We were lucky enough to be on the guest list for the fabulous party Kelly Wearstler through at the Avalon Hotel Wednesday night – in honor of her new art book, HUE, and a re-design of the hotel’s restaurant (Oliverio) and pool area. Kelly, known well for her wardrobe and her outrageous looks on Bravo’s “Top Design” (where she’s a judge), rocked a short tight black dress, low black boots with high heels, and the biggest hair we’ve seen since Poison was making heavy metal music videos. It was totally eighties redux. Looking rad right next to her was her pal Gwen Stefani, in a black tunic, leggings, cage-style strap shoes, and a black leather jacket. We loved Gwen’s positioning of her blue lace bra under the black clothing, with that hit of red lipstick. That’s pretty eighties, as well. In the cool crowd, we saw hair stylist and landscape architect Art Luna, designer Madga Berliner, members of No Doubt , socialite Toni Wald, Michelle Webb and Renee Johnson of the awesome vintage store Catwalk on Fairfax, and art director/album designer Kevin Reagan, who has a new book coming out from Taschen on December 3, on the designer of the first album covers Alex Steinweiss. We understand the Fantastic Ms. Wearstler is busier than ever these days: her Viceroy Hotel in Santa Monica’s been cloned, and five Viceroy’s are about to open in other parts of the U.S. In this economy, we asked, astounded? But if you’re Kelly Wearstler,there really are no boundaries – real or imagined.
- Merle Ginsberg
Tags: Catwalk, Gwen Stefani, Kelly Wearstler, Kevin Reagan, Merle Ginsberg, Michelle Webb, Renee Johnston, The Avalon Hotel, Viceroy Hotel
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