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Inside information

Fashionable affairs

By Times Staff Writer
Published January 26, 2006


The Ebony Fashion Fair is in its 48th year of bringing the hottest runway looks to cities around the country to raise money for nonprofit organizations. Its new production, "Fit to Be Fabulous," makes two stops in the Tampa Bay area: Sunday in Tampa and Monday in St. Petersburg.

The Tampa fashion fair benefits the Tampa Hillsborough Urban League and is at 5 p.m. Sunday at Tampa Theatre, 711 Franklin St. $30; (813) 229-8117. The St. Petersburg show, benefiting Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, is at 8 p.m. Monday at the Coliseum, 535 Fourth Ave. N, $30 advance, $35 door; students $15 at door only; (727) 866-8049 or (727) 892-5202.

For more information about the Ebony Fashion Fair or to watch a preview video, see www.ebonyfashionfair.com

[Last modified January 25, 2006, 16:25:45]


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