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The Super Model

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I’m obsessed with the documentary “The Super Model” on AppleTV+. It has been incredibly cathartic to compare the journeys of Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, and Linda Evangelista to my own experience. When I started modeling I was 15. I was runner up for Elite Model Management’s Look of The Year. Cindy Crawford won and I was second. She was the hot, sexy 18 year old, and I was the 15 year old sporty…

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NEW YEAR, NEW INSPIRATION

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BRING THE OUTSIDE INSIDE. Start the New Year with a few fun tips from some of the most prominent icons in interior design. 1. Expose your wood. Cabinets in worm wood and exposed ceiling planks create a new warm vibe that is modern and organic 2. Fake flowers no more.  Replace your fake flowers with a new look of branchs in clear vases- pussywillows are my favorite in mercury glass. 3. Stay cozy. We’ve had…

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ART BASEL 2021

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This years Art Basel 2021 was a particularly great show. We saw a 10 year old, Andrew Valencia, who’s works were purchased by Sophia Vegara and the highest ticket piece was a Pablo Picasso sold for 20 Million from Nelly Nahmad’s gallery. The client climate was infiltrated with NFT investors juxtaposed with seasoned art enthusiasts. This added a lot of color to the typical art scene and brought wider optics to the show. I also…

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TRIBECA ART

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Welcome to TRIBECA, where the art world is making it their new home. Soho is all retail stores, Chelsea is too expensive and becoming more residential, and the lower east side ceiling heights are too low to hang the incredible sized sculptures, and pieces.I had the pleasure of attending a private art tour with Natasha Schlesinger -a Barnard graduate- who educated me on some of arts newest and brightest stars. Included are a few of…

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CONRAD de Kwiatkowski’s new digs in Norman Jaffe home

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deKwiatkowski’s: HERE to stay In the Spirit of the Hamptons House featured: Norman Jaffe (April 3, 1932 – August 19, 1993) was an American architect widely noted for his contemporary residential architecture,and his “strikingly sculptural beach houses” on Eastern Long Island, in southeastern New York.He is credited with pioneering the “design of rustic Modernist houses in the Hamptons,”and with being an innovator in using natural materials and passive solar forms of design, and urban design….

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