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AZ Insider: Prestigious Event- Standing Room Only
"The AZ Insider" with Kathy Shayna Shocket: Get the inside scoop on Arizona's social scene and celebrity news.
This week: Prestigious Event- Standing Room Only
MASK Shows Students Danger of Texting and Driving
MASK (Mothers' Awareness on School-Age Kids) launched their final drill for the Paradise Valley School District 2009/2010 school year. The topic was the dangers of texting and driving and was held at Pinnacle High School in North Phoenix.
Designer Yotam Solomon
I have been watching Yotam Solomon grow as a designer for years, and his latest spring/summer collection has really impressed me. With the thought of warmer weather, designers tend to lean up their clothes which results in less elegant spring/summer collections. Solomon does no such thing; with perfectly placed pleats and airy panels of sheer fabric, the collection is ravishing. The dresses shown demand a body that is on the fit side. I love how Yotam mixed fabrics like embossed python leather and a black sheer--two very different types of material--and still made them look effortless and sleek. The colors in the collection are not your typical spring palette of sunshine yellow and peony pink. Yotam has chosen...
Sex and the City Parties
For many ladies, the highly anticipated sequel to “Sex and the City” has been building since the closing credits of the HBO series’ booming box office debut in 2008. Finally, after what seems like an eternity, the fab four are back—and trading the Big Apple for the Arabian Desert. On Thursday, May 27, slip into your favorite pair of Manolo Blahniks or Jimmy Choos and tap into your inner Carrie Bradshaw for a larger-than-life evening filled with your best gal pals and rose-colored cosmos. Here is how the Valley plans to spend the movie opening in style.
Dierks Bentley
Last fall, chart-topping country music heartthrob Dierks Bentley joined hundreds of Arizona bikers at Buddy Stubbs Harley-Davidson in North Phoenix for a two-hour ride to benefit Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Bentley, an Arizona native now living in Nashville, Tenn., graciously thanked all those who rode—and those fans who awaited his arrival at Tempe Marketplace—with an afternoon concert that included fellow singers Stoney LaRue and Jimmy Wayne, Tempe’s own Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, and Scottsdale’s Jessi Coulter. This event kick-started Bentley’s first six-city Harley-Davidson motorcycle tour; in previous years, the tour was solely Nashville-based. AFM caught up with Bentley before the ride to see what it was...
