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AGING GRACEFULY JUST GOT EVEN MORE FASHIONABLE
THE CARTER BURDEN NETWORK
HONORS FASHION ICON FERN MALLIS AT
ITS “SILVER AND WHITE NIGHT” GALA
WHAT: Serving
New York City’s aging community will be all the rage on Monday,
November 4, 2019 as the Carter
Burden Network (CBN)
honors fashion icon, role model, innovator and
philanthropist Fern
Mallis at its newly
named
Annual Gala, the Silver
and White Night. The
fundraising gala, held at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, will
celebrate CBN’s 48-year commitment to fighting isolation
among aging New Yorkers. Members of New YorkCity’s
philanthropic, business, fashion, health care and aging
services communities will join forces to honor
Mallis’ impressive contributions to the world of fashion and
for showing the world how to age with dignity and impact
A leader in aging services, the Carter Burden Network
promotes the well-being of seniors 60 and older through a
continuum of services, advocacy, arts and culture, health
and wellness, and volunteer programs, all oriented to
individual, family and community needs in New York City.
The award-winning
creator and organizer of Fashion Week in New York and cities
across the globe, Fern Mallis has been an industry game
changer in the world of fashion and design for more than 35
years. A former senior vice president of IMG Fashion and
executive director of CFDA, she is the author of Fashion
Lives: Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis, published
by Rizzoli, which features no-holds-barred interviews,
combined with never-before-seen personal photographs from
interviewees such as Tom Ford, Marc Jacobs, Calvin Klein,
Donna Karan, Michael Kors, Tommy Hilfiger, Betsey Johnson,
Polly Mellen, Bruce Weber and more. Her very popular series
at NY’s 92Y is now in its 9th year. She is
currently the president of her own leading international
fashion and design consultancy, Fern Mallis LLC. Fern’s
commitment to living her most authentic life and encouraging
others to do the same makes her the perfect recipient of
CBN’s first annual Silver Star Award.
Dinner Co-Chairs include Michele
Ateyeh,
leading corporate business manager, retail director and
licensing expert for fine jewelry and designer accessories; Jeffrey
Banks, acclaimed
Menswear Designer; Brett
Beldock, former
fashion designer and founder of Brett Design; Jason
Glick, Managing
Partner at GPG Properties and Courtney
Glick; Randy
Glick,
President, GPG Properties, and CBN Board Member and Alice
Glick. This
year’s Honorary Chairs are Susan
L. Burden,
CBN Founding Board Member; Margaret
C. Smith,
Vice Chairman, CBN Board of Directors and Ian
Smith; Jeffrey
A. Weber,
Chairman, CBN Board of Directors and Stacey
Gillis Weber.
The evening’s Silver Influencers on Aging include Iris
Apfel,
businesswoman, interior designer, and fashion icon;
award-winning designer Stan
Herman;
award-winning journalist and former Allure magazine
contributing editor Joan
Kron;
and Tony Award-winning producer Fran
Weissler.
The evening will offer a cocktail reception, dinner, award
presentation, and a special performance by The Carter Burden
Network Singers.
WHEN:
Monday, November 4, 2019
· 6:30
p.m. – Cocktails
· 7:30
p.m. – 9:30 p.m. – Dinner, Award Presentation and
Performance
WHERE:
The Mandarin Oriental Hotel: 80
Columbus Circle at 60th Street New York, NY 10023
TICKETS: To
purchase tables and tickets, contact Derek Kronkowski at
212-921-9070 ext. 21 or at
CBN@thejfmgroup.com. For tax
purposes $220 per attendee is non-deductible. Contributions
are deductible as provided by law.
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