How was the fashion show? Royal fun. It was a benefit function on behalf of the Russian Children’s Welfare Society, who do marvelous work helping orphaned and abandoned kids in Russia. Sergey Garmonin, the Russian Consul General in New York, made a gracious little speech; there was a great catwalk parade of models in dresses that cost more than I have ever made from a book (and these gals really do manage to walk while leaning backwards at 30 degrees from the vertical — some kind of antigravity device?); lotsa guys wearing that style of glasses with thick plastic frames in unlikely pastel colors; a good cast of Russian celebrities, e.g. Irina Dvorovenko and Maxim Beloserkovsky, husband-and-wife principals at American Ballet Theater; some non-Russian ones too — Don Johnson e.g. is a big supporter; an auction; a raffle; etc. Read more...
The artwork was created by one of the little patients at the Moscow Center for Maxillofacial Surgery as a special thanks to RCWS donors. Thank you for making a difference in the lives of these children!
