MARCH CONTRIBUTORS
Behind the Scenes
Olivia Chantecaille
Born into the beauty
business, Olivia
Chantecaille continued
her family’s tradition by
joining forces with her
mother in 1997 to form a
botanical-based cosmetics
company. But she is more
than a business woman,
she is also the muse to
many a fashion designer. A
sit-down with her friend,
designer Jason Wu,
focused on the dress he
made for Michelle
Obama—and the
importance of the
inauguration itself. “It’s
bigger than Oprah,” she
told Wu. ”Everyone in the
world was watching the
inauguration.”
Jacquelyn Duberstein
Washington hostess
Jacquelyn Duberstein
is an Emmy award
winning television
producer specializing
in talk shows, including
Crossfire and Charlie
Rose. She and husband
Kenneth M.
Duberstein, former
President Reagan’s
White House chief of
staff, are regulars on
the Washington party
scene, and co-hosted
an inaugural cocktail
party for President
Obama. “The art of
producing a good
show and a good party
is all about bringing
interesting people to
the table,” says Duberstein. “You want lively conversation,
and for people to leave wanting more. And you want them to
come back the next time.”
JACQUELYN DUBERSTEIN: JAMES BRANTLEY; AMY FINE COLLINS: © PATRICK MCMULLAN; JASON WU: CRISTINA MACAYA
Amy Fine Collins
Among other accomplishments, writer and fashion
icon Amy Fine Collins is the arbiter of the powerful
International Best-Dressed List at Vanity Fair, where
she’s a contributing editor. Now, for AVENUE’s very
own best-dressed issue, in our “World According to…”
column, she shares exactly what she loves about New
York—and how she expects to grow old here.
