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| Gillian Spreckels Fuller, Foundation Director, Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess Margarita of Romania, His Royal Highness Prince Radu of Romania, Barbara de Portago, Foundation President, Valley Forge Military Academy, and College Cadets at The Versailles/Claude Monet Giverny Foundation Black Tie Benefit Dinner. |
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| Last Wednesday night a week, the Versailles Foundation, Inc./Claude Monet Giverny held its annual fundraising dinner at the Cotillion Room of the Pierre. The proceeds from the evening will go to support the Statues Restoration Campaign in the Parc of the Chateau de Versailles. The foundation’s supporters have financed the recently completed the restoration of the statue Leucothee (1687) by Joseph Rayol who lived in the time of Louis XIV–1655-1718. This year ths Foundation is restoring Claude Monet’s 18th-century cylindrical desk and commode in his bedroom at Giverny. Also, at Monticello, they have commissioned the design and the “Petit Point” embroidery for Thomas Jefferson’s 18th-century Georges Jacob chairs. |
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| Leucothée (1687) by Joseph Rayol (1655-1718) | Ino & Mélicerte, Marble Group by Pierre Gravier (1633-1715) |
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| The annual dinner always features a guest speaker who belongs to a European royal family, as well as Russian royals. Almost all are descendents or children of deposed monarchs. Queen Elizabeth’s son, the Earl of Wessex has been a guest speaker twice. All of the guest speakers are interesting for their historical backgrounds and knowledge, much of it more intimate than published history, and sometimes more insightful. But many are also interesting for their interest and focus on the issues of their native lands and how to solve them. Their non-political positions are taken for granted yet their patriotism is deeply committed, and often greater than many of their national compatriots. |
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| Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess Margarita of Romania, His Royal Highness Prince Radu of Romania, The Valley Forge Military Academy, and College Cadets |
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| Valley Forge Military Academy and College Color Guard |
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| This year’s guest was Her Royal Highness, The Crown Princess Margarita of Romania and her husband Prince Radu. Princess Margarita is the daughter of King Michael I. Michael who was born in 1921 was King from 1927 to 1930 and again from September 1940 through December 1947 when he was forced by the Communist Party of Romania to abdicate. A great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria, he is a third cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. In 1997, Michael officially made his eldest daughter Margarita the Crown Princess of Romania, Custodian of the Romanian Crown and his heir presumptive. Romania is no longer a monarchy but after the breakup of the Soviet Union and the downfall of Ceausescu, the royal family was allowed to return. Princess Margartia – who was born in Lausanne and grew up in England and went to university in Scotland – has taken up residence there. She and her husband have devoted themselves to assisting the many orphans created during and after by the World Wars and brutality of the so-called victors, the Nazis and then the Communists. |
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| Gillian Spreckels Fuller, Foundation Director, Her Serene Highness Princess Jeannette zu Fürstenberg, His Serene Highness Prince Christian zu Fürstenburg, Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess Margarita of Romania, His Royal Highness Prince Radu of Romania, and Barbara de Portago, Foundation President |
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| Tracey Langfitt Foundation Junior Director Camila Koenig, Foundation Director Rita Lenda, His Royal Highness Prince Radu of Romania, Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess Margarita of Romania, and Michael Katz, Foundation Secretary Treasurer |
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| Susan Krysiewicz and escort |
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| Cadet, Heide Hüttl Canellopoulos, Foundation Committee Member, Tanya Roberts, and Cadet |
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| Cat Jagger Pollon and DPC |
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| Donald Tober with Monica and Ali Wambold |
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| Phillip MacGregor and Ron Wendt |
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| Anthea Malone, Lily Rutt, and Russell Grant |
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| DPC with Her Royal Highness, the Crown Princess Margarita of Romania |
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| Paola Rosenshein |
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| Geoffrey Bradfield |
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| More than 300 guests attended the annual Pratt Institute Art of Packaging Award Gala at a private club in Manhattan on April 30, 2013. The gala, which attracts the top-tier of New York City's multi-billion dollar cosmetics industry, supports the Marc Rosen Scholarship and Education Fund for Packaging by Design and raises scholarship funds for graduating package design students at Pratt. It is the only scholarship in the world available to college students looking to pursue careers in cosmetics and package design. The glamorous black-tie event raised $350,000 in 2013 and has raised more than $3.5 million over the last 24 years. The Art of Packaging Award, which is presented each year to a beauty/cosmetics company that has excelled in the art form, was awarded to the Aramis & Designer Fragrances division of The Estée Lauder Companies. Veronique Gabai Pinsky, global brand president of The Estée Lauder Companies' Aramis & Designer Fragrances, BeautyBank, and IdeaBank divisions, accepted the award from Trey Laird, chief executive and creative officer of Laird+Partners. |
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| At Pratt, Rosen teaches a course on cosmetic and fragrance package design, which is the only one of its kind in the world. As part of the course, students select a floral, green, or Oriental fragrance. They name the fragrance and design a perfume bottle from sketch to clay form to prototype along with a scent card, box, shopping bag, and advertisement. This year's student scholarship winners include: • Kyle Calvert (Illinois): Calvert designed a modern, oval-shaped bottle using silver and pink for a calming floral scent that he named "Serene." • Vivi Feng (China): Feng's scent, which she named "Vertigo," was influenced by the mystery and allure of the classic Alfred Hitchcock film of the same name and Art Deco style; the bottle was a faceted design inspired by origami. •Alexandra Haime (Florida): Haime's work -- for an Oriental scent she named "Kahlia"-- was inspired by the idea of clarity and replicated the form of natural quartz crystal. • Kashfia Rahman (Bangladesh): Rahman chose a green scent, which she named "Belle Journee," and utilized a green leaf motif that translated the light scent into a graceful design. |
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| Each winner's fragrance package design work was on display in the lobby of the event venue. Special guests at the Art of Packaging Award Gala included Marc Rosen, award-winning designer and Pratt alumnus, Trustee, and faculty member; Arlene Dahl, actress; Catherine Malandrino, fashion designer; Tory Burch, fashion designer; Carol Alt, supermodel and skin-care entrepreneur; Mark Ackermann, president and CEO, Lighthouse International; Ian Jarvis, actor; Pratt President Thomas F. Schutte and his wife, Tess; Bruce Gitlin, chair, Pratt Institute Board of Trustees; Juliana Terian, Pratt Trustee and Rallye Motors chairwoman; Peter Barna, provost, Pratt Institute; Donald Stannard, jewelry designer; Victor Luis, president, Coach; and Ian Bickley, president, Coach International. |
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| Special guests from the cosmetics and package design industry included Elizabeth Musmanno, president, The Fragrance Foundation; Carlotta Jacobson, president, Cosmetic Executive Women; Jerry Vittoria, president of fragrances, Firmenich; Theo Spilka, vice president, Firmenich; Henry Renella, senior vice president, global packaging development, Estée Lauder; John Downey, vice president tech driven supplier innovation, Estée Lauder; Peter Acerra, president/CEO, SGD North America; Felix Mayr-Harting, executive vice president, Fine Fragrance Global, Givaudan; Nicholas Mirzayantz, group president, International Fragrance & Flavors; Robert Aldrich, president and CEO North America, Ermenegildo Zegna; Luc Malfait, president, Takasago Europe; Hisaya Fujiwara, president, Takasago USA; and Michael Mane, president, Michael Mane. The Pratt program in which Rosen teaches--Communications and Package Design--is ranked as one of the top graduate graphic design programs in the country by U.S. News and World Report and collegecrunch.org. |
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| The Jewish Museum's 20th annual Most Amazing New York Art & Design Tour attracted over 220 attendees who enjoyed brunch at Tribeca Rooftop, 2 Desbrosses Street, followed by self-guided tours of magnificent private art collections in some of New York's most spectacular Tribeca and Soho residences. Ronit Berkman, Stacey Bronfman and Debi Wisch were the Most Amazing New York Art & Design Tour co-chairs. This event raised $300,000 and the proceeds benefit The Jewish Museum. |
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| Last Monday night, Darren Henault hosted a cocktail reception at his home for New York Times bestselling author Michael Hainey and his hit book, "After Visiting Friends; A Son's Story." |
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| On April 23rd, The Queen Elizabeth II Garden held its annual gala dinner at Gotham Hall. The creation of the Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden, in the heart of Lower Manhattan, was prompted by a desire to honor and memorialize the 67 British subjects who lost their lives in the tragic attacks of September 11, 2001. In 2002, the St. George's Society, under the then presidency of William R. Miller, CBE, embraced the idea of creating a permanent garden memorial. The Garden is administered by the British Memorial Garden Trust, Inc., a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded by the British Consulate and the St. George's Society. |
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Photographs by PatrickMcMullan.com; Mary Hilliard and Jay Brady (THE VERSAILLES FOUNDATION) |