“This is my happy corner,” Mack agreed, pointing out the brand’s special, hard-to-find Murano glass creations, which are interspersed on the shelves with porcelain by Zoe de Givenchy, glass by Paul Arnhold, and intricately embroidered napkins by Elizabeth Lake.
At a cocktail celebration to officially show itself off, Holiday on Madison was packed with guests from all over—and not just from the outer boroughs—as various founders had flown in from around the world to see their pieces merchandised, displayed, and highlighted in person. Villea Vara’s Giorgina Atkinson Reed, in town from London, was her own best advertisement in a velvet two-piece from her emerging line. Niccolo di Leonardis, of the tailoring label Le Tre Sarte, had made the pilgrimage from Rome, as had Giberto Venezia’s Alessandra Bonetto from Venice. In a family affair, Lola and Vera Arrivabene, the daughters of the Giberto Venezia owners, are also involved in Holiday on Madison via their chic and colorful Venetian slipper line, ViBi Venezia. Artist Emanuele Pantanella, whose wooden egg objet décoratif was the subject of much fascination on the night, was in the U.S. for the first time, while the ever-fashionable Jane Keltner de Valle was proud to see Paloroma, her clean and cruelty-free children’s skincare products, standing out among the kids’ toys and decorations.
It was a festive taste of what’s to come in the next few weeks, with a whole host of programming, including trunk shows and no shortage of cocktail parties on the agenda until December 22.