Event Co-Chairs Nicole Kovacs of West Bloomfield and Mario Scott of Birmingham with

Associate Co-Chairs Susan August and Sharon Eisenshtadt, both of Bloomfield Hills

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRETT MOUNTAIN

Giving is in style at a
Tender-supported fashion
show benefiting ORT.

A ruffle-sleeved blouse by designer Alice Temperley

Miu Miu's gold brocade jacket

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ome of spring's hottest looks came to
The annual event has tripled in size since it
life on the catwalk at the Townsend
began four years ago, with this year's turnout
Hotel in Birmingham during an after-
the largest vet. "It's just started to explode,"
noon of fashionable giving
said co-chair Nicole Kovacs of West
laced with substance and style. More
Bloomfield. "The past two years, it has
than 200 women enjoyed an elegant
been sold out."
brunch and a designer fashion show at
The women's brunch raised more
"Tender at the Townsend," a fund-
than $60,000 for ORT — enough
raiser to benefit Women's American
money to send 110 students to the
ORT.
organization's global network of
At an event like this, "You can be
schools. ORT helps nearly 300,000 stu-
fashionable and really rise to the occa-
dents in 60 countries receive a techni-
sion for a great cause," said Sharon
cal and vocational education.
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Eisenshtadt of Bloomfield Hills, an
"ORT empowers people through
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associate co-chair of the event. Added
education," said Scott. "It doesn't just
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co-chair Mario Scott of Birmingham,
help people for the moment, it helps
"There's such a sense of community
them for a lifetime."
and people coming together for a really
"We have programs right here in our own
good cause."
backyard," added Sandy Sheeter, president of