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Fashion for Compassion at Sak’s Fifth Avenue
Fine cause. Swank setting. Imaginative food. Upbeat speakers. Top society models.
Celebrity models: The women
Everything about Fashion for Compassion to benefit the Austin Children’s Shelter on Friday was headed on the right course. Except one thing: It lasted too long.
Celebrity models: The men
Way too long. Same thing happened at the Shelter’s ’80s dance party at the Parish earlier this season. Back then, it was Austin Mayor Pro Tem Mike Martinez stuck on the stage rather than Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo and Travis County Sheriff Greg Hamilton. (All three are crackerjack speakers, connectors and motivators. I don’t know how we got so lucky in this town.)
Sherri West and Olga Campos
You could see the reactions on the faces of the folks who had patiently gathered at Sak’s Fifth Avenue. They grew restless. Then excused themselves. Backstage, the celebrity models on both sides of the cruciform runway fidgeted.
Shannon Yarbrough and Allen Tuller
Parties float on a rhythm. If you dampen that rhythm, the party droops. None of this should discourage any potential guest from attending a future Shelter event. I’m sure the hosts have already heard from the compassionately restless and will correct their course.
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