This year's Fresh Faces of Fashion program all began several months ago when Modern Luxury magazine collected nominations for this year's roster. To be selected as a FFF, one has to be not only stylish on the outside, but be able to serve up a dossier of charitable works and contributions to the community at large. The 12 lucky women selected to represent the program serve as stylish ambassadors to raise awareness and much needed funds to benefit the North Texas Suicide and Crisis Center.These lovely lasses have appeared in the March issue of Modern Luxury and last Friday, they walked in a runway show at the 6th annual Fresh Faces of Fashion Gala held at Stanley Korshak featuring the Fall 2012 Collection from one of Dallas leading fashion designers, Nha Khanh. Back for another year, co-chairs, Yvonne Crum and Jill Rowlett flitted amongst the crowd, welcoming guests and using their wiles to charm raffle tickets sales from the pocketbooks of all who entered!
These ladies are goooood and party-goers didn't stand a chance.
Cynthia with Matt Nordgren, Lee Bailey and Carmaleta Whiteley
Kimberly Schlegel Whitman, Kari Schlegel Kloewer and 2012 FFF, Krystal Schlegel
Among the stylish in attendance were Carmaleta Whiteley, Lee Bailey, Mina Chang, LeeAnne Locken and Renee Rouleau. I caught up with Bravo TV's Most Eligible Dallas stars Matt Nordgren and Drew Ginsburg over a cocktail and ran into the whole Schelgel clan there to cheer on one of this year's FFF, Krystal Schlegel.
Immediately following the fashion show, attendees were feted at a dinner at the Rosewood Crescent Hotel. Roy Jackson gave a moving talk about the loss of his son. He had the room both laughing and crying, which is hard to do - especially when you are not a practiced public speaker! He spoke of love and loss, sadness and anger, hope and finding joy again. I salute his courage in telling his story only one day after the 5th anniversary of his son's tragic death.
Fashions from the Fall 2012 Nha Khanh Collection
Fresh Faces of Fashion 2012
- Katy Messersmith, Founder and CEO of Katydid Collections
- Samantha Davies, NBC 5 Meteorologist
- Caroline Cooper, Student at UT Austin and Shop Across Texas student blogger
- Carla Miller, Civic Volunteer
- Kaylyn Montgomery, Client Liaison for Coquerel Family Estate Wines
- Bailey Coon, Sales and Marketing Associate for North American Spine
- Amy Wells Havins, Owner of Dallas Wardrobe
- Grace Victoria Davis, Fashion Blogger and Executive Director for SMU Fashion Week
- Allison Wiley Lent, Owner of TheSocialButterfly.com
- Lauren Parsons, Consultant with Parsons Agency
- Lynsey Wiley Provost, Fine Art Consultant
- Krystal Schlegel, SMU student and Fashion Blogger
There is a fierce competition to see who can sell the most raffle tickets for a chance to win a new Mercedes from Park Place Motorcars! The winning ticket will be drawn at an event in May at Park Place Motorcars. To date, the Fresh Faces of Fashion events have raised over a million dollars for the Suicide and Crisis Center in the past six years. Pretty darn impressive!
Click here to see many more photos from this event on Facebook
Click here for more information on the Fresh Faces of Fashion, and to purchase raffle tickets via SCCenter.org.
