HollyRod Foundation Rocks

I had the pleasure of attending the 11th Annual Design Care '09 event benefiting the HollyRod Foundation http://www.hollyrod.org/ and HollyRod 4kids. The HollyRod Foundation, created by Holly Robinson-Peete and Rodney Peete, was inspired by Holly's father who suffered from Parkinson's Disease. The incredible evening was held at the estate of Armand Marciano of the famed Guess? empire in Benedict Canyon, near Beverly Hills. My husband knows the family having been commissioned with 19 paintings by brother Georges Marciano for his Wilshire Boulevard corporate office. Mingling was fun with celebs such as Samuel Jackson, Harvey Weinstein, Magic Johnson, Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon, Sugar Ray Leonard, Ciara amongst others. Loved visiting with Natalie Cole who lived (with dad Nat King Cole) next door to my beloved aunt and uncle in the tony neighborhood of Hancock Park in Los Angeles. Enjoyed chatting with Vicki Iovine, ex-wife of Interscope Records founder, Jimmy Iovine. Vicki is an amazing author and a very cool lady. Kobe Bryant made a five minute appearance. Fun to see Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds with his girlfriend, Nicole Pattenburg, who owns a necklace from my Collection. As guest of uber publicist, Christine Peake of Peak PR Group I enjoyed being a part of the event and was pleased to see my donation of the Art Deco Diamante Steel Chain "black boxed" - a guest purchased the item at the full price of $900. and closed it out of the auction. It was awesome to see honorees, Kelly Austing of InStyle and Michael J. Fox speak about their fight and determination to end autism and parkinsons disease. The fashion show featuring formal wear by Marchesa was outstanding. The evening finished with a performance by En Vogue. Truly a night of grand proportion with a group of some of the friendliest folks I have met in Los Angeles.

Summer Breeze Makes Me Feel Fine

Summer is awesome here in Los Angeles. So many events going on. Earlier this month my husband, Bret Rowe www.bretrowe.com and I attended a screening of the documentary, Rock Prophecies www.rockprophecies.com at the famed, round Capital Records building in Hollywood. We were the grateful guest of one of the most experienced publicists in the music industry, Michael Jensen of Jensen Communications in Pasadena. He counts Carlos Santana, Herb Alpert and Crosby, Stills, Nash amongst his clients. The documentary outlined the story of photographer Robert Knight. His photos of Led Zeppelin, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Jimi Hendrix are fantastic. His current mission is to discover "new talent" and I love that. Be sure to see the film when it hits the theatres this fall.

The Top of Sunset Strip

Fashion Group International held another outstanding event at the Sunset Marqui Hotel off the Strip. Really great event celebrating the launch of their online Style Report. Met the well-known California fashion designer Louis Verdad who is very interested in viewing my Collection. Maybe a possible collaboration?

Rethink Pink

Was browsing the web and came across this article about PINK -- the color, not Victoria Secret's youth brand. Check it out at:

http://www.freep.com/article/20090705/FEATURES01/907050321

Hmmm . . . I have some beauties in all shades of pink in my Heiress Collection just begging for a new home . . . necklace adoptions now available!