The Dandelion Chandelier Luxury Calendar for Fashion and Design highlights the most important events in the world of auctions, antiques, art fairs, gallery shows, design shows, fashion and beauty around the globe in December 2017. For the rest of the Luxury Calendar, click here. For other Fashion and Design events, click here. And don’t forget to check out our list of the best luxury items to shop for in the month of December.
The attention of the contemporary art and fashion worlds turns to Miami this month. Art Week runs for more like 10 days, with shows, lectures, fundraisers and parties galore. The new stores and pop-ups in Miami Beach this year include an Oliver Peoples eye wear store and The Museum of Ice Cream. Meanwhile, leading brands debut capsules and collaborations to tempt holiday shoppers. Our absolute favorite is the 10 renditions of the Lady Dior bag from a diverse group of contemporary artists. Soul Cycle has a new proprietary fragrance from Le Labo. The museums debuting fashion-focused exhibits this December include the Museum of the City of New York and the Ginza Graphic Gallery in Tokyo. There are magnificent jewels, including a fabulous blue diamond ring, up for auction. And high jewelry brand Pomellato turns a fabulous 50.
Auctions, Antiques, Art Shows and Design.
Roman and Williams Guild NY, the first retail store from design powerhouses Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch (they’ve created interiors for hot restaurants, new hotels, corporate canteens and celebrity homes) opens in New York at 53 Howard Street – Dec 1
Bonhams Fine Jewelry auction in New York will feature a diamond necklace once owned by Zsa Zsa Gabor – Dec 4
Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels auction in New York will feature a fancy vivid blue diamond ring with an estimated price of $12-15 million – Dec 5
Miami Art Week at the beginning of December is by far the city’s busiest week for contemporary art; Art Miami and its sister fair CONTEXT Art Miami will showcase the best in modern and contemporary Art from 100 galleries and prominent art institutions — the sister fair focuses on emerging and mid-career artists — Dec 5-10
Running concurrently with these two art fairs are:
- SCOPE (emerging contemporary art)
- Aqua Art Miami
- INK Miami (works on paper)
- PINTA Miami (Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese Art)
- Red Dot (emerging and contemporary galleries)
- UNTITLED (a forum devised for up to 90 international galleries and non-profit art spaces)
- PULSE (emerging and contemporary galleries)
- NADA Miami Beach (celebrating the rising talents from around the globe)
- SATELLITE (an opportunity for young dealers, artist-run spaces and non-profits to exhibit)
- Design Miami (an architecture and design showcase)
FORM Miami is Miami’s premier art fair dedicated to the applied arts and sculpture objects, and will feature prominent international galleries whose programs showcase innovation in contemporary decorative arts and design, highlighting work in ceramics, fiber, glass, and wood – Dec 6-10
Magnificent Jewels at Christie’s in New York features a colored diamond ring from Graff estimated to sell for $6.5-8.5 million – Dec 6
The Art Basel Miami Beach show of contemporary art will feature more than 250 leading art galleries from the US, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and Asia – Dec 7-10
Design conference An Event Apart in Denver is focused on web design – founded by Jeffrey Zeldman, the event includes hands-on workshops and discussion on UX, coding and digital design, with 18 speakers — Dec 11-13
Bonhams California Jewels auction takes place in Los Angles – Dec 12
The Museum of Ice Cream will open a pop-up location in the four-story OMA-designed building in the Faena District to coincide with the after-party week of Art Basel Miami Beach; it will feature Miami-centric treats along with its famous sprinkle-filled swimming pool – Dec 13–February 2018
Fashion and Beauty.
The prim Lady Dior bag emerges from transforming make-overs led by 10 artists: from Swiss-Guinean artist Namsa Leuba’s outlook on how African cultures are perceived in the West to John Giorno’s thought-provoking poetry, the limited-edition series ($5,700-12,000) is available at Dior boutiques nationwide starting Dec 1
Nars Cosmetics has teamed up with the Man Ray Trust for a dazzling holiday capsule collection of blush, eye shadow, highlighter, lip gloss and lipstick in chic black and white containers featuring lips and glass tears
Anya Hindmarch presents the Shag Shop collection of colorful wool carry all’s and shoes complete with googly eyes. $795
Jimmy Choo launches a smal capsule of velvet loafers and evening slippers in its Borrowed from the Boys collection
To celebrate its 10th anniversary, this holiday By Kilian has launched a range of clutches adorned with witty quotes housing a signature fragrance
Soul Cycle debuts a proprietary signature fragrance this month: Le Labo Bergamote 22 will be stocked in studio locker rooms (shampoo, conditioner, bodywash, lotion and hand soap) and an exclusive travel kit will be for sale in studio and online
Just in time for Miami Art Week, LA-based eyewear brand Oliver Peoples opens its first Miami boutique in collaboration with Milan-based designers Britt Moran and Emiliano Salci of the Dimore Studio – there will be two new editions of classic frames: the Rockmore and the Scheyer
Anna Dello Russo, editor of Vogue Japan, is collaborating with Tod’s on the Circus collections, featuring shoes, bags and other accessories with whimsical clown faces
Keizo Kitajima is the featured artist this month at Helmut Lang; her photos will be screened onto tees, posters and objects, with 15% of the profits going to the charity of the artists’ choice – Dec 1
Finnish brand Marimekko’s prints are on display in Tokyo at the Ginza Graphic Gallery; a highlight is designer Maija Louekari’s location-appropriate print, The Rain of Cherry Blossom – Dec 1
The Body: Fashion and Physique at FIT’s Fashion & Textile History Gallery – December 5, 2017 – May 5, 2018
Milanese dress-maker Marta Ferri has a holiday collaboration of five brocade styles for sale exclusively on fashion journalist J.J. Martin’s e-boutique site, La DoubleJ – Dec 6
Alberta Ferretti is debuting a capsule collection of faux-fur bomber jackets in neon colors, available at Saks – Dec 8
The Museum of the City of New York exhibit Mod New York: Fashion Takes a Trip showcases the works of designers from Geoffrey Beene to Halston in the context of New York in the 1960s and 70s; there’s also a book of images from the exhibit – Dec 12
Eyewear brand Garrett Leight opens its first retail store in Dallas – there will be exclusive limited-edition “Dallas” frames – Dec 18
Pomellato celebrates its 50th anniversary with a limited edition collection of high jewelry called Ritratto collection, named after its founder – Dec 25
See other December 2017 Events:
— Travel
— The Arts
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