The bidding proceeded briskly throughout the evening as two professional models in floor length black evening gowns strode out onto a catwalk at the front of the room and paraded Barkin's jewelry for the crowd.
Her offerings include a plum-colored halter dress covered in satin flowers, a more tailored dress in black wool with more sharply cut flowers, and a white sheer man-tailored shirt paired with black evening shorts and a full-cut long black coat.
While some executive women stick to conservative black dresses for evening and navy, gray or black suits for work, Lebenthal's style is more daring and eclectic.
So is the plot the murder that sets the intrigue in motion comes after a black man on an evening out with some whites responds to taunts from a racist yuppie with a rich father, and pays with his life.
He was coming from a press preview, and was scheduled to greet dignitaries, including Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Mayor Michael Bloomberg, at a black-tie dinner that evening.
It has emerged that the Queen will leave for a weekend away after hosting the wedding day lunchtime reception, giving over Buckingham Palace for William and Kate's black tie party in the evening.
At Chocheng, where Lebenthal has shopped for clothes for several evening events, her favorites included satin evening gowns and a black-and-white pepper tweed pantsuit, which she singled out as perfect for the office.
There's also an engaging image of the rooftop bar at the Ravel Hotel in Long Island City, where, based on the sparse crowd, long shadows and two female servers in little black dresses chatting idly, the evening cocktail hour is just getting going.
The smoke that will drift out of the chapel's chimney early in the evening is likely to be black - meaning no pope has been elected.
Then with a flick of his igniter he lit a gorging fire that turned the evening sky red and yellow and black.
"Keep one color basic and the others bright, " she says, noting that white and blue tends to work better for casual occasions such as seaside affairs, while white and black is usually crisp enough for work or evening events.
And Julianne Moore, easily one of the best-dressed women of the evening, was supremely elegant in a graphic black and white (another spring 2013 trend) dress from Tom Ford.
In an incident that left neighbors in a Glendale, California, neighborhood surprised but relieved that no one was hurt, a man lost control of his black Cadillac as he drove down his steep driveway Saturday evening.
But he declined the invitation, telling CNN that he has decided to spend the evening with friends from his former unit, Black Knight Troop, 3-61 CAV, his wife Tammy -- with whom he celebrates a wedding anniversary Tuesday -- and their families.
Perez Hilton said he had got into an argument with the Black Eyed Peas members Fergie and Will.i.am earlier in the evening.
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"The way I see flowers in relation to Dior is the way you see black in relation to Yohji Yamamoto, " says Simons on the phone from his car one evening, traveling from his home in Antwerp back to Paris after a long Easter weekend.
People might wonder when they see a black-tie dinner and what -- from everything I hear, what will be a lovely evening in the tent on the South Lawn -- what the role of having a party like that is, given that some people might say there is two wars and a lot of joblessness going on in the country.
And if you are stuck for an evening outfit as the nights grow chillier, don't forget the allure of a simple black cashmere polo-neck with black pants, accessorized with a single long string of pearls.
Jernnard boarded the plane Wednesday evening wearing a white button-down shirt with an Air France logo over the pocket and a black jacket with four gold stripes on the epaulets, akin to one worn by pilots, police said.
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