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Friday, August 24, 2007
“New Leash” is Luxe
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Even the four-legged set was dressed to impress at last night’s private shopping event at Ralph Lauren.
Gypsy, a 5-pound Yorkshire terrier, was tricked out in a feathery hair clip and matching custom-made garment. She took in the scene from the arms of owner Tamsen Christensen.
“She’ll be 5 next month,” Christensen said as she and Gypsy greeted guests arriving at the Lenox store. The event, chaired by Aida Flamm, Lisa Miller and David York, benefited A New Leash on Life, a companion animal advocacy group.
Near the front of the store we visited with Sharon Severance and Kimberly Foley. Severance is a cat person, she told us. But her purebred Russian Blue, named Bentley, has adopted some canine proclivities.
“I take him out on walks,” she said. (As in, on a leash. S.B. would need a tourniquet if we tried that with one of our cats.)
Chit-chatting near a group of fabulous fall scarves were Cathy Cooper, Sydna Worthington and Ramona Mendoza. We paused to clink glasses with Julie Bryant and Marlene Alexander.
Toward the back of the store we met Debbie Gross admiring the longish hairstyle of Blue Med Spa’s John Stupka. He says he decided to try the tousled look for summer. Trust us, it’s a hit.
S.B.’s husband is a bowtie and seersucker man, so naturally we gravitated to Ralph Lauren associate Freddie Miller, modeling a merlot-colored bowtie from the fall collection. He demonstrated the chic new way to tie one, by the way. Knot it so it’s a little shorter, producing a more compact form. We’ll pass that along.
And standing next to his gorgeous wife was Allen Flamm in a smart seersucker suit with orange, navy and tan stripes - a great segue into fall. Aida Flamm, by the way, has signed on as honorary chair of the 19th Annual Latin Fever Ball, “Caribe! Ritmo, Sabor y Sol,” to be held on Sept. 22 at the InterContinental Buckhead.
A New Leash on Life has another fundraiser coming up in November. For all the details and more information about the group, see www.newleashonlifega.org.
