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| QVC Style Initiative Dinner hosted by CEO Mike George at the home of Dennis Basso and partner Michael Cominotto. |
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Today’s Diary about the days of Mortimer’s when Glenn Bernbaum held sway over a prominent part of New York social life in the mid-70s through the mid-90s, was a dramatic reminder of how social life has changed a decade into the 21st century.
Yesterday while perusing Patrick McMullan’s party pictures from the past two weeks, mainly in the Hamptons, I couldn’t help comparing just how great the changes are in terms of activity, venue and the way people present themselves. It is true that the generations of the 20 to 30-somethings have a lot less to do with the 40 to 80-somethings, and vice versa. Nowadays it barely rates a thought. There are so many differences.
Today a lot of the social life both in town and in the Hamptons (and no doubt elsewhere) are held in commercial places, often with the purported objective of raising some money for some charity (while selling some of the merchandise), or booksignings, or cocktail parties to raise money for charity. All right minded and no doubt serious in more ways than one. But also cookie-cutter, consumer-oriented and more often than not socially obligatory for one reason or another. This is not a protestation but rather an observation of the present state of things. All of which will, no doubt, change, progress, transform as it always does, when it does. |
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Courtney Love and Russell Simmons at Macy's celebrates Russell Simmons Argyleculture Fall 2010 Menswear Presentation. |
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Taylor Momsen at Macy's exclusive launch of Madonna's "Material Girl." |
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DJ Maia Wojcik at the Kess Agency launch party. |
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Georgia Lazzaro, Sarah Wynter, Marcia Mishaan, and Melissa George at the 2nd Annual Australians in New York Fashion Foundation party. |
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| Susan Fales-Hill's One Flight Up book launch party at the Isaac Mizrahi Store. |
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| Kelly Ripa, Robin Rothfeld, and Kay Unger at Yummie Tummie at Super Saturday at Nova's Ark Project, Water Mill. |
| This past Tuesday night, the multi-talented, multi-tasking designer Isaac Mizrahi hosted a booksigning for his friend Susan Fales-Hill and her novel One Flight Up at the Isaac Mizrahi Store at 23 East 67 Street. |
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| Pierre Le Veaux II, Amber Jaynes, Calcie Cooper, and Latoya Henry |
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| Demetria Lucas, Diahann Carroll, Christine Saunders, and Michele Lee Clarke-Ceres |
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| Sarah Cantin, Greer Hendricks, and Jenna Bond-Loudan |
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| John Markus, Moises Kaufman, and Gadi Ero |
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| Skip Mooney, Brett Kane, and Kevin Guyer |
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| Judith Curr, Karry Diamond, and Sandra Ballentine |
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| Maryanne Falls, Charles Henderson, and Shelly Wolfe |
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| Lauren Stone, Michele Lee Clarke-Ceres, and Naomi McMahon |
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| Susan Rudin and Louise Maniscalco |
| You can see everybody was having a good time. The vibe, my dears, their vibe(s), Author and Impresario. |
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| Ina Clark, and Simon and Maria Collins |
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| Pam Roth and Javan Bunch |
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| Isaac Mizrahi and Susan Fales-Hill |
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| Calcie Cooper and Pierre Le Veaux II |
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| Korby Britton and Isaac Mizrahi |
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| Susan Fales-Hill and Diahann Carroll |
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| Christina Caruso, Erika Stair, and Meghan Horstmann |
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| Thelma Golden, Alexis Clark, and Gillian Miniter |
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| Teri Agins and Randal Jacobs |
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| Liz Munson and Susan Fales-Hill |
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| Solonje Burnett-Loucas, and Jeremy Loucas |
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| Joe Missett and Paul Marcus |
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| Latoya Henry and Fabrice Armand |
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| Caroline Weber, Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia, and Amy Fine Collins |
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| Kess Agency held its launch party the same night at the Glass House. Kess is an agency for "talented stylists, photographers and hair and makeup artists who contribute to myriad projects in the fashion and entertainment industries." |
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| The Glass Houses. |
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| Cole Miller, Avril Alexander, Brendan Ordonez, Nate Bozung, and Heidi Kelso |
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| Timo Weiland, Donna Kang, and Alan Eckstein |
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| Jeremy Kost |
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| Tommy Saleh and Peter Miszuk |
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| Sun Bae and Jordan Betten |
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| Kimberly Steward and Court Williams |
| The evening was a perfect example of the New Social Life in New York; all business. You can see the guests were having a good time and the creative director Court Williams and managing partner Kimberly Steward were delighted. |
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| Emerson Barth and Adriel Reboh |
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| Natasha Morgan |
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| Cory Kennedy |
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| Wendy Diamond and Heidi Kelso |
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| Cayte Grieve |
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| Blue Logan |
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| Dave Lieberman |
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| Frances Tulk-Hart and Trinity Rose |
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| Alex and Bryan Weiss |
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| Josh Otten and Kristian Laliberte |
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| Blue Logan, Alexis Page, and Leigh Lezark |
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| Rayna Cummings and Faran Krentcil |
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| Kimberly Steward and Court Williams |
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| Andrea Bernholtz |
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| Jenn Kosinski and Kara Erwin |
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| Bernardo Siaotong and Jared Lehr |
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| Jac Cheairs and Elizabeth Lippman |
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| Charlie Taylor and Nina Mccandless |
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| Jesper Lannung and Isabelle Treuille |
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| Zomnia and Natasha Morgan |
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| Zach Sebastian, Naomi Collins, and Randy Damico |
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| Geordon Nicol, Leigh Lezark, and Greg Krelenstein |
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| Tuesday night was a busy one — The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and Bethanny Frankel hosted an "enchanting summer evening" with delicious food, great music and cocktails to celebrate GLAAD's work in amplifying the voice of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. |
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| Jade, Jujubee, Richie Rich, and Sahara Davenport |
| At 230 Fifth Avenue Rooftop. |
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| Bethenny Frankel and Johnny Weir |
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| Phillip Bloch |
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| Alan Siegel and David Meister |
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| Chris Collins |
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| Sarah Hughes |
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| Frank DeCaro |
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| Simon Van Kempen and Alex McCord |
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| Claire Buffie |
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| Manila Luzon and Sahara Davenport |
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| Bianca Del Rio |
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| DeMarco Majors and Ted Hunt |
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| Carmen Carara |
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| Gerald McCullouch, Lauren LoGiudice, and Armando Marrero |
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| Joseph Magnone and Amanda Parenti |
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| Jess Klein and Chris Gale |
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| Kevin Nicholas |
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| Scott Evans and Derek Warburton |
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| Kelli Gibbons and Sivan Rhodes |
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| Jonathan Ledee, Stacey White, and Paul Frene |
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| Empress XXIV Farrah Moans and Emperor XIX Jack |
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| Josie Smith-Malave |
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| Karen Koeningsberg and Nole Marin |
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