Our man in France, the very lovely Xavier Boudon, is at the très chic Gucci Paris Masters showjumping where Australia’s Edwina Alexander(above) is not only competing but is also a Gucci Ambassador.
We’ll be bringing you an interview with Edwina in Paris soon but in the meantime here are some shots from the Style and Competition for AMADE class thanks to Xavier and some video of the fun.
Although this is a pairs jumping competition the main aim is to have fun, entertain the crowd and raise money for the World Association of Children’s Friends (otherwise known as the AMADA Mondiale), a non-profit NGO whose President is HRH Princess Caroline of Hanover. Tonight’s competition raised a total of 180,000 euros for the organisation, which works to promote and protect the rights of the world’s most vulnerable children.
While the jumping competition was won by Ekaterina Ryboloveva and Olivier Philippaerts, the Judging panel of Virginie Couperie-Eiffel, Vincent Pérez and Xavier de Moulins voted Charlotte Casiraghi and Edwina Tops-Alexander (below) the most elegant pair.
Last year’s winners, when they were the disco queens, Charlotte Casiraghi and Edwina Tops-Alexander, this year went for a western theme, with Charlotte making a superb squaw, while Edwina (below) was the classic cow-girl.
There were plenty of celebrities in the competition and even an eventer; Jessica Springsteen (daughter of Bruce and a pretty hot rider) teamed with China’s eventing star Alex Hua Tin. Jessica and Alex were dressed as the angel and the devil for Gucci Kids, and chose the Rolling Stones hit “Sympathy for the Devil” as their backing music.
Julien Courbet – or rather James Bond – heroically rescued Pénélope Leprevost from the clutches of the baddies, before going on to jump the course to the accompaniment of “Skyfall” by Adele.
The AMADE Mondiale 1 team was comprised of Cindy Le Guerinais and Hannah Selleck (yes, Tom’s daughter) or should we say Princess Leia as their chosen theme was, of course, Star Wars.
