Fashion for a Cause

The D.C. Chapter of the National Association of Fashion & Accessory Designers will present its Spring Fashion Show & Silent Auction Fundraiser, themed Positively Fashion 2005," on Sunday, April 10th at La Fontaine Bleu, 7963 Annapolis Road, Lanham, MD 20706. Doors open and silent auction begins at 2pm.

(PRWEB) February 26, 2005 -- The D.C. Chapter of the National Association of Fashion & Accessory Designers will present its Spring Fashion Show & Silent Auction Fundraiser, themed Positively Fashion 2005," on Sunday, April 10th at La Fontaine Bleu, 7963 Annapolis Road, Lanham, MD 20706. Doors open and silent auction begins at 2pm.

Proceeds from the silent auction will go towards the groups scholarship fund. NAFAD awards two scholarships annually to qualifying students seeking to achieve her/his goals in the fashion industry through higher education. The 2005 scholarships will be presented at the luncheon.

The fashion show will showcase the award-winning apparel and accessories designers of NAFAD-DC Chapter presenting spring fashions in womens wear, mens wear, bridal, and accessories including jewelry, handbags, and hats. The designer fashions will be available for purchase immediately following the show. More information on the fashion show fundraiser and the organization can be found at www.nafaddc.com.

The National Association of Fashion & Accessory Designers (NAFAD) was founded by Jeanetta Welch Brown, in collaboration with Mary McLeod Bethune, in 1949. The D.C. Chapter was chartered the same year under the direction of Jeanetta Welch Brown, Freddye S. Henderson, Ada Fisher Jones, and Lois Alexander. An affiliate of the National Council of Negro Women, the organization has sought to open doors for its members, inspire creative and innovative designs, and encourage an independent and entrepreneurial spirit among African American designers to meet the ever-changing challenges of the fashion industry. In addition to the educational scholarships, the D.C. Chapter has been involved in the local community through such activities as sewing caps and producing fashion shows for the American Cancer Society; working with welfare-to-work programs; offering hands-on workshops in sewing, jewelry-making, and other crafts; and producing informational seminars on the business of fashion.

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