The perfect party needs unicorns
The Spring Party, Mossgreen
We all know the basics of a great party: good music, good grog and a good male to female ratio.
Samantha Harris Vogue Chandon Summer Castaway Party. Photo: Jake Terrey
We all know the basics of a great party: good music, good grog and a good male to female ratio. Everything else is cream. At The Spring Party at Mossgreen in Armadale on Wednesday night, celebrating Mossgreen's 10 thanniversary, we wanted to know what unexpected ingredient would take a party to the next level?
"If you want party, party, you need that one crazy friend who livens it up and makes everyone else feel normal even if they're not," Monika Clarke said. What about the music, we asked Ed Lower . "I get teased about my taste in music," he said. "The song that I'm smashing at the minute, the one that I shouldn't admit is, you know that girl band, that song, Ugly Heart . I just put that on repeat by myself."
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"An impromptu marriage," Prue Webb suggested. "I was invited to a 40 thand then they got married." So for the rest of spring and summer if you're at a party, someone has to get married? "Ideally. And there seems to be a lot of parties lately where there's a horse at the party," Webb said. "A unicorn!" Zoe Walsh exclaimed. "It's the natural progression. A unicorn; but you've got to put that in context, it's only because it's moving on from the horses, not because I'm some weirdo going, 'A unicorn, a unicorn, I love unicorns!' "
Longevity is the rarest gift
Fiorina Jewellery 20th anniversary
A 20 thanniversary warrants celebration, even more so now, even according to Hallmark. Traditionally the gift for a 20 thwedding anniversary was china but as longevity lapses, as stick-to-it-ness becomes increasingly unstuck, the modern gift for a 20 thanniversary has been upgraded to platinum.
At the Fiorina Jewellery 20 thanniversary at Graham Geddes Antiques in Armadale on Thursday night, guests celebrated Fiorina Golotta 's gift for creating covetable pieces and we wondered, what is the most wonderful gift you've ever received?
"Mine's so easy, it's diamonds," Francesca Golotta said. "My ring that Fiorina designed; it has my engagement diamond and the trilliants represent my two children. So it has my husband and my children and designed by Fiorina and I'm happy."
Justin D'Sylva was just as happy, but a little rowdier: "My first drum set, but I smashed it, I was playing it so hard. That's when I was into KISS."
"A Rubik's Cube," Marina D'Sylva said. "I never solved it but I cried when it got messed up for the first time. I just wanted it to stay as it was."
Sydney
BIRTHDAY FOR BUBBLES
Champagne Pommery's ninth generation Chef de Cave, Thierry Gasco, joined bubbles lovers at the Museum of Contemporary Art to celebrate 140 years of its brut champagne as created in the 19th century by Madame Pommery. The Bridge Room's Ross Lusted created a degustation menu for the occasion.
VEUVE CLICQUOT BY THE LETTER
Veuve Clicquot's launch of its inaugural Re-Creation Awards channelled another champagne dame: Madame Clicquot. The Post site in Potts Point became a "Bureau de Poste", with a theme inspired by Madame and her fondness for letter-writing. Guests were greeted by Clicquot postmen and canapes including edible stamps.
VOGUE AND CHANDON CASTAWAY PARTY
In the third bubbles bash of the week, Chandon launched its limited edition Summer Castaway bottle with the help of Vogue at Watsons Bay Boutique Hotel. Those appreciating the Sydney mix of beach, fashion and fizz included Michael Lo Sordo, Jordan and Zac Stenmark, Justine Schofield and Matt Doran, Bianca Cheah and Fay Du Chateau.
AFR-WESTPAC WOMEN OF INFLUENCE
A formidable line-up was honoured at the Australian Financial Review and Westpac 100 Women of Influence Awards at Town Hall. Elizabeth Broderick, human rights activist and Sex Discrimination Commissioner, was named as the 2014 overall winner. "Gender equality is not a battle of the sexes," she told the audience. "It is about one half of humanity supporting the other."
CHISWICK AT THE GALLERY LAUNCH
Food gets arty, or maybe art gets foodie, at the new Chiswick at Art Gallery NSW, where you can browse the exhibits then dine on fare from Matt Moran's first outpost of his Woollahra restaurant. Guests included Angela Bishop, O Bar and Dining chef Michael Moore and wife Angela, Sandra Sully and Skye Leckie.
ALICE MCCALL'S 10TH BIRTHDAY
The fashion label's 10th birthday was marked with a Wonderland party at its new Rosebery space. Masterminded by Alex Zabotto-Bentley, the trippy bash featured giant inflatable rabbits, a neon pyramid and a psychedelic laser show.
OPENING NIGHT OF EMERALD CIT Y
Griffin Theatre Company's new production of David Williamson's '80s classic Emerald City , has fabulous sets by Ken Done, who joined guests at the Stables Theatre for opening night.
WHO'S SEXIEST PEOPLE PARTY
Who magazine's rundown of those deemed hottest of 2014 was revealed at Fox Studios with Megan Gale leading the line-up. Her raunchy, post-baby cover shoot was unveiled to a cheering room of celebs including Dannii Minogue, Redfoo, Samantha Jade, Jason Dundas, the model Hart sisters and a beautifully pregnant Erin McNaught.