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Fashionistas Flock to Innisbrook Resort for Tampa Bay Fashion Week
Tampa Bay Fashion Week 2011 wraps up Friday night with runway shows at the Innisbrook Golf Resort in Palm Harbor. Top local designers will be showing off their fashions; guests can also stroll through boutiques at the show.
Our laid-back little suburban community will soon be seeing an influx of fashionistas.
Tampa Bay Fashion Week wraps up Friday with its runway shows at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor.
This is the fourth year of the event which also includes Palm Harbor designer, Kimberly Hendrix of k.hendrix. Hendrix's designs are made from high end, 100 percent reclaimed or recycled materials.
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We can take ideas from these highend designers and make them our own. Largo has tons of consignment shops where you can find one-of-a-kind vintage clothing, gently worn brand name clothes and accessories at bargain prices.
Here's a link to consignment stores in Largo. Creating a the vintage look takes time, patience and a lot of leg work. It's a treasure hunt. But we know true fashionistas are up for the challenge.
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Want to attend Fashion Week?
Friday night's festivities at Innisbrook begin at 6 p.m. with the opening of the Fashion Week Tampa Bay Boutiques, followed by the designer runway shows at 7 p.m.
Tickets for the Friday night events available at the Tampa Bay Fashion Week website. The VIP Friday Fashion Passes are sold out, however general admission tickets are still available for $40 per person ($65 per person day of show pending availability).
Innisbrook is offering a "Slumber Party" special for $99 and up. Bring your family or make it a girl's night out and spend Friday night at the resort.
Wanna read more about Tampa Bay Fashion Week? The St. Petersburg Times had each of the designers make something from a t-shirt, then created a photo gallery featuring their creations.
To find out more on Tampa Bay Fashion Week visit their website or find them on Facebook.
These are the featured designers:
- Audrey “Pat” McGhee (St. Petersburg)
- Dali Hernandez (Tampa)
- Dolly Donshey (Tampa)
- Essence Flowers (St. Petersburg)
- Rhonda Shear (St. Petersburg)
- Terri Funaro (Hernando)
- Triniece Cagua (Leesburg)
- Two Coconuts Swimwear (St. Pete Beach)
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