Ungaro’s Optimism

Esteban Cortazar showed his Spring 2009 collection for Emanuel Ungaro in Paris last week. This was the second collection for the company, which is owned by Asim and Isha Abdullah of San Francisco.

It wasn’t a flashy show of runway theatrics — the clothing was sexy, colorful and very wearable.  One industry observer said that the [...]

Yves Saint Laurent at de Young

Forty-year Retrospective of the Work of Yves Saint Laurent Opens November 1 at the de Young Museum
On November 1, 2008, the de Young opens the exclusive United States presentation of the special exhibition, Yves Saint Laurent.
This exhibit celebrates the life of Yves Saint Laurent and showcases forty years of creativity by the Maison Haute Couture [...]

Giving In Style, Fashion Show

Just a reminder to everyone that tomorrow, Thursday October 2, is the night of the fashion show at The Galleria, sponsored by Saks Fifth Avenue and The Guardsmen: Giving In Style

Selections from some of your favorite menswear designers will be shown: Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, Dries Van Noten, Prada, Armani, among others.
Almost everyone we know [...]

Hell Week’s Best Dressed

After looking through literally thousands of photos that Drew Altizer and his team took at the Symphony and Opera opening parties, SFLuxe has gathered our favorite selections for the week’s best dressed. For the most part, people went beyond basic black, opting instead for interesting proportions, colors and styles. We hope you agree!
First, the Opera:

Pamela [...]

Symphony Gala

Before the Symphony had played its last note, the San Francisco Chronicle was already busy at work, posting photos from the day’s glamorous event (see sfgate.com) Carolyne Zinko wrote that Rita Moreno was in attendance, and noted that “Newlywed Mayor Gavin Newsom arrived without his wife, actress Jennifer Siebel Newsom, who was at work [...]

Lily Samii’s Week

We are told that the following people will be wearing gowns by local designer Lily Samii to the Symphony and Opera galas this week (September 3rd and 5th, 2008.)
Symphony:
Gretchen Kimball of San Francisco, Honorary Chair of the Symphony: Ms. Kimball will be adorning a black duchess satin gown with an exquisite black lace bolero. The [...]

Fall Arrives at Neiman Marcus

Last week Neiman Marcus held a luncheon for some of their most devotedly fashion-forward customers to welcome in the new fall collections. As you can imagine it was a pretty fabulous group. Some of the ladies even took a moment from shopping to have Vasna (from Drew Altizer’s studio) snap their picture. What fun!

Vicki [...]

Saks at the Lake

We know we’ve been remiss in posting photos from last month’s fabulous “Save The Lake” fashion show featuring an appearance by legendary designer Oscar de la Renta. We’re sorry, okay! It’s been, like, Summertime!

Oscar de la Renta with co-chairs Barbara Brown and Tamara Fritz
Anyhow, friends of SFluxe in attendance said it was an absolutely beautiful [...]

Fashion at Pebble Beach

We checked in with vintage clothing dealer Ricky Serbin and found out he recently attended the Lexus Fashion Preview at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in the beautiful Monterey Peninsula! He was there with Vogue’s Sally Singer, host of the event.  We’re so jealous!

Sally Singer and Ricky Serbin
“The fashion show was great, stronger than usual. [...]

SF Hearts Prada

Orkut Buyukkokten’s “I (Heart) Prada” shirt said it all — and he wasn’t the only one. Politicians, tech titans, philanthropists, fashionistas, the newly pregnant, the about-to-be-married, the just-divorced, new money, old money, hardly any money at all… they all crowded into the big, gorgeous new Prada store on Maiden Lane last week to show [...]