Darling! A Fashion Fundraiser
A Fashion FundraiserMOPS International, Denver, CO
Thursday, April 14, 6:00 to 9:00 pm
Palazzo Verdi
6363 S. Fiddler’s Green Circle,
Greenwood Village, CO

COST  $100 per person,
BOGO for Current MOPS Moms

MOPS International {Mothers of Preschoolers} and women’s clothing retailer Evereve are partnering for an evening of fashion and fundraising featuring local moms this spring.

Darling! A Fashion Fundraiser will be held Thursday, April 14^th at the exquisite Palazzo Verdi in Greenwood Village, CO. The event includes dinner by Epicurean Catering as well as a fashion show featuring local MOPS moms modeling the Evereve Spring line.

The 2016 MOPS theme A Fierce Flourishing intersects beautifully with Evereve’s mission: To inspire every mom to embrace her beauty and power. Evereve celebrates and empowers moms with contemporary, trend-driven apparel and accessories. With over 60 locations across the U.S. including Aspen Grove, Belmar, Cherry Creek North, Park Meadows Mall and Boulder, Evereve has been noted in 5280, InStyle, Real Simple, People Style Watch, Self, Fast Company and the November 2015 issue of Inc. magazine. 

This year’s keynote speaker is Danielle Stangler, former MOPS mom and Founder / CEO of NeatCheeks – … Read more!

On Friday March 12th I was fortunate enough to attend the Green is the New Black Fashion extravaganza and transformation fashion show at the Carbondale Rec Center in the Roaring Fork Valley. For the 8th year in a row, the Carbondale Arts and Humanities Council produces this event as a fundraiser for the Roaring Fork school district. Each year, the show is done with a different theme to send a powerful and motivational message to the audience. This year, the theme of the show was transformation.

I was elated to see that the small, delightful, and quant little town of Carbondale could give rise to such a fabulous production. The show featured 20 designers based in many different locations. From Carbondale itself, to Los Angeles to even Milan, Italy; the diversity of designers was vast. To separate the designers up a bit, this show did something I’ve never seen before. It featured dancing and mime segments before, during, and after the
models strutted down the runway. The performances all emphasized the transformation message/theme to the audience with powerful scenes from a butterfly growing its wings, to a mime performance about a young girl becoming a woman. At first I thought … Read more!