Eddie Garou Photography

Yesterday, we had an opportunity to attend a live auction of Early American prints at Housing Works. It was pretty exciting, and a number of items quickly went for well over $1000! Here are a couple highlights of the bidding.

You wouldn’t normally think of a thrift store as a place to find fine art, but then again, Housing Works Thrift Stores aren’t your ordinary thrift stores!

The auctioneer for the event was Kathleen Guzman, and special thanks go to Daile Kaplan, Nicholas Lowry of Swann Galleries, Eric Silver of Lillian Nassau, Joyce Jonas, and the entire staff of the 23rd street store for making this event a success! Thanks to everyone’s work, Housing Works raised about $40,000!

This is our very first venture into video for Chic Unique New York, and we look forward to bringing you even more video of upcoming events, fascinating people, and everything else that’s chic in New York!

Last week, Housing Works hosted their kick-off party for Fashion for Action.

Numerous designers were there, including Derek Lam, Marisol Deluna and Rod Keenan.

The full set of pictures can be viewed here, and below are some of our favorites!

What would Fashion’s Night Out be without the venerable Project Runway guru Tim Gunn? Having been invited by John Bartlett to his store’s dual celebration of FNO and the second anniversary of its opening, Edward and I were able to sip cocktails with Mr Gunn, Mr. Bartlett and a host of other fashionistas and industry people. All of us out in order to celebrate fashion’s biggest charity event of the year with its signature tee shirt sales benefiting the national September 11th Memorial Fund. A quick jaunt to Cynthia Rowley and Diane Von Furstenberg ended our fashionable evening. A truly memorable outing!