the Vogue Bvlgari Party

London’s social tribes meet at a charity gala
By Nicola Copping
October 17 2009

Alex Curran, footballer Steven Gerrard’s partner and the focus of a new Vogue feature, had been invited by the luxury fashion magazine, a co-sponsor of the evening. “It was the least we could do,” said editor Alex Shulman of her role as co-host of the eighth leg of the Bulgari-sponsored, 11-city tour that will culminate in an auction in December at Christie’s New York, all proceeds going to Save the Children.

As Curran, in a painterly-print Josh Goot mini-dress and rock’n’roll black suede ankle boots, prepared for the auction, she seemed to pay less attention to the glittering jewels and more to the cavalcade of people-to-know passed before her by her Vogue chaperone.


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