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seeing her in a vintage leopard trench day in
and day out; Cunningham became pen pals
with Vavra’s daughter, Eve, when she was only
five years old; Cunningham in 1994; Vavra and

Cunningham together in 2012.

In the MoMent clockwise from left: photography by rose hartman/archive photos/getty images; owen hoffmann/patrickmcmullan.com; courtesy of bill cunningham

Dianne VaVra, senior VP of Press
relations at Dior, reflects on 20 years
of frienDshiP with legenDary lensman
Bill Cunningham.

I first encountered Mr. No matter what, it was my children, Eve and Tom. day he asked Tom what he each day, he said, he’d go
Cunningham in 1998 when always so inspiring to see Eve first approached him liked to do most in New to church and put the
I started working for Dior. this sweet, passionate when she was five and York. Tom replied that he coins in the poor box.
I passed him each morning man in action, wearing his asked why he didn’t wear a liked to look for coins on
on 57th and Fifth during iconic blue jacket with bike helmet. He laughed, the street, because people Mr. Cunningham left
my daily commute from bicycle in tow. When my and they became pen pals. in the city throw away our family with a wonder-
Long Island. Each day was picture would appear in She would send him money. Mr. Cunningham ful collection of photos that
different: Sometimes I his “On the Street” pictures of dresses and smiled that great smile of captures how we grew and
would get a wave and a column in The New York booties she made from his and reached into his changed over the years.
“Hi, Child,” other times a Times, it was such a thrill bubble wrap, and he pocket, pulling out the And in a way, he did the
wink. On the best days, he and an honor. would send her French coins he had found that same for every New
would snap my picture. phrases to practice. One morning. At the end of
Over the years, he met .Yorker. He will always be

in our hearts.

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clockwise from above left: A fun throwback picture at a holiday party with John Legend and Chrissy Teigen in 2010; at a private dinner in Wainscott with Jennifer Carlston, Diana
Frank, Simone Levinson, Beth Buccini, Alina Cho, Shoshanna Gruss, and Danielle Snyder; with my husband, David Yanks, at the Watermill Center Gala FATA; with authors Michael
Gross and William Norwich at a private dinner celebrating East Hampton Authors Night.

so many iconic men live in New Gotham staffer!) Paul Banks and powerful New Yorkers. From Elad photography by Jemal Countess/getty Images (legend); mark saglIoCCo/getty Images for Hamptons magazIne
York, and one of them appears on Wu-Tang Clan member RZA— Yifrach’s L’Objet opening on (Carlston); zaCh hIlty/bfa.Com (davId yanks); Carl tImpone/bfa.Com (gross)
the cover of this issue: Singer- share the very New York Bleecker Street to Ralph Lauren’s
songwriter John Legend, who inspiration behind their debut first fragrance boutique on
adds actor and activist to his album. And, of course, our city is Madison Avenue, there’s an
resume this year. Also in these the stage where so many theater impressive roster of men in the
pages, Banks & Steelz—the talents make their names, includ- world of fashion and beauty that
collaborative effort between ing Leslie Odom Jr., Alex Sharp, we sit down with for chats in this,
Interpol frontman (and one-time Aaron Tveit, Robert Fairchild, our Men’s issue.
and Michael Arden, all of whom
have given Gotham exclusive And for every moment we think
interviews. It’s easy to tip our hat our city is the greatest in the
in this Men’s issue to all the world—and it most certainly is—we
gentlemen who are making our all love to escape from time to
city sing! time. With that in mind, we take a
visit to the breathtaking
The issue opens with a personal Adirondacks and look at the
ode to photographer Bill hottest trends in the Hamptons
Cunningham from Christian Dior real estate market for the 2017
Beauty’s Dianne Vavra, who season. But, of course, when we
penned a moving homage to the return to New York, we enjoy it
lensman and even shared some that much more.
mementos of their friendship.
Cunningham blazed a path in the samantha yanks
world of street photography like
no other and captured our hearts
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from left: At the Thomas Sabo AW16 Collection Event with Georgia May Jagger and Gotham associate fashion editor Casey
Trudeau; enjoying the beautiful day with DJ Hannah Bronfman at a cover party for our sister publication, Hamptons.

“it’s raining men” in our recently wrapped his movie library curated by Assouline. photography by Kenny Chen/bFa.Com
Late Fall issue as we cel- How to Talk to Girls at Parties; Although summer is over,
ebrate our cover star—the and actor-director Michael
Oscar, Golden Globe, and Arden, who has already the Hamptons real estate
10-time Grammy winner been tapped to direct his market is always open for
John Legend—at the new next Broadway show. business. We are featuring a
Four Seasons Hotel New special Hamptons real estate
York Downtown. I had the pleasure of section that is not to be
meeting the late and beloved missed! Now is the time to
There are so many Bill Cunningham, who we think about buying that
talented men in this issue: commemorate in this issue, summer home you always
Leslie Odom Jr., the Tony during my days at The Gray wanted on the East End.
Award winner from Lady. Bill brought us street
Hamilton, who’s already style before it was even a Enjoy the issue and this
touring a jazz and musical phrase, chronicling every- wonderful fall season in our
theater album; Aaron Tveit, day life in the city he loved. amazing city!
who has a new romantic
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in October; Robert Fairchild, booming! In this issue, we Follow me on Instagram at @lsknyc
who made his Broadway uncover even more reasons
debut in An American in Paris to love the West Village,
last year and continues his including some must-see
beautiful work as a principal properties. The Shephard at
dancer with the New York 275 West 10th Street offers an
City Ballet; Alex Sharp, who indoor basketball court, a
garden filled with trees, and a

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THE LIST late fall 2016

James Murphy Avery Lipman Alex Kingman
Neil Patrick Harris Eric Ripert Darren Wong
Keith Baltimore Lynx Alexander Tom Meyers
Ruben Diaz Jr. Ernest Alexander Alec Baldwin
Ken Friedman Mark Anthony Green Dalia Oberlander
Ryan Serhant Gail Levy Elizabeth Kurpis
Michael Bastian Alexa Mehraban Julia Henderson
Glenn O’Brien Nick Wooster Scott Shurman
Jim Caiola Chloe Coscarelli Mort Zuckerman
Jim Moore Angie Mar Bradley Tusk
Greg Remmey Roopal Patel Errol Louis
William Bratton Monte Lipman Steven Alan
Harold Moore Veronique Hakim Sergey Petrossov
Deuki Hong Spike Lee Neil Radnall
Philippe Chow Dylan Lauren Richard Sinnott
Huma Abedin Michael White Eric Jennings
Seth Meyers Keith McNally Heather Vandenberghe
Richard Tanne Robert Andrews Raf Simons

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celebrated
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and fitness.

This season was flush
with exciting events and
happenings highlighting
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brightest. The music
industry’s hottest artists
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SCENE
EVERYBODY ’S TALKING ABOUT...
Forces of nature:
“It’s like a tree,” says
RZA (RIGHT) of Banks
& Steelz, his new
group with Interpol
frontman Paul Banks.
“The branches all fall
apart, but the root is
the same. I think New
York has been our
root, creatively.”

SOUNDS OF
THE CITY

INTERPOL’S PAUL BAN S AND WU-TANG
CLAN’S RZA JOIN FORCES TO GIVE NEW YORK

THE SUPER-GROUP ALBUM IT DESERVES.

BY TIM LATTERNER

PHOTOGRAPHY BY ATIBA JEFFERSON How did you find the cheese on a sandwich, much larger entity. Final question: Where
sound for your new right? But if you add RZA: Each song has its own do you go for last-stop
group, Banks & Steelz, sauerkraut, then it individual energy. Coming late-night food?
and new album, [becomes] a Reuben, you from the same source, Banks: There’s a Joe’s
Anything But Words? know what I mean? you’ll hear the synergy. Pizza, you know the one on
RZA: When you’re going What story are you You’re both from New 14th and Third? You can
through this album looking to tell with these York—what do you love go at 3 AM and there’s a
[Warner Bros. Records], tracks? about it? line all the way to the
you’ll hear elements from Paul Banks: We did some- RZA: You were an Interpol street-—it’s that good.
multiple genres, and you’ll thing anthemic that could fan and maybe you have a RZA: My last crazy night
realize our album is genre- be interpreted as patriotic, Wu Tang T-shirt under your in New York—Paul might
bending. That’s part of our that could energize the button-down—that’s New have been with me—we ate
energy, I think. It’s like a game. It could be the York. I think the energy that Mamoun’s Falafel. The
unique sandwich. You anthem of the underdog-— brought him and me
always put meat and for one person up against a together was this city. .one on MacDougal. That’s

the stuff.

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SCENE TREND Nice guys finish first: photography by pablo EnriquEz (pizza); FrancEsco tonElli (humm); gabriElE stabilE (slushiE, sandwich)
Daniel Humm (left) and
In The
Fast Lane Will Guidara’s Made
Nice is set to be the
In the age of Instant grab-and-go lunch-
gratIfIcatIon, three nyc rush spot in NoMad.
restaurant teams are
shIftIng Into hIgh gear Mangia! Diners at
wIth fab food and speedy Eataly Downtown can
servIce. by Tim LaTTerner
dig into faves like
Hungry huddled masses, take Neopolitan pizza or
note: The city’s hottest chefs are stop by Orto e Mare, a
putting away their white linen café serving breakfast
tablecloths and opening their that is exclusive to the
doors to fast-casual eateries. new location. below:
Eataly’s dream team,
Eleven Madison Park’s Daniel
Humm and Will Guidara including partner
recently got into the counter- Mario Batali (second
service game with Made Nice (8
W. 28th St.; makeitnicenyc.com), a from right).
few blocks away from their
fine-dining flagship. “We wanted On the plus side:
to build a restaurant in the The upgraded comfort
NoMad neighborhood that we foods at Fuku+ include
knew was missing,” says
Guidara. “This community has spicy fried chicken
been our home for years now, sandwiches and
but we’ve been craving a place
that we can visit almost every iced-tea slushies.
day for delicious, wholesome
food and warm hospitality.”

When it comes to expanding
his fast-casual empire, David
Chang looks beyond geography.
Fuku+ (15 W. 56th St.; fukuplus.
momofuku.com), a Midtown version
of the East Village favorite, may
reside in the Chambers Hotel, but
it’s still home to the city’s best fried
chicken sandwich.

Chang is not the only one with a
penchant for sequels: Mario Batali
and his fellow Italophiles have
brought Eataly Downtown (101
Liberty St.; eataly.com)—a second
installment of their sprawling
marketplace dedicated to all things
Italian—to the new Westfield
World Trade Center mall. “Eataly
has always been not just about
bringing great Italian cuisine to
people,” says Batali, “but teaching
them how to make it and giving

.them the tools.” We’ll eat to that!

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