A Family Affair

by Wendy Lerman

Gloria Vanderbilt and Liz Smith at the publication party for Gloria Vanderbilt's Obession: An Erotic Tale at Diane von Furstenberg’s Meatpacking boutique.


	The Tinsley Dress.

Last week at Surf Lodge in Montauk, Peter Davis hosted a dinner for his half-sister, Minnie Mortimer and her new clothing line, The Minnie Mortimer Collection.

The guest list included Mortimer’s Oscar-winning screenwriter and director husband, Stephen Gaghan, Amanda Hearst, Lauren and Andres Santo Domingo, Annelise Peterson, Helen Lee Schifter, Kelly Bensimon, Bettina Zilkha, Alex Kramer, Susan Shin, Rebecca Guiness, Marie Claire’s Nina Garcia, Prada USA CEO Graziano de Boni, and the Cinema Society’s Andrew Saffir.

You can see Mortimer’s clothing line on www.minniemortimer.com. The collection is small and only available in about 25 boutiques nationwide so far. All the pieces are well-priced and perfect for summer.

The collection has a nautical theme – which probably comes from growing up by the water spending time between Manhattan, the Hamptons, and Palm Beach ... and now Malibu.

Another major influence on her collection is her family. Minnie named a sweet checked dress after her sister-in-law Tinsley.

How’s that for keeping it all in the family?

L. to r.: Minnie Mortimer and Peter Davis ... Annelise Peterson and Graziano de Boni.

L. to r.: Amanda Hearst and Teddy Namauleg ... Andreas Santo Domingo and Lauren Santo Domingo.

Bettina Zilkha, Ariel Gruber, Emily Mills, Topper Mortimer, and Julie Fabrizio.

L. to r.: Lesley Schulhoff, Minnie Mortimer, and Annelise Peterson ... Jayma Cardoso, Minnie Mortimer, Paula Aboumard, Miguelina Gambaccini, and Denise Vizcarra.

Another favorite New York family was out in full force last week. David Yurman held his Annual Summer Rooftop Party at their corporate offices in Tribecca. The “Sunset Over the Hudson” of course featured gorgeous jewelry pieces but the whole family also sported their newest accessory line: David Yurman Sunglasses.

David Yurman Sunglasses and jewelry.

Even the littlest Yurman, Cody looked like he was having a good time ...

David Yurman, Sybil Yurman, Evan Yurman, Cody Yurman, and Ku-Ling Siegel.

L. to r.: David Yurman with Shauna Brook ... Sybil Yurman ... Byrdie Bell.

Amalia Keramitsis, Kyle Anderson, Claudia Mata, and Kate Davidson Hudson.

L. to r.: Cleyon Caesar and Selita Ebanks ... Alexis Przybylski, Lyle Malts, Chelsa Yin, and Lindsay Rothkopf.

Arlenis Sosa and David Yurman.

L. to r.: Claire Noland, Lee Tucker, and Shelli Benfatti ... Byrdie Bell and Hilary Rhoda.

While being a part of the Vanderbilt Family is usually a blessing, one thing all the media outlets agreed upon this week, “We’re sympathizing with CNN anchor, Anderson Cooper.”

Why? Because his 85 year-old mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, has come out with a new book: Obsession: An Erotic Tale. The book was celebrated last week at Diane Von Furstenberg’s Meatpacking boutique. DVF was there along with Barbara Walters, and Liz Smith. “It’s very, very, very, very erotic,” according to von Furstenberg. And we are “very, very, very, very sorry again, Anderson Cooper.”