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SAKS FIFTH AVENUE & League to Save the Lake KEEPING TAHOE BLUE FOR 50 YEARS By Saks Fifth Avenue | Photos by Drew Altizer Photography
On Saturday, August 3, Saks Fifth Avenue and the League to Save Lake Tahoe welcomed 620 people to Lake Tahoe to celebrate their 50th anniversary with a luncheon and fashion show featuring Oscar de la Renta. The event raised a record-breaking $1.1 million. Over the last 50 years, the partnership between Saks Fifth Avenue and the League to Save Lake Tahoe has raised nearly $20 million to keep Tahoe blue. Oscar de la Renta Co-Creative Directors Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia introduced the Pre-Spring 2020 collection with CEO Alex Bolen and his wife Eliza Bolen, Executive Vice President for the brand. The show included 59 looks featuring military influences, unique patchwork techniques, shocking pink and ocher yellow pleated jersey and crinkle chiffon dresses, and classic Oscar silhouettes with embroidery. Fernando noted, “Laura and I were initially inspired by the Meiji period in Japan during the 19th century when Japan really began to interact with the West. From here we added botanical and light military references for an overall collection that is quite eclectic and very Oscar.” Notable attendees included Fashion Show Chairs Barbara Brown, J. Riccardo Benavides, Jessica Hickingbotham, and Krista Giovara; in addition to San Francisco social scene regulars Dr. Carolyn Chang, Mary Beth & David Shimmon, Farah Makras, Carol Jeske and Linda Coates plus Jeffrey Alan Marks. The elegant luncheon hosted by AT&T was held at the Schumacher Family estate on a beautiful stretch of Lake Tahoe shoreline. The day began with a cocktail reception hosted by Oliver Luxury Real Estate, a live auction presented by Robbie Gordy of Christie’s during the luncheon, and ended with a backstage shopping opportunity, which was the most successful Oscar de la Renta backstage trunk
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BLISS LIFE | Fall 2019