Six Stand In for Several Million at Fashion Show

Six were honored, but, in a way, so were millions of do-gooders. The Assistance League Mannequins’ “Afternoon With Eve” may have been a fashion show (and Eve recipients couture-clad), but the message really was that voluntarism has keen rewards for everyone.

Receiving crystal apples and taking bows before 600 at the tea/Saks show at the home of Sandra Moss this week, the six Eves spoke. Nancy Livingston: “We accomplish through friendships.” Nancy Payne: “We only go this way once, so why not make the journey worthwhile?” Mary Stuart: “How beautifully you represent your charities.” Arlette Crandall: “Mine is a story of love and affection--husband, family, community.” Frances Franklin: “All of you strive to do the best with your charities.” Judie Argyros (who brought up a busload of friends from Orange County): “I just want to say how grateful we are for recognition in Orange County.”

Then the group sipped ice tea and downed spinach crepes and compliments under shady trees.

FETES: Former Ambassador to Mexico John Gavin and wife Constance Towers Gavin headed “The Ambassadors’ Ball for Afghanistan,” raising $208,000 for the International Medical Corps (headed by Sonia Cole) to rebuild the country’s war-devastated health care system. Honoree Ronald Reagan received the first Humanitarian Award from Dr. Robert R. Simon, corps founder. Contessa Cohn planned the party for 500. . . .

UCLA Chancellor Charles E. Young gave former U.N. Ambassador Lester B. Korn and his wife Carolbeth the Neil H. Jacoby Award from the International Student Center at a black-tie affair, raising $250,000 and attracting 600. The Korns’ friend, French cabaret performer Line Renaud, flew in to sing.

CIRCUIT: Ole Festival Hispano celebrated Cinco de Mayo at the Hyatt Regency, giving El Angel award to TV star Jimmy Smits and corporate awards to J. C. Penney and Pepsi-Cola. Stars of the night: Carmen Zapata, founder of the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts (recipient of the event’s proceeds) and celebrity chairman Edward James Olmos. Hosts: Donald R. Beall, Robert F. Erburu, Daniel D. Villanueva. . . .

French couturier Bernard Perris opened his first West Coast boutique at 425 N. Rodeo Drive to jazz and wine with hostess Lee Minnelli, salon owner Gloria Blackburn and guests Milton Berle, Michelle Phillips, Gerry and Virginia Oppenheimer and Rosemarie Stack. . . .

With stage style from David and Gloria Wolper and Sooky Goldman, PATH’s (People Assisting the Homeless) spring luncheon was a sell-out. Supporters Coretta Scott King, Dexter King, Art Buchwald, Susan Dey, Richard Crenna, Loretta Swit and Rafer Johnson starred to raise $105,000 for a day center, an emergency shelter for men, a transitional housing facility and a permanent residence for formerly homeless clients. . . .

Debbie and Bill Appler, Harry Montgomery and Lud Renick put in high bids and became heroes of the Pasadena Art Alliance “City Lights” party and auction of works by 75 prominent California artists. Alliance chair Sally Hurt, Kaholyn McKissick, Patty Burschinger, Susan Caldwell, Marilyn Roberts and Robert Huntley gave their best for the party at Art Center College of Design.

ON THE TRAIL: Maybe you’ve missed some of the sporting gents of the city. Members of Rancheros Visitadores have been on the trails and ranches of the Santa Ynez Valley this week. Rumor has it that the ride last week through downtown Solvang might be the last. (The riders may circle the town in the future.)

Greased piglet competitions, roping, cattle-cutting clinics, horseshoes, sleeping under starlight, trap shooting and toy cannon shoots have drawn about 600 for camp shenanigans, among them Robert Strub, Tripp Power, Matt Shattuck, John Bowles, Richard Knerr, Tom Laine, Ernest Bryant III.

HONORED: Rosemary Cassidy Berman by St. Anne’s Maternity Home . . . Ronald Reagan by the Muscular Dystrophy Assn. . . . George H. Lewis by Descanso Gardens . . . Anjelica Huston and Martin Starger by the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith . . . Tina Van Dyke, a baby shower given by her mother, June Van Dyke . . . Outgoing Canadian Consul General Joan Winser and her husband, Frank, a farewell reception at the Four Seasons.

KUDOS: To Janie and Joe Messler, black-tie hosts celebrating their blind date 25 years ago. . . Dr. Loren Zachary, recipient of the Knight’s Cross medal from the Republic of Austria . . . Count and Countess Adam and Hanna Tyszkiewicz, chairing the Polonaise Ball . . .

Proud parents Judi and Gordon Davidson (artistic director/producer at the Mark Taper Forum), whose son Adam’s short film, “The Lunch Date,” will be the only American entry at the Cannes Film Festival in the short subject category.

PAST PERFECT: The Music Center’s Fraternity of Friends dining at Bice . . . The Southern California Consortium of the Orton Dyslexia Society hosting its first gala.