Adair Bruggeman, Ashland Odom, Emma Farahani and Elsebeth Kirby at the Garden Party
Day One featured the sixth annual Bayou Bend Fashion Show, a lunchtime spectacle coordinated by Marzi Petris. The verdant River Oaks estate was a spectacular setting for an al fresco style show with more than 40 looks pulled from Saks Fifth Avenue. Guests enjoyed a seated lunch capped off with refreshing raspberry sorbet and brown-butter-shortbread cookies.
The next day, Bayou Bend welcomed kiddos and their families to the sprawling property for the Children's Party, with pony rides, arts and crafts and a petting zoo.
And the weekend concluded with the Bayou Bend Garden Party, a stunning affair held in the gardens and an adjacent tent. The Events Company decked the whole thing out with arrangements of Japanese saucier magnolias, garden roses, magenta calla lilies and other beautiful blooms. And City Kitchen catered a delicious meal of sweet-corn gazpacho, pan-seared loin of lamb, and more.
Attendees toasted the organization's director Bonnie Campbell, who recently announced her retirement, and danced the night away to the sounds of the David Careers Band.
In all, the weekend brought in nearly a million dollars for the Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens' general operating budget.
Ali Weaver, Anna DeLuca and Laura Lehner at the fashion show
Whitney Radley at the fashion show
August Vega, Christina Bauer, Dino Petris, Adriana Berlanga and Bea Allen at the fashion show
Bailey Dalton-Binion and Nancy Mathe at the fashion show
Veronica Curran and Denise Monteleone at the fashion show
A look from Saks Fifth Avenue
Carmen Jones and Elia Gabbanelli at the fashion show
Dominique Sachse, Lily Schnitzer and Leslie Pitts at the fashion show
Osa and Shatora Uwubanmwen and Michael Angelo at the fashion show
Linda McReynolds, Lynn Wyatt and Mervin Wyatt at the fashion show
Kelli Kickerillo, Chair Martha Long Wade and Amy Purvis at the fashion show
Irma Castor, Verna Ravago, Christina Tran at the fashion show
Janie Zilkha, Margaret Maul-Schwartz and Jordan Gautier at the fashion show
Cathleen Fishel with her kids at the Children's Party
The Rice family at the Children's Party
Elizabeth Pham and her kids at the Children's Party
The Dillard family at the Children's Party
Alex and Betty Crain at the Garden Party
Whitney and Jim Crane at the Garden Party
Decor at the Garden Party
Bonnie Campbell at the Garden Party
Tommy and Terry Smith at the Garden Party
Cynthia Petrello
Keefer and Laura Lehner at the Garden Party
Eric and Claire Anyah at the Garden Party
Jeff and Michelle Foutch with Kent Lucas at the Garden Party
Marty and Kathy Goossen with Laura and Bill Wheless at the Garden Party
Sue and Rusty Burnett at the Garden Party
Sima Ladjevardian at the Garden Party
Nancy and Jim Gordon at the Garden Party
Kenna Ten Have, Kristin Pritchard, Mollie Carpenter and Mollie Landry at the Garden Party
Whitney Laird, Sarah Barrett, Justine Klinke
The event was held at the Briar Club and emceed by Frank Billingsley, who shared his own story of adoption. The keynote speaker, former Cincinnati Bengals player Gaelin Elmore, also spoke about the importance of finding self-love and belonging throughout experiences within the foster-care system. Arms Wide, formerly called Arms Wide Adoption Services, took the opportunity during the luncheon to announce its new brand, which includes the tagline "Preserving and Fulfilling Families" to reflect its dedication to ongoing needs of participants in the foster-care system.
One of the foster moms benefiting from Arms Wide's services, Chiara Phan, shared how her family has found joy in fostering and remains committed to the cause, even during uncertain times.
Those in attendance included notable Houstonians like Chita Craft, Nina Altuve, Kristy Bradshaw, Julie Longoria Chen, Brooke Bentley Gunst, Kate Stukenberg, Leslie Pitts and Lyndsey Zorich.
Alex Ochoa, Daniella Hernandez, Nina Altuve, Jayne Johnston
Stephanie and Scott Sanders
Allie Veselka and Michelle Holcomb
Shayla Meeks, Pinda Romain, Tiffany Nichols
Alyssa Kilpatrick and Allison O'Neill
Audrey White, Fady Armanious, Camille Connelly
Beezie Sayers and Genna Evans
Shannon Kinney, Scott and Jennifer Allison
Chita Craft, Melodie Kentshire, Leslie Pitts, Jill Bomar
Nicole Katz and Margot Athon
Colleen Difonzo-Lewis, Heather Safi, Rae Solberg
Mike Mahlstedt and Kate Stukenberg
DeJuana Jernigan, Gaelin Elmore
Lindley Arnoldy and Maria Johnson
Ina Riley, Kelley Scofield, Marie de Limelette
Kristy Bradshaw and Brooke Bentley Gunst
Sydney Eifler, Peggy Ealand
Joanie McLeod and Eryn Ebaugh
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