Seven days of high-energy fashion with Runway Event coming soon

04 Aug '08

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The Future of Fashion: Celebrating Five Years of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund

A runway fashion show to celebrate five years of the CFDA/VOGUE FASHION
FUND -- the fashion show will feature multiple designers who have been lauded as award finalists and featured in Vogue, including Doo.Ri, Phillip Lim, Michael Bastian, Marchesa, Thakoon and Peter Som. Special appearances include Marchesa designers Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig, Thakoon Panichgul and Peter Som.

Acting on its long-standing commitment to nurture young talent, Vogue partnered with the Council of Fashion Designers of America to launch the Fashion Fund in 2003. This awards program provides financial help, business expertise and mentoring to the next generation of American fashion designers. Its goal is to encourage and enable designers to achieve their design and business plans.

Tickets
The U-shaped runway, surrounded by 624 reserved seats, features a tiered layout allowing maximum visibility with 212 front row seats. The tiered Designer Circle, located inside the runway, offers a fashion experience usually reserved for celebrities and editors.

All seats are reserved and tickets are available, starting August 18, by logging onto NorthPark website, or at the NorthPark Center Concierge, located outside Neiman Marcus on Level One. Tickets prices vary starting at $25. A portion of proceeds from Fashion at the Park will benefit local charity partners and CFDA.

Twenty Uber Fashion Passes will give style seekers the ultimate access to Fashion at the Park: front row seats to all runway shows and events, an exclusive VIP swag bag, $250 in NorthPark Gold, invitations to in-store events, complimentary valet parking throughout the event and more. Uber pass holders will also receive access to a private VIP lounge with a dedicated concierge. This season's pass holders will enjoy an even larger lounge area with additional stylish amenities.

Tent Complex
Before the shows patrons will sip Moet & Chandon White Star Champagne and glaceau smartwater. Special Fashion at the Park cocktails made with Belvedere Vodka and 10 Cane Rum will be served alongside cuisine by Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek's Chef John Tesar at select events in the Cadillac Design Gallery.

The Cadillac Design Gallery reception tent, located outside the north entrance of NorthPark Center between Nordstrom and Macy's, opens one hour prior to show time and features a bar, lounge seating and plasma screens showing Fashion at the Park runway footage.

With its prestigious reputation for award-winning design and high-fashion glamour, Cadillac will highlight its new 2009 lineup in the Cadillac Design Gallery, the ideal spot for fashion aficionados to enjoy their time in between shows. A Cadillac fashion wall, located on the red carpet at the entry of the luxury tent complex, will be a key attraction for paparazzi photos.

Bobbi Brown
Bringing years of high-fashion and Hollywood experience to Fashion at the Park, Bobbi Brown's Beauty Team, a group of hand-selected makeup artists trained by Bobbi herself,will again up the glamour quotient on the runway. Bobbi Brown East Coast Artistry Manager Kimberly Soane will oversee the makeup backstage for all runway shows. Soane's impressive credits include fashion icons such as Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera and Margherita Missoni as well as domestic and international print from Vanity Fair and Town & Country to Korean Elle and German Vogue.

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