Notable Occasions

The New York Junior League and W's Babes, Bags, and Bubbles.

The Whitney Museum held its 2009 Whitney Art Party last Wednesday, June 17. BCBG MAXAZRIA partnered with the Whitney for the third consecutive year, with co-chairs Adam D. Weinberg, Alice Pratt Brown Director of the Whitney, and Lubov and Max Azria, along with Allison Aston, Camilla Belle, Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo, Mark Fox, Adam Lippes, Melissa Gellman Weiss, and the Whitney Contemporaries.

Alexandra Richards

Ali Larter

Amber Tamblyn

Angelis Tomagan and Guillome Poupart

Bettina Prentice and Melissa Berkelhammer

Brian Wolk and Claude Morais

Byrdie Bell and Hillary Rhoda

Brooklyn Decker

David Cross

Dree Hemingway

Esteban Cortazar

Fabiola Beracasa

Adam Lippes, Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo, Mark Fox, Melissa Gellman, Allison Aston, and Adam D. Weinberg

Margaret Betts

Camilla Belle

Heather Tom

Ivanka Trump

Jessica Joffe

Adam Lippes, Isabella Rattazzi, and Calvin Klein

Janet Gorgone

Harry Stendhal, Natalia Taomachoa, and Jackson Eisencresser

Lake Bell

Lauren Remingoton Platt

Lindsay Price

Lonneke Engel

Allison and Jay Aston

Bradley Cooper and Max Azria

Katie Lamphear

Lisa Cant

Lydia Hearst

Maggie Grace

Pearl Lee and Patrick McGregor

Christy Hamby, Jim Shi, and Melissa George

Tommy and Chrissy Erbf

Margarita Levieva

Max Azria and Lubov Azria

Mizuo Peck

Myf Shepherd

Haluk Akakce, Mark Noe, and Stacy Levine

Raquel Zimmerman, Tinsley Mortimer, and Gerard Butler

Nicole Phelps

Nicole Trunfino

Olivia Chantecaille

Olivia Palermo

Rachel Owens, Tracy Hook, and Joe Tate

Trip Patterson and Lisa de Kooning

Tina Langley, Rajni Jacques, and Michelle Reneau

Selita Ebanks

Sicily Lopez

Tinsley Mortimer

Wendy Lerman and Julia Fryett

Melissa George and Bradley Cooper

Rashid Johnson, Lubov Azria, Adam D. Weinberg, and Mark Fox

More than 900 New Yorkers kicked off the hottest season in Central Park at Taste of Summer. The Central Park Conservancy's sizzling benefit transformed the Naumburg Bandshell (located mid-Park at 72nd Street) featuring savory dishes, dancing under the stars and a luxury auction.

Restaurant highlights included: Gordon Ramsay's smoked kingfish; tuna sashimi with sea urchin from the Plaza Hotel's Oak Room; ocean-fresh hamachi from Laurent Tourondel's BLT Market and pea pancakes whipped up by Bill Telepan's Upper West Side Eatery.

A VIP Café area - hosted by Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group - included: Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, Eleven Madison Park, Tabla, Blue Smoke & Jazz Standard, Shake Shack, The Modern, Café 2, Terrace 5 and Hudson Yards, USHG's catering and events business. Danny, his restaurants, and his talented teams have earned an unprecedented 19 James Beard Awards.

Sandra Lee and Danny Meyer

Vittorio Assaf and Charlotte Assaf

The event was chaired by Jay Mandelbaum and Norman Selby. The host committee included Rebecca Campbell, Dawne Marie Grannum, Kristy and Jonathan Korngold, Sandra Lee, Johanna and Frederic Levy, Danny Meyer, Gillian Miniter, B. Smith, Connie Anne Phillips and Susan Shin.

Guests included: Danny Meyer, Sandra Lee, Tom Kempner, Jay Mandelbaum, Norm Selby, Gillian and Sylvester Miniter, Alexandra Lebenthal, Suzanne and Bob Cochran, Alison Brod, Liz Lange, Frederick Anderson and Douglas Hannant, Alison Minton, Christine Cachot, Clementine Crawford, Dolly Lenz, Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe and many more ...

Ashton Abbot and Evan Uhlick

Alexandra Lebenthal, Gillian Miniter, and Alison Brod

Frederick Anderson, Alexandra Lebenthal, Douglas Hannant, and Jay Diamond

Gillian Miniter and Alexis Clark

Christine Cachot, Michael Foggio, and Terri Coppersmith

Patsy Tarr, Douglas Blonsky, and Suzanne Cochran

Alison Minton and Chris Leasure

Evina Vassiliades, Jeb Balise, and Leah Penney

Charlotte-Anne Nelson and Clementine Crawford

Jay Mandelbaum, Terri Coppersmith, and Douglas Blonsky

Jeff Peek and Adrian Benepe

Jennifer Gould Keil

Jenny Lenz and Dolly Lenz

Liz Lange

The Carnegie Hall Notables presented the Fifth Annual Notable Occasion, a musical evening hosted and exclusively underwritten by Nicola Bulgari. Over 500 guests enjoyed a concert in Zankel Hall featuring works by Haydn and Shostakovich performed by members of Ensemble ACJW. Immediately following the concert was an exclusive cocktail reception at Remi Restaurant where guests had the opportunity to meet the musicians.

Steered by a diverse group of New York socialites and musical artists, the Notables Committee includes Carnegie Hall Notable Co-Chairs Cody Franchetti and Jimmy Zankel as well as Executive Committee members Carrie Cloud, Lara Meiland-Shaw, and Mary Wible Vertin.

Nick Canellakis, Joanna Frankel, Angelia Cho, Nicola Bulgari, Angelina Gadeliya, and Brenton Caldwell.

The Carnegie Hall Notables is a membership group specifically created for music enthusiasts in their 20s and 30s. The Notables program celebrates music through intimate discussions with world-famous composers and musicians, concerts, private performances, and exclusive Notables-only social gatherings throughout New York City. Members are given access to experience all types of music—both traditional and contemporary. Contributions to the Notables support the vital music education programs of The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall, which annually serves over 115,000 children, students, teachers, parents, young music professionals, and adults in the New York City metropolitan area, across the United States, and around the world.

Carrie Cloud, Annabelle Vartanian, and Kristian Laliberte

Brian Gorman and Stephanie Goto

Caitlin Graiter and Ameesh Kapoor

David Moradi and Ellen Yang

Cari Arkin and Benjamin Hickler

Carin Cahn and Noah Landow

Daniel Montilla and Carleth Keys

Nicola Bulgari and Clive Gillinson, Carnegie Hall's Executive and Artistic Director

Timothe Grahm and Victoria Koos

At the end of last month, the New York Junior League (NYJL) began a new tradition in its 108 years of service to New York City by hosting its first annual Babes, Bags and Bubbles Handbag Auction.

This wonderful event, sponsored by W Magazine, Domaine Carnaros by Tattinger and Bobo Restaurant, benefits the Women’s Cancer Prevention Program and other programs supported by the NYJL.

This signature event auctioned new, celebrity owned and gently worn designer handbags to stylish guests. Shopping for a cause is “the new black” especially when shopping for the “it” bag!

They had 100 bags for auction from designers including Balenciaga, Botkier, Christian Dior, Coach, Gucci, Juicy Couture, Kate Spade, Lauren Merkin, Louis Vuitton, Lilly Pulitzer, Marc Jacobs, Prada, Tory Burch, Versace, Yves St. Laurent and many more.

Personal donations were also made by Anne Archer, Carly Simon, Christina Applegate, Delia Wolf, Jacqueline Bisset, Meg Ryan, Diane English, Marc Jacobs, Morgan Pressel, Tinsley Mortimer, and Serena Williams.