Posted on 23 November 2009
The Washington Ballet and Bloomingdale’s show-off winter’s coolest looks and local personalities.
- Luis R. Torres. Photo by Tony Powell
Fashion show/cocktail parties at department stores don’t generally draw the same high-end crowds they did back in the 1980’s when the concept was new, but that certainly wasn’t the case on Nov. 13 when Bloomingdale’s sponsored a “Runway En Releve Redux” extravaganza to raise funds for the Washington Ballet. It was the first major Women’s Committee of The Washington Ballet’s fundraiser, with 10% of sales from all purchases from November 13th to 14th going to the Washington Ballet.
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Posted on 01 November 2008
Heather Guay, Kim Luk, Wendy Adeler-Hall, Jessica Gibson and Pamela Sorenson
Location: National Building Museum
WL SPONSORED – Photos by Tony Powell
THE EVENT: A stunning transformation of a cavernous space for a smashing gala that raised $750,000 to provide hospice care for people unable to afford it and to support advanced training for physicians in Palliative Medicine. THE SCENE: Wendy Adeler-Hall and Argentine Ambassador Hector Timerman and his wife Annabelle Sielecki greeted guests as Latin libations and passionate tango music livened up the scene prior to the awards ceremony emceed by 60 Minutes II correspondent Scott Pelley. Hospice advocates Marilynn and Ed Bersoff were honored along with Newsweek’s Eleanor Clift, who helped raise public awareness in her book, Two Weeks of Life, which chronicled her late husband’s hospice experience.
