PURPLE BLAB

Wednesday night, I attended the Women in Need benefit gala, honoring Cindi Leive, editor-in-chief of Glamour (who was announced by Iman, gorgeous as can be in yellow Rachel Roy), and CEO of Lord & Taylor Brendan Hoffman for their commitment to the charity’s cause.

Jet setted there with a few bloggess friends. From left: Aly Walansky, Tracey Lomrantz of Glamour.com, me, Amber Katz from Beautybloggingjunkie.

Lori Goldstein, mega fashion stylist who has a cute new collection called Logo Instant Chic on QVC was in the house. Love her. Major girl crush!

Love the Marni necklace!

Also on hand was India Jewel Jackson from Glam.com with her fierce new do, which I am obsessed with. Takes a bold woman to pull this off and she manages to in the chicest way possible!

WIN is the largest provider of shelter and support for families in New York City but their facility is much more – they ensure every child is enrolled in school; they support moms on job interviews and help them find new homes; they offer each family their own private studio apartment. And their average family is a woman, 32 years-old, with 2 children.

I am blessed to be on their Development Committee and seeing this event come to life was truly amazing.

This is the scene at the Waldorf Astoria. All those balloons – guests purchased them (from $100 or $1000 each); the more balloons you buy, the more likey you’d win a prize (shopping spree at Saks).

OMG! Wait. Funny story.

In the taxi on the way to the event, as I was taking out my brand new Luvah 3D lip stain and gloss from my bag, Tracey mentioned that she received the PR tip sheet and that – amidst the fabulous designers and fashion set (Francisco Costa, Vera Wang, Simon Doonan, Jonathan Adler) was Whitney Port.

I instantly put the product back in my bag. I had to get it to Whit!

She was sitting near my blogger friends and I spotted her Sergio Rossi’s when I was at their table. These are actually her feet, below.

I shamelessly asked if I could take a pic. And then I – even more shamelessly – gave her my product, which she seemed really into. Add her to the celeb list now!

She was sitting next to my friend Beth Thomas Cohen, mega PR honcho.

“Was that bad,” I asked Beth, certain that my actions were a little questionable.

“You’re asking the wrong person,” she said. “I’m in PR!”

For the record: I held myself back from asking if I could take a picture of her using it. Now that would be gauche!

This is them, BTW:

While the glamour was there in spades, Iman spoke and reminded everyone that true glamour is about supporting other women.

And when an 11-year old boy named Taliq, who won the Peter Jenninges Prize for his essay on how he reads to succeed, shared his winning piece and talked about his dreams of being an architect one day, the whole room paused.

The whole point of the event was this moment, realizing we could all help the Taliqs of the world and give them a better chance.

So let’s all do that! Together.

Mwah!

Karen

Purple Lab Creatrix

Tags: Karen Robinovitz, Luvah, Women in Need

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