Party Pictures 6/27/05 - Baby Buggy Crib Drive at Barney’s New York; The International Exposition of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art's eighth annual gala benefiting the Museum of Arts & Design; Mikimoto hosted cocktails to honor the Tree Trust of the Women's Committee of the Central Park Conservancy; an afternoon of Jewelry and Tea in Honor of the Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Baby Buggy Crib Drive at Barney’s New York

Dr. Gervaise Gerstner

Emily Gray

Kalliope Karella

Jackie Moffett

Jacquetta Wheeler

Two weeks ago, Jessica Seinfeld and Howard Socol, the chairman of Barney’s hosted a Baby Buggy Crib Drive at Barney’s New York. Baby Buggy is a non-profit organizaton dedicated to providing New York City’s families in need with essential equipment, clothing and products for their infants and children.

Since its inception in 2001, Baby Buggy has collected and given hundred of thousands of essential items — including gently used and new gear, clothing and product for infants and young children — to thousands of families through their network of almost 80 qualified social service partners.

Mrs. Seinfeld has been at the helm of Baby Buggy’s fund-raising drives for some time now. Among those attending and committeed to support were Muffie Potter Aston, Marisa Noel Brown, Beth Buccini, Simon Doonan, Sarah Easley, Adelina Wong Ettelson, Dr. Gervaise Gerstner, Stefani Greenfield, Kalliope Karella, Liz Lange, Cynthia Lufkin, Marcia Mishaan, Heather Mnuchin, Emilia Fanjul Pfeifler, Marjorie Gubelmann Raein, Narciso Rodriguez, Jacquetta Wheeler and Carolina Zapf.

Simone Levinson, Carolina Zapf, Claudia Fleming, and Stephanie Winston Wolkoff

Narciso Rodriguez, Jessica Seinfeld, and Howard Socol

Charmaine Picard and Stacey Gardi

Caroline Cameron, Cynthia Lufkin, and Carolina Zapf

Dawn Brown, Simon Doonan, and Sally Singer

L. to r.: Marisa Noel Brown, Muffie Potter Aston, Adelina Wong Ettelson, and Marjorie Gubelmann Raein; SunHee Grinnell and Julie Janklow.

Kelly Behun Sugarman

Marcia Mishaan

Sally Singer

Stefani Greenfield

Simon Doonan

Haley Joel and Claudia Fleming

Emilia Fanjul Pfeifler and Marjorie Raein

Haley Joel and Krista Lynch

Zachary Wolkoff and Stephanie Winston Wolkoff

Steven and Heather Mnuchin

Rebecca Shalam and Lisa Sharkey

Howard and Sharon Socol

Jen Carlston and Rebecca Shalam

Jessica Seinfeld and Narciso Rodriguez

Jennifer Joel and Jamie Brown

Tiffany Mattera and Isabella Mattera

Sarah Easley and Beth Buccini

Photographs by Billy Farrell/PMc

The International Exposition of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art's eighth annual gala benefiting the Museum of Arts & Design

Allen Roberts, Heidi Engler Roberts, Donald Tober, and Barbara Tober

MAD Director Holly Hotchner and Chuck Diker

The International Exposition of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art held their 8th annual gala opening night preview SOFA NEW YORK 2005 at the Seventh Regiment Armory at Park Avenue 67th Street three weeks ago. The event benefited the Museum of Arts & Design and its exhibitions and public programs.

SOFA NEW YORK draws more than 12,000 visitors each year and is widely considered a defining event in the decorative and fine arts world of which New York is arguably the center.

This year’s event featured more than fifty of the world’s finest galleries and dealers presenting works by more than a thousand artists that bridge craft and the decorative and the fine arts. This year’s theme was “A Taste of New York," with the creations of some of New York’s finest restaurants including Beacon, Café Boulud, Donatella David Burke, E.A.T., Fresh Shore and Coast, LaGoulue, Michael’s, Park Avenue Café and Zarela.

Event co-chairs were Sandra B. Grotta and Jack Lenor Larsen. The opening night gala was also the kick-off event for a week of arts activities. Mayor Bloomberg declared that week to be Contemporary Decorative Arts Week; Bringing Art to Life in New York City.

The gala opening night preview of SOFA NY 2005 grossed more than $250,000 for the Museum of Arts & Design, which will benefit museum exhibitions and public programs.

Steve Wechsler and Stanley Gilbert

Matthew Bucksbaum, MAD Board Members Aviva Robinson, and Kay Bucksbaum

Sarah Glickenhaus, MAD Chief Curator David Revere McFadden, MAD Curator of Exhibitions Dorothy Twining Globus, and MAD Board Member Seth Glickenhaus

Thomas Gentille and MAD Board Member (and SOFA NY Co-Chair) Sandra B. Grotta

Nanette Laitman and Nancy Margolis

MAD Board Members Stephanie French and William Taubman with Ellen Napiura Taubman

Mikimoto hosted cocktails to honor the Tree Trust of the Women's Committee of the Central Park Conservancy

Dan Lufkin, Cynthia Lufkin, Audrey Gruss, and Gail Hilson

Gail Hilson, Cathy Ingram, Karen LeFrak, Mitsui Mitsuhiro, and Susan Tenant

Last Tuesday night Mikimoto, the store on 730 Fifth Avenue, hosted along with Karen LeFrak, president of the Women’s Committee of the Central Park Conservancy, a cocktail reception to honor the Tree Trust of the Central Park Conservancy.

In honor of the women who have dedicated their time to raising funds to care for all of the park’s trees, Mikimoto made a cash donation to the Central Park Conservancy. And as an exclusive offer to the Women’s Committee, Mikimoto made an additional donation for every purchase of the Tree-of-Life brooch at Mikimoto.

Mikimoto New York is the American subsidiary of K. Mikimotoi & Co., Ltd. In 1893, the company founder Kokichi Mikimoto was the first person to develop a technique for the cultivation of pearls. Today, the business continues to be the world leader in cultured pearls of the highest quality.