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Toast of the Town Fashion Show at Neiman Marcus
Small is all this season. Organizers have scaled back galas. Social events that formerly would have filled banquet rooms are now making do with domestic arrangements.
Debbie Novelli Farrell, Tobie Funte
For some causes, this is nothing new. Toast of the Town, which benefits the Neal Kocurek Scholarships, has subdivided its fundraisers for 25 years. This season, between April and May, 25 mini-parties are planned for private homes.
Cara Abazari, Lindsey McDonald
Nobody makes all of them (or do they?). Especially since each event comes with a different dress code. That would mean 25 new outfits for some fashionistas. So Toast of the Town threw a fashion show at Neiman Marcus on Tuesday to help match those sometimes fanciful codes (Texas Glamour, Golf Formal, etc.).
Nora Myint, Vivian Lee
The celestial Karen Landa, remembering that I had written a Glossy column about such codes, invited me to the event, and Robert Nash came along to multiply the male factor at the event significantly.
Stacey Parker, Christina Hester
Like so many NM events, it was pitched just right. Only sad note: the store’s accessories specialist Jamie Broadhurst is leaving to help open a new Orange County store. Jamie has some serious fans out there in fashion land. We wish him luck.
Karen Landa Jamie Broadhurst, Cindy Busby (Toast co-chair)
What of the fashions on display? Everybody knows that’s not my specialty. Although I will applaud the return of rich colors and “investment shopping,” the only kind I’ve done.
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