European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Fashion world flips through Library As Vogue turns 100by Woody Hochswender the new York times the fashion world and the worlds that fashion touches recently collided brilliantly at the new York Public Library to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Vogue. The Black tie party brought together fashion designers from Europe and new York Many of the worlds top models and leading business and social figures. It featured a Buffet and performances by Tito Puente and a amp a music factory in the vaulted lobby of the Library. A anyone you can think of is Here a said Anna Sui a new York designer. Gloria Vanderbilt arrived with her Friend Gordon Parks the photographer. Matthew Modine the actor danced with his wife Cari and Model Anh Duong. Mickey Rourke had to crash the party. There were great numbers almost herds of tall beautifully dressed people. Clusters of models in High heels like copses of elegant Trees in the Library a vast Marble corridors stood clutching flutes of Champagne. A i like the contrast Between the Short businessmen and their trophy wives and the tall tall models a said Ken Merlo a fashion executive who is married to designer Charlotte Neuville. Cindy Crawford showed up without her husband Richard Gere and crowned with models Christy Turlington and Beverly Johnson the first Black cover girl at Vogue. Men checked out the butterflies on the Azzedine Alaia cat suit worn by Yasmeen Ghauri a particularly curvy Model. Rachel Williams a six foot blonde danced in a Long Black dress slashed to the hips. A a done to you love it a said Michael Kors the designer. A a it a snowing and everyone a in Spring  nobody had Ever seen so Many International designers in one place. From Paris there were Christian Lacroix Karl Lagerfeld and Jean Paul Gaultier from Milan Gianni Versace and Gianfranco Ferre from London Rifat Ozbek. Bill Blass Geoffrey Beene Donna Karan Calvin Karl Lagerfeld with Model Kimura in 1989, noted at vogues party a i think the europeans Are  Klein Ralph Lauren Oscar de la Renta Marc Jacobs and Isaac Mizrahi were among the americans. It was practically a designer traffic Jam As guests viewed a 100-year retrospective of Vogue photographs. A you know i think the europeans Are Pusher a Lagerfeld said. Byron Lars a Young designer said he had been so Busy working on his fall collection that he rushed Over to the party wearing a White to shirt and jeans. A a in be got to get out of Here a he added eying the Black tie crowd. The mood was just formal enough for Black tie by t informal enough so no one Felt out of place hitting the dance floor. At one Point the floor was littered with evening bags jewelry and the occasional Black pump. A we wanted to turn the music up really loud so that All the old people would leave including me a said Anna Wintour the editor in chief of Vogue who wore a Long Cream Geoffrey Beene beaded dress. Wintour had invited her competitor Elizabeth til Beris the editor in chief of harpers Bazaar. Gaultier said the evening owed its Success to its a funny mix of people. Quot new York is full of contrast and Paradox a so extreme a he said nodding at two transvestites in huge hairpieces and platform shoes preening amid the corporate executives. A it was a Cross Between costume Institute dinners when Diana Vrieland was alive and studio 54,�?� Paul Wilmot a senior vice president of Calvin Klein said later. A i had More fun than at any party in years.tv shows a contrary a a crier focus on women a perspective by Lauren Upton los Angeles times every viewer has an opinion about whether to news is fair and balanced. But this Point is fact not opinion women make up More than half the population of the United states yet Are woefully in the minority when it comes to commenting on major issues. Two stateside news analysis series pm so new to the contrary and in no a year old crier amp co., Are tipping the balance a Little closer toward Center. With rotating panels of High profile women both series offer a perspective that Many argue is vital to the country a political health. And women Are saying a a it a about time a a this is a terrific year for All woman programs a says Nancy Destefanis co chair of the Media activist group women Are Good news. The group has criticized pm so Public affairs programs for their Lack of women guests and commentators a less than 15 percent on such shows As the Mclaughlin group and Macneil Lehrer news hour. A for the past 20 years in Public television a says Destefanis a women Haven to been seen nor heard and this dims our credibility As  Bonnie Erbe to the contrary Host and co creator feels that the Anita Hill Clarence Thomas hearings rekindled National interest in the Way women View events. A i think our timing  be better a says Erbe a syndicated newspaper columnist and a Legal affairs correspondent for Mutual Abc radio networks who has also appeared on crier amp co. Others add that the shows give a More Complete picture of the news. Nina Totenberg the National Public radio correspondent who broke the Story of Hills sexual harassment allegations against Thomas says that journalism a primarily male perspective can sometimes add up to Only half a Story. A i was Reading a new York times article about Brock Adams the Washington state senator accused by unnamed sources of sexual abuse a says Totenberg a panellist on to the contrary. A the entire Story was based on quotes from senators about what a tragedy this was for Adams. Nobody mentioned that if the allegations Are True we re talking about serious felonious  women journalists can also help bring a human element to complicated or esoteric stories says Washington Post columnist Dorothy Gilliam a Veteran of both shows. Looking Forward to a future to the contrary instalment on gun control Gilliam said she Hopes to go beyond the usual arguments for and against the constitutionality of carrying weapons. A i would like to take it further and look at the so Cial Impact of guns a she says. A we have 200 million guns in the United states. What does this really say about the role of violence in this country Quot women a tendency to personalize social issues says Gilliam comes from their relative powerlessness in creating policy in the first place. A issues Only get talked about by men at the level of politics and government Quot she says. A but women have an analysis that comes out of a lived experience not just a projected  in other words men make the rules women live under the rules. Such a philosophy explains Why crier amp co. And to the contrary done to focus Only on so called Quot women a issues such As sexual harassment. This season to the contrary will tackle stories such As the presidential race and june a world environmental Summit. Crier topics have included the referendum vote in South Africa and Black conservatism in the United states. The series use different formats. To the contrary with two topics an episode is a Mclaughlin group Type of studio discussion a minus the Quot food fight atmosphere plus political balance stresses Erbe. Crier amp co. Looks More like abcs nightlife with a single topic and guests who talk via Remote feeds. On mondays the show also features panel discussions on a wider array of issues. Unlike to the contrary crier sometimes uses male commentators a we tend to showcase women but if the debate requires a male guest then by All Means Quot says Host Catherine crier a former Texas state District judge and co Anchor of in no a newscast i he world  april 12, 1992 sunday Pagac