Canadian Mother and Daughter Designers Turn Elizabeth Anthony’s Parking Lot Into a Dreamy Scene — The Regehrs Go Red For Women

The autumn breeze that wafted across the Uptown Houston parking lot proved a bonus for mother/daughter designers Eva Regehr and Catherine Regehr, whose floaty evening wear was made all the more ethereal as models strode the pleasantly drafty red carpet outside the doors of Elizabeth Anthony.

The American Heart Association’s eighth annual Go Red for Women fashion show, hosted by Elizabeth Anthony owner Julie Roberts , featured spring and resort designs from the Vancouver-based Catherine Regehr.

Each year, Julie Roberts turns the parking lot into a chic salon for the formal fashion presentation that features not only professional models but a select group of women who belong to the AHA Circle of Red, the Go Red for Women’s annual giving society.

During the cocktail hour, the Regehrs shared with PaperCity pointers on the collection about to be seen.

“We have a mix of our spring and our resort collection and with our resort collection we always like to incorporate lots of pop colors and kind of soft and flowy fabrics like chiffons and georgettes,” she notes. “And then with the spring collection we’ve incorporated some nice kind of floral-worked taffeta and Liberty Cotton which is unusual for us because we don’t typically use a lot of novelty fabrics. So that’s exciting for us.

“Obviously, we usually adhere to a very minimalist kind of esthetic. But tonight we have a lot of kind of exciting new novelty fabrics. We love to keep a very clean, timelessness as always. But kind of innovating our classic styles in new and interesting ways that can be worn over and over again.

Catherine Regehr adds that she is responsible for the purely classic pieces while Eva takes the classics and adds a newness, something that makes the designs fresh and inviting.

Volunteer Houston models taking the runway in Catherine Regehr designs were Chloe Burke, LaRanda Burke, Cortney Cole-Hall, Cindy Cook, Roslyn Bazzelle Mitchell, April Salazar, Kristina Somerville, Elizabeth Stein, Laura Stein, Marcia Willson and Gaye Lynn Zarrow.

The message in the evening, the importance of women taking care of their own heart health, was delivered by emcee Sharron Melton, Julie Roberts and Bonnie Houston, Go Red for Women chair and chief administrative officer at National Oilwell Varco.

PC Seen: Esteban Seanez and Paola Riviello, Beth Wolff, Dr. Jorge Salzar, Raquel Lewis, Tracie Morden, Erin Asprec, Anne Neeson, Nathalie and Justin Makris, Anne Nesson, Frann Lichtenstein, Leisa Holland Nelson Bowman, Shelby Kibodeaux and Bruce Padilla, and Erin Asprec.