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October 23, 2008 12:29 pm
Every once in a while, I find myself at a party that confounds me. Maybe it’s a black-tie gala for the Westminster Dog Show, or perhaps it’s a Republican fundraiser that I was tricked into attending with the promise of a goodie bag. Who knows? Well, last night was another one of those nights: I attended a cocktail event celebrating Vacheron Constantin watches designed by Charlie Rose and Salman Rushdie (I thought socialites had the lock on accessory collaborations) and featuring a performance by Grammy-winning hip-hop artist Ne-Yo—all in support of an Afghanistan charity. Got that? The good news is that whatever the party lacked in congruity it made up for in festivity. Rushdie and his fellow host, architect Richard Meier, hid behind a pole when a speechmaker tried to call them to the podium, giggling like schoolboys. And Lindsay Price and Kim Raver wrangled front-row perches for Ne-Yo’s set, but from where I was positioned I couldn’t tell if they followed his orders to “Raise your hands if you’re an independent woman!” In all seriousness, though, Afghanistan World Foundation, which builds hospitals and medical facilities in rural parts of that war-torn country, is a charity that can use this sort of attention. “For every one Afghan there are two mines,” said Rushdie. “And when children play, sometimes they find them. But the hospitals are so far—sometimes ten hours—that they often bleed to death before they get there. We want to fix that.”
tags: Charlie Rose, Ne-Yo, Salman Rushdie, Vacheron Constantin watches
