The Country Friends’ 57th Annual Art of Fashion takes place on Thursday, September 20, at The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe, in partnership with South Coast Plaza for the eighth consecutive year. This year’s event honors Jean Newman and Connie McNally, longtime members of The Country Friends. Proceeds will benefit The Country Friends’ 2012 selected charities including Burn Institute of San Diego, Center for Community Solutions, Freedom Stations, PCI San Diego, YWCA, and many more. After the luncheon on the lawn, the Art of Fashion Runway Show will highlight fashions from the 2012 fall/winter collections of Brunello Cucinelli, Canali, Max Mara, Emilio Pucci, and Saks Fifth Avenue, to name a few. The event concludes with the “Apres Affaire” wine tasting. Karen Hoehn is event chair; Suzanne Newman is co-chair. Ranch & Coast's editor-at-large Andrea Naversen serves as emcee. (858/756-1192, ext. 4, www.thecountryfriends.org)
Photography by Vincent Knakal, hair by Chelsea Durna and makeup by Flora Wade for Detour Salon, model is Amy Scott of No Ties Management, photographed at a California Andaluvian Spanish estate on 4.07 acres in Rancho Santa Fe listed with Catherine & Jason Barry of Barry Estates
