Medium • 6th October 2025

VERDAVAINNE: Spring 2026

Ilya Serov crooned “C’est si bon” as statuesque models astonished in dramatic style at VERDAVAINNE Spring 2026 Runway Show on Thursday, September 4th in Manhattan. Press, fashionistas, socialites, stylists, and buyers were entranced on the edge of gold chairs inside the landmark’s private restaurant at Cipriani Wall Street to view the Spring/Summer 2026 collection.The luxury womenswear label by designer Cyril Verdavainne unveiled like a stroll through a modern garden in bloom, with models as bir...

Medium • 18th April 2025

The 29th Annual FGI Rising Star Awards

The most stylish afternoon soiree in New York is the 29th ANNUAL FGI RISING STAR AWARDS. The annual competition is where new, innovative fashion and beauty entrepreneurs are showcased and acknowledged by the Fashion Group International (FGI), which took place on April 16th at 583 Park Avenue in Manhattan.The Rising Star Awards honors the best emerging talent from the fashion, beauty, accessories, and fine jewelry sectors. Over nearly three decades, the FGI Rising Star Awards have served as a lau...

Medium • 31st July 2024

BAAND Together Dance Festival

A pas de deux kicked off, the BAAND Together Dance Festival with the boldly staged performances of NYC’s most iconic dance companies — Ballet Hispánico, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, and Dance Theatre of Harlem.“Life, Liberty, and Happiness” is Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City curatorial theme against the backdrop of global conversations on healthy communities, gender equality, and inclusivity. The evening program is a testament to the upl...

Medium • 10th April 2024

Young Concert Artists 63rd Annual Gala

“‘S Wonderful, ‘S Marvelous” On Thursday evening April 4th, the Young Concert Artists 63rd Annual Gala held a splendid celebration at Jazz at Lincoln Center in Manhattan.

Gala chair Ann Ziff and honorary chairs, Deborah Borda, Anne Akiko Meyers, and Christopher Wheeldon welcomed guests for the pleasures of a cocktail party, classical musical performance, dinner, and live auction to benefit the nonprofit organization.

The evening’s honoree was the dashing former New York City Ballet soloist Dam

Medium • 26th May 2023

The Ailey Spirit Gala 2023

You gotta realize that there ain’t no party like The Ailey Spirit Gala! For the first time The Ailey Spirit Gala was held at the beautiful Jazz at Lincoln Center on the evening of May 24th in Manhattan. The spectacular one night only benefit was a celebration of the art and soul of dance to benefit Ailey’s uplifting programs for young people including scholarships for talented students of The Ailey School and Arts In Education & Community Programs.

The world renowned Ailey organization has grow

Medium • 23rd September 2022

Lang Lang & Friends

Fall 2022 in Manhattan is all about a great benefit party. The uber talented international pianist Lang Lang and his lovely wife Gina Alice were joined by friends for a gala concert and dinner to benefit the Lang Lang International Music Foundation. The glamorous black tie evening happened on September 21st at Cipriani 25 in Manhattan.

Despite his busy performance calendar and a new album The Disney Book, the award winning Modern classical performing artist values his commitment that all childr

Medium • 17th October 2019

Casita Maria Fiesta Gala 2019

Wepa! The Casita Maria Fiesta Gala was held on a lovely October 15th evening in Manhattan at The Plaza Hotel. The festive annual gala was a benefit for the Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education in the South Bronx. The gala’s international social scene was a cultural mix of royalty, beauty, talent and affluence.

Marvelous guests Adwoa Aboah, Liza and Sergio Alvarez, Peter Bacanovic, Tony Bechara and Carolina von Humboldt, Tina and Simon Beriro, Violaine and John Bernbach, Cathie and Tom Black

Medium • 13th October 2018

Hilma af Klint: Painting for the Future - Yvonna Russell

Abstract painter Hilma af Klint (1862–1944) was a visionary artist who knew she was ahead of her time. The Guggenheim Museum presents her first major solo show in the United States,” Hilma af Klint : Painting for the Future”. Opening today the landmark exhibition of 120 works of art graces 5 tiers of the spiraling Frank Lloyd Wright rotunda of the Guggenheim. Begun over a century ago af Klint’s radical art is contemporary in the use of bold color, symbolism, fluid movement, geometric shapes and

HuffPost • 2nd December 2017

An Evening at Lincoln Center Honoring Louis Vuitton and Nicolas Ghesquière

Celestial bodies from fashion, film, theater philanthropy, arts and finance ascended on Lincoln Center on the evening of November 30th in Manhattan. The Lincoln Center Corporate Fund honored Louis Vuitton’s Artistic Director of Women’s Collections, Nicolas Ghesquière with a gala at Alice Tully Hall. Outside paparazzi and fans snapped the arrivals on the red carpet.

Entering Alice Tully Hall, an exclusive one-night-only installation celebrating the venerable French fashion house Louis Vuitton wi