Once upon a time…
Once upon a time, there was a book party for Madonna‘s fifth children’s book, “Lotsa de Casha,” the story of a rich yet unhappy greyhound who learns the value of sharing when he finds himself stranded without any money. The party was at Bergdorf Goodman. Socialites and artists mingled and sipped wine amid the Hermès scarves and Kenneth J. Lane jewelry and Isabella Fiore handbags.
Signed books were $75, with proceeds going to Unicef, and guests and their children lined up around the room to have their signed books personally dedicated by Madonna. Hopping around the display cases were people dressed in 18th-century costumes, heavily made up to look like rabbits and greyhounds and other characters from the book.
“It’s like a bar mitzvah,” said David Copperfield, who spent much of the time smiling politely when clever guests said they wanted to take his picture before he “disappeared.”
“It’s like a wedding,” said Guy Oseary, watching Madonna promenade in an hour and a half late, holding a bouquet and leading a train of photographers, security guards, a publicist, an assistant and a makeup artist.
“It’s scary,” said Damon Dash, when he was approached by one of the large rabbit people. “It’s an interesting juxtaposition,” the book’s illustrator, Rui Paes, said of the fancy party celebrating a book about how money doesn’t buy happiness. He emphasized that it was all for a noble cause. “One must see that one is able to do good while living in luxury.”
From The New York Times