What could be better than an evening at a fabulous Manhattan home? One at two fabulous ones! That’s what happened on Monday night, when Stacey Bendet Eisner and Laurence Milstein opened the doors to their homes for an intimate Friends of the CFDA Fall Cocktail.

Bendet Eisner, a CFDA member, and Milstein, a Friend of the CFDA, both live in the same Upper West Side building so when the idea of a joint celebration came up, they jumped at the chance to make it a two-residence affair.

The evening began with savory bites at Stacey’s home with pizza, sushi and Perrier-Jouët Blason Rose Champagne as well as Stacey’s signature ginger margarita made with Codigo 1530 Blanco Tequila champagne. CFDA Chairman Thom Browne, Steven Kolb, Chairperson of the Friends of the CFDA Jordan Roth, Amy Fine Collins, Georgina Chapman, Nicky Hilton Rothschild, Alina Cho and James Frazier were among those savoring the special moment.

The group – which also included Judy Hart-Angelo, Thomas Isen, Raul Penaranda, Dr. Macrene Alexiades, Daniella Pierson, Norah Lawlor, Renna Brown Taher, Sam Lim, Todd Moscovitz, Brett Heyman, Janet Mandell, James Frazier, Nancy Twine, Jamie Soros, Claire Florence, Andy Yu, Karen Friedman, Chiun-Kai Shih, Yao King, and Elise Taylor – then made its way down and across the inner courtyard to Milstein’s apartment for literal eye candy (as in fabulous desserts) and more “bubbles.”

Bendet Eisner credited the CFDA Chairman with the genesis for this evening. “Thom’s idea was to create a program that brought people together to support the CFDA that weren’t necessarily designers, and you are all amazing supporters of the fashion industry.”

Milstein added that the event was born during a previous Friends of the CFDA event. “We thought we should do something, an upstairs/downstairs bites/dessert moment,” he said. “That is to say the onus is now on someone in this crowd to think of the next event.”

We can’t wait!