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San Francisco socialites gathered at the home of Pamela Joyner to check out Dior’s new Summer 2010 collection at the fashion house’s first SF event in years, proving fashion is alive and well in the city. Guests joined Dior president Pamela Baxter, Dior executive vice president Karen Watkins, and first lady Jennifer Siebel Newsom at the luncheon and celebration. As a special treat, Dior also displayed the iconic Bar jacket from their archives in Paris.
Photographs by Drew Altizer

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