Billy Joel, Kardashians Diplo descend on Miami for Art Basel
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. » As gallerists and collectors descend on Miami’s most prestigious art fair by day, the Hollywood crowd knows it’s all about the exclusive after parties. Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder and Pharrell were in town while DJ Khaled and rappers Travis Scott and Gucci Mane held court late night.
Early in the week, fashion was front and center where Kate Moss, Bella Hadid and Winnie Harlow attended the it event of the week — Christian Dior’s first fashion show in the U.S. for the iconic Parisian fashion house. Designer Kim Jones called Tuesday’s show the perfect precursor to Art Basel Miami, which officially opened Thursday, but the parties and satellite art shows surrounding it started Monday.
At the Ocean Drive magazine party celebrating Bad Bunny’s cover Tuesday,
guests in the VIP area smoked a hookah while the Latin singer’s “Pasame La Hookah” played. Later in the week, the reggaeton singer covered his face with a diamond encrusted mask and emerald chandelier earrings to accessorize his green Gucci suit for a performance at LIV nightclub.
On Wednesday, model Kendall Jenner took a turn at the DJ booth at LIV nightclub to debut her Apple
Music radio station. She showed up around 2 a.m. in a hot pink zebrastriped mini dress with models Bella Hadid, Joan Smalls and Luke Sabbat. They moved onto the VIP party pit to join Basel regular Leonardo DiCaprio at 24-hour Miami club E11even where Jenner and Hadid snapped selfies.
At hotelier Alan Faena’s home, celebs including Tommy Hilfiger, Sean Penn, Rosario Dawson, “Cool Girl” singer Tove Lo and Paris Hilton came out to support Lenny Kravitz’s limitededition Dom Pérignon collection at a dinner that included a DJ set by Diplo.
Also Wednesday, Joan Smalls and Karolina Kurkova helped House of Ruinart raise money for the Amazon rainforest with a champagne fete from Chef Daniel Boulud.