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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 Hospital, Cleveland Public Library, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Greater Cleveland Sports Commission, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Inter-museum Conservation Association, Hard Rock Cafe - Music 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 "bible" 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 lecture on WASPs in WWI, and a special appearance by Cleveland architect and Tuskegee Airman Arthur Saunders.  FWC's 2012 Art & Culture Educational Programs will include "Retails' Night Out!", an effort to promote Cleveland retail, and a joint effort between Fashion Week Cleveland and the office of U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown called the Alpaca Initiative; this event places a spotlight on garment manufacturing.  The finale will be the Cleveland Museum of Art's showing of the film Dressed; an inside look at the rise of American fashion designer Nary Manivong.

This year we introduce the event GlamJam :: Fashion and Music in the Rock City to our series of style-related events.  GlamJam will feature music, dancers, performance artists, a wearable art runway show and many more art and visual surprises.  Fashion Week Cleveland Runway Shows & Black-tie Gala will feature designers in traditional, industry-style runway events.  The runway events will be on Saturday, May 5 and Saturday, May 12 at the Halle Department Store Building near Playhouse Square.

Cleveland is known for its 3M's; music, medicine, and museums.  Cleveland's fashion week is a reflection of the city from which it comes.  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

Executive Director :: Cleveland Retail Commission
Founder & CEO :: Fashion Week Cleveland
Member :: Cleveland Fashion Institute
Member :: Textile Art Alliance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

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