Hudson Yards’ nonprofit arts center, The Shed, has been shunned by the fashion elite since developer Stephen Ross’ Trump ties were exposed in early August.
Sources say that Michael Kors, Vera Wang and the Academy of Art University were all slated to show their collections at the sleek, $475 million venue but have pulled out. Rag & Bone publicly nixed the space, which opened in April, right after news broke of Ross’ Aug. 9 Trump fundraiser in the Hamptons.
— New York Post
Fern Mallis, the mogul who created New York Fashion Week in the 1990s, told The New York Post that The Shed is “kind of over,” adding, “If you know people showing at The Shed, please tell me because I don’t know who is."
The fallout comes after news broke in August that Stephen Ross, one of the developers behind the Hudson Yards development, was hosting a $250,000-a-seat fundraiser for President Donald Trump. The news was met with boycotts of many Ross-affiliated business enterprises.
The Shed opened on 5 April, and is now already "kind of over".
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You have to wonder how much the Hudson Yards developers and residents have benefited from Trump tax breaks to corporations and the rich—and are counting on them in the future?
The Shed and Vessel are nothing more than attempts—very expensive attempts—to give legitimacy to a project that essentially is a haven for the super rich and an extravagant speculative venture, one with marginal esthetic appeal and negligible civic value.
There's an economic environment that has been in place for decades which has supported such construction, including Trump's. Years from now, there will be a chapter in histories called architecture in the age of Trump.
The Shed opened on 5 April, and is now already "kind of over".
That's 25 Scaramuccis.
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