Tagged With "Gilbert Stafford"

I have just recieved this email from a friend that went to Danceteria, maybe someone here can help him. Gilbert might have worked at the Crobar.DanceteriaNYCjust saw pics of Gilbert Stafford running the door of some Fashion Week party. Does anyone...

This place to remember Gilbert Stafford begins with posts moved from our RIP, VIP topic. Obviously there is so much to say about Gilbert. Here you are, darling, your own topic!!!

And today Clubland reels with the passing of Door Icon Gilbert Stafford, yesterday (New Years Day) after a very short battle with cancer. He was 57. This elegant, witty man brought something to the doors of clubs including Area and Crobar that had never been seen before, and will never be seen again Im afraid. RIP darling!

This is a tough one. Really took me by surprise. What an incredible man.

Gilbert was a true NYC legend. He was there at the door of Sanctuary when I walked in in 1972, he was there at the door when I entered through the thresholds of New York New York, The (original) Loft, Cowboys & Cowgirls, Disco Inferno, The Saint, Limelight, Roxy and most every other club that opened or operated between 1970 and 2000. I never saw him be mean or rude to anyone and yet he always told you just how it was. Gilbert was one of the most stylish and sophisticated people I ever...

Just the sight of Gilbert at the door would put a smile on my face. The last place I encountered him was at Crobar during the run of Utopia. He always saved me from that front door messycircus. And the times I showed up with Troy he would make us feel like we owned it. He should have written a code of conduct for anyone who ever worked a front door anywhere.

Great little piece about Gilbert: http://freakchic.com/2010/01/0...-henry-stafford.aspx

Last night when I went in to work (DJing at VANDAM @ Greenhouse) the two upstairs bartenders asked me if I had heard about Gilbert. Now these guys are children. (I consider anyone younger that the clothes that I'm wearing a child). How could they possibly know who Gilbert was? But they did. They were doing (the now oblig...atory) Gilbert imitations and reciting Gilbert's most famous quotes. Then security came over. Then our own door girl Andrea. Then more people. "Are you guys talking about...

Earlier today, all posts about the death of Gilbert Stafford have been moved to their own topic.

Hey, that would be me doing the asking. OF course the fellow's name is 'Stafford" , not 'Strafford' Thanks to Babette for posting this, I did not know about this site. Thanks

Gilbert Stafford died on New Years Day, 2010. A memorial topic for him has been started in our Nightlife Cemetery THE ENDLESS NIGHT. Please visit to leave your thoughts and remembrances on this remarkable man. Gilbert Stafford, A Lion at the Door