Celebrating the upcoming International Red Cross Ball taking place Saturday, February 8 at the Breakers in Palm Beach, designer Nicole Hanley Mellon hosted a party in her home at The Pierre Hotel honoring the chairwoman of this year’s gala – Ambassador Mary M. Ourisman.
Ambassador Ourisman, the United States’ last ambassador to Barbados, attended the private gathering of friends and supporters, many of whom divide their time between New York and Palm Beach including Julie Macklowe, Zang Toi, Nicole Noonan and Steven Knobel, Michele Gerber Klein, Jean Shafiroff, Alex Donner, Leesa Rowland, Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin, Michelle Marie Heinemann, Catherine Todd, Lady Liliana Cavendish, Lucia Hwong Gordon, Maggie Norris, Karen Klopp, Felicia Taylor, R. Couri Hay, Christine Schott, Mark Gilbertson, Elizabeth Meigher, and Dori Cooperman.
Nicole Hanley Mellon is married to banking heir Matthew Mellon, once married to Tamara Mellon, co-founder of luxurious Jimmy Choo and with whom he shares a daughter.
Pictured: Ambassador Mary M. Ourisman , R. Couri Hay, Nicole Hanley Mellon, Christine Schott.