The Fashion Council, the FIDM Museum's volunteer support group, gathered Sunday evening to raise money–and a few glasses–at a food and wine pairing event featuring Duckhorn wines and Asian fusion cuisine from AnQi by House of An. 

Left to right: Mona Nesseth (FC), Mima Ransom (FC Chair), Jim Fallon (Duckhorn Vineyards), Tsion Chudnovsky (FC), Deborah Veady (FC), Barbara Bundy (FIDM Museum), Kevin Jones (FIDM Museum). Photo courtesy Sandie Ward, aka The Food Stalker, www.thefoodstalker.com.

Duckhorn's Jim Fallon was on hand at the South Coast Plaza restaurant to host the tasting, with Chef de Cuisine Ron Lee preparing dishes including crustacean shaken beef with Chinese broccoli, Dungeness crab wontons with peanut mustard sauce, and An's famous garlic noodles. 

Photo courtesy Sandie Ward, aka The Food Stalker, www.thefoodstalker.com..

The sold-out event raised money to enhance the FIDM Museum's collections of historically important fashion, textiles, and accessories. The museum, a nonprofit 501(c)3 institution, depends on donations; admission to the galleries is always free.

Photo courtesy Sandie Ward, aka The Food Stalker, www.thefoodstalker.com.

For information on how you can join the Fashion Council, please see our website. It's free, fun, and always in fashion!