Hip, Hip, Herrera!

THE PARTY A private shopping benefit for women’s empowerment charity Vital Voices, fêting author Gayle Tzemach Lemmon’s novel The Dressmaker of Khair Khana at the Carolina Herrera boutique on Melrose Place. THE PLAYERS Host Patricia Lansing, Rachel Zoe, Jennifer Morris, Rona Gaye Stevenson, Anne Robertson, Tyler Ellis. THE BOTTOM LINE When asked how Vital Voices discovers emerging female political leaders, Jennifer Morris, the nonprofit’s outreach manager, wryly explained that in an organization solely comprised of women, it’s all by word of mouth. Photography by Mike Gardner