Balvenie led a Scotch tasting on the third floor.
Photo: Eyecontact Photography
Some 50 guests gathered at a private home in Forest Hill for one of the largest of the Grand Cru dinner parties. Inspired by Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette, the event took place in an elegant tent that took six days to build out. A plexiglass floor covered an existing swimming pool, while chandeliers and decorative lamps added a warm glow to the gold-and-white space.
Photo: Courtesy of Toronto General & Western Hospital Foundation
The 25th and final Fashion Cares took place Sunday at the Sony Centre. After a cocktail hour and fashion retrospective with models wearing looks from past fundraisers, around 3,100 guests saw performances by Elton John and almost 20 other acts.
Photo: Tom Sandler
The A.G.O.'s Walker Court popped with colour for the Picasso Gala. Prints of Picasso's "Portrait de Dora Maar" hung under the archways for the post-reception, but during the cocktail hour, live nudes posed for sketching artists in each alcove.
Photo: Christina Gaspic
Overhead lights lit hanging chandeliers and created gold reflections in the foyer.
Photo: Trevor Haldenby
