It was a brilliant move when the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston first partnered three years ago with the Galleria/Simon Property for a spring fashion show luncheon at Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens. Creating an extra fundraising resource by adding an event in the elaborate party tent, put up each year for the beloved Bayou Bend Garden Party, has proved a midday cash cow for the MFAH house museum. The most recent bringing in $380,000.

Just shy of 300 ladies and a sprinkling of gents turned out for the luncheon fête that featured the luxe Loro Piana fall/winter collection. The show, underwritten by the Galleria, was a first for the company, the significance of that brought home by the fact that Aldo Moschini, president of Luxury Goods for Loro Piana, flew in from New York for the event. Tempting the crowd further was the post-lunch Loro Piana pop-up shop that opened on the side of the tent overlooking the Diana Fountain.