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January Jones
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Thursday La Mer sponsored an event at the Paris Theater in New York, in partnership with
Christie's.
Amongst the celebrities and rich-and-famous attending were
January Jones (
Oceana Ambassador),
Susan Rockefeller,
David Rockefeller,
Loan Chabanol,
Anh Duong,
Georgina Bloomberg,
Adam Lindeman,
Sir Thomas Moore,
Loic Gouzer,
Brett Gorvy,
Amy Gorvy,
Bettina Alonso,
Lauren Remington Fenet, Swedish model
Victoria Silvstedt,
Stavros Niarchos (who dated Paris Hilton),
Christie's CEO
Steven Murphy,
Joshua Bell,
Lydia Fenet,
Dr. Lisa Airan and La Mer's
Sandra Main.
The event was in celebration of nouveau realism artist Yves Klein's famous FC1 (Fire Color 1) painting, which is expected to surpass $ 30,000,000.00 at the
Christie's auction on May 8, of which a portion of the proceeds will be donated to
Oceana by the current owner of this work in celebration of world Ocean's Day on June 8.
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Victoria Silvstedt
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The documentary film screened was Paris's
Centre Pompidou produced "
La Revulotion Bleu", which chronicles the development of Klein's FC1 involving nude models, paint and fire. Afterwards a film by
Oceana was screened, then
January Jones spoke about her work for
Oceana to protect sharks and other sea creatures.
