LIFE OF THE PARTY

FOR EVENT PLANNER EXTRAORDINAIRE BRONSON VAN WYCK, HOME IS A SOARING MANHATTAN LOFT FILLED WITH TREASURES—AND THE BEST FESTS IN TOWN.

BY JESSE KORNBLUTH

BRONSON VAN WYCK IS ABOUT TO publish a 250-page, photo-driven book called Born to Party, Forced to Work (Phaidon), but do not for one second think he is a Lost Boy desperate to recapture the gritty glamour of Studio 54. It is true that he built a ruin of a Doric temple inside an abandoned iron-smelting factory on Mykonos last year and hosted a “Homeric Ball” for 400 friends in celebration of his 44th birthday. It may be more to the point that Van Wyck sent his guests a reading list of books about Greek gods and goddesses so they could prepare to be heroic. Duran Duran performed. The party ended at dawn. It was a spectacular event—but that’s true of every party in the book. The event planner with a…

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ELLE DECOR (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2019

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