Anticipation builds for inaugural Dayton Fashion Week

DFW Founder, Junda Morris-Kennedy says “I just get more and more excited as each event takes place to watch Dayton become the latest city included with New York, London, Paris and Milan to celebrate fashion in the form of Fashion Week.”

Just some of the events DFW will host or participate include:

• Friday, July 6th – First Friday at De’Lish Café

• Saturday, July 14th – Mud Volleyball Dayton For Elipesy - DFW models hit the court to participate in Mud Volleyball Dayton For Epilepsy.

• Tuesday, July 24th - Fashion For A Cause Presented by the Dayton City Paper - Silent Auction, Live Music, and a local celebrity fashion show. A portion of the proceeds go to Hospice of Dayton and Clothes that Work.

• Wednesday, July 25th - Fashion In Downtown Festival Presented by Dayton Most Metro - Fun & games for the family, live entertainment, photo shoots, clothing & food vendors, and hair show

• Thursday, July 26th - DFW's Kids Fashion Collection Presented by De'Lish Cafe

• Friday, July 27th - Ready To Wear Runway Presented by Bob Ross Fiat

• Saturday, July 28th - High Fashion Haute Couture Runway Presented by Bob Ross Fiat

• Saturday, July 28th - DFW Official After Party Presented by Dragon Bleu Vodka at The Vault Nite Club - Performance by Ashley Menendez from AMERICAN IDOL Season 8 and music by DJ Trick, who has toured with and thrown parties for Lady Gaga and is also the Official DJ for ESPN'S Sunday Countdown.

Also, Dayton Fashion Week will release its first quarterly magazine July 24th to coincide with the start of Fashion Week.  Caressa Brown, Director of Operations, says that “We are so grateful for all the love and support that we’ve received locally that the first issue will only feature designers, photographers, make-up artists, models and community figures from the Miami Valley area.”

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