Robert Isabell
Bruce Robert Isabell (June 2, 1952 – July 8, 2009) was an American
Isabell was born in Duluth, Minnesota, where he worked in a flower shop as a youth. After graduating from high school he moved to Minneapolis.[1]
He moved to New York City in the 1970s and was hired by Ian Schrager at Studio 54, after Schrager had seen the creative designs Isabell had developed while he was working for event planner Renny Reynolds who had done work at the club and was the leading planner in his day. Schrager described how Isabell "never tried to do too much, it was never design on steroids, yet there was always the razzle-dazzle".[1]
He started on his own operating a floral shop within
In the late 1970s, he had four tons of
His last project was an
A resident of Manhattan's Greenwich Village, Isabell was found dead on July 8, 2009, aged 57, in his townhouse at 16 Minetta Lane, where he had suffered a fatal myocardial infarction (heart attack). He is survived by his mother, two brothers and a sister.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Weber, Bruce. "Robert Isabell, Who Turned Events Into Wondrous Occasions, Dies at 57", The New York Times, July 10, 2009. Accessed July 14, 2009.
- ^ "The Charity Ball Game". New York. 2005-05-21. Retrieved 2011-05-04.
- ^ Morris, Bob. "AT HOME AND AT WORK WITH: Robert Isabell; Coming to the Aid Of the Party", The New York Times, April 18, 1996. Accessed July 14, 2009.
- ^ Menkes, Suzy. "RUNWAYS; High Society Transforms Itself Into Shy Society", The New York Times, December 24, 1995. Accessed July 14, 2009.
- ^ Bumiller, Elizabeth. "A Star Floral Designer's Flights of Fancy", The New York Times, December 22, 1998. Accessed July 14, 2009.
- ^ Feitelberg, Rosemary. "Robert Isabell, A-List Party Planner, Dies", Women's Wear Daily, July 10, 2009. Accessed July 10, 2009.