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Richard Avedon (1923-2004) was arguably the most in-demand fashion and portrait photographer of the past century. If you were anyone, he had taken your picture. From memorable advertising campaigns, to iconic fashion photographs for Harper's Bazaar and later Vogue, Avedon was the lensman.
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Right: Barbara Tober |
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Marsha Herman, James Kaliardos, Pat Cleveland, Norma Stevens, Tony Spinelli Photos: Laurel Marcus |
I got a chance to speak with one of Avedon's subjects, namely the lovely and multi-talented Pat Cleveland. I introduced myself by telling her that her June 2016 launch party for her book "Walking with the Muses," (See my article) has gone down in my limited history of attending fun soirees as one of the best ever (but more on that later). She informed me that she is a painter now with a show of her "small paintings" happening in London -- perhaps an exhibition in New York on the horizon.
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Center: Diane Mellon; Right: author Steven M.L. Aronson |
"I was interviewed for the book," she says. "People ask me what I remember of Avedon. We were always jumping around and being happy...he had so much energy. His assistants would try to keep up following behind with the umbrella." I mention the relative dearth of photos featured in the book: "It's a story book, everyone already knows the photos," she says.
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Jean Shafiroff |
Pat also lamented the demise of other photographers such as Bill Cunningham and how the New York Times has not really replaced him (not that he is replaceable) . Her husband Paul van Ravenstein joined us which calls for a recounting of how I enjoyed her party. It turns out that he was instrumental in making some of that happen because "she deserved a big party" and apparently her publisher was being a mite stingy. We reminisced about how Pat "serenaded" everyone a la Josephine Baker which led Paul to conclude "I'm a lucky guy."
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Trippen boot collection |
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Co-designer Michael Oehler hugging customer |
In store I had the pleasure of meeting Michael Oehler, the co-designer of Trippen (along with Angela Spieth) as well as the chance to try on some amazing new boot designs. The comfort of slipping out of my heels and into these boots is like coming home and putting on bedroom slippers. After a glass of champagne and some up tempo beats from the DJ Wallah, how could I resist indulging in a little retail therapy? After all these wildly original boots had traveled a long way to meet me -- so I returned the favor by taking them on the long subway ride uptown.

- Laurel Marcus
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