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TOOTSIES HOLDS COURT AT RIVER OAKS COUNTRY CLUB ANNE LEE PHILLIPS ON FASHION AS A SPECTATOR SPORT. PHOTOGRAPHY DANIEL ORTIZ, MICHELLE WATSON. MATCH POINT I t's the greatest show on earth — not the circus, but the infinitely chicer annual Tootsies fashion show and luncheon held at River Oaks Country Club during the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship. This highlight of the social season is so popular that it's held two days in a row, with many socials attending both days. The circus was this year's theme, and Tootsies creative director Fady Armanious looked every bit the ringleader on day one in Gucci black-and-white striped pants paired with a red blazer and Christian Louboutin shoes. Models traipsed down the wide white catwalk, which was configured in a cross shape over the ultramarine pool, to the beat of Britney Spears' "Circus." The models first walked in Fall 2015 Dolce & Gabbana, then moved on to Alaïa, Alexander McQueen and Oscar de la Renta for the first act, "Enter the Circus." Weaving in and out of the models were circus performers wielding whips and juggling balls on stilts, in hoop skirts and feathers, along with a ringmaster. Subsequent acts included "Beyond the Pale," featuring pastels from Valentino and Monique Lhuillier; "Color Wave," flashing brights from Roberto Cavalli; "Pattern Play"; "White Now"; and the finale, "Burlesque," with slinky Naeem Khan numbers. After the shows, guests mingled over champagne, moseyed over to the courts to catch John Isner play or socialized by the pool with Planter's Punches. LOVE ALL C hair Amy Hammer, accessorized in Hermès bangles one day and a structured black sunhat the next, oversaw the afternoons of trendsetting. The fair-skinned trio Phoebe Tudor, Allison Thacker, and Martha Finger were seated at the front-row Tenenbaum Jewelers table with Christina Stith on day one, all wearing hats and sunnies and wrapping the ROCC beach-towel party favors over their shoulders for shade. In the well-turned out crowd: Claudine Hartland, Nicole Katz, Hannah McNair, Audrey Cochran, Kristy Bradshaw, Kathleen Jennings, Christine Falgout, and Kimberly Falgout. Also spotted: Cynthia Petrello, Becca Cason Thrash, Tootsies' Mickey Rosmarin, and Tenenbaum's Tony Bradfield and Kevin Black, whose Tenenbaum-labeled 13-foot-tall clock is a tennis tourney fixture, on the terrace overlooking the grand scene. For more party coverage, visit papercitymag.com. SEPTEMBER | PAGE 14 | 2015 Chair Amy Hammer Kevin Black Tony Bradfield Rachel Regan Becca Cason Thrash Ileana Trevino Linda McReynolds Mickey Rosmarin Ellie Francisco Donna Vallone Fady Armanious Greggory Burk Ceron Karol Barnhart Chris Goins Megan Sutton- Reed Gracie Cavnar Neil Bush Performers on the Tootsies runway Maria Bush Elizabeth Stein Susan Sarofim Dancie Ware Courtney Hopson Melissa Mithoff Christine Falgout Mary Patton Kristy Bradshaw Lucinda Loya Jenee Stefanikis Katie Newtown Christina Stith Kimberly Falgout Kathleen Jennings Jo Lynn Falgout Claudine Hartland Nicole Katz Hannah McNair Audrey Cochran Cynthia Petrello Mark Hammer Cyndy Garza Martha Adger Cathy Fitzpatrick Cleary Sheridan Williams