Roehm to Introduce Fall Line
Joni Smith, chairman of the Fashion Circle, and Ann Johnson, chairman of the Costume Council (she also is co-executive chairman of the big L.A. Alive! weekend with Joy Fein June 1-3 at the Music Center), are collaborating again.
They’ve persuaded fashion designer Carolyne Roehm to present her fall 1990 collection April 30 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Later that evening they will host a black-tie dinner/dancing soiree at the Bistro to honor Roehm, who’s also president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America.
California must be the place to be. Friday, New York interior designer/author/artist Mark Hampton lectures at the Music Academy of the West luncheon in Santa Barbara at Red Lion Resort. Paige Rense, editor-in-chief, Architectural Digest, is the co-host.
And why would French couturier Emanuel Ungaro become a founder of the Music Center (minimum gift of $50,000)? Because Winnie and Peter Schweitzer (she owns Ungaro boutique on Rodeo) are super Music Center fans and have influenced him. The Schweitzers host a black-tie dinner for Ungaro May 9 in the Music Center’s Grace Ford Salvatori Room.
Also in the social whirl last week, Mary Hart and her husband, Burt Sugarman, entertained and revealed that Wells Fargo Bank will underwrite the L.A. Alive! gala dinner dance they chair June 2.
SAY YES: Former President Ronald Reagan’s appearance wasn’t planned until the morning of the “Just Say No” Los Angeles County first annual “Green Ribbon Dinner” at the Biltmore.
But then word came that he’d said yes and would be there to see wife Nancy receive the Green Ribbon tribute in the Crystal Ballroom. Both of them joined chairman Bob Hope, Charlie Jones and Jim Hill on stage. Said Nancy: “It’s nice to have my roommate here.” In the audience to watch and applaud the cherubic St. Bede youth choir were Beth Polson, Libby and Jim Brown, Jess and Phyllis Marlow.
TRAVELERS: A no-show couple has opened up a spot for two on Marlene Billington’s Music Center Egyptian Sail down the Nile April 24-May 8. Ed and Hannah Carter are among the 106 sojourners who will be entertained at the Cairo Embassy by American Ambassador Frank Wisner. . . .
Jackie McMahan, Eleanor LaVove and Karen Griffiths were in Tokyo last week with the prestigious traveling exhibit of 40 dollhouses from Angels Attic in Santa Monica. The loan pieces include a Bunker Hill House and a Southern mansion.
THE Y: As luncheon chairman Tova Borgnine remarked at the YWCA Leader Luncheon at the Bonaventure, “We’re here to eliminate illiteracy . . . and honor women who have worked so hard to come so far.”
This year’s Athena Award went to volunteer/community activist Dolores Wong, with super volunteers including Keith Kieschnick and Judith Murphy among 1,000 in the room.
Nine Silver Achievements were bestowed: Claire Rothman and Linda Griego, business and industry; Phyllis Tucker Vinson, communications; Jackie Autry and Joanne Hale, creative arts; Ruth Wu, professions; Lois Krieger, public service and Nancy Daly, volunteer community service.
NEWEST & NOVEL: The Southern California Consortium of the Orton Dyslexia Society is hosting its first benefit Saturday at the Los Angeles Hilton. Elliott Gould and Barbara Eden will star in the musical gala to honor Jack Warden with the Einstein Award and dyslexic sculptor Malcolm Alexander with the Rodin Award.
As for novel, Carolyn Bennett tells us that the Los Angeles Library Assn. has a truly novel event--stay home and read a book during National Library Week, but give gala-ciously to the Los Angeles Public Library.
PAST PERFECT: Helen and Raoul (that’s Rod) Dedeaux’s 50th wedding anniversary. . . .
Pat Garver and Bitsy Hotaling’s luncheon with painted Easter eggs for the guests. . . .
Joe Pinola’s welcome to new First Interstate chairman Ed Carson and president Bill Siart at the California Club. . . .
Luncheon at the Bistro with Ceil Moore (in from Dallas) talking about a new director for the Los Angeles Pops Orchestra. . . .
Tributes to Anne Purcell of Carpinteria and Dextra Hopper of Santa Barbara (twin great-granddaughters of the late rancher Lucky Baldwin, who owned the land where Arcadia, Sierra Madre and Monrovia are) at the Santa Anita Auxiliary of Children’s Home Society benefit.
PERFECT, TOO: Noche Espanola was the theme, so International Committee of the Los Angeles Philharmonic saluted Spain and Con. Gen. Eduardo Garrigues and his wife, Pilar, at their ball for the consular corps at the Beverly Wilshire.
Co-chairs Maria Uribe and Marcela Hutson flew in Spanish flamenco artist Elisa to entertain.
New bride Mrs. Ned Reilly (Ruth Le Sage) and Jeanne Bailey co-chaired the Irving Walker Auxiliary of the Travelers Aid Society luncheon at Wilshire Country Club with Alfred Sheinwold giving bridge advice. . . .
President Gretchen Wayne and party chair Sandi Walker took Social Service Auxiliary members to El Paseo Cantina, Olvera Street, for a “Just for Fun” party. . . .
Ed and Joann Kohl of Doheny Estates hosted the Easter egg hunt for Junior Charity League. . . .
Lanie Bernhard and Judy Novak headed UCLA’s Las Donas “friend-raising” affair highlighting the Fowler Museum of Cultural History and director Dr. Christopher Donnan.
KUDOS: National Volunteer Week is coming, and the Junior League of Los Angeles hosts a tea at the Beverly Hilton April 25 to recognize key volunteers.
