A few things you should know right off the bat about designer Patricia Field — she’s a born-and-bred New Yorker, she doesn’t like to waste time and she she believes that trends are a waste of money.
She’s been in business since 1966, overseeing various retail locations downtown, including the legendary 8th Street shop that was a scene all its own in the 80s. She’s won Emmy Awards for her work as a costume designer on “Sex and the City”; an Oscar nomination for “The Devil Wears Prada”; and unanimous praise (from everyone we know, at least) for her work on “Emily In Paris.”
But that was then and this is now, which is what Field is primarily interested in.
Feel free to pick up her recently published memoir “Pat in the City” to catch up on her extraordinary career and then visit her at her latest venture: ARTFASHION, a gallery that sells one of a kind garments that she personally curates, having chosen the stable of artists herself.
“I wanted to have another retail space but I didn’t want it to be a store — I wanted a gallery, “ she explains. “Everything here is one of a kind.”
One of the artists in the gallery is Scooter LaForge, a longtime friend of Pat’s, whose wild, primitive but thoughtful imagery decorates all kinds of clothing.
“Scooter’s art is unique,” Field notes. “His approach is very original — he’s expressing the way that he feels.”
LaForge is right at home there, as he notes that “my art has a dark sense of humor and it fits perfectly into the gallery. Pat understands that and she definitely is a champion of my work.”
He adds that “I want my clothes to make a statement, be comfortable and get noticed. Whoever wears my stuff is a walking art gallery.”
“If someone takes something home from here, they will be the only one wearing it,” Field relates. “It’s nothing like a department store, where everything is the same.”
Kyle Studmuffin, another gallery artist who sometimes…
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