The designers — Sheila Bridges, Allegra Hicks, Kit Kemp, Laura Kirar, Kelly Wearstler and Bunny Williams among them — created cushions for the chairs that are, for the most part, elegant, charming, and deferential to their iconic host. But one, by the creative director Sara Rotman, (whose weekend house was the subject of a recent column in T), is a bit more — ahem — provocative. Her cushion is inspired by a Portuguese man-of-war, with luxurious tentacles (made of suede fringe), and spikes that allude to the creature’s domed shape. “I thought the idea of beautiful, alluring but ultimately powerful and dangerous things was an appropriate source of inspiration for women fighting breast cancer,” she said. The designers’ chairs will be auctioned (you can bid on them on charitybuzz), while the chairs without cushions will be available exclusively at Suite.
Breast cancer research is an undeniably worthy endeavor, but the container-loads of pink objects that have been sold to help pay for it aren’t always what you’d call high design. Which is why the arrival of the Pink Wishbone Project is welcome news. Thanks to Suite New York Coach Outlet Bags, a Manhattan furniture showroom, Hans Wegner’s famous Wishbone Chair Coach Outlet Bags, made in Denmark by Carl Hansen & Son Coach Outlet Bags, will be available in pink for the next year, with 20 percent of its sales going to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. And to draw attention to the program, Barneys New York will exhibit chairs that were customized by 20 leading women designers. (A kickoff cocktail party takes place on Thursday evening at Barneys.)
Sara Rotman’s provocative design was inspired by a Portuguese man-of-war.Related：
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