Out & About
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The Art of the Table
The Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS raised $800,000 during a series last weekend that showcased 67 dinner tables by architects, interior decorators, and textile and furniture makers. The chairman of the foundation, David Rockwell, worked with General Electric to create place settings on range tops. Richard Mishaan used a video projection of flowers as wall décor. Event designer Andy Paluselli built a table for a “Drag Queen’s Dinner Party,” which he “set” with makeup mirrors on one side, and dinner on the other — the table top conveniently flipped over.
Style Triumphs Over Evil
“Purim is and always will be about the power of grooming and style over evil,” designer Isaac Mizrahi said at the Jewish Museum’s Purim Ball on Tuesday.
In his version of the story, a gay Mordechai and his lover Marc, who owned an interior design firm that often competed for commissions with Haman & Associates, took special care to give their adopted Korean daughter, Esther, the look that helped persuade her husband, King Achashverosh, not to kill the Jews as Haman was plotting to do.
The event, which raised nearly $1.2 million, had many high points, including a video appearance by Ada and Alex Katz, and a display of designer illustrations by Lisa Perry, Gilles Mendel, Yeohlee Teng, and others, imagining Queen Esther.
“Supporting good causes is always in fashion,” the honorary chairwoman, Fern Mallis, said. The Jewish holiday of Purim starts Sunday.
