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Miles of Style at Passion for Fashion Honoree Kay King Co-chair Paula Fyhr BY SETH VAUGHAN. PHOTOGRAPHY KIM COFFMAN. A gaggle of gorgeous gals gathered at the Fady Wortham Theater Armanious Cynthia Center for Passion Petrello for Fashion's annual luncheon, where Paris-based designer Andrew Gn, who was brought to Houston by Tootsies, showed his sumptuous embroidered, furr-ed and embellished Fall 2012 collection. Chairmen Rosemarie Johnson and Melissa Mithoff, along with cochairmen Paula Fyhr and Liz Glanville, raised $200,000 for the Design Society at Houston Community College. The luncheon also celebrated individuals who brighten Houston domains of design, including Kay King, who has helped those in the lifestyle arts and design Lindley fields find their way at HCC for 30 Arnoldy years, and cutting-edge clotheshorse Becca Cason Thrash, who's known for her tireless support of extraordinary causes in imaginative and pioneering ways. Prior to the lunch and fashion show, guests gained fashion insight into Gn through an interview conducted by style scribe Clifford Pugh. In the ocean of originals: HCC chancellor Mary Spangler, honorary chairmen Gabriela Dror and Nidhika Mehta, Tootsies' Mickey Rosmarin and Fady Armanious, model maven Page Parkes-Eveleth, Lunch founder Julia Frankel, king of coifs Ceron, 2011 style honoree Diane Lokey Farb, Rose Cullen, Jana Arnoldy, Sylvia Forsythe, Houston-based designers Elaine Turner and Chloe Dao, Dancie Ware, Soraya McClelland, Bobbie Nau, honoree Becca's happy husband John Thrash, Judith Oudt, Ginger Blanton, Cynthia Petrello, and Sheridan Williams. Toasting 175 Years of Tiffany Chair Rosemarie Johnson Co-chair Liz Glanville Chair Melissa Mithoff Honorary chair Nidhika Mehta Nancy Littlejohn Diane Lokey Farb, Andrew Gn Pam Woodside Cohan Patricia Peckinpaugh Griffith Mickey Rosmarin Greggory Burk Gracie Cavnar Dee Dee Guggenheim John Thrash, Jerri Moore, Ceron Katie Flaherty Alyssa Pasek Michele Neskey T Amy McAnally Audrey Cochran Linsay Radcliffe Honoree Becca Cason Thrash Suzie Ford Walker BY SETH VAUGHAN. PHOTOGRAPHY PHYLLIS HAND. o celebrate American icon Tiffany & Co.'s 175 years in business, PaperCity, along with Tiffany store director Mike McClure, hosted a sparkling soirée. This was more than a birthday bash, however, the evening also launched Tiffany's new Rubedo Metal which debuts in the new Tiffany 1837 Collection in honor of the 175th anniversary. With bites from Cordúa Catering, chilled champagne at the ready and birthday wishes aplenty, it was a night that showed its metal. Admiring baubles: Tarek El-bjeirmi, Meghan Lee, Sue Walden, Janine Jones, Leslie Davies, Ceron, Akash Grover, Maggi Jones, Lisa Ketai, Margaret Lawler, and Ann Massey. Karen Susman, Kara Howes Tarek El-bjeirmi, Meghan Lee, Ceron Maggi Jones Margaret Lawler Nicole Williams Colin Moussa Michelle Yeglic Ann Massey, Akash Grover Jennifer Harris Janine Jones Tiffany & Co. 1837 padlock charm in Rubedo Metal Mike McClure OCTOBER | PAGE 20 | 2012 Ann Miller, Sue Walden Susie Meisehen, Leslie Davies