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By Erica Martin 4/25/12 2:27pm

Party Report

Barnard Gala Nights. (Barnard College/Asiya Khaki ’09)

Obama Excitement and Gummy Worms at Barnard Gala Nights

After the grown-up gala upstairs, which raised $2.3 million for Barnard student scholarships, young Barnard alumnae in cocktail dresses and heels emerged from the Plaza’s second floor elevators.  Older alumnae put on their coats and wandered away as their younger counterparts entered a hall with gilded ceilings and paintings of cherubs. So began the inaugural Barnard Gala Nights, a chance for recent graduates to dance and mingle.

“I don’t know any of these people,” we overheard one blond girl say to another. Read More

By Erica Martin 4/13/12 5:22pm

Party Report

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Lake Bell, Scott Campbell, Jeffrey. [Patrick McMullan]

At ASPCA Bergh Ball, Isaac Mizrahi Gives Us Dating Advice and Jeffrey the Chihuahua Learns the Woes of Fame

Isaac Mizrahi munched on an hors d’oeuvre (“I never waste an opportunity for a pig in a blanket”) and gushed to us about the virtues of his dog Harry, as well as of dog-ownership in general. He was the emcee for the ASPCA Bergh Ball last Thursday, but the guests of honor were a pack of dogs up for adoption.

They strutted across the marble floor of the Plaza’s Grand Ballroom while women in little black dresses held the ends of their stylish neon-orange leashes.

“Let me tell you, as a single girl- are you single? A dog is a man magnet!” Mr. Mizrahi said. Read More

By Erica Martin 4/07/12 6:14pm

Party Report

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Betsey Johnson. [Patrick Mcmullan]

DJs Pan Nirvana and Fatima Siad Is a Dancing Queen, All in Honor of Kurt Cobain

“Have you met my friend, the fern?” said a woman in a fur coat to her friend, stroking the potted plant by the entrance to the room at the Tribeca Grand where Jarvis Cocker was DJing. The line was short, but ever expanding, and everybody was getting antsy. Supermodel Fatima Siad and her date walked delicately to the front of the line amid waves of irritation.

We made it inside just as Mr. Cocker was stepping off the stage. Pictures of Kurt Cobain in his famous white-framed sunglasses covered the fall wall, and rainbow spotlights lit the room. Tennessee Thomas was next on the turntables, and her whole set was inexplicably devoted to music from the 1960’s (perhaps because of Kurt’s mod glasses?). Nearly the entire soundtrack to Dirty Dancing was played. Read More