Each week, Alexa is rounding up the buzziest fashion drops, hotel openings, restaurant debuts and celeb-studded cultural happenings in NYC. It’s our curated guide to the very best things to see, shop, taste and experience around the city. What’s making our luxury list this week? Boucheron makes its Manhattan debut, goop drops a collection of furniture and an Alvin Ailey exhibition opens at the Whitney.
FAMILY JEWELS: Boucheron opens on Madison Avenue It may seem hard to believe, but Boucheron did not have a free-standing boutique in the United States until earlier this month. It’s now firmly ensconced on Madison Avenue near 65th Street, meaning New Yorkers can finally be properly immersed in the world of this age-old jeweler, who we have to thank for creating the Question Mark necklace. The 3,900-square-foot-space (next door to Versace) is inspired by the Art Deco period, beginning with the glass and metal façade in the shape of an emerald, and with architecture, custom furniture, and accessories that nod to that era.
Gems inside include vintage pieces like a brooch that Elizabeth Taylor wore to the 1976 Oscars and reproductions of pieces originally made for Cornelius Vanderbilt. Boucheron .com IN FOCUS: Robert Frank at MoMA “Life Dances On: Robert Frank in Dialogue” is a new exhibition at MoMA covering six decades of the celebrated photographer and filmmaker’s life.
Peruse 250 items on display, including photographs, films, books, and other archival materials t.