2015 SMU Fashion Week set for April 22-24

SMU arts and business students will present the fourth annual SMU Fashion Week, April 22-24.

DALLAS (SMU) – SMU arts and business students will present the fourth annual SMU Fashion Week, April 22-24. 

Fashion Week at SMUThe 2015 edition of SMU Fashion Week will focus on the “Business of Fashion” with an inside look at what it means to be a designer entrepreneur and how one of Dallas’ most prestigious shopping destinations, Stanley Korshak, stays competitive in the luxury fashion market.

All events are free and open to the public.

Fashion Week Schedule

Wednesday, April 22:  A talk with Levi Palmer

London designer Levi Palmer of palmer//harding will talk about the journey to creating what the press has described as “the world’s most perfect shirts.”

Details: 1 p.m. in Room 241 of the Umphrey Lee Center, 3300 Dyer St. on the SMU campus

Thursday, April 23: Fashion Week keynote address by Crawford Brock

Get an inside look at the man behind one of Dallas’ most prestigious shopping destinations, Stanley Korshak. Company owner Crawford Brock will talk about what it takes to stay competitive in the luxury fashion business.

Details: Keynote address at 5 p.m. in Room 241 of the Umphrey Lee Center, 3300 Dyer St. on the SMU campus. Reception with Crawford Brock to follow from 6 to 6:30 p.m. in the Division of Journalism complex near Room 280 in the Umphrey Lee Center.

Friday, April 24: Spring Fashion Show

The Retail Club at Cox School of Business will present their annual spring fashion show. This year’s show will feature looks from Stanley Korshak and the Haute Wheels mobile boutique. The Haute Wheels mobile boutique will be onsite for shopping and Stanley Korshak will provide exclusive goodie bags for the first 30 fashion show attendees.

Details: 2 p.m. outdoors on the north end of Bishop Blvd. at the flagpole on the main quad.

Public parking is available at the Binkley Parking Garage at the corner of Binkley Avenue and Airline Road on the SMU campus. For parking details, please visit: https://www.smu.edu/AboutSMU/Maps/Parking.

For more information, contact Chelsea Bell, director of the Fashion Media Program in the Meadows School Division of Journalism, at 214-768-4913 or crbell@smu.edu.