Photography by Kevin A. Roberts
Clothing Designers: Lauren Moffatt, BB Dakota, Free People, Kate Spade, House of Harlow 1960.
Local Jewelry Designer: Sara Patino.
Local Boutique: Ivy Hill Boutique.
Local Restaurants: Taste for small plates, The Good Pie for pizza, The Shaved Duck, and Café Osage.
Takeout: LemonGrass.
Weekend Getaway: Chicago.
Vacation Spot: New York City for the museums, shopping, and restaurants.
Cocktail: Rye Manhattan.
Dessert: The Floating Island at Taste or the apple pie at Pi.
Recent Book: Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things.
Artists: Mark Rothko, Gustav Klimt, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Jackie Saccoccio…
Musicians: Mumford & Sons, Feist, Florence + the Machine, Norah Jones.
Rule of Design: There are no rules—I like to break the rules.
Unfulfilled Ambition: Traveling to Greece.
Opinion About St. Louis: People are often too tame and too fearful of expressing themselves; they need to go outside the box.
Advice: Tennessee Williams once said, “Luck is believing you’re lucky.”
BEHIND THE BASH
“Many people get intimidated when they walk into a gallery,” says Melloy. “There’s an intellectual stigma.” That’s why later this month, Melloy and her two co-chairs will try to make art more accessible with the Dada Bash, an after-party for the Dada Ball at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (3750 Washington, 314-535-4660). The bash, which takes place around Jeremy Deller’s “Joy in People” exhibit, is set to include a fashion show, a silent auction, and cocktails. Melloy hopes it will show that contemporary art doesn’t need to be taken so seriously.
