Marin Magazine - May 2007

At Fashion Week Live in San Francisco, supermodels Naomi Campbell, Alek Wek, Tyson Beckford and Gemma Ward strutted down the 180-foot runway in the latest fall 2007 fashions—including pieces from local designers Colleen Quen and Lily Samii. The crowd of almost 1,300 cheered as looks from Marc Jacobs, Nanette Lepore, Zac Posen and Badgley Mischka filled the stage in what is sure to be one of the biggest fashion shows the Bay Area will see this year. Downtown at Neiman Marcus, customers enjoyed a bevy of in-store events.

To kick off beauty week, Madonna makeup artist and Shu Uemura artistic director Gina Brooke was on hand for free beauty appointments

At Dior, clients were treated to a special appearance by the company’s national celebrity makeup artist Pati Dubroff, who along with a team of artists shared beauty tips and encouraged guests to sample the wide range of Christian Dior beauty products.

At the Didier Ludot event, Neiman Marcus vice president and general manager John Capizzi hosted a luncheon featuring the French designer’s dresses on behalf of the Junior Committee for the de Young Museum.

At Escada vice president of wholesale Kimberly Jetnil was here from New York to present a fashion show and luncheon featuring the latest Escada looks.

At Fish restaurant in Sausalito, guests celebrated Fat Tuesday with Slow Food Marin-Petaluma at a benefit for White Boot Brigade. The organization encourages and assists commercial fisherman in the Gulf Coast region to transition from high-volume industrial harvesting to sustainable practices.

More than 130 Redwoods residents and 239 members of the community had their fill of fresh Dungeness crab at the third annual Friends of the Redwoods Crab Feast. The event, chaired by Friends President Mary Jo Barnett, supports the Redwoods’ bus and other services aimed at enhancing the lives of senior citizens.

In Novato, man’s best friend took to the runway at Puppy Love, a fashion show benefit to support animals at the Marin Humane Society. Dogs were accompanied by models dressed in clothing from Rumors and Gene Hiller.

Supporters of UCSF’s Foundation for Cardiac Research, led by Dr. Kanu Chatterjee, celebrated the foundation’s work at an evening hosted by Ann and Gordon Getty. Guests enjoyed a private concert by country music singer Kris Kristofferson, who credits Dr. Chatterjee with saving his life. More than 200 guests attended the Dominican University President’s Dinner at San Francisco’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel. The event honors past and current chairs of the board of trustees. The dinner’s highlight was an unveiling of nine $100,000 annual scholarships named after the honorees.

In Novato, Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway electronic scooter, made an appearance at the Marin Country Club to ask science and math educators to initiate a FIRST program in Marin. FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) hopes to inspire teams of middle school and high school students to work alongside engineers and other mentors to solve real-world problems by applying math, science and technology.

The Lark Theater hosted an Academy Awards party complete with a full house of decked-out guests. When not watching the show in high definition, patrons enjoyed gourmet cooking from Left Bank, Emporio Rulli, Rustic Bakery and others.

At Sweetwater in Mill Valley almost $5,000 was raised at Jerry Day through a sold-out show with Pat Nevins, Ragged Glory, Jelly with Jeff Chimenti and special guest Bob Weir for the fifth annual Excelsior District Jerry Garcia birthday.