But at the spring Macy's flower show at Union Square in SanFrancisco, the mannequins, by London manufacturer
Adel Rootsteinof Display Mannequins Limited, had faces that depicted realpeople. And since the faces were of Spaniards, think chiseledhauteur. Alongside Spanish-themed table settings, the dummiesappeared in toreador and flamenco dancer costumes.
An equal amount of stylish theater can be expected at Macy's 26thannual Passport fashion show next month, an AIDS fundraiser andhomage to the gifted, exuberant artist
Keith Haring
, who died of the disease in 1990.
Macy's representative
Puja Sabharwal
says the reception area at Fort Mason Center's Festival Pavilionwill be festooned with reproductions of Haring's artwork. Thefestival's designers, directed by
Lynne Winslow
, will replicate a New York City subway station where Haringperformed a conceptual piece in which he painted himself "into awall."
A video of the performance will be projected in a party spacedesigned by Winslow. Through either coincidence or synchronicity,Tuesday night's pre-party at the Clift Hotel for the Passportevents Sept. 17 and 18 was at the hotel's Spanish Suite.General-admission tickets for Passport are $85. Other tickets forthe fundraiser, including Thursday's gala, range from $200 to$1,000. Details:
links.sfgate.com/ZEQE
For more information visit : http://www.packaging-paper.com/
Leave a comment