Fashion Affair the 1984 AIDS Fundraiser with Cornelia Guest Couri Hay

This was one of the first high society fundraisers for AIDS and featured many celebrity guests including former first lady Rosalynn Carter, TV personality Arlene Francis, AIDS awareness pioneer Dr. Mathilde Krim, British designer Zandra Rhodes and local New York personalities Couri Hay and Cornelia Guest. When Nelson meets New York society designer Pauline Tigere, he mentions that they had met when Sylvia Miles introduced him at the ballet. Video by Nelson Sullivan