Last week, Cindy and I had the pleasure of hosting a fabulous birthday party for our amazing friend and talented guest writer, John David Robbins. Held at our favorite Hell's Kitchen lounge Vlada (as always, thank you a million times to Vlada's manager Michael Osterhout...you are the best host and a valued friend to us all), we had an incredible turnout of friends, family and our favorite Project Runway alums (more on that later).
When John David and I started talking about his birthday, we thought it would be fun to give it a "style" theme...sponsors, gift bags, and all! So we had to all look 
fabulous, right?! Well, we now have to give a huge thank-you first to Buckler for John David's beyond-gorgeous suit (and shirt!), and then also to Single Dress for dressing Cindy and me. Buckler was also kind enough to give all of our guests discounts at their too-cool-for-school, underground store in the Meatpacking District, and we were able to play a video of their Spring '09 fashion show on the monitors at Vlada.
We also need to thank everyone else who helped us send our guests home 
with fun gift bags...Michael Shaw and New York Personal Training (just in time for summer, guys...!), swimwear designer Clemente Talarico, famed Cajun spice-maker Tony Chachere's, and designer sunglass mecca Solstice. Everyone also received a flyer announcing "Were the World Mine" starring actor (and friend of John David's!) Nathaniel David Becker...definitely go buy the DVD in May!
I can't begin to list the over 130 amazing friends, both old and new, that came out to support John David and wish him a happy birthday. There were NYC friends, Genre Magazine friends, LSU friends, "back home" friends from John David's native Louisiana, and Project Runway friends Jack Mackenroth, Leanne Marshall and Suede. Everyone had so much fun that an 
hour after the party was supposed to end, there were still tons of people there definitely not ready to call it a night! I'm a huge believer in celebrating every birthday with the enthusiasm we had when we were 7 years old, and I think the photos from this night show that we did exactly that.
One last very special thank you has to go out to our wonderful photographers Rob Berg and Dillon Couvillon...you definitely managed to capture what a special celebration this was! Now, a big "Happy Birthday" to John David...StyleWhipped wishes you all good things, lots of fun & love, and perfect hair for the next year...!
~ Alison
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