on another night, Graff fêted Julia Koch and the Museum of Natural History. Plus, everyone got to take a peek at the Wittelsbach-Graff thirty-one-carat blue diamond on display! Still another night, Evelyn Lauder was honored at Leviev. Debbie Bancroft joined forces with Tiffany Dubin to celebrate at the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion the Heritage Auction House as it has moved to 57th street. That same night, Renee Price, director of the Neue Gallery, and Ronald Lauder, president, toasted his brother, Leonard, and his remarkable “Postcard of the Wiener Werkstatte” collection to which they have donated a section of the Neue Gallery. A great big crowd showed up at the Florence Gould Theatre on East 59th Street to see the very talented and beauti-
and her husband Brad, Nancy Missett and her daughter Samantha Topping, France and Susan de Saint Phalle, Zac and Missy Taylor, Henry and Wendy Breck, Jim and Anne Sitrick, Gordon and Dailey Pattee, Ward and Priscilla Woods, Charlotte Ford, Jamie and Maisie Houghton, Kelley and Brenda Anderson, Jean Halberstam, Duane Hampton,Tony and Siri Mortimer, Stephen Drucker, Rick Salomon, Win and Mary Rutherford, Laura Landro, and more. Another fun event was the exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York, “Notorious and Notable: Twentieth Century Women of Style,” put together by Judy Price. You will see a wide range of outfits and baubles that belonged to legends like Jackie Kennedy Onassis, Wallis Simpson, Babe Paley, and Gypsy
tail party at Bergdorf Goodman to salute Jamee Gregory and her new book, New York Parties: Private Views. In fact, so many people came that they had to move the festivities from the seventh floor to the larger space on the fourth floor. This beautiful book focuses on entertaining at lunch, brunch, dinner, and more. Jamee gives you a grand tour and takes you to Evelyn and Leonard Lauder’s for dinner, Tory Burch’s for lunch, a buffet dinner at Michael Kors, cocktails at Campion and Tatiana Platt’s, a hunt breakfast at Fernanda Kellogg and Kirk Henckel’s, and even to my apartment! At Bergdorf’s I spotted Mila Mulroney, Anne Eisenhower and Wolfgang Flottl, Adrienne and Gigi Vittadini, Kate Gubelmann, Jamie Drake, Gillian and Sylvester Miniter, Michael Kors, Campion
From left: Joe Plummer, Nancy Missett and Samantha Topping arrive at Changing Shoes; Patsy Warner at the after-party for Tina McPherson’s show.
ful Tina Sloan McPherson star in a oneact, one-woman show, Changing Shoes, based on her terrific new book. Both the play and the book are charming autobiographies that cleverly use shoes as a metaphor as Tina steps through life’s challenges. After a standing ovation, we hoofed over to an after-party tossed by Maureen and Richard Chilton, Anne Ford, and Dan and Cynthia Lufkin. The party buzz was that the show was a roaring success. Among the fans were, of course, Tina’s adorable husband and son, Steve and Remy McPherson, plus Amy Fine Collins
Rose Lee. Speaking of shows, if you are up in Boston, don’t miss legendary designer Arnold Scaasi’s blockbuster exhibition of his couture dresses at the Boston Fine Arts Museum. Arnold has dressed all the big names, from four First Ladies— Mamie Eisenhower, Hilary Clinton, Barbara Bush, and Laura Bush—to stars like Barbra Streisand and Arlene Francis. Sadly, you cannot buy them anymore as Scaasi has closed down his clothing salon, but you can buy his faux baubles on the Home Shopping Network. All of New York turned up at the cock-
and Tatiana Platt, Pat and Ed Ney, Freddie Melhado, Mai Harrison, Allison Mazzola, Grace Meigher, Peter Lyden, James Reginato, CeCe Cord, Richard and Karen LeFrak, John Mashek, Zang Toi, Alexandra Lebenthal, Douglas Hannant, Hamish Bowles, Susan and Timmy Mortimer, and Mark Gilbertson. Speaking of Mark, right after Jamee’s book party, a big group headed over to the Museum of the City of New York bash at the Four Seasons Restaurant. Mark always gathers the most fun group and everyone had a blast! A perfect ending to fall! u NO V E M B E R 2 0 1 0 1 3 7
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