Diamonds might be a girl’s best friend, but the opening last night of London-based diamond dealer Graff’s New York flagship boutique drew some of the wealthiest and most philanthropic men on the planet. And their wives, of course. Crowded into the sparkling Madison Avenue store were Eli and Edythe Broad, Naguib and Ghada Sawiris, Jonathan [...]

The power of naming is a wonderful thing. Call our current economic crisis a recession, and the stores are empty; call a spending spree a charity shopping weekend and, voilà—charge it, please. That’s what Saks Fifth Avenue and the EIF’s Women’s Cancer Research Fund are hoping for, at least, and judging by the A-listers at [...]