“Behind the Blue Door,” a lavishly photographed e-book detailing the more-is-more maximalism of John Demsey’s New York Metropolis townhouse, formally goes on sale subsequent Tuesday, and to have fun, he’s throwing open the aforementioned doorways for a cocktail social gathering Wednesday night time.
Demsey, a former govt with the Estée Lauder Cos. who helped make MAC and Tom Ford world powerhouses, is understood for his huge collections — of pictures, clothes, knick-knacks, artwork, watches, equipment, even animals. (He shares the home with eight canines and two cats, in addition to his teenage daughter.)
The e-book, written by Demsey’s shut good friend Alina Cho and photographed by Douglas Friedman, takes an in-depth have a look at all 5 flooring, chapter by chapter — from the kitchen, the place each inch is roofed with Fornasetti plates — to the third flooring closets the place Demsey’s lots of of shirts are housed, arrayed by shade and stripe sample, to the fifth flooring’s homage to Andy Warhol’s Manufacturing unit.
Anticipated to attend Wednesday night time’s occasion: artist Ruan Hoffmann (Demsey displays scores of his plates throughout myriad flooring), Moda Operandi’s Lauren Santo Domingo, Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos, and designers together with June Ambrose, Francisco Costa and Dennis Basso.
For Demsey, who was pressured to retire from Lauder in 2022 after a controversial Instagram submit, the e-book marks the opening of one other new door, too. Earlier this yr, he joined L Catterton as a senior adviser.
“Lately I’ve realized that doorways generally shut, however there’s at all times one other that opens,” he writes within the foreword of “Behind the Blue Door.” “Behind each door, each room, each object, there’s one other story, one other world to be found.”
“Behind the Blue Door,” $65, Vendome Press.