Ebony Fashion Fair’s Glam Odyssey brightens in Moreno Valley, San Bernardino with new styles
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Ebony Fashion Fair’s Glam Odyssey shines in Moreno Valley, San Bernardino with bold styles. Here is the story:
Like a kaleidoscope filled with glitter, jewels and parrot feathers, every turn down the runway brought a new combination of colors and textures at the 50th annual Ebony Fashion Fair’s Glam Odyssey.
The fashion show was presented Thursday in Moreno Valley and was to be repeated Friday in San Bernardino.
Fox fur, feathers and sequins, sequins, sequins were paraded under the lights — and those were just the hats, some of which even had spikes like the Statue of Liberty’s crown.
Ontwanet Moran models a dress at the 50th annual Ebony Fashion Fair’s Glam Odyssey at the Moreno Valley Conference Center on Thursday.
“I’ve talked to a lot of people who have been saying that these clothes are not practical and something they would not wear every day… but I think they are practical,” said Belinda Gipson, owner of Top This Fashion in Moreno Valley, who herself was wearing a dress accented with gold sequins. “You can wear some of the jackets with jeans, mix it up a little… Anyone can wear it as long as you are bold enough to wear it.”
The Ebony Fashion Fair was created by Ebony magazine creator Eunice W. Johnson and began touring in 1958 to 10 cities with four female models. Fifty percent of the proceeds were allocated for scholarships.
Since then more than 4,000 shows have been performed in the United States, the Caribbean, London and Kingston, Jamaica, and more than $55 million has been raised for charitable groups.
By the time the 2007-2008 Glam Odyssey ends, it will have hit the runways in more than 180 cities, featuring 13 models, and have been seen by more than 300,000 patrons.
“We’ve been doing this since ‘63 or ‘64 and we’ve handed out a pile of money,” said Sharon Brown, chairwoman of Social Lites Inc. Brown is the Ebony chairwoman for the San Bernardino-based group. The group has been hosting the show for about 40 years and gives scholarships to students throughout the Inland area.
Deonna Pinkerton models a dress at the Ebony Fashion Fair sponsored by the Moreno Valley Black Chamber of Commerce Community Foundation.
Linda D. Wright, executive director/CEO of the Moreno Valley Black Chamber of Commerce Community Foundation, said during the eight years her group has been hosting the show, many fashions have come and gone, and the music has changed, but what the show embodies has stayed intact.
“They didn’t take away from the style that they present for our culture along with the runway (feel) you get in New York, and the designers are still high-class,” Wright said.
Proceeds from the Moreno Valley show will help the foundation pay for scholarships for local students, cultural awareness and educational programs and a Martin Luther King Jr./Black History Month parade.
“I think the fashions are better than ever because it has kept up and it’s still lively,” said Willie Curry of Moreno Valley, who has been to many of the shows in San Bernardino, Riverside and Moreno Valley over the years. “I think the fashion show is more entertaining now than when it used to be.”
The current show featured fun skits, a journey through five decades of fashion, a sequined evening gown like a liquid disco ball and a revealing tiger-striped swimsuit that elicited a gasp from the audience. Dresses, jeans and headwear were accented with everything from lavender feathers and Swarovski crystals to rhinestones.
“I’d wear them,” Curry said of the hats. “To church, to work, anywhere.”
50th Annual Ebony Fashion Fair’s Glam Odyssey shines in Moreno Valley, San Bernardino with bold styles. Editing by Anna Zhang
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