Glenn Close, Glenda Bailey, Giorgio Armani, Nadja Swarovski, Liz Peek, FIT president Dr. Joyce Brown.
On
May 6, FIT presented Giorgio Armani with
the first Couture Council Award for Global Fashion Leadership at
a gala luncheon at the Hearst Tower in New York. Liz Peek, Sarah
Wolfe, and Yaz Hernandez are founding Couture
Council chairmen.
Armani arrived with his good friend, Glenn Close,
who presented him with the prestigious award. As she gave him the
award, she noted that she was on the worst-dressed list before she
met Mr. Armani, and that, “If Giorgio Armani stopped his fashion
magic, I'd just stay in my jammies.”
Upstairs at Hearst, actresses Ziyi Zhang and Camilla
Belle, along with George Clooney's girlfriend, Sarah
Larson, stopped to admire a beautiful Armani dress laden
with Swarovski crystals that was generously donated to the Museum
at FIT.
Guests included hosts Nadja Swarovski, and Harper's
Bazaar editor-in-chief Glenda Bailey; Roberta
Armani, Rosanna Armani, Silvana Armani, Matilda Cuomo, Jamee Gregory,
Princess Mafalda von Hessen, Audrey Gruss, Marjorie Gubelmann,
Zani Gugelmann, Susan Gutfreund, Sarah Larson, Suzy Menkes, Jacqueline
Sackler, Eugenia Silva, Eleanor Ylvisaker, designers Doo.Ri
Chung, Robert Lee Morris, and Devi Kroell, Dr. Valerie Steele, director
of the Museum at FIT, and Dr. Joyce F.
Brown, president of FIT.
The Museum at FIT is the only museum in New York City dedicated
primarily to the art of fashion. The museum collects, conserves,
documents, exhibits, and interprets fashion. The Couture Council
is an elite membership group of informed and enthusiastic individuals
who help support the exhibitions and programs of The Museum at FIT.
Giorgio Armani and Glenn Close.
FIT Museum director Valerie Steele, Giorgio Armani, and Dr. Joyce Brown.
Yaz Hernandez, Sarah Wolfe, Giorgio Armani, and Liz Peek.
Sarah Larson, Ziyi Zhang, Camilla Belle.
Sarah Larson and Audrey Gruss.
Ziyi Zhang and Vivi Nevo.
Zani Gugelmann and Christian Leone.
Zani Gugelmann, Jennifer Creel, Eugenia Silva, and Jacqueline Sackler.
Jamee Gregory.
Marjorie Gubelmann.
Michele Gerber Klein.
Christina Cuomo.
Eleanor Ylvisaker.
Princess Mafalda von Hessen.
Rosemary Ponzo.
The Armani dress donated to the Museum at FIT by Swarovski.
