Antiques & Art At The Armory Hosts Gala Benefit For Yale Center for Dyslexia

by ARIEL MOSES · December 8, 2008

[Marcia Mishaan, Dr. Bennett Shaywitz, Dr. Sally Shaywitz, Julie Dannenberg, Xavier Flouret, Claude Wasserstein, Vincent Renault. Photos by JONATHON ZIEGLER / PMc]

Last Thursday, Avenue-Wendy Show’s Art & Antiques at the Armory hosted a benefit gala for the Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity. The event featured a gallery installation of 30 years of Avenue Icons including Martha Stewart, Marc Jacobs, Isaac Mizrahi, Georgina Chapman, Amy Sacco, Pat Buckley, Donald Trump, Jann Wenner, and Richard Johnson. Co-chairs and hosts, including Avenue Publisher Julie Dannenberg, Claude Wasserstein, and Richard & Marcia Mishaan treated guests to a viewing of Avenue’s Icons along with antique and art showcases, allowing invitees to enjoy (and even purchase!) everything from beautiful jewelry to rare books to home décor.

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Among the night’s attendees were Marchesa’s Karen Craig, Tory Burch, Nicole Miller, Avenue’s Style Director Jackie Astier, Judith Giuliani, Fe Fendi, Elbi Askin-Balan, Sessa von Richthofen Johnson, Frederick Anderson, David Patrick Columbia, Alvin Valley, Debbie Bancroft, Paul Johnson-Calderon, Kerry Cassidy, Bobby Blaze, Bettina Zilkha, Jules Kirby, Avenue’s Editor-in-Chief Pamela Gross, Jimmy Finkelstein, Dr. Jeffrey Moses, Keven Duffy, photographer Josh Leherer, John Munson, Tia Walker, Liz Lange, Patty Raynes, Dennis Basso, Janna Bullock, Jodie & Diane Fanelli, Sal Strazzullo, Alessandro Fendi, and Anait Bian.

Sessa von Richthofen, Guest, Michael Arguello, Anait Bian