Fashion icon Diane von Furstenberg, still recovering from a broken nose and facial fractures suffered during a ski accident in Aspen last month, put on a brave face to be honored at Wednesday night’s amfAR Gala at Cipriani Wall Street. Her husband, Barry Diller, related how an “idiot” knocked her down and, “there she was, lying in the snow with blood all around her, and her face had blown up like Quasimodo,” adding that her first words were, “My cheekbones, my best feature!” Also honored were Bill Clinton and Elizabeth Taylor, who was too ill to attend, so her award was accepted for her by Elton John.

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