The 2024 Crystal Charity Ball’s New York Holiday! on Saturday, December 7, at the Hilton Anatole was literally a perfect storm, with Mother Nature making a challenging time fashionably worse.
From the start it was going to be a memorable “buckle your belts” night, with a drenching flood of rain that only an ark might have handled. Even after guests waited what seemed like hours in the valet line, getting into the hotel was still another challenge. As staff using blowers tried to clear the driveway, guests encountered the drippy walkway into the hotel under an awning speckled with holes.
But once inside, the beautiful people rallied for the fundraising occasion with a Park Avenue setting complete with fabulous fashions, a silent auction of luxury items, cocktail buffets of ginormous seafood and games in the Carlyle Cafe Casino.
When the doors to the Chantilly Ballroom opened, it was a sight to behold, with the high-kicking Kilgore Rangerettes in silvery sequins outdoing the Radio City Rockettes in a spirited presentation.
But the thumbs-up reviews of the performance were a memory once dinner was served, providing food for talk.
While the post is being finished up, check out more than 90 New York Holiday! faces and fashions at MySweetCharity Photo Galley.