HAMPTONS FIELD OF DREAMS

MANHATTAN SOCIETY REPORT
Photos by Christopher London and Gregory Partanio
THE
HAMPTONS:
FIELD OF
DREAMS
THE SEVENTH ANNUAL Under
the Stars benefit, celebrating
the Children’s Museum of the
East End, the Group for the
South Forks Annual Benefit, the
Southampton Rose Society and
the piece de resistance — which
New York Attorney
General and Gubernatorial
Candidate, Eliot Spitzer
is the subject of this article —
perfectly encapsulate the mantra,
“if you build it, they will come”.
The Annual Watermill Center
Benefit and Auction — long hailed
as the best party in the Hamptons
— drew a record 1,000 guests and
raised a total of US$1.3 million
for the operation of its artistic
CIPRIANI WALL
STREET FOR
THE FRIENDS OF
THE HIGHLINE
6TH ANNUAL
SUMMER BENEFIT
Mr Barry Diller and Ms Diane
Von Furstenberg
Mr Andre Balazs
programmes and workshops.
Bob Colacello led attendees
through an evening underwritten
by Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy.
The cocktail reception was
followed by art auctions,
performances and installations by
guest artists-in-residence Andrey
Bartenev, Tania Bruguera and
Vadim Fishkin, a seated dinner,
dancing and an exhibition
of works from the Watermill
Collection curated by Jean-Paul
Barbier-Muller.
Patrons and benefactors included
Claudia Cohen, Lou Reed, Isabella
Rossellini, Donna Karan and
daughter Gabby, Blair Clarke,
Debbie Bancroft, Veronica Hearst,
Lauren Davis, Mary McFadden,
Ms Nicole Miller, Ms Debbie
Bancroft, Ms Cynthia
Lufkin and Ms Ann Colley
and Thom Filicia.
Highlights included an auction
by Simon de Pury, which yielded
a winning bid of $120,000 by
architect and designer Campion
Platt on a video portrait of Isabelle
Hupert and Brad Pitt by
Robert Wilson.
WOLFFER ESTATE
VINEYARD FOR
THE GROUP
FOR THE SOUTH
FORK “TOWNS &
VILLAGES BENEFIT
DINNER DANCE
Mr Tony Ingrao, Ms Frances Schultz
and Mr Randy Kemper
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HENNESSY POLO CUP
AT SOUTHAMPTON
HUNT & POLO CLUB
Ms Adeline
Neubert, Ms
Jacqueline
Lowey and
Ms Cynthia
Sulzberger
Mr Nacho Figueras
and Hennessey
Team Captain, Ms
Yvonne Morabito
Mr and Mrs Brendan
and Eva Dillon
Mr Kipton Cronkite and
Mr Herve Larretche
CHANNING DAUGHTERS WINERY
FOR THE CMEE UNDER THE STARS
BENEFIT & AUCTION FOR THE
CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF THE
EAST END
RUFFIAN 2006 FALL
COLLECTION EVENT
HOSTED BY MAURICE
VILLENCY
Mr Jay Sugarman, Arno
Sugarman, Mr Allan Houston
and Ms Kelly Sugarman
Fashion designer
Lily Rafii
Ms Kimberly
Guilfoyle Villency
and Mr Eric Villency
ISTAR FINANCIAL 4TH ANNUAL
CHARITY SHOOTOUT AT MADISON
SQUARE GARDEN BENEFITTING
ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION AND
HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST
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AVFO (AMERICAN VIETNAMESE
FRIENDSHIP ORGANIZATION)
STIENWAY BAVE BENEFIT
CONCERT WITH PERFORMANCE
BY CHOSAN
Mr Robert Wilson, Ms
Sharon Handler and
Ambassador John L. Loeb
Philanthropist Henry Buhl
and Mr Rocky Aoki
THE WATERMILL
CENTER GRAND
OPENING & 13TH
ANNUAL SUMMER
BENEFIT HOSTED
BY ROBERT
WILSON
Ms Blair Clarke, Mr
Campion Platt and
Ms Tatiana Platt
Ms Lucia Hwong Gordon, Ms
Chosan and Ms Keiko Aoki
Ms Claudia Cohen and Mr Simon de Pury
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