Gigi Hadid, On Monday, together with entire the style trade gathered at New York’s Spring Studios to bid a remaining farewell to former IMG president Ivan Bart, who handed all of the sudden final month on the age of 60.
Bart’s buddies, together with Maja Chiesi, Leslie Russo, Chuck Bennett, Bethann Hardison, Jane Hudis, Carolyn Murphy, Stan Herman, and Rhea Cohen, all paid tributes through the service, which was opened by mannequin Ashley Graham.
Photos of Bart alone and with notable clientele all through the years, reminiscent of Tyra Banks, adorned the partitions of Spring Studios.
“Via style imagery, we will have an effect on social change,” a quote from Bart learn.
“The general theme was somebody who led with integrity and cared for folks,” a witness who was current on the occasion advised Web page Six.
“Cynthia Erivo sang ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water,’ then joined the gospel choir on the finish for some remaining choruses of ‘Going Up Yonder,'” stated McNulty in an Instagram image of the service.
He additionally talked about that “Gigi Hadid gave the toast with large coronary heart” and that “Carolyn Murphy made me cry.”
Bart started working with IMG fashions in 1994 and held the place of president for ten years earlier than resigning earlier this yr to turn out to be an advisor, as he beforehand disclosed to Web page Six in March.
