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HOT SHOTS KERRY AND DR. TONY BERLET DESIGNER EUGENIA KIM
ODE TO MARILYN CARLTON FINE ARTS
TV legend Susan Lucci attended the Belmont Child Care Association’s Hat Luncheon. The benefit honored glamorous author and TV host Jean Shafiroff. Lucci served as the event’s chairman, and Shafiroff helped make this year’s affair the highest-grossing luncheon in the charity’s 27-year history. Board president Libby Imperio introduced New York state assemblymember Rebecca Seawright, who presented Shafiroff with an award from the New York State Senate for her philanthropic work. belmontchildcare.org
Princess Kate Middleton, Bella Hadid, and Beyoncé have all worn fabulous hats created by designer Eugenia Kim. Top plastic surgeon Dr. Tony Berlet and his wife Kerry, whose popular podcast is called Once Upon a Surgery, hosted a cocktail party at their spectacular, artbedecked downtown home in honor of Kim. Among the party’s guests were divorce lawyers Harriet Newman Cohen and her daughter Martha Cohen Stine, fine art photographer Adriane Stark, sculptor Yasser Makhoul, and architect TC Chou. berletplasticsurgery.com
Marilyn Monroe would have turned 99 years old this summer. Images of Monroe continue to be the highest-selling celebrity portraits of all time. In 2022, Andy Warhol’s portrait, titled Turquoise Marilyn, sold for $195 million. To celebrate the sex symbol’s life, Charles Saffati of Carlton Fine Arts is presenting “An Ode to Marilyn,” an exhibition featuring works by Warhol and fellow pop artists DeVon, Mr. Brainwash, Romero Britto, and Patrick Rubenstein. carltonfa.com
JEAN SHAFIROFF, SUSAN LUCCI
KERRY BERLET, DR. ANTHONY BERLET
DEVON SAFFATI, CHARLES SAFFATI
JOAN MACNAUGHTON, LIBBY IMPERIO
EUGENIA KIM
PETER THOMAS ROTH
VICKI SCHNEPS, REBECCA SEAWRIGHT
MARTHA COHEN STINE, HARRIET NEWMAN COHEN
BENTLEY MEEKER
Rob Rich/Societyallure.com, PMC, Victor Gindi
JEAN SHAFIROFF BELMONT CHILD CARE