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Jan 11, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Ruth La Ferla
The Unstoppables is a series about people whose ambition is undimmed by time. Below, Frederic Tuten explains, in his own words, what continues to motivate him. I never had an ambition to be a painter, to be a writer. I had a yearning. It was a yearning for life, and I equated life with the life of an artist, a life of freedom, generosity, a life with other people who had the same interests in making beautiful things together. I thought that was everything in the world.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
nytimes.com | Ruth La Ferla
In the robustly expanding realm of artist-brand collaborations, Sky Gellatly, at 44, has operated as a best-kept secret. Style and art world insiders may credit him as a canny go-between for artists and fashion brands keen to exploit potentially lucrative partnerships. But he has, up to now, stayed mostly under the radar.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
smh.com.au | Ruth La Ferla
By Ruth La Ferla September 25, 2024 — 7.18am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Two decades ago, when Assouline, a leading purveyor of high-end coffee table books and fancy library accouterments, opened its first branded outpost on the seventh floor of Bergdorf Goodman in New York, Prosper Assouline, a founder of the company, experienced a kind of epiphany.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
msn.com | Ruth La Ferla
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Sep 22, 2024 | 
estadao.com.br | Ruth La Ferla
Há duas décadas, quando a Assouline, uma das principais fornecedoras de livros de mesa de alta qualidade e acessórios de biblioteca sofisticados, abriu sua primeira loja de marca no sétimo andar da Bergdorf Goodman em Nova York, Prosper Assouline, fundador da empresa, teve uma espécie de epifania. “Percebi que os consumidores de luxo estavam dispostos a gastar US$ 650 em sapatos”, disse ele em uma entrevista recente conduzida por vídeo de sua casa em Paris.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Ruth La Ferla
Two decades ago, when Assouline, a leading purveyor of high-end coffee table books and fancy library accouterments, opened its first branded outpost on the seventh floor of Bergdorf Goodman in New York, Prosper Assouline a founder of the company, experienced a kind of epiphany. "I noticed that luxury consumers were willing to spend $650 on shoes," he said in a recent interview conducted by video from his home in Paris.
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Sep 15, 2024 | 
taustralia.com.au | Ruth La Ferla |Hollie Wornes
It’s a balmy Sunday, and Victoria Beckham sinks into a banquette at the Fasano Fifth Avenue, a fancy hotel on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, her pout a little puffier than it used to be, her slight frame sheathed in an inky silk suit of her own design. Tucked into a corner just within view is a pair of black crutches so streamlined and glossy they might pass for an outsize accessory. In fact, they are a testament to Beckham’s stubborn grit.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
nzherald.co.nz | Ruth La Ferla
The designer and former Spice Girl reflects on 50 and those promising years of business. On a balmy recent Sunday, Victoria Beckham sank into a banquette at the Fasano Fifth Avenue, a fancy hotel on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, her pout a little puffier than it used to be, her slight frame sheathed in an inky silk suit of her own design. Tucked into a corner just within view was a pair of black crutches so streamlined and glossy they might have passed for an outsize accessory.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Ruth La Ferla
The Unstoppables is a series about people whose ambition is undimmed by time. Below, Judy Chicago explains, in her own words, what continues to motivate her. My father - he was a labor organizer - taught me that the purpose of life was to make a contribution to a better world. I wanted to fulfill my father's mandate. And I wanted to become a part of art history. From the time I was a little girl, my goals were very clear. I started to draw before I started to talk.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Ruth La Ferla
For Olivier Rousteing, the creative director of Balmain, the Parisian luxury house, South Africa is a long way from home. But the country is close to his heart. "My passport is French," said Mr. Rousteing, 38, on a phone call from Paris. "But my blood is African," added the designer, who learned relatively late in life that he is of Somalian and Ethiopian descent.
