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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Lexus Nashville Fashion Week\nEvent Url: http://www
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 ek\nEvent Date Begin: 2012-03-20\nEvent Date End: 2012-03-24\n\nLexus Nash
 ville Fashion Week is a city-wide celebration of Nashville's thriving fash
 ion and retail community and its vast array of creative talent&mdash\;feat
 uring local\, regional and national design talent in fashion events and sh
 ows\, and encouraging both Nashvillians and visitors to explore the city's
  diverse fashion and retail spaces throughout the week with promotions\, p
 artnerships and industry panel discussions.\nNashville Fashion Week will c
 onsist of 5 nightly fashion shows featuring more than 20 designers. Line-u
 p and locations are as follows:\nTuesday\, March 20 at 7:30pm at Marathon 
 Music Works\, 1402 Clinton Street\, Nashville featuring Valentine Valentin
 e\, by SMITH\, T. Rains. Doors open at 7:00pm.\nWednesday\, March 21 at 7:
 30pm at Marathon Music Works\, 1402 Clinton Street\, Nashville featuring L
 eona\, Wai Ming\, Sjobeck\, Eva Franco\, Zang Toi. Doors open at 7:00pm.\n
 Thursday\, March 22 at 7:30pm at Marathon Music Works\, 1402 Clinton Stree
 t\, Nashville featuring amy.b.\, Black by Maria Silver\, Brittany Blair\, 
 Julianna Bass\, Pink Elephants\, The Trunk\, Tuft. Doors open at 7:00pm. A
 ll Access pass holders will be admitted to the fashion installation event 
 at 7:30. General admission at 8:00pm.\n\nFriday\, March 23 at 8:00pm at Th
 e Parthenon\, Centennial Park\, 2600 West End Avenue\, Nashville featuring
  White Rabbit by Shea Steele\, Red Doll\, G-Star\, Katharine Kidd\, Versac
 e Collection. Doors open at 7:30pm.\nSaturday\, March 24 at 8:00pm at The 
 Pinnacle at Symphony Place\, ' 3rd Avenue South\, Nashville featuring Jami
 e and the Jones\, Kal Rieman\, Sylvia Heisel\, Magid Bernard\, Randi Rahm.
  Doors open at 7:30pm.\nPlease note: Nightly line-ups are subject to chang
 e.\nOn Thursday\, March 22\, the Nashville Fashion Week Industry Panels Pr
 esented by Imogene + Willie will take place at the Frist Center for the Vi
 sual Arts\, located at 919 Broadway\, Nashville\, TN 37203.\nThere is no c
 harge for the Industry Panels\, but donations are encouraged. All donation
 s benefit the Nashville Fashion Forward Fund of The Community Foundation o
 f Middle Tennessee. RESERVE YOUR TICKETS FOR THE INDUSTRY PANELS TODAY!\nP
 RODUCING THE GOODS\, 10:00am&ndash\;11:30am\nThe production process and wh
 at it takes to source\, sew and manufacture fashion in the United States. 
 An emphasis will be placed on the importance of and challenges to keeping 
 production in this country.\nPanelists: Natalie Chanin (owner/designer of 
 American couture line Alabama Chanin in Florence\, AL)\; Otis James (desig
 ner/creator of handcrafted clothing and accessories in Nashville)\; Barry 
 Wishnow (business leader and CEO of numerous national brands\, creator of 
 BASH\, 1940s-inspired bespoke brand)\; Julie Haley (Vice President of Sale
 s at Elk Brand Manufacturing Company)\nModerator: Carrie Eddmenson\, co-ow
 ner\, Imogene + Willie\nWHAT MAKES A BRAND?\, 1:00pm&ndash\;2:30pm\nThe fo
 cus\, hard work\, and thought required to define\, build and market a fash
 ion brand. Special emphasis will be placed on the importance of social med
 ia and issues concerning propriety.\nPanelists: Rose Apodaca (co-owner of 
 A+R\, former West Coast bureau head of Women's Wear Daily\, contributor to
  numerous national magazine\, author of bestseller &ldquo\;Style A to Zoe:
  The Art of Fashion\, Beauty & Everything Glamour&rdquo\;)\; Susie Crippen
  (co-founder\, former creative director of J Brand)\; Mike Wolfe (creator 
 and star of the History Channel's 'American Pickers')\; Rachel Halvorson (
 interior designer and owner of Rachel Halvorson Designs)\nModerator: Dr. D
 ave Gilbert\, owner/founder\, salttt\nSOUTHERN FASHION NOW\, 3:00pm&ndash\
 ;4:30pm\nAn exploration of trends\, characteristics\, and the national and
  international affect of modern Southern design and designers.\nPanelists:
  Dana Thomas (Paris-based author of bestseller &ldquo\;Deluxe: How Luxury 
 Lost Its Lustre\,&rdquo\; contributing editor for WSJ\, the Wall Street Jo
 urnal's monthly magazine\, former cultural and fashion correspondent for N
 ewsweek in Paris)\; Matt and Carrie Eddmenson (owners of Imogene + Willie)
 \; Phillip Nappi (co-founder/owner of the Italian handmade boot company Pe
 ter Nappi)\; Jamie Frazier and Hannah Jones (Nashville fashion designers u
 nder the brand\, Jamie and the Jones.)\nModerator: Libby Callaway\, writer
 \, author and media director of Imogene + Willie\nTicket proceeds from Lex
 us Nashville Fashion Week benefit the Nashville Fashion Forward Fund\, adm
 inistered by The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. The Nashville F
 ashion Forward Fund is awarded annually to advance the career of select lo
 cal talent with demonstrated experience in a fashion-related field.\nNashv
 ille Fashion Week is founded and directed by Creative Co-op Nashville LLC\
 , a collaboration of fashion\, retail and media professionals who have par
 tnered to combine resources and passion to create an event that spotlights
  Nashville's growing fashion industry.\n\nStart time: Runway Shows: \nTues
 day 7:30pm (Doors open at 7:00pm) \nWednesday 7:30pm (Doors open at 7:00pm
 ) \nThursday 7:30pm for All Access ticketholders\, 8:00pm for General admi
 ssion ticketholders (Doors open at 7:00pm) \nFriday 8:00pm (Doors open at 
 7:30pm) \nSaturday 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:30pm)
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SUMMARY:Lexus Nashville Fashion Week
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