When the social calendar is jam packed with holiday dinner parties, and festive soiree's, a new frock keeps the celebration fresh. The object of the game is to be drop-dead gorgeous right? So leave experimentation to the trend-oids and fashion freaks and go for ravishing. Purchasing a gown is akin to buying a diamond. Its a purchase that will last through many years of champagne toasts. Hand-embroidery, silk taffeta and French lace, are some of the lavish materials used to create the Cinderella confections. Below are Haute's favorites from red-carpet veterans like Oscar de la Renta, J. Mendel, Reem Acra, Marchesa and Naeem Khan. Any one of these will turn heads

Matthew Reeve raises funding for groundbreaking spinal cord injury treatment, while honoring the memory of his father, Christopher Reeve

The Del Mar Racetrack went back to its roots this year for its inaugural Bing Crosby Season presentation, an homage to the track's founder. The event, which brought some serious old Hollywood glamour to San Diego, was such a success that the track will reprise the festivities in 2015 for five weeks, from October 29 to November 29. Here's how to live like a high roller when betting on winners like California Chrome, who raced in this year's closing weekend race on November 29th. May the odds ever be in your favor.

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And you though all the Design District was getting was ultra-high end shopping and a hotel! Now they've got the ICA Miami, a sleek new contemporary art museum to call their own.

The elite of the contemporary art world, fashionistas, art lovers, and admirers from all around attended the opening of the highly anticipated, One Way: Peter Marino at the Bass Museum of Art, in Miami. Curated by internationally renowned Jerome Sans, director of contemporary arts institutions and critic, the event was a large success.

Last night a cocktail party was hosted in his honor by Gucci and Spinello Projects, a Miami-based contemporary art program founded in 2005 by Anthony Spinello

It's your first date with someone you deem with potential. You feel nervous, excited and thrilled. You want to impressive them while also making sure they feel comfortable. Take your special someone to one of the following venues for a memorable first date in Dubai.

A star-studded ceremony and host of celebrity A-listers last night marked London's annual British Fashion Awards.

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ART BASEL MIAMI IS COMING UP AND IT IS MY ABSOLUTE favorite time of the year, despite the frequent desire to pull a pop star and check myself into the hospital for exhaustion afterwards. In an effort to maintain my sanity during this whirlwind, I try to narrow my focus to a few fantastic arts organizations who never disappoint at Basel, or the rest of the year.

ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25TH WE CELEBRATED 20 years of “The Blacks’ Gala”. What started as a small fundraising event in my house has now grown to a major gala event with over 750 guests at the Fontainebleau’s