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This
past Wednesday night Lighthouse International celebrated
its centennial with the 2006 Winternight Gala at the Marriott
Marquis.
This year they saluted the Centennial Family – the family of
Sol and Lillian Goldman and their Centennial Partner,
Novartis Ophthalmics, and Lighthouse Legends: Melissa L.
Cohn, Flemming Ornskov, Gary Shapiro, Christina Johnson, Bill Blass,
Michael Kors, Isaac Mizrahi, Oscar
de la Renta, John G. Ledes, Guy Peyrelongue, Liz Tilberis, Lawrence
J. Aiken, Annette Green, Shirley Lord Rosenthal, Judith Peabody,
and Audrey Hepburn.
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William
B. Follett and Dr.
Tara Cortes
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President
and Mrs. Gerald R. Ford were Honorary Chairs. Barbara
Saltzman was Gala Chair. Mike Wallace was MC.
This year they also honored past and present Presidents and First
Ladies.
Lighthouse International is the leading resource all over the world
on helping people of all ages overcome the challenges of vision
loss. It was founded in 1905 by pioneering sisters Winifred
and Edith Holt who had the vision of a brighter future for people without sight.
Vision impairment is on the rise, and at an alarming rate. There
are 16.5 million Americans 45 and older who are visually impaired.
That figure will grow to 20 million in less than five years. |
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Becki
and Ari Fleischer
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Inez
Weinstein and Annette Green
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Regan
Stone
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Connie
Berducci and Roger Goldman
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Andrew
Pittel, Justin Pittel, Stephanie Goldman Pittel, Samantha
Pittel, and Dr. Tara Cortes
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William
B. Follett with Barbara and Jim Forbes
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Julie
Yannuzzi and Dr. Lawrence Yannuzzi
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Enid
Nemy and Mario Buatta
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Dr.
Tara Cortes and Mike Wallace
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Pia
Lindstrom and Roger Goldman
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Dr.
Tara Cortes, Dr. Luis Cortes, George Reed, and Louis and
Logan Cortes
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Becki
and Ari Fleischer, Cynthia Steun, Mike Wallace, and Bill
Weisenbach
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Barbara
Saltzman, Dr. Amy Goldman, Dr. Tara Cortes, and Dr. Benjamin
Lewis
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Dr.Tara
Cortes, Steven Goldman, Trish Goldman, and Alan Goldman
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week ago Tuesday, The Versace Group celebrated the renovation of the Versace Fifth Avenue Flagship
boutique, the largest
Versace store in the world, with a party during New York Fashion
Week. This was the Versace Group’s first official celebration
in the city since the Versace Retrospective Exhibition at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in December 1997. |
Guests
for the evening included good friends of the house from the worlds
of film, television, and music such as: Angela McCluskey,
Asia Argento, Benicio del Toro, Cindy Crawford, Claire Danes, Dita
von Teese, Elettra Rossellini, Halle Berry, Harry Connick Jr.,
Heather Graham, Hilary Duff, Carine Rotfeld, Joel Madden, Karolina
Kurkova, Kate Hudson, Jennifer Lopez, Maggie Q, Maxwell, Milla
Jovovich, Naomi Campbell, Nicholas Cage, Nicolette Sheridan, Rachel
Weisz, Rupert Everett, Sophie Dahl, and Trudie
Styler. New
York guests also included Amanda Hearst, Amy Sacco, Anderson
Cooper, Elizabeth Saltzman, Ingrid Sischy, Graydon Carter, Damon
Dash, Valesca Guerrand-Hermes, Harvey Weinstein, Claire Bernard,
Ivanka Trump, Jacqueline and Mortimer Sackler, Lisa Airan, Olivia
Chantecaille, Tinsley and Topper Mortimer, and Zani
Gugelmann.
After the cocktail, Donatella Versace herself hosted a small,
intimate dinner at a private penthouse residence, at One Beacon Court where the
guests enjoyed a private performance by Angela McCluskey. |
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Angela
Arabo and Jacob "The Jeweler" Arabo
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Alexis
Bryan
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Claire
Danes
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Andrew
Saffir and Olivia Chantecaille
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Anna Scott
and Graydon Carter
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Claire
Bernard, Paul Beck, and Zani Gugelmann
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Graydon
Carter, Donatella Versace,
and Anna Scott
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Hal
Rubenstein, Amy Sacco, and Paul Beck
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Jennifer
Lopez, Donatella Versace, and Halle Barry
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Sitting
pretty
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Ivanka
Trump
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Tinsley
Mortimer
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Luigi
Tadini and Amanda Hearst
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Amanda
Hearst, Paul Beck, and Zani Gugelmann
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Dan
Baker Jr., Sophie Dahl, Edward O'Sullivan, and Karolina
Kurkova
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Amanda
Hearst and Fabian Basabe
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Donatella
Versace and Jennifer Lopez
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Donatella
Versace and Maxwell
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Donatella
Versace and Milla Jovovich
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Elizabeth
Saltzman, Doutzen Kroes, and friend
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Josh
Wald, Amy Sacco, and Joao Cellutini
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Valesca
Guerrand Hermes and Nicolette Sheridan
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Jamie
Johnson
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Kate
Hudson
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Julia
Restoin Roitfeld
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Dr.
Lisa Airan; Luigi Tadini, Amanda Hearst, and Dan Abrams;
Naomi Campbell.
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Rupert
Everett and Donatella Versace
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Rachel
Roy and Helena Christensen
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Mickey
Sumner and Julia Restoin Roitfeld
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| Photographs
by Rob Rich/516-676-3939 (Lighthouse); Patrick McMullan (Versace). |
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