EBONY FASHION FAIR PRESENTS THE RUNWAY REPORT @ Morgan State
The World’s Largest Traveling Fashion Show Celebrates 51 years at Murphy Fine Arts Center
(CHICAGO - September 27, 2008) - EBONY FASHION FAIR is set to deliver a riveting fashion extravaganza with THE RUNWAY REPORT: What’s Hip. What’s Hot. What’s Now! Fabulous meets fierce in this 51st annual fashion show as the latest trends and unique styles are unveiled at Morgan this Sunday.
This event is being hosted by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.'s Baltimore Alumnae Chapter at Morgan State University's Murphy Fine Arts Center at 2201 Argonne Drive at 4 pm. Remaining tickets are available for $35. FMI, please call 443.885.4440.
THE RUNWAY REPORT debuted on September 3rd in suburban Chicago and is captivating audiences in over 170 U.S. cities through May 2009.
Commanding the catwalk will be 13 alluring models that will work the runway in designs by a host of the best designers in the world, including Christian Lacroix, Sarli, b. michael, Carolina Herrera, Rubin Singer and Jean-Louis Scherrer.
Each ticket purchase includes a copy of EBONY FASHION FAIR magazine. In addition, attendees will have a choice of a one-year subscription to EBONY magazine or a six-month subscription to JET magazine. Incredible door prizes will also be given away during intermission by the shows illustrious sponsors. Ticket holders will have a chance to win round-trip airfare for two to any U.S. destination courtesy of AMERICAN AIRLINES or AMERICAN EAGLE.
Other prizes include a one-year supply of hair care items from LUSTER’S PINK collection and products from FASHION FAIR COSMETICS, the No. 1 cosmetics company in the world for women of color.
EBONY FASHION FAIR is an elaborate production fully equipped with special effects, hip-hop and R&B music as well as all of the entertainment of a Broadway show. Known for its commitment to giving back to the community, the show has donated over $55 million to charitable organizations and scholarship funds.
Fashion authority Eunice W. Johnson continues to preside as the show’s producer and director and wows spectators with cutting-edge trends and rare collections of apparel. Fashionistas across the country will find out what’s hip, what’s hot and what’s now when the world’s largest traveling fashion show hits their city!
EBONY FASHION FAIR is a division of Johnson Publishing Company Inc. For more information on the show, including video and images, visit the NEW Web site at www.ebonyfashionfair.com.
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