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 New York After Dark
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| The Director’s Council of the Museum of the City of New York's “New York After Dark.” |
Last Wednesday night at the Four Seasons restaurant in the Pool Room, the Director’s Council of the Museum of the City of New York held their annual fund-raising benefit, “New York After Dark.”
Among those wearing Valentino that night were Allison Aston, Tara Rockefeller, Alexandra Lind Rose, Sara Ayres, Jill Roosevelt, Adelina Wong Ettelson, Marisa Noel Brown, Kara Georgiopoulos, Valesca Guerrand-Hermes, Ferebee Taube, Celerie Kemble, Fernanda Niven, Dayssi Kanavos, Rachel Hovnanian, Whitney Fairhild, Gigi Mortimer, Jennifer Creel, Carol Mack.
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| The Pool Room at The Four Seasons |
| The evening’s committee included chairman Mark Gilbertson, Phoebe Gubelmann, Heather Mnuchin, Allison Rockefeller, Shafi Roepers, Andrew Roosevelt, Calvert Moore and Burwell Schoor. Valentino and Graff sponsored the event. |
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Alixe Laughlin, Emilie Ghilaga, and Elizabeth Edelman |
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Adelina Wong Ettelson and June Haynes |
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Allison Rockefeller, Peter Rockefeller, and Shafi Roepers |
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Alexandra Lind Rose and Christina Coleman |
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Amy Hoadley and Nina Richter |
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Charlie and Sara Ayres |
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Junquera Amelia and Anjali Melwani |
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Bobbie Arnot, Caroline Dean, and Mark Gilbertson |
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Andrew Fry and Tom Felicia |
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Bettina Zilkha and Alexandra Lebenthal |
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Burwell Schorr, Calvert Moore, and Deborah Norville |
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Elizabeth Meigher and Nicole Mellon |
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Eric Villency and Caroline Fare |
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Hilary Dick, Allison Aston, and Jennifer Creel |
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George Lewis and Pamela Owens |
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Ferebee Taube and Nathalie Leeds Leventhal |
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Jill Roosevelt, Mary Snow, and Kathryn Navab |
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Kara Young and Larry Creel |
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Kathy Prounis and Othon Prounis |
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Hamish Bowles |
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Katie Ridder and Peter Pennoyer |
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Helene Comfort and Susan Henshaw Jones |
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Peggy Siegal and Marisa Noel Brown |
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Libby Fitzgerald and Evelyn Tompkins |
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Leslie Godridge, Mark Godridge, and Heather Leeds |
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Leslie Stevens, Claude Shaw, and Lara Meiland-Shaw |
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Marina Conner and Mark Gilbertson |
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Mark Gilbertson and Julia Koch |
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Rachel Hovnanian and Susan Henshaw Jones |
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Robert de Guardiola, Joanne de Guardiola, and Charlie Ayres |
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Peter Davis and Fernanda Niven |
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Roberta Armani, Alice Tisch, and Jamie Tisch |
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Whitney Fairchild |
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Scott Snyder and Audrey Gruss |
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Yaz Hernandez |
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Somers Farkas, Jonathan Farkas, and Alexandra Lebenthal |
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Sasha Lazard and Andrew Allen |
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Wendy Carduner, Cynthia Lufkin, and Claudia Overstrom |
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Last Tuesday night in the Rose Room of Jazz at Lincoln Center, the New York Stem Cell Foundation held its 6th annual Gala and Science Fair. They honored the artist Christo and Julian H. Robertson, chairman and CEO of Tiger Management.
Fifteen years ago Mr. Robertson and his wife Josie founded the Robertson Foundation, focusing on high impact grants in medical research, the environment, religion, and education. |
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| Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Christo, and Susan Solomon |
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| Julian H. Robertson Jr. and Susan Solomon |
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| Peter J. Coffey addresses the crowd in the Rose Room of Jazz at Lincoln Center |
| Among its major initiatives is the NYSCF-Robertson Investigators, a program that provides five years of seed funding to outstanding early career scientists engaged in translational stem cell research. The foundation supports the initiative with a $200,000 prize for a major stem cell advancement performed by a young scientists. Last Tuesday night the prize was inaugurated by Mr. Robertson (Mrs. Robertson died a year ago last June after a long, valiant battle with cancer). |
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| Chuck Close and Susan Solomon |
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| Sirgay Sanger, Judy Sanger, and Nathan Silverstein |
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| Bonnie Pfeiffer Evans |
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| Marcia Mishaan |
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| CeCe Cord |
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| Paul Goldberger and Joel Fleishman |
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| Faical Miyara and Gadi Bornstein |
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| Elizabeth Star |
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| Panos Douvaras, PhD., Jennifer Becht, PhD., and Darja Marolt, PhD. |
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| Peter J. Coffey, DPHIL, and Dominic Meiklejohn, OBE |
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| Wendy Sarasohn |
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| Nancy Goodes |
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| Martha Stewart |
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| Keren Weiss and Carmen Dusenberry |
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| Kristin A. Smith, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, and Mary Hynes |
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| Stephen and Arlene Genatt |
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| Ruth McKernan and Peter J. Coffey, DPHIL |
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| Gabsang Lee, Julie Giacobassi, and Zach W. Hall, MD. |
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| Richard Mishaan and Michael Schultz |
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| Roy Geronemus, MD |
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| Marguerite Soderberg and John Newsom |
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| Anne G. Kreamer and Kurt Andersen |
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| Mickey Strauss, Clifford Ross, and Chuck Close |
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| Stefano Acunto, Carole Acunto, Mary-Louise Pierson, and Thomas Knapp |
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| Karen Burke and Stefan Acunto |
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| Mahendra Rao |
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| Ariel Ashe and David Shuman |
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| John Newsom |
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| John and Jolie Eastman |
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| Lee Rubin, MD |
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| Julian H. Robertson Jr. and Dr. Dieter Egli |
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| C. Hugh Hildesley, Mark Zelman, Louis Zelman, and Connie Hildesley |
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Last Wednesday night at Bergdorf Goodman, Fairchild Books hosted a party for Ira Neimark and his second book The Rise of Fashion and Lessons Learned at Bergdorf Goodman.
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| Click to order The Rise of Fashion and Lessons Learned at Bergdorf Goodman. |
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Mr. Neimark, who ran the great store for 17 years (1975 to 1992), shares nearly 50 years-worth of anecdotes illustrating how he and his fashion and merchandising team brought Bergdorf’s to the pinnacle of luxury fashion retail where it remains today.
Covering one of the most significant periods of world-wide growth in fashion and culture, the book features more than 150 photos of designers, celebrities, royalty and business associates at lavish happenings that welcomed such luminaries as: Jacqueline Onassis, Diana Vreeland, Yves Saint Laurent, Princess Diana, Esteé Lauder, Gianni Versace, Giorgio Armani, Calvin Klein and Michael Kors.
Mr. Neimark’s goal in writing this book is to share his experiences with the next generation of business, retail and style leaders.
While at Bergdorf’s he opened the largest luxury men’s store in the country, The Men’s Store on Fifth Avenue. Starting his career in 1946 as an assistant to the president at Bonwit Teller, throughout the 1950s, '60s and '70s, he rose through the retail ranks, holding top management positions at Gladdings, Brown Thompson, G. Fox and B. Altman. Neimark. |
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| Ira and Jackie Neimark |
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| Calvin Klein |
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| Dick Siderowf and Al Feinman |
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| Bill Cummingham and Ira Neimark |
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| Calvin Klein and Jackie Neimark |
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| Michael Schulter and Olga Kontzias |
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| Dawn Mello |
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| Fred Seegal and Larry Leeds |
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| Robert and Barbara Reiss |
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| Janie Neimark Lewis and Dr. Michael Lewis |
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| Christina Alexander and Christiano Isidoro De Rossi |
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| Linda Fargo |
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| Michael McGraw and Mary Bertin |
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| Fern Mallis |
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| Hilary Dick and Karen Klopp |
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| Mark Cohen |
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| Last Wednesday night at Sotheby’s, there was a gala dinner and preview for The Africa Foundation’s Art For Africa. Works from artists including Andy Warhol and Alexander Calder, Peter Beard, Alex Katz, Hunt Slonem were donated as part of the charity auction that will be held on November 17, 2011. |
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| Debra Beard, Peter Beard, Nejman Beard, James Mellon, Vivian Mellon, and Anson Beard |
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| Justin Kennedy, Jenny Kennedy, Mary Davis Kennedy, and Justice Anthony Kennedy |
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| Nan Goldin, Carrie Mackin, and Clair Carter |
Audrey Irmas, a philanthropist who is involved in the project, said that most money that goes to African charities’ work is “very watered down” because of the many groups who dip “into the honeypot.”
The Africa Foundation, however, is one that she trusts. She also announced during the evening that she would match any donation made that night up to $100,000. Shortly thereafter, they raised, including Mrs. Irmas’ contribution, $180,000. |
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| Natasha Silver, Krista Krieger, and Jenny Kennedy |
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| Benjamin Le Hay, Porsha Ellis, and Danielle Choi |
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| Paul Balmer and Caitlyn Duffy-Cabana |
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| Charles Cecil and Janis Gardner Cecil |
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| Ramona Singer and Matt Czuchry |
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| Paulo Oliveira and Diandra Douglas |
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| Carlton DeWoody and Sarah Connolly |
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| Lawrence Benenson, Kajahl Benes, Janis Gardner Cecil, and Charles Cecil |
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| Liliana Cavendish, Kristin Kennedy Clarke, Jenny Kennedy, Julia Pruitt, and Mary Judelson |
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| Chris Mack, Bill Smith, and Jennifer Creel |
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| Maija Garcia |
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| Tiffany Dubin and Archie Panjabi |
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| Krista Krieger and Frances Schultz |
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| Nejma Beard, Peter Beard, and Cristina Cuomo |
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| Nina Griscom, Leonel Piraino, Charlotte Mourlot, and Aisha Craig |
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| Last Wednesday night at the Decoration and Design Building, they held the 2011 Stars of Design. This award was inaugurated more than ten years ago and represents a cross section of the creative world with each recipient chosen for their significant achievements and contributions to their respective discipline of design. |
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| Thomas Schutte, Charles Cohen, Lisa Spears, Christopher Quiles, Alejandra Eyzaguirre, Susanna Rautila, and Nikko Torres |
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| Tucker Viemeister, Paula Scher, Seymour Chwast, Thomas Schutte, and Tess Schutte |
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| Vicente Wolf, Jamie Drake, Julia Noran, and Matthew Yee |
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| Mario Buatta, Juan Carlos Menendez, and Peter Marino |
| Albert Hadley award was for Lifetime Achievement; Diller Scofidio + Renfro for Architecture; Jean Michel Othoniel for Art; Paula Scher for Graphic Design, Tucker Viemeister for Industrial/Product Design; Matthew Patrick Smyth for Interior Design; James Orner for Landscape Design and Architecture, and Jason Schmidt for Photography. |
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| Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Michele Oka Doner, and Alexander Gorlin |
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| Alix Browne, Cory Jacobs, and Jason Schmidt |
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| Pilar and Juan Pablo Molyneux |
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| Tess and Thomas Schutte |
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| Charles and Clo Cohen |
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| Matthew Patrick Smyth and Vicente Wolf |
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| Robert Contini, Harry Benson, and Paige Rense |
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| Elizabeth Chamberlain and Windsor Smith |
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| Keira Alexandra and Tucker Viemeister |
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| Jennifer Levene Bruno and Scott Frances |
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| Ann Maine and Bunny Williams |
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| Randall Tarasun, Scott Salvator, and Charles Pavarini III |
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| Ben Gilmartin and Britt Smith |
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| Patti Weinberg, Dara Caponigro, and Carolyn Englefield |
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| Robert Contini, Brad Ford, and Patrick J. Hamilton |
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