APRIL 2018 4 | 32 24 EDITOR'S NOTE ........................... 05 Foster Hounds and Coffee Grounds NEXT DOORS .............................. 08 The Society of Chairs Gala Is Back COVER STORY ............................ 12 Two Pups to the Rescue CAREY'S CORNER ....................... 20 Transformative Fashion 10 QUEST IONS WITH .................. 24 Patricia Hibbeler KITCHEN DOORS ........................ 28 Where We Ate This Month OFFICE DOORS ........................... 30 Jennifer Jost GIVING IN STYLE ........................ 32 Fashion in the Philanthropy Lane HEAR HERE ................................. 38 Ashley Judd CHARITY SPOTLIGHT ................. 40 Gabriel's Angels BOOKMARKED ............................ 44 Who’s Reading What this Month A 2ND ACT .................................. 46 Alliance of Therapy Dogs OPEN DOORS .............................. 50 Animal Art {april 2018, volume 16, issue 4} TABLE OF CONTENTS THE REBIRTH OF ISRAELI FASHION HOUSE, MASKIT 10 QUESTIONS WITH PATRICIA HIBBELER

APRIL 2018 | 5 “Do you know how to sew?” asked my friend Hannah Romberg. “No,” I replied, going into a monologue about how I picked typing instead of Home Ec as my junior high elective. “Why do you ask?” Turned out Hannah didn’t want me to sew her a skirt. She wanted help sewing a cape for her dog. You see, Hannah is one of those good eggs in life, always there to help a friend — or a stranger — in need. She volunteers, donates and sits on committees, but preserves a special spot in her heart for dogs. She currently fosters two dogs with Valley Fever and, with her husband Scott Goldberg, founded Better Days Rescue ( betterdaysrescue.org ), a Scottsdale nonprofit that rescues, rehabilitates and rehomes dogs in need. One of Hannah’s foster dogs, Valentina, was recently nominated for a Glimmer of Hope award from the Phoenix Animal Care Coalition. “She was honored because she is a fighter,” Hannah said. (Hence, the cape for this “Super Dog.”) When Better Days took Valentina in, she had no use of one of her back legs. She also had an extreme case of Valley Fever, a badly infected eye and was emaciated. “We were told three times by two different vets that she should be put down,” Hannah said. Valentina initially needed 24-hour care, which she received from a medical foster named Sandi Howlett. Valentina was with Sandi for about 8 months, until she moved to Hannah and Scott’s house to continue her rehabilitation. Today, Valentina has doubled her weight and her back leg is completely healed. “We did have to have her eye removed but she doesn’t seem to notice,” Hannah said. But Hannah’s animal affection doesn’t stop there. The owner of Espressions Coffee Roastery in Phoenix, she donates the large, {on the job} EDITOR’S NOTE FOSTER HOUNDS AND COFFEE GROUNDS