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 Shows, Book Parties, and Free Arts
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| Roberto Cavalli and Mary Alice Stephensen with students at Free Arts, NYC Day at the Little Sisters Family Health Service in East Harlem. |
| Lucy Sykes hosted a XCVI Spring '09 "Recessionista" Trunk Show at Bloomingdale's, a preview of XCVI's Spring line. Held at cocktail hour -- from 7 to 9, the evening brought out a lot of Sykes' friends, including her biggest cheerleader, her husband Euan Rellie, as well as Susan Shin, Jen Bell, Lora Krulak, Katrina Pavlos, Elizabeth Reid, Melody Weir and many others. |
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Alexandra Preate and Jen Bell |
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Katrina Pavlos and Lora Krulak |
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Daniela Zeltzer and Lora Krulak |
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Catherine Henson, Euan Rellie, and Lucy Sykes Rellie |
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Elizabeth Reid and Melody Weir |
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Carol Duffy, Alicia Wasberg, Catherine Henson, and Pamela Bernier |
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Marjorie Sanon |
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| The Myth of Red Creative Salon Series presented THE GIFT at the National Arts Club in Gramercy. |
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Caitlin Moe, Dina Fanai, and Sasha Lazard |
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Everett Bradley |
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Sasha Lazard and Alexander Kaletski |
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Lauren Gould, Adam Nelson, and Yamina Erman |
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Alexander Kaletski |
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Dave Eggar |
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Adam Nelson and Seth Herzog |
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Jimi Celeste and Seth Herzog |
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Salon (Dina Fanai, Dave Eggar, Caitlin Moe, Pamela Cedarquist, Emily Olin, Everett Bradley, Sasha Lazard, and friends) |
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| Roberto Cavalli and Mary Alice Stephensen visited a Free Arts New York City day at the LSA Family Health Service in East Harlem. |
| Mary Alice Stephensen and Roberto Cavalli amongst friends and students |
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Despite the multiple holiday soirees and stationary traffic, the city’s social girls joined jewelry designer Mimi So, for an elegant holiday celebration at her Fifth Avenue penthouse studio. Hosted by Ann Caruso, Elizabeth Meigher, Lara Meiland, Maggie Rizer and Susan Shin, the evening was about baubles and bubbles and the guests had a thoroughly charming and otherwise time adorning themselves in the designer’s gold and diamonds while sipping the Veuve Clicquot.
From “a girl’s best friend” diamonds to sleek gold geometric necklaces to micro-pave delicacies, to chunky white, yellow and rose gold rings and cuffs, it was all bling and bedazzled.
Besides the ornamenting that was going on big time, everyone also walked away with an education in the art of handcrafted fine jewelry. Guests such as Alex McCord, Anisha Lakhani, Lesley Schulof, Mia Morgan, Emma Snowdon-Jones and Tracy Stern were treated to a personal tour of Mimi’s state-of-the-art work facility where mulit-generational artisans from another era molded, carved, cut and polished metals and gems.
Meanwhile, Susan Shin showed off a series of glittering engagement rings -- only fitting, as Mimi is designing and crafting her ring in collaboration with her fiancé.
Mimi So is luxury jewelry that is modern and feminine. Coming from a third generation of jewelers, shortly after graduating from Parsons School of Design, she decided to open her own “namesake” boutique in the heart of the diamond district on 47th Street and Fifth Avenue, where it still stands today.
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| Mimi So jewels and Veuve Cliquot champagne kept the guests busy |
It was during these formative years that Mimi developed a high standard for quality, as her surroundings were predominantly spent working with precious stones, 24kt gold and platinum. Today, the Mimi So collections can be found in the precious jewelry departments of Neiman Marcus, Holt Renfrew, Lane Crawford and other exclusive luxury jewelry and fashion retailers around the world. She strives for quality -- “it is everything, quality lasts forever, quality speaks for itself.”
In 2007, Mimi was honored to be recognized and invited into the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), joining 250 of the most creative and prestigious fashion designers in America today. Today, Mimi So is worn by many celebrities including Reese Witherspoon, Cameron Diaz, Courtney Cox , Drew Barrymore, Diane Lane, and Anne Hathaway, to name a few. |
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Kristian Laliberte and Miguelina Gambaccini |
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Tracy Stern and Alex McCord |
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Lesley Schulhof, Lara Meiland-Shaw, and Claude Shaw |
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Anisha Lakhani and Maggie Rizer |
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Emma Snowdon-Jones |
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Elizabeth Meigher, Lara Shaw, Susan Shin, Mimi So, Ann Caruso, and Maggie Rizer |
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| Thom Filicia hosted a holiday book-signing event for his new book, "THOM FILICIA STYLE." |
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Thom Filicia, Carson Kressley, and Tessa Edick |
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Marc Szafran and Brondi Borer |
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Mark Robohm, Wilson Carmel Robohm, and Stephanie Ann Doucette |
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Sacha Vukic, Beck Couche, and Nikki Turkington |
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Rohit Pursram, Jen Bell, Diane Won, and Peter Castro |
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Rachel Hayes and Hilary Hayes |
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Greg Calejo, Jen Bell, Jennifer Glaisek, and Peter Castro |
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Laura Schreffler and Delaina Dixon |
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Alex Kirkman and Shelby Tompkin |
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Antony Todd and Emma Snowdon-Jones |
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Beck Couche and Sacha Vukic |
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Boyana, Greg Sharp, and Fabiana Masili |
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Dominique Baynes, Coco, and Michelle Thomas |
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Anthony Spenceley and Darlene James |
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Ellen Connolly, Kaitlin Andrews, Regina Leonard Andrews, and Mickey Leonard |
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| Assouline held a launch for its new Jacques Fath book, at the Assouline Boutique at the Plaza. |
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Laurence De Menil and Louis Bompird |
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Kristian Laliberte and Jeromine Savignon |
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Kenneth J. Lane and Monique Van Vooren |
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Diane Von Furstenberg |
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Isabel Toledo, Martine Assouline, Linda Fargo, Jeromine Savignon, Ruben Toledo, and Laurence De Menil |
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Bettina Graziani, Prosper Assouline, and Martine Assouline |
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Betty Bobrow and Ron Ferri |
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Charles Burkhalter and Liza Tivey |
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Lisa Tivey and Bettina Graziani |
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Christophe De Menil |
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Prosper Assouline and Linda Fargo |
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Laurence Ohayon, Laurence De Menil, and Dilge Kutluojlu |
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Laurence De Menil and Harrison Gorman |
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| Photographs by PatrickMcMullan.com. |
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