Events / Past events / Celebrate Barrington
1988 Fashion Show and Brunch, counted as the first annual
Celebrate Barrington
- When
- March 6, 1988Sunday, brunch and runway at noon
- Where
- Motor Werks of Barrington
- The vibe
- Nineteen Barrington storesMembers, husbands and children modelled
About the show
The club’s first fashion show was Spring Alive in ’85, three years earlier, but the invitations start their count with 1988, which is why the 1992 one calls that year the fifth annual. Brunch and a runway at Motor Werks of Barrington, with nineteen Barrington stores dressing members and their families, among them Benetton, Talbots, Peter Daniels and Studio Boutique. Sue Maher and Leslie Potter commentated, Pasta Impromptu and the Back Door Caterers did the brunch, and the silent auction drew donors including Kurt-Saphir pianos and The Abbey in Lake Geneva. Members bartended and drew the posters themselves, and a service auction raised $1,800. The printed program says noon; the November newsletter had said 12:30, so noon was the final time.
If you have a program book, a photograph or a memory of this show, the club would like a copy for the archive.
Who led it
Club president
Kris Mills
Fashion show chairs
Diane Crawford and Mindy Fransen
Sponsorship chairs
Not yet confirmed