Bidens rub elbows with activists, lawmakers celebrating Elle’s Women of Impact

The White House Correspondents Association’s (WHCA) dinner weekend culminated Friday night with the Elle Women of Impact event, where lawmakers, models, activists, and members of the Biden family rubbed elbows.

The party, held at the Ciel Social Club (the Penthouse bar area on the top floor of the AC Hotel in Washington, D.C.), was a packed affair with little room to move between roses, Queen Anne’s lace and fresh floral arrangements of ranunculus. was. Artificial cherry blossoms and paper lanterns were hung overhead, and the rally reached its peak.

During the night’s downpour, guests enjoyed cocktails, including French 75, and a liquor called Tanuki’s Treat, a concoction of vodka, amaro and sake.

Partygoers enjoyed hors d’oeuvres such as vegetable spring rolls, pork buns, crab and mango salad, and sriracha cauliflower bites before Elle Executive Editor Sarah Austin took the mic to attend Elle’s 2023 Women of Impact praised 5 people. event.

Among them was Oriaku Njoku, who leads a network of nearly 100 grassroots abortion funds. In November she won the CFDA American Emerging Designer of the Year Award for Elena Velez. Amanda Nguyen, a social entrepreneur and civil rights activist involved in proposing and drafting the Sexual Assault Victims Rights Act, passed Congress. Ashley Biden, the only child of President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. Rep. Mary Sattler Peltra (D-Alaska) is the first woman to represent Alaska in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Also in attendance was the First Lady herself, who wore an all-white suit, a few strands of pearls, and what looked like Valentino Rockstud heels.

Her arrival sparked a frenzy of collectors who swarmed forward with their phones held up to take pictures.

However, the packed atmosphere also led to rising temperatures in the room, with one guest fainting near the bar while others tried to incite themselves with Elle magazine issues spread throughout the space.

The event also featured actress Julia Fox, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-D), fashion model Winnie Harlow and Rep. Rashida Tribe (D-D).