Brooke de la Villanova: High Society April 2008

Ole! At the Art Museum’s fab bash to open its Frida Kahlo exhibit, Anne d’Harnoncourt, channeling her best Jane Alexander, wore a rebozo scarf in the national colors of Mexico and told us the Museum had been working on bringing the show here for almost four years. … As for Verónica Valencia de Sarukhan, wife of the Mexican ambassador to the U.S., such whispers! The gorgeous diplomat (in a deep ruby bed jacket) graciously greeted one and all, looking like a Mexican Alycia Lane (sans the temper). … Other sightings: Museum chair Gerry Lenfest sporting a jaunty felt fedora, and Suzanne Roberts, daring to forgo Mexican attire for a bejeweled Indian shawl. … Our best-dressed nod went to Blanca Villalón, part of the embassy posse, whose body-hugging red floor-length Calvin Klein number had women drooling with envy and men just drooling. Dumplings, if our diplomats looked like her, we’d be out of Iraq in a week! … In other news, is Martha Stewart house-hunting locally? Tongues are wagging that the domestic goddess is scouting real estate in West Chester (near the Andrew Wyeths, naturally) as part of her new deal with WC-based QVC. Just picture the housewarming!