Interior Designer Mattie McFadden-Lawson hosted an elegant affair at her historic Hancock Park estate in Los Angeles, California on Tuesday, November 15th in honor of beauty and style authority Mikki Taylor to celebrate the forth coming release of Mikki’s new book, “Commander in Chic: Every Woman’s Guide to Managing Her Style Like a First Lady.”

With her “classic with a twist” sensibility, Michelle Obama oozes chic!  Mikki Taylor has taken Mrs. Obama as her muse, to write the book women who admire them both have been waiting for, “Commander in Chic,” available in stores nationwide on November 29th.

Guests that were spotted at Mikki’s private book signing in Los Angeles included actresses Kimberly Elise, Garcelle Beauvais, Loretta Devine, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Jenifer Lewis, Judy Pace Flood, Julia Pace Mitchell, Kenya Moore, Nadine Ellis, Faune Chambers, and Nzinga Blake; fashion designers Angela Dean, Gelila Puck, and Lloyd Klein; fashion stylists and insiders Tim Snell, Tod Hallman, Eula Smith, Stacey Walker King, Jayneoni Moore, and Tomiko Fraser Hines; artists Phoebe Beasley and Artis Lane; church first ladies Mae Lawrence Blake, Togetta Ulmer, and Solombra Ingram; singers LeToya Luckett and Mary Mary; entertainment industry executives Tracey Edmonds, Salaam Coleman Smith, Debra Langford, Talitha Watkins, Cassandra Butcher, and Everly Lee; fitness guru Jeanette Jenkins; celebrity makeup artist AJ Crimson and “Eyebrow King” Damone Roberts; on-air personalities Tanika Ray, Fonzworth Bentley, Keli Goff, Leslie Sykes, and Dionne Anglin; and a host of others! Check out the pics!

 Photography by Valerie Goodloe