#LoveWins — the Supreme Court ruled that gay and lesbian couples can marry! The Bay Area celebrated that victory, the law that brought access to medical aid in dying for 38 million citizens of California, and so much more. On our red carpet style radar in April, May and June 2015:
Ken Downing with SF Ballet Auxiliary Fashion Show Chair Ave Seltsam
Kristi Yamaguchi at the Raphael House Gala
SoYeon Kim in a floral dress she designed with You Bin Kim for Bouquets to Art at the de Young
Red Cross Gala 2015 Chair Lillian Phan
National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Oakland/Bay Area Chapter President Cheryl Perry League, Chief Diversity Officer and Global Director of Education & External Relations for Intel Corporation Rosalind L. Hudnell
Compassion and Choices Event Co-chairs Chandra Friese and JaMel Perkins
Mary Gonsalves Kinney, photographed by Laurie Levenfeld
Performance by Snoop Dogg at Tipping Point
Jony Ive, Daniel Lurie and Mimi Haas at Tipping Point
Event hosts Yves Behar, Sabrina Buell and Hosain Rahman at the Maison Martin Margiela opening in San Francisco
April
- We introduced Mary Gonsalves Kinney and asked for her report from the San Francisco Ballet Fashion Show, hosted by Ken Downing and Neiman Marcus
- President Cheryl Perry League of the Oakland Bay Area Chapter, National Coalition of 100 Black Women, presented the Madame CJ Walker Business and Community Recognition Awards
- Lillian Phan chaired the Red Cross Gala honoring Anthony F. Early, and raised over $1.74 million dollars for local disaster preparedness, response and recovery
- Art from the de Young inspired bouquets of flowers for Bouquets to Art; save April 4, 2016 for the next Bouquets to Art opening preview and gala
- Melissa Koerner and Laura Larsen welcomed some 500 supporters and guests to The Raphael House Gala and raised over $550,000 for homeless families in San Francisco, save May 14, 2016, for the next one
- Compassion and Choices celebrated a victory in California and remembered an important voice in the fight, that of the late Merla Zellerbach
- The House of Martin Margiela by John Galliano opened in San Francisco with an event hosted by Sabrina Buell, Yves Béhar, Alicia Engstrom and Hosain Rahman
- Daniel Lurie, Tipping Point Community CEO and founder, reported his annual event raised $14 million to help fight poverty in the Bay Area
A collaboration for Herve Leger by Academy of Art University Fashion Designers Emma Xueling Cui, Li Lai, Nomin Gantulga, Nina Hui, Melissa Kheng, Geu Mi Lee, Dora Li, Fei Li, Lauren Lusby, Lindsey Trueman,
Novi Utami and Yibin Xu
JC Munoz, B.F.A. Fashion Design & Textile Design
SF Ballet Auxiliary Student Showcase Dinner Chair Carol Benz with Sunnie Evers
San Francisco Ballet School Trainees Norika Matsuyama and Francisco Sebastião in Myles Thatcher’s Spectrum (Photo: Erik Tomasson)
Vasily Vein Spring Floral Collection
Fashion designer Vasily Vein with a tiny client in a Vasily Vein dress
Baby Love
Rahela Abbas and Kim Tramel at Parca Auxiliary’s Japanese Garden Party
Lisa Klapper wearing Alexandria von Bromssen
Music and playroom by Allison Caccoma
Will Wick in the master bedroom he designed for San Francisco Decorator Showcase 2015
Event Chair Roberta Economidis
Erin Kelly played at San Francisco Symphony’s Adventures in Music benefit event
Komal Shah, Peter Copping and Barbara Brown at Saks Fifth Avenue San Francisco
Boaz Mazor with the Rodin by Moonlight committee: Quin Whitman, Melissa Badger, Charlene Cogan, Paula Carano, Lisa Mooring, Michele Kirsch, Amy Salisbury, Komal Shah, Eric Rodriguez
May
- We introduced the Bay Area interior and landscape designers that transformed a historic Julia Morgan property for San Francisco Decorators Showcase
- We checked out fashion designer Vasily Vein’s spring floral looks
- Cathy and Blake Krikorian hosted a Japanese Garden Party for Parca Auxiliary at their Hillsborough home
- 39 fashion designers debuted at the Academy of Art University Graduation Fashion Show
- Roberta Economidis chaired a benefit event for San Francisco Symphony’s Adventures in Music program
- We watched the next generation of ballet professionals at San Francisco Ballet’s Student Showcase
- We met Peter Copping, creative director for Oscar de la Renta, in the City and Valley
- We helped Christina Flach launch Pretty Girl Makeup at BottleRock Napa Valley
Sarah Somberg, in a dress by Valentino, with Carlos Souza
Sarah Somberg in a dress by Christopher Kane, with Christopher Kane
Maggie Rizer Mehran, Alexander Mehran
Joe Cirincione, General James Cartwright, Barbara Slavin
Fashion Designer Nishika de Rosairo
“Smoking” Jacket by de ROSAIRO
San Francisco Debutantes 2015 FRONT: Sarah Jackmauh, Paige Silverman, Elizabeth Grayson, Jennifer Reynolds, Kate Harris, Hailey Cusack, Lily Ostler SECOND: Brooke Raabe, Curry Fisher, Hannah Baylis, Rachael Maier, Katarina Churich, Mary Grinnell, Allaire Kruse, Camille Rich, Solange Soward THIRD: Julia Chenette, Madeleine Lamm, Sarah Scannell, Kendall Finnegan, Diana Silverstri, Paloma Palmer, Connolly Stegerwald, Lindsey Weber
June
- We added Sarah Somberg to our Top Women of Style list
- We learned about Ploughshares initiatives to reduce the world’s nuclear threats
- We introduced San Francisco based fashion designer and business consultant Nishika de Rosairo
- We announced 24 debutantes and Maddy Moriarty shared what it takes to become one
— Related:
- Top Five Events Q4 2015
- Red Carpet Review Q4 2015
- Top Five Events Q2 and Q3 2015
- Red Carpet Bay Area Review Q3 2015
- Top Five Events Q1 2015
- Stylish Events in the Bay Area Q1 2015
- Check our calendar for recommended events in 2016