C: Is for Cinema

Gathering in the middle of Fashion week supporters of the Accompanied Literary Society attended the New York premiere of "In the Valley of Elah". Starring were Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Sarandon and Charlize Theron and written directed by Paul Haggis, the man responsible for the Best Film of 2004, Crash. Loosely based on the article “Death and Dishonor,” by Mark Boal, first published in Playboy in May 2004, it recounts the tale of a father’s search for answers to shed light on the murder of his son, just returned from service in Iraq. Though the subject matter is intense, it is a must see. This could be another Academy Award nomination for Paul Haggis. Following the screening, attendees decamped to Jour et Nuit, where a silent and live auctions were held for the benefit of a new cultural center in downtown Manhattan. Among the items on a stay at Casa Genotta, onetime home of Eugene O’Neill on Sea Island, Georgia, and dinner with a Victoria’s Secret model (plus two of her equally bubbly friends). But what took everyone by surprise and tickled at its charming, necessary yet never talked about: a small black envelope labeled, "diNeial Brazil’s The morning after Kit, … walk of pride”. This package was a fabulous thong designed by new Brazilian-Italian designer Neila G. Rudden who also donated a stunning diamond pendant for the charity’s silent auction. “The package really lightened up everyone who had just attended this intense movie”.

This writer wrote about diNeial's fashions last month and ended up in the style section looking at DiNeila's amazing jewelry with Lee Martins and that is a F.A.C.T.