Wanda Hill, Joelle Phillips, Jennifer Puryear
Liza Lentz, Grace Awh, Katherine Awh, Sarah Sperling, Kaye Elam
Brenda Corbin, Courtney Corbin-Simon
Marissa Benchea, Meredith and Taylor Crowley
Always in fashion Nashville’s top female philanthropists shine at Model Behavior
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o celebrate the release of our September issue, Gus Mayer hosted an intimate gathering to celebrate the 10 female philanthropists and nonprofits honored in our Model Behavior fall fashion spread. The private trunk show and cocktail party also served as the launch of Model Behavior Gives, a month-long fundraising and awareness campaign where the featured organizations received 100 percent of the donations made on their honoree’s behalf. As guests entered the Green Hills boutique, they were met with a glass of bubbly and enlarged portraits from the photo shoot. The Model Behavior honorees— Grace Awh, Marissa Benchea, Brenda Corbin, Meredith Crowley, Marjorie Feltus Hawkins, Sue Ann Hemphill, Sandy Madsen, Joelle Phillips, Jennifer Puryear and Sylvia Roberts—looked resplendent in the photos, each of them mirroring different decades in gowns and jewels styled by Milton White of The Fashion Office and with hair and makeup by Studio BBC Salon’s Betsy Briggs Cathcart and her team. “This was dealing with real, beautiful, strong women,” said Sebastian Smith, photographer for the Model Behavior pictorial. “I had the opportunity to shoot with women who are actually creating something beautiful, who are iconic figures in Nashville and have something wonderful to say.” The inspired crowd sipped sparkling rosé and sampled light bites provided by Chef ’s Market. The fall collections of featured designers Karolina Zmarlak and Norisol Ferrari were displayed on models, who posed along the storefront. “The collection is very much based on the Victorian era but with a nod toward ’90s grunge, a sort of darker edge of sophistication,” said Karolina. Laura Carmago of Norisol Ferrari talked about functionality being their focus for the season. “The fall collection is not just about beauty. Beauty is not enough. It’s also about function,” she said. “Thinking about the modern woman and what she needs.” But in true model behavior, the focus of these 10 benevolent ladies never wavered from representing their favorite causes. Model Behavior honors those who stand for helping others and are making a difference in their community, a trend that should always be in fashion.
Sue Ann Hemphill, Marjorie Feltus Hawkins
Sue Lamberth, Sandy Madsen, Tim Tohill, Kelly Lamberth
BY KENDALL MITCHELL GEMMILL PHOTOGRAPHS BY ERIC ENGLAND
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