Kip Forbes and Maggie Norris |
Anna
Kiladze |
Dr.
Kelly Posner |
Jacqueline
Anderson |
HERMITAGE
MUSEUM
Russian
Romance
Of Maggie Norris
Story by Roger Webster
Photos by Gandalf Riecks/PMc
 AGGIE
NORRIS, that
haute American couture designer well known for dressing movie
stars like Oscar winners Nicole Kidman, Sissy Spacek and Halle
Berry, premiered her Fall 2003 collection on Manhattan’s
upper east side. She chose the Grand Ballroom of the Consulate
General of the Russian Federation because she was inspired by the
opulence and romance of St. Petersburg at the time of Czar
Nicholas and Czarina Alexandra.
To
that end, she accessorized her creations with Hermitage Furs by
Russian designer Helen Yarmak, fantasy jewels by Harry
Winston, and Russian Nights fragrance by Natalia Darialova,
whose family, I hear, just about controls Russian TV.
Kip
Forbes, Jennifer Creel
and Karen Gross hosted a reception, after the fashion show,
where they served Veuve Clicquot and oodles of Petrossian caviar,
what else?
Guests
included Chloe Sevigny, Dr. Kelly Posner, Steve Forbes,
Royce Pinkwater, Brad Martin, Ambassador Sergey Lavrov
and his wife Maria Lavrov, Muffie Potter Aston, Jason Grant,
Sharon Sondes, Patricia Raynes, Anna Kiladze, Amy Rosi, and Renee
Rockefeller.
Joanne
de Guardiola, Philip Bloch, Jacqueline Anderson, Somers Farkas,
Jill Roosevelt, Amy Fine Collins, Linda Mansfield, Grace Hightower, Kathy Hilton,
Christiaan McPherson, Katie Colgate, and Bettina Zilkha
were seen at least contemplating bidding on items in the silent
auction to benefit American Friends of the Hermitage Museum.
That
included a Maggie Norris corset inspired by the Imperial Rosebud
Egg by Peter Carl Fabergé valued at $30,000. |
