Gloria
Godat hosted a chic little soiree
at her Turtle Creek apartment for the French
Ambassador Jean-David Levitt. His
Excellency was in town to preview the Matisse
exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art and
the Nasher Sculpture Center. Erin
Mathews, Doss Alexander,
Bill Dillon, Rick Brettell,
Pierrette Lacour from the Alliance
Francaise, and Matisse curator Dorothy
Kosinski turned out to drink champagne
and eat tasty tidbits provided by Parigi's.
Tayler Carson-Sandvick and Robyn Wise
A
few days later, Kathy and Scott
Schufford, owners of Dallas
Auction Gallery, threw a private cocktail
reception for The Fashionistas just
so they could be the first in town
to view the collection of clothing,
jewelry, handbags and furs from the
estate of the late Montine
Wisdom. Mary Harper,
Ann Collier, who sold Montine
every piece of Chanel in the auction,
Joyce Goss, Joe
Pacetti, Elaine Raffel,
Kim Kroll, Max
Trowbridge and Lawayne
Schrader came out to have
a look at Montine's fabulous collection.
Fashionista board member Chirsten
Wilson left the auction the
following evening at midnight with
a great collection of Chanel bags.
I scored a beautiful mink stole and
a few shiny baubles.
Time flys
when you're going to events. The Lancôme
Boutique at NorthPark hosted The Fashionistas
Board of Directors for their first meeting
of 2007. This is already stacking up to
be an exciting year for our favorite non-profit
organization. Lancôme is producing
a lip color palette called The Fashionista/Lancôme
Lips, which will debut on Wednesday, March
6 at the Lancôme Boutique. The fabulous
Fashionista board's first order of business
was to view the five colors and give their
stamp of approval. Alvin Steffey,
Joyce Goss, Max
Trowbridge, Jessica George,
Alonso Martinez, Tayler
Sandvick, Robyn Wise,
Lawayne Schrader, Fashionista
Business Manager Kim Kroll,
Guillaume Coutheillas and
Jay Billingsley were in
attendance. Robyn and Kim indulged in a
brow design session while Jessica got the
special Lancôme lipstick application
lesson. Alonso made sure everyone had a
full glass of champagne and charmed the
gorgeous girls who work at the boutique.
It's a tough board to serve on, but somebody
has to do it.
Myra
Walker, Curator and Director
of the Texas Fashion Collection, has
been working on Balenciaga and
His Legacy: Haute Couture from the
Texas Fashion Collection for
five years. The ravishing exhibition
opened on Friday, February 2 at the
Meadows Museum with a black tie VIP
reception sponsored by Modern Luxury.
Augstin Balenciaga,
Cristobal's grand-nephew, was flown
in from Spain and Maggie Eckardt,
who was one of Balenciaga's models,
came in from Australia - both courtesy
of The Fashionistas. The New York
Times flew in a photographer to snap
some pictures for their Style section,
which will appear in a Sunday issue
in March. Everyone was decked out
in their finest jewels, furs and designer
dresses and, I must say, I was impressed.
Dallas people seem to get better looking
every day. The VIP crowd included
the Meadows Museum and The Fashionistas
high- level members and boards of
directors and Modern Luxury VIPs.
A reception for all other members
was held the following night. You
can visit Balenciaga and His Legacy
at the Meadows Museum through May
27.
