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Chef Mavro boosts Hermes; Escada overflows with beauty
HERMES WAS THE PLACE to be at Ala Moana Center's World Festival Sunday as
George "Chef Mavro"
Mavrothalassitis was there whipping up Black Angus strip loin, onaga and other dishes. He was assisted by pastry chef
Hiromi Okuma and three cooks. Store manager
Yuki Ozawa also had plenty of champagne, wine and cocktails for guests.
Olivier Robert of France demonstrated how Hermes silk scarfs are printed.
Steve Minatra translated and narrated. Hermes special events manager
Jessica Zaganczyk flew in from New York for the party. Later,
Alvin Chung swept in with an entourage that included last year's Miss Hawaii,
Malika Dudley. When they heard current Miss Hawaii
Pilialoha Gaison was modeling gems at
Harry Winston with
Chanel Wise, they dashed over there. Escada was another hot spot, serving fine champagne, pupu and dessert, and displaying beauty and diamond jewelry. Smith Barney's
Audra Stevenson was the first buyer, snapping up a ring, said store manager
Mariese Montano-Smith. Actress
Bai Ling, former Miss Hawaiis
Erika Kauffman, Cathy Foy and
Candes Gentry, and
Cherry
Blossom Queen
Desiree Yamamoto were at Escada. Like Mariese, Fendi manager
Patrick Gey also had wall-to-wall people in his shop, where luxurious furs were modeled.
Bruce Liebert, with wife
Judith Kellogg, joked that it was nice that the crowd in Fendi's was there to mark his birthday, also on Sunday. Dior and Tiffany were hot tickets, as usual. Chanel held a nifty party Friday for the fest ...
'Lost' viewers will be seeing Green tonight
ARISTON GREEN plays one of The Others on "Lost" and in tonight's episode his dad, attorney
Michael Green, appears in a flashback scene. "Lost" actor
Daniel Dae Kim and his wife,
Mia,
were in Waikiki Oct. 27 for the grand opening of Prada's first concept shop. About 250 people looked over the redesigned Kalakaua Avenue store. "Lost" was on location at the UH medical school recently when a make-believe drama turned real. A stuntman was simulating being struck by a bus when a wire cable attached to his body accidentally gashed his forehead. Several doctors and medical students watched as a doc with the film crew treated the cut ...
Ben Wood, who sold the Star-Bulletin in the streets of downtown Honolulu during World War II, writes of people, places and things in our Hawaii. E-mail him at
bwood@starbulletin.com