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2026 Art of Fashion: Kiki Hayward (event co-chair), Janean Stripe (Country Friends president), Irina Fenison (event co-chair)
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Christina Macone, Laura Chapman, Marina Tsvyk, Sanaz Nozari, Roshanak Mojaver, Sahar Nozari, Irina Shkov
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Emcee Anna Laurel
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Valerie Parker, Gayle Fulbright
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Country Friends President Janean Stripe welcomes guests to The Art of Fashion 2026
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Laurie Kelso, Lauren Walsh
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Maria Delgado, Juliann Ford, Nicole Velasquez
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Kristin Baldi, Carol Kriesmer, Ilene Lamb, Maria Barry
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2026 Art of Fashion Co-Chairs Irina Fenison and Kiki Hayward
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Stephanie Kourie, Pascale Kourie Yorath, Anna Laurel
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Brianna Marks, Barbara Blue
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Sahar Nozari, Sanaz Nozari, Roshanak Mojaver
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Maria Delgado, Margo Schwab, Maggie Bobileff
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Laurie Kelso, Lauren Fields
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Karina Lion, Taylor Miller, Laura Applegate, Marina Smith, Dr. Gianne Brintwood, Cheryl McArthur
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Sandra and Dr. Jeffry Schafer
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Lisa Fisher, Susan Darnall
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Mia Park and Bob Stefanko
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Anna Houssels, Barbara Nappi, Vivian Capozza, Taunja Gilbertson, Irene Bertus
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Johanna Stork, Peggy Korody
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Judy Keys, Denise Hug, Lezlie Reynales, Vivian Capozza
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Taylor Miller and Cheryl McArthur
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Gina Resch, Jennifer Fields, Erika MacMillan, Lauren Frost, Joanne Laverson
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Fashions by Monique Lhuillier at The Art of Fashion 2026
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Fashions by Ferragamo at The Art of Fashion 2026
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Fashions by Ferragamo at The Art of Fashion 2026
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Fashions by Max Mara at The Art of Fashion 2026
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Fashions by Max Mara at The Art of Fashion 2026
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Fashions by Max Mara at The Art of Fashion 2026
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Fashions by Max Mara at The Art of Fashion 2026
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2026 Art of Fashion: Kiki Hayward (event co-chair), Janean Stripe (Country Friends president), Irina Fenison (event co-chair)
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Fashion designs once again dazzled the stage at The Country Friends nonprofit\u2019s annual Art of Fashion runway show and luncheon held Sept. 10 at The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe. The benefit event, held in partnership with South Coast Plaza, showcased fall fashion from luxury retailers and international designers. The event kicked off with a champagne reception on The Inn\u2019s lawn, and also included a three-course luncheon and live auction.<\/p>\n

Event proceeds benefit a variety of local charities supported by The Country Friends, which help women, children, families, military members, people with disabilities and seniors in the community. Visit www.countryfriends.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026 Art of Fashion: Kiki Hayward (event co-chair), Janean Stripe (Country Friends president), Irina Fenison (event co-chair) (Jon…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[6837,6838,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-460869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-rancho-santa-fe-review","tag-rancho-santa-fe-review-news","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}