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Society-Isabel Toledo, Couture Council Awards
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Ruben Toledo and his lovely
wife Isabel Toledo, recipient of the 2008 Couture Council
Award for Artistry of Fashion.
Photo by: Joyce Brooks/Black Tie Magazine |
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Isabel Toledo
Receives Couture Council Award
for Artistry of
Fashion
The Couture Council of
the Museum at FIT
with
Andre Leon Talley and
Simon Doonan
Presented the Award at
Rainbow Room Luncheon
September 3, 2008
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Isabel Toledo received
The Couture Council of The Museum at
FIT's third annual Artistry of Fashion Award at a
benefit luncheon at New York City's Rainbow Room on
Wednesday,
September 3, 2008.
Andre Leon Talley, American editor-at-large for Vogue,
presented the award and Simon Doonan, creative director
for Barneys New York emceed the event.
Once again, FIT's
glamorous annual gala luncheon, hosted by its founding
Couture Council Chairs Liz Peek, Yaz Hernandez, and Sara
Wolfe, kicked off the fashion week in New York.
Attending the award luncheon were members of the
artistic committee, including Diane Von Furstenberg,
Narciso Rodriguez, James de Givenchy, Lisa Perry,
Patricia Field, Cathy Hardwick, Kim Hastreiter, Pat
Kerr, Charles Kleibacker, as well as Glenda Bailey,
editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar, and Nadja Swarovski.
The Junior Chairmen were Fabiola Beracasa, Tennessee Hamilton,
Alexis Tobin, and Whitney Wolfe. CIT L'Oreal generously
underwrote the luncheon which, for the third consecutive
year, is the first event of Fashion Week. The Gala
which is sold out raised $400,000.
The Artistry of Fashion will precede a major
retrospective of Ms. Toledo's work at The Museum of
FIT, entitled Holy Toledo! Isabel Toledo and the
Art of Fashion, opening
June 19, 2009 through September 26, 2009.
The Couture Council is a membership group of fashion
enthusiasts that helps support the exhibitions and
programs of
The Museum at FIT.
For information on the Couture Council,
please call 212 217 4532
or send an e-mail to:
Couturecouncil@fitnyc.edu
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