Remember Anne Baxter in ‘All About Eve’? Broadly drawn by Joseph Mankiewicz, but probably not much of an exaggeration. Still and all, Bette Davis never looked better, albeit with the deft touch of Edith Head.
Face it, Los Angeles is an industry town, and if I have to specify what industry for any of my 20 or so readers, all that can be said is you are being obtuse. The benefit charity, as mentioned in an earlier blog, is PS Arts. Great work they do, bringing arts education to school districts that no longer have the ability to fund it.
For the LA Show, though, what’s great is the number of high profile types that find the charity one of their favorites, and, it is promised, will attend at least the preview party for the LA Show. Diane Keaton and Angelica Huston are supporters and will attend the preview. They are right up there in the Anne Baxter/Bette Davis category, and no one I would rather have a chance to scope out.
What’s worth noting is that, amongst the screen stars, are the celebrity interior designers. Certainly, with the proliferation of shelter and lifestyle publications, not to mention the TV channels devoted to home, designers achieve about as much exposure as participants in reality shows. That remark is going to cost me, for in terms of quotient of taste, designers and reality show victims present a study in opposites- extreme opposites. As well, the work performed by the best designers always outlasts the fifteen minutes of fame for the ‘American Idol’ types. As I think about it, I wish Simon Cowell’s star would set. Presumably, Simon Cowell is a favorite amongst those who would find perplexing the best work of celebrity interior designer Kelly Wearstler.
