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Press - 2006
Hilfiger Helps Raise $2.5M for MS Research
"Disco Fever" was the theme of the event at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza
hotel here Friday night, and some among the estimated 1,400 guests, including
Brooke Shields — who last month gave birth to her second daughter, Grier — and
comedian Byron Allen took the dress code to heart, showing up wearing huge Afro
wigs. Most guests, however, opted for colorful contemporary cocktail attire
rather than retro duds.
Gala founder Nancy Davis and Tommy Hilfiger, the sponsor of the event, greeted
guests, who included Lindsay Lohan, Nicole Richie, Rod Stewart and Lara Flynn
Boyle.
The ballroom was done up in a disco rainbow, with giant rose and disco ball
centerpieces on the round tables, and there were mini disco ball pendants for
everyone.
"The challenge is to do it in a way that hasn't been done before," Davis said of
the benefit. "We try to keep guests entertained and raise awareness for multiple
sclerosis research. Fashion and music are great ways to do that. And who doesn't
like disco?"
As it does each year, the evening kicked off with a celebrity fashion show.
"Dancing With the Stars" runners-up Lisa Rinna and Louis van Amstel opened the
show with an intricate salsa number. Lohan, Richie and actresses Michelle
Trachtenberg, Brooke Burke, Sophia Bush and Samaire Armstrong strutted down the
catwalk in short and sparkly numbers, such as Lohan's white bugle-beaded tunic
and Richie's silver sequin minidress, which Hilfiger designed specially for the
evening. While some items may have had mass appeal, others, like fur-trimmed
bell-bottoms and purple vinyl pants, did not.
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