Location: Neiman Marcus

Neiman Marcus ~ Galleria recently hosted LCA Houston’s 5th Annual International Mothers Day Soirée Kickoff Party.  Host/ Founder, Ruchi Mukerjee, along with Stacey Swift, put on an amazing event celebrating what is sure to be a spectacular Soirée. The evening was filled with beautiful honorees representing a diverse range of backgrounds from around the world.

These accomplished women have all established a name for themselves in the Houston community for their community and philanthropic contributions. The evening represented the very height of fashion with the Honorees dressed in shades of pink, a Kickoff tradition, and guests sporting every top designer. Bring out your bangles, bindis and Bhangra, the 2017 5th Annual Soirée, will be a Bollywood-Chic themed event hosted at the Asia Society Texas Center on May 11th with Co-Chair Shawntell McWilliams and Auction Chair Rebecca Brinkley from Akris. The Soiree, like the Texas Center, share a common vision of bringing together Eastern and Western philosophies on a global platform to help make the world a better place.

The 2017 Honorees include Merele Yarborough, Dr. Monira Kundi, Toni Tate, Denise O’Brian, Ishwaria Mohan Subbiah , Shabnam Shaikh , Jill Shull, Carrie Brandsberg Dahl, Brigitte Kalai , Jane Seam , Ping Sun and
Rekha Muddaraj.

Spotted at the kick off: Bashar Kalai, Vipul and Geeta Anand, Howard Tate, Nancy Marcus Golden, Tracy and Harry Faulkner, Ella Markovsky, Rebecca Brinkley, Mario Gudmundsson, Darin Davis, Dr. Monica Patel, Brian McCulloch, Carl Hahn, Sobi Qazi, Colin Gildroy, Stephanie Von Stein.

Photos by Sonya Abid