KNOCK-OUT SHOW.

The Starworks army emerged hours before the showtime to line up seating, goodiebags, guest lists, etc for one of our designers, Costello Tagliapietra. I was summoned to DJ the show tunes again. Their musical motivation was dreamy and trippy. I really like these guys taste in music and we had fun working together. Altogether, I’d say this was one of the sweetest vibes I experienced all fashion week, not to mention the clothes was lavish, elegant and perfectly tailored to a woman.

The show was held in the breathtaking Prince George Ballroom. The caretaker of the old NYC hotel had explained to me that one of his banquet halls, called “The Tea Room”, was a euphamism back in the days for when women got their party on (minus the men). Today, the Tea Room was used for hair&makeup for the models. Here was the spirit backstage…

SHOW PLAYLIST:
1- “This is the Dream of Win and Regine”, Final Fantasy
2- Chimes by Phillip Glass
3- “All The Young Children”, TV Personalities Remix
4- “This Must Be The Place”, Talking Heads
5- “Baby’s on Fire”, Brian Eno
6- Unknown, Kirsten Hirsch
7- “Telecommunication”, Flock of Seagulls

And lastly, these were my favorite looks by the guys.
J

FULL COSTELLO TAGLIAPIETRA COVERAGE ON STYLE.COM

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Behind the Scene Photos by Jauretsi
Runway Photos courtesy of Style.com

Tonight was all about a good cause.

This is Brooke. I’ve been hearing her speak for years about her dream— to build a cool literary society in New York City where young people can mingle, share work, have artist residencies, and overall have a forum to talk books. Her first library was located in the The National Arts Club on Gramercy Park and her parties have always been off the hooks. Here she is visiting me in my DJ booth. Ball of sunshine.

Tonight, she decided to get her friend Paul Haggis (Director of Crash) to throw a benefit this Fashion week. The event was called “Art in a Time of Crisis” and the purpose was to raise funds to build a new cultural center in downtown Manhattan. His new movie “In the Valley of Elah” was screening to a few VIP’s and then the swanky dinner/party/auction began… together they raised $100,000. Yay!
J

Photo: Brooke Geahan, Paul Haggis, Kristy Hinze

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I kept it pretty mellow this Saturday.
Spent the afternoon visiting and hanging out around Benjamin Cho’s show. True artist.

The crowd clustered into a tiny tent. Ran into cool local buds, artist Andre Razo and filmmaker Brody Baker. At first we laughed how at odd the show was sponsored by Budweiser. Then we were happy about it because there were ice cold buds passed out to kill time before the show. Woohoo.

My fav looks:

FULL BEN CHO STYLE.COM COVERAGE HERE

I swung through Beatrice Inn for some serious Tequila action and to say happy birthday to Moby.

Ended with a nightcap at Max Fish. Was a bit Fashion week’d out by this time so I sought cool local dive bar. Of course there were some diehard new yorkers artists/musicians here too. Thank god for the “the fish” jukebox!

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Photos by Jauretsi
Runway Photos courtesy of Style.com

THEY DO MORE THAN PLAY MUSIC.

This weekend, I visited the Mark Seliger gallery called 401 Projects. It was founded by Mr Rolling Stone himself (and now Vanity Fair photographer), Mark Seliger. More importantly, the gallery is huge supporter of Food Bank New York. They have a massive network feeding all the 5 boroughs. So I figured it’d be worth checking out this new collection of pics taken by musicians.

I sorta cheated and took tight shots at this gallery show so nooooo, I did not take these photos. If you want to purchase prints to any of these, each has a corresponding contact.

Titled: “The Sweden Incident”.
Photo by: Melissa Auf Der Maur. To buy, go to photography@xmadmx.com

Titled: “Brian Wilson”
Photo by Bryan Adams. To buy go to alicia@bryanadams.com

Titled “Fishnets in Bathtub”
Photo by: Melissa Auf Der Maur. To buy, go to photography@xmadmx.com

Titled: “Throb Horse”.
Photo by Andy Summers (The Police). To buy, go to Andrew Behla 818-340-6088

Titled: “Waiting for the Moment”
Photo by: Mick Fleetwood. To buy, go to Gerard at celebrities@maui.net

On top of it all, it was an awesome party. Other photos were taken by Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Perry Farrel, Jakob Dylan, Micahel Stipe, etc.etc (too many to show).
J

MORE PICS: GO TO “VISIONS OF ROCK” at 401PROJECTS.com