Smashing Fashion!Armani took over the Park Avenue Armory with a black tie Spring/Summer ’25 fashion show (and surprise performance by Chaka Khan) celebrating their new store on Madison Avenue.
Orlando Bloom, Anna Wintour and Francesco CarrozziniAllison Williams and Zachary QuintoHelena ChristensenPamela AndersonThe British actor James Norton who was profiled in AvenueHERELily AllenLaw RoachFilm editor Payton Koch and brother Cooper Koch, who played Erik Menendez in “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story”
Carolina Herrera Creative Director Wes Gordon (who was awarded Casita Maria’s Gold Medal of Honor) with husband Paul Arnhold and Jackie Weld DrakeKatherine Gage BouludYasmar commands the dance floorErin Lazard with her daughter Chloé, a social media style influencerLesley Schulhof, Quest magazine’s Elizabeth Meigher and Lara Meiland-ShawGabriel Rivera-Barraza and Mayra HernandezAlexandra Lind Rose and the designer Frederick Anderson
Sylvana Durrett hosted a seated lunch for sustainable fine jewelry designer Savannah Friedkin at the Mayflower Inn & Spa in Washington, Connecticut.
Sylvana Ward Durrett and Stephanie IngrassiaCharlotte Groeneveld and fine jewelry designer Savannah Friedkin who gifted guests with a gold ear cuff studded with a diamond.The writer and editor Rebecca Angelo and Ariel AsheCharlotte Groeneveld, Savannah Friedkin and Sylvana Ward DurrettSara Lipman, Nathalie Pierrepont Danilovich
ARTWALK NY held their 2024 party/silent and live auction, a benefit for the Coalition for the Homeless at Chelsea Factory.
Eric von Stroh and his wife, the photographer Sophie Elgort who donated a piece for the silent auctionNatsayi MawerePartricia Brundage and Shelly FremontRoberto DutescoChristiana Boyle
Another arty party: The New York Academy of Art (which was founded in 1982 by Andy Warhol and others) honored the painter Jane Dickson at their annual “Take Home a Nude” benefit at Sotheby’s.
Brooke Shields, Gabriella Alexis and The New York Academy of Art President David KratzJulia Chiang (profiled in AvenueHERE), Brian Donnelly, the artist known as KAWS and the evening’s honoree painter Jane DicksonAlan CummingLisa Lebofsky and the art writer and critic Carlo McCormackCat O’Neal with Stella and Sharon JacobThe painter Damien Loeb with his wife ZoyaLegendary Graffiti artists Futura and Daze EllisIsabel Wilkinson and Eileen GuggenheimKimberly Pirtle
Honoree Hamish Bowles with Amy Fine Collins,Tory Burch and Luisa BeccariaMilly de Cabral, Lisa Rotenberg and Tiffany DubinArchitectural Digest Editor in Chief Amy Astley and Amanda RossDavid KleinbergCarolina Irving and Luisa BeccariaJane Stubbs, Madison Cox, Jane Pendry and Deborah Webster
The photographer, political activist and provacateur Nan Goldin shot the buzzy new Gucci campaign with musicians Debbie Harry and Kelsey Lu. All three celebrated with Gucci with a seated dinner at Manuela.
Musicians Kelsey Lu and Debbie Harry in GucciNan Goldin, who joined Gagosian in 2023, shot the Gucci campaign being fêted.The prolific writer, editor and curator Antwaun Sargent in GucciGucci please! Kimberly Drew and Hannah Traore both wore the brandCelebukids cute couple alert! Actors Sam Nivola (son of Alessandro Nivola and Emily Mortimer) and girlfriend Iris Apatow (daughter of Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann)The legendary fashion stylist and style icon June Ambrose with Interview Fashion Director Dara Allen
The social media/entertainment world influencer Evan Ross Katz (who did a cheeky Q&Ave with AvenueHERE) hosted an intimate dinner at Saint Theo’s for Absolut and their limited edition collab with the upcoming “WICKED” movie starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
Denée Benton and Evan Ross Katz
David Graver and Zach Weiss
The photographer Hunter Abrams, Denée Benton, Billy Jacobsen and Michael Hoffman
