Sox wives hit home run for charity

Bertha Lowell stole the show yesterday at "From Fenway to the Runway," the Sox wives' fashion show to benefit the Red Sox Foundation. Mike Lowell's gregarious wife, sporting a purple and black Jones New York print dress, strutted out into the ladies-who-lunch crowd at Natick Collection, and gave the peace sign before making a very "Blue Steel" face, while posing on a pedestal. " 'Zoolander' was totally my inspiration," she admitted, giggling. "I'm not a model. I don't look like a model. You just let it go and have a good time." Also working the runway: emcee Liz Brunner, Tiffany Ortiz, Shonda Schilling, Dawn Timlin, Kelli Pedroia, Jacque Francona, Yuka Okajima, Georgia Nua (wife of Sox masseuse Russell), Ana Delcarmen, and the very pregnant Ashley Papelbon, who nonetheless towered impressively in her stilettos. Girlfriends modeling included Whitney Hayes (Josh Beckett's g.f.), MaryAnne Dunfey (s.o. of Sox doc Larry Ronan), Kelsey Hawkins (attached to Jacoby Ellsbury), and Jon Lester's fiancee, Farrah Johnson. We also spotted Maria Crisp and Ronda Mills at the lunch tables, along with Stacey Lucchino, Susan Fenton, and Debbie DiMasi. And the award for most supportive husband goes to: Mike Timlin, the only player in the crowd.

Boston stylists Serge Safar and Omid Maxey of Salon Safar were behind the scenes at New York's Fashion Week Thursday night, doing hair for Zac Posen's spring collection. (And it turns out Posen travels with an entourage of assistants: one to carry his water, one to carry his phone and BlackBerry, and another who stands at the ready with a towel.) After the hair extensions were runway-ready, Safar and Maxey adjourned to the audience, where they spotted some major players, including: Uma Thurman, Marisa Tomei, Lauren Hutton, Bette Midler, Rachel Zoe, Claire Danes, Diddy and his mom, Bernadette Peters, and Veronica Webb. Also under the tent: Boston's own Gretta Monahan, who'll be making it work with Tim Gunn in the second season of "Tim Gunn's Guide to Style," debuting on Bravo Oct. 2.

Tony-winning director and writer James Lapine is busy rehearsing a new Vineyard Playhouse workshop production, "Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing," with castmates Brad Oscar, Debra Monk, and Larry Bryggman. The group is holed up at a secret location on Martha's Vineyard after spending two weeks rehearsing at Lincoln Center in New York. The play, which tells the story of a middle-age star known as the worst pop singer of her day, features '60s and '70s hits and opens Thursday. Promoters hope it's Broadway-bound. The cast celebrated with a party and singing contest at Outerland Thursday night.

"The Hills" star Lo Bosworth was on her way to Boston yesterday with BU friend Julie Gershenson, revving up for the big party she's throwing tonight at The Estate. But she won't be looking for love on the dance floor, she assured; rumors that she's broken up with boyfriend Christian Wenger are just that. "He called me and said, 'Um, we broke up in In Touch magazine,' " she said, laughing. "It's something we both laugh at." Bosworth, who met her boyfriend while getting her art history degree at UCLA, said she's recently gotten a really rotten reputation on the reality show, accused of making drama between longtime friend Conrad and roommate Audrina Patridge. "I feel like my character has been made into this mean-girl persona," she said. "I went from people thinking I was normal to people hating me. But I do care about Audrina. I'm trying to make it work." Something else that might surprise her fans (or haters): She loves museums. She just took in the Kirchner exhibit at MoMA the other day and loved it, she said. "But I could see people staring at me."

Do you look like Barack Obama, John McCain, or Sarah Palin? Boston casting agent Kevin Fennessy is looking for character actors who need exposure and experience (but not money) to star in some pro-Obama spots that will film next week in Dedham. Amy and Tony Flanagan are the writer and director, respectively. You can give Fennessy a shout at kfcasting@aol.com.

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