Simon Fashion NOW April 30, 2010

Simon Fashion Now™ offers a catwalk couture experience that is a must for fashion enthusiasts across the city. Highlighting the weekend’s fashion event is Simon Fashion Bow Wow, a design competition featuring six students from the Bauder College fashion design program who will showcase their fresh take on fashion for local celebs and adoptable canine companions from Atlanta Pet Rescue. Competing students include Sharnae Johnson, Sharod Woods, Isaac Spry, Kerlyn Sterling, Clinthique Thornton and Shatia Vasquez.

Each student has been paired with a media personality, including Q100’s Jenn Hobby; Fox 5‘s Justin Gray; Jessica Shops’ Jessica Dauler; The Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Jamie Gumbrecht; and CBS Atlanta’s Jennifer Valdez.

The students are conducting individual style consultations to create inspired versions of the quintessential spring ensemble for their media celebrity partners and pooches. The final reveal of the collaborative designs will take place Friday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m. during an exclusive show at Lenox Square: Simon Fashion Bow Wow. Critiquing the design competition will be a panel of well-known fashion judges including Project Runway’s Anthony Williams; Life & Food Editor for the Sunday Paper, Kirsten Palladino; Dave FM’s Mara Davis; and Peach Buzz columnist and blogger Jennifer Brett.

Simon Fashion Now™ on Friday, April 30 & Saturday, May 1 is free/open to the public.

Friday’s fashion shows: 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m. (Simon Fashion Bow Wow) & 8 p.m.
Saturday’s fashion shows: 12 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m., 5 p.m. & 6 p.m.

For more information, visit www.simon.com

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