Another beautiful Spring day in New York

Peeking through Gramercy Park. 2:30 PM. Photo: JH.

Another beautiful Spring day in New York; warm and sunny. After lunch at Michael’s I took a brief stroll up Fifth Avenue past the newly refurbished Plaza which is coming to life again, and got a shot of the tulip-bed on the corner by the Plaza Fountain and 59th Street.

Across the street, a "Statue of Liberty" was placing crowns on the heads of tourists and unfurling the flag in front of the General William Tecumseh Sherman statue.

Another busy night in New York. Over at the Hearst Tower, there was a reception on the mezzanine celebrating the opening of “Harpers Bazaar & American Fashion -- 75 years of Headlines and Hemlines” hosted by Diane von Furstenberg, Glenda Bailey, editor-in-chief of Harpers Bazaar, and Stephen Kolb, head of the CFDA.

Curated by Charlie Scheips, the show which features twelve mannequins wearing the fashions of such designers as Adrian, Valentina, Geoffrey Beene, Luis Estevez, Oscar de la Renta, Thom Browne, Doo-ri, and Ghakoon.

Michael Clinton, Jeanette Chang, and Charlie Scheips

Kenny Lane and Glenda Bailey

The show mirrors the chapters of the book “American Fashion” (Assouline) by Charlie Scheips and the CFDA. It will be on exhibition at the Hearst Tower through the summer.

Computer problems were plaguing this writer late yesterday afternoon, throwing everying off-schedule, including the brain, so I got there on the late side. There were some boldfaced ones, as well as some actual fashion icons including the legendarily beautiful Carmen, as well as that Texas gal, Lynn Wyatt, and Kenneth Jay Lane; the great Pablo Manzoni, and Matthew Modine. But more on this in tomorrow’s Diary, when, one hopes, my cyber-world will have been restored.

Luis Estevez for Dina Merrill, cover of LIFE, 1960

Lynn Wyatt by the Luis Estevez

Thom Browne and Doo-ri

Adrian, circa 1935

Oscar de la Renta

Valentina, circa 1942

Geoffrey Beene

Charlie Scheips, you will notice in the picture with Hearst Executive Vice President Michael Clinton and Jeanette Chang, is wearing a jacket from ... someplace (“kooky” was his word for it which places it somewhere in the area of 1957 to 1973) which he donned for the following party, the Creative Time gala benefit “Take Flight” over at Guastavino’s. They were honoring Beth Rudin DeWoody, the peripatetic, ubiquitous, always in motion contemporary art collector extraordinaire with an extraordinaire dinner and party (with surprise entertainment to delight everyone).

Jay Johnson, Lisa Anastos, Tom Cashin, and Beth DeWoody

It was also Mrs. DeWoody’s birthday and she marked it by literally kicking up her heels. However, all that’s for tomorrow when, as I said, I hope my computer problems will be solved and I can live again in that state of New York somewhere between peace and wild anxiety.

This past Tuesday Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and David Rockefeller announced their joint pledge of $10 million to the MillionTreesNYC initiative to plant trees in public spaces including New York Housing Authority (NYCHA) developments and at City schools. This donation of private funds made to the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City by Mr. Rockefeller and Bloomberg Philanthropies will allow over 18,000 trees to be planted throughout the five boroughs.

And on Tuesday, April 8th, New York-Presbyterian Hospital hosted the fifth annual Iris Cantor Women’s Health Center Press Luncheon. The event was well attended and featured an incredible program of celebrated speakers including Today Show contributor, Dr. Gail Saltz, Fox 5 medical reporter, Dr. Sapna Parikh, Fertility expert, Dr. Chung, CEO of NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, Dr. Herbert Pardes and Iris Cantor. The panelists provided information on some of today's key issues pertaining to women's health. Speakers covered topics about relationships, diet, fertility, and more, such as "Going the Wrong Way: What Women Really Need to Eat" and "Relationship Rx: How to Bring Back the Bliss."

Pictured, l. to r.: Dr. Pak Chung, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology; Dr. Gail Saltz, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry; Iris Cantor, Founder, Iris Cantor Women's Health Center; Dr. Herbert Pardes, M.D., President and CEO, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital; Dr. Sapna Parikh, M.D., Medical Reporter for Fox-5/WNYW; Sari Greaves, R D, CDN. (Photograph by Richard Lobell).

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