For New York Fashion Week A/W25, Landeros New York embraced heathens and pagans and polytheism with a perfectly-pitched collection titled Heathens that captured the zeitgeist in a palette of every shade of black, from charcoal and pitch to ink and jet, with a sprinkling of grays, and a spectacular white dove bridal gown that addressed the importance of hope for the future. … Read More
Opened in 1864, Grand Hotel des Bains Kempinski was built around the Mauritius spring so that guests might enjoy the water’s healing properties. Today, guests still linger at the hotel’s wellness complex—and especially after a wild night at Billionaire, the hotel’s on-site nocturnal extravaganza. … Read More
Spring fever in New York is like April in Paris, a flurry of fashion blossoms and rooftop receptions and late-night cocktails in the glow of the Emerald City. … Read More
The visionary designer Andre Landeros Michel, founder of Landeros New York (and proud son of immigrants), presents his A/W2021 collection Night Transmissions—tuned in to a high frequency for the shimmering night owls and nocturnal denizens of the urban streets. … Read More
When Bowie’s “Rebel, Rebel” blasts from the speakers at Carnegie Hall at eight in the morning, it means fashion and fragrance iconoclast John Varvatos is in the house sharing rock-and-roll secrets. … Read More
Similar to the “nocturne” paintings of American artist J.M.W. Whistler whose moonlit compositions shimmered with fireworks and flickering lights, the A/W 19 collection titled “Nocturne” by the American fashion designer Andre Landeros Michel of Landeros New York suggested a nocturnal urban odyssey dusted with gauzy moonlight against a wine-dark sea. … Read More
Marching behind the theme “Defiantly Different,” NYC Pride March 2018 was a testament to the beauty of difference and the import of defiance in the face of injustice. … Read More
Way back in 1984, amidst the AIDS crisis in New York, the city’s newborn LGBT Center hosted a fundraising buffet at its home on West 13th Street in Manhattan. More than thirty years later, The Center’s Garden Party has become the city’s most celebrated LGBTQ food festival. … Read More
