Susanne Bartsch

Susanne Bartsch is a Swiss event producer, living in the United States, whose monthly parties at the Copacabana in late-1980s New York City united the haute and demi-monde, making her an icon of New York nightlife. "Ms. Bartsch's name," according to The New York Times, "is the night life equivalent of a couture label, thanks to the numerous extravaganzas she staged in cities from Montreal to Miami."