A celebration was on hand Tuesday night for the legendary French label Hennessy as it joined with Daniel Libeskind to unveil the architect’s newly re-designed Richard cognac decanter in tribute to the brand’s namesake and founder Richard Hennessy.
A host of Hollywood A-listers including Naomi Watts and Henry Golding joined the architect and Hennessy master blender Renaud Fillioux de Gironde for a cocktail party at a private location in Brooklyn.
The Baccarat crystal decanter is topped by an arrow and holds within it the rarest blend of cognac that Hennessy has ever made. With the addition of his collaboration with the 257-year-old house to a list of works that includes a recent ice hockey arena in Finland and the Jewish Museum in Berlin, Libeskind now joins rank with Frank Gehry, who designed his own signature decanter for the label in 2020.
Hennessy says the new decanter is in keeping with Libeskind’s known penchant for “believing in the future while honoring the past.” One might say it pairs perfectly with an earlier crystal creation for Swarovski.
Check out more photos of the star-studded event below.
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Not sure why, but I always assumed Libeskind was a Bud Lite kind of person.
At first, I thought that was a bottle of his new custom scent Ouch!
i like it. architects should get into tobacco and firearms, next
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