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 The Parrish Art Museum's annual Midsummer Party
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This past Saturday the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton held its annual Midsummer Party hosted by the museum’s director Terrie Sultan, board of trustee co-chairs Douglas Polley and Carlo Bronzini Vender. The event’s co-chairs were Debbie Bancroft and Dorothy Lichtenstein.
They honored collector/curator Beth DeWoody and artist Ross Bleckner for their “remarkable contributions to cultural and humanitarian causes throughout the world,” and the event was sold-out with more than a thousand guests (500 for dinner with an additional 550 for the after party with Tom Finn DJ-ing the dance music that had the entire crowd on their feet), raising $700,000 for the museum which will be building a new facility in neighboring Watermill.
Anne Pasternak, President and Artistic Director of Creative Time feted Mrs. DeWoody with a playful tribute in the form of a multiple choice pop quiz about her. Ross Bleckner was feted by artist Eric Fishl who has been a friend since the 1970s when they were both studying art at CalArts. |
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Mary Gayle Parr, Whitney Fairchild, Meghan Boody, Marcia Mishaan, and Fiona Rudin |
Of the honorees, I’ve met Mr. Bleckner many times over the years but Mrs. DeWoody and I have been close friends since the early 1970s. Two of her most prominent qualities/characteristics are her gift of friendship and her intense interest in the arts – be they theatrical, musical or visual.
In those early days, she was already purchasing art although she had a fondness for rare books, sheet music and memorabilia of all sorts. In the mid-1970s she married artist Jim DeWoody (with whom she has two children – son Carlton and daughter Kyle) and her interest in the visual arts expanded substantially. Today that interest has grown literally into an international force, and all of her houses – in Southampton, Palm Beach and New York – are repositories of her ever burgeoning collection of contemporary art (as well as the aforementioned materials). Along with these interests, the ubiquitous and indefatigable collector is also a deeply committed philanthropist and a big champion of the Parrish. She’s served as a trustee of the Whitney, the Brooklyn Academy of Music and New Yorkers for Children, of which she is a founding member. |
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Rose Dergan, Will Cotton, Cecilia Alemani, Carlo Bronzini, and Elizabeth Dee |
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James Nederlander Sr., Charlene Nederlander, Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, and friends |
Her collecting is enhanced by the aforementioned “gift of friendship” which she shares very generously with scores of friends. To know Beth is to have an automatic networker in your life. It is not a question of her “introducing” one to another but more the collector’s eye and mind for potential combinations and shared interests. And so it is that all over the world, literally, there are friends and friends of Beth DeWoody.
Ross Bleckner has had major exhibitions at museums all over the world. He was the youngest artist ever to have a solo exhibition at the Guggenheim and his paintings are in collections throughout the world. He also serves proactively on the board of ACRIA and is the only artist ever to be named as a United Nations Ambassador for Goodwill for his work with children in Uganda. |
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Matt Fink, Ophelia Rudin, Bill Rudin, Michael Rudin, and Michelle Adams |
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Lisa Anastos, Michelle Paige Paterson, Alexandra Stanton, Doug Polley, and Jean Shafiroff |
Attendees included attorney and investment banker Charles N. Atkins, New York First District Congressman Tim Bishop, Olivia Chantecaille, arts patron and philanthropist Christophe DeMenil, Parrish Trustee Ira Drukier and Gale Drukier, Tiffany Dubin, journalist Maurice DuBois, Dallas Ernst, Whitney and James Fairchild, Jonathan and Somers Farkas, attorney H. Peter Haveles, Jr. and Elizabeth Haveles, Jane Holzer, President of the Robert Lehman Foundation and Parrish Trustee Philip Isles, Jocelyn Javits, Donna Karan, Phillip Lim, Jay McInerney, Nicole Miller, Isaac Mizrahi, Sonja Morgan, investment banker Alex Navab and Mary Kathryn Navab, James and Charlene Nederlander, New York's First Lady Michelle Paige Paterson, Peter Jay Sharp Foundation President Norman Peck and Liliane Peck, Stephen Perlbinder and documentary filmmaker Sandy Perlbinder, Tatiana and Campion Platt, Douglas and Stacy Bash-Polley, Beth DeWoody’s family members Eric and Fiona Rudin, Bill Rudin and Ophelia Rudin, Carlton DeWoody, Kyle DeWoody, Adam Sender and Lenore Sender, Ramona Singer and Mario Singer, former Ambassador Carl Spielvogel and Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Alexandra Stanton and Sam Natapoff, producer and screenwriter Darren Star, Steven B. Tanger, Carlo Bronzini Vender and Tanya Traykovski, Rufus Wainwright and Parrish Trustee David Wassong.
Artists that attended included: Chuck Close, Michael Combs, Will Cotton, Eric Fischl and April Gornik, Michele Oka Donner, Mary Heilmann, Dennis Oppenheim, Alexis Rockman, David Salle, Keith Sonnier, Billy Sullivan, who created a special portrait of the honorees for the invitation, Robert Wilson and Rob Wynne. |
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Yung Hee Kim |
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Tatina Braziel and Samantha Rudin |
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Sandra Nenzon |
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Wendy Holmes and Richard Ziegelasch |
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Troy Buckner and Bonnie Hoye |
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Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley |
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Simone and David Levinson |
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Bruce Lebowitz and Ellen Lewis |
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Tina Bakwer, Tom Elghanayan, and Martha Kramer |
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Theresa Kuo and Justin Mitchell |
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Sylvester and Gillian Miniter |
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Scott Moses and Vanessa Rooks |
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Sidney Oliver and Steve Tanger |
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Tatiana and Campion Platt |
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Tim Garneau, Courtney Garneau, Barbara Dayton, and Peter Dayton |
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Sonja Morgan and Robert Wynne Peary |
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Susan Wexler, Alex Rosenberg, and Mickey Ateyeh |
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Susan Lazarus, David Kelly, and Susan Mead |
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Soraya Rothenberg and Alex Bahadori |
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Shail Upadhya and Joy Marks |
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Rachel Stackow and Nikki Sterling |
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Rod Waywell and Lisa Dennison |
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Scott Nelson, Alex Papachristidis, and George Buxton |
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Ross Bleckner, Tim Bishop, and Beth Rudin DeWoody |
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Sarah Connelly and Carlton DeWoody |
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Sara Fitzmaurice and Perry Rubinstein |
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Richard Johnson and Sessa von Richthofen |
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Richard and Donna Soloway |
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Sebastian Errazuriz, Alix Frey, and Edmundo Huerta |
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Michele Oka Doner and Frederick Doner |
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Ross Bleckner, Susan Cappa, and David Salle |
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Ira Drucker, Gale Drucker, and Christine Pressman |
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Patrick McMullan, Patti Kim, and Max Osterweis |
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Monica Schwerin, Peter Tessler, and Jessica McCarthy |
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Laura Gagliardi and Michelle Kavaris |
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Ross Bleckner, Marcia Dunn, and Jonathan Sobel |
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Randy Polumbo, Meghan Boody, and Marcy Blum |
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Dr. Louis Feder, Evelyn Murray, Conrad Steinman, and Elisa Hoffman |
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Kate Hemphill and Leo Vargas |
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Rita Joan Santelli, Sandra Ribicic, and Frank Ballabio |
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Paul Edmunds and Stephanie de Troy |
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Lisa Phillips, Roberta Amoa, Jay Johnson, and Tom Cashin |
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Paul and Joan Robinson |
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Susan Blond |
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Nikki Sterling |
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Pamela Johananoff and Matthew Adel |
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Nicole Miller and Bettina Prentice |
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Patrizia Papachristidis, Yuroz, and Nancy Corzine |
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Michel Witmer, Alice Judelson, and Dr. Dino Rivera |
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Joanne Cassullo and Richard Marshall |
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Rose Adkins and Lisa Yom |
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Nancye Simpson and Dan Rizzie |
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Peter and Jamee Gregory |
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Neal Fox, Christine Mack, and Steve Tanger |
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Martha Kramer, Richard Mack, and Sidney Oliver |
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Priscilla and Alexis Zoullas with Alina Goncalves |
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Louis and Lisa Liman |
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Morgan Whalen White, Danielle Levine, and Brittan White |
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Michael Sery and Larry Cohen |
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Charles Ruas, Rob Wynne, Sarah Gavlak, and Colin Lively |
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Olivia Chantecaille, Phillip Lim, BJ Topol, and Amy Astley |
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Kyle DeWoody and Jonah Fay-Hurvitz |
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Lauren Roberts, Robin Cofer, Robert Wilson, and Lucia Hwong Gordon |
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Beth Rudin DeWoody, George Farias, Ophelia Rudin, and Bill Rudin |
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Kevin Berlin and Chef Lia Jones |
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Mario and Ramona Singer |
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Madeline Hulk |
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Laurie and Seth Sobel |
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Louis Tamayo and Emily Raderman |
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Lydia and Rudy Touzet |
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Max Byrne, Randy Gallo, and Doug Warner |
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Marla Helene, Ramona Singer, and Lucia Hwong Gordon |
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Larry Laslo |
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Jay Johnson, Susan Pinzer, and Tom Cashin |
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Molly Birkenes and Dyanna Sidiropulo |
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Liz Kania and Caitlin Stafford |
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James Ryerson and Annika Connor |
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Jean and Martin Shafiroff |
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Lilly Hartley, Kelly Fulton, Jamie Prentice, and Georgia Tapert |
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Susan Davis |
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Matthew Minnella and Liz Malinowski |
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Richard Mishaan, Marcia Mishaan, Isaac Mizrahi, and Lisa Phillips |
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Lindsey Bleier and Zarah Burstein |
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John Wegorzewski and Jill Frankel |
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Klaus Kertess, Jane Holzer, Billy Sullivan, and friend |
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Lisa Anastos and Alexandra Stanton |
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Michael Taittinger, Victoria Wyman, Frank Wyman, and Claudia Taittinger |
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Jackie Rogers and John Takesian |
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Jocelyn Javits and Kamil Grajski |
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Jimmy and Margo Nederlander |
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Bridget Marks and Phillip Isles |
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Jonathan and Somers Farkas |
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Jay McInerney and Robert Zimmerman |
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Aaron Schumm, Brooke Goldstein, Sigal Hillel, and Jonathan Alpeyrie |
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Jay Snyder |
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Dr. Mark Warfel, Rajan Mamtani, and Darren Star |
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Anne Pasternak |
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Anthony Buhl, Vanessa Rooks, Margaret Dixon, and Scott Moses |
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Geoffrey Bradfield and Sandra McConnell |
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Jorn Weisbrodt and Rufus Wainwright |
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Kevin Clancy, Kirsten Quinn, Kate Hemphill, and Evan Raggi |
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Heather and Brett Rogoff |
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George and Cathy Buxton |
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Jessica Brooke, Shel Holman, Jessica Anderson, and Melissa Iorio |
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Gale Drucker and Christine Pressman |
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Eric Wunsch and Roisin McElroy |
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Francesca Beale |
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George Farias and Berry Bloomingdale |
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Gabrielle Knable and James Salomon |
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Eric Fischl, Ross Bleckner, Chuck Close, and April Gornik |
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Nicholas Howey and Jane Eckert |
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Andrew Brazen and Jessica Hoden |
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Tanya Traykovski, Carlo Bronzini, and Terrie Sultan |
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Trevor Traina and Donna Karan |
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Gene and Christine Pressman |
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Donald Sultan and Dorothy Lichtenstein |
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David Wassong and Cynthia Clift |
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Debi and Steven Wisch |
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Jay McInerney and Debbie Bancroft |
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Dallas Ernst, Gerard Binwiddersaoven, and Barbara Grodd |
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Eric Brown and Jane Freilicher |
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James Fairchild, Whitney Fairchild, Jocelyn Javits, and Kamil Grajski |
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Elizabeth Dee and Cecilia Alemani |
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Dorothy Lichtenstein and Jane Freilicher |
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Felicia Taylor, Randy Polumbo, and Meghan Mooney |
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Christina Grajales and Isabelle Kirshner |
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Denise and Arden Wohl |
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Denise Greco and Trish Coape |
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Cari Siegal and Tanya Barrett |
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Cindy Parkis and Jonathan Moscou |
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Chris McLaughlin and Eliza Madison |
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Janel Molton, Anne Huntington, and Wallis Dolan |
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Alice Aycock and James Salomon |
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Bill Contin and Susan Mead |
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Ben Cummings and Brittan White |
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Alexis Rockman and Dorothy Spears |
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Adelina Wong Ettelson and William Ettelson |
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Anna Throne-Holst, Mark Chiffer, and Victoria Kahn |
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Alina Goncalves, Priscilla Zoullas, and Danielle Levine |
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Beata Boman, Sigal Hillel, and Brooke Goldstein |
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Andrea Greeven Douzet and Alex Douzet |
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Alice Judelson and Rose Dergan |
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Amy and Chris Astley |
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Andre and Juliet de Baubigny |
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Donna Karan, Eric Freeman, and Roberta Amoa |
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Christopher Obetz and Sessa von Richthofen |
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