Retailer to bestow Jeffrey New Talent Award at annual charity fashion event
The Savannah College of Art and Design again joins forces with renowned retailer Jeffrey Kalinsky for Fashion Cares 2008, to be held at 55 Allen Plaza in Atlanta, Aug. 25, 7 p.m. The annual fundraiser, which celebrates its 16th anniversary this year, benefits the Susan G. Komen for the Cure-Greater Atlanta Affiliate and the Atlanta AIDS Partnership Fund.
Hitting the runway will be six diverse collections by the seven SCAD alumnae nominated for the Jeffrey New Talent Award. This is the third year Kalinsky will bestow the award on a SCAD graduate. This year’s nominees are Hattie Saltonstall, Jessie L. Ostermann, Ashlyn Kleber, Jordana Shalhoub, Kristen Monacell, Laura Russell and Ashley Gilbert, all of whom graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in fashion in 2008.
Off the runway, models wearing menswear designs by SCAD alumni David Kolender and Nivanya Abraham will mix and mingle with the crowd.
The event includes a reception, followed by a live auction and runway fashion show featuring selections available at Kalinsky’s eponymous boutiques in Atlanta and New York. Included in the show will be pieces by Kalinsky, a longtime friend of the college and recipient of a premier Étoile Award at the inaugural SCAD Style Étoile Gala in Atlanta in 2006.
