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26 May

CFDA’s American Auction, Saint Martins’ Winner, Ramy Brook’s Hamptons Home

CFDA’s American Auction, Saint Martins’ Winner, Ramy Brook’s Hamptons Home
AMERICAN AUCTION: For the primary time, Sotheby’s and the Council of Fashion Designers of America are partnering on an exclusive auction to supply looks from America’s top designers, featuring famous designs and rare pieces donated by CFDA members and collectors of American fashion. The exhibition will highlight the genres and time periods which have made American fashion diverse and influential, from memorable red carpet looks to streetwear. Further details will likely be available closer to the auction. The CFDA will work with a curator to place together the auction lots. The auction will happen at Sotheby’s from Nov. 27 through Dec. 12 alongside the corporate’s Luxury Week sale in Recent York. The auction can have an internet component, and it hasn’t...
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9 May

Whitney Robinson and Marc Karimzadeh Auction Off Contents of

Whitney Robinson and Marc Karimzadeh Auction Off Contents of
Whitney Robinson and Marc Karimzadeh are feeling a giant lighter today. The couple last month auctioned off contents of their Latest York City apartment and former East Hampton home at Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers. Nearly all of the contemporary sculpture, paintings, jewelry and furnishings inside 194 lots were auctioned off. “Marc and Whitney were incredible partners within the sale,” said Laura Doyle, chief executive officer of Doyle. “They were so engaged in social media and so open to work with us. It helped us tell the story having them telling it, too. We were thrilled with the outcomes and the method. Their collection was a wealthy tapestry reflecting their lives, travels, friendships and careers,” said Doyle, who declined to disclose how...
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31 Jan

Reece Yeboah Talks Cos, an Auction of Rare Hermès

Reece Yeboah Talks Cos, an Auction of Rare Hermès
YEBOAH’S COS: When Reece Yeboah was young he traveled from his home in London to Accra and back again a couple of years later. The journey was the making of him as a person, and as a designer. His debut collaboration with Cos is about to hit shop floors this week and he’s called it “Metamorphosis” after his coming-of-age experiences in Ghana. In an interview, the designer said that when he was 11, his mother handed him a one-way ticket to Accra to “straighten me out” because he was messing around and underperforming at college. She saved for months to buy the ticket, he said, and was convinced that life in Africa with clan would help him grow up. She was...
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23 Jan

Sotheby’s to Auction Rare The Notorious B.I.G. Air Jordans 

Sotheby’s to Auction Rare The Notorious B.I.G. Air Jordans 
Sotheby’s and the Jordan Brand are teaming up for a rare sneaker auction. The auction home is working with the style brand to sell 23 pairs of the unreleased Christopher Wallace Air Jordan 13, which was created in 2017 to rejoice what would have been The Notorious B.I.G.’s 45th birthday. Jordan collaborated with the Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation to auction the sneakers.  The net auction starts on Monday and runs through Feb. 3 and the sneakers are estimated to sell for $2,300 to $5,200. Proceeds from the sale will profit the Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation, which supports inner city youth through educational opportunities, scholarships and mentorship.  “The Air Jordan 13 has been reinterpreted to rejoice the legacy of The Notorious B.I.G., someone who reached...
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