AROUND TOWN WITH MR. BROOKS
Our man Bill spotlights city events
More than 650 fashionably fabulous guests gathered at Holt Renfrew on June 13 to sip, sup, shop and take in an amazing fashion presentation featuring Holts Stampede style. The fifth annual Stampede Fashion Show presented by The CORE and Holt Renfrew supported Calgary Health Trust’s (CHT) Newborn Needs Campaign, an initiative to transform neonatal care in Calgary through research, education and the redevelopment of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Foothills Medical Centre. That 10 per cent of purchases from the private shopping event were directed to the campaign ensured guests shopped heartily.
Local food and beverage pop ups on all three floors, headline entertainer country singer-songwriter Tim Hicks and supermodel Tricia Helfer taking to the runway for the first time in 18 years made for a memorable evening. Styled by Zeina Esmail, the fashion presentation showcased all the must-have items for the discernible shopper.
Among the hundreds of guests in attendance this night were: Calgary Health Trust president and CEO Dr. Chris Eagle; CHT vice-chair and co-chair of the Newborn Needs Campaign, Lesley Conway; CHT chair emeritus Ann McCaig with her daughter Jane McCaig and granddaughter Emma Waller; Advance Your Cause’s Samantha Morahan and Tom Dodd; Press + Post’s Caitie Lawrence; Fairmont Palliser’s Lindsay Gallagher; Michele Boyd and her daughter Madeline Boyd; Style in the City producer Shiva Jahanshah with Lyndee Free; Mode Models’ Kelly Streit; Cathy Whitehead; Byblos Bakery’s Christina Daklala; Environcon director Cindy Yu; Dave and Linda Rutherford; Greg and Shirley Turnbull; Pat and Cynthia Moore; Sharon Martens; Monica Stevens; Hair Boss’ Lena Reitz; Emmy Seville; models Kim Renneberg, Chris White, Kelsea Stang and Jade Davis; newlyweds Aly Velji and Jason Krell; and Holt Renfrew divisional vicepresident and general manager Deb Kerr with colleague, marketing manager Tracy Logan.