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FASHION WEEK CLEVELAND
TO BROADEN CULTURAL PROGRAMS

by Cecily Hall - Women’s Wear Daily

Cleveland, Ohio

Who says Ohio has no Style? Certainly no one who’s attended Fashion Week Cleveland, a regional phenomenon that’s become the nation’s third largest fashion week after New York and Los Angeles. Founded in 2003 by Donald Shingler, a cosmetic dentist and longtime Cleveland native, the weeklong event each spring highlights the region’s budding fashion community. FWC hopes to double its number of programs next year. FWC includes seminars, parties, lectures and films educating the public about the intricacies of fashion, with events in different cultural institutions across the city. The festivities end with a runway show on the final day of the week, when local and emerging designers highlight their creations. This year, 14 designers — student as well as professional — showed to a crowd of nearly 400, reported James Harris, managing director of FWC and partner of H/L Communications, which represents the event. The week included 12 events and programs over eight days, with a lecture on children’s fashion at the Western Reserve Historical Society, a seminar on Japanese fashion at the Cleveland Botanical Gardens and a tribute to fashion in music at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.

Next year, FWC plans to include another large-scale fashion show; several boutique trunk shows; a performing arts series of film, music and theater; a revamped Web site, and branded educational, cultural and merchandising programs. “We expect to increase our partnership venues and a menu of restaurant and hotel packages for attendees,” Harris reported. “Fashion isn’t just haute couture,” asserted Shingler. “There are elements of fashion in sports, in business, in cultural institutions. So, if you broaden what the term means, you can begin by including events at different institutions and other venues around the city.”

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Press Release: Imagine Salon - Official Salon of Fashion Week

PRESS RELEASE - For Immediate Release
April 5, 2011

Imagine Salon and Spa Announces their Participation
in Fashion Week Cleveland 2012

Cleveland, Ohio. For the fifth year in a row Imagine Salon and Spa has been selected to manage the style team for Fashion Week Cleveland. Andrew Dingeldein will be the Style Team Director.

Imagine Salon and Spa is an eclectically modern salon and spa whose mission is to welcome the public into an atmosphere in which they thoroughly enjoy their salon and spa experience and to create a place where team members have the opportunity to pursue their passions and grow successfully. Imagine Salon & Spa is located on Euclid Avenue in Historical Downtown Willoughby. Our two-story, 8,000 square foot structure, is a beautiful brick building with windows from the floor to the ceiling. We are proudly an AVEDA concept salon, helping to give back with their all natural products.

Imagine Salon and Spa opened in February of 2001. Owners, Jennifer Siskind-Dingeldein and Andy Dingeldein began with a unique vision. With the help of managers, Angela Olivo and Julia Bruening, they began with only 10 team members and have grown to well over 30 team members without looking back. “Our team will apply our skills and creativity to the week’s events. It is our job to create looks that showcase the designers’ collections and we look forward to this challenge”, says Style Team Director Andrew Dingeldein.

Shalira Taylor of Seven Cosmetics will be joining the team as well. Her makup artistry is second to none and this will be Shalira's second year on the team.

Fashion Week Cleveland (FWC) is an annual convention that informs consumers about the cultural importance and economic contributions of the fashion industry, and serves as a positive catalyst for achievement in fashion design, manufacture, education, and retail growth. Fashion Week Cleveland is known as "the educational fashion week” and has become the most significant industry event between New York and Los Angeles. In addition to traditional runway shows, the event incorporates films, lectures, and exhibits at cultural institutions, museums, galleries, and universities throughout Northeast Ohio. The Cleveland Fashion Show, central to fashion week in Cleveland, is recognized as the showcase for emerging American fashion designers. Fashion Week Cleveland is held the first week of May in Cleveland, Ohio. www.fashionweekcleveland.com

CONTACTS:
Andrew Dingeldein
Style Team Director
(440) 975-8795 / andy (AT) imaginesalon-spa.com
www.imaginesalon-spa.com

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Press Release: PURPOSE & MISSION

About

Fashion Week Cleveland (FWC) is a week-long series of fashion shows, style events and educational programs held the first week

of May in Cleveland, Ohio. The event has become a highly anticipated vehicle for introducing the work of American designers to

a wider public.

Fashion Week Cleveland is known as the "educational fashion week" and has become the most significant industry event between

New York and Los Angeles (Women's Wear Daily). In addition to traditional runway shows, the event incorporates exhibits, films, industry tours, seminars and workshops at cultural institutions, universities, and museums. Central to fashion week in Cleveland, these educational programs present informative and insightful perspectives on the topics of fashion design, merchandising, manufacture, education, consumerism, and retail growth. This deepening of the strategic vision of Fashion Week Cleveland makes Fashion Week Cleveland absolutely unique and truly innovative and we believe those who sponsor and partner with FWC will share our success.

Cleveland is known for its 3M’s; medicine, museums, and music. Educational partners have included the Chisholm Halle Costume Wing, Cleveland Botanical Gardens, Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland International Film Festival, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland Public Theatre, Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Greater Cleveland Sports Commission, Hard Rock Café-Historical Costume Collection, International Women's

Air & Space Museum, Inter-museum Conservation Association, Kent State University Costume Museum, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ohio International Film Festival, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Tuskegee Airman, and Ursuline College.

These prominent institutions join Fashion Week Cleveland in building awareness and support for our city's rich past and promising future in the American fashion industry. They recognize that our city is one of museums and educational institutions on a Great Lake.

Mission
Fashion Week Cleveland (FWC) exists to inform consumers and industry leaders about the cultural importance and economic importance of fashion design, manufacturing, marketing, and merchandising. In addition to classic and creative runway shows,

FWC incorporates exhibits, films, industry tours, seminars, and workshops in partnership with a diverse group of cultural institutions.

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Cleveland Fashion Week reflects all the essence of Cleveland’s transformation,
having gained the reputation as “the educational fashion week.”
Francesco Di Maio, International Designer Representative

It's about design. It's about education.
It's about retail business development in the American garment industry.
Donald C. Shingler, President and Founder
Fashion Week Cleveland

Press Release: Cleveland Museum of Art to Host Educational Program

PRESS RELEASE - For Immediate Release

April 5, 2012

Cleveland Museum of Art to host 2012 Educational Program

Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland Musuem of Art, has been selected as the site of Fashion Week Cleveland's Art & Culture Educational Programming. In previous years participants have included Ursuline College's Fashion Design and Merchandising Program, NASA, United States Air Force,Tuskegee Airmen, International Women's Air & Space Museum, and Western Reserve Historical Society's Chisholm Halle Costume Wing. In 2012 the film documentary Dressed, released by Vagrant Films featuring Fashion Week Cleveland alum designer Nary Manivong and directed by David Swajeski, will be shown to sell-out crowds during Fashion Week Cleveland. Mr. John Ewing will create the evening of film and fashion.

"Cleveland Museum of Art is a natural fit. We are looking foward to this educational collaboration", says Fashion Week Cleveland Founder Donald C. Shingler. The art of design is important to America's history and future."

Over the years the vast selection of Fashion Week Cleveland learning opportunities have included a seminar covering the form and function of space suits by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Glenn Research Center, Ursuline College's historical presentation on the influence of the military on fashion, the International Women's Air & Space Museum discussion on WASPs in WWI, and a special appearance by Cleveland architect and Tuskegee Airman Arthur Saunders. This national convention and conference will be held the first week in May, with runway shows the evening of Saturday, May 12, 2011 and the education program being on May 4, 2011 at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

About WRHS
The Western Reserve Historical Society is a not-for-profit educational institution that preserves and uses its collections, historic sites, and museums to inspire people to explore the history and culture of Northeastern Ohio and place that regional experience within the larger context of state, national, and global history. Collections and exhibitions focus on the Western Reserve. Both permanent, and especially changing, exhibitions place the region in its larger historical context. The Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum collections illustrate the history of the automotive industry in the Western Reserve as well as nationally and internationally.

Student Visitors
Over 60,000 students from pre-Kindergarten through high school visit WRHS properties throughout the school year, with hundreds more learning from WRHS programs through outreach and classroom visits. These workshops and courses are directly tied into the history of NE Ohio, based on the collections and documents that belong to the Western Reserve Historical Society.

All WRHS programs are inquiry-based, hands-on, and correlate to the current Ohio Academic Content Standards in Social Studies, Science, Math and Language Arts.

CONTACT:
To be announced soon

A portion of the proceeds to benefit the
Cleveland Museum of Art

Fashion Week Cleveland is made possible by the following:

DOTS LLC :: FIAT USA :: CROCS :: TEQUILADOR

PEPSI BEVERAGES :: ULTIMAT VODKA :: VITAMIN WATER :: 5-HOUR ENERGY

IMAGINE SALON & SPA :: KEST PROPERTY MANAGEMENT :: SMILE ART CENTER

CLEVELANDNOW :: NETX INTERNET :: SPOTCLEVELAND :: YELP

DRAGONFLY :: L'ALBATROS :: STONE MAD :: SUSHI ROCK

BLOOMER CANDY COMPANY :: CLEVELAND CUPCAKE COMPANY :: MITCHELL'S CANDIES :: PIECE OF CAKE

TUK TUKS OF CLEVELAND

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PRESS RELEASE - For Immediate Release

January 5, 2011

Crawford Rotunda; Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum
to host Fashion Week Cleveland Runway Shows in 2011

Runway shows, classic cars, planes, fashion, style all come together at fashion week in Cleveland. Fashion Week Cleveland has long touted the fusion between art, design, commerce, retail, and education. We further this distinction as our designer runway shows converge on the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum in University Circle.

Designer Runway Shows and Black Tie Gala

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Saturday, May 7 :: Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum

Fashion Week Cleveland - black tie gala
Presented by Smile Art Center

8:00 pm :: Museum Party & Trunk Shows

9:00 pm :: Violin Performance :: Andrew Sords

9:30 pm :: Performance by Duo Attack Cat

10:00 pm :: American Designer Runway Fashion Shows

VIP Admission is $100 and Special Guest Admission is $60 :: A Tuxedo is required for men :: Music by DJ M. Stacks

Saturday, May 7, 2011 :: Designer Runway Shows

Sarah Marie Nedbalski :: Wearable Art Mingling Carnavale

Corinne Brothers :: Collegiate Collection :: Corinne Brothers

Tracy Kiefer :: Swim and Cruise

Pamela Truemper :: Knitwear :: Pamela A. Designs

Michael Wilson :: Menswear :: Michael Wilson USA

Britini Brocker :: Evening Wear :: BBG Couture

Britini Brocker :: Wedding Dress Finale :: BBG Couture

Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum
Western Reserve Historical Society
10825 East Boulevard - University Circle
Cleveland, Ohio 44106

CONTACT:
Erin Dodson
Administrative Coordinator

edodson(at)fashionweekcleveland.com

www.fashionweekcleveland.com

A portion of the proceeds to benefit the
Chisholm Halle Costume Wing of the Western Reserve Historical Society

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Welcome to Fashion Week CLEVELAND!

Who knew fashion could be this powerful? Fashion Week Cleveland, armed with the creations of a wide array of talented designers, will bring together a dizzying array of organizations within the city. Past participants have included the Cleveland Clinic Children's Hosptial, Cleveland Public Library, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Greater Cleveland Sports Commission, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Intermuseum Conservation Association, Hard Rock Cafe - Costumes Collection, Museum of Natural History, Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum, and the Chisholm Halle Costume Wing of the Western Reserve Historical Society. What is it about Fashion Week Cleveland (FWC) that compels such a diverse group of organizations to participate in the event? The answer has a great deal to do with FWC’s main focus as "the educational fashion week”, a driving force that has made FWC one of the top industry events in the United States.

This annual convention and conference does not limit itself to runway shows and parties; Cleveland's fashion week incorporates exhibits, films, lectures, and workshops at cultural and educational institutions throughout the city. FWC serves to inform consumers and industry leaders of the cultural importance and economic contributions of the fashion industry and that is why leading industry publication Women’s Wear Daily calls us “…a regional phenomenon that’s become the nation’s third largest fashion week after New York and Los Angeles”.

The vast selection of learning opportunities have included a seminar covering the form and function of space suits by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Glenn Research Center, Ursuline College's historical presentation on the influence of the military on fashion, the International Women's Air & Space Museum discussion on WASPs in WWI, and a special appearance by Cleveland architect and Tuskegee Airman Arthur Saunders. FWC's Art & Cultural Educational Programming will be at the Chisholm Halle Costume Wing museum at the Western Reserve Historical Society in 2012.

Fashion Week Cleveland Runway Shows and black tie gala features American designers in traditional, industry-style runway events. The event will be Saturday, May 12 at the Crawford Rotunda of the Western Reserve Historical Society's Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum in Cleveland's University Circle.

Cleveland is known for its 3M's; medicine, museums, and music. Cleveland's fashion week is a reflection of the city it represents. Something that is uniquely Cleveland… reserved, educational, and intelligent. This deepening of Fashion Week Cleveland’s strategic vision has made us absolutely unique and truly innovative, and we believe those who sponsor and partner with Fashion Week Cleveland will share in our success. Cleveland... a smart city, on a Great Lake.

See you at Fashion Week Cleveland!

Donald C. Shingler

Donald C. Shingler
Founder & CEO
Cleveland Fashion Week LLC

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