From street style to screen sirens, the city of lights gleamed with glam ..read more

Jean Michel Basquiat’s 1982 painting Untitled (ELMAR) sold for $46.5 million last May at Phillips auction house. The artist, who died at age 27 in 1988, has become one of the most collectible painters of our time. And now fans of both fancy champagne and Basquiat can get in on the action with the release ..read more

The Italian eatery teams up with HighSnobiety on a capsule collection Highsnobiety, the ultra-cool media company founded in 2005, launches their latest “Not In” experiential series with “Not In New York” which includes a jazz night with Blue Note Records, a chess club with Maison Margiela and Club Chess and what we are obsessing over ..read more

Photographer Extoradinaire Douglas Friedman collaborates with 200-year old Viennese master glassmaker Lobmeyr on a limited edition collection of glassware featuring Western-inspired hand-painted illustrations and motifs  Clink, clink and Hee Haw! Avenue fave Douglas Friedman, who splits his time between houses in Marfa, Texas and Long Island has released a capsule collection (six tumblers and a carafe featuring ..read more

Sea or sand: the Season’s best accessories COLLAGES BY NATALIE D. KACZINSKI Available at Valentino Available at Cartier Available at Asprey Available at Alexander McQueen Available at Savannah Friedkin Available at Chanel Available at Gyan Jaipur Available at Valentino Available at Moeva Available at Ferragamo ..read more

Natalie D. Kaczinksi’s collages capture the season’s best accessories ..read more

Every summer, Italian luxury brand Dolce&Gabbana is the de rigueur look in the chicest Mediterranean beach spots. Now that bold majolica blue and white vertical stripe style is transforming Gurney’s Montauk Resort & Seawater Spa into a Dolce&Gabbana fashion fantasy. For DG Resort 2024 , the iconic house has pumped up both the beach club and lounge with their Blue Mediterraneo prints and stripes, as well as opening a pop-up boutique with an exclusive selection of Dolce&Gabbana clothing and accessories (we are obsessed with the D&G espresso and surfboard) maker. Elegante ..read more

A Summer Boutique with Decades Pops Up on Shelter Island  BY JANET MERCEL Is a lobster roll the perfect accessory to your Balmain fit this summer? Shelter Island certainly thinks so. The nearly 80-year-old fashion brand has launched a month-long showcase at The Pridwin Hotel & Cottages, one of the most picturesque properties around. A major overhaul in 2022 upped the ante at the historic beach resort, now attracting guests as dazzling as the unrivaled waterfront views of the Sound.  The Balmain Boutique sits in dual lawn-level, terraced rooms right at the center of the hotel act ..read more

John Lomangino, President & CEO of PRIMOENDS LLC is on a mission It all started with one question asked back in 2017 to a local drapery and upholstery workroom, “what do you do with the extra yards of fabric after the project has been completed”? The owner replied “they collect dust in the basement or get thrown out”. In 1995, John Lomangino began his career in New York where he learned about B2B and B2C markets; selling outlet fabrics for Schumacher, Waverly, Greeff, and Decorators Walk. His father, Nicholas Sr. started in the carpet business in the 60s and his eldest brother Nick Jr. wa ..read more

We love hanging out in the always-buzzy lobby of the Mark Hotel, noshing on healthy vegan grub by Jean-Georges at the abcV there and grabbing a frozen tart yogurt with rainbow sprinkles from The Mark cart always parked on east 77th Street. Now that we are beach-bound every weekend, the Orlebar Brown “bulldog swim short” with the Mark’s iconic monogram in their signature colors orange and black, is our summer uniform. Tailored to a T and woven in France (bien-sûr), these stylish swim trunks are the ideal way to show some New York swagger when strolling the streets of Sag Harbor. – PETER DAVIS ..read more