An Affair to Remember
Inside Valentino's surprise birthday bash
Monday, May 12, 2008
(NEW YORK) It takes a lot to motive fashion's elite to venture out on a rain-soaked Friday night, but when the occasion is a surprise birthday party in honor of Valentino--the man, not the brand--who would dare RSVP with regrets?
"I have ballgown Valentino and not-dressy-enough Valentino, so in the end I picked Lanvin," said Allison Sarofim, who hosted the exclusive affair at her West Village townhouse alongside Giancarlo Giammetti (who gifted Valentino some 17th-century bone challises). "It was a designer I didn't think he would be offended by," she quipped.
Valentino, who turned 76 on Mother's Day (though he'd only admit to being 32), believed he was stopping by Sarofim's for a pre-Waverly Inn cocktail. Instead, dozens of friends like Elle Macpherson, Daphne Guinness, Zac Posen, Donna Karan, Marjorie Gubelmann, Anh Duong, Princess Firyal of Jordan, Jacqueline Schnabel, Stavros Niarchos, Diane Kruger, Muriel Brandolini, and
Eva Herzigova (in town shooting with Mario Sorrenti) ...
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