L.A. Conservancy Gala @ Bullocks Wilshire

On Saturday we were fortunate to attend the L.A. Conservancy's 30th Anniversary Gala at the historic Bullocks Wilshire Department Store (Designed by John and Donald Parkinson, 1929). Bullocks is no longer a store, but luckily, this fabulous building has been re-purposed by SouthWestern Law School and still stands as a wonderful example of art deco architecture and design in our City of Los Angeles.

This was a very fancy-schmany affair! Guests arrived under Bullocks' historic porte cochere and were escorted to the perfume aisle. A silent auction display area was set up here, as well as a bar. On the second floor, location of the lounge and the CoCo Chanel room, were hors d'oeuvres inspired by the original Bullocks Wilshire Tea Room and another bar, in addtion to more silent auction items. Going on at the same time was a vintage Bullocks-era fashion show modeled by live mannequins. Later, dinner was served in the penthouse Tea Room.

The setting was magnificent. Congratulations to the staff of the L.A. Conservancy for attending to every single detail to make this a memorable gala!