Posted on 09/07/2009 1:01:47 PM PDT by NativeNewYorker
The Ebony Fashion Fair -- a catwalk show that traveled across the country, Canada and the Bahamas bringing designer fashion from around the world to predominantly black audiences -- has put its fall 2009 schedule on hiatus.
The reason? The economy.
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The cancellation is also a big financial blow in West Palm Beach, where Delta Sigma Theta Sorority produced the show to raise money for its college scholarship program for local high school students.
``This was by far one of the largest fundraisers for us,'' said Charice Robinson, the president of the West Palm Beach Alumnae Chapter. ``It will have a significant impact. We usually raise between $15,000 to $20,000 in a night.''
Robinson added with a sigh that she will personally miss the family event.
``I've taken my own daughter. It's a rite of passage for black women, introducing them to high fashion and glamour. It's a party with a purpose.''
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
That’s okay. Our First Lady global fashion victim and her husband are direct beneficiaries (big time!) of the global financial crunch of September, 2008.
Put Michelle back on the cover, her popularity will have the magazine selling like hotcakes.
I am looking for my tiny violin.
W&MHH.
According to O the economy is doing just fine.
Time for an Ebony Fashion Czar
Yeah, plaster the pics of her in those shorts, and her hair that day, that should do it.
Maybe they should ask Rush to be the warm-up act; they’d have scholarship money for the next 10 years.
Is this fashion for black women modeled by black women? I sure hope not because that would be racist. I’m feeling all weepy right now because I feel discriminated against and totally unwanted.
Who can I sue?
“The Whitey Fashion Fair” I’m sure would be welcomed in the same area and by Charice Robinson. /s
In 1956, "whitey" fashion shows were all that existed, and all that were allowed to exist.
Lest we forget ...
I thought we were supposed to be working toward a color blind society where we didn’t continue to focus on the color of ones skin. I guess that’s only for white people though.
It was such a successful venture that in 1958 the Fair went bringing couture fashion to black women who were barred from attending all-white fashion shows of the day. The Fair was a benefit vehicle as well, used to raise money for various scholarships and worthy causes.
Lest we forget ...
"Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it." Better to remember how things were, and vow, "Never again."
I don't need reminding by you or anyone else. I was never a part of it in the past and I wouldn't be part of something like that in the future.
I just think it's kind of odd that the same people who lecture us on diversity aren't willing to be diverse themselves. They need or want a separate (paper/pageant/fashion show/etc.) for what reason? I'm sick of the lectures when they don't practice what they preach.
I was, of course, just kidding but it is over, get over it and get on with life, knock the chip of the shoulder and take advantage of the dignity that is theirs for the taking. Stop wallowing in the mud, crying, whining, acting the victim and take the gift that some of your brave brothers and sisters fought to win for you.
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