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| 18th Annual Fashion Show & Luncheon Friday April 18th from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm Cure by Design presents its nationally recognized Fashion Show and Luncheon. This year will feature a Broadway Theme at the University of Florida Hilton & Conference Center. More than 450 participants are expected to attend the Fashion Show spotlighting cancer survivors. Notable fashion designers from around the country personally adorn our community's courageous cancer survivors with their couture. Immediately preceding the Fashion Show will be a silent auction featuring sports related items and exciting spa, art, golf, and travel packages.
General Admission $75; Reserved Seating $100 EXCLUSIVE :: LIVE AUCTION Read the April 15, 2008 Gainesville Sun article "Designing with a purpose" online – click here. The Cure by Design 2008 live auction gown has been donated by local fashion designer, Jacquelyn Brooks. Ms. Brooks grew up in Gainesville, FL and went on to college at Florida State University where she received a Bachelors of Science in Apparel Design and Technology. After graduating she returned to Gainesville where she opened a design studio across from the University of Florida. Her store, Jacquelyn Brooks Designs, is an apparel design/ tailoring studio and boutique. Jacquelyn specializes in custom dressmaking including bridal wear, evening gowns and prom dresses. Jacquelyn also performs tailoring/alteration services on any garment from wedding dresses to business suits to original hems on jeans. Displayed in her boutique are formal, semi-formal and casual dresses as well as doggie apparel and jewelry that Jacquelyn has designed and made. Ms. Brooks recently designed an evening gown for a contestant in the 2008 Miss University of Florida pageant. Jacquelyn Brooks is honored that the Cure by Design fashion show has chosen her to design the 2008 live auction gown. For a one-of-a-kind, original item: www.jacquelynbrooks.com |
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