APPEARANCES
BACK TO SCHOOL BY HILARY GEARY
Darcy Gould and Princess Yasmin Aga Kahn at Marina and Francesco Galesi’s housewarming party; Brooke Shields and her daughter in Southampton.
COME LABOR DAY in “Smart Hampton”
(my affectionate term for Southampton), everyone is humming, “I don’t wanna say goodbye for the summer.” But the consolation—a rather grand round of annual farewell to summer parties—seems to ease the pain. One of my favorite fêtes is always Jane and Peter Marino’s musicale plus dinner in late August at their exquisite Southampton house. Casa Marino is a real beauty, surrounded by spectacularly vast gardens studded with specimen 138 QUEST
trees, flower and rose gardens, extraordinary Les Lalanne sculptures, and more. The interiors of the home are fabulous, too—truly chic yet as cozy and comfy as any great country house should be. You knew it would be as Peter is a master: one of the great architects and designers of our time, a walking legend with not only a fabulous private clientele but a vast commercial following with such dazzling clients as Christian Dior, Chanel, Louis Vuitton, and more! Can you imagine that
he has designed 30 stores for Chanel, 20 stores for Louis Vuitton, and 15 stores for Christian Dior, plus more? Wow! After a brilliant recital by Paul Huang, we headed onto the porch to dine at a long table of 40 strong. Among the guests were Donna and Bill Acquavella, Alexis Gregory, Janine and Tom Hill, Larry Gagosian, Virginia and Peter Duchin, Katharina Otto and Nathan Bernstein, Judy and Alfred Taubman and Judy’s daughter, Tiffany Dubin, and