Glamour Fashion Night
The Glamour Fashion Night, part of CMG Worldwide Fashion Weeks and hosted by designers Jing Tanner and Lacie Cupani — “hot from New York and Paris Fashion Weeks Runways” — will take place Saturday at Occasions by Jing Boutique Event Center, 304-306 Albert Pike Road in Hot Springs. Doors open at 3 p.m.; the show begins at 4.
Attendees will have the opportunity to experience exclusive spring-summer fashion collections from Occasions by Jing, 2024 CMG New York City Fashion Week LINE 101 winner and 2025 Travel Award Winner to Paris for the fall 2025 shows; and crocheted couture from Cupani Fashion. Lacie Cupani is a producer of CMG Worldwide Fashion Weeks. Vendors will also be on hand.
Partial proceeds from the show go to support 33 orphans of Orlovski Orphanage. Tickets are $25 general admission, $40 VIP, at cmgworldwidefashionweeks.com.
Fashionetta 2.0
The Ivy Foundation of Little Rock, in partnership with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.’s Beta Pi Omega Chapter, will present Fashionetta 2.0: The Legacy Continues at 3 p.m. today at Maumelle Event Center, 10910 Maumelle Blvd. in North Little Rock. “The event will feature a fashion showcase by local and regional designers, talented models, and the grace of our Fashionetta contestants,” according to a news release. Tickets, $50 each, are available at eventbrite.com.
Proceeds from this event will benefit the Ivy Foundation’s scholarship and service programs. Each year the foundation awards more than $25,000 in scholarships to high school and college students.
Festival of Fashion
A highly anticipated part of CARTI’s 48th annual Festival of Trees takes place Friday, when models strut apparel from a host of local clothing stores and boutiques down the runway. Festival of Fashion will take place at the Statehouse Convention Center, 101 E Markham St., Little Rock.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m.; the show begins at 7. Attendees will be treated to a professional runway show “in the grand tradition of New York … Fashion Week featuring Central Arkansas’ most chic boutiques.” Those would be: B. Barnett, Barbara/Jean Ltd., Baumans, BC2, Companions, Dillard’s, E.Leigh’s, Indigo, Now You Glow Luxury, Scarlet, Steamroller Blues, TRUE Boutique, TRUE Gentleman and Vesta’s.
Tickets are $100. Although the show is marked online as sold out and said to be standing room only, “we may have more seating options pop up,” an organizer informs us. Call (501) 660-7616 for ticket availability.
CARTI is a nonprofit, multidisciplinary cancer care provider. Proceeds from Festival of Trees events will benefit CARTI’s Patient Assistance Program, which provides patients with such support services such as transportation, lodging assistance and financial, emotional and nutritional counseling,
Holiday Jazz Brunch
The Little Rock Chapter of The Links Inc. will be holding its annual fashionable Holiday Jazz Brunch, themed “Enchanted in Emerald,” at 11 a.m. Dec. 14 in the ballroom of the Little Rock Marriott. This year’s show will feature the latest collection of local designer and Project Runway veteran Korto Momolu.
Ticket information for the scholarship fundraiser has not been posted yet, but stay tuned by going to the group’s web page, littlerocklinks.org, or Facebook page. Contact [email protected] for sponsorship information.
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Along with her models, Lacie Cupani with Cupani Fashion shows off her crocheted designs during a show finale. (Robey Photography)