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Friends of NYFC
A Fool’s Fête |
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Alina Cho, Lydia Fenet, Amy McFarland, Allison Aston, Susan Magazine, Shirin von Wulffen, Clare McKeon, Rory Hermelee all in Akris.
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The Friends of New Yorkers For Children (NYFC) hosted the Seventh Annual Spring Dinner Dance—New Year’s in April: A Fool’s Fête on April 8, 2010 at the Mandarin Oriental to benefit youth in foster care in New York City. Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos served as Honorary Chair and Event Chairs were Allison Aston, Marisa Brown, Lydia Fenet, Rory Hermelee, Susan Shin, and Shirin von Wulffen. Partnering with NYFC for the first time, Akris served as presenting sponsor of the sold out event.
Guests included Babi Ahluwalia, Waris Ahluwalia, Allison Aston (in Akris), Malin Akerman, Debbie Bancroft, Lance Bass, Christine Beauchamp, Alexandra Becker (in Akris), Byrdie Bell, Fabiola Beracasa, Melissa Beste (in Akris), Suzy Biszantz, Marisa Brown (in Akris), Alexis Bryan, Michelle Buswell, Stefano and Patricia Canturi, Olivia Chantecaille, Georgina Chapman, Alina Cho (in Akris), John Demsey, Lauren Dupont, Selita Ebanks (in Akris), Natalia Echavarria (in Akris) and Sebastian Echavarria, Nicole Esposito, Adelina Wong Ettelson, Lydia Fenet (in Akris), Melissa George, Jim Gold, Valesca Guerrand-Hermes, Zani Gugelmann, Kimberly Guilfoyle (in Akris), Mamie Gummer, Douglas Hannant, Katharina Harf, Rory Hermelee (in Akris), Karolina Kurkova, Tiiu Kuik, Stephanie LaCava, Anisha Lakhani (in Akris), Katie Lee, Adam Lippes, Lonneke (in Akris), Eva Lorenzotti, Julie and Billy Macklowe, Susan Magazine, Fern Mallis, Commissioner John Mattingly, Ashley McDermott, Amy McFarland (in Akris), Clare McKeon (in Akris) and Robert McKeon, Gillian Miniter, Tinsley Mortimer, Carlos Mota, Sky Nellor (in Akris), Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos (in Akris), Elise Overland, Olivia Palermo, Coralie Charriol Paul, Annelise Peterson, Lauren Remington Platt, Whitney Port, Zac Posen, Rie Rasmussen, Bryan Reyes, Hilary Rhoda, Alexandra Lind Rose, Emmy Rossum, Emilie Rubinfeld (in Akris), Amy Sacco, Karin and Steve Sadove, Andrew Saffir and Daniel Benedict, Christine Schwarzman, Nicholas Scoppetta, Paul Sevigny, Susan Shin (in Akris), Carol Smith (in Akris), Hana Soukupová, Lucy Sykes, Ferebee Taube, André Leon Talley, Antony Todd, Dianne Vavra, Vanessa Weiner von Bismark, Philipp Wolff, Shirin von Wulffen (in Akris), Kara Young etc.
Special guests at the event included ten young people in foster care who are leaders in New Yorkers For Children programs. Dior Beauty and Frédéric Fekkai provided hair and makeup styling for the youth in attendance. The 2009 NYFC Spirit Award recipient, Shantel Schloss, shared her inspirational story during the evening’s program and thanked guests for helping youth in foster care as they strive to achieve their educational goals.
Additional support was provided by Dior, Natalia and Sebastian Echavarria, Clare and Robert McKeon, Pilar and Stephen Robert, Ram and Preethi Sundaram, Ann Taylor, Ansible Mobile, Canturi Jewels, Frédéric Fekkai, Dwight Freeney, Katharina Harf and Marc Jordan, Hugo Boss, La Perla, Macy’s and Bloomingdales, Medley Capital, Saks Fifth Avenue, Christine and Stephen Schwarzman and Valentino. Vice Chair Stefano Canturi of Canturi Jewels dressed many of the evening’s guests including Melissa George, Jennifer Creel, Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos, Selita Ebanks and Elise Overland.
A Fool’s Fête is the annual fundraising event of the Friends of New Yorkers For Children, a group of dedicated New Yorkers who support NYFC’s efforts to help the city’s most vulnerable children. Founded in 1996, NYFC is committed to enriching the lives of young people in foster care as they strive to become successful, self-sufficient adults. Over the past thirteen years, fundraising initiatives like A Fool’s Fete have enabled NYFC to reach these youth through scholarships, tutoring programs, job training, networking opportunities and the support needed to succeed in college.
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NYFC executive director Susan Magazine in Akris, NYFC president Nicholas Scoppetta, and NYFC vice president Susan Burden.
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NYFC vice chair Katharina Harf.
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Honorary chair Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos in Akris and Canturi jewels and Brian Reyes.
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Katherine Vergez, Martin Jack, Amy McFarland in Akris and Canturi, Anthony Tavares, 2009 NYFC Spirit Award recipient Shantel Schloss, and Zhanna Raymond.
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Natalia Echavarria and Shirin von Wulffen, both in Akris and Canturi jewels.
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Adelina Wong Ettelson and Alexandra Lind Rose.
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Dianne Vavra, Ricky Wilson, Bryn Kenny, Ellie Hawke.
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Kimberly Guilfoyle in Akris and Canturi.
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Karolina Kurkova.
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Susan Magazine in Akris, Stefano Canturi.
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Melissa George in Canturi, Patricia Canturi.
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Valesca Guerrand-Hermes.
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Olivia Chantecaille.
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Zac Posen, Mamie Gummer.
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Fernando Vigil, Zani Gugelmann.
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Julie Macklowe.
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Alexis Bryan.
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Debbie Bancroft and Ashley McDermott.
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Pia Ledy, Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos in Akris and Canturi jewels.
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Fabiola Beracasa.
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Lauren Remington Platt.
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Gillian Miniter.
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Lydia Fenet in Akris and Canturi jewels.
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Hilary Rhoda in La Perla, Nicole Esposito.
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Alina Cho in Akris, Rory Hermelee and Clare McKeon in Akris and Canturi.
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Sky Nellor.
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| Photos:
JOE SCHILDHORN/PatrickMcMullan.com |
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