Other Girls and Orchids

Natalie Portman at a private screening for “The Other Boleyn Girl."

Designer Alberta Ferretti, Milan’s queen of chiffon hosted a private screening at the Regal Cinemas on East 64th Street last week for “The Other Boleyn Girl,” based on the novel by Philippa Gregory about the two 17th-century sisters who caught the eye of Henry VIII. Mary lost at love with the King and Ann Boleyn, of course, not only lost at love but lost her head to the executioner’s axe, thanks to her husband’s fickle desires. Natalie Portman plays Ann and Scarlet Johansson plays her sister. After the screening, there was a private dinner celebration (for the film, not the starcrossed sisters) at Christie’s. New York’s young fashionables were out in full force and dressed for the occasion.

Natalie Portman

Mamie Gummer

Amanda Brooks

Carmile Tomozo and Jennifer Missoni

Byrdie Bell

Bettina Zilkha

Valesca Guerrand-Hermes and Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos

John Driscoll

Zani Gugelmann

Helena Christensen

Jessica Joffe

Hope Atherton

Alex Kramer

Leven Rambin

Maggie Betts

Anne V

Olivia Chantecaille

Andrew Bevan

Christian Leone

Bronson van Wyck

Valerie Boster and Meredith Melling Burke

Allison Sarofim

Stephanie LaCava

Tara Rockefeller

Vanessa Carlton

Tatiana Santo Domingo

Maggie Rizer

Tory Burch and Marina Rust Connor

Carlos Souza

Jessica Gomes and Nicole Trunfio

Lauren Bush and David Lauren

Margherita Missoni

Jennifer Creel and Valesca Guerrand-Hermes

Zac Posen and Peggy Siegal

We don’t as a rule cover store openings unless they’re in our advertising family but Patrick McMullan was at the re-opening of Bonpoint at 1291 Madison Avenue where they staged a fashion show with the little and wee ones doing the runway bit. It was too cute to resist.

Bonpoint staff

The New York Botanical Garden’s annual orchid dinner is without question one of the most beautiful galas on the yearly calendar. This year the dinner was held at the Rainbow Room high above Rockefeller Center, so it offers the splendid nightviews of the metropolis while the room was lit with nature’s splendor with the table arrangements.

This year’s gala chairs were Mr. and Mrs. Eric Fast, Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Graham, Jr., Mr. and Mr. Charles M. Royce. Chairs were Fernanda M. Kellogg, President of the Tiffany & Company Foundation, and Lisa Newsom, editor-in-chief of Veranda. Decorations Chair was Carolyn Englefield, editor-at-large over at Veranda. Underwriters for the evening were The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, The Bank of New York Mellon, and Veranda.

Fernanda Kellogg, Charles and Deborah Royce, Eric Fast, Gregory Long, Patti Fast, Julie and Robert Graham, Lisa Newsom, and Carolyn Englefield

Table decorations were designed and donated by: Bernard Blythe for Baccarat, Michael Berman for Kravet, Laura Blanco Interiors, Lars Bolander, Orchids provided by Banchet, Bowman Dahl, Barclay Butera, Libby Cameron, Sherrill Canet arranged by Plaza Flowers, Carrier and Company, Cooper, Robertson and Weatherly Interiors, Jamie Drake/Drake Design Associates, David Easton, Brian Covington for Ferguson & Shamamian Architects, Thom Filicia for Safavieh, Maureen Footer Design, Philip Gorrivan for Highland Court, Carolyn Gregg Flower Design, Kevin Hart Design, Richard Keith Langham, Jung Lee of FETE, Sebastian Li Events, LMD Floral Events Interiors, Christopher Maya, Michael McKinnon and Peacock and Beale, Paula Perlini, Lyn Peterson Motif Designs, Campion Platt, Dennis Rolland, H. Parkin Saunders, Stephen Miller Siegel Architects, Michael Simon Interiors arranged by Takashimaya, Michael Tavano, Robert Rufino for Tiffany & Company, Timothy Whealon Interiors, Dan Dahl, Design Coordinator.