Susanne Bartsch and Joey Arias’s friendship spans more than 30 years. Moving from Switzerland to London when she was just 17, and then to New York in 1981, Susanne has had an incalculable influence on design and fashion worldwide, first as an early introducer of British designers to New York, including John Galliano, Vivienne Westwood, and Stephen Jones, via her store on Thompson Street, and then with her founding of the Love Ball (which became the inspiration for the Life Ball, held each year in Vienna supporting HIV/AIDS). Joey Arias—singer, artist, and performer—catches up with Susanne in her apartment in the Chelsea Hotel and recalls their very first meeting on the street in Soho ...