Walk into the latest exhibit at the Museum at FIT and you'll be greeted by a mannequin holding a guest-list stationed behind a red velvet rope in front of a graffiti-covered wall. It sets the tone for an exhibition about one of the leading doyennes of New York nightlife, Susanne Bartsch ...
Yahoo Style: Outrageous Looks, RuPaul & Lactating Performers: Inside The World Of NY Nightlife Queen Susanne Bartsch →
Susanne Bartsch has been New York’s regnant Queen of the Night since moving here in the early 1980s. The mastermind of some of the city’s most legendary club nights, Bartsch is an original whose alterna high fashion meets Halloween and drag looks elevate dressing up into an art form. Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch, a new exhibition at the Museum at FIT in New York curated by Bartsch and FIT’s Valerie Steele, sheds light on her enduring influence. Yahoo Style caught up with the scene queen before the exhibition’s opening night ...
Vogue UK: Susanne Bartsch: Queen of the Night
SITTING in Susanne Bartsch's apartment in the Chelsea Hotel, long a Manhattan home for artists, but now fraying at the seams, it is hard to believe that New York's "Queen of Night Life" is not acting a role.
The swirling paintings, the pink stars behind the hat stand, the gilded candles and the carved four poster bed on which a sparkly corset is laid out, could easily be a set from the exhibition that opens at the Museum at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology) today: "Fashion Underground: the World of Susanne Bartsch" ...
Visionaire: Susanne Bartsch's World
The name Susanne Bartsch is synonymous with New York City nightlife. Her parties are the stuff of legend – the type people lie about having been at, just to wear that badge of merit on their (likely bedazzled) extravagant outfit – that is no doubt topped off with eye makeup of the glitter variety. And no great party is complete without a great party look, something Bartsch has not skimped on over the years. The Museum at FIT is celebrating Bartsch’s lavish closet with an exhibit featuring 80 looks the inimitable host has donned ...
Paper Mag: Scenes from the Opening for Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch at the Museum at FIT
Last night was the opening of Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch at the Museum of FIT, an exhibit dedicated to the fabulous, glitter-flecked fashion worn by legendary nightlife doyenne, Susanne Bartsch, and her friends. Designs in the show come from Leigh Bowery, John Galliano,The Blonds, Stephen Jones, Jean Paul Gaultier, Pam Hogg, Alexander McQueen, Thierry Mugler (who can forget the egg-shaped wedding dress he designer for her 1995 nuptials to David Barton?!), Rick Owens, Vivienne Westwood, Zaldy and Rachel Auburn. After the opening, Bartsch did what she does best -- throw a killer party -- and this time it was an iteration of her roving bash, Kunst, at the Gramercy Theater. As always, it was a feast for the eyes. Take a look at photos from the opening by Rebecca Smeyne, below ...
Racked: Susanne Bartsch's FIT Exhibit Cures Fashion Boredom with Sex, Corsets, and Sparkles
What just arrived at the Museum at FIT looks nothing like what's on the runways right now. Tomorrow, the fashion college will open its doors to Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch, an exhibit dedicated to the nightlife queen's best fashion moments and the impact she's had on the industry. And if you're bored of the casual vibes that are owning the fashion scene as of late — from flat shoes and low heels to sweeping pants in neutral colors — consider this your antidote ...
New York Times: Fashion Night Parties: Night 8
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Capping off another New York Fashion Week, Susanne Bartsch (right) celebrated her show “Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch” at the Museum at F.I.T. on Thursday night. Among those paying tribute were Norma Kamali and Calvin Klein (center). “She was a fixture on the party circuit,” Mr. Klein said. “For a few moments, we were all out.”
Vogue: Queen of the Night: Inside Susanne Bartsch’s Larger-Than-Life New Retrospective
Entering “Fashion Underground,” Susanne Bartsch’s Museum at FIT retrospective, is not unlike entering one of her famed parties. Visitors are greeted by a lineup of mannequin partygoers dressed to impress the “doorman” (equipped with an RSVP list) in a graffiti- and flier-laden alley—complete with an aluminum trash can. “It’s so New York, I should have had a rat run around somewhere, too,” says Bartsch ...
Women's Wear Daily: Susanne Bartsch’s Fashion Underground Exhibition Bows at the Museum at FIT
“Once it’s 3 o’clock, I start to get nervous.”
By her own accord, that’s the bewitching hour for Susanne Bartsch, who will help The Museum at FIT unveil “Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch” tonight. After the festivities, Bartsch, aka “Queen of the Night,” will do what she does best – host her Kunst party at the Gramercy Theater to celebrate her birthday and the exhibition opening. Tilda Swinton, Marc Jacobs, Rick Owens and Calvin Klein are among those expected at the opening, which Bartsch hopes will lead to a traveling exhibition ...
Travel & Leisure: Susanne Bartsch Exhibit Celebrates Designer’s Nightlife Influence
A native of Switzerland, Susanne Bartsch moved to London in her teens and developed a taste for English fashion. In 1981, she set out to conquer the New York demimonde, taking up rooms at the Chelsea Hotel and opening a boutique in Soho. Bartsch was one of the first New York retailers to carry Vivienne Westwood ...
Refinery 29: Getting Ready With New York's Most Iconic Nightlife Legend
Today, less than 50 residents still call the building home — one of which is Susanne Bartsch, a woman who we'd dare to describe as the reigning queen of New York nightlife. She moved to the city from London for a love affair. Instead, she ended up discovering her true love: bringing people together. In the '80s, she helped put designers like Vivienne Westwood and John Galliano on the map in America, importing their pieces and selling them to the coolest ladies about town. When the doors to her clothing store closed, Bartsch began throwing parties at the then-hot spot Savage; followed by extravaganzas filled with wild, over-the-top costumes and drag entertainment at the Copacabana that became the thing ...
Marie Claire Taiwan: 紐約展覽最前線：八〇派對女王 Susanne Bartsch
當年，無論何時何地，只要派對由她主辦，巨星名流保證蜂擁而至，而 Bartsch 與好友所引領的「地下時尚」風貌，則建構起紐約最吸睛的一代時尚奇景；她不但是首位將 Vivienne Westwood 引進紐約的零售商，也曾親身擘劃多場時尚大秀 ...
Elle France: Susanne Bartsch : l’icône des années 80 s'expose
A New York, une exposition célèbre Susanne Bartsch, icône déjantée des nuits new-yorkaises des années 80. Portrait ...
Gotham: Museum of FIT Goes Inside the World of Susanne Bartsch & More Culture News
Fashion and nightlife have long made merry bedfellows in New York City, and few have exemplified this union better than legendary event doyenne Susanne Bartsch, whose flamboyant style is celebrated in the exhibit “Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch” at the Museum of FIT. The show highlights her dazzling, over-the-top party costumes as well as the British fashions she introduced to New York (in 1981 she opened a boutique in Soho where she championed emerging British designers like Vivienne Westwood and John Galliano). Bartsch’s decadent bashes, beginning in 1986 with a gathering at Savage, a club under the Chelsea Hotel, and continuing to the present with Kunst parties at Verboten in Williamsburg, have drawn haute fashionistas and downtown club kids decked out in outrageous attire for three decades.
Next Magazine: Susanne Bartsch to Get FIT Retrospective
Quipped as “the most fashionable museum in the world,” the Museum at FIT is slated to launch a retrospective exhibit on nightlife luminary Susanne Bartsch. Titled Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch, the special exhibit is scheduled to run September 18 to December 5 and will feature looks from Bartsch’s personal collection from world renowned designers: Rachel Auburn, The Blonds, John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Alexander McQueen, Thierry Mugler, Rick Owens, Vivienne Westwood, and more ...
Fashion Times: Museum At FIT Puts Spotlight On New York City Nightlife Legend Susanne Bartsch
Nightlife legend Susanne Bartsch is set to be the subject of one of the Museum at FIT's upcoming exhibits.
"Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch," which opens this fall, will include about 80 looks from the professional party girl's personal collection of clothing and accessories from designers including John Galliano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Thierry Mugler, Rick Owens, Vivienne Westwood, The Blondes, Rachel Auburn, Leigh Bowery, Pam Hogg, Stephen Jones, Alexander McQueen and Zaldy ...
FIT: Fashion Underground: The World of Susanne Bartsch
Susanne Bartsch has been the queen of New York City nightlife since the 1980s when she became renowned for creating spectacular parties where she and a diverse mix of individuals—uptown, downtown, gay, straight, multiracial—dressed up in their own versions of high fashion, street style, drag, and Mardi Gras extravaganza. Her first party took place in 1986 at a club near the Chelsea Hotel, where she has lived for many years. “It was about seeing and being seen,” says Bartsch ...
Vogue: Susanne Bartsch Talks Beauty and the Borough With the Best “Underground” Scene
“My work is my muse; I find immense inspiration in the beauty looks people turn [up in] when they come to my events,” said queen of New York City nightlife, Susanne Bartsch. Funny, seeing as the iconic host—known just as much for her club couture as she is for her epic fetes at the Copacabana—serves as an inspiration to so many. That list includes people like Thierry Mugler, who used Bartsch as a “guinea pig” for his best-selling fragrance Angel, a scent she never gets dressed without. “He tried three versions on me, and with the third one he said, ‘That’s the one.’ The others were too bubblegum-y, and then all of sudden, he came up with one that was just perrrrfect. I haven’t gotten tired of it.”
AOL: Realness: A Night of Dance Art
Exclusive video coverage, REALNESS-A Night of Dance Art. New York Party Impresario Susanne Bartsch, teams up with Zurich based party KUNT, organized by Marc Streit and Lukas Beyeler, for a night of Swiss Made REALNESS, featuring performance artist Marie-Caroline Hominal and US nightlife favorite FlucT. This event was made possible with the support of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.
Next Magazine: Realness: A Night of Dance Art @ Tribeca Grand
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