Charity Circuit
Fundraisers Up and Down Manhattan
Not just any organization can shut down Manhattan's Four Seasons Restaurant for an evening, but the Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's Associates Committee, which threw its annual fall fundraiser at the power eatery last night, has more than a few not-just-anyones pulling for it. The dinner drew some of uptown's swellest—including co-host Ferebee Bishop Taube, despite the fact that she's expecting her third child on Friday. "I made the decision to come last night," Taube explained, before adding that she was prepared for an emergency. "My husband's here. He won't know what to do, but he's on hand."
The Society got some help in its push to raise $2 million for pediatric family housing from Gucci, which sponsored and put racy looks on a bevy of pretty young things. Dree Hemingway, who arrived in a showstopping green python dress, reported she'd just wrapped a movie. "I play this quirky, free-spirited girl named Rhonda," she said, pulling back a wisp of hair. "I look like a Rhonda, no?" Across the room, Amber Heard was encased in black leather from the waist down. "It's hot, huh? Or is it just the pants? It's the pants," she decided.
Meanwhile, at a studio party in the West Village, Project Paz, in conjunction with Amor Por Juárez, was raising money for community development in Juárez, the Mexican city that has been devastated by drug wars. Supporters—including Thakoon Panichgul and jewelry designer Monique Péan—squeezed in between 32 commissioned works of art for the silent auction and, if Christian Cota is to be believed, a hundred or so girls in his dresses. "We went into the archives, because we needed extra ones," Cota said, adding: "The thing about Mexican women is that when they wear the dresses, they really wear them. They seduce the men. With all this passion, I'm seeing a lot of dresses maybe not coming back in the best condition." The Mexican designer seemed happy to contribute a few extra threads to the cause.
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