Dior Hosts Mid-Winter Gala in San Francisco

DIOR IN SAN FRANCISCO: The California Palace of the Legion of Honor was the dramatic setting Friday night for the Christian Dior-sponsored Mid-Winter Gala. Kate Bosworth, Kate Mara, Jordana Brewster, Suki Waterhouse and model Anne Vyalitsyna, all in Dior, natch, provided the eye candy while Alexandra Richards played the part of DJ. “This is my big debut party in San Francisco,” Vyalitsyna said. “I just moved to the city and I’m so happy to be here.” Brewster used the opportunity to plug her latest movie, “Furious 7.” “I love the action of this film, and I adore Vin Diesel,” she said. The event, a fund-raiser for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, was founded over a decade ago by honorary cochairs Vanessa and Trevor Traina, Kathryn Lasater and Allison Speer. Pamela Baxter, Ken Fulk, and Jenny and Roman Coppola were among the others nibbling on lobster salad on Dior-engraved plates. Some time after midnight, as Richards played “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” cowritten by dad Richard, guests headed for the exits. It was time to call it a night. “Adored,” was how Fulk summed up the evening.

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France Leads in Cosmetics Exports

PARIS — French cosmetics exports grew 4 percent in 2014, making them the fastest-growing of France’s top-three commodities sold abroad, according to the country’s Fédération des Entreprises de la Beauté. French cosmetics generated a trade surplus of 8.9 billion euros, or $11.8 billion at average exchange for the year, ranking second after aeronautics and leading the food-processing industry, which rose 2.5 percent and declined 8 percent, respectively. FEBEA said that for numerous years France has been the world’s number-one cosmetics seller abroad. In 2013, it boasted 15.9 percent of the export market, eclipsing the U.S. with 10.8 percent and Germany with 10.7 percent. French products represent about one-third of Europe’s cosmetics sold outside of the continent “far in front of Germany,” according to the Federation. French cosmetics exports retailed beyond the European Union made up 51.8 percent of the international business. “In 2014, French cosmetics exports progressed in almost all of the regions of the world,” stated FEBEA. The exports rising the most, by 11.7 percent, were to Asia, which was French cosmetics’ second-largest market after Europe with 16.9 percent of the business. “France remains the first exporting country of cosmetics products to this zone, although the competition there is intense with major operators originating from

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