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The cake.
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The dinner.
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The
Associates Committee of The Society of Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center hosted
their annual gambling party, this year dubbed “A
Wynning Hand” and sponsored by Roberto
Cavalli and Wynn Las Vegas, at Sotheby's
on May 17. It was an evening of glamour and
gaming that raised over $400,000 to benefit
The Cancer Center's Department of Pediatrics.
The chairman was The Associate's president Alexis
Waller, who wore an aqua and white
colored off-the-shoulder, long silk Cavalli
blouse over white pants. The co-chairmen were Gretchen
Gunlocke Fenton, who wore a black
gathered cocktail dress, Leslie Heaney,
pretty in turquoise, Anne Grauso,
wearing a full length black and white chiffon
wrap dress, Amanda Taylor Konjevod, Melanie
Seymour Holland, sexy in a animal
print wrap, and Christina Ittleson
Smith, in a full length strapless
leopard print column.
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Event co-chairmen Alexis Waller
and Melanie Seymour
Holland.
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Allison Weiss and event co-chair
Gretchen Gunlocke
Fenton.
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Event co-chair Leslie Heaney
and her husband Andrew.
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Event co-chair Anne Grauso.
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Event co-chair Christine Ittleson Smith and
CiCi
Dobi.
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The
honorary chairs were Steve and Elaine
Wynn, she looking radiant in Cavalli's
satin navy gingham gown and Roberto and Eva
Cavalli, she in a blue silk suit, lined
with leopard print silk. They greeted a stellar parade
of guests, including Beyonce Knowles,
in a very short yellow jeans skirt and silk blouse; Donald and Melania
Trump, she in a black gown with embroidered
flowers; Heidi Klum, who chose a
Cavalli black and silver floor length gown; Coco and Arie
Kopelman with their son Will;
Cinema's Phantom of the Opera, Gerard
Butler, who was chummy with supermodel Ines
Rivero, who chose a gorgeous, long, slinky,
cream-colored silk gown with an elaborately jeweled
plunging backline –by Cavalli, of course; ABT's Maxim
Beloserkovsky and Irina Dvorovenko –she
in a pale pink gown and dripping a 6-foot Helen
Yarmak white fur boa as only a ballerina
could; Sirio and Marco Maccioni,
The Society's president Vera Safai in
a gold tunic with her husband Dr. Bijan Safai; Wendy
Carduner in black chiffon and diamonds,
and Tinsley Mortimer, who dressed
appropriately like a Las Vegas party girl in a short
pink dress with a bright blue satin belt.
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Roberto Cavalli, Elaine and Steve Wynn, Melania Trump,
Eva Cavalli and Donald Trump.
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Beyonce Knowles.
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Heidi Klum.
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Arie, Coco and Will Kopelman.
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Gerard Butler.
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Ines Rivero and
Max Chmerkovskiy.
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Tinsley Mortimer.
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Irina Dvorovenko.
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Sirio and Marcus Maccioni.
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Vera and Dr. Bijan Safai.
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The
fun began with a champagne reception featuring the
Chef du Cave pouring vintage 1996 Dom Pérignon.
There were two rooms of gambling with black jack,
roulette and craps tables flown in from Wynn Las
Vegas complete with and even cocktail waitresses
in cocoa and bronze sequined mini-dresses. In all,
there were 26 Wynn staff members; that and paintings
by masters including Picasso and Warhol, from Wynn's
famous collection, lined the walls.
Dinner
was served on the seventh floor, which had been transformed
by Eva Cavalli into a salon of decadence and opulence
reminiscent of the Venetian Atelier of Mariano Fortuny
y Madrazo. There were 5 foot tall wrought iron containers
filled with roses, peonies, fuchsia, hydrangea and
branches of apple blossoms by Raul Avila.
The
menu was prepared by Feast and Fêtes Catering
by Daniel. Daniel Boulud was present
in his chef's jacket to make sure it was scrumptiously
delicious. As a finale, Elaine Wynn cut a big Las
Vegas Show Cake, in the form of a “Viva Las
Vegas” marquee, dice, poker chips and an eight-ball,
created and donated by Ron Ben Israel.
The Society, which celebrates its 60th anniversary
this year, is a volunteer organization dedicated to
promoting the well-being of patients, supporting cancer
research and providing public education on the prevention,
early detection and treatment of cancer at Memorial
Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center, the world's largest
private institution devoted exclusively to cancer.
The Associates Committee was founded in 1984 to introduce
a younger generation to the philanthropic and volunteer
activities of The Society.
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Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos, Muffie Potter Aston and
Wendy Carduner.
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Courtney Moss and Hilary Dick.
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Michel Gerber Klein, Michel Witmer
and Alison Minton.
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Pamela Fielder.
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Alexandra Lind Rose.
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Camilla Olsen, Gerard Butler and
Valesca Guerrand
Hermes.
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Dr Howard Sobel and Gayle Perry.
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Mary Darling.
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Sylvester and Gillian Minter.
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Marianna Olszewski.
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Andrew and Kathy Thomas.
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Beata Borowska and John Mahdessian.
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Campion and Tatiana Platt.
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Steven and Alexandra Mandis.
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Ben Schabtai and Stacey Cooper.
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Jill Roosevelt.
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R. Couri Hay and Tinsley Mortimer.
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Jennifer Creel.
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Lisa McCarthy and Mary Davidson.
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Photo
credit
Images 1,2,3,4,6-16,18-32 © Patrick McMullan
Photo: Scott Rudd PMc;
Images 5,17,33-36 Julie Skarrat |
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AUG 05,
2008
CRI Young Philanthropists' Summer Social |
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AUG 02,
2008
Southampton Hospital Summer Party |
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AUG 01,
2008
Rita Hayworth Gala Kickoff |
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AUG 01,
2008
Aspen Art Museum artCRUSH |
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JUL 31,
2008
Black Ties & Baseball Caps Gala |
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JUL 31,
2008
Aspen Art Museum previewCRUSH |
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JUL 29,
2008
Mostly Mozart Festival Gala |
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JUL 25,
2008
HOFI Hamptons Benefit |
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JUL 25,
2008
NY Stem Cell Foundation Reception |
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JUL 22,
2008
Museum at FIT Cocktail |
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JUL 19,
2008
HDS Gala Preview |
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