Fashion Forward

Nov 9, 2012 | Current Events | 0 comments

Last night I attended Fashion Forward at Northbrook Court. It consisted of a silent auction, live auction and fashion show – plus lots of edible goodies and drinks.  All the proceeds went to various charities.

It was a lot of fun. The fashion show wasn’t crazy like Fashion Week but showed actual outfits you could wear from stores in the mall.  For the live auction volunteers from the charities would walk the runway wearing outfits from a specific store in the mall and you would bid on a gift certificate to that store.  The gift certificates were all in the $350 – $400 range.  I bid on Tommy Bahama and White House/Black Market but lost both to higher bidders.

I also bid on a silent auction from Burberry which was a scarf and a $200 gift certificate.  I lost that as well but my cousin bid on a Sephora silent auction with a bunch of products from their store and won!

There was also small bites from Whole Foods.  I tried some of the Hors d’vours and they were ok but for dessert they had an assortment of mini-tarlets which were totally delicious.  I liked the Key Lime Pie one the best. Whole Foods does such a good job with their tartlets I recommend you try them if you haven’t already.  There was also coffee and tea from Corner Bakery as well as an open bar.

By far the best thing at the bar was the signature drink called “Glittering in Gold”  It was a mix of Goldschlager and Apple Cider mixed together than topped off with Champagne.  It tasted like cinnamon apple sauce and was absolutely amazing!  I intend on serving these during Thanksgiving – they were that good.

All in all it was a fun night and if they have a similar event next year I will definitely go back.