After looking through literally thousands of photos that Drew Altizer and his team took at the Symphony and Opera opening parties, SFLuxe has gathered our favorite selections for the week’s best dressed. For the most part, people went beyond basic black, opting instead for interesting proportions, colors and styles. We hope you agree!
First, the Opera:
Pamela Joyner and Deepa Pakianathan
Elizabeth Touw
Elisabeth Laurence
Elizabeth Thieriot with Robert Eves
Amber Marie Bently and Christopher Bently
Olivia Hsu Decker
Sandra Ko
Sonya Molodetskaya with Alan Malouf
Clara Shayevich
Tatiana Sorokko
Sobia Shaikh
Sally Debenham with John Capizzi
Karen Caldwell
Toni Wolfson
And from Symphony Night:
Orkut Buyukkokten with Derek Holbrook
Catherine Marcus with Tom Marcus
Fati Farmanfarmaian
Krista Mitzel Hankinson and Holly Grochmal
Libby Leffler
Kathryn Pellegrini Inglin and Shara Hall
Kelly Grimes and Amanda Sammann
Ayanna Jenkinstoney
Norman Stone and Norah Stone
Chris Rout and Lisa Boohar
Anne Le Ziblatt and Peter Ziblatt
Justin Fichelson and Shaila Freyer
Cameron Phleger
Dr. Manjula Noone and Dr. Patrick Noone
Brandt Hooker with Maria Quiros
Alex Chases with Angelique Griepp and Troy Griepp
Yurie Pascarella
Kathleen Jackson and Chris Jackson
Carolyne Zinko
Mark Jung and Karen Jung
Vera Bland
Martin Lydster and Rosalina Lydster with Faye Ho and Dirk Blum
Damion Matthews and Mireille Schwartz with Amber Marie Bently and Christopher Bently
Stephanie Harmon
Ann Getty and Gordon Getty
Nicole Ancelovici Lenihan and Bill Lenihan
Katya Sorokko and Jason Arnoldy
Bob Perun and Kimberly Ayres
Jennifer Bienaime
Gail Glasser
Kristen Martin
Anette Harris
Katie Jarman
But who was the most stunning, you might ask?
Marissa Mayer, shown here with Robert Fountain before the start of the Symphony, will surely put designer Catherine Martin (wife of director Baz Luhrman) on the map. Absolutely exquisite!