Fashion, food, and fun were the flavor of the day at the Saks Key to a Cure fundraising extravaganza in Bal Harbour on October 12, held to benefit women’s cancer research. All three floors of the store buzzed with excitement as guests mingled and dined on fine food prepared by top chefs from some of South Florida’s best restaurants and caterers, including the Blue Door at the Delano Hotel, Tuscan Steak, Nobu, and Joy Wallace Catering, to name a few. Guests listened to music from the Gold Coast Orchestra and sipped cocktails, compliments of Grey Goose vodka.

Philanthropist Irma Braman served as the honorary event chair, while the co-chairs, Kim Wood, Jeff Peck, and Alan Randolph, all pitched in to make the party a huge success.

The paparazzi went wild when hotel heiress Nicky Hilton and world-renowned artist Romero Britto brought their own special flair to the party. Britto created an original painting especially for the Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute at UM/Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center titled “Love Life.” The original is on display and for sale at Britto’s Lincoln Road Gallery in Miami Beach. A duplicate giclee of the painting was produced for the event and was raffled off. A limited edition scarf of “Love Life” was also created and sold at the kick-off party. One hundred percent of the raffle and scarf proceeds support the Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute.

The event raised more than $34,000, and 2 percent of sales from Saks Bal Harbour the following weekend went to support research at UM/Sylvester.