Third Annual Runway Extravaganza Brings Glam to the Crown
by STEPHANIE CRIDER
With the holidays in the rear view
participants and the audience. Hair
mirror and Spring right around the
Villa will style the models' hair and
corner, it is the perfect time to start
Sephora will glam up the girls for the
planning for prom. On Thursday,
big event.
Jan. 9, An Affair to Remember Bridal
While the audience gets a peek at the
and Formalwear will host a Runway
latest styles for spring, a few attendees
Extravaganza at the Crown Coliseum.
will take home a dress of their own.
"There will be a minimum of three
This event features 50-60 models —
prom dresses raffled off," said Jensen,
all local girls — and showcases the
"but you must be present to win. There
latest formal fashions for spring.
will also be plenty of giveaways."
"This will be our third year," said
Jensen held the first Runway
Kathy Jensen, coowner of An Affair
to Remember. "We went to market
Extravaganza in 2010 when the Crown
in early August so that we could get
called to see if she would be interested
the first showing of this year's lines.
in hosting a fashion show. "We kept
This is what we will be bringing to the
getting calls from high schools wanting
Crown."
us to do fashion shows for prom
While January is the beginning
season," said Jensen. "It is so much
of prom season, the show will also
work and the wear and tear on the
feature models wearing little girls'
dresses can get pretty bad, so doing one
The Third Annual Runway Extravaganza features local models showcasing formalwear for
pageant dresses, prom dresses and
big show that the whole community can
the 2014 season.
more conservative dresses appropriate
enjoy makes a lot of sense."
for military balls and formal corporate
Jan. 11, the weekend after the
functions. "Our vendors have offered to give us models to show their
Runway Extravaganza, the dresses from the event will be available to try
dresses," said Jensen. "In the past, we have had beauty queens as models,
on at An Affair to Remember. The store carries ten dress lines and has a
but this year we decided to invite our customers to walk the runway. We
variety of styles and colors from which to choose.
will have girls of every shape and size in the show. I think we are going to
Tickets are available at An Affair to Remember, 5407
Ramsey St. Tickets cost $10 in advance and $15 at the
have a lot of fun."
door. Doors open at 6 p.m., the
For some of the models this will be the first time they have walked a
show starts at 7 p.m. Call 486runway, and it truly is a runway show — think fashion week. Others have
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been down this road before. Either way, Jensen and her business partner,
com.
information.
Haroula Karmazyn see this as an event that will be fun for both the
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