Fresh Faces Denver Fashion Show Features Excelsior Students

July 18, 2009
6:00 pm

What: Westwood College’s North Denver Campus fashion merchandising students are hosting a poolside fashion show at Excelsior Youth Center, Fresh Faces Denver, featuring fashions by Denver designer Frances Roces of Kimono Dragon. As part of its event-planning course, the Westwood students are responsible for coordinating all details of this event with the slogan: “promoting self esteem for adolescent girls.” Students from Excelsior Youth Center, the largest residential treatment center in the country for troubled teenaged girls ages 11 to 18, will model the designs. Light refreshments will be served, door prizes will be awarded and all proceeds will benefit the girls of Excelsior.

When: Saturday, July 18 at 6 p.m.

Where: Excelsior Youth Center, 15001 E. Oxford Ave., Aurora, Colo.

Visuals:
· Excelsior Youth Center students modeling the latest Frances Roces fashions on the runway
· Westwood College’s North Denver Campus fashion merchandising students running the lineup on the runway, helping the Excelsior girls and coordinating the events
· Fashion designer Frances Roces
· Excelsior and Westwood College supporters enjoying the fashion show

Cost: A $10 donation is requested at the door. Presale tickets can be purchased by contacting Jamie Begalle at 303- 993-3637 or freshfacesdenver@gmail.com. The Westwood students are donating all of the proceeds to benefit the girls at Excelsior Youth Center.

About Excelsior Youth Center: Excelsior Youth Center has been providing a home, structure, treatment and education for young women for 36 years on its 33-acre Aurora campus. Excelsior’s steadfast, consistent commitment to its girls is illustrated in an 82 percent success rate despite treating some of the most troubled girls in the country. For more information, visit www.excelsioryc.org <http://www.excelsioryc.org> .

About Westwood College: Westwood College is a Denver based institution of higher learning dedicated to providing quality, career-focused undergraduate and graduate programs. Westwood College offers a unique hands-on, career-focused curriculum, providing three-year bachelor’s degrees. Westwood has 17 campuses across California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Texas and Virginia and a top-ranked online campus. Students in the Fashion Merchandising program earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, with a concentration in fashion merchandising.

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