Fashion Columbia 2012 in BizBash Top 100 Chicago Events

Fashion Columbia, Columbia College Chicago’s spring fundraising event featuring the work of Columbia College Fashion Studies majors, was included in BizBash magazine’s “Top 100 Chicago Events” for 2012.

Fashion Columbia 2012 hosted more than 200 guests at the Columbia College Chicago Media Production Center on June 8. 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, with proceeds benefitting the newly established Eunice W. Johnson Scholarship in Fashion Studies.

The full article is here. BizBash is an industry trade publication for event planning professionals covering event planning news, ideas and resources. To choose and rank the annual events on this list, editors look at several factors, including economic impact, buzz, innovation, and an event's prominence within the communities it intends to serve.

The next Fashion Columbia fundraiser will be held in June 2013.