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Byline: Joan Juliet Buck
There were two points of crackling energy at the gala preview for the Lighthouse's Posh Sale, the annual event where the discarded finery of the Upper East Side begins its journey through the vintage cycle. At one end of the room, customers grabbed the clothes from the late Nan Kempner's wardrobe. At the other, volunteers fell over themselves to thrust rarities, furs, and treasures into the hands of Norris Church Mailer, a beautiful, willowy woman with eyes the same mahogany color as her hair, and cheekbones from a Cherokee great-grandmother. Dressed in a ruffled black jacket and black trousers, with a pin and pearls, she gave off a Babe ...