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"I had the very good fortune to attend the Women in Need charity gala last night at the Waldorf Astoria, where our own editor in chief, Cindi Leive, was honored for her &amp;quot;commitment to providing homeless women and their families with the opportunity to transform their lives.&amp;quot; It was an inspiring evening--with plenty of chicness to go around! Women in Need is an incredible charity I&amp;#x27;ve written about before--you may remember the highly fabulous designer houses they auctioned off a few months ago--that helps homeless families in New York City find permanent housing and provides vital social services to help them live more independent lives. Last night&amp;#x27;s charity gala raised more than a million dollars for the city&amp;#x27;s six WIN shelters, and honored Cindi Leive and Lord &amp;amp; Taylor&amp;#x27;s Brendan Hoffman for their commitment to the cause. Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;amp;#8217;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! I attended with a fabulous group of Blogging Babes--Aly Walansky, Amber Katz of Beauty Blogging Junkie, Stylelist&amp;#x27;s Dana Oliver, and India Jewel-Jackson from Glam.com. The amazingly multi-talented Karen Robinovitz, the woman behind Purple Lab beauty, invited me over for a quick makeup application before the festivities got underway. I was feeling chic in my Diane Von Furstenberg sequined dress when I arrived, but few swipes of Karen&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;cheek implants&amp;quot; blush later, I found a whole new glow: My fellow blogging babes and I spent the dinner portion of the gala oohing and aahing over Whitney Port, who was seated at the next table--check out her insane glitter cage shoes!--and listening to inspiring stories of women who turned their lives around thanks to Women in Need. But my favorite part of the night was when Iman (wearing a chic yellow dress by Rachel Roy) introduced Cindi and thanked her for all of her good charity work: &amp;quot;She&amp;#x27;s unafraid to use her platform, whether political or Louboutin.&amp;quot; And yes, true to the supermodel&amp;#x27;s observation, our editor in chief wowed the crowd in an Oscar de la Renta dress with some to-die-for animal print Christian Louboutin pumps. Find out more about Women in Need and this very special evening now at women-in-need.org! Get up-to-the-minute action from Glamour&amp;#x27;s favorite fashion events by following us on Twitter! Latest Tweets!Follow us on Twitter!jQuery(&amp;quot;.blog-tweets&amp;quot;).tweet({username:[&amp;quot;glamour_fashion&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;cindi_leive&amp;quot;], count: 3});"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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