Halle Berry, Courteney Cox, Cindy Crawford and Ciara gather for Revlon’s women’s health event
Star power lit up the Chateau Marmont on Tuesday as an A-list of celebrities gathered to celebrate Revlon’s women’s health mission.
Revlon chairman Ronald Perelman welcomed Halle Berry, Jaime King, Rashida Jones and her mom, Peggy Lipton, Courteney Cox, Anjelica Huston, Rachel Zoe, Rachel Roy, Lorraine Bracco, Julianne Hough, Don Johnson (who was later seated between his wife Kelley Phleger and ex-wife Melanie Griffith), Ciara, Jennifer Hudson, Cindy Crawford and Hollywood insiders Brad Grey, Ron Meyer, Brett Ratner and Brian Grazer.
The event’s motto, “Spread the Power of Love,” were in block letters atop rows of red roses lining long tables on garden patio. For the occasion on a day in which temperatures in Los Angeles were soaring, free-standing fans and a white sail protected guests from the blazing sun and heat.
From the podium, the event’s honoree, Dr. Dennis Slamon, recalled his initial meeting with Perelman for which he had brought along his standard slide presentation. (Slamon is director of the Revlon/UCLA Women’s Cancer Research Program at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.)
“Slides? I don’t want to see slides. Just tell me what you did,” said Slamon, repeating the Revlon chairman’s reaction to which he remembered replying, “OK. In short, we took women who had the worst prognosis and made it the best prognosis.”
Next Kara Dolce, a breast cancer survivor, spoke of her diagnosis at age 26 and subsequent successful treatment. As Dolce concluded her story, Huston jumped to her feet, immediately followed by King, thus beginning a standing ovation.
Sitting next to stylist-to-the-stars Jamie Schneider Mizrahi, we couldn’t help but ask for a fashion tip or two about dressing for the heat. Schneider Mizrahi has dressed Katy Perry, Nicole Richie, Riley Keough, Erin and Sara Foster (both also present during the Revlon event) and others.
The stylist said she recommended wearing lightweight dresses in cotton, linen and blends on hot days and staying away from silks or denim.
“Denim can get very heavy, and you can sweat through silks,” she said. “White is good and light prints are good, but black is not good on hot days. I wear dark colors all the time, but generally black attracts the sun.”
Then she added: “It’s so important to wear something you can breathe in. When you wear something super tight and fitted to your body, it will just get stickier and clingier in the heat and feel really awful.”
Ellen Olivier is the founder of Society News LA.
