Fashion Columbia 2010
Fashion Columbia Kick-Off Reception
Thursday, February 11, 2010, 5-7 p.m.
The Blackstone Hotel
636 S. Michigan Ave.
Join us for the Fashion Columbia Kick-Off Reception, a special VIP event to recognize and celebrate the much anticipated Fashion Columbia fashion show and spring luncheon. Guests attending the reception will include business leaders, media personalities, corporate sponsor supporters, along with local and national designers from the fashion community. We will be presenting the Alumni Achievement in Fashion Design Award to Dieter Kirkwood (’04) and Bennett Cousins (’04) of dIETERbENNET, and previewing pieces from their new collection.
***Online registration for this event is now closed, but you can still attend.
Please feel free to register at the event's check-in table. Thank you.
Fashion Columbia: Luncheon and Show
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Chicago Public Library, Winter Garden
Columbia has one of the largest concentrations of emerging fashion talent in the country. The third annual Fashion Columbia luncheon showcases student work and provides a great opportunity for industry professionals to connect with the next generation of their peers: our graduating fashion design and fashion retail management majors. The proceeds from this luncheon benefit the Dennis Brozynski & Diane Erpenbach Scholarship for fashion design and fashion retail management.
GUEST HOSTS FOR BOTH EVENTS:
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MICHELLE ALEGRIA (‘97) Host, Journalist ABC7 190 North |
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SUSANNA NEGOVAN Editor in Chief, Michigan Avenue |





















