It being the height of the summer season, the social scene is fairly quiet at the moment as people to and fro from holiday destinations. Rosanna Davison is just back from Las Vegas while Astrid Brennan is off there next week and Avila Lipsett is back from St. Tropez while Cindy Cafolla and co. are there this week. The Galway Races will occupy the masses for the next few days, while the Dublin Horse Show will be hosted in the RDS the following week. Thankfully though there are still a select few parties happening about town.
The top floor of Fallon and Byrne was bedecked in rousing red and teeming with women (stop me before I sound like a Jackie Collins novel) on Thursday night as the Slimfast "Love Your Shape" party was hosted to celebratethe launch of the new curvy Slimfast bottle. Now, I know what you’re thinking: ‘why was Wayne there, he’s hardly a candidate for Slimfast?’, and you’d be right, I’m not.
But in the name of research (and pink champagne) I was ummoned by party planner Gemma Kenny to have a look at some of the latest designs on show from one of Ireland’s premier couturiers Synan O’Mahony. He’ll be one of the judges at the Evian Best Dressed Ladies Day at the aforementioned RDS next week, and having dressed the likes of Jasmine Guinness, Yvonne Keating and Georgina Ahern, he knows what makes a stylish lady.
Channel 6 beauty Jenny Buckley was the emcee for the evening and with everything from stylists, milliners, hair & make up experts, caricaturist and even professional bra fittings (I’ll leave that one to you imagination) the Slimfast guests left with a firm grasp of how to dress their curves and love their shapes.
Details of one of the final social events of the Summer 2007 calendar were announced on Friday evening at the United St. Stephens Green Club, with thelaunch of the Inchydoney Island Ladies Polo Tournament, in aid of the BubbleGum Club. In its eighth year, the glamorous event attracts the top Irish, UK, American and Argentinean players to challenge for the Inchydoney IslandCup in the picturesque setting of Polo Wicklow at Ballyhenry in Co. Wicklow.
Ireland's Siobhan Herbst and Derval Hoey, who have just returned from theUSA where they were representing Ireland and taking on Yale University andRhode Island were there and will be taking part in the tournament this year. Joining them to play will be Nina and Tamara Vestey, two of the top female polo players in the world.
Guests enjoyed a champagne reception in the newly opened courtyard of the private members club, among them Ruth McCarthy from Inchydoney Island Lodge & Spa, Nadine Wai-O'Flynn, Emily O'Donnell, Ann Smurfit, Lisa Fitzpatrick, designer Deborah Veale and TV presenter Sinead Desmond. TV producer Debbie O’Donnell was also there with her boyfriend Johnnie Carroll and was thrilled to announce that they’re expecting their first child soon.
Ladies Day and the Final matches commence at 12 noon on Sunday 19th August with a Champagne Reception to the sounds of The Dublin Hot Club Jazz Band. As the polo takes place, the 250 guests will enjoy a sumptuous summer lunch. I’m not sure if tickets are still available but you can check out http://www.bubblegumclub.ie/.
All funds raised from the event will go to the Bubble Gum Club, which was set up in 1994 to look after children with life threatening illnesses and children in crisis. Since it's inception 12 years ago, the Bubble Gum Club has looked after over 15,000 children. According to these children's consultants, the trips and events organised by the Bubble Gum Club can add months and even years to the children's lives as it gives them something special to look forward to and reminisce about.
