March 2023

Starting March 30, vintage collector/filmmaker/writer and Hollywood royalty Liz Goldwyn is auctioning off a time capsule of Nineties-early 2000s anti-fashion history: pieces from Recent York designer Susan Cianciolo. Made using deconstructed and reconstructed upcycled garments and textiles, Cianciolo’s 11 Run collections produced from 1995 to 2001 were one-of-a-kind, handcrafted alternatives to the prevailing Gap khaki and slick minimalist fashions of the time. A part of Recent York’s downtown art scene, Cianciolo produced her collections with a collective of family and friends, and presented them in shows akin to happenings with movies shown, aerialist models hanging from the ceiling, or in a short lived restaurant in a gallery, as examples. Goldwyn produced a few of those shows and walked one, alongside model...