Promoting healthy body image, confidence and self-esteem for Evangel’s female students, Fashion Week kicks off at Evangel University on Monday, March 11, 2012.
This year’s theme is Unveiled: Uncovering the Past, Reclaiming the Future.
The focus is on helping women find identity in Christ rather than basing it on the expectations of society, says senior Mehleena Edmonds, chair of the 12-member, student committee that plans the Fashion Fever events.
“We are taking ownership of our lives as new creations,” Edmonds says. “We don’t have to hide from our past or be ashamed of who we used to be. We are reclaiming our future because we have turned from the ways of our past.”
Kerry Marsh, Counseling Services staff member, says the theme also reinforces the importance of positive self-image for women.
A women-only Chapel service will be held on Monday, March 11, at 7 p.m., in the Barnett Recital Hall. Edmonds will be the speaker for this event.
Each women’s residence hall on campus will host events to take place on Tuesday, March 12, and an event organized by Evangel’s Counseling Services will take place on Wednesday, March 13, at 10 a.m. in the lower level of the student union.
The main event, Fashion Fever, begins at 9 p.m. on Thursday, March 14. The event is open to all Evangel University students, staff and faculty.
The night will showcase fashion, hors d’oeuvres and an inspirational message by Casey Gibbons, author of A Girls Life with God, co-founder of Cherish Kids and mother of five daughters. She is married to Scotty Gibbons, student ministries director at James River Assembly of God in Ozark, Missouri.
“This is an amazing event for the girls on this campus. It is an opportunity for us to come together and have a night away from school assignments,” Edmonds says. “We feel empowered and inspired by the potential we see in each other.”
This annual event also is a fundraiser, and this year, each residence hall is collecting personal hygiene items for the Boys & Girls Town of Springfield. The floor that donates the most items will be treated to VIP seating at the event. Profits from the sale of T-shirts and other merchandise also will be donated to the Boys & Girls Town.
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