For any of you that have ever attended a New York Fashion Week event at Bryant Park, you surely picked up a copy of MAO MAGAZINE upon entering the tents at the front kiosk.
Roger and Mauricio own MAO Public Relations and have been aggressively promoting designer's growth together now for over 10 years.
Commentary above by Lola C. Shepard , wardrobe stylist.
Joanne Sprouse, Stephen Sprouse's mother, Debbie Harry, and Brad Sprouse
Debbie Harry contributed to the book and Mauricio Padilha co-authored the book with his brother Roger.
Teri Toye, contributor to the book Sprouse and Karlo Steel, owner of Atelier the location of the party
Tama Janowitz, novelist, wrote forward to the Padilha's book Sprouse
Marc Jacobs on right with Lorenzo Martone, his boyfriend
Fred Schneider, lead singer B52's on right and Johnny Dynell DJ on left
Fern Mallis, founder and creator of New York Fashion Week
Jeffrey Deitch, founder of Deitch Projects art gallery which is currently hosting an exhibtion: Stephen Sprouse: Rock on Mars
André Balazs, hotelier, owner of The Mercer
Patrick McDonald, writer and journalist
Team Vogue: Mimi Vu from Copy Editing and Brian Fee from Vogue Art
Edwige on Left was an inspiration to Madonna in the early 80's
Larissa, early 80's New York Party Scenester
famed Polaroid artist Jeremy Kost on left and Jun Nakayama
Bill Cunningham, New York Times street fashion photographer since the late 70's
On Tuesday night I had the pleasure of going to the Stephen Sprouse book launch party at Atelier at Hudson and Spring. Style.com did an interview with Mauricio and Roger Padilha who authored the book in homage to Stephen Sprouse, famous for his neon hued marks on Louis Vuitton. The party was amazing and above are a few shots from the evening.
Karlo Steel, owner of Atelier with Natsuyo, Julius Rep
Alexander Plokhov and his wife
Mauricio Padilha co-owner MAO PR and Phillipe Blonde
Roger Padilha, co-owner of MAO PR
Team Comme des Garcons Ana Fisher and Rickey
DJ Scott Mou
Thursday night Atelier celebrated it's official relocation from it's old location on Crosby Street in Soho to it's new location at 304 Hudson Street.
If you haven't had a chance to visit Atelier in New York City, add it to your list of stores to visit right now! Atelier offers the most prestigious variety of Avant-garde designers I've ever seen from a boutique: from Eurpean based labels like Austrian designer Carol Christian Poell to Ann Demeulemeester of the Antwerp Six....to Asian based labels like Yoji Yamamoto and Julius.
Besides chatting with Roger and Mauricio from MAO PR, I had the opportunity to chat with my all time favorite designer Alexander Plokhov, the designer for the label that was Cloak. Funny how when I met Mr. Plokhov, I just so happend to be wearing my Cloak military inspired black oxford with a double asymmetrical button line flowing from the shoulder down diagonally across the chest.
Great night overall.
