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Burlington-Style
Benefit fashion show proves local is stylin'
Venecia Battaglia Cynic Correspondent
Issue date: 1/30/07 Section: B Side
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Part of what attracts so many prospective students to UVM is undoubtedly the vi-brant city of Burlington and its distinctive feel. Fashion, however, doesn't usually come to mind when students think of the attractions in Burling-ton. After this past weekend, that could change. At the ONE Fashion Event at Higher Ground on Saturday, Jan. 27, it became clear that Burlington does know what fashion is re-ally about: unique, visionary style.
Every week, tons of cultur-al events take place through-out Burlington. But for stu-dents, it can be hard to know which ones are worth a foray into the cold night, the has-sle of a cab ride or a steeply priced ticket.
Since this event was to benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Burlington (BGCB), tickets were $35 each. Under-standably, this cost would be a deterrent for many college pocketbooks. Also barring stu-dents' abilities to attend was the 21-plus age restriction.
But although this particu-lar event may not have been the most compatible with typ-ical student life, it would have been well worth it for any stu-dent to go. The event exposed the definitive characterstic of the often inarticulable "Burl-ington feel": a healthy, dynam-ic, accepting community.
"This event doesn't com-pare to anything else we've ever done," organizer and BGCB Director of Develop-ment Sara Wool said. Having been to only one other "fashion show" in my life, I wasn't sure what to expect of The ONE Fashion Event. When I was 16, I trav-eled to Mexico City and hap-pened to stay at a hotel that was hosting a fashion show while I was there.
It was a par-ty. Beautiful people, champagne every-where, loud music and the lights … the lights did some-thing to me. So what would a benefit fashion show at Higher Ground entail? Would there be beautiful people, campagne, music and crazy lights?
We entered the Showcase Lounge at 7:30 p.m. and min-gled with an audience made up of mostly middle-aged community members, moms and dads, fashionistas, and kids from the BGCB.
Every week, tons of cultur-al events take place through-out Burlington. But for stu-dents, it can be hard to know which ones are worth a foray into the cold night, the has-sle of a cab ride or a steeply priced ticket.
Since this event was to benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Burlington (BGCB), tickets were $35 each. Under-standably, this cost would be a deterrent for many college pocketbooks. Also barring stu-dents' abilities to attend was the 21-plus age restriction.
But although this particu-lar event may not have been the most compatible with typ-ical student life, it would have been well worth it for any stu-dent to go. The event exposed the definitive characterstic of the often inarticulable "Burl-ington feel": a healthy, dynam-ic, accepting community.
"This event doesn't com-pare to anything else we've ever done," organizer and BGCB Director of Develop-ment Sara Wool said. Having been to only one other "fashion show" in my life, I wasn't sure what to expect of The ONE Fashion Event. When I was 16, I trav-eled to Mexico City and hap-pened to stay at a hotel that was hosting a fashion show while I was there.
It was a par-ty. Beautiful people, champagne every-where, loud music and the lights … the lights did some-thing to me. So what would a benefit fashion show at Higher Ground entail? Would there be beautiful people, campagne, music and crazy lights?
We entered the Showcase Lounge at 7:30 p.m. and min-gled with an audience made up of mostly middle-aged community members, moms and dads, fashionistas, and kids from the BGCB.
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