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  • Becca Cason Thrash and Duran Duran Return to Louvre for Charity Gala WWD

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    Becca Cason Thrash and Duran Duran Return to Louvre for Charity Gala

    The Liaisons au Louvre gala raised close to $3 million on its Paris leg, even though some guess canceled due to terrorism fears.

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    By Joelle Diderich on June 21, 2017

    PARIS When Becca Cason Thrash wasorganizing her Liaisons au Louvre fund-raisinggala, she couldnt have predicted it would takeplace on the hottes day of the year.

    As thermometers in Paris shot up to 35 degreesCentigrade, the quick-thinking Texan socialitedecided the day before Tuesdays event to movethe dinner, initially planned under the glasspyramid designed by I.M. Pei, into thebasement housing the museums medievalmoat.

    I jus thought, do I have them be miserable, butgive them the wow factor of the pyramid? Or

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    do I give them comfort? And I opted for comfort, said Cason Thrash, dressed in vintage ChrisianDior Haute Couture by John Galliano, and diamond jewelry from Van Cleef & Arpels and Cartier.

    Becca Cason Thrash Francois Goize

    Her decision was heartily applauded by the guess at what has been dubbed the ultimatebillionaires ball among them Olga Kurylenko, Chrisian Louboutin, Bruno Frisoni, Herv Vander Straeten and the members of Duran Duran, whose performance capped of the gala.

    Not that the female attendees let the weather get in the way of the glamorous gowns and fabulousjewels dress code.

    Anasasia Soare came in a black chifon Valentino gown. Im a fashion victim, so it doesntmatter, she said of the heat. The brow queen is expanding with Sephora in Italy, Poland, Spain andPortugal. Im ready to rock n roll in Europe, she announced.

    Its crazy how hot it is here, exclaimed Gela Nash-Taylor, who accessorized her Gucci gownwith a fan from the Italian label. I like it. I dont have a problem, said her husband John Taylor,sporting a burgundy tuxedo and white trainers.

    It was the second time the Duran Duran bassis and his bandmates have played underneath theLouvre pyramid.

    Funnily enough, we did this about fve or six years ago, the same event for Becca for thisfoundation, and it was incredible because that was the frs time anyone had ever played inside the

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    Louvre a rock band, for sure. So to be invited back to do it again is a real thrill, saidkeyboardis Nick Rhodes.

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    Cason Thrash didnt expect to be back at the museum so soon.

    I thought I had retired four years ago, and I got talked into doing it one more time and its jus somuch work, said the philanthropis, who added an Italian leg to the fourth edition of the Liaisonsau Louvre event, which runs until June 23. Proceeds will be split between the Louvre and VenetianHeritage.

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    $1.1 million, with ticket sales approaching $2 million. To make that kind of money with only 230people is amazing, said Cason Thrash, who got 55 cancellations due to the ongoing threat of terrorattacks in Europe.

    Olga Kurylenko Francois Goize

    The previous night, Van Cleef & Arpels hosed a dinner for the American and International Friendsof the Louvre at the Petit Palais, despite the neighborhood being on lockdown for mos of the dayafter an armed driver rammed into a police van on nearby Avenue des Champs-Elyses.

    Everything went very, very well and they are thrilled to be here and to support French culturalinsitutions, said Nicolas Bos, chief executive ofcer of the Paris-based jeweler. I fnd it reallyimpressive to see these wealthy Americans are willing to give their personal money to fund theacquisitions of the Louvre.

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