Escada party for the arts
By Nadine Kam
Nadine Kam photos
Escada Ala Moana store manager Mariese Montano-Smith, in brown, welcomed, from left, Kerry Maese, Candes Gentry and Audra Stevenson.
Escada hosted a party Thursday night to honor patrons of the arts, with 10 percent of sales that evening benefiting the Honolulu Academy of Arts.
There was informal modeling of current styles, and if there wasn’t a model near you, party-goers were perfectly willing to step in to show off the goods.
On my way out the door, I stopped to enlist one of the male models at the door for future HI Luxury photo ops. There’s a dearth of male models here who can wear skinny European brands. Everyone works out too much! Unfortunately, he was just passing through, but if you know any good-looking, tall but compact, manly not boyish guys, a lot of modeling agencies would probably love hearing from them.
Kristen Chan, left, and Annemarie Jones try on a couple of Escada bracelets/armor.
Soon-to-be-wed former Miss Hawaii USA Jennifer Fairbank slips on a pair of Escada shades and purse. She’s with Roycen Dehmer.
Rochelle Ovitt as a manikin. The homegrown model/actress has been crisscrossing the country modeling for Escada. Her next stop is New York. You can also look for her in an upcoming episode of “Nip/Tuck.”
Stylist Crystal Pancipanci, left, in black with Blake Schaeffer, modeling fringed Escada.
Rochelle Ovitt models a goddessy one-shoulder gown.
Karen Vance in pink Escada.
Midweek style editor Yu Shing Ting’s son Koen Makinano really gets around for a one-and-a-half year old. He was just in Vegas for the Miss Universe pageant, and on party night, Kristen Chan and Marissa Gey were teaching him how to blow air kisses and do a flirty wave. He’s a quick study and a natural. Dunno how Yu Shing feels about that! I wished I had my video camera at the time.
