Woooo! WHAT A NIGHT! Last thursday, in order to celebrate Fashion's Night Out in New York City, the gang settled at Barneys and welcome knitters from all kind (fresh faced beginners, already crazy addicts like Chennie who learned how to knit with WATG,...). The main goal of this very night was to knit the biggest and crazyest blanket ever! A blanket of love, friendship and peace that will be auctioned soon to raise money for The National September 11th Museum & Memorial Foundation.
If you missed the event, don't worry you can't still be part of the blanket by sending us CRAZY SEXY WOOL knitted squares (25x25cm — 10x10 inches).
Send your knitted squares to:
Wool And The Gang
225 West 36th Street - 6th floor
10018 New York - New York USA
Thanks again to everyone who joined us at Barneys!
Check out our photos of the event:
Knit the night at Barneys!
Fashion's Night Out — Wool School at Barneys New York
Hey gang!
In occasion of the Fashion's Night Out in New York City, an initiative from Vogue and many local supports, Wool And The Gang is hosting a Wool School at Barneys from 6 to 11pm, September 10th. To celebrate fashion our favorite designers, editors and friends will be knitting a square to complete a special, one-of-a-kind blanket to benefit charity. Come knit a piece of history with our cool collective and even knit a piece of your heart. Be part of the craziest blanket in the world. Be good, be bad, be proud, be you, and just knit it with us!
Join our Barneys New York knitting relay during Fashion's Night Out!
660 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10021
Main entrance, ground floor
From 6 to 11PM
More about Fashion's Night Out !
Hyeres we go !
Back from our wonderful french riviera, with mind full of beautiful things and lots of photos for you !
A nice 2009 Hyères festival with sun, wind and rain, a conference with the genius Tim Walker, Peter Knapp and Janet Froelich, creation director at New York Times.... Two english artists Swash, and knitting session with friends in the Villa Noailles garden, everybody staring at us !
A really nice atmosphere and nice people there, the winners of the competition with strong personnality (pictures in the second part of the post) — Marite Mastina and Rolands Peterkops, a couple from Latvia who build a world around oversized wigs (Grand Jury prize from L'Oréal and the 1,2,3 prize), Simon-Pierre Toussaint, a young belgian who would like to give a new life to sleeping bag and hicker uniform, my favourite ! (Swarovski and Public prize) and finally Harald Lunde Helhasen from Norway and his yeti-man (ahah) dressed with a nice sarouel tye-dyed (Swaroski prize ex-aequo with Toussaint). As you can see it was a very masculine year !
As always a real pleasure to be at the festival, even if the stylists selection was less exciting this year and the weather not really nice... We are back happy and full of beauties in our heads ! Already waiting for next year...
Amazing flower necklace by Swash.
Steven Meisel and his three-hundred-and-seventeen Vogue covers.
Melanie Bonajo & Emmeline de Mooij wall, photographs in competition.
Kris Van Assche (Dior Homme art director and this year fashion jury president) installation in the Villa swimming pool.
Workshop at POP UP BAR vitaminwater
Last thursday, at the POP UP BAR, a mysterious place squatted by la clique d'André and vitaminwater — the cute colorful water bottles having a very hype launch in France — the gang was invited to handle a very private knitting workshop.
Submerged in balls of wool, needles and cute bottles, we invited artists, models, dj's, writers, muses and favorite bloggers. Some learn the primary tricks with our teachers Sara and Alison while other chic types sit themselves on the big couch, talk, gossip... needles going crazy.
While video tutorials are projected on the big screen, Lili is fighting to find a pair of needles to give to a demoiselle looking for a knitting experience. Some men are circling around, some brave ones have a go, well... it's a success ! Around us about thirty girls knitt at the same time. Gossip, cocktails and petit-fours in a really cool atmosphere, to the sound of a nice playlist.
After two intense hours, it's already time to say goodbye, show to friends what our knitted creation looks like... could be a mask from outer space... exchange facebook contacts under the euphoric effect of the knitting session. It's like a breath of fresh ar... so exciting for us to watch everything come alive... and the joy of everybody asking more... We promise we'll be back soon to knit with you !
The Selby is in your place
Remember when we talked about Nadège apartment pictured by Todd Selby ? Tonight the man is opening his own exhibition "The Selby is in your Place" at colette (Paris). He's showing a compilation of the exploration work he started in June 2008 about creative friends in their creative environment. From his own friends he started photographing friends of friends from authors to actors, painters, performers and designers.
You'll discover apartments of André, Pierre Hermé, Scott Campbell, Peaches Geldof, Michael Stipe, Ines de la Fressange, Xavier Veihlan, and more... Today his site is garnering up to 30,000 hits a day, and now travelling from New York to Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Mexico, London and Paris in order to satisfy our curiosity !
At the same time Mr Selby gives us as a little gift beautiful pictures of our home sweet New York home, The Smile ! Enjoy the atmosphere !
"The Selby is in your Place"
From march 30th till May 2nd
@ Colette
213 Rue Saint Honoré
75001 Paris
The Smile
26 Bond Street
Between Lafayette and Bowery
New York, NY
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