February 9 2015
Haute Dog! A Doggie Runway Fashion Show for a Good Cause
Paws down, the hautest San Francisco event to take place over the rainy weekend was Haute Dog | SF 4, a doggie runway fashion show held Feb. 6 at the San Francisco Design Center to benefit Muttville Senior Dog Rescue. The always-dapper Wilkes Bashford emceed for the fourth consecutive year and walked his equally stylish Dachshund Duchie down the catwalk. Jane Wiedlin and Gina Schock, original members of The Go-Go’s, were special guests and walked Flora, a pitbull mix from Muttville and in need of a home.
The San Francisco Design Center and Luxury Marketing Council of San Francisco teamed up to put on the event, which sells out every year and was well-attended this year despite the rain. A moving video of Muttville, started by Sherri Franklin, a long-time dog advocate who built Muttville from a tiny operation in her own home into a nationally renowned rescue organization that saves the lives of over 500 dogs a year, was shown.
Then it was time for the high-fashion pooches and their chic pet parents to hit the dogwalk. …
