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☆ Pink Bows and Red Gowns at Sandy Liang’s Lunar New Year Bash
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Melissa Guerrero | More About Melissa Guerrero | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

On Wednesday night, more than 400 people flowed in and out of Sandy Liang’s Lunar New Year party held at Boom, the venue at the top of the Standard High Line Hotel. Some guests wore bright red, to symbolize good luck, but many were in looks adorned with bows and ballet flats, emblems associated with Ms. Liang’s playfully nostalgic namesake fashion brand. The evening was an early celebration of the Lunar New Year, which starts on Feb. 10; Ms. Liang grew up observing the holiday with her family in Queens. This is her second year hosting the event with the chef Danny Bowien, and she hopes her friends will embrace the holiday. “Maybe they’ll start their own traditions,” she said.

Persons: Sandy Liang’s, Liang’s, Liang, Danny Bowien, ” Locations: Queens

“Let’s light it up!” the actress Jennifer Lawrence said on Monday night as she helped to reveal the holiday windows and kick off the annual lights show at Saks Fifth Avenue. As is tradition, onlookers crammed behind barricades near 50th Street as performers — in this case from the Martha Graham Dance Company — flooded Fifth Avenue. Behind them, nearly 300,000 lights illuminated what is described as a “wheel of fortune” installation, which covered 10 stories of the Saks Fifth Avenue New York flagship facade. Ms. Lawrence, a longtime Dior ambassador, gathered alongside other actresses, including Tracee Ellis Ross, Rachel Zegler, Ashley Park, Alexandra Daddario, Lola Tung and Maya Hawke. They packed onto bleachers across the street for the show, which included fireworks launched from the roof of the department store.

Persons: Jennifer Lawrence, Martha Graham, Dior, Christian Dior’s, Ms, Lawrence, Tracee Ellis Ross, Rachel Zegler, Ashley Park, Alexandra Daddario, Lola Tung, Maya Hawke Organizations: Saks Fifth, Martha Graham Dance Company, Saks, Avenue New Locations: Fifth, Avenue New York

☆ Tiffany Haddish, Misty Copeland and Martha Stewart Party in New York City
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Melissa Guerrero | More About Melissa Guerrero | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On Monday night, about 500 people gathered in the Hudson Yards neighborhood of Manhattan for the fourth-annual gala for the Shed, the $475 million arts center that opened in 2019. It has since hosted a concert series by the director Steve McQueen and Quincy Jones and is currently staging Stephen Sondheim’s final musical, “Here We Are.”For the gala, the Shed’s colossal main hall was transformed into a carpeted room with tables spread among low, blobby couches. “I feel like I’m in NASA,” one guest said, adding that the venue felt big enough to accommodate a rocket launch. The evening honored M&T Bank, which has partnered with the center since it began, and the Santo Domingo family, who are longtime supporters. The crowd included the ballerina Misty Copeland, who is also a board member; the designer Wes Gordon; and the hip-hop duo the Dragon Sisters, who are part of the Shed’s Open Call program, which commissions projects from emerging artists in New York.

Persons: Steve McQueen, Quincy Jones, Stephen Sondheim’s, ”, Santo Domingo, Misty Copeland, Wes Gordon Organizations: Hudson Yards, NASA, T Bank, Santo Locations: Hudson, Manhattan, New York

“We’ll just have to commiserate about the Eagles’ chances this year,” Mr. Holt said. Guests were seated at long tables for dinner — burrata and branzino — topped with flowers and cans of La Croix, which was one of the event’s sponsors. The comedian and actor Mae Martin shared a table with Eriona Hysolli, a scientist who is overseeing efforts to reintroduce the extinct woolly mammoth in Siberia. “There is an inherent ranking that comes with a list, which I feel, like, is always difficult to wrap your mind around when you’re talking about art,” he said. Mr. Torres said he turned preparation for the evening “into a project” by making an outfit, which included a pointy gold hat with a matching gold jacket and a blue tie around his waist.

Persons: “, ” Mr, Holt, — burrata, —, Celine Song, Silver Iocovozzi, Grace Wales Bonner, Emily Adams Bode Aujla, Mae Martin, Eriona Hysolli, Tom Steyer, Kelsea Ballerini, ” Julio Torres, ”, Torres Organizations: Eagles, Democratic, HBO Locations: La Croix, Siberia

☆ ‘Franning It Up’ at New York’s Most No-Nonsense Party
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Melissa Guerrero | More About Melissa Guerrero | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

At a party on Thursday night in an East Village bar, Jane Ashe, 71, paired denim pants with a white collared shirt and a blazer. “It’s one party I knew what to wear,” Ms. Ashe said. Heather Frankel, 51, followed a similar formula, but added sunglasses and a top she bought from a thrift store specifically for the event. They were among the more than 60 people at the Holiday Cocktail Lounge for FranCon, a free event where people dress up in an outfit (denim pants, a blazer and a button-up shirt) that has become synonymous with the writer and humorist Fran Lebowitz. “If you’re a good New Yorker or if you’re a working New Yorker, you have a button-up shirt, you have a blazer, and you have a pair of jeans,” said Jane August, 25, who created FranCon after reading “The Fran Lebowitz Reader” for a book club in 2021.

Persons: Jane Ashe, Ms, Ashe, Heather Frankel, Fran Lebowitz, ”, Jane August Organizations: Yorker Locations: East

On Monday night in Midtown Manhattan, Neil Patrick Harris, Nicky Hilton Rothschild and Michael Kors danced in their seats, as J. Harrison Ghee, the Broadway actor, sang Aretha Franklin’s classic “Freeway of Love.”Ghee’s performance opened the 17th annual Golden Heart Awards, the major fall fund-raiser for God’s Love We Deliver, an organization that provides medically tailored meals to New Yorkers affected by severe illness, which was founded in 1986 during the AIDS epidemic. “I think that we have to honor, and make noise about, organizations that can cut through the noise and make a difference,” said Mr. Kors, a co-chair of the event and a board member of the organization. The evening honored the Broadway star Ben Platt for excellence in the arts and the actress Scarlett Johansson for philanthropy and activism.

Persons: Neil Patrick Harris, Nicky Hilton Rothschild, Michael Kors, Harrison, Aretha Franklin’s, ”, Kors, Ben Platt, Scarlett Johansson Organizations: Broadway Locations: Midtown Manhattan

A crowd frequently spotted on yachts filled the Pool restaurant in Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday night for the second annual Caring for Women Dinner hosted by the Kering Foundation. “I said yes because Salma asked,” Oprah Winfrey, a co-chair for the dinner, said as she addressed the room, referring to Salma Hayek Pinault, who is also a co-chair and board member of the Kering Foundation. The space was filled to the brim with tropical plants and marquee names. “I don’t get out much,” Ms. Winfrey said, adding, “I only come out with the intention of using my voice in a way that can be meaningful and helpful.”Inside the dining room, where guests were served a dinner of scallop aguachile and lamb belly, Leonardo DiCaprio sat with Olivia Wilde, Prabal Gurung and Malala Yousafzai, and across from Zoë Kravitz and her partner, Channing Tatum.

Persons: “, Salma, Oprah Winfrey, Salma Hayek Pinault, Ms, Winfrey, Leonardo DiCaprio, Olivia Wilde, Prabal Gurung, Malala, Zoë Kravitz, Channing Tatum Organizations: Kering Foundation Locations: Midtown Manhattan

Just beyond the room, about 200 celebrities, fashion designers and media figures were packed tightly into a light-blue ballroom in the mansion. The night before, Mr. Adams hosted a different event on the other side of Central Park. “The crisis, not the people, the crisis is undermining the economic strength of our city,” he said. “The people want to come here to work, and their inability to do so, they can’t contribute to the city. It’s going to impact our police, it is going to impact our streets, it is going to impact everything in our city.”“And it is just wrong for New York City residents, taxpayers,” he continued.

Persons: Bam Bam ”, Sister Nancy, Doechii, Anna Wintour, Stacey Bendet, Gabriela Hearst, Vera Wang, David Lauren, Jordan Roth, Kathryn Newton, Adams, ”, “ Organizations: Vogue, Fund, New Locations: Central, New York, New York City, ”

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