9,500 Surgeries and Counting: The Lasting Legacy of Vanessa Getty’s PURR Sale

The PURR Sale ended in an afternoon. The thing it funded is still running. That gap—between the brevity of the event and the duration of its impact—is what makes the PURR Sale worth examining closely. Vanessa Getty created the luxury fashion fundraiser in 2008 not as a one-time occasion but as a funding mechanism for…