Robertet Hosts Private Tour of CAMP: Notes on Fashion at The Met

Fragrance industry insiders joined The Robertet Groupe for a morning of wild inspiration and delight during a private tour of the CAMP: Notes on Fashion exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

Robertet’s Piero Savio and Perfumer Jerome Epinette with Philosophy’s Cailin McCarthy (Photo by Casey Kelbaugh)

Led by The Met’s Helen Lee, while the museum was closed to the public, the group explored the theme of the artificiality, parody, pastiche, humor, irony and exaggeration and how these themes have been expressed in fashion.  Susan Sontag’s 1964 essay “Notes on Camp” provides the framework for the exhibition, which traces the history of CAMP from its origins with Moliere to modern day Moschino.

The Metropolitan Museum’s Helen Lee and guests (Photo by Casey Kelbaugh)

“The hallmark of Camp is the spirit of extravagance. Camp is a woman walking around in a dress made of three million feathers,” wrote Sontag.

Renaud Salmon, Global VP, Marc Jacobs Fragrances, viewing a Balenciaga dress made of pink silk tulle and ostrich feathers. A gift of Mrs. Charles B. Wrightsman

Robertet’s Bob Weinstein with George Ledes

Hosted by Robertet’s North America CEO, Bob Weinstein, along with Piero Savio, Pierre Wulff and Perfumer Jerome Epinette and orchestrated by Austin Advisory Group’s Paul Austin, guest’s included Ann Gottlieb; Atelier Cologne founder Sylvie Ganter; Fragrance Foundation President Linda Levy; Nest Fragrance’s Laura Slatkin; CEW’s Carlotta Jacobson; Luxe Brand’s Noreen Dodge; Coty’s Renaud Salmon; Parsons School of Design’s Shelley Fox and Joff Moolhuizen; Interparfum’s Jennifer Mullarkey, Baerbel Beurick and Walter Johnson; Byredo and Dyptique’s Julian Gommichon; Philosophy’s Cailin McCarthy, Reckitt’s Laura Clark; Target’s Gloria Hoo and Elizabeth Chon; and Maesa’s Dana Steinfeld; and Sarah Brown.

Robertet’s Pierre Wulff and Seth Pasternak with Hannah Silver and Malinda Appel of Nest Fragrances. (Photo by Casey Kelbaugh)