Clothes
Encounters

Getting ready for Fash Bash
with a preview of what some
best-dressed area Jews are wearing to
the annual
see-and-be-seen event.

Well-known Detroit jewelers Sydell and Douglas Schubot helped found the
Founders Junior Council. "When we joined FJC, it was a very exclusive
group; still is," Doug recalls. "We always wanted to be active in the DIA."
Their 26-year-old son, Brian, is an FJC member, and the elder Schubots cur-
rently sit on the advisory board. This year, the Schubots have donated a 3.63-
carat heart-shaped sapphire ring with two round diamonds to kick off the live
auction at the patron event.
Sydell wears a white linen pantsuit by Israeli designer Gideon Oberson,
accompanied by a red, orange and green chiffon coat. "I picked this because I
thought it looked British," she says. On her shoulder Sydell wears her signa-
ture three bee pins (in blue sapphire, yellow sapphire and ruby) and around
her neck three strands of invisibly-set South Sea pearls (pink, white and
Tahitian black). Douglas is wearing a Hong Kong suit in a dark gray glen
plaid and a lapel pin of a British sports car. "We're from the Motor City, so I
usually wear a car on my lapel," he says.

LYNNE MEREDITH COHN
Special to The Jewish News

hile Detroit may be
known more for cars
than for runways, the
Motor City becomes a
fashion capital every summer as the
city's best-dressed turn out for Fash
Bash. This year's 29th annual Fash
Bash is set for Wednesday, Aug. 5, at
the Fox and State theaters.
Every year, the Founders Junior
Council (FJC), in partnership with
Hudson's, raises money for the Detroit
Institute of Arts (DIA) through this
gala evening of entertainment and
fashion. The event has raised more
than $2 million for acquisitions and
programs at the DIA.
Considering that a bevy of young
Jewish adults sits on the board of the
FJC, Fash Bash usually attracts a
strong Jewish presence in the crowd,
says Michelle Shulman, manager of
public relations for Hudson's.
"What's so neat about Fash Bash is
the crowd it draws from [diverse
areas] — everyone from students who
live in downtown Detroit to [resi-
dents of] Ann Arbor, West Bloom-
field and Grosse Pointe.
"The story is really what people [in
the audience] are wearing to Fash
Bash. Some spend weeks shopping;
some make their own clothes. Every-

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Elise Bratley, co-chair of Fash
Bash's auction committee, first
joined FJC after moving to
Detroit from Toronto three years
ago.
Elise is wearing a Cynthia Ste
slip dress over a smoke-blue slip.
The dress overlay and matching
cardigan are both see-through
black lace. "I like this outfit
because it has simple lines," she
says.

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„. This year's event will be the iOth time Jennt er and Paul Silverman have
attended Fash BaSh. Both on the FJC board, Jennifer is ticket co-chair. Their
involvement with FJC doesn't come as a surprise. "My parents, Gilbert and
Lila Silverman, are avid art col-
lectors, and my mom is a past pres- :
ident of the Founders Society,'
explains Paul. Jennifer likes Fash
Bash because everyone leaves his or
her 9-to-5 stuffiness at the door.
Its a cross-sermon
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origina l , _ a s eegeless
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oor-length dress in mauve silk
and lace with matching camisole-
style cardigan. She carries aii
ant ve, rhinestone cocktail purse,
a gi from her mother-in-law.
Paul is wearing a Calvin Klein
three button poplin suit in stone,
with a Zegna knit top.iT,1)erring-
ole san-
bone green and Ke '
dals.

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