With a new evening format and a record number of corporate partners as well as two live auction packages, the event raised more than $130,000 for the newly established Eunice W. Johnson Scholarship in Fashion Studies.

 Guests entering the venue were greeted by a red carpet walkway leading to models wearing a selection of vintage pieces from fashion icon Eunice W. Johnson’s Fashion Fair collection. As the main event, the fashion show featured 45 designs, including menswear, evening gowns and dresses, from 15 talented and extremely creative fashion studies students. Models also wore cosmetics from Fashion Fair, a company founded by Johnson.

During the program, Columbia College alumna Lana Bramlette (’97) was awarded the Alumni Achievement in Fashion Design award, presented by Vice President of Institutional Advancement Eric Winston. Known by her fans as the “queen of hoops,” Lana is the face and force behind Lana Jewelry. Celebrity fashion icons such as Jennifer Lopez, Cameron Diaz, Kate Hudson and Angelina Jolie own and wear her jewelry, which also appears on films, TV shows and magazine covers.
 
A host committee dinner, rooftop reception, tented VIP lounge and post-show party all led to a memorable event for guests. Looking back on the evening, Event Chair and CEO of Johnson Publishing Desiree Rogers (pictured at right, with Columbia College Chicago President Warrick L. Carter) said, “Many of the designs intrigued me and I would have purchased them that evening. I could not help but think of how happy Eunice Johnson would have been to see such talent. It was a magical evening.”