Runway For A Cause: High Fashion At Restaurant In Tampa
Fashion Show at Union New American In Tampa
See high fashion at a restaurant in Tampa off of Westshore.
Runway for a Cause is back for a third year. Sharon Conklin-Perez heads up this amazing event. Three years ago, while she was campaigning for Women of the Year, she teamed up with Craig Beckinger, who is a cancer survivor. To support the Leukemia Lymphoma Society, Sharon launched Runway for a Cause.
When you attend the Runway for a Cause, you can enjoy an amazing meal, and you’ll be able to see models from Beasley Media Group, including Meredith and Babs from Wild, as they show off fashions from Sweet Southern Chic.
To buy tickets, click here. The event is starting between 11 and noon and you can buy tickets at the door.
8 Women Musicians Who Are Fashion Icons
Fashion is a way of self-expression, but for these eight musicians, fashion is life. These musicians have adopted fashion into their legacy in a powerful way.
Jennifer Lopez’s Iconic Dress Is Why We Have Google Images
If there is anyone who deserves a place on this list its Jennifer Lopez. The singer and actress is the reason why Google Images exist. “At the time, it was the most popular search query we had ever seen,” Eric Schmidt, former executive chairman of Google, wrote about the creation in 2015.”But we had no surefire way of getting users exactly what they wanted: J.Lo wearing that dress. Google Image Search was born.”
So what is even more interesting about Lopez’s green Versace dress is that while she popularized it, she was not the first to wear it. It was the reason why she almost didn’t wear it to begin with. In a conversation with Vogue earlier this month, the singer said that her stylist tried to convince her not to wear it.
“My stylist was like, ‘Please don’t wear it. Somebody else has worn it.’ I was like, ‘Well, you bought it, and it looks the best, so I’m going to wear it,'” she said in the video.
In 2019, Lopez wore a recreation of the dress again for Milan Fashion Week. The dress she wore in 2019 is vastly similar to the one she originally wore in 2000. It had the iconic plunging neckline, jungle print pattern, and high slit, just like the 2000 version. The main (noticeable) difference is just that the newer version is missing the sleeves.
“20 years had gone by, and I think for women, knowing you can put on a dress 20 years later — it resonated,” she said of wearing the dress again in a 2020 interview with Vanity Fair. “It was like, ‘Yes, you know, life is not over at 20!'”
Take a look at eight musicians whose fashion goes beyond their iconic discographies:
Roxanne is a co-host on the MJ Morning Show and host of Middays on Q105 in Tampa Bay. She also hosts segments on The Current, which features local feel-good stories and health and wellness segments, and airs on five of the six Tampa-based Beasley Media Group stations. Roxanne has conducted hundreds of interviews, from athletes to Oscar winners, including Matt Damon, Christian Bale, and Chadwick Boseman. She also specializes in media training, having worked with clients in the NFL, NBA and WWE for television, in print, and online. Roxanne is a published author and will be releasing a thriller novel in 2024. Her favorite thing in the world is being with her two daughters and husband. As a content creator for Q105, Roxanne writes about family activities in the Tampa Bay area, as well as reviews for local restaurants and travel.
