For the (wealthy) Andy Warhol fanatic, Bond no. 9's “Andy Warhol Lexington Avenue Shoe Extravaganza….A larger-than-life-size limited-edition shoe, containing three bottles of Andy Warhol Lexington Avenue – the latest in Bond No. 9’s series of Warhol perfumes”. Artist Joseph Pastor has created a 3D replica of a drawing from Warhol's A La Recherche du Shoe Perdu, and Bond added the bottles. $1300 at Bond no. 9 or Saks Fifth Avenue…
Laurice Rahme of Bond no. 9 will be at the Saks Fifth Avenue department store in Boca Raton, Florida to introduce the brand’s first fragrance for an “outside New York” location. The scent was created exclusively for the Boca Raton Saks, and that is all I know about that…
A selection from this year's holiday gift line-up from Bond no. 9:
At top left, The Perfume Token, “…Bond No. 9’s nostalgia-laden circular “token” as a solid-perfume compact, containing your choice of six of our most sought-after eaux de parfum. Stashed in its own perfect little white leather zipper case, it’s so street-smart it’ll glide through any turnstile.” The refillable compact is available in Andy Warhol Union Square, Chelsea Flowers, Chinatown, Nuits de Noho, The Scent of Peace or Wall Street; $85…
Laurice Rahme of Bond no. 9 will be at the downtown Pittsburgh Saks Fifth Avenue from noon to 6 pm this coming Friday and Saturday to introduce the line's latest fragrance, Andy Warhol Lexington Avenue. She'll also be doing custom blending and signing bottles. Call 412-297-5383 for an appointment. (via post-gazette)
It’s Andy Warhol’s birthday today (he would have been 80 this year), and Bond no. 9 is marking the occasion with the launch of the third fragrance in their Andy Warhol series, Lexington Avenue (prior entries: Silver Factory and Union Square).
The Lexington Avenue bottle might be my favorite of this series so far. It’s decorated with shoes because Warhol drew shoes, lots of them, early in his career; for a time in the 1950s he was on retainer as an illustrator for the I. Miller Shoe Company. The name of the fragrance comes from an apartment at 242 Lexington Avenue in Murray Hill that Warhol sublet from a friend in 1953…