How I adore the outfits of the people who show up at Miami’s Art Week! The outfits are amazing. I am hoping to continue to update this post throughout the week as I see amazing outfits… but here are the “best of” from yesterday’s Art Basel and Aqua openings (that I managed to capture) – now updating from the top!

Send me your images as comments or via instagram or email (contact [at] beacon gallery [dot] com) and I’ll add them!

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David Mandel 
@strosbergmandel on Instagram
Wearing a style he calls “Trash and Vaudville, NYC”
Also wearing jewelry he made 
David Mandel Jewlery
Scarf by Strosberg Mandel 
Showing at Art Gaysel #1409 Lincoln Rd Room 2020
5 pm – 1 am 
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Unique accessorization. Photo credit: Rachel Legault
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Jamaal Eversley
Wearing “celebr8” scarf available March 2020
And Hand-painted shoes by JDG 
Jamonit.carbonmade.com 
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Ryan Bolton of Ryan Bolton Gallery placing a spell on Cecilia
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Jose Alexzander (fashion designer, center)
Collection – follow on Instagram @inspirational_wearable_art 
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Kelly Lyles in her African print dress at Aqua Art Miami
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The back of Kelly’s business card, featuring her shoe and fashion car
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Takeshi Hamanaka (aka Takeshi Spider)
wearing his “Spider street show” You can find him walking around Ocean Drive Dec 3-8 
He’s come direct from Tokyo for art week, this is his 20th street show and has been traveling his art since 2010.
His piece features more than 300+ recycled plastic bottles turned into a Black Widow spider.  
There is no light without darkness” 
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Jesse Cohen (@jessethecohen on Instagram) – visit him as he helps out at room 212 at Aqua!
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Subtle skull pattern on Jesse’s shirt needed its own photo
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Rafael Njaim and Monica Leo visiting Beacon Gallery’s space at Aqua Art Miami
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Art Basel look – photo credit Raquel Fornasaro
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Justin Love, artist, in front of his painting “Going Someplace Good” on view at Aqua Penthouse 214
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Eva Mueller – photographer – and owner of kickass hair and clothes
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Photo credit Rachel Legault she calls this look “The Sia of Miami”
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Gold – Red – Green trio at Art Basel
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Sunglass Hat – Art Basel
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“No Cash Value” at Art Basel (also seen at Aqua Art Miami)
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This head-to-toe ensemble at Art Basel. The man with an approximately foot-tall headdress is walking away from me, in case it’s not clear. Believed to be sculptor Chakaia Booker David Owens.

I would also like to take a moment to shoutout to the women in yellow wig and yellow jumpsuit with a fake cat on her shoulder at Art Miami – she looked amazing and I regret not taking her photo!

So, send in your photos, and come back for more during the week!

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