Seen & Heard

Event: Filming for 30, avenue Montaigne in Paris
Date: November 23, 2021

Event: Interviewing Justine Picardie, author of Miss Dior, at Dior, Beverly Hills
Date: November 16, 2021

Event: Filming with Matthew Yokobosky, Senior Curator of Fashion, Brooklyn Museum
Date: November 5, 2021

Event: Hot of the press! Holding catalog of Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams
Date: October 24, 2021

Event: Book party at Dior Beverly Hills to benefit Children’s Chain, with Alexander Speirs
Date: May 18, 2019

Event: Book party at Dior Beverly Hills to benefit Children’s Chain, with Annette Tapert
Date: May 18, 2019

Event: New York City Ballet Spring Gala with Deeda Blair
Date: May 2, 2019

Event: New York City Ballet Spring Gala
Date: May 2, 2019

Event: Lunch and book talk at the French Institute’s Cercle d’Amis
Date: April 17, 2019

Event: With Elizabeth Els, Editor in Chief, Atlanta Homes, at Dior talk and luncheon, Atlanta
Date: April 11, 2019
Where: French Heritage Society, Atlanta

Event: Dior book talk with Gianluca Longo of British Vogue
Date: April 1, 2109
Where: Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Event: Breakfast with Martin Williams, Sotheby’s London
Date: March 31, 2019
Where: Brown’s Hotel, London

Event: Book talk with Annette Tapert, cocktails and book signing
Date: February 22, 2019
At: The Grand Tour, Palm Beach

Event: Book signing at Sotheby’s Paris
Date:  January 23, 2019
At:  Sotheby’s Paris

Event: Panel discussion on “Dior and His Decorators” with Olivier Gabet, director of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs and Marie-France Pochna, biographer of Christian Dior
Date:  January 23, 2019
At:  Sotheby’s Paris

Event: Book signing at Sotheby’s Paris
Date:  January 23, 2019
At:  Sotheby’s Paris

Event:  Addressing Parsons Paris graduate students
Date:  January 24, 2019
At:  Parsons School of Design Paris

Event: French Heritage Society discussion with Dennis Harrington , French furniture specialist at Sotheby’s New York, and hostess Stanley Weisman
Date: December 6, 2018

Event: With curator Harold Koda and Elizabeth Cook, speaking on Dior and His Decorators at a private women’s club, New York City
Date: November 15, 2018

Event: speaking with Dior biographer Marie-France Pochna at the Albertine Bookstore at the French Cultural Embassy
Date: November 8, 2018

Event: Lecture and signing by the bay.
Date: October 13, 2018
At: San Francisco Fall Art and Antique Show

Event: Signing copies of Dior and His Decorators in London
Date: October 10, 2018
At: Dior, New Bond Street, London

Event: Parisian launch of Dior et ses décorateurs
Date: October 3, 2018
At: Librairie Galignani, Paris.

Event: Christian Dior hosted a tea to introduce Dior and His Decorators to fashion journalists; l-r, Jerome Gautier of Dior, Maureen Footer, Beatrice Vincenzini of Vendome Press
Date: July 4, 2018
At: 30, avenue Montaigne, Paris

Event: Christian Dior hosted a tea to introduce Dior and His Decorators to fashion journalists; l-r, Beatrice Vincenzini, Maria Grazia Chiuri,   Giancarlo Giammetti, Maureen Footer
Date:  July 4, 2018
At: 30, avenue Montaigne, Paris

Event: New York City Ballet Spring Gala with Hamish Bowles
Date:  May 3, 2018
At:  Lincoln Center, New York City

Event: Opening night of Paris Opera Ballet
Date: September 21, 2017
At: Palais Garnier, Paris

Event: American Friends of Paris Opera Ballet luncheon
Date: July 21, 2017
At: French Consulate, New York city

Event: Partnership with Children Gala
Date: June 6, 2017
At: New York City

Event: School of American Ballet Winter Ball
Date: March 6, 2017
At: David Koch Theater

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Event: London launch of George Stacey and the Creation of American Chic
Date: June 11, 2014
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Event: London launch of George Stacey and the Creation of American Chic
Date:  June 11, 2014
With:  Host Nicky Haslam

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Event:  London launch of George Stacey and the Creation of American Chic
Date:  June 11, 2014
With:  World of Interiors founding editor Min Hogg

Event: Book launch for George Stacey and the Creation of American Chic (Rizzoli)
Date:  April 10, 2014
Source:  Steven Stohlman

Event: New York Botanical Garden Annual Orchid Dinner
Date: 2/07/08
With: Oliver Peardon of Brunschwig & Fils
Source: Manhattan Society

Event: Partnership with Children’s Centennial Ball
Date: 4/16/08
Source: New York Social Diary

Event: A Special Evening to Showcase Grace Kelly Inspired Residences
Date: 2/26/08
With: Justin Mitchell
Source: ManhattanSociety

Event: New York Horticultural Society Flowers and Design Benefit
Date: 4/8/08
With: Mark Forrest Gilbertson

Event: New York Horticultural Society Flowers and Design Benefit
Date: 4/8/08
With: Cece Black (Left) and Charlotte Moss (Right)

Event: Gotham Magazine hosted a cocktail party to celebrate their “Amazing Faces of New York” feature.
Date: 6/19/2013
With: chef Hong Thaimee
Source: Gotham magazine

Event: Avenue Antiques Show at the Park Avenue Armory
Date: 9/20/2012
With: Sandy Gilbert of Rizzolli International, Florence de Dampierre, Darren Henault, Jayne Michaels

Event: Museum of City of New York Spring Luncheon
Date: 6/5/2012
With: Emily Eerdmans

Event: Opening Gala SF Ballet, 2011
Date: 1/26/2011
With: Kate Harbin and SF Ballet Trustee Thong Nguyen
Source: SF Chronicle

Event: Museum of the City of New York Fall Cocktail Party
Date: 9/27/2010
With: Bruce Addison
Source: New York Social Diary

Event: Partnership with Children Gala
Date: 4/6/2010
With: Oscar de la Renta
Source: ManhattanSociety

Event: Avenue Antique Show
Date: 12/4/09
With: Mario Buatta, Guy Regal, Susanna Salk, Miles Redd

Event: Deborah Buck’s “Tableau” Launch
Date: 3/9/2009
Source: Madeline Weinrib Atelier

Event: President’s Preview at Kips Bay Designer Show House
Date: April 19, 2009
With: Matthew White
Source: The New York Times

Event: Art and Design Fair
Date: November 2008
With: Michael Bruno

Event: New York Preservation League Benefit
Date: November 2008
With: Donald Fresne

Event: Save Venice
Date: 7/18/2008
Source: New York Social Diary

Event: Partnership with Children Gala Kick-Off
Date: 2/14/2008
With: Kirtna Pai
Source: New York Sun

Event: British Memorial Garden Gala
Date: 2/12/2007
With: Tamara Leuchtenburg
Source: New York Sun

Event: Buck House Opening
Date: 9/19/07
With: Rossi Eshaghian (Left) and Deborah Buck (Right)
Source: Patrick McMullan Company

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October 20, 2022

Fashion Institute of Technology,  Discussion with Patricia Mears, Deputy Decorator of the Museum at FIT,  on Dior and His Decorators and the interrelationship of fashion and interiors.

November 23, 2021

Filming for 30, avenue Montaigne in Paris.

November 16, 2021

Dior, Beverly Hills; Interview with  Justine Picardie, author of Miss Dior.

November 5, 2021

Brooklyn Museum: Filmed interview with Matthew Yokobosky, Senior Curator of Fashion, Brooklyn Museum on Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams.

October 24, 2021

Publication  of Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams.

May 18, 2019

Dior, Beverly Hills; Fundraiser/ Book party and talk with Annette Tapert on  Dior and His Decorators to benefit Children’s Chain.

April 18, 2019

Luncheon, book talk, and signing; Junior League of the City of New York

April 17, 2019

Luncheon, book talk, and signing; Cercle d’Amis of the French Institute/Alliance Française

April 11, 2019

Luncheon, book talk, and signing; French Heritage Society, Atlanta

April 1, 2019

Book talk and reception with Gianluca Longo of British Vogue, the Victoria & Albert Museum, London

March 25, 2019

Dinner and book talk, French Heritage Society, Boston

February 22, 2019

Dior book talk with Annette Tapert at The Grand Tour, Palm Beach

January 24, 2019

Graduate student lecture on Dior, modernism and the influence of the theatre; Parsons Paris

January 23, 2019

Cocktail party and Panel discussion on “Dior and His Decorators” with Olivier Gabet, director of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs and Marie-France Pochna, biographer of Christian Dior, at Sotheby’s Paris

December 6, 2018

French Heritage Society panel with Dennis Harrington, French furniture specialist at Sotheby’s New York

November 15, 2018

Panel discussion with Harold Koda, former director and curator of the Metropolitan Museum Anna Wintour Costume Institute; private women’s club, New York City

November 8, 2018

with Dior biographer Marie-France Pochna at the Albertine Bookstore at the French Cultural Embassy

September 2018

publication of Dior and His Decorators

June 20, 2107

Symposium on French Design, the Sorbonne, Paris;  Ms. Footer presented a paper on postwar French craftsmanship 

June 5, 2017

Ms. Footer chaired the School of American Ballet’s Workshop Gala

November 7, 2015

Decorative Arts Trust, Brooks Museum, Memphis; George Stacey lecture and book signing 

June 9, 2015

Winterthur Museum and Garden, Wilmington, DE; George Stacey lecture and book signing

January 29, 2015

Palm Beach Preservation Society; George Stacey lecture and book signing 

November 14, 2014

Institute of Classical Architecture, New York, New York; George Stacey lecture and book signing

September 24, 2014

21st Century Club, Cleveland, Ohio;  George Stacey lecture and book signing

June 11, 2014

London launch of George Stacey and the Creation of American Chic. Book party hosted by Nicky Haslam in his Kensington flat.