Summer of Hope

Bita Daryabari requests help for Relief International’s efforts in disaster relief in Iran after the August 11 earthquake.

Take a glimpse at a day in the life of Sobia Shaikh as she sources fabrics in Pakistan for her new ISLY handbag collection.

Ann Getty: Interior Style, the gorgeous new book by Diane Dorrans Saeks, is the must-have book of the fall.

Author Camille Paglia will be speaking about her new book, Glittering Images, in the San Francisco Bay Area on October 24, 2012.

The Diana Vreeland Legacy Collection launches this fall at Swarovski. Here’s a preview!

Lexus recently held the world premiere of its 2013 LS model line in San Francisco with celebrities such as Kristen Wiig, Jason Schwartzman and Simon Doonan.

Find some truly wonderful treasures at Cavalier, the new boutique at 1035 Post Street in San Francisco, created by Jay Jeffers and Michael Purdy.

Nextdoor is the new social networking site that all your neighbors will be talking about. In San Francisco, they already are.

Take a quick “peep” at “A Peep At P-Town,” courtesy of Mr. Ken Fulk’s Peep Show gallery in San Francisco.

Dress for Success San Francisco supporters recently gathered to celebrate the 7th Annual “Success: You Wear it Well” Fashion Celebration Gala at the iconic Sir Francis Drake.

A limited number of readers of SFLuxe.com are invited to an exhibit of new photography by Ellen von Unwerth in San Francisco on July 30, 2012, at the the Lexus Laws of Attraction exhibition, under creative direction by Simon Doonan and Jonathan Adler.

Author Daniel Handler brings down the house at Philanthropist Robert Mailer Anderson’s celebration for Friends of the Library.

At the gala opening of the Asian Art Museum’s Phantoms of Asia exhibit, chairs Komal Shah and Eliza Cash welcomed museum board members, major donors, civic, corporate and social leaders, artists featured in the exhibition, and art enthusiasts from around the world to one of the season’s most important events.

Intimate Evening with Longtime Friends Highlights San Francisco Suicide Prevention’s 50th Anniversary Gala

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art transformed into a multivenue art party this season for its premier fundraising gala, the Modern Ball.

Philanthropist Boutique in San Francisco recently hosted an event for Teach for America, with part of the evening’s sales proceeds going to the organization, which aims to eliminate educational inequity.

Elisabeth Laurence, creator of the “Lives of Style” television show, celebrated San Francisco’s most stylish men and women at a luncheon hosted by Dr. Alan Malouf.

For its 35th anniversary the San Francisco Decorator Showcase returned to the Classic Revival mansion on 2020 Jackson Street, which had also been the home of the 1991 showcase. The honey-colored brick structure, designed in 1902 by German-born architect Julius E. Krafft, is being offered for $17.5 million (as of June 2012.) Adeeni Design Group’s Claudia Juestel gives us a tour.

David Carrillo and Lisa Sardegna recently hosted a small reception at their charming Pacific Heights home for supporters of amfAR, the Foundation for Aids Research, to learn a bit about what amfAR and its scientists have been working on recently.

Bloomingdale’s San Francisco recently showcased its new menswear collections at a lively cocktail party held in support of REAF, the Richmond Ermet Aids Foundation.