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Glossy 8 VIP Party at Stratford Drive Home
As a general rule, daily newspapers don’t throw memorable parties …
Winners of the 2009 Glossy 8 Stylemaker Awards: Elizabeth and Benjamin Serrato (who won as a couple), Maria Groten, Nancy Scanlan, Coi Burruss, Trent Thurman, Christine Perrault Moline, Sylvia Orozco and Andrea McWilliams.
The American-Statesman is no exception (unless you count the Capitol 10,000 or some XL promotional concerts from the distant past) …
Dean and Andrea McWilliams
Other media outlets specialize in staging social events, but even their professional skeptics would agree that the Statesman’s Glossy 8 VIP party on Thursday will linger in memory
Sylvia Orozco and Melissa Segrest
The location counted. The new Dick Clark-designed, hilltop home of Jodi and Fred Zipp (Statesman editor) is a modernist stunner, every detail pristine and exacting …
John Watson, Nancy Scanlan, Laura Scanlan Cho and Ken Cho
Helping out was a refined party plan, overseen by Kevin Smothers of Pulse and executed by Elite Events, along with assistance by the Statesman’s editorial and marketing departments. …
Eric and Maria Groten
The food—creative sushi provided by Kenzo and the crew from Piranha Killer Sushi—was a knock-out. Little stands offered Dripping Springs Vodka martinis or lighter drinks. …
Crystal Conti and Rep. Mark Strama
But the real stars were the Glossy 8 — really nine sharp dressers, since one slot went to a married couple — absolutely smashing as they descended the stairs during presentations …
Kelley Shaw and Renee Sobremonte
Winners of the 2009 Glossy 8 Stylemaker Awards: Elizabeth and Benjamin Serrato (who won as a couple), Maria Groten, Nancy Scanlan, Coi Burruss, Trent Thurman, Christine Perrault Moline, Sylvia Orozco and Andrea McWilliams
Lauren Madden and Armando Zambrano
They inspired an already stylish crowd that floated from the interior spaces to the pool-cooled deck …
Graham Daly, Melissa Nicewarner-Daly, Jeff McKnight and Amber Groce
The mood continued ebullient for the entire evening …
David Garza, Joanne Linden, Rachel Saldana and Dr. John Hogg
All this previews Linda Asaf’s Runway to Heaven charity event tonight at the unfinished Austonian …
Cherie Mathews and Sloan Foster
Where the Glossy 8 will reappear on the stage …
George and Sylvia Gutierrez with Art and Tanya Acevedo
Read the story to see why these nine fashion leaders were nominated by readers and chosen by a Glossy panel …
Mary and Rusty Tally with Linda Asaaf
Photos by Robert Godwin
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