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(New York,
NY) (June
29, 2010) –
Interior
designers
Juan Montoya
and Kate de
Brienne
along with
Maggie
Norris,
Robert
Ruffino and
Sharon Bush
were among
the guests
at a
cocktail
benefit for
the
Metropolitan
Opera at the
Turkish
jewelry
house Gilan
on Monday,
June 28th.
Sohair
Soukkary and
Luz Miriam
Torro
co-hosted
the party at
the Fifth
Avenue
flagship
store.
Timothy
John, Michel
Witmer and
Melissa
Berkelhammer
sipped
Vision vodka
cocktails
and got a
look at
Gilan’s most
coveted
haute
couture
pieces.
Gilan’s Vice
President of
Retail Sales
Samir Tahan
gave Cindy
Guyer,
Kathleen
Giordano and
the gorgeous
Vision vodka
ambassadors
pieces from
the
jeweler’s
Heritage
Collection
to try on
for the
evening.
Bahadir
Alphan and
Caroline
Salama
thanked
everyone for
coming to
support the
Metropolitan
Opera, which
relies on
half of each
season’s
budget from
private
contributions.
Gilan’s
jewelry has
been worn by
some of the
leading
ladies in
Hollywood
including
Penelope
Cruz, Salma
Hayek, Drew
Barrymore
and Lucy
Liu. Since
its founding
in 1980,
Gilan has
crafted one
of a kind
opulent fine
jewelry and
objets
d’art,
inspired by
the splendor
of Istanbul
and the
cultures
that passed
through this
magnificent
melting pot
of
civilizations.
For more
information
please
contact
Marie
Assante,
marie@rcourihaycpr.com,
212-580-0835
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