Globe Guilders Fashion Show

Featuring Naeem Khan
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel

The 2013 Globe Guilders Fashion Show, one of the premier fashion events in San Diego, took place on May 21 and once again featured the designs of Naeem Khan, one of the most sought-after fashion designers in the world. Over 600 guests attended the event, which benefitted The Old Globe's artistic, education and community programs. The afternoon included a champagne reception, seated luncheon, silent and live auctions and a fashion show featuring Khan's Fall 2013 couture collection, presented by Neiman Marcus. Fresh from New York’s 2013 Fashion Week, these art-deco inspired creations were admired recently by over one billion viewers around the world on First Lady Michelle Obama live from the White House and Stacey Keibler on the red carpet on Oscar night.

Globe Board Member Elaine Darwin served as Honorary Chair, Liz Helming served as Chair, and the Patron Party for Fashion Show Underwriters was held at the Rancho Santa Fe home of Matthew and Iris Strauss.

   
 
Fashion Designer Naeem Khan. Photo courtesy of Naeem Khan.
  
(from left) Old Globe Artistic Director Barry Edelstein, Globe Guilder President and Board member Linda Van Vark, Fashion Show Co-Chair Marlene Sterling, designer Naeem Khan, Fashion Show Chair Liz Helming, Honorary Chair and Board member Elaine Darwin and Old Globe Managing Director Michael G. Murphy at the 2013 Globe Guilders Fashion Show, featuring fashions by Khan and benefitting The Old Globe, May 21, 2013. Photo by Doug Gates.
Naeem Khan's 2013 Fall Couture Line at the 2013 Globe Guilders Fashion Show, benefitting The Old Globe, May 21, 2013. Photo by Doug Gates.
(from left) Jill Kilty, Globe Guilder and Board member Jo Ann Kilty, Alex Yanez from Neiman Marcus and Evva Fenison at the 2013 Globe Guilders Fashion Show, featuring fashions by Naeem Khan and benefitting The Old Globe, May 21, 2013. Photo by Doug Gates.
(from left) Andrea Valji, Susanna Flaster, Iris Strauss, Karen Cohn, Sheryl White and Joan Jacobs at the 2013 Globe Guilders Fashion Show, featuring fashions by Naeem Khan and benefitting The Old Globe, May 21, 2013. Photo by Doug Gates.
(from left) Globe Guilder Cristull Hasson and Phyllis Parrish at the 2013 Globe Guilders Fashion Show, featuring fashions by Naeem Khan and benefitting The Old Globe, May 21, 2013. Photo by Doug Gates.
Fashion designer Naeem Khan blows out the candles on his birthday cake at the 2013 Globe Guilders Fashion Show, featuring fashions by Khan and benefitting The Old Globe, May 21, 2013. Photo by Doug Gates.
The 2013 Fall Couture Collection by Naeem Khan. The 2013 Globe Guilders Fashion Show, featuring fashions by Naeem Khan and benefitting The Old Globe, was held on May 21. Photo by Dan Lecca.
The 2013 Fall Couture Collection by Naeem Khan. The 2013 Globe Guilders Fashion Show, featuring fashions by Naeem Khan and benefitting The Old Globe, was held on May 21. Photo by Dan Lecca.
The 2013 Fall Couture Collection by Naeem Khan. The 2013 Globe Guilders Fashion Show, featuring fashions by Naeem Khan and benefitting The Old Globe, was held on May 21. Photo by Dan Lecca.
The 2013 Fall Couture Collection by Naeem Khan. The 2013 Globe Guilders Fashion Show, featuring fashions by Naeem Khan and benefitting The Old Globe, was held on May 21. Photo by Dan Lecca.
The 2013 Fall Couture Collection by Naeem Khan. The 2013 Globe Guilders Fashion Show, featuring fashions by Naeem Khan and benefitting The Old Globe, was held on May 21. Photo by Dan Lecca.
The 2013 Fall Couture Collection by Naeem Khan. The 2013 Globe Guilders Fashion Show, featuring fashions by Naeem Khan and benefitting The Old Globe, was held on May 21. Photo by Dan Lecca.


About the Designer

Many of the world’s most stylish women are devotees to one of the biggest names in fashion: Naeem Khan. Committed to adorning elegant women in clothes befitting their refinement, his glittering fan base of starlets and socialites includes Beyonce, Penelope Cruz, Lea Michele, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Florence Welch, Emily Blunt, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, First Lady Michelle Obama and Queen Noor of Jordan, and his designs have graced the silver screen in fashion film classics like Sex and the City and Dreamgirls. His luxurious collection consists of impeccably cut dresses, sophisticated gowns and chic separates – all embroidered by hand. Khan was born in India and grew up surrounded by the beauty of its culture, architecture, history and design. He cultivated his vast knowledge of textiles under the watchful eyes of his grandfather and father, both well known in India for designing intricate clothing worn by the royal families. As a child, he was mesmerized by the handwork produced in their workshops, and always knew he wanted to be part of their intensely visual medium. As a teenager, Khan moved to the United States and apprenticed for Halston, where he absorbed the ethos of modern restraint, and the secrets of draping and cutting fabric to create a clean, elegant, timeless silhouette. Between the equally opulent but aesthetically opposite worlds of his father and Halston, Khan’s style was nurtured and his aesthetic was born. He launched his eponymous collection, Naeem Khan, in 2003 and began selling at Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue. Since then the collection has grown to be sold at more than 100 specialty stores across the world. His runway shows are among the most anticipated events of New York fashion week. In 2008, Naeem Khan was inducted as a member of the prestigious Council of Fashion Designers of America. Naeem debuted a collection for HSN, TIMELESS by Naeem Khan, in October 2009, which sold out within moments of his first appearance on the network. The line is sold exclusively via HSN and consists of cocktail dresses and separates. An extension of the TIMELESS collection, a Tissavel faux fur line including hats, scarves, vests and coats, launched in November 2011.