Hamish Bowles with lovely flower models
Designers Jane Pearman and Gretchen Cuddy show off their foliage creation, worn by Georgia VanNewkirk.
Issues of Flower magazine were a nice keepsake from the event.
Hamish Bowles' latest book—Vogue & The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute: Parties, Exhibitions, People
Model Maeve Cuddy looked fierce with the latest edition of Vogue.
The train of the skirt was intricately woven with flowers.
Missy and Madeline Derse
Robin Grier and Theresa Dockery
Atlee Johnston, Lindsay Reinholt and Jill Mordy
Betty Atkins, Colleen Condon, Emily Dorton, and Connie Dittrich
Judy Bleecker, Laura LaMontagne, and Ellie LaMontagne
Mariana Hay, Maureen Myers, Linda Vinson, and Kathleen Hay
Tracy Blanchard, LeeAnn Harris, and Lisa Craig
Kathleen Rivers, Mitchell Crosby, and Beth Price
Janice Gordon, Marilyn Colen, and Cathey Mahony
Myra Burrus, Susan Payne, and Lillian Quartz
Danielle Rzucidlo
Kim Zorniger and Mary Conroy
Lavinia Howell, Croft Lane, Ann Whitener, and Gwynn McCurdy
Display from the Atlanta Decorative Arts Center
Beautiful table settings and the first course
Missy Sauls and Julie Neal
Gail Peeler and Tater Beak
Alexandra and Lynda Panaretos, Angela Inscoe, Joanne Harth, and Kathy McCarter
Jessica Morse
Jill Almeida, Blanche Brumley, and Lou Hammond
Cator Sparks and Paul Saylors
Marcelle Theis, Kathy Pate, Nancy Guidry, and Becky Schroeder
The fabulous Andrea Serrano
Colleen Kraft and Betsy Saal
Jolanta Crumpler with Heather and Betsy Saal
Vereen Coen, Sarah Donnem, and Mimi Cathcart
Model Georgia VanNewkirk and Andrea Serrano
Designer Jane Pearman, model Georgia VanNewkirk, Charleston magazine art intern Caroline Tan and editorial intern Kristie Landing
Susan Bianucci and Debbie Brown
Peach sweet tea-glazed chicken with toasted benne seeds accompanied by mascarpone grits and haricots verts
The Gibbes Women's Council president, Dolly Lipman, welcomed guests.
The Gibbes Museum executive director Angela Mack said a few words.
The man of the hour, Hamish Bowles
Funny, enlightening, insightful, and of course, wonderfully fashionable, Hamish Bowles gave a speech that event goers would not soon forget.
After the presentation, visitors waited for Bowles to sign copies of his latest book.
Angela Mack, the executive director of the Gibbes Museum of Art
Could they be more fabulous?
