Article: Hard hats and soft hearts at star charity gala

PASHMINAS were exchanged for chain mail and bubble wrap when a large flock of celebrities including Sarah Ferguson, Claudia Schiffer and Conrad Black descended on the East End for a charity function in world-class curry alley Brick Lane.

The knees-up, which was organised by Kay Saatchi and Hayat Palumbo - the wives of Charles Saatchi and Lord Palumbo respectively - had "industrial chic" as its theme and took place at the Atlantis Gallery, in a warehouse very close to the old Truman's Brewery building.

Obligingly, the jolly old East End welcomed the guests in their posh frocks and smashing titfers - in aid of Tommy's Charity.

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