Fashion Group International of Dallas announced the honorees for its annual Night of Stars Gala taking place on Friday, November 15 at the Adolphus Hotel. The 2019 Night of Stars honorees includes legendary fashion designer Bob Mackie who will honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Adding to the all-star lineup, ready-to-wear designers Veronica Swanson Beard and Veronica Miele Beard of Veronica Beard will receive the Career Achievement Award in Fashion; actress and Dallas native Angie Harmon will be honored with the Career Achievement Award in Entertainment; philanthropist Sandra Moon has been selected as Art Patron of the Year; and entrepreneur John Terlingo will receive a Career Achievement Award in Business. Helming the evening, Cameron Silver, fashion director of the Halston brand, will serve as emcee.
“I could not be more thrilled with the extraordinary lineup of honorees at this year’s event,” says Night of Stars Chair Victoria Snee. “It’s going to be an incredible evening celebrating their outstanding achievements and individual talents.” Snee continues, “Night of Stars is a beautiful and fun celebration of the future of fashion while honoring those who are leaders not just in fashion but also the arts, business, and entertainment. It’s an incredible evening not to be missed.”
A portion of proceeds from the evening will benefit the Fashion Group Foundation of Dallas, which provides scholarships to fashion students in Texas and surrounding states. “Dallas is truly an iconic city for fashion. The talent here is amazing. FGI Dallas does such important work in supporting that up and coming talent,” says Snee.
Rhonda Sargent Chambers, co-regional director of the FGI Dallas Board of Directors, adds: “Night of Stars is an accumulation of our industry’s celebrated leaders in the fields of fashion, art, entertainment and business. Most impressive is that these global leaders invest their time to support our cause of raising funds for student scholarships in the southwest region of the U.S.,”
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