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FIT’s Couture Council
2012 Cocktail |
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Valerie Steele, Liz Peek.
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On April 24, 2012, Ward Landrigan and Nico Landrigan, Chairman and President of Verdura, hosted an invitation-only party to honor FIT’s Couture Council members and their tireless support of The Museum at FIT, Manhattan’s premiere museum of fashion. Joining the Landrigan's was co-host Eleanora Kennedy, Couture Council Board member, and Valerie Steele, Director of the Museum at FIT.
Sipping cocktails, guests perused the Spring 2012 Verdura collection and recent additions to the company’s Museum Collection of vintage Verdura.
The guest list included: Noreen Ahmad, James Andrews, Elizabeth M. Armstrong, Louisa Bacharia, Marlene & Maurice Barr, Melissa Berkelhammer, Geoffrey Bradfield, Catherine Carey, Alyson Cafiero, Susan Calhoun Moss, Bonnie Cantor, Liliana Cavendis, Kirsten Chilstrom, Nedinia Criag, Antoinette Denisof, Michelle Lin Greenip, Susan Gutfreund, Montague Hackett, Carole Divet Harting, Elizabeth Haynes, Yaz Hernandez, Mary Hillard, Sharon Hoge, Chiu-Ti Jansen, Nicole Jones, Robyn Josephy, Ray and Karen Karlsrud, Eleanora and Michael Kennedy, Bonnie & Michael Kolblenz, Alexandra Lebenthal, Brenda Levin, Kamie Lightburn, Laura Lofaro Freeman, Chloe Malle, Sarah Mandato, Livia E. Marotta, Sylvester& Gillian Miniter, Alison Minton, Lindsay Moore, Maggie Norris, Rosemary Panzo, Liz Peek, Heidi Pelczar, Bambi Putnam, Barbara Regna, Pascale Richard, Annette Rickel, Clint Rodenberg, Alexa Rudulfo, Anita Roselle, Angela Rothfield, Alan Ruby, Vivian Ruggiero, Annie Safir, Jean Shafiroff, Yoo Rang Shon, Elaine Sourlis, Valerie Steele, Bobby Strutnam, Silvana Suaraz, Jeffrey Thomas and Sarah Wolf.
Mrs. Kennedy wore one of the Vintage Verdura, a 1967 Lily of the Valley Brooch of gold, platinum, emeralds, diamonds and pearls, which was commissioned in the 1940s by Baroness Liliane de Rothschild and crafted from the baby teeth of her children (now replaced by pearls).
Dr. Steele wore the "Comedy and Tragedy Mask" brooch of gold emeralds, sapphires, pearls and diamonds created for Claire Booth Luce. When she won a Tony award for "The Women" in 1940, Luce was disappointed to learn that her beloved Tony was too heavy to be converted into a brooch so her good friends Jock and Betsy Whitney commissioned this as a Christmas present in 1941.
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Michael Kennedy and Eleanora Kennedy.
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Jean Shafiroff.
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James Andrew.
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Barbara Regna and Yaz Hernandez.
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Geoffrey Bradfield, Melissa Berkelhammer, Roric Tobin.
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Gillian Miniter and Sylvester Miniter.
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Sarah Wolf and Jeff Peek.
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Susan Gutfreund, Mary Hillard.
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Chloe Malle, Michael Kennedy.
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Lady Liliana Cavendish, Susan Calhoun, Anna Safir.
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Dr. Dan Ahlberg, Dr. Annette Rickel, Kamie Lightburn.
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Annie Watt |
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