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Entries tagged with 'Cooper-Hewitt'
Posted Oct. 25, 2007,
About Last Night... Movado Future Legends Awards and Alber Elbaz Party at The Bowery Hotel
By Caroline Torem Craig
Last night at the Movado Future Legends Awards, Kerry Washington wore a smashing Cleopatra, flapper-style number while Mikhail Baryshnikov arrived simply cloaked in his permanent aura of LEGEND! At the terribly sophisticated and beautiful Cooper-Hewitt Museum, we asked about Kerry’s hot little number and she told us, “it’s Alberto Ferretti -- and all the jewelry is Movado!” Sometimes, being politically correct is a good thing. The gorgeous Mia Maestro looked great in beaded black. At least three over-60, well-heeled gentlemen came up to me to ask if any BIG celebrities were at the party. How disturbingly cute is that? Natalie Cole has the most luminous silver, grey-green eyes my camera had ever seen and she got a kick out of hearing that. Gilles Mendel, Rufus Albermarle and John Barrett were among the guests who enjoyed a performance by Wynton Marsalis.
Rushing from one great event to another is always a harrowing experience, especially if one is on 91st and Fifth and the other at Bowery and 3rd and both are held at the same witching hour! There was also no certainty about being on the list!
Posted Sep. 11, 2007,
Provoking Magic in the Middle of Fashion Week!
By Kim Hastreiter
Yesterday, in the midst of it all, my dear friend, the wonderful lighting designer Ingo Maurer, opened his wonderful show at the Cooper Hewitt called "Provoking Magic." His team has been working round the clock all month to transform the second floor of the old Carnegie mansion, and it was incredible. Maurer exhibited works in each of the rooms with tremendous sensitivity and humor. GO SEE IT. THE SHOW IS FANTASTIC. Maurer and his incredible loyal team worked their asses off to make it amazing -- and it is. I am also going to be holding a conversation with Ingo at the Cooper Hewitt next Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m. and it is open to the public (I think it costs ten bucks). Of course, a tour of the show is included. So come by and meet Ingo. He's one of a kind.