Miami, FL – July 23, 2018 – On Monday afternoon, guests gathered at Istituto Marangoni Miami for a conversation with Steven Kolb, president and chief executive officer of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). Hakan Baykam, President of Istituto Marangoni Miami and Eva Hughes, Advisory Board Member of Istituto Marangoni hosted the first US edition of “In Conversation With”. Following the conversation, a select group of friends were invited to join Hakan Baykam, as he hosted a dinner at Casa Tua in honor of Steven Kolb.

Eva Hughes & Steven Kolb

Steven Kolb & Eva Hughes

Steven Kolb & Eva Hughes

Joe Depiro

Steven Kolb, Eva Hughes, & Hakan Baykam

Christian Roth, Erin Newberg, & Eric Domege

Christiano & Flavia Marchesini, & Hakan Baykam

Daniela Flores, Magali Parquet, & Joe Depiro

Steven Kolb & Elysze Held

Valeria McCulloch & Maria Pompei

Ana Alfonzo & Oscar Carvallo

Renata Fonseca & Gabriella Cecconello

Isabel Englebert & Angie Ferrer Domecq

Daniella Kronfle & Agustina Casas Sere-Leguizamon

Natalia Pineros & Eva Hughes

Rene Luis, Lauren Gnazzo, Daniella Kronfle, & Valentina Shah

Giovely Ulloa, Karen Lopez, Pily Montiel, & Stephanie Hill

Erin Newberg, Christian Roth, Gabriella Smith, & Eric Domege

Juan Bautista Herrera, Giovanni Alegre, Massimo Casagrande, Thomas Perini, Christian Konrad, Giulia Camporese, & Pablo Arbelaez

Pablo Arbelaez, Silvia Tcherassi, Solita Cohen, & Mauricio Espinosa

Mauricio Espinosa, Silvia Tcherassi, & Hakan Baykam

Silvia Tcherassi & Pablo Arbelaez

Juan Bautista Herrera & Pablo Arbelaez

Carolina Garcia Jayaram &  Agustina Casas Sere-Leguizamon

Carolina Lanao &  Agustina Casas Sere-Leguizamon

Carolina Lanao & Solita Cohen

Rodner Figueroa, Silvia Tcherassi, & Eva Hughes

Alicia Gerrits, Ernesto Mathies, & Maria Elena Salinas

Alicia Gerrits, Ernesto Mathies, Maria Elena Salinas, Rodner Figueroa, Silvia Tcherassi, Eva Hughes, Carolina Lanao, & Solita Cohen

Alicia Gerrits & Steven Kolb

Ely Schutz & Corina Monteverde

Ivonne Cohen & Silvia Argüello

Hakan Baykam & Silvia Argüello

Giorgio Invernizzi, Valentina & Shail Shah

Gabriela Cecconello, Natacha Lamour-Nahim, & Yesenia Ferrari

Giovanni Alegre, Massimo Casagrande, & Thomas Perini

Massimo Casagrand & Natacha Lamour-Nahim

Natacha Lamour-Nahim & Gabriela Cecconello

Ivonne Cohen & Steven Kolb

Christian Konrad & Giulia Camporese

Giovanni Alegre & Christian Konrad

Fabiola Gasperini, Juan Bautista Herrera, & Mariana Elena Salinas

Giorgio Invernizzi, Steven Kolb, Eva Hughes, & Hakan Baykam

Corina Monteverde, Carolina Garcia Jayaram, Ana Hughes-Freund, & Ely Schutz