Claire Borel
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Leann Boyd
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Joy Venturini Bianchi
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Marybeth LaMotte & Barbara Brown
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Natalie Crane
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Isis Hockenos & Mike Pickoff
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Kheyen Do
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Tiffany Groh-Cummins & Adam Simonoff
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James Avila & Claire Borel
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Photo Credit: Drew Altizer

On Friday, March 6, Claire Borel hosted a cocktail party at SoMa’s Terra Gallery to launch her new San Francisco-based handbag line called House of Borel. The collection of evening bags crafted from exotic skins such as ostrich, anaconda, and crocodile has rose gold and palladium hardware and each design includes a bright interior lining for style and functionality (no more lost earrings and keys hidden in the black interior abyss of a purse). Guests who turned out to see the new accessories and greet Borel included Joy Venturini Bianchi, Natalie Crane, Gelareh Alam, Hooman Khalili, Kimberly Bakker, Eric Petsinger, Diana Pecci, Hannah Rose, Charleston Pierce, and Therese Post.