The KTCollection Brings Valentine’s Day Relief to midtown at RS POP Shop
Posted on 06. Feb, 2012 by melissagonzalez in Events, fashion, RS Pop
Doors have popped open at RSPOP with the KTCollection!
Katie Thompson loves hunting down rich stones and bringing meaningful pieces from her travels to the New York City streets. And because KTCollection sells in locations all over the city, the jewelry reflects the trends of Manhattan while being amazingly easy to wear. And, don’t miss the fabulous costume line. Fun, bold, and festive jewelry that is all under $50 and is perfect for special occasions and statement pieces. Their philosophy is that costume jewelry is fabulous if you want a statement piece that is just plain fun. Though the costume jewelry is not hand crafted, KT carefully selects the perfect pieces to correspond with her handmade line.
Shop hours are from 10am-8pm seven days a week. Join us Wednesday February 8th from 6-8pm for our VIP opening reception with complementary wine while you shop and mingle with the designer. One lucky business card holder will win a $100 gift certificate. Stop by the shop when they first open between February 3rd and February 6th and get $10 off any purchase of $50 or more. Also, got a picture of your significant other or an amazing pick up line? Bring it by RS Pop Shop and get 10% OFF between February 10th and the 13th.
Check RS Pop Shop’s Facebook page throughout this 2 month period for updates on weekly “After-Work Wine Wednesday’s” or specials. See what’s got celebrities such as Drew Barrymore, Giselle Bundchen, Tori Spelling and Amy Adams swooning this winter!
The Quick 411
Who: The KTCollection
What: RS Pop Shop a revolving store front in Midtown
When: February 3nd- March 31st from 10am-8pm Daily
Where: 501 Lexington Avenue between 47th St and 48th St.
VIP Opening reception: Wednesday February 8th from 6-8pm, wine, raffles, and fun!
RSVP’s for opening reception and Press Inquiries can be sent to pr@lionesquemedia.com
Mediterra Collection Returns to RSPOP for August 2011
Posted on 01. Aug, 2011 by melissagonzalez in Events, fashion, Hotel, RS Pop
Emitting energy on to midtown Manhattan for August 2011, the Mediterra collection is bringing their precious gem stone and 24k collection back to RS POP at the Roger Smith Hotel.
Gear up to look beautiful, activate clarity, vitality and concentration during the summer heat. Intrigued by what she saw one afternoon in Turkey, curator Sema Tekinay is bringing fine 24 karat gold handcrafted adornments artistically produced in Istanbul and featuring luxurious stones and dramatic settings inspired by artifacts from the Roman, Ottoman and Byzantine empires.
SEE THE COLLECTION
As a gal always needs her bling for the special occassions, Mediterra also offers one-of-a-kind fashion pieces from specialty artists like their celebrity New York based designer whose creative handmade pieces are enjoyed by clients such as Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, Cher and Mary J. Blige and their California based designer who specializes in handmade 22K vermeil pieces with exotic stones in tropical colors whose jewelry have been worn by celebrities at the Oscars!
Quick 411 details
Who : The Mediterra Collection
When : August 2-30th, 2011
Where : RS POP Shop, the premiere rotating store front in NYC
Added Bonus : Visit RS POP about their special offer
Press inquiries to pr@lionesquemedia.com
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KTCollection POPs UP at RS POP for July 2011
Posted on 05. Jul, 2011 by melissagonzalez in Events, fashion, RS Pop
As adored by celebrities such as Drew Barrymore, Giselle Bundchen, Tori Spelling, Amy Adams and the ladies of Gossip Girl, the KTCollection does more than catch your eye.
Love Her & Shop Her! The City is Buzzing and So Are We
KTCOLLECTION POP UP is now OPEN open July 3rd- 31st.
See a behind the scenes look of the collection below:
See what WPIX, CBS Best of NY & Time Out NY Have to Say:
WPIX Morning Show: Shop American
CBS Best Of New York: “Top Summer POP UP’s in NYC”
Time Out NY: “We’re obsessed with our favorite rotating store front”
The KT Handmade line is made with sterling and 14-karat gold-filled chains. Pendants are sterling silver and vermeil (sterling silver dipped in gold) unless otherwise noted. Handmade pieces are designed and made in New York City.
The KT Costume line is silver plated, gold plated, and brass. Their philosophy is that costume jewelry is fabulous if you want a statement piece that is just plain fun and KT hunts down the perfect pieces to complement her handmade line.
100% InspiredBuy, We are Thrilled to Have Katie Thompson & The KTCollection at RS POP Shop!
Visit us at www.rspopshop.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/rspopshop
Twitter: www.twitter.com/rspopshop
RS POP Fashion Week SS 2011 Recap
Posted on 20. Sep, 2010 by melissagonzalez in Events, fashion, RS Pop
From September 10th (Fashion’s Night Out) through Closing Night on September 16th,
RS POP & The Lab Gallery kept the street corner of 47th & Lexington POPPING!
In a week long celebration of cutting edge Fashion, Co-Founder Melissa Gonzalez carefully selected a talented group of up and coming emerging designers to participate in Fashion Week SS 2011. The line up included Animated Closet, Tribal Couture, ModaListas, Sandra Baquero, Sohung Designs, Ceola, Blynk and EcoGir.
Press, Buyers, Stylists and Fashionistas filled the seats. Residents of midtown east, businessmen and business women filled the streets on their lunch breaks and during rush hour. The show was a “street stopper” for all and considered a hip, innovative collaboration for NYC Fashion Week. Post shows, as press stayed behind to grab photos of designers, models and RS POP team, shoppers hurried into RS POP Shop to capture the chance to get their hands on the featured designers current collections.
Closing night was a celebration of all designers participating, sponsors, press, buyers and staff. The room was filled with industry talent and networking opportunities! See below for runway events, pics and press links:
Animated Closet
Tribal Couture & ModaListas
Ceola featuring Blynk
Press Links:
NBC NEW YORK:
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/feast/Where-to-Graze-for-Fashions-Night-Out-102587014.html
XI MAGAZAINE:
http://www.ximagonline.com/xi-fly-nyfw-tribal-couture-fashion-show/
http://www.ximagonline.com/xi-fly-nyfw-ceola-blynk-fashion-show/
TIME OUT New York
http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/shopping/88054/new-stores-in-nyc-august-12-18
DNA info
http://dnainfo.com/things/rs-pop-shop
And More!
http://greasyguide.com/2010/09/14/new-york-fashion-week-2010-the-tribal-couture-collection/
http://homefashiontips.blogspot.com/2010/09/new-york-fashion-week-at-rs-pop-up-shop.html
In the Name of Style & Shopping! Can’t wait til next season’s production.
Ustreamtv Recap of RS POP Emerging Designer’s Fashion Week SS 2011
Posted on 16. Sep, 2010 by melissagonzalez in Events, fashion, RS Pop
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE WEEK OF RUNWAY EVENTS: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/panmanprod-official-channel
See PICS at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/48284866@N05/sets/72157624928682732/
Main Event:
The week was filled with 5 days of daily fashion installations in the Lab Gallery in conjunction with selected items for sale at RS POP Shop. At 2pm and 6pm daily, the Lab Gallery acted as a runway and live billboard, including seats inside the gallery space available by invite only for VIP’s, press and sponsors. The 2pm show were followed by a live interview by RS POP Co-Founder Melissa Gonzalez with the designer presentations projecting out into the intersection at 47th Street and Lexington Avenue. You can see current videos at: http://www.rspopshop.com/designers.
Designers of both women and menswear whose styles incorporate versatility, sensuality and the true spirit of fostering entrepreneurship participated in the week look event, stopping traffic each day. Viewers were captivated by the designs and hurried over the RS POP Shop immediately following the presentations to see what they could scoup of from the featured designers current collections.
Here was the Lineup!
September 10th- Fashion Night Out with Ricardo Rojas Salon & Makeup by Mojica featuring Animated Closet
September 13th- Tribal Couture & Modalistas.com at 2pm & 6pm
September 14th- Sandra Baquero & Sohung Designs at 2pm & 6pm
September 15th- CEOLA and Blynk by Dominique Sade Sponsored byModalistas.com at 2pm & 6pm
September 16th- ECO Gir Sustainable Style Sponsored by Bagir at 2pm & 6pm
The Week’s Events were Sponsored by:
The Roger Smith Hotel, Lily’s, POP Chips , IZZE Sparkling Juice, Mapflex, Makeup by Mojica with Jing Ai Natural and Organic Cosmetics and Alaa of ZIBA Salon
All runways shows were seated by Invite Only
2010 Roger Smith Shorts Trailer
Posted on 10. Aug, 2010 by admin in Art at Roger Smith, Arts, Hotel
The Roger Smith Shorts Series started in 2009 as a short film festival / workshop and was designed to facilitate filmmaking opportunities for up and coming directors. The Roger Smith Hotel has become the backdrop for filmmakers as they put their creative talents to the test. The 2010 Roger Smith Short Directors are John Knowles, John Birdsong, Aleks Degtyarev, Melissa Gonzalez and Abianne Prince. For more information go to : http://panmanproductions.com/roger-smith-shorts-festival-workshop/
Roger Smith Round Table David Meerman Scott
Posted on 28. Jul, 2010 by admin in Community, Events, Hotel
On Wednesday July 28, the Roger Smith hosted a round table conversation about the marketing lessons from the Grateful Dead with featured guest David Meerman Scott . David Meerman Scott, author of many acclaimed books on PR and Marketing, and long time Grateful Dead fan, has recently announced his lasted book, Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead: What Every Business Can Learn from the Most Iconic Band in History. The round table was a lively and interesting conversation about all of the fascinating lessons that can be learned from the Dead.
Please contribute on Twitter using hashtag: #GDbook
Roger Smith Round Table; Converstations at the Roger Smith Hotel
At a round table there are no corners. Conversations occur, ideas are explored, and relationships are built around a round table. The Roger Smith Round Table series brings together 6-8 people to discuss current topics in a purely conversational format. The show takes place in the Penthouse of the Roger Smith Hotel where ideas are shared and relationships are built.
Production and broadcast brought to you by Panman Productions
Model Home
Posted on 07. Jul, 2010 by Birdsong in Art at Roger Smith, Arts, Community
MODEL HOME : ON VIEW JULY 1 – AUGUST 15, 2010. The 16th floor Solarium @ The Roger Smith Hotel
SUZANNE BROUGHEL | ANNA LISE JENSEN | ELAINE KAUFMANN | JODIE LYN-KEE-CHOW SANDRA MACK-VALENCIA | CARRIE RUBINSTEIN | ASYA REZNIKOV | YASMIN SPIRO
Model Home presents the interdisciplinary work of eight artists from the tART collective, a New York-based network of women committed to exploring the intersections of public engagement, education and activism through visual art. In Model Home, Suzanne Broughel, Anna Lise Jensen, Elaine Kaufmann, Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, Sandra Mack-Valencia, Carrie Rubinstein, Asya Reznikov and Yasmin Spiro foreground a heightened awareness of the role of objects in discussing cultural value, fetishization and identity. Through a broad survey of the domestic signifiers which simultaneously enable and oppress—mops, feather dusters, ovens, rubber gloves, kitchenware, and things-to-do-lists—this exhibition critiques the notion that there is a “model home” or “archetypal lifestyle” to which universal value can be ascribed and questions the governing political, lingual and cultural forces that write this Utopian yet heavily gendered vision into being. Model Home resituates household objects and actions outside of the diverse spaces we call home and within an exhibitory context to assert that meaning is derived from the intersection of origin and context. As global citizens, these eight artists highlight travel, tourism and routes of migration as major influences on the cultural vale of everyday objects and discuss individual agency—through what could be described as a Fluxist, visual rhetoric—as it relates to desire, self and otherness.
SUZANNE BROUGHEL
Dark Matter, Band-Aids, plastic, 7′ x 5′, 2004
99 and 44/100ths Percent Pure, Ivory Soap and African Black Soap, 3″ x 5″, 2004
Statement: As a white woman making work about racial issues, my sculpture and photo installations have an ideological content that is intentional. Yet my work is also autobiographical – growing up in Yonkers, New York, I was racially sensitized from an early age. Yonkers is a town steeped in defacto segregation. My family lived just within the borders of the predominantly black school district, which led my father to pull me out of the elementary school I loved and to later instruct me to lie about my address so I could attend the “white” junior high school. My work is concerned with issues of white skin privilege and white guilt, but also more personal levels of meaning – such as sexual desire, cultural desire, desire for identity. Developing my own visual language with which to enter the dialogue on race was fraught with starts and stops. I learned that I needed to look inward first, at self and family, as part of voicing larger concerns. My art materials became everyday household items – white sheets, Band-Aids, Ivory Soap, self-tanning lotions. The resulting objects and images are not without an awkward humor, which makes the serious subject matter more approachable to viewers.
ANNA LISE JENSEN
Swedish Housing #1, diptych, unframed, Ed. 10, archival pigment prints
Cluster 3, prints sold individually or as whole cluster, each print an edition of 10. Archival pigment prints, unframed.
Statement: My work is about the making of personal space: researching, finding, creating and sharing spatial pockets outside and within existing structures – in order to rest, facilitate interactions and bring about action. Swedish Housing, are diptychs of interiors from an aunt’s first and last residence in Sweden. Moving to Sweden in her 20′s, a textile industrialist provided her employment and a maid’s room inside his home – where his descendants now run a Bed & Breakfast. The Swedish government provided her the assisted living apartment that was her home at the time of her death. The images are a reflection on traces of the living and the dead, the mirroring of the two places as well as the intermingling of public and private spheres.
ELAINE KAUFMANN
A Couple’s Bathroom (from the series International Design), 2008, graphite on paper, 12 x 9.5 inches
Island Getaway (from the series International Design), 2007, graphite on paper, 12 x 9.5 inches
Statement: Kaufmann’s work examines contemporary media in order to comment on social phenomena. By appropriating images and texts, she seeks to expose the ways in which newspapers and magazines disguise an unspoken agenda. International Design is a series of pencil drawings that appropriate the layout and text of articles about home design. In each drawing, she replaces the article’s original photograph with an image of housing in the developing world. By juxtaposing luxury with conditions stemming from rapid urbanization in the global south, she connects the fantasies of first-world affluence with the production of third-world poverty. This relationship reveals how newspapers and magazines promote the extremes of wealth and poverty as natural and unproblematic.
JODIE LYN-KEE-CHOW
Duties’ Call, performance video, edition 1/5, 6 min 29 sec, 2005 (Sound score is a digital remixed version of the excerpt from the play, “Dead Man Walking” a 2002 play written by Tim Robbins)
Duties Call shows the protagonist, played by the artist, doing a chore and becoming the victim attacked by an ordinary household tool. The drama unfolds as a cynical and cathartic experience is exposed and reveals psycho-dramatic notions of desire and death.
Clean & Dry, performance video, edition 1 of 5.
Video footage is taken in Jamaica, West Indies and in Queens, N.Y. showing two perspectives of doing laundry. The clothesline of underwear is the foreground of a sunny country backdrop with an outhouse in West Jamaica. While this scenery plays, the position of each panty turns backwards subtlety, as a commentary on the modernized, capitalist way of doing laundry (in a place such as the United States), where machines are a substitute for the peaceful serenity that nature in a rural country-side provides. Sounds of each experience are interchanged and encapsulate the nostalgic feeling of being out of ones ordinary life routine, wishing that clothes would dry faster or daydreaming of being in a more peaceful place.
SANDRA MACK-VALENCIA
Mother Queen, transfer, flash paint and ink on paper, 2008, 14 x 17″ (unframed)
Domesticated Medusa, transfer and acrylic on wood panel, 2010, 36 x 42″
Statement: I grew up surrounded by the smell of oil paint, turpentine and linseed oil. I was taught to look beyond the basic colors and search for the subtle tones. A leaf was not just green; it could be yellow-green, red-green, or brown-green. This is how my father taught me to look at the world, and until today this is how I perceive it. I like to believe that I was born an artist; that it is my fate and that no matter what I do, I cannot deny it. I believe that there is a range of ways to approach a piece of art: From a strictly rational point of view, where we look for the signified, asking for answers or explanations, to a more emotional one that comes through sensations, with nothing to explain or understand, nothing to be interpreted, just open to the intensities that emanate from the work. My drawings should not be placed in either category, since they move back and forth between these two worlds. It took me a few years to realize that besides political, social or moralizing work, it was also possible to make art with a strong aesthetic component, work that obeys impulses and sensations. It is not senseless, since it comes from a process of thought like every creative act; but instead of trying to illustrate a concept or idea, it is the idea, it is the concept that comes through the hand in the form of a stroke, a color, a drip, a smudge.
ASYA REZNIKOV
Migration #2, 45-second stop animation, loop video with audio, edition of 8
CARRIE RUBENSTEIN
Lists, ink, pencil, thread, tacks, paper, variable dimensions, 2009
Statement: Lists in the circle shape were written by the artist’s younger sister, Robyn, who unexpectedly died in 2008. They were found in her apartment shortly after her death. They are lists of the dogs in Robyn’s dog-walking business. The five center lists are a combination of found objects from the apartment and written by the artist. They document the time and days before and during Robyn’s death.
YASMIN SPIRO
Comfort
synthetic fur, plaster, synthetic hair, pins.
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT:
[panman productions.com]
Contact : art@panmanproductions.com
[nicowheadon.com]
[tartnyc.org]
Brooklyn International Film Festival : Roger Smith Shorts AFTER PARTY
Posted on 07. Jun, 2010 by AdamWallace in Events, Hotel
This Thursday at 8pm BIFF is hosting The Roger Smith Shorts 2010 screening.
THIS IS THE AFTER PARTY!
PLEASE JOIN US from Panman Productions:
John Knowles
Melissa Gonzalez
John Birdsong
Aleks Degtyarev
Abianne Prince
along w/
The Roger Smith Film Crew
at
Public Assembly Loft
http://www.publicassemblynyc.com/about.html
70 N. 6th St.
between Berry and White
Williamsburg BK
MUSIC by DJ AK!
http://ak-dj.com/?page_id=1585
http://www.facebook.com/#!/djakfanpage?ref=ts
The SCREENING will be held on Thursday June 10th, 8PM @ indieScreen in Brooklyn.
ABOUT THE BIFF AND ROGER SMITH SHORTS:
Brooklyn International Film Festival is hosting “Roger Smith Shorts 2010″, an annual film festival workshop featuring 6 directors / 6 world premieres… all shot in one hotel.
The Roger Smith Shorts Series started in 2009 as a short film festival / workshop and was designed to facilitate film making opportunities for up and coming directors. The Roger Smith Hotel has become the backdrop for filmmakers as they put their creative talents to the test. The 2010 Roger Smith Short Directors are John Knowles, John Birdsong, Aleks Degtyarev, Melissa Gonzalez and Abianne Prince. Find out more about Roger Smith Shorts at: WordPress or at Vimeo Group.
http://www.brooklynfilmfestival.org/events/roger_smith.asp
Check out the trailers of all the Roger Smith Shorts on the BIFF website, Panman Productions, and Look Listen Play :
http://www.brooklynfilmfestival.org/events/roger_smith.asp
http://panmanproductions.com/roger-smith-shorts-festival-workshop/
http://www.looklistenplay.com/rogersmith
About Panman Productions:
http://panmanproductions.com/about/
RS POP & Fashion Art Gallery presents: Studio 2020
Posted on 04. Jun, 2010 by Editor in Events, fashion, Hotel
A Virtual Closet Selling Fashion in the Future
An original fashion concept, Studio 2020 is an exhibition showcasing a virtual closet that links technology to the ultimate design in the year 2020.
In partnership with RS POP the exhibit duals as a pop up shop allowing the entire closet for sale to guests and visitors.
Short film clips directed by Gabriel Barcia- Colombo will, illustrate in comic form, NYC’s character and style in the yr 2020.
In lieu of Sex and the City and the Brooklyn International Film Festival design brands s like Bang and Olufsen, TELFAR, Melissa Shoes and LaQuan Smith compliment this seasons biggest event with style and luxury.
Studio 2020: Fashion Art Gallery @ RS Pop up Shop from Panman Productions on Vimeo.
