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Ward and Nico Landrigan of Verdura's 5th Avenue salon hosted
over
50 prominent New Yorkers for cocktails and a lively
discussion of
Memos: The Vogue Years with book editor Alexander Vreeland,
moderated by New York Magazine Design Editor Wendy Goodman.
Memos: The Vogue Years, published by Rizzoli New York, offers an
extraordinary compilation of more than 250 pieces of
Vreeland’s personal correspondence personally selected by
Vreeland’s grandson, Alexander Vreeland. Mr. Vreeland
was on hand to sign books for those in attendance.
Guests including Carolina and Reinaldo Herrera, Montague and
Mayme Hackett, Emilia and Jose Pepe Fanjul, Jacqueline
Corbelli, K.K. Auchincloss, Florence Peyrelongue, Wendy
Goodman, Ward and Nico Landrigan, and Alexander Vreeland had
the opportunity to preview Verdura’s spring collection
“Essentials of Style.”
Sicilian Duke Fulco di Verdura began his extraordinary
career in Paris as
jewelry designer for Coco Chanel for whom he first designed
his signature
Maltese Cross brooches and cuffs. With a Hollywood
connection through his friend and client Diana Vreeland,
Verdura designed colorful jewels for stars of the era
including Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford and Marlene Dietrich.
Fulco di Verdura and Diana Vreeland enjoyed a lifelong friendship
and years of collaboration |