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Ida Becker | 09/04/2009 - 10:28am
Three cheers for tasty salted pig parts! The Charleston Wine and Food Festival kick-off party, held Thursday night at Charles Towne Landing's new Founders Hall, was a rapturous extravaganza of all things porcine—and not just your mama's Sunday bacon...

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Ayoka Lucas | 08/26/2009 - 5:09pm
The Project Runway Viewing Party at Caviar & Banana benefiting Lowcountry Aids Services was a sold-out success! It was a special night as we all watched our local designers move on to the next round and cheered as images of Charleston Fashion...

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Ida Becker | 08/24/2009 - 11:38am
Charleston has been asserting itself as a Southern hub of style since the dawn of seersucker, and its claim to fashion fame has been magnified in recent years thanks to Charleston Fashion Week (CFW), a wildly successful series of runway shows hosted...

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Ayoka Lucas | 08/21/2009 - 3:02pm
Charleston fashion designers are popping up all over the national fashion map! Last night we celebrated two local Charleston Fashion Week designers in the most glamorous way at the Project Runway Viewing Party at Caviar and Bananas. Their debut was...

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Ida Becker | 08/18/2009 - 8:18am
She's joined the ranks of celebrities whose quixotic fame continues to grow long after death: John Lennon, Elvis, Princess Di--Julia Child. Her life, voracious love of food, and groundbreaking cookbook have been splashed across magazine spreads over...

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Ayoka Lucas | 08/10/2009 - 3:33pm
I had the opportunity to hang out this weekend with my friend Mychael Knight, designer featured on Season 3 of Project Runway and Charleston Fashion Week Emerging Designer Competition: Southeast celebrity guest judge, who was in town to speak at...

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Ida Becker | 08/07/2009 - 11:16am
On Thursday night, the Civic Design Center sizzled with the sounds and smells of an iron chef-style competition that pitted teams of two—one professional chef paired with one middle/high school kid—against each another to raise both awareness of our...

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Ida Becker | 07/31/2009 - 3:57pm
Bombay Sapphire Gin and GQ magazine, a collaborative team on the hunt to find our nation's "Most Inspired" bartender, brought the party to town Thursday night. Their mixology contest is sweeping through 30 U.S. cities and selecting one behind-the-...

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Ayoka Lucas | 07/28/2009 - 3:45pm
Margo Kaufman Gallery presented the Women's Contemporary Art Show to benefit the Center For Women last Wednesday to a packed house! Yes, it was super hot in temperature inside but the art shown and the fashion worn at this social event was bringing...

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Ayoka Lucas | 07/24/2009 - 5:38pm
Over the past few weeks, the fashion aficionados of Charleston have been walking tall in light of the news that two former Charleston Fashion Week participants were cast for the 6th Season of Project Runway to air on Lifetime! And as to be expected...

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