Versace Brings a Little Bit of Milan to Houston for Fashion Blogger
BY Anne Lee Phillips // 09.30.15What: Exclusive Preview of the Fall/Winter 2015 Collection, benefitting Recipe for Success.
Where: Versace at the Galleria.
Who: Chair Carrie Colbert; Recipe for Success‘s Gracie Cavnar and husband Bob; Versace’s Alla Farberov, Athena Klein, and Antonio Gallegos; Lucy Sykes Rellie and Euan Rellie, in from New York; guests Claire Cormier Thielke, Gema Banks, Leslie Sharp, and Nènè Soumaré.
PC Moment: The storied brand’s director of merchandising, Alla Farberov, in from New York, reminisced about meeting fashion blogger Colbert at the Versace show during Milan Fashion Week as she presented a mini fashion show locally to fête the fall/winter collection. Patrons purchased stunning pieces for their autumn ensembles, knowing that a percentage of sales benefitted Recipe For Success. Also showing were libations from Deep Eddy Vodka and shrimp tostadas and vanilla bean crème brûlée from A Fare Extraordinaire.