A very special event happened this October. Patricia Field, the award-winning costumer of HBO’s Sex and The City (series and movies), The Devil Wears Prada, and many other media projects, brought her ArtFashion collection to Catskill, NY as a benefit for Greene County Council on the Arts (GCCA).

Ms. Field’s ArtFashion show has been making waves in the art community from Miami’s Art Basel to Berlin to Bergdorf Goodman in New York City to, most recently, Mykonos, Greece (video above), and the world has taken notice of this fresh and exciting take on art and fashion.

Patricia Field in Mykonos (photographer: Lara Padilla)

That the iconic, magenta-haired Ms. Field brought her show to Catskill is already major—that she did so as a benefit for GCCA is also a major coup, one orchestrated by long-time GCCA supporter, Catskill resident, and friend of Ms. Field’s, Michele Saunders.

The Patricia Field ArtFashion show was held in Catskill the weekend of October 6 and 7, 2017 (the same weekend as the Hudson Valley Dance Festival, but not in conflict with any of the festival’s events) at Joe’s Garage-Catskill, a new industrial event space on Main Street and underwriter of the event. The schedule included two runway shows: Friday, October 6, at 7 pm followed by cocktails and music, and on Saturday, October 7 at 8:30 pm followed by a dance party DJ’d by Tedd Paterson. Ms. Field also hosted a pop-up shop at Joe’s Garage on Saturday, October 7 from 11 am to 7 pm.

Several factors made this an event not to be missed.

Ms. Field’s vision for her ARTFashion shows was to have the hand-painted clothing surrounded by colorful artwork; hence, Joe’s Garage featured over thirty pieces of artwork as the background for the runway shows. Ms. Field’s stable of artists [Scooter LaForge, Ben Copperwheat, Jody MORLOCK, ThesePinkLips aka Iris Bonner, StudMuffin NYC aka Kyle Brincefield, Suzan Pitt, Suzanne Mallouk, Hushi Mortezaie, Jojo Americo, Zachary Sierra Lainie, and SSIK Designs] were joined by several Hudson Valley artists, including Portia Munson, Justin Love, Nina Isabelle, Lucy Blaire, and Ginnie Gardiner, as well as a number of New York City artists, including Lola Jiblazee, Renée Snelson aka XORS, Keli Lucas, Mackenzie Spindler, Anthony E. Boone aka Boone Art Life, Karni Dorell, and Clockwork Cros, a Surrealist artist whose works are collected by several prominent collectors and celebrities.

Sets were designed by Geoff Howell Studio, award-winning design firm Franklyn designed the program, and legendary DJ, producer and re-mixer Tedd Patterson provided music and sound.

Designer *Iris Bonner-*ThesePinkLips in Mykonos (photographer: Lara Padilla)

All items in the show were for sale, and a portion of sales to benefited GCCA.

Artists featured below: Portrait of Patricia Field courtesy of Ilan, Scooter LaForge design, Iris Bonner-ThesePinkLips, SSIK Designs, Studmuffin NYC by Kyle Brincefield, Suzan Pitt design, Suzanne Mallouk design, Steven Wine design, Ben Copperwheat design, Hushidar Mortezaie design, Jody Morlock design

Thank You to the Event’s Underwriter

Joe’s Garage Catskill

Patricia Field ARTFASHION Benefactor

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