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For inveterate Manhattanites averse to voyaging out of town to the nearest IKEA, the International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show, held annually at the Park Avenue Armory, presents a handy alternative for satisfying their home furnishing needs. Sure, a snappy sauceboat or a stylish little cocktail table may set one back a five-digit figure, but convenience always comes at a price.
Arguably the finest Antiques Fair in the country kicked off with The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center’s 19th Annual Preview Party For The Haughton International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show— arguably the wordiest event appellation in the world. Over 700 trendoids meandered among more than 300 million dollars worth of sumptuous sundries, smoothly rolling up at least one million for cancer care and research.
Mingling with the furniture were homemaking magnate Martha Stewart; trailblazing supermodel Beverly Johnson; Sir David’s granddaughter Eugenie Niven; presidential granddaughter Anne Eisenhower Flöttl; presidential ex-sister-in-law Sharon Bush; actress Annie Churchill, of indeterminate relation to her storied namesake; Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss, designer for the prodigiously bazoomed (“There are 36 pieces in a bra—did you know that?”); and Calvin Klein, designer for the hoi polloi. StarCaps Queen Nikki Haskel was spotted near one of the lavish buffet tables, presumably chatting up potential clients for her supersonic weight loss pills.
Liquor and veggies were available aplenty, the latter to offset the carcinogenic effects of the former. They don’t call it a balanced diet for nothing.
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