Who: Divas, fashionistas, and friends of the Angel Foundation
What: Angels & Divas
Where: The Saint Paul Hotel
When: October 5, 2011
Why: To support the Angel Foundation, an organization that provides education and financial assistance to adults who have cancer.

Angels & Divas is my kind of event. First, I’m never one to turn down a fashion show. Second, the event supports the Angel Foundation, which helps adults with cancer and their families. This hit close to home, because several of my family members—including my dad, aunt, and grandpa—were diagnosed with cancer. The event’s theme was “making a difference with style,” and that is something I can get behind.

When there’s a chance to see a designer runway show, mingle with fashionistas, and raise money for a foundation that helps children, who am I to pass it up?

Who: Socialites, style setters, media mavens, restaurateurs, and other TC notables
What: Macy’s Passport Presents Glamorama 2010
Where: Orpheum Theatre and Macy’s Minneapolis Eighth Floor
When: August 6, 2010
Why: To raise funds for Children’s Cancer Research Fund and to raise the bar on Twin Cities fashion

Twin Cities fashionistas made their annual pilgrimage to the Orpheum to show off their style, soak up fall looks, and celebrate fashion at Macy’s Passport Presents Glamorama 2010.

Who: Fashionistas and friends of the Starkey Hearing Foundation
What: Preview of Fall 2010 American and European designer collections
Where: Nordstrom, Mall of America
When: Thursday, June 24, 2010
Why: We love fashion, we love Nordstrom, we love to mingle, and we’re all about supporting good causes. Sound off—it’s party time.

Last Thursday, I was in my own personal version of nirvana. I wouldn’t consider myself a die-hard fashionista. Yes, I swoon at the site of Chanel, and I have an admitted addiction to shoes, and maybe handbags, okay, and probably cocktail dresses, and I suppose I covet a few too many pairs of Sevens . . . but, really, I don’t have a problem—no matter what my friends and family might say.

Who: Rock ‘n’ roll groupies and fashion-crazed hipsters
What: Voltage: Fashion Amplified
Where: First Ave.
When: Friday, April 16, 2010
Why: Where else would we wear that edgy new leather jacket and those spiky gladiator heels?

My Friday night was plagued with one question: What do you wear to a fashion event filled with trendy hipsters and local designers who are all the rage? Admittedly, my fashion sense is a little more BCBG than whacked-out D&G, but I wanted to fit in amongst the fashionistas at Voltage: Fashion Amplified. After settling on a one shoulder LaROK frock, my black leather motorcycle jacket, and a pair of never-before worn gladiator sandals, I hit the road ready to mingle with the style-obsessed. After a delicious dinner at Vincent with my plus one (the truffle mashed potatoes made the trip to downtown worth it), we headed to the star-covered walls of First Ave. for the event, which merges local fashion designers with local up-and-coming bands.