Sweet High Fashion for Philanthropy
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The annual fundraiser includes a silent auction, gourmet tasting stations and an awards ceremony, And then there is the famous (infamous?) Des Alpes Chocolate Fashion Show. Dozens of well-known chefs use their culinary creativity to design clothes -- and decorate models -- with chocolate and sugar confections.
We have to take our hats off to the brave models who strut their stuff down that runway -- a little bit of nervous sweating could have meant wardrobe disaster!
Hot -- but not too hot -- looks included a sassy Heidi, with a chocolate skirt and braids, a model in a towering headpiece made of cake, and a very sexy Cleopatra outfit made of sugar.
The outfit of the evening was worn by the Queen of Hearts, from "Alice in Wonderland." Her full-skirted ball gown looked glamorous, regal and delicious. And we have to wonder if the Mad Hatter tried to eat part of it off her back stage -- we would have been tempted!
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Robin, 5-14-2009, 5:22PM
The entire event was delightful.
This outfit (Queen of Hearts) was created by Chef Anthony Reynolds and team. He is the executive chef at the Mandarine Oriental in Washington D.C.
The model is Analeigh Tipton, 2nd runner up from America's Next Top Model Cycle 11. Analeigh (Los Angeles) was a guest model at the event. She came at the invitation of the local CW affiliate WDCW-TV (DC50) who is a sponser of the event.
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