DC Fashion Industry Welcomes the Stylish Michelle and Barack Obama to DC During Its...

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Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:53am EST

DC Fashion Industry Welcomes the Stylish Michelle and Barack Obama to DC
During Its Washington DC Fashion Industry and Young Professionals Inaugural
Ball

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Designers from the local Washington, DC
fashion industry will roll out the red carpet to welcome the trendsetting
Obamas to their city in the Washington DC Fashion Industry and Young
Professionals Inaugural ball on January 20, 2009.  The conglomerate of
designers, photographers and design houses hosting the event include
Xzuberance Clothing, BluBlink Photography, BiriBelle Clothing, Gediyon Kifle
Photography, Kelly Catherine Jewelry, LC Beads and ZiZi Boutique. Beginning at
9:30pm, the event will take place at the historic President James Monroe
Mansion in Washington, DC, minutes from the White House and will feature a
silent auction of products from hosts' lines, a live performance by 2009
Grammy nominated singer Wayna, cocktails, dinner, a champagne bar, a cigar
bar, a celebrity DJ and dancing.

Members of the Miami, New York and LA fashion industries, including designers,
models, celebrities and international fashion houses are being invited to join
in the celebration at the DC Fashion Industry and Young Professionals
Inaugural Ball. The Obamas have made politics fashionable again, particularly
the statuesque Michelle who has been compared to fashion icons Princess Diana
and Jacqueline Kennedy. Michelle Obama, in particular, has also been praised
for favoring and promoting American designers, and selecting to appear in
clothing accessible to the average American woman.

The event is being sponsored, in part by Nuvo, Simon Pearce, Diageo, Johnnie
Walker, Baileys, Tanqueray, Smirnoff, Guinness and Ciroc, whose promotion
partner, hip hop fashion mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs of the Sean Jean fashion
label, is also an invited guest to the event.

Tickets are available by accessing the event website at
http://www.wdcfypib.com or contacting JJ Ghatt @ JJ@ghatt.com who is also the
contact for requests for media credentials and volunteer requests. The event
is being produced by Enjoyment Enjoyment Inc., in conjunction with JJ Ghatt
Public Relations Inc. and TMK Sports and Entertainment LLC.

Media Contact: JJ Ghatt of JJ Ghatt Public Relations, LLC 240-235-5028
jj@ghatt.com

SOURCE  Washington DC Fashion Industry and Young Professionals Inaugural Ball
Committee

JJ Ghatt of JJ Ghatt Public Relations, LLC for Washington DC Fashion Industry
and Young Professionals Inaugural Ball Committee, +1-240-235-5028,
jj@ghatt.com
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