I am Dandy: The Return of the Elegant Gentleman had best of all possible launches in New York City on Oct 10, 2013 at
Bergdorf Goodman Men's Store. Bergdorfs partnered with
Brioni, Gestalten, and the
New Yorker to make the evening a resounding success! Special thanks to
Balvenie scotch.
Dandy Wellington and His Band - including Michael R. Davis - created the perfect mood as hundreds of us mingled and toasted. I sat at the table with Natty and signed book after book while friends, book subjects, colleagues, fans, and good looking strangers all came by to say congrats and to pose for a photo. I wore a custom made teal silk gown made by my sister, Mara Wagner, and Natty wore his beautiful velvet smoking jacket by none other than
Against Nature.
More NYC event dates for I am Dandy open to all:
October 20 at Against Nature 6-9pm
November 7 at Fine and Dandy Shop (times to come)
November 18 at the National Arts Club - the opening to a week long exhibit of prints!
Nick Sullivan and Wendell Brown of
Esquire have a moment with the book.
Natty and
Glenn O'Brien, who wrote the brilliant preface to
I am Dandy
Sasha Weiss of the New Yorker talking with Thomas Crowley, Matt Fox, and Michelle Coursey
The servers all wore Brioni, of course!
Dandy Wellington and His Band, with Michael R. Davis on the coronet
Fyodor Pavlov and Lawrence Gullo dancing in the halls of Bergdorfs
Mr. Burton signs his pages in I am Dandy
John Vizzone, Jeff Lederer, Fabrizio Capigatti
Longtime collaborator, Tyler Thoreson. I got to meet Gay Talese, Nick Wooster and Nick Sullivan, and many others while on assignment for Tyler at
Gilt Manual.
The Brothers Mueller
Curator extraordinaire
Shantrelle Lewis, who has curated several different incarnations of her
Dandy Lion exhibit, and is now working on compiling a book on the same subject. Watch out!
Domenico "Mimmo" Spano and Ignacio Quiles
Michael R. Davis and MAtthew Karl Gale
Exhausted but oh so happy!
