| TOP 100 EVENTS 06.22.09 11:30 AM |
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Washington's Top Fashion & Beauty Events 2009
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1. Fashion Fights Poverty Runway Show
This runway presentation, which raises money for a different charity each year, moved to the St. Regis Hotel in 2008 and shrank to a more exclusive 250-person event. Actress Parker Posey and Fox 5 news anchor Will Thomas hosted the show, which returns for a fifth year this fall.
2. Nordstrom’s Designer Fall Preview
In 2008, 500 guests caught Nordstrom’s latest fashions and raised $60,000 for nonprofit Knock Out Abuse Against Women at this runway show at the National Building Museum. The eighth annual show returns this month.
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| TOP 100 EVENTS 09.26.08 1:50 PM |
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Washington's Top Fashion & Beauty Events 2008
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 | The Fashion Fights Poverty runway show
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1. Fashion Fights Poverty Runway Show
The United Nations Association of the National Capital Area partners with PR and event planning firm Style and Image Network for this fund-raiser. The fourth annual event, was held September 25 at the St. Regis hotel, benefiting NEST, which provides loans to women in the third world. Michael Dumlao of the Style and Image Network is the show’s creative director.
2. Nordstrom’s Designer Fall Preview
This annual fashion and shopping event shows off the latest in American and European clothes from Nordstrom, with the proceeds going to the nonprofit Knock Out Abuse Against Women. The June 17 show, organized by Nordstrom event marketing coordinator Gina McGowan, was held at the National Building Museum. The event raised $60,000 from 500 guests.
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| EVENT REPORT 06.20.08 12:54 PM |
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Nordstrom Preview Lets Guests Shop, Watch, and Shop Some More
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 | The runway show at the Nordstrom Designer Fall Preview
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Nordstrom attracted some 500 Washington fashion-focused types on Tuesday night for the retailer’s seventh Designer Preview show, held for the second year at the National Building Museum. The evening showcased more than 100 coming-soon looks from big-name designers such as Versace, Dolce & Gabbana, and Jil Sander, offering shoppers the chance to preorder items from the fall 2008 collections.
The sold-out event, for which tickets started at $125, benefited Knock Out Abuse Against Women, a nonprofit that supports shelters for victims of domestic violence. Since last year, the show saw a jump in attendance, up from last year’s 300, and in fund-raising, which grew from $42,000 to $60,000. The event's layout changed, too, as Nordstrom event marketing coordinator Gina McGowan wanted to keep guests on their (in some cases, Jimmy Choo-clad) toes. “We needed some change to keep it fresh,” she said, noting that the elevated runway moved to the middle of the building’s atrium for a more dramatic effect.
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| EVENT REPORT 10.23.07 4:23 PM |
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Nordstrom Hosts Men's Runway Show
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 | Nordstrom erected a runway and lounge for its men's fashion event.
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On Thursday, Nordstrom Tyson’s Corner hosted its biggest men’s fashion event of the year, erecting a 36-foot runway and a lounge setting (bedecked with black leather couches) for the in-house occasion. Open to the public, the event kicked off during store hours with cocktails at 6:30 p.m., followed by a 35-minute runway show at 7 p.m.
Sporting the wares of eight designers, male models walked the runway, which was three feet high and outfitted in black carpet. “The set is elaborate in the sense that it's different from anything we’ve done before,” said Nordstrom event marketing coordinator Lisa Imperato, who produced the event. “This is the first menswear show to come to the capital area—we haven’t seen anything like it around here—so it’s fun and exclusive.”
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