Stephen Sprouse For Chateau Marmont

[ 20 March 2009 ]

Of all the parties I’ve missed in my absence from New York, Louis Vuitton’s bash for Stephen Sprouse is very close to the top of the list. I sat in my living room in New Zealand, watching my friends (I’m looking at you, Yuli!) live-tweet from what could have easily been the party of the year. Sigh!

Stephen Sprouse is a big deal right now. But we all go through hard times. Apparently in 1991, he moved into the Chateau Marmont, a fab hotel in Los Angeles, but had no money to pay his bill when he went to check out a month later. Incredibly, Andre Balazs, the owner & a major art lover, agreed to let him settle his bill if Stephen would design some apparel for the hotel.

A couple of months ago, someone was going through the attic of the hotel & found 6 original sketches by Stephen from this time. They have never seen before — in fact, 5 other bloggers & I actually have the official exclusive scoop on this! We were all sent one sketch each. Ta-da…