AN ANNE IS A NAN IS AN ANN

In England, Anne is a name used by royalty. In America, it is much the same. Elite society is flooded with Annes, Anns, and their variants, which complicates everything. "I was out with Nan, see," Jerry Zipkin might say. Or did he say "Nancy"? Or was it just "Ann, see"? (It's certainly "antsy.") This chart helps distinguish the distinguished. Placed in a context, you'll know that if Mr. Zipkin was with an Ann at Mortimer's, discussing freckled legs and Christie's, he was probably with Mrs. Thomas Kempner. Sure, it would be easier if they all just changed their names. But as Nan Kempner put it, "I like the name. It's short, to the point, and easy to write on checks."

NELL SCOVELL

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

DOMICILES

OCCUPATIONS

FAVORITE DESIGNERS

FAVORITE HANGOUTS

ON NOMENCLATURE

Dimples (formerly barrettes).

Fifth Avenue, N.Y.C.; Aspen; Fort Worth.

Contributing editor. Vogue: philanthropy.

Ungaro; Yves Saint Laurent.

"My overflowing library. Or Lincoln Center."

"When Ann Getty, Annette Reed, and I all worked on an event, we all spelled our names differently—there was no confusion."

Visible bone structure; freckled legs.

Park Avenue, N.Y.C.; Purchase. N.Y.

International representative, Christie's.

Yves Saint Laurent; Valentino.

Mortimer's.

"I love the name. It's the same backwards, forwards, and upside down."

Walter Keane eyes; large head.

Bel-Air; Rancho del Cielo, Santa Barbara.

"Former First Lady."

Galanos; Adolfo; Bill Blass; Oscar de la Renta; Valentino.

"None."

' 'There were four or Five Nancy Davises in the picture business and a mix-up occurred once and that's how I met my husband."

Titian hair.

San Francisco; Fifth Avenue, N.Y.C.; London.

Publisher, Grove Weidenfeld.

Marc Bohan; JAR jeweler.

Balboa Cafe, San Francisco.

"There are a lot of Anns in the world, but I haven't been getting anybody's bills."

Omnipresent caim terriers.

Hotel Carlyle, N.Y.C.; Katonah. N.Y.

Philanthropy.

Oscar de la Renta.

"I don't hang out."

"My real name is Anne, but my mother and sister started calling me Annette.

I still sign my checks Anne Reed."

Blue glasses. "I bought thirty-six pairs twenty-five years ago. Now kids stop me on the street. Black men are | crazy about them."

Fifth Avenue, N.Y.C.; Canton, Ohio.

"Artist."

Givenchy.

Mortimer's.

"My maiden name was Kerr and there was another Anne Kerr in New York, so it helped a lot when I became Anne Holloway."

Chain-smoking; pants.

River House. N.Y.C.; Sharon. Conn.

Philanthropy.

Bill Blass; Pauline Trigere; Valentino; Oscar de la Renta.

"My kitchen or Susan Brinkley's kitchen."

"All my oldest friends call me Maggie.

It's only in the past Fifteen to twenty years anyone's called me Nancy."