Qatar, Mozart, and Newport all in one

Kalliope Karella, Marcia Levine, and Christine Schwarzman

Melania and Donald Trump with Akbar Al Baker

Qatar Airways hosted an extravagant evening of entertainment designed by Colin Cowie to celebrate Qatar Airways inaugural flights to New York. The party was billed “An Evening in Qatar Airways First Class Lounge” and it was held at the Frederick P. Rose Hall – Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center on Columbus Circle in the Time-Warner complex. Qatar Airways operates 57 aircraft and it’s anticipated that in eight years that number will double. They have four flights a week now between Doha and New York, and they are not just any airline when it comes to service and luxury.

Euan Rellie, Laura Brown, Jamie Creel, and Chloe Sevigny

And they all came to celebrate: Diana Ross, Donald and Melania, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Julianne Moore, Andie MacDowell, Chloe Sevigny, Gayle King, CeCe Cord, Tara Subkoff, Steve and Christine Schwarzman, Allen & Deborah Grubman, Nina Griscom and Leo Peraino, Dennis Basso, Marjorie Gubelmann, Sloan Lindemann Barnett, Eric Villency and Kimberly Guilfoyle, Anne Dexter Jones, Nina Griscom and Leonel Piraino, Mary McFadden and Marq du Bary, Rufus Albernarle, Thom Browne, Ali Hilfiger, Drew Nieporent and Julian Niccolini.

Deborah Grubman, Elizabeth Beare, Stuart Brownstein, and Lisa Heiden

Laura Brown and Tara Subkoff

Martha Nelson and Frank Rella

Joe Meli and Drew Nieporent

Natalie Kaplan and James Patrick Herman

Diana Ross

Julianne Moore

Colin Cowie, Akbar Al Baker, and Susan Magrino

Gayle King, Steve Schwarzman, Sloan Barnett, and Colin Cowie

Steve Schwarzman and Jim Dunning

Julianne Moore and Maggie Gyllenhaal

Peter Brown, Susan Magrino, and Julian Niccolini

Kevin Sharkey and Dr. Douglas Steinbrech

Andrew Saffir and Daniel Benedict

CeCe Cord and John Baldwin

George Wayne, Anne Dexter Jones, Chloe Sevigny, and Ali Hilfiger

Thom Browne and Greg Calejo

Cathie Black with Tina and David Lipman

Rainey Qualley and Andie MacDowell

Horacio Silva, Jocelyn Guest, and Ben Widdicombe

The scene at the Frederick P. Rose Hall

The Mostly Mozart Festival Gala was held at Lincoln Center last week where they honored Movado for its long standing support of arts and culture, and Lincoln Center and its programs in particular.

Efraim Grinberg, President and CEO of Movado Group Inc. received the award on behalf of Movado. Mr. Grinberg has had a long relationship with Lincoln Center. He has been been a member of Lincoln Center’s Board of Directors since 2001.

Marion Fasel and Penny Proddow

Lisa and Andrew Block

In 1999, his father, Gedalio Grinberg, Chairman of the Board of Movado, and his mother, Sonia Grinberg, made a private gift of TimeSculpture, the 19-foot tall bronze clock tower designed by Philip Johnson. The clock tower stands in Dante Park just across the avenue from Lincoln Center plaza and has become a city landmark. With its elegant, modern design, Johnson created the perfect symbol of Movado’s close association with New York’s greatest cultural complex.

Colleen Caslin, Movado Group CEO Efraim Grinberg, and Jan Parker

AFashion Group President Margaret Hayes Adame and Alexandra Hayes

Polly Rua and Barbara Bell-Cook

Jeff Cohen, President of Movado

Helen McGinley and Peter King Hunsinger

The Preservation Society of Newport County, a non-profit museum organization, maintaining a collection of historic house museums known as the Newport Mansions, held the William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. Concours d’Elegance in late July. The photos below reference two events from the weekend: the Legends Dinner on July 27 held at The Breakers, where legendary race drivers Sir Stirling Moss and Dan Gurney were feted by a group of fellow legendary drivers and received the William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. Lifetime Achievement Awards; and the Black and White Ball on July 28 at Marble House.