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Hillwood Director Kate Markert and Joan Mulcahy Antonia Gore with Togo and Gail West
Penne Percy Korth Peacock and Andrew Peacock
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HILLWOOD ‘INGENUE TO ICON’ OPENING Flower dress
Jan Roosenburg and Nedenia Rumbough
Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens | PHOTOS BY TONY POWELL
Ellen MacNeille Charles
FASHION TREASURE TROVE: Guests sipped cocktails, wandered about Hillwood’s lush gardens and made sure to visit the dasha to admire the spectacular array of finery on display in the new exhibit “From Ingenue to Icon: 70 Years of Fashion from the Collection of Marjorie Merriweather Post.” Worn by the estate’s late owner, the exquisite garments, shoes, hats and accessories run the gamut from elaborate Edwardian-era ensembles and Jazz Age costumes with rhinestones to the impeccable gowns Mrs. Post wore to high society affairs until her death in 1973. “She loved fine workmanship in everything in her life,” Ellen MacNeille Charles said of her famously extravagant grandmother. “I can’t believe she lived that way, but aren’t we all so lucky she did.” VIEW ALL THE PHOTOS AT WWW WASHINGTONLIFE COM
Screech with Marla Lerner Tannenbaum
Brianna Norwood and Michael Taylor
Tripp and Amy Donnelly with Matt Williams and Greg and Stacey Lubar
Gio Gonzalez and Lea Moures
WASHINGTON NATIONALS DREAM GALA Max Scherzer, Casey Janssen, Bryce Harper and Aaron Barrett
Tanner and Amanda Roark with Don Graham 28
Ted and Annette Lerner
Marriott Marquis | PHOTOS BY TONY POWELL
A DECADE OF DREAMS: In the 10 years since the Nationals arrived in Washington from Montreal they have amassed hundreds of Ws, grabbed two NL Division East titles and added several headline-stealing athletes to their roster. But perhaps even more important is what they are doing off the field through their work with the Dream Foundation, which seeks to improve the lives of children in the region by supporting initiatives focused on academics, the arts, nutrition and sports. This year’s gala, which has netted more than $4.3 million to date, drew a crowd of 775 guests and helped to raise more than $600,000. The Nationals’ entire active roster (including the injured Jayson Werth) and coach Ma Williams attended with their spouses and friends to celebrate the accomplishments both of the Foundation and the team. Marla Lerner Tannenbaum, chairwoman of the Dream Foundation and daughter of owner Ted Lerner, announced a new cornerstone program to renovate baseball fields in the Washington area before a bidding war broke out over a trip to travel with the team to St. Louis on the Nationals charter plane, which ended up selling to two winners for $50,000 each. VIEW ALL THE PHOTOS AT WWW WASHINGTONLIFE COM
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