CULTURE

Close Encounters

by W Magazine

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“I feel like a worm on a hook,” said Chuck Close at the Whitney gala, where his giant self-portrait dangled above diners’ heads.

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Thelma Golden in Tracy Reese with Jeff Koons at the Whitney

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Kyra Sedgwick in Oscar de la Renta at the Whitney

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Padma Lakshmi and Salman Rushdie

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Charlotte Sarkozy at a dinner for Jacques Grange at the French Embassy in New York

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Eva Herzigova at a Fendi party in Rome

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Elizabeth Rohatyn at the New York Public Library’s Library Lions gala

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Rachel Roy at a dinner honoring Coach’s Reed Krakoff in New York

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Babette Fribourg at the French Embassy

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Arthur Becker and Vera Wang at the dinner honoring Reed Krakoff

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Luciana Duvall in Oscar de la Renta at the New York Public Library’s Library Lions gala

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Allison Sarofim

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Reed and Delphine Krakoff at the dinner in his honor

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Cynthia Rowley

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Gwyneth Paltrow, in Valentino, presents an award to the designer

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Clotilde Courau at the Fendi party

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Gwen Stefani in Lanvin with Sheryl Crow in Ralph Lauren at the Keep a Child Alive benefit

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Kate Moss in Topshop at Fashion Rocks

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Sharon Stone in Fendi with Afef Jnifen at the Fendi party

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Amy Adams in Chanel

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Chuck Close with Meryl Streep in Akris

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Jacques Grange at the dinner in his honor

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Anh Duong and Donna Karan at Allison Sarofim’s party

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Jennifer Connelly in Balenciaga

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Heather Mnuchin in Donna Karan with Mike Ovitz at the Whitney

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Kate Bosworth in Lanvin