My heart broke for all of the stumbling fashionistas freezing their scantily clad rear ends off. With the money saved on decorations and models, could they not have put red carpet throughout the streets? I’d be surprised if there wasn’t a few sprained ankles and bruised egos.

The shopping boutique was sad. It was so small with very little to selection. My companion and I usually spend hundreds in the boutique but this year, we didn’t even spend $100 between the two of us. Very disappointing.

With respect to the show, there aren’t too many good things to say. Because there was only 1 ticket taker at 1 entrance, admission into the tent took far too long. The auction was also too long, with the items being way too pricy. The show had some good talent at the end, but few were there to witness it as more than half of the audience had given up and gone home.

To top it all off, the after party was at location outside of the Distillery District (Kool Haus). I can’t comment on the party itself ’cause there was no way I was going to drive over there and pay for parking after such a disappointment evening.

Fashion Cares 2007 failed to provide the WOW factor that it has provided over the previous years. Note to the organizers: when if it aint broke, don’t fix it. Go back to the previous location and format and hopefully you’ll get back some patrons who you’ve lost from this years fiasco.

I was also disappointed with the limited fashion segment. Where was the parade of gorgeous gowns and models? We couldn’t see the awesome outfits on the dancers, there was no runway. Compared to last year the fashion component was just not there.

It seems like a lot of changes were made for the sake of change, but Fashion Cares was fine the way it was. It is too bad the venue was not well thought out.

I guess if we think we can do better we could volunteer for the committee next year.