V.F. Camera

The music of New York's social spheres blares loudest on Grammy night, when the record world's dons and divas spin out in style. From above: At Arista Records' pre-Grammy celebration at the Plaza, Aretha Franklin is flanked by Robbie Brooks and Arista chief Clive Davis; Sting was on cloud nine with wife Trudie Styler at PolyGram's Rainbow Room postGrammy party. At a fund-raiser for the Design Industries Foundation for AIDS, Michael Schmidt amuses veteran partygoer Debbie Harry, who wore one of his guitar-pick dresses. At the venerable Burberrys' supermod party for runway queen Christy Turlington, Richard Gere gets an escort to the door; Kate Moss (Johnny Depp's favorite superstrutter) and Jenny Shimizu (Madonna's new model of choice) arrive; and Bobby Zarem talks with Turlingtonmost likely about his ever emerging "New York, It Ain't Over!" campaign. And downtown, at a New York Academy of Art gala, Robert Kennedy Jr. fetches soft drinks for his new girlfriend, Mary Richardson, and himself.