The IMAGE Photo Booth: The Veuve Clicquot Robert Skene Trophy Finals Polo Match
By Adam Tschorn
The thrills at last Sunday’s Veuve Clicquot Robert Skene Trophy Finals at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club, were hardly confined to the field of play, with the well-heeled and behatted bystanders taking the opportunity to strut their stuff, toss back some uncommon bubbly (including a rare vintage Veuve Clicquot 1988) and engage in some spirited divot stomping between chukkers. The first match may have ended in a 9-8 victory for Team Lucchese, but the day was clearly an all-around win for Santa Barbaras stylish set.
Here, Wesley Ru, president of the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club, and wife Clarisa. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Santa Barbara polo fans have horse and fashion sense. (Adam Tschorn)
Diana Pugh, from Santa Barbara, sported a J.Crew dress. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
John Muse, polo player and patron of the Lucchese team, takes a celebratory drink. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Iguazu, a polo horse for the Grants Farm team, is held by Armando Tadeo. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Anne Walraven showed off her yellow-feathered hat from San Francisco’s Hats on Post. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Marsha St. Clair, from Montecito, was wearing Escada. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Paul Souza and his daughter Sky, 5, from Carpinteria, are regular attendees of polo matches. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Cork Millner, a novelist in Santa Barbara, wore Armani and showed off a Balthazar (12 liters) of Veuve Clicquot. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Michael Harrison Azzaro,9, poses in the chair used by his dad, Mike Azzaro, who is on the Lucchese team and considered one of America’s top players. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Margarita Lande, who lives in a condo at the polo field, is a former first lady of the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Kristo Torgersen, from Ventura, was joined by Julie Armour, left, from Montecito, and Meridith Thompson, right, from Ventura. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Alexa Laur, vacationing in Santa Barbara from Tulsa, Okla., put on her Polo. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
James Hollingsworth, from Santa Barbara, is getting his white-wearing in before Labor Day. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Kirsten, left, and Kaitland Ely, from Santa Barbara, rock it. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Aileen Wrench, from Santa Barbara, says she tries to make it out to polo every weekend; she wore a Maggy London dress. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Richard Miller, from Santa Barbara, has been a regular at the polo matches for the last two years. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Martine, left and Ryan Crosby, from Los Angeles, went for a casual look, wearing a Mossimo dress from Target and Levi’s with Vans, respectively. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Paige O’Brien, from Santa Barbara, was at her first polo match, and wore a Fickle dress and Scala hat. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Ric Housepian, from Santa Barbara, wears an official Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club shirt and Hermes ascot. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
JoAnn Mermis, from Montecito, was in black and white. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
Austen Laur and his daughter Charlotte, were vacationing in Santa Barbara from Tulsa, Okla. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
