Tonight was buzzing all across North Texas. Besides patron parties taking place for the 2024 Mad Hatter’s Luncheon and Friday’s Genesis Luncheon, the reveal of the 2024 Crystal Charity Ball Fashion Show’s 10 Best Dressed got underway at Neiman Marcus NorthPark sponsored by IBC Bank.
But this year it featured only eight of the BD-ers and the 2024 Hall of Famer. The reason was that third-time BD-er Kim Quinn and newbie Katherine Wyker were out of town and unable to be part of the presentation.
However, that didn’t stop 2024 CCB Chair Cheryl Joyner and 2024 CCB Fashion Show Chair Kim Hext from joining NM VP/soon-to-be grandpa Scott Mitchell in announcing the class of 2024 on the third level of NM NorthPark.
This year’s crop includes Monica Eastin, Tracey Kozmetsky, Meredith Land, Tracy Lange, Anne McPherson, Wendy Messmann, Lisa Rocchio and Sunie Solomon.
The finale of the announcements was the reveal that Lisa Cooley would be the Hall of Famer for the 50th CCB Fashion Show.
As reported earlier, the featured designer will be Oscar de la Renta’s team of Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia. It should be noted that in the past decades of the fundraising fashion extravaganza, Oscar has been featured more than other designers.
Taking place on Thursday, September 12, the fashion show and luncheon will be at the NM flagship in downtown Dallas.
Leading up to the big event will be all types of fashionable invite-only cocktail receptions and a dinner for top sponsors.
As Kim warned guests to start warming up their plans to attend, contracts will not… emphasis on the word “not”… be available until Monday, April 29.
Funds raised through the event will benefit the 2024 CCB beneficiaries (Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, HHM Health, Methodist Health System Foundation, Parkland Health Foundation, The Center for Integrative Counseling and Psychology, Traffick911 and Vogel Alcove).