This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. In 2009 The New York Post profiled some of the gatekeepers working doors at the city’s trendiest nightspots. One was Frans Nieuwendam, who had counterintuitive advice for women hoping to gain his approval for admission to Bijoux, in the meatpacking district: Don’t bother trying to flash your way in by showing a lot of skin. “I look for a more sartorial approach rather than a revealing outfit,” he said. “There is a way to be sexy but still be sophisticated.”Sartorial sophistication was something Mr. Nieuwendam (NEW-in-dahm) knew a bit about.

Source: New York Times July 18, 2020 16:30 UTC