Expedition: Fashion from the Extreme at the Museum of FIT in New York is the first large-scale exhibition of high fashion influenced by clothing made for survival in the most inhospitable environments on the planet and in outer space; it’s designed to “evoke both the beauty and the dangers of extreme wildernesses” — Sept 15 – Jan 6
• London Fashion Week will feature the 20^th anniversary of Emporio Armani – Sept 15-19
• At Milan Fashion Week, one highlight will be the new design team of Lucie and Luke Meier making their debut at Jil Sander – Sept 20-26
• The Miami Fashion Film Festival features local and international films that highlight fashion design through storytelling, graphics, sound, and motion; featured films also include documentaries that delve into the designer psyche and craft, fashion-in-film classics, and style-filled movies that inspire a love of fashion – Sept 21 – 24
• In the movie Woodshock, Rodarte designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy team up with Kirsten Dunst in a story about a girl who takes a drug and suffers from intense paranoia – Sept 22
• Paris Fashion Week Sacai is the pop-up of the week at Colette – Sept 26-Oct 3
• A collection of Audrey Hepburn’s clothes and personal items will go up for sale for the first time in London at Christie’s, 24 years after her death. Key fashion pieces include a Burberry trench coat, a selection of her ballet flats, and a blue satin cocktail dress by Hubert de Givenchy, one of Hepburn’s favorite designers – Audrey Hepburn: Part I will be a live auction in London on Sept 27; online bidding will begin for Audrey Hepburn: Part II on Sept 19 and run through Oct 3
• Mihaela Noroc has spent the past four years traveling the world and photographing women for The Atlas of Beauty; 500 of her photos will be published in a book by the same name – Sept 26

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