Rachael Abrams | Photos by Dana Driensky
- Posted:
- March 27, 2012
- Event Date:
- March 27, 2012
The Crystal Charity Ball committee spilled the luminous names of the Ten Best Dressed Women of Dallas with a brunch and an exclusive glimpse of the Lanvin Fall collection (designer Alber Elbaz is celebrating 10 years at the helm!) during the much-anticipated announcement at Neiman Marcus Downtown. For the annual Crystal Charity Ball Fashion Show and Luncheon announcement — ink the big day, Thursday, September 6, in your planners — luncheon chairman Robyn Conlon showered the honorees with bubbly, bites and a trunk show of Lanvin’s upcoming collection. Hint: For fall, Elbaz’s wares will pop with molded neoprene, peplum skirts and sculpted leather. Conlon tapped Gene Jones — divulging she was with husband Jerry at an NFL meeting that day — as honorary luncheon chair. NM general manager Shelle Sills had the honor of declaring this year’s women who, like the house of Lanvin, possess style and substance: Pat McEvoy, Tricia Besing, Lynn McBee, Nancy Carlson, Kim Miller, Ashley Tripplehorn Hunt, Nancy Carter, Dee Dee Lee, Pam Perella and Ellen Winspear, with Lana Andrews as the Hall of Fame honoree. The Crystal Charity Ball chairman Aileen Pratt gushed about the chance to drape the ladies in “the oldest and hottest” couture in Paris, as Lanvin reps Taylor Cotton and Scott Studenberg introduced les vêtements to voguish attendees Vicki Chapman, Paige Baten Locke, Gloria Martindale, Ola Fojtasek, Jennifer Dix, Daffan Nettle, Heather Esping, and Carol Spies.