Ebony Fashion Fair’s “Stylishly Hot”

(Poughkeepsie) - The fashions this season are Hot!..Stylishly Hot on stage at Poughkeepsie High School, May and Forbus Streets, on Wednesday, September 27, 8 p.m. The 49th annual production of Ebony Fashion Fair is sponsored locally by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority for the benefit of the AKA Community Scholarship Fund.
The latest fashions shown for the 2006-07 season are fashion forward, trendsetting and on fire. Italian designer Angelo Marani ignites the fire with a flame-embellished trumpet gown and matching flame ombre fox cape that scorches the runway with sizzling hot style. Vivienne Westwood and Carolina Herrera give stylish detailing to the shapes of their voluminous ball gowns. Beads and bangles with shimmering golden or silvery highlights create sparkling details in the collections of Oscar de la Renta and Bill Blass. Designer Zang Toi sets fashion detailing ablaze with a “Stylishly Hot” black velvet collection. Although black dominates the color palette, it is the attention that designers give to details that dominates the Fashion buzz from Paris to London and New York to Milan. The haute couture and ready-to-wear ensembles showcased in the 49th Ebony Fashion Fair are more than just elegant and finer than fine. They are Stylishly Hot. Thirteen magnificent models, eleven women and two men, will don the breakthrough designs.
Ebony Fashion Fair, the world’s largest traveling fashion show, has generated more than $50 million for human services since its inception in 1958. The show is a major fund raising activity for the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. in the Mid-Hudson Valley. Since 1968 more than $90,000 has been funneled back into the community. Three high school seniors, Angela Brandon and Acacia Bellamy (Newburgh Free Academy) and Tiffany Davis (Spackenkill High School) were the recipients of the 2006 Betty E. White Collegiate Scholarship and Book Awards totaling $2,500. Special awards were given to graduates Janeen Hall (Arlington High School); Eseohen Akhibi, Bernadette Orende, Ashley Payne, and William Steele (Newburgh). Catharine Street Community Center and Children’s Home (Poughkeepsie), Southern Dutchess Coalition (Beacon), Glenn E. Hines Memorial Boys and Girls Clubs and Orange County YWCA Camperships of Newburgh are some local organizations receiving funds this year. Ivy AKAdemy, a reading and writing experiential program, held at New Hope Community Center for 2006, voter registration drives as well as hosting a Beulah Baptist Church soup kitchen are some of the volunteer activities sponsored by the local chapter.
All patrons will receive a subscription to EBONY or JET magazines. A number of door prizes will be awarded including round-trip air transportation to any domestic 48 United States destination served by American Airlines. Adult tickets and student tickets for Grade 12 and below are available at Cibony Café (845) 486-4690; It’s All Good Restaurant (845) 569-2345; Variations Hair & Nail Salon (845) 471-2907.