A swank affair! An A-list crowd including celebrities, models, editors and influencers flocked to Casa Cruz New York on Tuesday, November 1, to celebrate skincare guru Dr.
Barbara Sturm’s newly opened NYC spas and boutiques — and a grand time was had by all.Katie Holmes hosted the chic event and was joined by Justin Theroux, Sienna Miller, fashion darling Michael Kors, host of CBS Sunday Morning Alina Cho, Nicky Hilton Rothschild and mega-influencers Arielle Charnas and Tina Leung.Stars, as well as models including Charlotte McKinney, Richie Shazam, Lindsay Wixson and Deon Hinton plus DJ Samantha Ronson and Violet Grey founder Cassandra Grey, sipped champagne and noshed on a family-style lush menu of lentil salad, charred gem lettuce, gnocchi pomodoro, blackened chicken and grilled wagyu steak in a dining room at the newly opened Casa Cruz decorated in dark woods and palm wallpaper.
The private club (which reportedly costs a cool $300K to join) is housed in a five-floor beaux-arts townhouse on Manhattan’s tony Upper East Side.After dinner, guests sauntered into an adjacent lounge where DJ Hugo Heathcote spun tunes that got the group grooving, including the good doctor herself, clad in a fun fuchsia frock by Oscar de la Renta.
Sturm was joined by her statuesque daughter Charly, an ambassador for the brand, who shared her admiration of her mother. “She was going to university, she was a single mom and she created this insane business,” she revealed, noting that the skincare guru was just 23 years old when she launched the brand. “Her entire story has always been such an inspiration for me.”Holmes went a step further in her praise of the skincare guru, noting a vital connection between self-care, self-confidence and owning
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