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November 20-26, 2022 What's up! 5 Stuart Vevers, executive creative director of Coach, spoke about the importance of american fashion in the current landscape of the industry during a fashion symposium at Crystal bridges museum of american art on oct. 26. vevers worked mainly in europe and finds american style exotic and refreshing. (NWa Democrat-Gazette/april Wallace) Everyday Elegance Coach's vevers lauds american sensibilities APRIL WALLACE NWA Democrat-Gazette F ashion has been a hot topic in Northwest Arkansas the past few months. That's due in part to the opening of "Fashioning America: Grit to Glamour," Crystal Bridges' first fashion exhibit that opened in September; a locally held fashion symposium with Council of Fashion Designers of America; and INTERFORM's NWA Fall Fashion Week last weekend. The fashion symposium with CFDA took place at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art on Oct. 26 and brought in speakers from popular brand names and fashion designers from Coach, Nike — and Tommy Hilfiger himself. Crystal Bridges Board Chairwoman Olivia Walton announced a new heartland scholars award that day. The Northwest Arkansas Democrat- Gazette caught up with Stuart Vevers, executive creative director of Coach, shortly before the events began. Vevers opened the symposium with a discussion with Nicole Phelps, global director bentonville See Fashion Page 6