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NEW YORK PARTIES
Private Views
By Jamee Gregory
Photography by Eric Striffler
A sneak peek into the private parties of New York’s top tastemakers!
Entertaining expert, philanthropist, and author Jamee Gregory captures the behind-the-scenes stories of the most spectacular parties in Manhattan and the Hamptons given by the leading arbiters of style from the worlds of fashion, design, food, society, and philanthropy.
Says Gregory, “A party is a gift to one’s friends that requires thought and planning—a theatrical production for a very limited audience.” It is with this reverence for the art of entertaining and the thought, effort and preparation that goes into the making of a truly memorable evening, which inspired Gregory to compile this book, documenting memorable private parties, and creating a permanent record of entertaining in the twenty-first century. NEW YORK PARTIES takes us on a tour inside the parties of her closest friends—all superb hosts and hostesses in their own right—to show the spectacular results of their passionate preparations.
Each and every party in the book paints a portrait of the individual host or hostess. The stories, accompanied by Eric Striffler’s superb photographs, illuminate the personal manner in which each host receives their guest—be it an intimate brunch, or a seated dinner for a hundred and twenty five.
Gregory asks all the questions one would like to pose to the discriminating host—from their best-kept secret sources for linens, caterers, stationers, and florists, to favorite menus and seating tips, and the inspirations for their fêtes. Each host’s choice of invitation, table setting, menu, and wine and flower selections tells a special story, and Gregory generously shares this inspiring insider information.
Featured hosts include fashion designers Michael Kors, Tory Burch, and Zang Toi; breast cancer advocate Evelyn Lauder and art patron and executive Leonard Lauder; philanthropist Hilary Geary Ross and financier Wilbur Ross; interior designer Jamie Drake; architect Campion Platt and his internet guru wife Tatiana; and home furnishings and floral expert Antony Todd.
About the Author and Photographer: Writer and Manhattan woman-about-town, Jamee Gregory is the author of New York Apartments: Private Views (Rizzoli 2004) and a contributing editor to Elle Decor. She entertains often and colorfully in her homes in Manhattan and Southampton and serves on the boards of the Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the Boys’ Club of New York, Venetian Heritage, and the Central Park Conservancy. Photographer Eric Striffler is a frequent contributor to Hamptons Cottages & Gardens and other leading design and travel magazines.
Serial rights are available for NEW YORK PARTIES so please don’t delay if you are interested in an excerpt. To arrange, please contact Melanie Holland at 917 754 3104 or mel@theproject-ny.com
Credit for the book must read © NEW YORK PARTIES: Private Views by Jamee Gregory, Rizzoli New York, 2010. Photographs, which may not be reproduced in any way without written permission, are to be credited © Eric Striffler, NEW YORK PARTIES: Private Views by Jamee Gregory, Rizzoli New York, 2010.
NEW YORK PARTIES: Private Views
By Jamee Gregory
Photography by Eric Striffler
Hardcover 9.25” x 11.5” / 208 pages / 300 color photos
$55.00 U.S., $65.00 Canadian, £40.00 U.K.
Rizzoli New York / ISBN: 978-0-8478-3403-7 Release date: October 2010
