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Saturday, June 5 :: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm :: No charge
Art & Culture Educational Programming  Fashion Week Cleveland is known as "the educational fashion week" and has become the most significant industry event between New York and Los Angeles. It this distinctive competancy that has the industry talking. In addition to traditional runway shows, the event incorporates exhibits, films, lectures, and workshops at Cleveland's leading cultural and educational institutions. The region's prominent museums and cultural organizations join Fashion Week Cleveland in building awareness and support for our city's rich past and promising future. They recognize that our city is one of museums and educational institutions on a great lake.
This year's theme is The Influence of the Military on Fashion. The vast selection of learning opportunities include a seminar and display 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 Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) in WWII, and a special appearance by Cleveland architect and Tuskegee Airman Arthur Saunders.
The Influence of the Military on Fashion
12:15 pm :: United States Air Force :: Honor Guard Appearance
12:30 pm :: The Influence of the Military on Fashion :: Dr. Constance Korosec, Professor and Chair, Ursuline College
1:15 pm :: Out of this World Fashion; Flight Suits & Space Suits
2:45 pm :: WASPs in WWII :: Toni Mullee, Executive Director, International Women's Air & Space Museum :: WASPs
3:30 pm :: Under the Cover: Quilts from the Society's Collection
Dean Zimmerman, Chief Curator, Chisholm Halle Costume Wing :: Western Reserve Historical Society
Dragonfly :: 1865 W. 25th - Ohio City Entertainment District
 Dr. Donald Shingler has created "the nation's third largest fashion week after New York and Los Angeles," according to Women's Wear Daily. Quite an accomplishment in just four years. The 10 days of events in Fashion Week Cleveland 2009 include three major runway events at Flats night club Metropolis, the Nautica Queen cruise ship and the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, plus another dozen or so educational programs in collaboration with NASA, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland Clinic, the Cleveland Public Library, the Cuyahoga County Public Library, Hard Rock Cafe, Intermuseum Conservation Association, and the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission. Watch this video, with cameos by models Jessica Schmidt & Monika Lange, plus unclothed artistic director Angela Ilg and fashion designer Marquita, bringing a little glamour to Public Square, much to the delight of tourist passersby.
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