
Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld presents “Ouattara Watts: Vertigo”
New York Fashion Week kicks off again this week, and for the third season in a row Vladimir Restoin-Roitfeld has curated an opening as an unofficial launch of NYFW. Keeping true to form the featured work was large in format and ‘punk rock’ in attitude. Not surprisingly, Ivorian painter Ouattara Watts was greatly influenced by his mentor Jean-Michel Basquiat whom he met whilst studying in Paris.
Revelers at Tuesday’s opening included proud mom and sis, Carine and Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, girlfriend Giovanna Battaglia, DVF and son Alex von Furstenberg, Derek Blasberg, best friends, Stavros Niarchos (with girlfriend Jessica Hart) and Pc Valmorbida, W’s Stefano Tonchi, Eugenie Niarchos, Pop Magazine’s Shala Monroque, Chanel girls Caroline Sieber and Elisa Sednaoui, Claire Courtin-Clarins, Waris Ahluwalia, Virginie Courtin-Clarins, Harry Bernstein aka Harry B, Candice Bergen’s daughter, Chloe Malle, Salman Rushdie (always love seeing an intellectual supporting the arts!), Matthew Mellon, Nadine Johnson, Genevieve Jones, Yigal Azrouel, Jen Brill, MAC’s John Dempsey, Julio Santo Domingo, Ann Dexter Jones, Eddie Borgo and many lovely, leggy ladies including one of our fav models, Lily Donaldson. Click to Continue Reading