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Last Thursday night, the American Museum of Natural History held its annual Winter Dance celebrating with a Desert Oasis theme. One of the city’s most popular “junior” events, this year more than 700 young sophisticated New Yorkers attended. There were 200 who attended the black tie dinner in the Akeley Hall of African Mammals which was followed by dessert and dancing in the Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda.
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Dinner with the elephants |
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Meanwhile, throughout the evening there was a silent auction being conducted with luxury items from many of New York’s chic-est retailers. Auction items also included a vacation at the Palazzo Versace Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, rounds of golf at the Trump Classs in either West Palm Beach, Florida or Briarcliff Manor, as well as a Versace suit for him or a dress for her from the 2006 collection.
Chairmen of the evening were: Claire Bernard, Zani Gugelmann, Amanda Hearst, Tinsley Mortimer, Jacqueline Sackler, and Ivanka Trump.
Among the attendees: Julia Stiles, Lily Atherton, Fabian Basabe and Martina Borgomanero Basabe, Fabiola Beracasa, Josh Bernstein, BJ and Jon Blum, Meredith Melling Burke, Alison Burwell, John Cantrell, Olivia Chantecaille, Nina Garcia Conrod, Jennifer Creel, Sarah Crews, Lauren Davis, Gustav Demarchelier,Cecilia de Sola, Chris del Gatto, Nina Garcia, Shoshanna Gruss, Gillian Hearst-Shaw, Jamie Johnson, Dhani Jones, Genevieve Jones, Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos, Maggie Litman Katz, Ali Kaye, Alex Kramer, Harrison LeFrak, Damian Loeb, Zoya Loeb, Eva Lorenzotti, Rebekah McCabe, Lara Meiland and Claude Shaw, Moby, Bonnie Morrison, Thorne L. Perkin, Annelise Peterson,Emilia Fanjul Pfeifler, Laura Poretzky and Alexia Kondylis, Phil Radziwill and Devon Schuster, Alice Roi, Theodore Roosevelt V, Lord and Lady James Russell, Jacqueline and Mortimer Sackler, Eugenia Silva, Lucy Sykes and Euan Rellie, Richard Tillis, Dana Wallach and Michael Jones, Arden Wohl, Eric Villency, Alex von Furstenberg, Luke Weil, Jacquetta Wheeler, Alexandra Wilkis, Ali Wise, Eleanor Ylvisaker, and Evan Yurman. |
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William Gilbane, Clay Floren, Thom Felicia, and Michael Benevento
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Gillian Hearst, Amanda Hearst, Zani Gugelmann, and Arden Wohl |
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Amanda Hearst and Winston Lapham
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Bo French and Sarah Ware |
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Martina and Fabian Basabe |
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Anly Krepinezich |
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Loren Dudley and Pete Jannui
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Kermit Daniel, Jennifer Mayer, and Moby |
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Eric Villency and Kimberly Guilfoyle |
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Celerie Kemble, Christina Murphy, and Beth Valentine |
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Coleman Feltes with Lucy Sykes and Euan Rellie |
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Natalie Leeds Leventhal and Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss |
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Julia Stiles |
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Fabiola Beracasa and Nadine Johnson |
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Olivia Chanticalle and Jackie Sackler
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Jacquetta Wheeler |
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Starlight Berenson and Gustaf Demarchelier |
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Zani Gugelmann and Dhani Jones |
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Seema Mehta, Dhani Jones, and Chiaki Imai
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Richard Kandel and Sasha Majerovsky |
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Rufus Albemarle and Zani Gugelmann |
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Tinsley Mortimer and Minnie Mortimer
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Zani Gugelmann and BJ Blum |
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David Orloff, Renada Maudonnec, Doug Campbell, and Jayma Cordoso |
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Gregg Calejo, Allison Sarofim, and Thom Felicia
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Dominique Dupuis, Chad Ritchie, Melissa Berkelhammer, and Kim Hicks |
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Karina Correa-Laury, Arthur Demarchelier, Mahaeona Bawi, and friend
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Chiaki Imai, R. Couri Hay, and Maki Kawaguchi |
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| Two weeks ago The New York Botanical Garden held its annual Orchid Dinner at the Rainbow Room. The dinner was sponsored by House & Garden and Tiffany & Co. All proceeds go to support the development of the Garden's orchid research collection. |
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Patti Fast, Eric Fast, and Charlotte Frieze
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John Sullivan with Mrs. and Mr. Kenneth Brown |
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Charlotte Frieze with Cece and Lee Black
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Fernanda Kellogg and Kirk Henckels |
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Gregory Long
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The Rainbow Room |
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John Schumacher and Barbara Cirvka Schumacher
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Anne Miller and Dominique Browning |
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Tina and Jeanne Pierre Gagne |
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Fernanda Kellogg, Julie Graham, Patti Fast, Anne Miller, and Dominique Browning
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Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Grisanti |
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Better late than never: The New York Botanical Garden held its annual Winter Wonderland Ball last December at the Botanical Garden in the Bronx. The ball raises operating funds for children's education programs at the Botanical Garden. Rolex Watch U.S.A served as the Grand Sponsor, Paco Rabanne was the Silver Sponsor, and Chie Imai as an additional sponsor of the evening. |
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Lara Meiland and Maggie Katz
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Adelina Wong Ettelson, Gillian Miniter, Nathalie Kaplan, and Mara Shore |
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Victoria Rotenstreich and Jill Roosevelt |
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Anne Grauso, Patrick Waters, and Julie Fox |
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Bronson Van Wyck |
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Kerry Washington |
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Robert Burke and Roopal Patel |
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Fabiola Beracasa |
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Cathy Rasenberger |
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Carolina Wamsler and Mish Tworkowski |
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Jonathan Capehart, Virginia Smith, and friend |
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Leonel Piraino and Nina Griscom with Dana Stubgen and Dr. Patrick Stubgen |
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Edward O'Sullivan and Karolina Kurkova |
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Genevieve Jones, Lauren Davis, and Tinsley Mortimer |
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Eleanor Lembo Ylvisaker and Karolina Kurkova |
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Harry LeFrak and Dori Cooperman |
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L. to r.: Gillian Hearst; Robert Rufino, Philip Gorrivan, and Camilla Sorenson; Thelma Golden. |
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Heather and Steven Mnuchin |
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Jill and Andrew Roosevelt |
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A Winter Wonderland scene
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Tara Rockefeller, Jennifer Creel, and Marjorie Gubelmann Raein |
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Ines Rivero |
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Jessica Jaffe |
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Melissa Berkelhammer |
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Mara Shore, Tara Rockefeller, and Nathalie Kaplan
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Ivanka Trump, Zani Gugelmann, and Alexis Bryan |
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Lauren DuPont, Virginia Smith, and Lauren Davis |
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| Photographs
by Rob Rich/516-676-3939 (AMNH); ©Patrick McMullan (NY Botanical Garden). |
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