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Fashion, Beauty & Style
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
Fashion Empowering Women (FEW) is a non-profit foundation that mobilizes the creative industries of fashion, music and film by creating opportunities for its members to support the missions of social service organizations that empower girls and women. On April 29 and 30th, FEW will present “In The Pink” A Vagina Monologues production to benefit Our [...]
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Fashion, Beauty & Style
Sunday, November 21st, 2010
On November 18, MenzFit an organization that provides suits for men in need drew a crowd of supporter for Saks Fifth Avenue Men’s Store for a special shopping event where a portion of the proceeds went to benefit the organization. Menzfit President Rhonda Willingham and Shalamar Muhammad The evening featured shopping, cocktails and a fashion show with [...]
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Fashion, Beauty & Style
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
On November 15th, The Humanities Council of Washington held a special closing event “Green is the new Black” at Ray’s the Steaks in NE, Washington. The event was the culmination of their the World House Series: The Philosophy of Green, inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr’s speech referencing the “World House” envisioning a”socially conscious democracy [...]
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Fashion, Beauty & Style
Friday, October 22nd, 2010
On Tuesday October 18, fashion icon Tommy Hilfiger and New York City runway model Shannon Rusbuldt joined forces to bring attention to multiple sclerosis with a fashion show featuring a capsule collection from Tommy Hilfiger, as well as five prominent NYC fashion designers who presented capsule collections from their Fall/Winter 2010 collections. Tommy and Dee Hilfiger [...]
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Fashion, Beauty & Style, Resources, Grants & Fellowships
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010
The Capstone of the Fashionably Business- H Street program is the inaugural launch of a business plan competition specifically for fashion-oriented businesses. The purpose of the competition is to provide a source of needed micro funding for promising existing and emerging fashion businesses. In order to compete, the fashion business must: Be an existing DC-based [...]
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Fashion, Beauty & Style, Living
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
On September 16, fashionistas will shop till they drop in the name of fashion and philanthropy for the twice-annual charity boutique shopping event The District Sample Sale. Produced by the District Sample Sale Foundation, join founders Liberty Jones, Shannon Haley, Mary Amons, Jayne Sandman and Barbara Martin as they host the Districts most fashionable charitable event . District Sample [...]
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Art, Music, Culture & Lifestyle, Fashion, Beauty & Style
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
On Tuesday July 27, Philadelphia fashion pioneer Mae Reeves was honored at the African American Museum in Philadelphia with a ceremony and fashion show featuring select designs from her nearly 60-year millinery career. Mae Reeves, Famous Philadelphia Milliner One of the first African-American women to establish a business in the downtown area of the city, Mae [...]
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Fashion, Beauty & Style
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
On April 15th, Jones Magazine launched as the premier national shopping and lifestyle magazine for multicultural women. Since 2005, Jones magazine has catered to fashion enthusiasts who share a penchant for what’s hot, new and yet to be discovered. Editor-In-Chief, Tracey M. Ferguson leads a superb team in bringing unparalleled expertise in reaching the multicultural [...]
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Fashion, Beauty & Style
Monday, June 21st, 2010
On Saturday June 19, fashionistas and techies alike gathered Saturday afternoon during D.C.’s Digital Capital Week to hear a panel of fashion insiders discuss the changing role of technology in the fashion industry for the Fashion and Technology (FAT) discussion hosted by SVELTE, LLC. Speakers focused on fashion’s relationship with everything from social media, to digital design, [...]
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Fashion, Beauty & Style
Monday, June 7th, 2010
On Wednesday May 26, a flock of fashionistas gathered at the Ritz Carlton of Georgetown’s Mate for a private Sex and The City 2 pre screening with party Fresh of Georgetown hosted. With over 600 guests in attendance VIP guests were shuttled around in Mercedes Benz provided by Euro Motorcar. Your hosts for the evening included: Mary Amons, Nycci Nellis, Stephanie Green, McLean Robbins, [...]