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Social Season Blooms Jackie Kennedy, White House @ 60, Marylin Monroe, Chanel @100, Pope Francis, The God Committee, Sylvester Stallone, Vivien Leigh & Gone with the Wind
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Caroline Kennedy & Genevieve McSweeney Ryan -
Photo Credit - Tony Powell
The White House Historical Association 60th Anniversary @ The Met Museum First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy envisioned a restored White House that conveyed a sense of history through its decorative and fine arts. In 1961, she established the White House Historical Association (WHHA) to support her vision to preserve and share the Executive Mansion’s legacy. Current First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Jackie’s daughter Caroline Kennedy and Al Roker greeted guests including Genevieve McSweeney Ryan at the WHHA’’s 60th Anniversary Gala which honored its founder at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. During her remarks, Kennedy noted that her mother shared her father, President John F. Kennedy’s, belief that the White House should serve as a stage for where America and the world could see the very best of American arts and culture. She also highlighted her mother’s civic accomplishments including her landmark televised tour of the restored White House in 1962. Supported entirely by private resources, the Association’s mission
is to assist in the preservation of the state and public rooms, fund acquisitions, and educate the public on the history of the White House. Since its founding, the WHHA has contributed more than $50 million in fulfillment of its mission. whitehousehistory.com Chanel No. 5 Celebrates its First Century When Marylin Monroe was asked what she wore in bed, she quipped, “Chanel No. 5.” Coco Chanel debuted the legendary fragrance 100 years ago and to mark the anniversary the company gave a party dubbed “Chanel No. 5 in The Stars” at Rockefeller Center’s iconic ice-skating rink where champion Canadian figure skater Elladj Baldé performed a breathtaking routine to “Uptown Funk” and Mary J Blige sang a selection of her hits. The perfumed pack included Lily Allen, Dylan Penn, Ella Hunt, Brittany O’Grady, Lauren Ridloff, and artist Jemima Kirke who said, “I love a woman who wears the same scent every day. It’s glamorous and classic. It’s old Hollywood.” The French actress Marion Cotillard is among the fragrances’ ambassadors. chanel.com
Isabelle Bscher & Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone Painting in Palm Beach Sylvester Stallone, who lives in Palm Beach with his wife Jennifer Flavin and three daughters Sophia, Sistine and Scarlet, has had a long career, both as an actor and an artist. Rocky showed 15 paintings at Isabelle Bscher’s Galerie Gmurzynska at The Palm Beach Show. Among the pieces was a pop-art interpretation of Superman from 1990 called Sublime Hero. Stallone said, “Both in art and film, I looked at figures like Spartacus or Hercules who radiated hyper-reality through their hyper masculinity. Painting is where I feel close to a bare-naked truth, so much so that I look at the canvas as some sort of an enemy.” The acting icon also featured a political work titled The Blacklist, referencing the notorious 1938 list that accused actors of being communists, and a series of self-portraits of him as Rocky. Stallone said, “I made a self-portrait with a more defined ‘pug face’ than I had back then, but to capture his sadness, I switched the brush with a screwdriver and carved the eyes.” gmurzynska.com Vivien Leigh & Gone with the Wind Also at the Palm Beach Show were a pair of gold
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