The ICA’s Annual Fundraising Gala was awash with famous faces, and a sprinkling of them were our very own FBC members. I travelled over to EC1 with FBC member and Aquascutum’s head of womenswear design, Michael Herz. His date was head of menswear at Boden; mine was a hat designer-cum-judge for the next Britain’s Next Top Model.
I wore Jasper Garvida’s Relative Velocity dress, and Michael was of course suited in Aquascutum.
Courtney Blackman & Michael Herz
We ran into FBC member and journalist, Navaz Batliwalla, who was covering the event for Grazia. You can read her report by clicking here: Art and fashion collide at the ICA gala
Poppy & Daisy de Villeneuve
We tucked into champagne and canapés, and then were ushered into a massive room where we shared a table with the artistic sisters de Villeneuve. FBC board member Daisy (who’s on the ICA Committee, and was donning a stunning dress by Felder Felder), and her sister Poppy, donated their combined arts for the live auction. £2,000 later and some lucky person will get a diptych of their own portrait, photographed by Poppy, then illustrated by Daisy.
Courtney Blackman Co-Founder & Co-Chairman
