By Benjamin-Émile Le Hay 6/13/12 5:14pm

Booze

Julie Macklowe, Marcel Marongiu and Chiu Ti Jansen. Photo: (C) Patrick McMullan

Celebrating Empowering Women with a Healthy Dash of Rum

When society and PR rainmaker Susan Shin invited The Observer to drinks and dinner “under the stars” at 620 Loft + Garden to celebrate “stellar women,” we were curious. While the drizzly, muggy gloom didn’t allow us any stargazing, a bevy of extravagantly stylish women provided enough sparkle to form their own constellation. Co-hosts Julie Macklowe, Selita Ebanks and Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos had summoned their best gal pal, along with a few blokes, to pay tribute to non-profit Seven Bar Foundation. The organization, which works to empower women in Guatemala with sustainable work opportunities, helping them to be self-sufficient, recently inked a global partnership with premium rum label Zacapa Rum. Read More

By Ted Gushue 4/11/12 2:28pm

Party Report

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A Fool's Fête: New Yorkers for Children's Ninth Annual Spring Dinner Dance

New Yorkers Raise Big Bucks For Foster Kids, Doutzen Kroes Is Hot

It’s unusual to attend an event in New York that has no photographer present, and for a certain circle it’s even unusual to attend an event where you don’t know the photographer by name. But when one sees living legend Bill Cunningham snapping away—you know you’re at a good party. Last night at the Mandarin Oriental, New Yorkers For Children threw a good party (not to mention raised over half a mil for kids in foster care).

As the room filled to capacity it became clear why Bill Cunningham was here: this night was about the dresses—almost to the point of sensory overload. Read More