Bellarmine Style Show a success among students
Kati Beveridge
Issue date: 10/28/09 Section: Entertainment
By Kati Beveridge
Last Thursday the Career Center and the business fraternity, Delta Sigma Pi sponsored Bellarmine's Style Show: Dress for Success with the help of Dillard's department store. It was indeed quite a success.
According to the director of Bellarmine's Career Center, this has been the first style show within the last 15 years.
A good number of both female and male students attended this event, waiting anxiously to hear about the important details that go into professional dress and the "chicness" behind it.
Also, for those who attended the event received little gift bags from Dillard's that contained perfume samples, business cards, and other little goodies relating towards the style show.
The style show was hosted by two Dillard's representatives from St. Matthew's Mall in Louisville, Kelly LaBarbera who is the assistant store manager and Courtenay Passen who is a sale associate and designs sportswear for the store. Both of these women looked very stylish, yet professional at the same time. They also have had much experience with experimenting with business attire.
Before LaBabera and Passen talked about wardrobe and the importance of appearance, they gave students a little history about Dillard's department store.
According to LaBarbera, Dillard's has been around for over 70 years. It was founded by William Dillard's and has over 300 locations nationwide.
The department store is also a publicly traded business, but is still run by family whose mantra is "Style. And. Value. Everyday," LaBarbera added.
LaBarbera continued to say that Dillard's is a "distinctive mix of name brands and private label merchandise, such as Calvin Klein and Hugo Boss. Two of the private label brands at Dillards are Antonio Melani and Alex Marie.
According to both LaBarbera and Passen, Melani is fitted more towards petite women, whereas for those who have more curves in their body look to Marie for professional wear. "Each of these brands are affordable, yet look great," LaBarbera and Passen added.
Last Thursday the Career Center and the business fraternity, Delta Sigma Pi sponsored Bellarmine's Style Show: Dress for Success with the help of Dillard's department store. It was indeed quite a success.
According to the director of Bellarmine's Career Center, this has been the first style show within the last 15 years.
A good number of both female and male students attended this event, waiting anxiously to hear about the important details that go into professional dress and the "chicness" behind it.
Also, for those who attended the event received little gift bags from Dillard's that contained perfume samples, business cards, and other little goodies relating towards the style show.
The style show was hosted by two Dillard's representatives from St. Matthew's Mall in Louisville, Kelly LaBarbera who is the assistant store manager and Courtenay Passen who is a sale associate and designs sportswear for the store. Both of these women looked very stylish, yet professional at the same time. They also have had much experience with experimenting with business attire.
Before LaBabera and Passen talked about wardrobe and the importance of appearance, they gave students a little history about Dillard's department store.
According to LaBarbera, Dillard's has been around for over 70 years. It was founded by William Dillard's and has over 300 locations nationwide.
The department store is also a publicly traded business, but is still run by family whose mantra is "Style. And. Value. Everyday," LaBarbera added.
LaBarbera continued to say that Dillard's is a "distinctive mix of name brands and private label merchandise, such as Calvin Klein and Hugo Boss. Two of the private label brands at Dillards are Antonio Melani and Alex Marie.
According to both LaBarbera and Passen, Melani is fitted more towards petite women, whereas for those who have more curves in their body look to Marie for professional wear. "Each of these brands are affordable, yet look great," LaBarbera and Passen added.
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