Last Sunday Meg & I left church after Sunday school to meet her daughter Hope and Hope’s roommate Abigail at the Columbia Museum of Art. There has been an exhibit there for the past several months that I had been meaning to tell Meg about, with pieces from the fashion designer Lee Alexander McQueen, and his personal photographer, Ann Ray. Of course this could not be further from something that I know about, but both Meg and Abigail were fashion design majors in college, so they were ALL fired up about it. We learned that she began photographing him when he was just starting out, and as it turned out, at that time he had no money so he paid her in clothes that he designed. A lot of the ones on display at the museum were pieces he had gifted her. I thought that was very cool.
I, of course, had never heard of the designer, and actually neither had Meg, but Abigail was all excited, and even Mallory and Lindee both knew about him. Huh. They had this little photo place. Ann Ray called the times they got together for her to take pictures their Rendez-Vous, so I loved that this was the quote that was on the wall – and perfect for a picture with my bestie.
