
The Corcoran Gallery of Art’s public relations director Kristin Guiter and Project Beltway blogger Rachel Cothran. Photograph by Tony Brown

Honoree Aureta Thomollari wore one of the night’s most striking dresses. With Jill Hudson Neal. Photograph by Tony Brown

Real Housewife Stacie Scott Turner, Style Setters Mori Taheripour and Shirley Gordon, and agent Howard Yoon. Photograph by Tony Brown

RSVP Catering kept everyone well-fed. Photograph by Tony Brown

Shirley Gordon, one of the evening’s honorees, on the red carpet. Photograph by Tony Brown

Stylist Sybil Street and her husband celebrating the shoot. Photograph by Tony Brown

Eric Felten traded his jazzman ensemble for pinstripes to mark the occasion. Photograph by Tony Brown

Tala Hadavi and Matt Landsberg Photograph by Tony Brown

Style Setter Cheryl New with Andy New. Photograph by Tony Brown

‘Real Housewives’ stars Jason Turner, Erika Martin Hughes, and friends. Photograph by Tony Brown

Style Setters Naomi and Josh Davis, dressed in coordinating chic. Photograph by Tony Brown

Micro Strategy’s CEO Michael Saylor and Sylvia Gravitt. Photograph by Tony Brown

Dissident Display owner Ayodamola Okunseinde and performance artist Melissa Krodman, who sported one of the evening’s only hats. Photograph by Tony Brown

The galleries were filled with whimsical floral designs by Amaryllis. Photograph by Tony Brown

Heather Freeman Media & Public Relations’ Lindley Thornburg, one of the evening’s honorees, and Ann Hightower. Photograph by Tony Brown

Christian Laboutin sparkling heels from Saks Fifth Avenue in Chevy Chase. Photograph by Tony Brown

Style Setter Mori Taheripour, managing director of Innovative Health Solutions. Photograph by Tony Brown

The W Hotel’s Mariam Karim and Andre Wells, both named Style Setters in previous years. Photograph by Tony Brown

The W Hotel, which hosted the Style Setters shoot for the September issue, poured specialty cocktails for guests. Photograph by Tony Brown

Style Setter Shom Chowdhury and his guests, from left, Sylvia Gravitt, Jennifer Cheadle and Sarah Catanzaro. Photograph by Tony Brown

Style Setter Michael Kahn, artistic director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washingtonian style editor Jill Hudson Neal, and Style Setter and Washington Ballet board member Kay Kendall. Photograph by Tony Brown

Justin Funes, James Packard-Gomez, and Bob Stewart in a jacket that made quite a splash. Photograph by Tony Brown

Adrian Loving and guest. Photograph by Tony Brown

Style Setter Kristin Guiter, center, and friends. Photograph by Tony Brown

Presenting Sponsor Saks Fifth Avenue- Chevy Chase provided the season’s must have fashion looks, which decorated the galleries. Photograph by Tony Brown

Brian Pysanczyn, Shelley Tidmore and Jennifer Cheadle. Photograph by Tony Brown

Saks Fifth Avenue gave all the guests a little something extra on the way out the door. Photograph by Tony Brown