As I watch old episodes of “America’s Next Top Model” (Tyra B.=fierce!), I am reminded about the Carmen Marc Valvo fashion show I attended last Saturday afternoon at the Liberty Hotel. Held to benefit Ovations for the Cure, a non profit organization dedicated to the research, patient outreach, and awareness of ovarian cancer, this event combined high fashion with a great cause in a beautiful setting. I was pumped to cover this event – and even more thrilled that my new events correspondent Jessica “Fast Foodie” was able to join me – go Team Finance Foodie!
Remembering the near starvation experience from the last fashion show I attended, I made a mental note to pack a few snacks for the day. Unfortunately, my mental notes are usually forgotten faster than those one hit wonders from VH1’s "Where areThey Now."
Thankfully, I lucked out because I arrived to a beautiful raw bar, desserts, and of course, the fashion show standard, cocktails!
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Before I had a chance to buy one of Ovation's symbolic butterflies from the “butterfly tree”, I was whisked away by event coordinator / superwoman Tania deLuzuriaga from Colette Phillips Communications for a backstage tour and a chance to watch the models get pretty by the team from David Paul Salons.
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[Ed Note: I just wanted to mention that I was totally rocking my black tights that day.]
The show begins! Here we have Ovations for the Cure’s president Paul Flaherty posing with the lovely presenters: Ovation’s Director Lisa Tocci, three time cancer survivor and woman about town Joyce Kulhawik, WCVB-TV reporter Kelly Tuthill, NECN anchor Beth Shelburne, and Gretta Monahan.
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