amfAR’s Inspiration Gala in New York
“Who knew camouflage was so sexy? No wonder people join the military!” trilled Uma Thurman to a very receptive crowd at Thursday evening’s amfAR Inspiration Gala. Indeed, before the group moved up to...
View ArticleThe Opening of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s “The Glamour of Italian Fashion
London made me believe that La Dolce Vita, in all its glittering excess, had come to town last night. An almost entire cast of Italy’s fashion aristocracy descended upon the Victoria and Albert Museum...
View ArticleThe Whitney Museum’s Art Party and The New York City Ballet’s Spring Gala
While the Whitney Museum of American Art may not be moving to its Fourteenth Street location until the spring of 2015, its young patrons, or Whitney Contemporaries, made themselves comfortable in the...
View ArticleValentino Rewrites the Rulebook on Haute Cuisine in a New Book
Last summer—before one of the glittering black-tie dinners that he holds during the couture in a ravishing moated castle where Louis XIV installed his mistress Louise de la Vallière—I lost myself in...
View ArticleAt Home With Valentino: A Look at the Designer’s Interiors in Vogue
Valentino is known for a fastidious adherence to elegance in all forms. This attention to detail is captured in his new book, Valentino: An Emperor’s Table (Assouline), which comes out today. From the...
View ArticleGiancarlo Giammetti, Laura Paulson, and Pedro Girao Host a Dinner Honoring...
It’s pretty beautiful sipping cocktails at Christie’s amongst Warhols, Basquiats, Ruschas, and more works that are about to be auctioned off in a few days. Such was the case at the dinner hosted by...
View ArticleThe New York Ball Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the European School of...
The frigid temperatures couldn’t keep a high-profile group from coming together to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the European School of Economics at the New York Ball in Trump Tower. Although the...
View ArticleValentino, Patti Smith, and More Celebrate New York City Ballet’s Spring Gala...
It has been a multicultural week on the gala circuit: Monday at the Met, all eyes were on China’s enduring influence on fashion; last night at New York City Ballet’s Spring Gala, the spotlight was on...
View ArticleRoma, Roma! Valentino’s Valentine to the Italian City
Rome has always been a city of revelations at every turn but Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli’s “Mirabilia Romae” was an invitation to explore some of the magical places that are generally...
View ArticleValentino, Helen Mirren, Olivia Palermo, and More Party in the City
So as it turns out, James Bond, inveterate womanizer and Beretta-toting man-about-town, the one as famous for his leagues of wined-and-dined “girls” as he is his sharp tailoring and pithy...
View ArticleValentino’s Close-Up! See All the A-Listers in the Front Row
There are few shows during fashion month with star power quite like Valentino’s. While Mr. Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti might not be at the helm anymore, creative directors Maria Grazia Chiuri and...
View ArticleNew York City Ballet’s Spring Gala and the Premiere of Mad Max: Fury Road
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View ArticleSofia Coppola and Valentino Present La Traviata in Rome
They had me at “Rome,” of course, but when Giancarlo Giammetti and Valentino Garavani decided to support the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma with a production of Verdi’s La Traviata—directed by Sofia...
View ArticleThe 11 Best Interiors of the Week: From Valentino to The Row
The week was off to a grand start with a dinner in Rome’s Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, hosted by Giancarlo Giammetti and Valentino Garavani. Lauren Santo Domingo captured the opulent scene where guests,...
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