Images: Courtesy of Axel Arigato; Marc Brenner
Each week, Alexa is rounding up the buzziest fashion drops, hotel openings, restaurant debuts and celeb-studded cultural happenings in NYC. It’s our curated guide to the very best things to see, shop, taste and experience around the city.
What’s making our luxury list this week? Andrew Scott on stage, Axel Arigato’s opens their first U.S. store and the Brooklyn Heights showhouse serves up major interiors eye candy.
ACT UP: Andrew Scott On Stage
Andrew Scott — our favorite (fill in the blank) hot priest, lonesome writer, serial killer — will reprise his acclaimed performance in “Vanya,” a “radical new adaptation” of Chekhov’s masterwork, “Uncle Vanya.” This adaptation, an Olivier Award-winning production he co-created, will have its U.S. premiere in March at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in the West Village. In a statement, Scott said, “I love this masterpiece of a play. I love these heartbreaking, hilarious, sexy, characters. I love my colleagues with whom I made this show. I love New York. So, I couldn’t be more thrilled to bring “Vanya” to the audiences at the Lortel Theatre. See you then!” Opening night is set for Tuesday, March 18, but super fans take note: tickets are available now. VanyaOnStage.com
KICKIN IT: Axel Arigato’s New Soho Store
Axel Arigato — the often-mistaken-for-a-Japanese brand that is actually based in Sweden — has opened its first U.S. store, in our fair city. The 1,130 space on the corner of Lafayette and Prince was designed by Halleroed, (who also did Toteme’s new Madison Avenue shop) with a decidedly Scandinavian minimalist aesthetic. The brand, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, is stocking said shop with all the expected footwear and ready-to-wear styles plus a limited edition capsule collection created especially for its NYC debut. AxelArigato.com
READ THE ROOM: The Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse
The latest iteration of the Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse is now open at 182 Clinton Street. This, the fourth edition, is set in a late Greek Revival townhouse on “Doctor’s Row” where 16 interior designers worked their magic so the rest of us can be inspired, and benefit a charity in the process. Fun fact about this house: past residents include Bill and Lois Wilson, who founded Alcoholics Anonymous there in 1934. Proceeds from the showhouse support the Brooklyn Heights Association; it is open through November 3. BrooklynDesignerShowhouse.com
STRIKE A POSE: Ethan James Green’s Latest
There’s only a couple weeks left to see “Bombshell,” an exhibit of photographs by Ethan James Green at Kapp Kapp (86 Walker Street, 4th Floor). Green is known for black-and-white portraits capturing the lives of his New York friends, who happen to include actress Hari Nef, artist Connie Fleming, Interview Magazine fashion director Dara Allen, artist and actress Martine Gutierrez, and fashion editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson. This latest body of work “subverts the idea of the stereotypical ‘bombshell,’ exploring and reinterpreting the concept by inviting his models to style and pose themselves in ways that embody their personal perspective on femininity, glamor, and sex appeal.” If you can’t make it to the gallery in time, consider the limited edition book, published by Baron Books, with art direction by Ben Kelway, the creative director of Arena Homme Plus and POP Magazine. KappKapp.com
STREET SMART: Salomon’s Soho Pop-Up
Salomon, the brand born in the French Alps 75 years ago, whose mission is “to help people discover the best version of themselves through a deeper connection with nature,’ has opened in a pop-up at 169 Spring Street in Soho. It will be open until January, and is considered a “test” as they ponder a flagship situation here. For now, fans of the brand can shop their Sportstyle offerings IRL, including the ACS, Speedcross 3, XT-6, and the ultra-buzzy Snowclog. Salomon.com