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David Nazarian, Soraya and Younes Nazarian, Sharyar and Sharon Baradaran, Angella Nazarian, Bruce Adlhoch,
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The Los Angeles Philharmonic welcomed Gustavo Dudamel back for his second season as Music Director with a glorious program featuring their world renowned orchestra and special guest tenor Juan Diego Florez. Eva Mendes hosted a live taping of the concert by PBS which will broadcast it in the United States and Europe in December.
The gala evening began with the arrival at the Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall of music legends John Adams, Herbie Hancock, John Williams and Neal Diamond. More than 650 guests joined them incuding Mr. Gehry and Eli Broad.
The concert was a special program of overtures and bel canto arias and popular Latin Amerian canciones developed together by Maestro Dudamel and Juan Diego Florez. It featured the music of Rossini, Granda, Lara, Moncayo, Grever, and Gutierrez. |
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Ann Child, David Johnson, Murray Grigor, Carol Colburn Hogel, Allison Sampson, and Dan Avchen |
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Bill and Carolyn Powers, David and Margaret Powers, and Herbie and Gigi Hancock |
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Brandon Bolin, Adrian Caprarella, Tom Gregory, David Bohnett, and Susan Johnson |
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Dale Franzen, Sarah Beatty, Jamie Rigler, and Steve and Regina Klevansky |
The Celebracion continued on Grand Avenue in a dinner tent decorated with white and black tables with raspberry accents. Philharmonic chairman David C. Bohnett and President Deborah Borda made the opening remarks punctuated by the young maestro enthusiastically affirming: "I feel like I've been here for life, but it's only been a year." The Los Angelenos loved it, of course, and cheered and applauded.
The highlight of the post-concert paty was a surprise appearance by Melissa Manchester who grabbed the audience with her performance of Irving Berlin's "Let's Face the Music and Dance," written for the 1936 RKO musical "Follow the Fleet" for a dance number by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. |
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Deborah Borda, Gustavo Dudamel, Eloisa Maturen, Julia Flórez, and Juan Diego Flórez |
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Guillermo Martinez, Julia and Juan Diego Florez, and Bertita Martinez, and Juan Carlos Lomonaco |
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John Hotchkis, Maria Hummer-Tuttle, Irwin Jacobs, Joan Hotchkis, and Ghada Irani |
The Celebracion Gala Committee included David Bohnett, Honorary Chair Eloisa Maturen Dudamel, Maria Bell, Lynn Booth, Margaret Eberhardt, Kiamberly Marteau emerson, Leonore Greenberg, Joan Hotchkis, Joyce Kresa, Ginny Mancini, Jane Nathanson, Soraya Nazarian, Carolyn Powers, Nancy Sanders, Carla Sands, and Alyce Williamson.
They raised more than $3 million for the Philharmonic and its education programs which includes YOLA, the signature program of Maestro Dudamel. The concert was made possible by the generous sponsorship of Rolex, the official timepiece of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, with additional underwriting provided by the Lloyd E. Rigler –Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation. |
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Ann Rutherford and Anne Jeffreys |
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Al and Claude Mann |
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Barry and Nancy Sanders |
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Adele Binder, Mauricio Umansky, Kyle Richards, and Kathy Hilton |
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Alan Vorwald, Steve and Randy FiField, and Steven and Christine Hazy, and Sarah Ketterer |
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Bernard and Lenore Greenberg |
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Betsy Bloomingdale and Burt Boyar |
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Christian and Sutton Stracke |
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David and Mag Scott with Gordon and Adele Binder |
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Greg Lorber and Anita Lorber |
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Eloisa Maturen, Tim Landi, and Julia Florez |
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Gustavo Dudamel and Eva Mendes |
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Gustavo Dudamel and Soraya Nazarian |
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John and Tracy Mallory, Nina Kotick, and David Graber |
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Eli and Edythe Broad |
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Eva Stern with David and Linda Shaheen |
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Elizabeth Weber and Eric Small |
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Gustavo Dudamel, Sherry Lansing, and John Hotchkis |
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Gustavo Dudamel with Tom and Judy Beckmen |
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Fred and Carla Sands |
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Howard Walter and Marilyn Ziering |
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Gregg Field and Ginny Mancini |
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Joanna Kerns and Michael Eisner |
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Linda May, Burt Boyar, Carla Sands, and Jack Suzar |
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Gustavo Dudamel and Joan Hotchkis |
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Joan and Irwin Jacobs |
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Jane and Marc Nathanson |
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John Williams and Herbie Hancock |
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Nancy Sanders, David Bohnett, and Deborah Borda |
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Sherry Lansing and Robert Tuttle |
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Kimberly Marteau and John Emerson |
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Warner and Carol Henry |
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Josh and Melanie Kaplan with Stephen Moyer |
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Younes Nazarian, Joan Hotchkis, Soraya Nazarian, and John Hotchkis |
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Mickey and Linda Brittan |
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Yuki and Alex Bouzari |
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Steve Grossman and Jill Baldauf |
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Lynn Booth and Kent Kresa |
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Spud Williamson with Joni Smith and Alyce Williamson |
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Last Monday night, celebrities and friends gathered to award civic leaders at the IAC Building for the God's Love We Deliver Golden Heart Awards Celebration.
The awards are given yearly by God's Love We Deliver to those members of corporate and philanthropic communities who demonstrate extraordinary and exemplary philanthropy and ongoing civic responsibility. The 2010 Awards were presented by God's Love We Deliver to Joan Rivers for Lifetime Achievement, Philippe Dauman for Outstanding Service to the Community and Evan Schwartz for Outstanding Volunteer. |
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| The Mikimoto Group |
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| Phillipe Dauman and Debbie Dauman |
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| Sue Chalom and John Demsey |
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| Jon Bond and Rebecca Bond |
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| Deb Lee |
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| Arlene Blake and Sarah Throne |
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| Jamie Niven, John Demsey, Paul Wilmot, and Deborah Norville |
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| Ameritt Buttry, Jeff Pfeifle, and Rob Coburn |
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| John Gilman and Alice Turner |
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| Cari Modine and Carl Wellner |
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| Randy Florke and Sean Malone |
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| Congressman Jim Himes, Regan Hoffman, and Mathew Modine |
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| Carson Griffith, Emily Gyben, and Priya Rao |
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| Alexandra Kotur and Scott Currie |
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| Karl Leonard, Blaine Trump, and Sue Chalom |
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| Karen Pearl and Jamie Niven |
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| Marjorie Gubelmann and Scott Currie |
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| Scott Caristo and Bob Tuschman |
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| Lisa Sherman and Patty Gilbert |
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| Gregory Generet and Tamara Tunie |
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| Margaret Russell |
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| Rima Fakih |
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| Ryan Nickulas |
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| John Bartlett |
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| Ashley and Amber Stachowski |
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| Tracy Wang |
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Also last Monday night at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, The Alliance for the Arts 2010 prizes were awarded on to Christo and posthumously to Jeanne-Claude, and to Frank J. Sciame, Jr. and the F. J. Sciame Construction Company, and to Randall Bourscheidt, the President of the Alliance, who is stepping down after twenty-one dynamic years of progress.
Among those attending: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Jacques d'Amboise, Paul Beirne, Commissioner of Parks and Recreation Adrian Benepe, Amanda Burden, Chairman of the City Planning Commission and Director of the Department of City Planning, Jonathan L. Bing, Theodore S. Chapin, Diane M. Coffey, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Michele Oka Doner, Daniel Garodnick, Agnes Gund, Ashton Hawkins, Karen B. Hopkins, of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Councilwoman Jessica Lappin, Cultural Affairs Commissioner Kate D. Levin, Gregory Long of the New York Botanical Garden, MoMa Director Glenn Lowry; Albert Maysles, Ronay and Richard Menschel, Gordon and Dailey Pattee, City Council President Christine C. Quinn, Susan and Peter Ralston, Howard J. Rubenstein, Martin E. Segal, Chairman of the Landmarks Commission Robert B. Tierney, Joe Versace Jr., Enzo Viscusi. |
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A short video clip by Antonio Ferrera (based on the HBO documentary The Gates by Ferrera and Albert Maysles) was shown before the presentation of the prize to Christo and Jeanne-Claude for their incomparable gift to New York.
Frank J. Sciame, Jr. and the F. J. Sciame Construction Company were celebrated with a brief retrospective of their projects which have changed the cultural landscape of New York. Some of Sciame's cultural buildings include the New Museum of Art, the Museum of Arts and Design, the Morgan Library and the Guggenheim.
Randy Bourscheidt was President of the Alliance for the past twenty-one years. During his administration, he established the Estate Project for Artists with AIDS and the Arts Forum at the New York Times, as well as overseeing two studies of the impact of the recession on cultural organizations. |
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Under his leadership, the Alliance has broadened its research into the arts industry, continuing its influential series of studies of the economic impact of the arts.
THE ALLIANCE FOR THE ARTS is an advocate for nonprofit culture in New York City and the entire state, representing the arts to government and the civic community, and conducting pioneering research on the arts as an industry. Its work is used every day by cultural leaders, funders and policy makers. Through marketing tools such as www.NYC-ARTS.org and www.NYCkidsARTS.org, the Alliance promotes the wide variety of visual and performing arts, historic houses, landmarks, zoos, gardens and museums. |
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| Robert Libbey, Anita Contini, and Steve Vanandan |
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| Benjamin Krevolin and Eric Lee |
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| Michelle Budda, FJ Sciame, and Carol Coletta |
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| Martin Segal, Amanda Burden, and Randall Bourscheidt |
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| Will and Emily Cornell |
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| Beth Rudin DeWoody, Anne Pasternak, and Todd Bishop |
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| Tomas Rosant, Frederic S. Papert, Margaret Ayers, and Gabriela Poler Buzali |
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| Joe Astenza and Johnny Moore |
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| Jackie Davis and Ted Chapin |
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| Gillian Walker and Calvin Thompkins |
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| Kathy Kleiver and Daria Pizzetta |
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| Betsy Perry and Robert Libbey |
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| Bill Wright and Gillian Attfield |
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| Joe Versace |
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| Adrian Benepe, Gabriela Poler Buzali, and Tomas Rosant |
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| Gregory Law and Joan Davidson |
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| Michele Oka Doner and Bonnie Burnham |
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| Gabriela Poler Buzali, Joseph Mizzi, and Laurie Beckelman |
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| Jaques D'Amboise |
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| Albert Maysles |
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| Kathleen and Bill Price |
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| Stephanie French and Laurie Beckelman |
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| Lawrence Best and Piekaski |
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| Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Christo |
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| Frank J. Sciame and Amanda Burden |
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| Kate Levin and Randall Bourscheidt |
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| Paul Gunther and James Castillo |
More from Monday night: the St. George's Society presented its premiere Anglo-American Cultural Awards evening at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater in the Hearst Tower.
Early in the evening, an A-list cast led by Candice Bergen, and directed by Academy, Tony and Emmy Award winner and evening honoree Tony Walton performed the North America debut of James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim's Evening Primrose, starring Bergen, Sean Palmer, William Duell, John Windsor Cunningham, Jessica Grove, Mercedes Ellington, John Cunningham and dance legends Carmen De Lavallade, Frederic Franklin and Sondra Lee.
At the gala dinner the Awards were presented to Harper's Bazaar Editor-in-Chief Glenda Bailey and Tony Walton -- and featured appearances by Angela Lansbury, Alan Cumming and Jim Dale.
It was a wonderful evening. |
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| Victor E. Stewart and Carolyn Stewart |
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| Mercedes Ellington |
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| Jessica Grove and Sean Palmer |
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| Alan Cumming |
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| Jim Dale |
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| Angela Lansbury |
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| Tony Walton and Glenda Bailey |
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China is everywhere. Everyone is chatting. In prep for a visit to China, I just completed reading "Shanghai Girls" by Lisa See, and am now in the midst of "Wild Swans; Three Daughters of China" by Jung Chang. Both books reveal a fascinating history, rich in detail, and mostly completely unknown by Westerners.
So it was that I enthusiastically attended The China Institutes Junior Committee's Fashion Event. Among the many well-attired, bright-eyed young and polite, Chinese-Americans, was also a lively international business crowd. The Event was held at Chelsea's Cue Art Foundation. |
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| Traditional Chinese Wedding Gown |
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| Traditional Ensemble |
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| Traditional Chinese Wedding Gown |
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| Traditional sumptuous elegant Traditional Chinese Fashion from the Zhou Dynasty (1046 - 256 BC) thru 1912 |
The first presentation of Traditional Historical Chinese Fashion ranged from the ancient Han Dynasty (1046-256 BC) through the 1920s. All the ensembles were impressive, with uniquely gorgeous in sumptuous hand-embroidered fabrics, ablaze in brilliant colors, embellished with sparkling gold detailing and fantastic headdresses.
The show of contemporary Fashion was not nearly on par. Even my favorite menswear collection by designer Janet Zheng, which was fun and sculptural, was also a bit too reminiscent of "Comme Des Garcons" of the '80s. What was missing was a strong innovative, creative sense and sensibility. |
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I find myself musing if this is the result of the recent, formerly repressive Maoist regime, where uniforms prevailed and individuality was discouraged. Perhaps this is due to the lack of fine fashion education – No FITs, no Parsons or Academy's of Art!
Since China's factories fabricate and produce much of our wearables, they are already set up to produce their own homegrown. With time China's fashion design will be more inspired, and evolve to recreate in new forms, the magnificence of their culture.
Jill Lynne for NYSD
Jilllynne.com
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| Akiko Fukuda and Jeffrey Denke |
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| Jorge Meneses and Illan Boran |
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| Masa Yamazaki, Gretchen Ong, Gayle Ong, and James J. Chin |
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| Jenny X. Liao |
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| Casey Jones |
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| Ken Leong, Radika Sallick, and Dana Chinly |
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| Jeanie Sun Trinh, Calvin Kerug, and Catherine Chen |
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| Two models Awaiting Fashion show |
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| Fernando Torres-Torita and r Yu Ge |
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| Melody Serafino and Jason Perlroth |
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| Eva Hill |
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| Jeanine Jeo-Hi Kim and Ed Chin |
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| Seth Porges and Jennifer Wright |
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| Contempo Womenswear Ensemble by Designer Ann Yee |
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| Celeste Chang and Andrew Fenf |
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