Vicente Wolf Blog

Robert in his Manhattan apartment - 2002

Last week we lost a great creative person. Robert Isabell was known for his creative parties and special events. He opened the industry’s eyes to the ‘million-dollar-wedding’ and with an enormous amount of inventiveness and ambition, he made an incredible mark on the special event industry. He did Christmas trees at the white house for the Clintons, launched Studio 54, Kennedy weddings and, for me, the most memorable event must have been Saul Steinberg’s 50^th birthday celebration. I’ll never forget seeing the venue where he recreated the paintings of his collection in Tableau vivant style – all the tables were set with silver plates in a renaissance style and it was all over the social pages back in the late eighties. It was breathtaking.