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FeedThe 29 Best-Dressed Detroiters of 2008
It’s something retailers and the international couture community have known for years: Detroiters know fashion. Photographs by Joe Vaughn
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Anna Sobiechart
Royal Oak, Latin and ballroom dance instructor
Sobiechart recalls growing up in Europe and going to fashion shows with her mother when she was a little girl. “My mother was always into fashion, so I came into it naturally,” she says. She’s drawn to clothes that are simple, conservative, and sophisticated, so it’s no surprise that her fashion icon is Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. She also says she loves all Italian designers. Sobiechart buys most of her clothes at Dolce Moda in Royal Oak, and her mother still sends her special pieces from Europe. She especially gravitates toward pretty dresses.
Kiko Davis
West Bloomfield Township, real estate agent
Although she says she’s a chameleon when it comes to dressing, Davis, wife of business and entertainment mogul Don Davis, calls her overall look “hopeless romantic,” with individual pieces that are “feminine, sexy, and elegant.” Davis is fond of Dolce & Gabbana, Versace, and Dior. And she confesses a weakness for Marc Jacobs handbags. Saks Fifth Avenue personal shopper Bessie Sneed helps her assemble her look. Davis also shops at Ariada, Anthropologie, Roma Sposa, and Paulina B-H. “I love evening gowns,” she adds. “There’s a tribute gala to my husband in March, and I’m already going nuts trying to decide what to wear.”
Lisa Maas
Royal Oak, public relations executive
As the owner of a PR firm, Maas handles the images of her clients. She says that dressing well conveys a message to them that she is in control of the image she wishes to project about herself. That image, according to Maas, can be anything from a banker to a rock star. “I call my look ‘mod-bod-con’,” she explains. “It is sexy and body-conscious in a modest, tailored way.” Her favorite designer is Azzedine Alaia (“He is the master”). She likes to shop at Barneys in New York, and Linda Dresner in Birmingham. She acquired her style from her mother, who, she says, is still a good dresser. “She had an amazing leopard coat when I was growing up,” she recalls. “I wish I had it now.”
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Reader Comments:
When I received my issue and looked at this feature, I thought perhaps I had my dates mixed up and this was HOUR for April 1st.
With only a few exceptions, this is an excrutiatingly bad dressed group. The author has mistaken "trendy" for elegant.
HOUR always shows the same people in their issues...we need a little more diversity in the photos. Possibly feature people that don't know employees of HOUR enough to get into the magazine.
Do you really think it is appropriate to dedicate an issue to millionaires and how they dress? Since Michigan has one of the worst economies in the nation, was this worth the time and space you allocated to it? I also found it disgusting that one of the woman, who apparently had no profession, was wearing an animal skin/fur. Perhaps you should perform a public service and do a story on how 50 million animals a year are killed, many skinned alive (a practice common in China) so that some Detroit "socialite" can show how well she's dressed. Personally, when I see someone adorning themselves with animal fur, it looks like something out of prehistoric times. Oh, if only we could evolve a little quicker!