Cathy Schulman, Oscar winning producer and President of Women in Film, stops by the innovative beauty brand Sakai Clinic 62 at the 2023 DPA Pre-Oscar Gift Suite.
LOS ANGELES, CA (LA ELEMENTS) 4/15/2023 – Once again Oscar weekend turned LA into a hub of celebration, and DPA was there to join in on the festivities with its annual Pre-Oscar Gifting Suite at the iconic Luxe Hotel on Sunset Boulevard. This year’s DPA Pre-Oscar Gifting Suite brought together a wide array of nominees and celebrity talent to celebrate the Oscars. Despite the rain in usually sunny southern California, the festivities were in full swing and did not stop the showcasing of DPA’s amazing participating brands. Some of the amazing talent that visited the Pre-Oscar Gifting Suite on March 10th and 11th included: Adina Porter (Actress American Horror, Paper Girls, True Blood) , Alise Willis (Actress Tyler Perry’s Ruthless), Gilles Marini (Actor Uncoupled, Sex And The City), Justin Marks (Nominee: Writer Top Gun), Kate Hallett ( Nominee: Best Film Women Talking), Julian Howarth (Nominee: Sound Avatar), Colm Bairead (Nominee: Director The Quiet Girl), Anneliese Judge (Actress Sweet Magnolias), and Vanessa Bell Calloway (Actress This Is Us, Coming To America) to name a few.
There was a wide array of brand sponsors at the private DPA Gifting Suite. From fashion and luxury travel, to beauty services and more, VIP guests and some members of the media were treated to a memorable event filled with excitement and yummy bites and beverages in between. The following is an inside look into some of the outstanding gift sponsors at the DPA Pre-Oscar Gift Suite:
“To bring joy through exquisite, luxurious, and unique products, while giving back and making a positive difference,” says Adrina, founder and CEO of Scent Si Bon. Scent Si Bon has previously been featured in other DPA Gifting Suites showcasing the luxurious and innovative take on doing laundry. Laundry is one of those equalizer tasks that everyone’s households including stars have to do. “Exclusive yet inclusive for everybody’s household. Because, what do we do? We always do laundry. People use the dryer sheets in their gym bags and suitcases when they’re traveling to keep their clothes smelling fresh. People even use them in their drawers just to keep their clothes smelling fresh,” says Adrina. Scent Si Bon’s luxurious idea of infusing their laundry products with inspired by fragrances we all know and love like Baccarat Rouge 540 have expanded to include household goods like hand soaps and multipurpose cleaning sprays.
The DPA Japanese offices brought two exclusive brands to the Pre-Oscar Suite this year for guests to experience. For the first time, Magician Facialist Saori Yoshimura and Sakai Clinic 62 were brought stateside for Hollywood to experience. Yoshimura provided “Kogao,” a magical treatment that conditions your face to firm and tighten in an instant. The results after the fifteen minute experience are instantaneous and incredible. Sakai Clinic 62 is one of the first collaborative research clinics in Japan, specializing in regenerative medicine. They are also the only clinic in Japan to collaborate with a team of medical and dental doctors as well. They gifted attendees with JAPAN quality, safe and effective eye drops developed by the only clinic with access to safe bone marrow and stem cells. Some exclusively selected attendees were also gifted $20,000 bone marrow stem cells injections. The suite also gifted beauty products from brands like Ere Perez, Hawaiian Ele Kauai, SkinMedica and Dion Michaels skincare for men.
Fallen Stars is a family run Herkimer diamond jewelry company owned by Vincent D’Aleo and his wife. Vincent D’Aleo hand-wires each of his Herkimer diamond necklaces himself. Fallen Stars gifted VIP guests diamond necklaces. Each necklace is truly one of a kind due to the unique raw beauty of the diamonds, as well as the different hand twisted wire pattern around each of the crystals. These diamonds are exclusively found and mined in Mohawk River Valley, New York.
“We provide at-risk groups the education, character, and skill-building resources in an emotionally, mentally, physically safe and supportive environment that will allow them to grow, thrive and become contributing community members,” says Wolf Connection mission statement. DPA also took a moment to highlight giving back by partnering with Wolf Connection, a wolf rescue and human empowerment organization. Reminding guest giving back is just as fulfilling as receiving. “A Howl that opens your heart, awakens your mind and transforms your life.”
Celebrity guests were also given exclusive travel trips. Allowing them to take dream trips to visit and experience either Le Taha’a by Pearl Resorts in French Polynesia, The Greenhouse in Iceland, or Pimalai Resort and Spa in Thailand.
Some other high luxury brands at the suite this year included: Parisian Petrusse that shared its new collection of super chic scarves and wraps all designed in its Bordeaux Castle, Swiss DeMarquet that launched the newest collection of its clutches, Kenyan brand The Label Saba that makes a wide range of colorful wristlets and traveling bags, Spanish custom jewelry brand Coolook, and Lane1 and Gernie, a new brand of sneakers designed by Amira Dior a 14-year-old Brooklyn native.
Guests were also treated to delicious bites from several catering companies such as Carvery Kitchen, who had a tempting selection of samples for guests to nibble on. For those needing a pick me up and a little bit of warmth from the rain, LA Grind Coffee offered guests a fresh cup of coffee that smelled as good as it tasted.
About Nathalie Dubois and DPA: A veteran in the production of star-studded events, Nathalie Dubois, President and CEO of DPA, has proven herself to be one of the most respected names in the realm of celebrity gift suites. Originally from France, Nathalie Dubois credits her success in part to her world travels and the exotic cultural influences of the products she picks for her unique gift suites. For more information on DPA, please visit their site.
On our cover: Lesley Paterson, Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar Nominee for All Quiet on the Western Front with Luxury Spanish jewelry designs from Coolook Barcelona.
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