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its 35th anniversary, Quest looks back at the people, events, and institutions that have best represented it, as told by writers who knew them.

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The Garden Club of Palm Beach hosted its wonderful Flower Show in style this year.

Our monthly guide to virtual and in-person galas and goings-on about town.

A look back at the beginning and evolution of this column and its writers—Andrew Black, Jack Bryan, Elizabeth Quinn Brown, Alex Travers, and Brooke Kelly— and their nighttime chronicles of all the best parties, from the early 2000s to today. Remembering the adventurous life of Prince Philip.

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you sit ... you feel the vibrations of great times and tall deeds.” Even Sinatra crooned: “New York, New York—a city so big they had to name it twice.” New York Strong is no longer just a slogan; it’s a fact. Inside these pages we celebrate a legacy of Palm Beach Mayors ... we bid farewell to the muted elegance of the late Prince Philip, and ... we doff our cap to Quest’s plucky founder, Heather Cohane, who possessed the original vision and moxie to begat this magazine. Again, I’ve been asked by Quest’s talented team to send you, dear readers and online viewers, our deep appreciation for your encouraging emails, inspiring texts, and generous messages. Your support during these past 13 months has been unwavering, and your collective courage has inspired our mission. Sometime this Fall we will celebrate our 35th—together!—when we will ask each of you to raise a glass and join us, finally ... IN PERSON. u

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HOO-RAY, HOO-RAY, it’s the First of May ... will “normalcy” begin today? This eternally optimistic pub sure hopes so, though my pragmatic side says our re-entry will be more g r a d u a l and somewhat protracted. Encouragingly, there is no doubt whatsoever that Manhattan is opening up, and with residential fanfare at that. While the midtown blocks still seem sluggish, the rediscovered Upper East Side is again abuzz with young families and schoolbound children. Both Chelsea and TriBeCa feel equally re-energized, while on East 72nd Street I saw a few Brearley and Dalton parents actually smiling ... With our May issue, Quest begins its 35th year—quite an achievement these days for any independent journal. Over these past nine Covid-dominated months, our stalwart staff has spent many long but highly amusing evenings picking through 35 years of richly bound back issues. At various moments this experience has been revealing ... touching ... sobering ... and truly hilarious. A stroll down Memory Lane awaits you in the pages ahead, and we hope you’ll be as amused and entertained. Our anniversary centerpiece is a deep dive into the personalities and institutions that have defined Quest over these past 35 years— as told by the scribes and reporters who know them well. It’s an authentic fabric that has bound this tribe together for the past three-plus decades, shaping the social history not just of our great Gotham, but indeed those younger, like-minded communities now challenging New York up and down the Eastern Seaboard. Quest salutes the growth of Charleston, Nashville, Dallas, Palm Beach et.al. and we embrace their dedicated readership and support. Indeed, their future is our lifeline. But it’s New York to which we will, and have, returned. The American bard of pristine letters, E.B. White, so simply understated it: “New York is the concentrate of art and commerce ... sport and religion ... entertainment and finance. It carries on its lapel the odor of the long past, so that no matter where

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I WROTE MY FIRST Social Diary in Quest at the end of 1993. I’d come out to New York to write a book for Bobby Short in late ’92. One night my friend Beth DeWoody invited me to join her at a cocktail party at Chanel on 57th Street. I’d been away from the Big Town so long, I didn’t know people had cocktail parties in high end clothing shops. But Beth was kindly

thinking of this old friend, and so I went. I have no memory of the evening except for the moment that made it so important and particularly memorable. At the party I was introduced to a small, blonde British woman with a smiling face named Heather Cohane. Heather had launched her own magazine here in New York a few years before. It was (and is) called

Quest. Her husband, the writer Jack Cohane, had died a few years earlier and she had children in school and needed to earn money. Her solution to such a task was to start a magazine, designed to advertise the residential real estate industry in New York. She was inspired by a similar magazine in London called Cavalcade. Heather told me she’d read a couple of pieces

I’d written for (the old) Connoisseur magazine. And we chatted briefly about people we had in common. One was Gloria Etting, a Philadelphian who led a very active social life wherever she went. Gloria lived her life as an adventure. She was not rich or even wealthy although she knew them all. Her friendship was her ace. I’d first met her in Los Angeles where she

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12th Christmas—had always (day) dreamed of doing. It was never an objective of ambition. It was a kid’s free imagination, a permanent resident. And I’ve been playing in that sandbox ever since; thanks to Heather Cohane, a generous soul who made her life a great adventure. Back to basics and the Business. After almost a year of lockdown and social withdrawal, Spring

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Freedom. However, many of us have been under lockdown and/ or isolated for a year. It may be over but there remains the so-called rules about our social habits. Distancing, masks, etc. have become habits. The fear remains with many. Not necessarily the facts, but definitely the “fear.” How this will affect our return to the freedoms we have taken for granted for many generations remains to be seen. What I am certain of is that most all of us millions and millions of people really want to live around each other,

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D AV I D PAT R I C K C O L U M B I A as is our natural habitat: independence. Changes. Elsa Peretti, the jewelry designer, died at the end of March in Florence, Italy. Elsa was briefly, in retrospect, a great New Yorker. She was one of those “very special persons,” a woman who possessed the blessings of Respect and Self-Respect. I did not know her, although I met her a couple of times. She had a naturally soigne manner, like her creations. I knew nothing about her personal life except that she had been a model and longtime friend of Halston in his heyday. And speaking of Halston, there was an occasion when she was so offended by something her friend had

done or said (or both) that while a guest in his house, she took off her chinchilla greatcoat that he had given her; and in front him, to show him how much that kind of generosity mattered to her, she threw it in the b u r n i n g fireplace. Snap, crackle and pop! I am not a connoisseur of jewelry design which I am mainly unfamiliar with, but because I had dinner with Elsa once at the apartment of Tom Scherrer, the interior designer, I had a strong sense of what she

was like to know. She had one of those big, dramatic Italian personalities—full of emotion, and irony, and wit, and curiosity. It was beautiful to behold. I’m exaggerating but it feels like that in memory, so great was the impression she made. A number of years ago, after she’d “retired” from the mainstream, I attended a big retrospective Tiffany hosted celebrating her 35th anniversary with the store. Looking through the displays of her pieces I could see her jew-

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elry was the refinement of that personality. After that initial dinner in 1996 I never had the privilege of seeing her again. She was already living mainly in Italy and then Spain where she had a fantastic tiny old villa that she purchased and restored. I saw a maquette of it somewhere. It reminded me of when I was a kid, where I would have liked to live. It was the sensibility of Elsa Peretti that was is the main attraction for me. Irresistible. So on that night of the Tiffany reception for her, I naturally went just to have the opportunity to see her again. And when I did see her, I didn’t recognize her. It was fifteen or twenty years

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later and she was using a cane and had put on weight. This is not so surprising when you get to a certain age, and you look around and see youth ebbing all over the place. That night Elsa was enjoying the vibes, surrounded by wellwishers, fans, colleagues, photographers. I reintroduced myself. I reminded her about the dinner. She didn’t remember the evening; but then I wouldn’t have if it weren’t for her. Nevertheless, she was that naturally warm and gracious woman. Everyone was happy that she was back and in the room. And so it was, with Elsa. Back to the present 36 QUEST

and the subject of jewels and jewelry designers. Christopher Walling the jewelry designer with a shop at 58th Street and Park hosted a book signing for Prince Dimitri of Yu g o s l a v i a who has just published a memoir, “Once Upon a Diamond; A family tradition of royal jewels” My personal interest was accidental since jewelry is not a subject that has ever fascinated me. However, I started to read the introduction of

Dimitri’s memoir since it was in front of me, and that was just the beginning. It is a history of our Western culture that delivers insight to our civilization then and now. A knowledgeable, charming, good looking, real honest-toGod European prince, Dimitri is sophisticated to the point where he is comfortable with one and all. He has what our politicians “acquire” (or hope to) when they gain position. Dimitri’s are real. You

could also describe him in the very American nice-guy. He was a vice-president at Sotheby’s in that department. Several years ago he opened his own business with his own designs. Initially I thought this was a book just about Diamonds—highly attracting subject for those eternally interested. But he’s not only an expert, he’s a natural historian. Expecting a book of images, I was instantly caught up in the history of the characters as well as their treasures. It begins with Russia at the end of the 19th/beginning of the 20 century when the Tsars were about to lose power fatally. All of Europe and including

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D AV I D PAT R I C K C O L U M B I A so’s ya’d notice. The topic at hand in the middle of last month was the passing of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. I knew very little of his background because he was never been a person of great interest to me. He was, generally, always just the husband of the Queen, and father of her children. The stories I’d heard over the years were gossip— about his extra-monarchal social life around London. It was a “picture” of a difficult person in that he could be bored or intolerant or arrogant around people, such as members of the palace staff. It was a picture of a man who’d married the Queen; and basically that was his “job.” Except, in the Prince’s case, it was just idle

gossip, and false. We all have our likes and dislikes about public people—people we actually don’t know or have never met. But we think we know them because their public personality is so prominent or we’ve seen them speak on T.V. Yet despit worldwide prominence, very often the public hasn’t a clue about what that person is really like if we actually knew him (or her). I did see him speak once here in New York. It was back in the mid-90s, and on behalf of the World Wildlife Fund which I believe he

was head of. He must have been in his mid-70s then. In person he was a man with very much a presence. I can’t remember where it was held, but it wasn’t a large group— maybe a hundred or so; and I see a wood paneled room in my mind’s eye. I had been invited by the PR people in charge of the event. Despite my lack of interest, I a c c e p t e d because it would give me something to write about, and therefore curiosity drove the thoughts. He stood on a low platform before us and behind a podium but

clearly very at ease. He was, of course a familiar face immediately. And his classic handsomeness was irrelevant. He was very comfortable in his own skin, as they say. It’s the kind of “comfort” that draws the audience in. However, after listening to his talk, the substance of which was about the caring for the wild life as well as the civilized – I was very impressed by his humanity. He spoke of the good and delivered it like a personal experience. He relayed a sense of the ultimate authority, a kind of caretaking that you naturally expect of leaders. What he possessed that I’d never read about was great personal charm. It was the real thing, a kind

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of polished niceness that makes the others feel good being in its presence. But what struck me and stayed with me was that he wore a natural modesty, almost like (but not nearly) one of the guys. The obituaries of the man reached into his childhood and youth which occurred amidst great changes in the world and in his family’s life. He was born a member of the royals who inhabited the thrones of Europe and Russia—his own 44 QUEST

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background was Danish and Greek—and were all related directly to the other royal families. It was no accident that he ended up with Princess Elizabeth who was going to become the Queen. They were a perfect ( “ c u t e ” ) couple to the public’s eye. Evidently they really liked

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each other too, but they were all related. Conrad Black wrote the best piece about Prince Philip in The Sun. Titled; “Philip: What an Astonishing Life Was His.” Black begins recalling when as a young boy growing up in Canada about seventy years ago when his mother took

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him and his brother to see the then Princess Elizabeth and “her almost new husband pass by on their way to look at E. P. Taylor’s racehorses at Windfields Farm, now the Toronto community of Don Mills.” As fate would have it for Conrad Black, many years later, then in the newspaper business in Canada, he met the Prince for business reasons. As matter of course in their common interests, he and Philip met him several

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D AV I D PAT R I C K C O L U M B I A more times and became familiar acquaintances. His memories and example of “what it was like/what he was like” are kind yet incisive. He liked Philip. He was a GREAT husband to Her Majesty the Queen and served his role brilliantly and effectively, often with the wisdom granted to him by his past, the roots of Common Sense that his fate had taught him. It was a life well-lived, and good. Conrad Black’s article: h t t p s : / / w w w. n y s u n . c o m / foreign/philip-what-anastonishing-life-washis/91472/ Hollywood, Hollywood, fabulous follywood. My interest in that “town”

stems from childhood and continued into my adult life when lived out there from the late 1970s to the early ’90s. The impression it made on me then was unlike the boy’s imagination but nevertheless as fascinating. R e c e n t l y the Daily Mail—now the world’s g r e a t e s t tabloid – had an article on “The Hearst E s t a t e , ” about the Los Angeles property now being put on the market by its present owner D AV I D PAT R I for $90 million that was

originally the residence of the legendary American newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst who occupied the mansion with his longtime mistress, the silent screen star he c r e a t e d , M a r i o n Davies. Mr. Hearst died in the house in 1951. I drove by the property hundreds, m a y b e thousands of times although you couldn’t see the 40,000-squarefoot mansion with its CK COLUMBIA 8 bedrooms and 15

bathrooms from the road, but was well aware of its history because of its owner and his “companion” Miss Davies. By the late 1970s, its original resident had long passed away and few people knew about the property or its distinguished resident and his companion of more than three decades. There was a legal Mrs. Hearst, Millicent, who lived mainly in New York and was the mother of his children— with one exception—a daughter whom he had with Miss Davies named Patricia Lake. Although it was never known or publicly talked about Miss Lake in her lifetime,

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she was very close to her mother and her maternal aunts who brought her up. I heard about Marion Davies out there for the first time through a screenwriter and film producer, an Englishman named Ivan Moffat—who coincidentally was the father of an English writer Ivana Lowell who grew up not knowing of him, or that he was her father. One night back in the late ’70s I happened to meet Ivan at home of Lady Sarah Churchill in Beverly Hills. A man a generation older than I, we got into chatting about his career in Hollywood, which led 48 QUEST

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to Marion Davies, whom I also knew very little about. In 1951, the same year that Hearst died, Ivan had been a producer on a controversial picture called A Place in the Sun starring Elizabeth T a y l o r , Montgomery Clift and S h e l l e y Winters. The film was based on a novel and later a play by Theodore Dreiser called “An American Tragedy” which was inspired by a true story, a

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real-life murder in 1906 of a young pregnant woman named Grace Brown by a man named Chester G i l l e t t e . Brown had b e c o m e pregnant by Gillette who was convicted of her murder and sent to the electric chair two years later. Around the time the film was finished, Ivan happened to meet Marion Davies at a cocktail party. In the course of their conversation he told her

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about the new film and its background. I don’t know if she were aware of the play or novel although it occurred when she was a famous silent film star and well known as Hearst’s mistress. In relating the story, Ivan told her that they were worried about getting a release date for the film because of the subject (unwed mothers). Marion was curious to know more and told Ivan that if he could get a print, they could run it in the screening room of the Hearst mansion. He got the print and on the appointed day and hour, he took it up to the house

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D AV I D PAT R I C K C O L U M B I A on Beverly Drive where the elder Mr. Hearst was then bedridden and ultimately on his last days. Ivan and Miss Davies watched the film alone. She was shaken by story and its message. Weeping profusely at the end, she congratulated Ivan on the greatness of the film. He in response told her again how they were unsure that it would ever be released because in the 1950s, unwed motherhood was never discussed publicly and women were looked down upon for getting pregnant under the circumstances. Hearing of this, Maid Marion as she was known to friends, told Ivan that she could help. Leaving the screening room of the great house she led him

outside and down the long driveway to the gatehouse. The gatehouse, as Ivan described it was an office, full of teletype machines and telephones which could connect Mr. Hearst to any and all of his newspapers across America. Once inside, Marion picked up a phone where she was automatically connected to the editor of the New York JournalAmerican or the Daily News—Ivan was never certain of which of the two Hearst newspapers she’d reached. With the editor at the other end of the line, Mar-

ion explained that she “and Mr. Hearst had just seen the most magnificent film” called A Place in the Sun and that Mr. Hearst had directed her to call to tell the editor that he wanted the film to be publicized everyday for the next two weeks in every Hearst newspaper in America as a “great film.” And that, was that; and so it was. The film was a huge success, critically and commercially. It won six Academy Awards for that year and again forty years later in 1991, it re-

ceived a Golden Globe for the first award for a Best Motion Picture. It was later chosen by the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being “culturally historically, or aesthetically significant.” Several weeks after the screening, Marion’s man, William Randolph Hearst died in his bed. Without alerting Marion, the body was removed from the house at the direction of his sons and a funeral was held to which Marion was not invited. On his death, Hearst left Marion much of his fortune. She sold it back to the Hearst Corporation for $1. When she died ten years later at age 63, she left an estate valued at more than $20 million. u

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WHAT CAUSES DEPRESSION? Scientists at Hope for Depression Research Foundation Are Assembling a Picture of How Depression Develops in the Brain, Leading to New Treatments CLINICAL DEPRESSION is the world’s single leading cause of disability, ahead of heart disease and cancer. It is a devastating illness that shatters lives. And yet science does not have a firm understanding of it or new ways to treat it. Conventional medications like Prozac (or other SSRIs) are over 35 years old and do not fully work for 50% of patients. The Hope for Depression Research Foundation (HDRF) is working to change that with advanced research. Many have heard that depression is caused by a “chemical imbalance” in the brain, something to do with a serotonin deficiency. This explanation is not inaccurate, but it is too simplistic to lead to new treatments. In fact, the most important underlying cause of depression lies elsewhere. It involves our stress response; when our brain’s fight or flight circuits get stuck in the “on” position for so long that it becomes toxic. Cells and circuits are thrown off balance, affecting sleep, memory, mood and behavior. 96 QUEST

“Depression affects a large swath of the brain,” said acclaimed brain scientist Dr. Huda Akil, Ph.D., who works with HDRF. “The entire biochemical and cellular balance of many brain areas is altered.” Our stress response involves hundreds of molecules and hormones that influence the brain and change it. Some stress is good for us, but an extended or chronic stress response can leave what might be viewed as “scars” in the brain that initiate the pathology of depression. But how? And when? This is where the HDRF Depression Task Force comes in. This team of nine world-acclaimed neuroscientists are from different universities but have joined forces in a historic effort under the auspices of the Hope for Depression Research Foundation. The Depression Task Force (DTF) is starting to discover more about these “scars” left by stress in the brain, and also the genetic variations that make some of us more vulnerable to stress than

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HAPPY 35TH birthday to Quest! It’s hard to fathom that 35 years have flown by since the first issue of Quest hit the stands. My column began in May 2006, after the illustrious publisher Chris Meigher took the reins from founding editor, Heather Cohane, and where the remarkable David Patrick Columbia has been holding court each month with incredible stories that surprise, entertain, and inform. On a personal note… Over the years I have been privileged to work with the talented editor, Elizabeth Meigher, on many fun assignments—and now with Alex Travers who painstakingly pushes me to turn in my column on time each month. I have enjoyed working with many fine young editors who have gone on to great heights after learning the ropes at Quest. Quest is a serious magazine and I’m thankful that it’s here. It’s very reassuring to know that my photographs will be treated with respect, and it makes me want to take the best possible photographs when on assignment. I look forward to keeping up with the magazine’s high standard—I’m doing my best for it! The incredible publisher Chris Meigher’s boundless energy keeps the magazine on track—a magazine to be reckoned with—while readers turn to the keenly perceptive David Patrick Columbia as the arbiter of good taste... What’s happening now? And what happened then? Quest is a damn good magazine which makes writers and photographers, myself included, proud to be a part of its heritage. u Row one, left to right: Berlin Kiss, Berlin 1996. Andy Warhol, The Factory, 1983; The Beatles Pillow Fight, Paris, 1964; Grace and Chris Meigher with Gigi and Harry; Mikhail Baryshnikov and Liza Minnelli, 1980. Row Two: Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen,1985; Lauren Hutton, 1990; Francis Ford Coppola, Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, The Godfather, NYC, 1971; President and Mrs. Clinton, 1992; Brooke Astor at home, 1980; President and Mrs. Reagan, The White House, 1985. Row Three: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1966; Harry and Brooke Shields, 1978; Amy Winehouse, London, 2007; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Royal Tour of the Caribbean, 1966. Row Four: Jacqueline Kennedy, Canada, 1968; Dolly Parton, Nashville, 1976; Kate Moss, Paris, 1993; HRH Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace, London, 2014; Diana Vreeland, NYC, 1980. Row Five: Sir Winston Churchill at Harrow School, England, 1960; David Patrick Columbia at work; Bianca Jagger and Andy Warhol, 1977; Valentino, 1984; Farrah Fawcett, 1981; Bob Nederland, Gil Maurer and Harry, Norton Museum of Art. M AY 2 0 2 1 9 9

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FIGHT OR FLIGHT Clockwise from top left: A private jet lands in Gstaad; a

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time and can see on screen names of Pugs members sending messages to each other, but I don’t know how to put in my five cents. Prince Pavlos of Greece set it up so it rings, but in the meantime poor little Taki is voiceless. And it gets better—worse, rather. My daughter once taught me how to retrieve a lost column on my word processor, but I have since forgotten how to do it. My son simply refuses to offer technical

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From left: Lord and Lady Lucan pictured in 1964—10 years before he vanished; Grand Hôtel Bellevue.

help, as he calls it, and I’m incapable of cutting the ingrate off for good because I’ve already handed it over. Last week, however, things got hotter by the minute. The wife, who does not approve of flying private, advised me to do so from Gstaad to London because she knew things, but the airfield was closed, and going private from Geneva is a sucker’s game. One can land in the boondocks after paying through the nose and take three hours to get to Chelsea. Good old Charlie the driver, now speaking to me again, drove me to Geneva and I checked into BA with a very nice hostess, all smiles. Then the trouble began. I had papers with me stating that I had had two Covid shots and had tested negative on the day before flying. But there were some other things required that I had never heard of. So the nice woman behind the desk, who had a very sexy figure by the way, took my mobile and began working on it. I had been there approximately 45 minutes when the stewardess told me to take my luggage off and wait for a call from the U.K. “A call from the U.K. on a Sunday evening? Are you sure?” asked poor little me. By this time Wafic Said’s nephew had arrived with pretty wife and children in tow, and they volunteered to help. They knew what they were doing and fixed my telephone, and it was only a matter of a few minutes and I would be free to fly, but then the

sexy one asked for my password. I’ve had so many I gave the wrong one and everything collapsed. “You need a PA,” said the sexy one. “I had one and the wife fired her because she had a body like yours,” I ventured. A wintry smile from her and then more questions about email addresses and passwords. Finally, one hour after my flight had left, Charlie returned from halfway up the mountain and drove me back to my humble Gstaad home. That same evening, a bit frustrated, I drank two bottles of white wine and collapsed. The next morning the telephone rang nice and early. It was the U.K. checking up on me and warning me that it would be calling me back. In other words, be a good boy, stay home, or else. It was a female voice, perhaps a recording. Here’s the number: 300 123 2008. The message also said that the long arm of the law might be coming around. Not a bad idea, as the Bellevue hotel is still open and also one ski lift. The fuzz might look into the Lucan mystery while here, as Anthony Bingham lives here, he’s a relation of the missing earl so the trip and expenses can be justified. So now I am officially in England, and under British law I have to stay home for a couple of weeks or so. But I’ve been playing hooky and went skiing today and was amazed to find so much snow and beautiful mountains in Chelsea. Even Countess Bismarck has joined the circus,

offering her hubby’s PA to sort things out. I appreciate it greatly, but Bolle’s PA is a lady of a certain age. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love oldies, my wife Alexandra is going to be 117 years old come September. Also, do not forget that I’m a victim. I am victimized by young women because of my age, victimized by young men who use their thumbs to send ungrammatical messages to each other about matters such as jeans, rap music, and the environment; in fact I’m a martyr and I demand social justice. Never mind, the internet is the worst thing ever to hit humanity, and it most likely will be the end of me along with other Luddites. From where I sit among the snows in Glebe Place Chelsea, Switzerland, I read about the ghastly man and ghastly woman who made fun of the British flag, a symbol so many millions have died for. I believe in having fun and all that, but funny how some things strike me as being not funny at all. The man and woman are lowlifes, but they influence public opinion by being on the radio and TV. What I see as unfair is that if the poor little Greek boy was, say, to make fun of the woman’s name, race, or color, I’d be thrown out of The Spectator in less than 44 minutes, 44 being the amount of years I’ve been writing my column. Oh, to be in England. u For more Taki, visit takimag.com. M AY 2 0 2 1 1 0 1

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THE OXBRIDGE ADVANTAGE IS WAITING FOR YOU OXBRIDGE ACADEMY is an independent, co-educational day school for grades 7-12 located on a beautiful 54-acre campus in West Palm Beach, Florida. In an environment founded on a culture of kindness, Oxbridge delivers an exceptional educational experience by teaching what is worth learning; emphasizing course rigor; fostering personal discovery; integrating academics, the arts, and athletics; and focusing on character building. The result: students who are caring, confident, compassionate, critical thinkers, and global citizens prepared to tackle 21st-century problems—and annual graduating classes with 100% acceptance to four-year colleges and universities. Philanthropist William I. Koch founded Oxbridge in 2011 with the goal of bringing together like-minded families who place a high value on fostering a love of learning and providing a world-class education to academically qualified children regardless of their financial need. Mr. Koch established a unique school environment where social class and cliques are irrelevant, and compassion and cooperation are the traits that matter. The best teachers, some of whom are leaders in their fields, inspire Oxbridge students who also benefit from state102 QUEST

of-the-art teaching technology and an emphasis on hands-on learning over note-taking and memorization. Health, wellness, and proper nutrition are built into the school day. All students have access to the school’s first-rate health clinic and staff; PE, sports injuries, and rehab can be addressed here. Oxbridge also employs a fulltime psychologist. The school chef is celebrated by students and staff alike for preparing tasty, nutritious meals to power them through the day. Oxbridge has an average class size of 14, a 9:1 student/faculty ratio, and a faculty of which 77% have advanced degrees, including 13% with doctorates. Oxbridge is also proud of its unique, signature programs: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Aviation, Independent Research, and Cambridge Scholars— Yes, students spend two weeks studying at the prestigious school in England! The school’s Model UN and debate teams and its theater students are annually among the best in the state. The number of extra-curricular options grows yearly as students are encouraged to bring new ideas for programs and clubs to the administration. Oxbridge also encourages and emphasizes community

Clockwise from above: Courtyard seating at Oxbridge Academy; students during science class at the lake; Oxbridge offers a program in Aviation; inside the library. Opposite page: A class in session outdoors at Oxbridge Academy.

service, sometimes well beyond the local community. In 2019, a dozen Oxbridge students had the eye-opening experience of traveling to the Dominican Republic to help deliver hearing aids to hundreds of hearing-impaired residents. Oxbridge is also proud of its 22 varsity and seven JV athletic teams, which include sailing, equestrian, and girls flag football as well as basketball, volleyball, soccer, and lacrosse, among others. Since 2011, Oxbridge athletic teams have won five individual and team state championships, 10 regional championships, and 37 district titles. Fifteen percent of Oxbridge graduates have received scholarships to continue competing at the collegiate level. One recent graduate is playing lacrosse for Princeton, another is playing baseball for Johns Hopkins, and a third is on the soccer team at Villanova. Athletes in the Class of 2021 will be playing college sports as

well, joining the sailing team at Tulane and the softball team at Holy Cross, among others. In conjunction with its 10th anniversary, Oxbridge is adding seventh and eighth grades beginning in August 2021. Adding a middle school expands Oxbridge’s commitment to providing a world-class education to younger students from all walks of life who have a love of learning, allowing them to benefit sooner from the school’s focus on character development, its culture of kindness, and enabling them to make a seamless transition to the high school. The Oxbridge Advantage is waiting for you. u Oxbridge Academy is located at 3151 N. Military Trail in West Palm Beach. For more information, call 561.972.9826 or visit oapb.org/admission. M AY 2 0 2 1 1 0 3

A PALM BEACH TRADITION A HIGHLIGHT of the Palm Beach season every other year is The Garden Club of Palm Beach’s Flower Show. And because of the pandemic, the Garden Club of America, which the Palm Beach club has been a member in excellent standing of since 1931, decided there would be no GCA flower shows this year, said Heather Henry, the club’s historian. But current club president, Mary Pressly, would hear nothing of a flower-show-less year. Pressly, said Henry, came up with idea of having a different kind of show that would demonstrate the creative skills of the membership in floral design and showcase the horticultural talents of local women without the pressure of being evaluated by GCA judges. “We just wanted to have a little fun this year,” she said. The club staged flower shows yearly from 1929 till 1940, with a simpler, less showy version offered in 1932, because of the Great Depression. “The club didn’t think it appropriate for the time to present an extravagant flower celebration,” Henry explains. There were no Palm Beach flower shows from 1940, until the club members decided to revive them in 1979. The club focused its attention on civic and town beautification projects, something it has done since its inception, when the 104 QUEST

club commissioned the creation of a formal town plan that was enthusiastically adopted by the Town Council in 1930. The club continued maintenance of the lovely demonstration garden on the campus of the Society of the Four Arts, which it still is very involved with, and showcased members’ and local citizen’s horticultural prowess with house tours—eventually retitled the annual, and tremendously popular, House & Garden Day. The flower shows became bi-annual in 2000, because of the amount of time and effort that went into planning them. The 2021 Flower show, with the theme “Garden in Bloom” presented member’s floral interpretations of works in the Four Arts’s Philip Hulitar Sculpture Garden and elements throughout the Demonstration Garden and around the King Library, with Horticultural gems, especially orchids, presented in the Pannill pavilion. There was lots of humor and extremely clever among the exhibits. Visitors were greeted initially a bevy of spectacular legged bouquets seated on curved benches near the entrance. Whimsy and light-hearted for the most part, the open-air show was a stellar example of adaptation to a changed world. But the competitive show inside should return in 2023. u

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Clockwise, from above: The Tidal Garden at Bradley Park; Ginny Parker and Squirty Kenan working on their design; Lewis Miller of LMD New York creating an arrangement at one of four lectures the Garden Club presented this year. Opposite: Mary Pressly, Pam Patsley, Vicky Hunt, and Heather Henry (not pictured) created this design staged along the Moonlight Garden bench.

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Fresh Finds BY A LE X T R AV E R S AND ELIZABETH MEIGHER

MAY MEANS MOTHER’S DAY—and what better way to honor Mom than with a new bauble for spring? Keeping her in mind, we’ve combed the treasures of celebrated houses like Asprey, Elizabeth Gage, Verdura, and Vhernier, and we’ve found some unique pieces from favorites like Ralph Lauren and J. McLaughlin. From shoes and beauty, to weekend escapes, we have gifts that any mon (or dad) would delight in. Arriving just in time for spring, Staud’s latest

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Verdura set vibrant hued “pebbles” in rich yellow gold, often with rope detailing reminiscent of the designer’s youth in Sicily. $7,950 at verdura.com.

Tell mom she’s one-of-a-kind with this stunning Elizabeth Gage Aquamarine Fish pin featuring a sapphire eye in 18-ct. yellow gold setting that swims beneath 18-ct. yellow gold waves, pavé-set with 26 diamonds to their crests and set with gold sea-weed claws. $19,312 at Elizabeth-gage.com.

We can’t get enough of the latest accessories by Alexander McQueen, like this “Short Story” handbag. $1,990 at alexandermcqueen.com.

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For the rebel who is always fashion-forward: The Persol 714SM Steve McQueen sunglasses. $780 at persol.com. Brave the extremes with the new 2021 Rolex Oyster Perpetual Explorer II, redesigned with a new case and bracelet. $8,850 at Wempe: 700 Fifth Ave., 212.397.9000.

Spruce up your spring style with great new looks from J. McLaughlin—like these Lukas pants in Midi Geo Palm. $175 at jmclaughlin.com.

Get ready for fun in the sun with Bacardi’s rum punch cocktails. Check out the flavors and more at bacardi.com.

Cheers to spring—Stubbs & Wootton’s “Celebrate” slipper features an assortment of our favorite celebratory concoctions. $525 at stubbsandwootton.com.

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Think pink this spring in this chic outfit from Kiton. Shop the look full at kiton.com.

We love Linda Horn’s vintage domeshaped bird cage in green paint framed with a series of turned wooden dowels and four arched doors, with a central interior column provides multiple perches. $1,385 at Linda Horn: 212.772.1122 or lindahorn.com.

Take Mom on a trip to Casa de Campo Resort, the stunning 7,000-acre resort and private gated community in La Romana on the southeastern coast of the Dominican Republic. See packages at casadecampo. com.do.

Drop by the Kemble Shop—or visit thekembleshop.com—and grab these large red pansy earrings for Mom. She’ll be most grateful. The Kemble Shop: 294 Hibiscus Ave., Palm Beach.

Firmer. Smoother. Radiant. Change the future of your skin with every drop. It’s the one serum beautiful skin can’t live without. Advanced Night Repair, 1 oz. $75 at esteelauder.com.

Be sure to stop by the MAD Museum in late May to see the upcoming Craft Front & Center exhibition, on view until Feb 13, 2022. Visit madmuseum.com.

Tibi does simple elegance so well, making their pieces a great gift for fashion lovers. Shop the Spring 2021 collection at tibi.com.

A vivid expression A fun gadget for any accessory lover: L’Objet’s Crocodile Magnifying Glass. $150 at neimanmarcus.com.

of Ralph Lauren’s appreciation for tradition and style, the RL Stirrup collection captures equestrian heritage with its stirrup-shaped silhouette. $3,850 at ralphlauren.com. M AY 2 0 2 1 1 0 9

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Frieze New York, one of the cities most anticipated art fairs, will take place at The Shed in Manhattan (545 W 30th Street) from May 5-9, 2021. For more information or to buy advanced tickets, please visit frieze.com. or call 212.463.7488.

A NEW TRADITION

AD Art Show will take place May 1 at the Oculus at the Westfield World Trade Center. The show is a groundbreaking juried art exhibition—launched at Sotheby’s New York in February 2018 and now in its fourth year—featuring artworks by artists from around the world. AD Art Show at the Oculus at Westfield World Trade Center will offer art lovers a spacious destination, with shops and dining open Monday–Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday, 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. During the month of May, visitors will be offered a free sweet and a coffee from show partner, Eataly. For more information about the AD Art Show 2021, MvVO Art, and the artists, visit mvvoart.com.

segments for viewers to tune in to throughout the day, inviting viewers to break out griddles, crack some eggs, and cook along for the most important meal of the day. Throughout the social programming, Kitchn food experts, cooks, and editors will feature the best brunch recipes, showcase interac-

tive Instagram polls and games, provide tutorials, and more. Hosted by Kitchn’s Editor-in-Chief Faith Durand, Brunch Fest infuses a fresh, fun twist on brunch, with influential cooks and chefs that will share methods, hacks, recipes, and more. For more information, please visit thekitchn.com.

The New York City Ballet will host its 2021 Spring Gala virtually at 7 p.m. For more information, please contact the Special Events office at 212-870-5585 or specialevents@nycballet.com.

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Kitchn—Apartment Therapy Media’s food site, made for and by home cooks—will host its virtual Brunch Fest in partnership with EnvyTM this May. Held on Instagram @thekitchn, the event will consist of interactive social

The New York City Ballet will host its 2021 Spring Gala virtually at 7 p.m. For more information on attending or contributing to NYC Ballet, please contact the Special Events office at 212-870-5585 or specialevents@nycballet.com.

During the first-ever PAWS NY Virtual Benefit, the organization will honor the great work that’s been done this year and Spring Forward with Hope. As a local NYC nonprofit organization, PAWS NY provides pet care support to elderly, ill, and disabled New Yorkers, helping them stay with their pets at home. Guests will be able to join PAWS NY on Tuesday, May 11, from 6:30–7:15 p.m., for

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A GREAT CAUSE

Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s Hot Pink Evening will take place virtually on May 20 at 7:45 p.m. For more information, please visit bcrf.com.

HITTING FAIRWAYS

Don Bosco will host its Summer of Dreams 2021 Golf Outing at on the legendary West Course of the Winged Foot Golf Club, home of the 2019 US Open Championship. For more details about reservations, please contact Mary Keating at mary@mkeventstudio.com or call 914.980.1964.

SOUTHERN CHARM

Spoleto Festival USA— featuring show by famous artists and emerging performers in opera and dance—will take place in Charleston from May 28 to June 17. For more information, please visit spoletousa.org. a night filled with messages of hope from our clients, volunteers, and supporters, a tempting online silent auction, and surprises to come. For more information, visit pawsny.org.

HATS OFF

The 1st Annual First Responders Charity Event will take place at Bottagra Restaurant in Hawthorne, New Jersey, at 7:30 p.m. The event will feature special guests such as former New York Met and Yankee, Doc Gooden, and former Yankee, Mickey Rivers. There will also be a silent and live auction. For more information, please contact Ken Thimmel at kthimmel@gmail.com or call 862.238.7268.

Author Award and One World publisher and editor-in-chief Chris Jackson with its Literature That Inspires Change Publisher Award. It will also honor Louise Erdrich with the Distinguished Service to the Literary Community Award for expanding the American literary canon to include stories that reflect the Native American experience and foster a better understanding of

For 17 days and nights each spring, Spoleto Festival USA fills Charleston, South Carolina’s historic theaters, churches, and outdoor spaces with performances by renowned artists as well as emerging performers in opera, theater, dance, and chamber, symphonic, choral, and jazz music. (This year, it will take place in Charleston from May 28 to June 17.) Now approaching its 45th season, Spoleto Festival USA is internationally recognized as America’s premier performing arts festival. For more information, please visit spoletousa.org.

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FOR THE HORSES

Spirit’s Promise Equine Rescue will host a Farmers Market from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 5 at 2746 Sound Avenue, Riverhead, New York. Guests will have the opportunity to support local businesses, shop vendors and take a tour of the farm, meet the animals and learn more about what they do at Spirit’s Promise Equine Rescue. For more information, please call 631.875.0433.

MARINE LIFE

The costal bays of the Hamptons are home to many marine animals, with shallow waters that provide food and hiding places for young fish and crabs and other marine life. Walk Leader, Melanie Meade, and SOFO Education & Outreach Coordinator will take guests to explore a Hamptons bay habitat by seining for fishes and crabs, digging for clams, and see how many different sea creatures they can find and identify. Please contact SOFO Education at info@sofo.org.

FOR OUR CHILDREN

Kids in Crisis Gala will take place on June 10 at Belle Haven Club in Greenwich, Connecticut, at 6:30 p.m. For more information, please call 203.622.6556.

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The Authors Guild Foundation will hold its 29th Annual Gala & Benefit on May 18. The event will be virtually streamed and open to the public. The theme of the 2021 Gala & Benefit is “Books That Inspire Change” and transform the world. To that end, the Authors Guild Foundation will honor Ibram X. Kendi with its Literature That Inspires Change 112 QUEST

Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s annual; Hot Pink Evening will take place virtually this year on May 20 at 7:45 p.m. For more information on the event, please visit bcrf.com.

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35th anniversary? We say, with a look

at the people, personalities, and institutions that have represented and defined Quest over the past 35 years—as told by the writers who know them.

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Slim Aarons by Chris Meigher Over the last three and a half decades, Quest has been blessed with an exclusive tribe of revered and renowned columnists, several of whom still contribute brilliantly to our issues. Many of these “ink-drenched quill drivers” have penned profiles in the forthcoming pages that celebrate another bunch of bold-faced New Yorkers from our past 35 years. Our columnists’ ever-grateful-and-proud publisher tips his cap to each of his noble scriveners, including the iconic photojournalist and Fleet Street renegade, Harry Benson; the late doyenne and queen of all New York columnists, and the pride of Galveston, Texas, Liz Smith; the erudite, irreverent, and much-envied scoundrel, Taki Theodoracopulos; the ever-glamorous, kind, and generous society scribe, Hilary Geary; the Midas-minded Renaissance man, Michael Thomas; the late Corinthian scholar and decorated sportsman, Eddie Ulmann; the Audaxian reminder of people and places past, Jamie McGuire; and our own beloved,

best-read, loyal, and most-respected editor-in-chief, David Patrick “DPC” Columbia. One Quest columnist no longer among us is a pal from my TIME LIFE days, Slim Aarons. Slim’s photos captured the sensibility of timeless and casual elegance so embedded in Quest’s understated voice and innately chic style. He was an authentic New England Yankee who saw our world as “attractive people doing attractive things in attractive places.” Slim’s column, “Once Upon A Time,” ran in Quest from 1998 until his death in 2006. We salute—and very much miss—him. Godspeed, old friend. M AY 2 0 2 1 1 1 5

1988 Central Park by Suzie Aijala From the time I was a little girl growing up in New York City in the ’70s, Central Park has been my oasis in one of the busiest cities in the world. It’s where I learned to roller-skate and ride a bike. It’s where I saw my first concert (Beach Boys and Chicago in Sheep Meadow), and walked with my first boyfriend through the Great Lawn. But the Central Park of my childhood wasn’t what it is today; back then, the grass was dead, the benches were falling apart, and there was broken glass and garbage everywhere. We were actually afraid to go in after a certain hour. The Central Park Conservancy changed all of this when it was founded in 1980. Thanks to the hard work and dedication of the Conservancy and its Women’s Committee, for which I serve as president, Central Park has been transformed into a jewel. The Conservancy now welcomes over 42 million visitors to Central Park each year and raises an incredible 75% of the annual $67-million operating budget from private donations. I get inspired every day knowing there are so many wonderful people willing to contribute their time and money so we can all enjoy the best park in the world. The Women’s Committee, which has raised over $150 million since 1983, is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year and has committed to raise at least $5 million of the $10 million needed to restore the historic Conservatory Gardens, home of the Frederick Law Olmsted Awards Luncheon. I am so passionate about Central Park, having enjoyed its many benefits my entire life, and am so proud to be supporting the gold standard that the Conservancy has created. 116 QUEST

1989

Diana Vreeland by Amy Fine Collins

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Diana Vreeland invented the fashion world as we know it—the glitzy, hyperbolic, personality-driven, social, high-low international glamour spectacle, in which appearances are reality, and surface is substance. She understood the need for neophilia—by which I mean the love of change for change’s sake. Vreeland’s Vogue uprooted editorial from reality and even from aspiration. It was dream-driven, a fantasia, and a cornucopia. Paradoxically, she herself was very disciplined in how she dressed, ate, worked, and lived. She really believed that there was no beauty without strangeness, and that truth could be found only through exaggeration. So she was an oracle, but one with detractors. Geoffrey Beene and Eleanor Lambert, for example, objected to her essential indifference to American fashion designers. It was her more self-effacing colleague, Baron Niki de Gunzburg, who championed American fashion. Vreeland’s ever-present revival—in addition to a new biography, the past few years have witnessed the publication of her famous memos and a biopic—shows how much the fashion world is in search of an ancestral totem.

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Metropolitan by Charlie McSpadden “We’ve met before, haven’t we?” asked Whit Stillman, blazer-clad despite the summer heat, on a West Village street corner in July of 2010. Though we hadn’t—that day marked my first as an assistant on his recently released film, Damsels in Distress—it certainly felt like I knew him from his wry and deeply personal films: Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco. Though he’ll be the first to denote the separation between his opinions and those of his characters, one can’t help but note that (more than) a few of his traits inform his endearing fictional creations. I was fortunate to experience this firsthand, when, in the middle of the Damsels shoot, an unexpected surgery left me apartment-bound for a week,

1990 immobile, recovering, and aching to return to set. A buzz at my door brought a care package of books and films, with a handwritten note from Whit wishing swift improvement. Much like the sentiments of Metropolitan’s Tom Townsend and Damsels’ Violet, I agree that handwritten notes are rare and to be cherished. And the same goes for Whit’s exceptional and distinct voice in film. Whit brings welcome honesty and nuance to a world prone to caricature, and rewards his audience with deft insights on the vulnerability and social discomfort of youth. Luckily, I felt neither of these adolescent afflictions upon returning to Whit’s set, but instead, refreshed and grateful for his words and generosity.

1991 Brooke Astor by David Patrick Columbia She was a child of Victorians who came into young womanhood at the end of the Edwardian era, which had great influence on the American men and women of a certain socioeconomic stratum. This was a woman whose example was contrary to the popular notion of womanhood. Without the physical trappings of youth, she was a lady who often wore a hat and gloves, white gloves, a lady who wrote a memoir and put it all out on the table, and with grace and style, as well as discretion. She slowly but steadily became the grande dame of a New York that had not seen much of grandes dames since her husband’s grandmother reigned a century before. She became the right person for the right moment. She had an abiding interest in philanthropy; her choices for assistance were followed up by personal experiences. She walked among the kings, a tiara nearby for her, and had the common touch. By the time she was in her eighties, she was a legend. She was a writer, an artist, an actress. When she lost her love, Fate presented her with the task of giving away the American Astor fortune. She made it her mission and her mission made her. M AY 2 0 2 1 1 1 9

Michael’s by Joe Armstrong

1992

I knew about the original Michael’s restaurant in Santa Monica in the late ’70s, when I ran New York and New West magazines and sent Ruth Reichl to do the first review (a rave). When Michael McCarty ventured to New York City, it was at a time when the media gathered at the Four Seasons restaurant, which was getting expensive. I had done a lot of charity work with Robin Williams in the ’80s, and when 9/11 happened, he put his film career on hold to try to make America laugh again. I gave him a lunch the day his national tour hit Carnegie Hall; coincidentally, there was this beautiful café on West 55th Street, so I did it there because it was quiet, wasn’t crowded, and, best of all, had one big round table in a bay window. It was Michael’s. Robin said, “Have anyone you want, Joe, but please invite Bill Clinton and Billy Crystal.” So I added the great Texas governor Ann Richards, Liz Smith, and Diane Sawyer (Barbara Walters was furious with me about that!). A New York Post photographer in the back room snuck past the Secret Service and took a photo that was big in the paper the next day. Robin went on “The David Letterman Show” and Letterman said, “Tell me about this amazing lunch and how it happened.” The New York Times and Newsweek followed, so it became the lunch heard round the world. Soon after, Michael’s evolved into a media hangout and its business boomed. Michael himself and Steve Millington were the great conductors of a symphony staff, with the amazing L’Oreal in the control tower doing the greeting and seating. And the Cobb salad was never better anywhere. It was such a warm atmosphere and it was THE media club. It still is. I gave a few more lunches for longtime friends: Elton John the day Billy Elliot opened on Broadway, Mel Brooks and Susan Stroman for the opening of Young Frankenstein, and for Ken Burns and Meryl Streep with the launch of “The Roosevelts.” Since then, other historic lunches have been hosted by others at that great round table isolated in the big bay window. Michael’s—such a happy place. 120 QUEST

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David Patrick Columbia’s Social Diary by Mark Gilbertson Raconteur, historian, writer, editor, and popular gentleman, David Patrick Columbia has been an integral and vital part of Quest magazine for 35 years now. Since 1987, David has guided his readers through countless tales of New York society, intertwined with its rich heritage, making his readers aware of the past and present social world of the city and its outposts. Very well informed and often amusing, he is quite the expert on what’s proper and what’s not, and isn’t afraid to point out the difference! However, much to the relief of many a well-known New Yorker, David is the consummate gentleman both in his writings and in person. Everyone always seems so happy to see David on his daily rounds, whether it be at Michael’s, a dinner party, or one of the myriad of charity events he is so proficient at covering in his online New York Social Diary or in Quest. When out-of-towners and news stations are looking for the inside scoop on life amongst New York’s upper echelon, it’s David they seek to interview. David is inclusive in his coverage of society and philanthropy, which in New York go practically hand in hand. Charities clamor to get the photos of their benefits into Social Diary and Quest, and he accommodates them if possible. Informed and in demand, fair and entertaining—he’s had a positive effect on Quest and New York. M AY 2 0 2 1 1 2 1

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London, 1961: The minute she stepped off the plane she caused a sensation. This wasn’t Mamie Eisenhower—a perfectly nice woman in her own right. But Jackie was beautiful and chic, well educated and instinctively elegant. People screamed, “Jackie! Jackie! Jackie!” everywhere she went. She took it all in her stride. By the time I moved to New York in 1964, Jackie owned the city. John Fairchild of WWD would later christen her “Jackie O.” She stopped all conversation when she walked into a restaurant. When I asked Liz Smith what she remembered most about Jackie, she told me, “Re-reading all the recent books about the Kennedy years, I am struck once again with what an influence Jackie had on her adoring and, even later, speculative public. Jackie was in a class by herself. When you first photographed her in London in 1961, I loved her from afar. You caught her essence, right up through Caroline’s wedding and after. When I finally met her she was ever intellectually intrigued, adoring gossip and fun and living through the tragedy which she tried so hard to overcome. I think it amused Jackie to be seen with a gossip columnist. She liked to make waves and she both loved and loathed being photographed. You always knew when you had a real star, and she was a real star for the ages.” I showed this photograph to my friend, design director emeritus of Tiffany & Co. John Loring. It was taken in London in 1962 as Jackie was on her way to Buckingham Palace to lunch with Queen Elizabeth. John said, “That photograph was taken before 1963.” When I asked how he knew, he replied, “She never smiled that way after 1963.”

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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis by Harry Benson

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Dominick Dunne by Jane Stanton Hitchcock Dominick Dunne was great company, in art and in life. He was an Irish leprechaun who spun gossip into literary gold. He was also a great friend. I first met Nick when he was emerging from the ruins of a once-glamorous life in Hollywood. He had worked his way out of a deep despondency when an even darker tragedy struck. His only daughter, Dominique, a promising young actress, was strangled by her boyfriend. Her murderer was put on trial in Los Angeles. Nick sat in the courtroom day after day, watching a travesty of justice unfold. He reported it all in a riveting series of articles for Vanity Fair. After that, he deepened. In 1985, he wrote The Two Mrs. Grenvilles, which established him as a vastly entertaining chronicler of low goings-on

in the high life. He went on to write other classics in the genre he helped create. He also became a crusader for the families of murdered children and for victims’ rights. His power was such that he got a famous murder case reopened and put the perpetrator behind bars. Success became Nick. He was generous with it, always helping others. His personality was as vibrant and colorful as his signature Turnbull & Asser shirts and ties. Nick had his share of controversy, and practically everything else this life has to offer. He wrote it all down for us to savor. He always liked to say that Dominique was watching over him. I like to think he’s watching over all of us, then giving the on dit to God at dinner. M AY 2 0 2 1 1 2 3

1996 New York Yankees by Jack DeLigter Joe Girardi’s triple in the bottom of the third, Charlie Hayes’s grab in foul ground to end it in the top of ninth, and Wade Boggs’s famous celebratory equestrian jaunt around the stadium. To say that the New York Yankees were late to the championship-winning party way back in 1996 is to underestimate just how long it had been since they had last held World Series gold. By ’96, New Yorkers had grown accustomed to winning. The New York Giants had won the Super Bowl in ’90, the Rangers had captured the Stanley Cup in ’94, and that same year the Knicks fell a three-pointer short of taking home the Walter A. Brown trophy. Hell, if you count New Jersey, the Devils won it all in ’95. For a team that has always taken great pride in its winning traditions, the New York Yankees’ last World Series appearance had been back in ’81—and they hadn’t won it since ’78. Even the lowly Mets of Flushing had managed to eke out a World Series victory since then; their miracle in ’86 had been the last time the City That Never Sleeps had witnessed a World Series triumph. By October, the listless Yankees of the past decade and a half were no longer. Led by Joe Torre, they won five comefrom-behind playoff victories as World Series underdogs. Five rollercoaster games later, the Yankees were on the verge of winning their 23rd world championship. As Boggs’s steed would agree: the Yanks were back in the saddle again.

1997

The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Michael Thomas For Quest’s 25th Anniversary Issue, I began a hymn to the Metropolitan Museum as follows: “Of the great arks of civilization that dot the city, one above all seems hardly to have put a toe wrong: the Metropolitan Museum of Art. . . . Even as it grows as a tourist attraction, (the Met) prospers as a fortress of high culture, an institution with a contented, motivated, challenged faculty (curatorial staff) whose head person has their backs. Thus was the Met run by Philippe de Montebello, and so is it being run by his successor, Thomas Campbell, (along with) President Emily Rafferty.” Well, how short-sighted I was. In the half-decade since I wrote that, all hell has broken out uptown. Rafferty retired; Campbell has resigned; curatorial discontent has festered in the wake of new hires, buyouts, and benefit cuts. A cottage industry of Met scandal-mongering has grown up, dangling choice tidbits of gossip before the public like cheesy ornaments on a plastic Christmas tree. Worst of all, the museum’s financial condition has been shown to be if not dire, certainly more parlous than was thought—and this suggests that the Met’s board, which flaunts some of the most glittering, self-regarding names in high finance, went into hibernation sometime around 2013. These will be fixed. Financial problems can be solved with a mix of prudence and common sense. Initiatives that seemed ill-advised to begin with—a massive push into contemporary art, for openers—have been cut back, although Met Breuer seems to be a success. Nothing good can be said about the pimpish connection to the fashion industry but that foolishness must in due course wither away. What will never wither is what the Met is really all about: the incomparable treasures it houses and the people who care for and explicate them. Ars longa, vita brevis. Truer words were never spoken.

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When the social history of the ’80s is written, Glenn Bernbaum—the cranky, funny, snobby, taste-perfect, complicated, hilarious, grouchy, generous, gossip-loving friend and owner of Mortimer’s—will be defined as the Ward McAllister of his era. Ward McAllister, in case he’s slipping your mind, was the bon-vivant dandy who created the social phenomenon known as the 400, based on the number of people Mrs. William Backhouse Astor, Jr., could fit into her ballroom. Glenn was his own version of McAllister—he created the Mortimer’s set. High society, high finance, and old money mixed with a little new money and a little Hollywood like Betsy and Nancy, plus a few actors and writers, in which category I was. Mortimer’s always seemed more of a swanky club than a restaurant. It was a hangout for a hand-picked crowd. A couple nights before his death, I went to a private party in the side room of Mortimer’s. Suddenly Glenn walked in from the main room wearing an overcoat, as if he had come in from some other place. He was walking through the domain that he had created, perhaps for the last time. His restaurant closed the day he died, never to be opened again. That’s the way he wanted it.

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Glenn Bernbaum by Dominick Dunne (1925–2009)

1999 Checkered Cabs Retired by Robyn Travers They were New York: those instantly recognized, immense yellow checkered cabs that once navigated the avenues with pride, their bumpers metallic grins. But in 1999, the venerated vehicles became extinct—dinosaurs of an urban jungle. Now all we have are our memories and a faint nod by a few taxis that wear two small tapered checkered decals as a black armband. Years have gone by since I sat in a checkered cab, but I remember loving the space. It made it fun and easy to go places with friends because they had fold-up stools in the back, so you could get five people in there. This was of course before everyone was hyper about seatbelts. And consider this: a clunky checker could also double as a noble hero. Fresh back from our honeymoon in France, my husband, Peter, was knocked down by a bike messenger and broke his patella. Peter’s Jimmy-Stewart-in-Rear-Window-size cast wouldn’t budge and the colossal cabs were the only cars that could get him to work. It was a very sad day indeed when they were taken off the roads for good.

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Johnny Galliher by David Patrick Columbia He was a most unusual person, the likes of whom I’d never met before. Although no stranger to the world known as “Society” in the 20th century, he was the kind of character you’d read about in a novel but never think to know or meet. And yet, in his way, he was a simple man. The word “chic” is over-used and I’m not sure what it means. Though John, or Johnny, as everyone liked to call him, defined it in his completeness: always a gent, wellturned-out, never calling attention to himself, a good ear, a good laugh, a bit of mystery, and a good life well-lived, apparently doing nothing but being “chic.” Therein the mystery; he was sensible. He possessed a unique combination of characteristics and qualities—easily said but rarely found in life—and therefore difficult to define. He was naturally gentlemanly, curious, and the kind who if he didn’t have something nice to say (or amusing, which might be more like it with him) said nothing at all. As a very agreeable (a favorite word of his) man, he navigated skillfully for more than 60 years through a world where gossip, bitchery, and malice could be commonplace and even lethal. M AY 2 0 2 1 1 2 7

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I want the people of New York to be an example to the rest of the country, and the rest of the world, that terrorism can’t stop us.” Michael Bloomberg was sworn in as mayor of New York City by Giuliani just after midnight on January 1, 2002. Bloomberg’s emergence in the election was big news, and with Giuliani’s endorsement there was belief that the city would be in excellent hands. Over the course of Bloomberg’s three terms, neighborhoods blossomed and many parts of the city changed dramatically. Parks were refurbished and new ones have opened. His contributions to arts and culture had an enormous impact on the city. And now a new, bigger tower (One World Trade Center) has gone up, a symbol of the city’s sturdiness. Nearby, the 9/11 Memorial tells the history of that day. It shows us that freedom carries an enormous weight, but we keep proving just how strong we are.

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C. Z. Guest by Hilary Geary C. Z. Guest, the celebrated great American beauty, was a society icon but so much more than that. She was a Renaissance woman, a doer who embraced life with her wide range of talents. She could do anything, went everywhere, and did everything with taste, style, and enthusiasm. C. Z. was an energetic entrepreneur who never stopped creating. She wrote books, penned a gardening column, and designed sweaters, candles, and more. Her profile graced the covers of Time magazine and Slim Aarons books, amongst others. Her portrait was painted by Andy Warhol, Salvador Dalí, and Diego Rivera, and she was photographed by all the greats. She was a horticulturist who adored her garden, an animal lover, an athlete who rode and played tennis, too. C. Z. was a fabulous hostess who entertained beautifully at her country house, Templeton. She was always dressed perfectly, never over-dressed but never, ever boring. In fact, C. Z. had a quick wit, was great fun, and, best of all, was a true-blue friend. They don’t make them like that anymore. M AY 2 0 2 1 1 2 9

Professional athlete, military man, actor, journalist, author, editor, asteroid namesake, and, yes, even Fireworks Commissioner of New York. Was there any profession or corner of the earth that George Plimpton wasn’t capable of touching? The inimitable lion of the American literary (and party) scene, his mere presence bespoke an erudite but effortless intellectualism. His was a whisky-laced wit: equal part brains to bite. I first “met” George—and his tireless sense of taunting—when I was a Harvard undergrad, working on the Ernest Hemingway Collection at the JFK Library. One day, while arms-deep in archives, the phone rang and it was George. He was calling for permission to publish a letter or some document of Hemingway’s

in The Paris Review. An archivist said we’d have to find the document and get back to him, but George insisted that he needed to know then and there. When the archivist explained that it would take some time just to track the document down, George retorted that he, in fact, already had it. Somehow, at some point in time, he managed to leave the library with it, unnoticed. And now he was playing a game of make-’em-sweat. Suddenly it wasn’t a question about permission, but whether George would be willing to return the document without a stink about how it left. I don’t remember if he ever published it, but it was George in jest, at his best. In his uncannily capable omnipotence, George—as he liked to remind the rest of us—always had the upper hand.

2003

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George Plimpton by Daniel Cappello

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Liz Smith by Elizabeth Meigher I have always been an avid fan of Liz Smith, affectionately known as the “Doyenne of Dish.” Not only because she was a good person with a tremendous heart, but in this era of fake news and paid celebrity interviews, Liz remained comfortably grounded in her long-standing principles. She was a no-BS gal who shot straight from the hip. She probably doesn’t remember this, but we first met when I was about 10 years old at an after-party for a performance of The Nutcracker at Lincoln Center. I was wearing a parentally mandated Laura Ashley dress, but with a slew of rebellious black jelly bracelets running halfway up my arm. “Hey kid, what are you doing here?” she asked in her most charming Texas twang. “Wouldn’t you rather be at a Madonna concert?” Of course she was right, and I thought to myself, “Wow—she’s cool; I like her.” And I have adored her ever since. Smith became a bona fide New Yorker, having moved from Texas when she was only 25 years old. During her first five years in Manhattan, she was a news producer for NBC-TV while she was also ghostwriting the Cholly Knickerbocker gossip column for the Hearst newspapers. By 1976, Liz was writing a string of self-titled gossip columns for The New York Daily News, Newsday, and The New York Post, most of which were nationally

2004 syndicated. She was the only columnist ever to have had their column printed in three major New York City papers at the same time. At the end of her career, Liz focused on her fivedays-a-week column for the New York Social Diary, as well as her regular “Living Legend” feature in Q (the magazine that I edit), for which she profiles a different “legend” in every issue. She has featured such icons as Natalie Wood, Elizabeth Taylor, and Lauren Hutton, as well as Madonna, Michael Jackson, and Cher. And guess what? She knew all of them. Reading Liz’s take on celebrities is especially compelling as she never relied on tired news—she always provided unique insights and anecdotes from her own personal experiences. Speaking of her personal commitments, Liz was devoted to several charities and has raised millions for Literacy Partners, AIDS, AmFAR, Lighthouse Guild, the Police Athletic League, the New York Landmarks Conservancy, and so many others. Vanity Fair called her “an unflagging standard of integrity and grace that is shamefully rare in today’s media. . . . She redeemes the very institution of the Gossip Column from utter disrepute.” Having had the privilege of working with Liz for over a decade, I couldn’t agree more.

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NAN! (Kempner, of course.) New York is not the same without her. She was a “piece of work” and also a work of art. Her medium was the everyday things of life. She turned them into masterpieces. Simple things like the selection of her clothes, a meal cooked by the wonderful Sylvina, a spaghetti party given on a Sunday night, served by Bernardo…things most people think of as unimportant. She made them an art with her flair, originality, style, and attention to detail. The mundane was banished by the perfect perfectionist. Nan had the wide and diverse circle of friends she deserved with her quick wit and quips (often at her own expense); her generosity and curiosity; her love of beauty, art, and music; and her pleasure in sharing all she had. She had exciting new friends who mixed with good friends from her childhood in San Francisco. I thought she valued most those who were truly down-to-earth under their colorful coating of sophistication, style, and flair—like Nan herself.

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Nan Kempner by Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman (1944−2016)

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Doubles by Lily Hoagland Doubles is like the closet to Narnia, or Madeleine L’Engle’s tesseract: breach an unassuming door inside the Sherry-Netherland hotel, descend the lushly carpeted stairs, and you will discover a more genteel world than the one you left behind. The private club has the magic of sophistication, thanks to standard-bearer and proprietor Wendy Carduner. From extravagant holiday events to impromptu latenight after-parties, members share a lifetime of memories among the shades of claret decorating the main dining room. This bastion of old New York celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2006, and has maintained its reputation as a kind of pied-à-terre for generations of high-society denizens. Its longevity proves its status as the best safe haven from the grinding city—all the more so as, situated a full story below Fifth Avenue, there is no cell phone service. For that and many more reasons, we have always RVSP’d yes to Doubles’ invitation to dine, dance, and mingle. M AY 2 0 2 1 1 3 3

2007 The New Wave of Debutantes by David Patrick Columbia In the first decade of the 21st century, the public image of the debutante evolved somewhat from its oblivion into what had become a media circus of both young women and men pursuing publicity and branding rather than marital alliances that support community and family traditions. Young women now, however, have different role models than their antecedents. They expect to advance themselves through education and careers, rather than marriage. They often want full-time careers rather than, or as well as, motherhood. They also live in a world where the word “marketing,” as much as education, is a key to accomplishment and achievement. The word debutante, aside from its social intimations, is, as it always was, an “opportunity,” but now it is for the experience of meeting people, of going out into the world, of gathering. And so it remains the ritualistic tradition that it always was, but with some major alteration. What has changed is the world, changed to suit the debutante, the young woman of tomorrow.

2008 It’s well known that Bronson van Wyck creates amazing events and has the best team around. (Shout out to Kari Bien!) I have friends throughout New York City, and elsewhere too, who have had wonderful experiences with his production and planning—from weddings and birthdays to charity dinners and benefits. Having worked with him on one of the most important evenings of my life, I can easily say what a consummate professional he is, though what Bronson is best at is people. You can have the dream setting and all the elements that go with it, but the elusive piece to any event is an authenticity that’s particular to every couple or host. Bronson gets this, just as he understands how to gracefully deal with family politics. The second best part about him is his wit and sense of fun. There’s nothing like planning a party with someone who contributes elegant levity to all that goes wrong—and right. He’s beloved by both sides of my family and by my husband in particular. Any time I would start to worry about something for my own event, Bronson had a simple answer. Today, years after that special evening that he made possible, I still find myself turning to Bronson with questions—and, being the gentleman that he is, he always has the simple answers.

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2009

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Young and the Guest List by Jack Bryan “Jack, just do it. What do you have to lose?” Georgina, my soonto-be editor at Quest magazine, asked me as we sat side-by-side at a 2008 end-of-summer Bryant Park event. She was offering me the magazine’s “Young and the Guest List” column and, having shown up to the cocktail-casual party in black-tie, I thought the idea that I was going to be offered a society column about anything pretty suspect. I knew Chris Meigher, Quest’s sharp and charming publisher, to be a man of taste (he liked me) and admired him for always being surrounded by beautiful women (namely his wife and daughters) so I figured that this was a man I could work for and learn from. I accepted to helm the column, which had started under Andrew Black in 2006 as a means of giving Quest a younger nightlife voice. Over the next two years I acted as Roger Moore to Andrew Black’s Sean Connery. The fun in writing YGL was always in the research: I had a method wherein every month I would go to a certain number of events until invariably I would either stick my foot in my mouth or accidently do something stupid enough to warrant a column. If you know me you know I didn’t have to wait that long. After two years, I went Hollywood (via TriBeCa) and the column went Brown. The lovely Elizabeth “Lizzie” Quinn Brown took over in 2010, the Daniel Craig to my Roger Moore. Her work was smart, funny, original— and it continues to be, although she too is no longer with Quest. Lizzie will be missed. Whether she was reporting from Madison Square Garden (she was the biggest Rangers fan in the office) or the newest downtown hotspot, Lizzie’s column was always bursting with energy. Her version of YGL, which she helped redesign, was fun to look at, fun to read. Alex Travers was then assigned the column, until it was taken over by the outgoing Brooke Kelly. Brooke's YGL is a blast to read, even in a pandemic. M AY 2 0 2 1 1 3 5

2010 Ralph Lauren revolutionized the retail experience in 1986 when he took over the famous Rhinelander Mansion and opened his global flagship at 867 Madison Avenue; he was a visionary in having ushered in the branded retail environment. He quickly became the arbiter of American taste. In Ralph Lauren’s case, it’s always been the casual privilege of the WASP lifestyle par excellence. With a pillar in preppy chic, Lauren has built a global empire around the notion of the idealized American guy gone right—and the glamorous, independent-spirited American woman who’s evolved right there with him. The company’s founding as a maker of ties, some 60 years ago, could be likened to its prep-school period of life: casual, carefree, collegiate. Over time, Ralph Lauren has gone on to graduate, enter the world, and capture the collective imagination of the 136 QUEST

American culture that it represents, and now helps to define. In 2010, on the heels of opening a new Paris location in a sumptuously refurbished hôtel particulier on Boulevard Saint-Germain, housing the still impossible-to-get-into restaurant Ralph’s, the designer dared to recreate a part of that Parisian chic across the street from where it all began in New York. That year, a limestone Beaux-Arts building with decorative ironwork was erected at 888 Madison Avenue as the women’s counterpart to the men’s flagship on the opposite corner. Today, these iconic edifices anchor a strip of Madison Avenue known as Lauren Land. But the gates of the empire don’t stop on Madison Avenue. In 2015, Lauren went on to open the clubbiest of canteens on East 55th Street, aptly named The Polo Bar, where the burger is served with a side of slaw—and a whole lot of tartan touches.

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Ralph Lauren by Daniel Cappello

2011 Evelyn Lauder by David Patrick Columbia Evelyn Lauder died on a Saturday in late November 2011 at her home here in New York. She had been suffering from a nongenetic ovarian cancer, and had celebrated her 75th birthday that August. She was born Evelyn Hausner to Jewish parents in Vienna in the mid-1930s, an infant when Hitler annexed Austria with the Anschluss in 1938. Her father, who was in the lumber business, had the foresight to get himself, his wife, and his only child out of the country. It was a long and arduous task but, in 1940, the family boarded a steamship for New York. She grew up on West 86th Street. She went to Hunter and met Leonard Lauder. They married four years later. Over the years of their marriage, the Lauders became actively dedicated members of the community. It was an extraordinary life for the child who arrived in New York a refugee from Hitler. In 1989, when Evelyn was 53, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. This matter was never publicized until the time of her death. It was assumed so only because she was so passionately committed to finding a cure. Her own treatment was successful. But by the time she started the Breast Cancer Research Foundation in 1993, she was famous amongst friends and friends of friends for assisting them when the call came. Since she created it, the BCRF has raised hundreds of millions of dollars. Her bravery, her gumption, and her cleverness, as well as her appetite for life, made all of that possible for her as well as hundreds of thousands—possibly even millions—of others. We miss her. We miss her smiling face, her sweet hello. And her courage. Well done, Evelyn, well done.

2012 Albert Hadley by Bunny Williams Years from now, when one looks back on the interior designers of the last 35 years, Albert Hadley will stand out as the star on top of the tree. His unique ability to see interiors in many ways made him a master creator. Though he was interested in tradition, he was passionate about Modernism, and his work was always new and fresh. He never adopted a “look” but treated each project with a fresh eye. He spent time with his clients so that their homes represented their lifestyles. He was a skilled interior architect and paid as much attention to the details of a space as to its furnishings. A scholar of the past, all of us fortunate enough to have worked with him spent hours discussing the great interiors of old. But he was also an innovator; in the ’80s, when design was at its most opulent, Albert was always restrained. Because of his editing and his ability to make magical combinations of pieces, his rooms never became dated. The elegant red lacquer library with simple brass moulding that he created for Mrs. Vincent Astor is a great example of his flair for imagining a fresh approach to a room. The combination of the rich leather-bound first-edition books and the shiny red lacquer shelves will remain one of his greatest rooms. Albert was a true gentleman. In a profession of egos, Albert always put his aside. There was no arrogance or pretension. He was kind and considerate to everyone. Albert cared a great deal about education and was a masterful teacher; because of this and his generosity, many of us received the most amazing education ever. We feel it is our responsibility to pass that gift along to others. 138 QUEST

2013 Lilly Pulitzer by Daniel Cappello In a way, the dresses were a sort of metaphor for her life: zesty, colorful, shocking, and bright, yet practical, sensible, reliable, and handy. Lilly Pulitzer, like the shift dress she became famous for, was so much more than a fashionable staple of the town of Palm Beach—she was one of its icons. It started with a dress born of necessity. In 1959, while working at a juice stand that she opened among the citrus groves, Lilly, an heiress to a famous oil fortune who had married into a famous publishing family, needed something that would hide the stains and spills of oranges and grapefruits. So she had a shift dress made in whimsical prints and irreverent tropical colors, like hot pink and lime green. “I designed collections around whatever struck my fancy,” she once explained: “fruits, vegetables, politics, or peacocks. It was a total change for me, but it made people happy.” It certainly made the ladies of Palm Beach happy. One glimpse of Lilly, and locals had to have a dress of their own. Soon, the peppy shifts were appearing at dinner tables on the social circuit, and when clients like C. Z. Guest and Jacqueline Kennedy were photographed in them, the demand grew so great that a bona fide resort label was launched, grossing up to $15 million in annual sales. Like her company, Lilly’s life took turns. She divorced Peter Pulitzer in 1969 and remarried to Enrique Rousseau. Her company sought bankruptcy protection in the ’80s, was revived in the ’90s, and was acquired in 2010 by Oxford Industries; by 2012, annual net sales reached a reported $122.6 million. Though Lilly was no longer the active head of the company, she remained its undeniable soul until her dying day, at the age of 81, in April of 2013. She continued to serve as a creative consultant, approved fabrics and new designs, and helped expand the accessories line. “Whenever we saw Lilly down in Palm Beach,” Jane Paradis, a vice president of the company, tells me, “she was always pushing us to make the collection modern,” which might explain the chic new silhouettes that keep the brand relevant today. Her original shift, in other words, keeps on shifting, but her originality will always endure as its own.

2014 Hamilton by Daniel Cappello George Washington may very well be the father of America, but when it comes to our home city, Alexander Hamilton will always reign supreme. And thanks to the genius of composer-lyricist-actor-singer Lin-Manuel Miranda, our ten-dollar Founding Father was memorialized for the ages in a new and groundbreaking light—that is, a hip-hop musical titled, simply, Hamilton. Inspired by Ron Chernow’s 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton, Miranda’s musical takes a cue from Hamilton’s immigrant experience (he was an orphan of the Caribbean who muscled his way to the colonies) and sings the story—via a multiethnic cast—of an immigrant nation. Hamilton has enjoyed rapturous acclaim by fans and critics alike, garnering a kind of praise that Shakespeare himself should have enjoyed in his own lifetime (it seems safe to say that Hamilton is likely to sit alongside Hamlet on college syllabi). The musical made its Off-Broadway debut at The Public Theater in February 2015, but buzz about its brilliance was percolating in the year before its opening—and even earlier. Miranda had performed versions of the opening song as early as 2009, and complete acts were being read in workshops by 2013. Once it opened at The Public in the winter of 2015, its engagement quickly sold out. The show moved to Broadway in August 2015 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, and, last year, Hamilton was nominated for a record-setting 16 Tony Awards, winning 11 of them, including Best Musical. It was also awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Hamilton the man, in many regards, will always be the quintessential, if not original, New Yorker—proof positive of the Sinatra mantra, “If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere.” We’re just glad Hamilton the musical made itself here in our city too.

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American Pharoah by Alex Travers The great miracle of the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes—which a bay colt named American Pharoah won, making him the first Triple Crown winner in 37 years—was that long after the race was over, the crowd remained. When American Pharoah crossed the line, beating runner-up Frosted by five-and-a-half lengths, fans cheered and cheered. The roars were deafening. But after the noise subsided, they all stayed put, a crowd of 90,000 lingering around the track. Thirteen horses have failed to make the Triple Crown sweep since 1978. Two—War Emblem in 2002 and California Chrome in 2014—were ridden by Victor Espinoza, Pharoah’s jockey. So there were many skeptics who thought there’d never be another Triple Crown winner, even after Pharoah began making headlines. There’s a video on the Internet of Pharoah’s first public workout where an exercise rider is nearly tossed off the colt from his acceleration. Spectators watch in silence until one loud “Holy s---” can be heard in the distance. Some credit this as the first blossom of hope for the eventual Triple Crown winner. By the age of two, Pharoah took to the track and was proving he could run. At three, he won the Kentucky Derby and went on to win the Preakness. But there was still the Belmont, the grueling mile-and-a-half race that has dimmed the hope of owners, trainers, and fans alike—and this was a distance Pharoah had never raced. In the end, he handled it perfectly, becoming the twelfth member of the most exclusive group of athletes on earth. To many, Pharoah’s win was not about strategy or whether or a quick start out of the gate. The past had proved otherwise. This win had to do with faith, which cannot be fought by reason and thrives when faced with doubt. Faith’s only enemy is disbelief. And on June 6, 2015, there were legions of Pharoah’s believers at Belmont. Owner Ahmed Zayat, trainer Bob Baffert, and jockey Victor Espinoza will always be credited for the win that day, but it was also a victory for those who love and believe in the sport. M AY 2 0 2 1 1 4 1

2016 Bill Cunningham by Chris(topher) Meigher After my dear mother died, Bill was the last one to call me “Christopher,” always in his soft-toned, near-squeaky voice. It was pure Bill, and it reminded me of my childhood. As countless others have lovingly remarked, Bill was as likeable as he was genuine. And yet, his modest mannerisms aside, Bill was also a sharp-elbowed competitor who was never bashful about getting the shot he saw…and wanted. Not unlike the legendary Slim Aarons, Bill Cunningham well understood his near-iconic standing in the social scene. Like Slim, he never took it too seriously; it was always just his job.

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Even when surrounded by would-be “swans” and stilettotoed wannabe climbers, all vying for his camera’s attention, Bill was never taken in by the spectacle. He was all about the shot. And the clothes. I once commented to Marian Sulzberger Heiskell of the New York Times clan that “Bill Cunningham is your secret weapon.” Marian paused, then thoughtfully replied: “No, Bill is far more. He’s our street conscience.” In the time since his death, we have missed Bill’s gentle presence and discerning decency, but we share comfort in knowing that he loved what he did. As did we.

2017 Donald Trump by Taki Theodoracopulos China, North Korea, and ISIS aside, here is what the 45th American president has to contend with: a small group of men and women who have achieved monopoly control over the most powerful means of communication known to man, and who are exploiting this power to shape national opinion to advance their own ideological agenda. The trouble is that The Donald is no fool. He knows how to get down and dirty and play the same game. He calls them purveyors of FAKE news, and, despite their disinformation campaign, has 60 million Americans behind him. The vituperation shown by the media against Trump, however, is as unprecedented as it is unfair. Simply put, Trump’s most ardent opponents see him as an existential threat, and comparisons between Hitler and Trump abound. The mainstream media has failed to understand that The Donald’s victory at the polls was no fluke; he captured the populist shift while news organizations like the Times and the networks were bewailing the plight of transgenders or some other exotic bunch of the New Democratic coalition. Just like a Pat Buchanan speech delivered by Spiro Agnew long ago, Trump is now attacking an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals but who are self-appointed analysts, the majority of whom express their hostility to whatever Trump has to say. Hence the 45th president’s answer to them: You will not have a free hand in selecting, presenting, and interpreting the great issues—I will. This will be a long and brutal battle as the Fourth Estate does not like its power challenged by anyone, especially a populist like Trump. My personal worry is not North Korea or ISIS, but the media, who have proven that they actually are the enemy of the American people.

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The Royal Wedding by Elizabeth Meigher

Prince Harry and former Hollywood actress Meghan Markle’s wedding took place at St George’s Chapel in Windsor on May 19, 2018. To many, the match seemed hopelessly romantic, as the two met through mutual friends, and what might have seemed like an unlikely pairing ended in a royal wedding. That the two wed was certainly considered remarkable, as their marriage broke from royal tradition in a number of ways. Meghan was not British (an American!), Meghan had been married (a divorcée!), the bride was not Protestant (Meghan was raised Catholic), and Meghan’s father, Thomas Markle, is white, while her mother, Doria Ragland, is black. Additionally, in breaking with the royal norm, Meghan’s father did not walk her down the aisle—Meghan walked down the aisle alone, while Prince Charles accompanied her in her final steps. Yes, Harry and Meghan decided to do things their own way for their royal wedding. For example, the two did not share the traditional “kiss” on the Buckingham Palace balcony. Ever since the weddings of Queen Victoria’s children, it has been customary for royal couples to take to the balcony at Buckingham Palace to acknowledge the crowds below. In 1981, Charles and Diana were the first royal couple to share a kiss in front of the cheering crowds, later followed by Andrew and Sarah, and William and Kate. Because Harry and Meghan chose to marry in Windsor instead of London, there was no balcony appearance. Nevertheless, that didn't stop the newlywed couple from sharing a kiss for the cameras in Windsor. M AY 2 0 2 1 1 4 3

2019 The Notre Dame de Paris fire broke out on April 15, 2019, just after 6 p.m., beneath the roof of the cathedral in Paris. An electrical short was the likely spark for a blaze that nearly burned the famous cathedral to the ground. Fortunately, firefighters followed a protocol developed for this type of disaster, knowing which artworks to rescue—and in which order. They also knew to keep the water pressure low and to avoid spraying the stained-glass windows as to not to shatter the hot glass. A lot was saved, but reconstruction will continue for the next few years. (The cathedral plans to open in 2024.) It was recently reported that the lattice of the roof, which was badly burned, will be replaced by oak tress in the former royal forest of Bercé. Pictured here is a 65-foot-tall oak tree, one of many being felled as part of the ongoing efforts to rebuild Notre Dame. The tree eventually will join over 1,000 other oaks being used to replace the base of the fallen spire engulfed by the fire. “What matters isn’t the roof and vault so much as the sanctuary they protect,” said Aline Magnien, director of the Historical Monuments Research Laboratory. “The heart of Notre Dame had been saved.” And we have high hopes Norte Dame will come out this experience enriched. 1040 4QQUUE ES ST T

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Notre Dame by Alex Travers

Covid-19 Pandemic by Chris Meigher

2020

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I admit to inherent optimism, but in the early months of 2020, it was not easy to see around the tight corners of this growing pandemic. By late Spring I was convinced we were beginning to gain back ground—encouraged by how remarkably well (most) people had responded to managing their lives, and their families during the eeriest of Aprils. Still, it was hard to see light at the end of the tunnel. Businesses remained closed, travel halted, and hospitals were overwhelmed with Covid patients. Major streets in New York, London, and Paris were near empty. There were no visitors at the Louvre ... you could hear a penny drop in Piccadilly Circus ... Times Square was ghostly. Yet, we remained hopeful, carefully regaining our moral footing and re-plotting our national course as a beacon of humanity throughout the free world. Fighting a negative tide, our United States produced successful vaccines in less than nine months. Perhaps it's why our Country, and our republic's imperfect system of popular democracy, will survive and prosper in the trying postpandemic years ahead of us. Today, there is much good rising around us as we reclaim the uprooted needs of our families, our neighbors, and our planet. Let us each agree not to forget the lessons we’ve gleaned during this most troubled time: learning to better live with others, and indeed within ourselves.◆

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A pendant and earrings from the Chaos Collection; Asprey’s London flagship. Below: The Duchess of Cambridge wearing Asprey.

ASPREY HAS always embraced eclectic beauty, and its Chaos Collection features items with asymmetric stones and cuts in a kaleidoscopic range of colors. As you can see here, the stunning Colour Chaos Pendant in 18-ct. white gold and Colour Chaos Earrings in 18-ct. white gold both feature unique colors like blue topaz, amethyst, peridot, and citrine accented with diamond bale. The Chaos Collection is named in reference to the deliberately disordered layout of stones used in each piece, encompassing a range of shapes, cuts, and tones. Chaos, the brand says, celebrates nonconformity and the beauty of the irregular, and the result is a collection of distinctive pieces encapsulating Asprey’s trademark of playful eccentricity. 146 QUEST

For over two centuries, Asprey has been regarded as a top British luxury lifestyle brand. It has a rich legacy in creating beautiful jewelry, being featured in Titanic with a remake of the Coeur de la Mer necklace, specially created for the Oscarwinning film. Asprey also has spectacular jewelry workshops and offers special bespoke commissions. The brand’s product assortment includes jewelry, leather goods, accessories, silver, watches, clocks, first edition leather bound books, china, crystal, games, silk and accessories. Asprey even holds a Royal Warrant from HRH Prince of Wales for jewelry and silver. Be sure to explore Asprey’s boutiques in New York, Palm Beach, and East Hampton. There truly is something for everyone. For more information, visit asprey.com.

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Pieces from Vhernier’s new Palloncino ring and earring collection.

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VHERNIER PLAYFUL, REFINED, AND, unconventional, the newly debuted Palloncino Collection by Vhernier is simply stunning. Based on the faithful reproduction of its namesake brooch (which was designed in 1984 and went on to become one of the brand’s bestselling items) these earclips are made in white gold, with a rope of wonderful diamonds, pairing well white motherof-pearl and magnificent turquoise and rock crystal. The clip-back style can be worn alone or paired with another Palloncino earring—but Vhernier suggests it be in another color. The Palloncino rings also make great gift ideas for Mother’s Day or for anyone special in your life. In 1984 Vhernier was founded in Valenza as a goldsmith workshop. In 2001, Carlo Traglio became the President of Vhernier; he made the company grow while respecting

its tradition and history, with the help of expert craftsmen who are thoroughly familiar with every secret of this art. Each piece of jewelry is unique, handmade, with a shape and volume influenced by modern and contemporary art movements, the true cultural heritage of the company. Bracelets are golden bands: on women’s wrists, they magically open up revealing unexpected precious stones. The Disco line, with its reflections and light effects, is inspired by an ancient painting tradition—tricks with mirrors. The Animalier brooch collection are unique sculptures, sought after by collectors worldwide. Rings, with their soft, seductive lines, evoke the Futurist volumes. And essential shapes characterize the Calla line: vibrating slender cones, made of gold, diamonds, and ebony. For more information, visit vhernier.com. M AY 2 0 2 1 1 4 7

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ELIZABETH GAGE’S approach to design is as unique and avant-garde as the jewels themselves. She combines different elements in her work, which she chooses for their individual beauty: exquisite stones, ancient bronzes, beautiful carvings, baroque pearls, anything where the shape and color inspire her. Having trained for six years as a goldsmith, her first major commission was for Cartier in 1968. A resounding success, Elizabeth went on to win many accolades including the prestigious Queens Award for Export, British Jewellery Designer of the Year, and the coveted De Beers Diamond Award for her Agincourt Ring, described as an engineering masterpiece. 148 QUEST

In 2017, Elizabeth was immensely proud to be named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List to receive an MBE. Her enthusiasm for creating beautiful jewelry continues and it is her unrivalled, and her custom creations are sought-after throughout the world. Today, Elizabeth no longer works at the bench, instead employing goldsmiths to bring to life her exclusive designs. Elizabeth dedicates herself to her design work and to her business; she still designs every piece that bears her name. For more information, visit elizabeth-gage.com. A collection of Elizabeth Gage’s jewelry, including the Mandarin Garnet Valois Ring and Lapis Lazuli Bracelet. Below: Elizabeth Gage.

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Clockwise, from top left: Theodora Cuffs; Fulco “Y” Necklace; Lily Bracelet; Quatrefoil Earclips in Aquamarine and Sapphire. Below: Ward Landrigan and Nico Landrigan.

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VERDURA IT HAS been said that Duke Fulco di Verdura was the most original and protean designer of the 20th Century. Born into Sicilian aristocracy, his designs were inspired by classical patterns and natural forms, brightened with intense colors and infused with a sophisticated wit. Fulco’s early collaboration with Coco Chanel shattered the status quo in jewelry design in the early 1930s when, for the first time in centuries, gemstones were pressed into yellow gold in splendid contradiction to one another. Coming to America in 1934, the young duke’s intimate and highly personalized designs for Golden Age Hollywood personalities and sophisticated New York society immediately set him apart. He became an “American jeweler” on September 1, 1939 when his friends Cole Porter and Vincent Astor financed his debut on Fifth Avenue, the day the war broke out in Europe.

However, Verdura’s international sensibility and Italian roots stayed with him and his design aesthetic throughout his career. In 1985, Ward Landrigan, head of Sotheby’s U.S. jewelry department, purchased the company, including its archive of nearly 10,000 original sketches, and set about to bring Verdura’s timeless designs to a new generation of collectors. His son Nico joined the company in 2004 and currently serves as President alongside Ward, Verdura’s CEO. The Verdura collection of fine jewelry—including the pieces you see here—is available at the company’s New York salon at 745 Fifth Avenue overlooking Central Park as well as select retail partners, including Bergdorf Goodman, select Neiman Marcus locations, Betteridge, Obsidian in London, and Mindham Fine Jewelry in Toronto. For more information, visit verdura.com.◆ M AY 2 0 2 1 1 4 9

“They were smart and sophisticated, with an air of independence about them, and so casual about their looks and clothes and manners as to be almost slapdash. I don’t know if I realized as soon as I began seeing them that they represented the wave of the future, but I do know I was drawn to them. I shared their restlessness, understood their determination to free themselves of the Victorian shackles of the pre-World War I era and find out for themselves what life was all about.” —Colleen Moore.

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Clockwise, from above: In the 1920s, the literary party was the event of the season, complete with drunkenness, obscene nursery rhymes, and those devastated by the “lack of refinement in their idols”; female flappers kicking, dancing, and having fun while musicians perform during a Charleston dance contest at the Parody Club; Betty Field dances the Charleston in the 1949 film of The Great Gatsby. DECEM MBAY E R 22002210 10501

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COMING INTO THE LIGHT. Someone asked recently how I would compare Society in New York today in the 2020s with Society a century ago in the 1920s. I understand the curiosity. The world is now a very different place thanks to the technology that first took hold of our behavior and habits a century ago. The 1920s in America were the beginning of the modern age. They are remembered as “the Roaring 20s,” or “the Jazz Age” when our great-grandparents began changing the rules. At that time, finally the country had recovered from the disaster of the Civil War which had ended more than 50 years— having profoundly and even tragically affecting many families North and South with losses of life, limb and/or fortune. But the 1920s was the New: the telephone, the electric light, the Silent Screen, and then the little radio, had “suddenly” become available to all. The horse and buggy was replaced, launched by Henry Ford’s Model T. The new mobility created a “smaller world.” The camera became mainstream and the “motion” picture entered the equation of communication. “Liberation” was unleashed. Women radically shed the old fashions, “exposing” their sex appeal (and personal comfort). Skirts from centuries of lower-ankle length, suddenly were 10502QQUUEESSTT

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Clockwise, from above: Opera dames Lady Decies (neé Elizabeth Wharton Drexel) and Mrs. George Washington Kavanaugh; Ann Ziff (left) at The Met Opera Gala, 2019; Marina Kellen French and Susan Braddock. Opposite, from above: Lavish parties were all the rage in the 1920s as people looked to make the most of their newfound freedom—pictured here are people in elegant attire dancing at a formal party, Hollywood, California, 1920s; Tom Kean and Emilia Saint Amand at The Met Opera Gala, 2019. M AY 2 0 2 1 1 5 3

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The “changes” were not without complaints. Every so often someone wrote to a newspaper about Jazz. With an almost religious fervor, they dissected the current popular tunes, defined as utter vulgarity, and accused them of being the source of all sorts of contemporary degeneration. American Jazz became popular all over the world. A century later, the decade that launched so many changes in our civilization is now remembered almost quaintly with amusement. At the time the machine had “advanced” us to the ultimate, or so it seemed. Space travel remained almost outrageous science fiction. Today you can pick up your iPhone and get Singapore (and your image) on the line in a matter of three seconds. Privacy as it was honored and protected a century ago no longer exists. The population of the planet has increased eight times since then; gender is being re-defined by surgical manipulation; and we’ve got a camera exploring on MARS with the ultimate question of possible habitation. And Society has simply been redefined as the Elite and measurable entirely by financial calculations. The result from all of this progress is only the question of “what more can we expect of ourselves?” —David Patrick Columbia

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shortened right up to the knee and even higher in some cases. The old rules were tossed. Relationships were beginning to be redefined. And the ladies took up smoking. Cigarettes, in public! And as for Society itself—still high and mighty—the sharply witty Dorothy Parker wrote in the original version of Vanity Fair: “From this carnival of vulgarity the fashionable society of the time of course held strictly aloof. They took their pleasure decorously, behind their own mahogany doors, at Delmonico’s, the theatre, or opera, and once a year at the Charity Ball which was then held at the Academy of Music.” In 1919, a new law created Prohibition: No More Booze for anyone. Ha Ha. At the same time speakeasies opened (and “secretly”) to flout the law; and “nightclubs” were born. Society was opening up from the old rules and new members, christened by one social columnist as “Café Society.” That was Then, This is now: In America, everything was changing radically. Even the popular music had a new message for the public about love and kisses and missing the Moon. The word “jazz,” originally slang meaning, “catch-all” soon became music associated by the black musicians who naturally created a sound that today is formally classified as a kind of popular music. In the 1920s it became part of the central elements of the modern man and woman.

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Clockwise, from above: Clara Bow on a trip to Catalina, 1927; Rihanna at a film premiere; Miley Cyrus. Opposite, from above: Women standing by a convertible car, wearing fur lined coats, 1920s.

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Clockwise from left: Director and producer Cecil B. DeMille and cinematographer Victor Milner on the set of Cleopatra at Paramount Studios in 1934; The Cinema Society hosted a screening of Julie Taymor’s film, The Glorias, at Donna Karan’s waterfront home in East Hampton, starring Julianne Moore as Gloria Steinem; Andrew Saffir, founder of the Cinema Society; Gloria Swanson in the final scene of Sunset Boulevard, directed by Billy Wilder, 1950. Opposite page, from top: The premiere of Starz’ “Power Book II: Ghost” in Water Mill, New York, September 5, 2020; drive-in theater in the 1950s; from left, actors Wallace Beery and Robert Florey, ASC founding member Arthur Edeson, star Douglas

I’ve been an ardent movie lover since I was a little kid. Certainly my tastes have evolved, from getting excited over annual airings of The Wizard of Oz (remember when movies you loved came around and were only available on TV once a year?) to the black and white splendor of David Fincher’s Mank or the tender and stirring beauty of Minari, this year. The theaters have changed too—I remember going to Charlie Chaplin revivals and Annie Hall multiple times at the Trans-Lux theater on Madison and 85th Street. And there was the Thalia, 8th Street Playhouse, the Beekman, the Baronet/Coronet, and of course, the glamorous Ziegfeld. Sadly all gone, giving way to formidable successors like the iPic, with big reclining seats and cocktail service. This past year has of course given us all much to think about, and if anything, it has reinforced my knows-no-bounds love of the movies. More than ever, I’m reminded of the power of film— 156 QUEST

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Fairbanks, and director Allan Dwan during the production of Robin Hood (1922).

to lift, to transport, to elate, to inspire, to educate, to heal, to empower, to enthrall, and of course, to entertain. And it’s not just the movies I long for, but the theatrical experience as a whole. Sitting in a crowded, dark theater, inhaling buttery popcorn, and savoring the latest Hollywood offering or venerable classic, amongst fellow movie lovers, communally gasping, laughing, fighting back tears, and applauding, as a group. Fortunately, I’ve been able to continue what I do and what I love, with multiple outdoor screenings and (retro!) drive-ins over the last year (who would have predicted the drive-in would make a comeback?), and thank goodness for Netflix, HBO, Amazon, hulu and the like, who kept us entertained and sane at home for the past fourteen months, but I can’t wait to sit in a real theater again, lights dimming, coming attractions unveiled, and a John Williams score building to a goosebump-inducing and eye-watering crescendo. To quote the Norma Desmond character in Sunset Boulevard, just before she famously tells director Cecil B. DeMille that she’s ready for her close-up… “there’s nothing else. Just us, and the cameras, and those wonderful people out there in the dark.” See you at the movies! —Andrew Saffir (Founder, Cinema Society) DECEMBER 2020 00

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From above: The exterior of the Cotton Club in Harlem; this 1927 program for the Cotton Club advertised Cab Calloway and his orchestra. Opposite page, clockwise from left: The entrance of Tao Downtown in Chelsea; American bandleader and singer Cab Calloway leads an orchestra during a New Year’s Ball at the Cotton Club in New York, 1937; bottle service at Tao Group’s Marquee Vegas before the pandemic; a speakeasy during the Prohibition era. 10508QQUUEES STT

HISTORY HAS NOT been without its ups and downs. In the last hundred or so years, the world has seen two world wars, the Spanish Flu pandemic, and a host of other tragedies in between. In my lifetime there were no world wars, no global pandemics that reached the U.S. shores, and the many tragedies that did occur around the world were just news stories to many of us. That was until early 2020 when things started to unravel with the outbreak of COVID-19. COVID-19 seems to have touched everyone. It was a pretty mixed bag of who got dealt what hand, but everyone was dealt something. We saw many lose their jobs, some lose loved ones, and small group see their fortunes grow as a result, but one thing that everyone faced was that we all had to quarantine. And while some had a more favorable quarantine than others, we all had to miss seeing friends and loved ones for what seems like an eternity. Now, more than a year later, many are still quarantining and playing it safe. But at least now, I think it’s safe to say we all see some light at the end of the tunnel and each day that light seems to get brighter and brighter. People are ready. Ready to hug friends, ready to get back to their office and see coworkers in person, and, of course, they are ready to PARTY!

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No place is more ready to get back to life and party it up than New York City, which, as we all know, was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. New Yorkers are now more ready than anyone to get back into party mode, by which I mean doing the things they once did for fun. Whether it was boozy brunches with friends, seeing their favorite bands at Madison Square Garden, going out to big dinners at their favorite restaurants or, my favorite, dancing at nightclubs until 4 a.m. Whatever it is that people are into, they will come roaring back like we did in the Roaring ’20s, only this time... alcohol is legal. Yes, the Roaring ’20s... It was a time after both the Spanish Flu of 1918 and the end of the Great War, now known as WWI. People had a new appreciation for life and the finer things that were put on hold for so many for what seemed like an eternity. In this new “Roaring ’20s” that many think is on the horizon, we will see it all. Those who made new fortunes, buying big bottles at night clubs and old money cringing at their name appearing in the gossip columns after a hard scandalous night of partying, perhaps too hard one night. Or the young adults who just turned 21 last year and didn’t get the chance to take advantage of it and see their favorite world renowned DJ at a club they are just now allowed to enter. No matter what you fancy, you’ll hopefully be able to get back to it sooner than later. —Rich Thomas (Partner, TAO Group Hospitality) M AY 2 0 2 1 0 0

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Clockwise from upper left: Veronica Beard brand co-founders, Veronica Swanson Beard and Veronica Miele Beard; actress Janet Leigh, born in 1927—wearing a belted swimsuit reminiscent of the era in which she was born ; shopping in New York City in midtown in 1920s. Opposite page, from above: Four young women dressed in 1920s era high fashion in San Francisco; two looks

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from Veronica Beard’s Fall 2021 Ready-to-Wear collection

FASHION AFTER THE SPANISH flu came the Roaring Twenties. World War 1 had ended, women were getting to vote for the first time, and people wanted to get dressed up, go out, and live life to the fullest. The Jazz Age ensued, and with it came sequins, flapper dresses, and a general looseness to the fit and feel of all clothing as everyone danced and shimmied through the 1920s. Will glamour return with the hopeful close of this pandemic or is athleisure here to stay as people hit the road traveling… Both? The sisters-in-law who co-founded eponymous fashion brand Veronica Beard have kept things moving during Covid—with stylish activewear that can easily transition from home back into the office—and beyond. We asked them to share a few of their thoughts on the future of fashion Will people embrace athleisure and continue that trend well into the 20s as they travel and head back to work? Yes, but updated. We show sweatpants in prints, for example, and styled with heels. Her life may have changed but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t want to look good and feel good! Or will the hopeful end of the pandemic see people who have been craving glamour getting dressed up again—donning sequins and evening inspired attire—or both? We believe women will want to get dressed up again. We have been wearing heels and dresses to the office and can’t wait for the glamour to come back. We have an allover sequin dress for fall! Fashion of all forms seems much more accepted these days— how will fashion be the same/different as we step into the current 20s? Or to put thhings more simply, what trends to you see forming as we step into September? For us, it is always about a classic jacket with jeans and a

T-shirt—and really high heels. Who do you think will be wearing sequin dresses in the fall and where will they be wearing them? Dinner parties at home? Private events? Galas? All of the above! ◆ —Veronica Miele Beard & Veronica Swanson Beard (Co-Founders, Veronica Beard) M AY 2 0 2 1 1 6 1

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THE YOUNG & THE GUEST LIST This column serves to chronicle the parties of the PYTs. Here, we raise a glass (of Champagne, of course) to the adventures of Quest’s A-listers—past and present—as they navigated their names onto the guest list.

Lauren Remington Platt dancing with Euan Rellie at New Yorkers for Children in 2012.

Elizabeth Kurpis at the American

Ali Wise, Tinsley Mortimer, and

Museum of Natural History in 2010.

Shoshanna Gruss at the American Jessica and Ashley Hart at Save Venice in 2013.

Museum of Natural History in 2010.

Harry Brant at New Yorkers for the Children in 2013.

Ames Brown, Elizabeth Quinn Brown, and

Claire Distenfeld and Zani Gugelmann at

Oliver Ames at the American Museum of Natural

New Yorkers for the Children in 2013.

History’s “Spring Safari” dance in 2010.

Kelly Van Ingen, Susannah Vasu,

Andrew Saffir, Olivia Palermo, Daniel Benedict, and Johannes Huebl at New Yorkers for the Children

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and Genevieve Bahrenburg at The Frick

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David Beckham and David Grutman.

Clockwise from top left: Alesso and Erin Michelle Cummins; Zachary Weiss; Kim Kardashian West and Jonathan Cheban; Vanessa Hudgens;

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Future and Pharrell Williams.

OPENING OF THE GOODTIME IN MIAMI TO CELEBRATE THE opening of the Goodtime Hotel in Miami Beach, business partners David Grutman and Pharrell Williams hosted a cocktail party on the hotel’s pool deck in collaboration with David Beckham, who was toasting the season opener of his Inter Miami CF. Guests of the joint celebration included Kim Kardashian West, Victoria Beckham, Vanessa Hudgens, Rick Ross, Alesso, Jasmine Sanders, Cuba Gooding, Jr., and more. M AY 2 0 2 1 1 6 5

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CELEBRATING ISLAND WHIMSY AT THE COLONY IN PALM BEACH TO TOAST Celerie Kemble’s new book, Island Whimsy, Kemble Interiors hosted a private booksigning at The Colony Hotel, where the team recently completed a renovation of the main lobby with custom de Gournay wallpaper. The reception took place during the trunk show of Pearl by Lela Rose, which raised funds for Leukemia Lymphoma Society (Palm Beach Treasure Coast).

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AMAFFI’S NEW YORK FLAGSHIP BOUTIQUE LAUNCH LAST MONTH, Amaffi launched the opening of its flagship boutique in New York City, where guests previewed the brand’s decadent perfumes made from the world’s rarest and highest quality natural ingredients, each bottle retailing for around $7,000. The perfumery was founded in Switzerland six years ago and boasts locations in London and Moscow. Now, its New York City boutique is decorated with interiors as extravagant as the scents, featuring black lacquer furniture and crystal throughout. u

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PHILIP MOUNTBATTEN was a man’s man and a gentleman’s gent. During 73 years of marriage to the Queen, he never wavered in his role as prince consort, and complained even less. He was authentically himself and shunned the spotlight of Royal favor upon his modestly attained, yet significant achievements. Such was his Duke’s duty, which he performed with humble grace as a model to all. Influenced by his un-coddled school days at Gordonstoun, he challenged young people to explore adventure outside of the classroom and to vigorously support their communities by example, and not just academic rhetoric. A Royal Naval Officer and an avid sailor, he was often seen competing during England’s Cowes Week where he participated in several one design regattas, including the Dragon class. When I was a crew member on the U.S. Admiral’s Cup team competing at Cowes, I recall a story that perfectly captured the Prince’s wry and subtle wit: on a close-hauled course in a rough Solent sea, Prince Phillip’s boat had tacked perhaps too close to another competitor and that skipper yelled across to Phillip, “You’re tacking in my water,

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