XIX Most Fashionable Women in Philadelphia

October 26, 2015, 4:06 pm

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Last Monday night, the Sixth Annual XIX Most Fashionable Women in Philadelphia were honored at the restaurant XIX in the Hyatt at the Bellevue. Created six years ago as the signature event of the Philadelphia Collection, the annual event recognizes extraordinary women who are not only fashionable, but philanthropic.

The women (listed alphabetically):

Alice Bast, President & CEO, National Foundation of Celiac Awareness
Emily Bittenbender, Managing Partner, Bittenbender Construction, LP
Wendy Clark, Lady B, The Voice of Hip Hop
Rosemary Connors, Journalist, NBC 10
Doreen Creede, Creator, Style Maniac, Editor-at-Large, Founder Magazine
Anne Ewers, President & CEO, The Kimmel Center Inc.
Varsovia Fernandez, President & CEO, Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Valerie Gay, Executive Director, Art Sanctuary
Caryn Gubin, Director, Patient Care Services Medical Rehabilitation Centers of PA
Ursula Henwood Keating, Director, Workforce Diversity & Inclusion, Comcast
Stacy Holland, Executive Director, The Lenfest Foundation Doreen Holmgren, Philanthropist
Mary Pat Kessler, Director, Member Relations Business Clubs of America
Karen Knudsen, Director, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Chair Department of Cancer Biology
Tiffany Newmuis, Director, Democratic National Convention
Lori Nicoletti Peruto, General Counsel, Philadelphia Suburban Development Corporation
Nicole Paloux, Owner, Red Balloon Public Relations, Theatre
Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown, Council’s Majority Whip, Committee Chair on the Environment, Vice Chair of the Committee on Education
Cecilia Torres, Owner-Founder, Casa Papel joined
Mary Dougherty, owner of Nicole Miller Philadelphia,
First Lady Lisa Nutter
Janice Waitkus of Lagos

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Rakia Reynolds, Mary Dougherty, owner of Mary K Dougherty & Associates and Nicole Miller Philadelphia, Elizabeth Wellington, Inquirer and First Lady Lisa Nutter.

Jason Lewis, Pandora Woods and her sister, Council Women Blondell Reynolds Brown.

Mary Dougherty, owner of Mary K Dougherty & Associates and Nicole Miller Philadelphia, Karen Bullcholtz, Karen Buchholz, senior vice president of administration for Comcast Corporation, and Linda Swain, co-founder of Swain Destinations. All wearing Nicole Miller.

Mary Pat Kessler and her daughter Patricia Kessler.

2015 Visionary Award winner Ellen Yin, co-founder and co-owner of High Street Hospitality Group with Joan Pileggi, 2012 Visionary Award honoree.

Cathy McVey and Michael McVey, Salon Royale Court

Julia Pacitti, marketing and events coordinator at Mary K. Dougherty and Associates, Cait Warakomski, blogger at howdoyouwearthat, and Anh Mai, blogger at Mai Style Pages.

Tiffany Newmuis, director of diversity and community engagement at PHL DNC 2016 and Ayanna Osborne-Greene, SP&G event planners LLC.

Joan Myers Brown is the founder of The Philadelphia Dance Company, 2014 XIX Visionary Award Winner, with Anne Ewers, president and CEO of Kimmel Center.

Ellen Yin and Mayor Nutter. Ellen received the Visionary Award for her charitable work, contributions to Penn's Landing and to the community with her three restaurants.

Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown takes the stage in recognition of being an XIX honoree and collect a uniquely crafted pendant — generously donated by Steven Lagos — to thank her for key contributions to the city, presented by Janice Waitkus of Lagos.

The 2015 XIX Most Fashionable Women of Philadelphia with Janice Waitkus, Lagos (l) and Mary Dougherty, owner of Nicole Miller Philadelphia (4th from left). Back row: Emily Bittenbender, Managing Partner, Bittenbender Construction, LP; Doreen Creede Creator, Style Maniac, Editor-at-Large, Founder Magazine; Doreen Holmgren, Philanthropist, Flyers Wives Charity; Karen Knudsen, Director, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Chair Department of Cancer Biology; Alice Bast, President & CEO, National Foundation of Celiac Awareness; Ursula Henwood Keating, Director, Workforce Diversity & Inclusion, Comcast; Valerie Gay, Executive Director, Art Sanctuary; Rosemary Connors, NBC10; starting next to Mary Dougherty - Anne Ewers President & CEO, The Kimmel Center Inc. ; Mary Pat Kessler, Director, Member Relations Business Clubs of America; Caryn Gubin, Director, Patient Care Services Medical Rehabilitation Centers of PA; Lori Nicoletti Peruto, General Counsel, Philadelphia Suburban Development Corporation; Nicole Paloux, Owner at Red Balloon Public Relations/ Founder Theatre Confetti; Council women Blondell Reynolds Brown; Wendy Clark Lady B, The Voice of Hip Hop; Stacy Holland, Executive Director, The Lenfest Foundation; Front Row: Tiffany Newmuis, Director, Democratic National Convention; Ellen Yin, Co-Founder and Co-Owner of High Street Hospitality Group; Varsovia Fernandez, President & CEO, Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Cecilia Torres, Owner-Founder, Casa Papel

Celia Torres, owner of Casa Papel, and Doreen Creede, editor-at-large of Founder Magazine, and both 2015 XIX Most Fashionble Women.

Paul Holmgren, Flyers president, and Doreen C. Holmgren, philanthropist, Flyers Wives Charity.

Lady B, the Voice of Hip-hop, Lori Peruto, general counsel, Philadelphia Suburban Development Corporation, Mary Kate Kessler, director of member relations, Business Clubs of America, and Rosemary Connors, journalist NBC10, who recently married and celebrated her birthday this week, are all 2015 XIX Most Fashionable of Philadelphia.

(An asterisk indicates a “Most Fashionable Woman of 2014.”)

HughE Dillon covers parties, events and more for Philadelphia magazine’s The Scene. You can follow him on Twitter at @iPhillyChitChat and visit his daily online social diary PhillyChitChat.com.