Mountain Brook residents strut their stuff during 'Fashions for the Foundation' runway show

 

By Ana Rodriguez | arodriguez@al.comal.co

Mountain Brook Superintendent Dicky Barlow models during the Fashions for the Foundations runway show on September 10, 2013. (Ana Rodriguez/arodriguez@al.com)

MOUNTAIN BROOK, Alabama -- Mountain Brook students, parents, teachers, principals and city leaders took to the stage on September 10th during the Schaeffer Eye Center Fashions for the Foundation runway show and lunch reception held at The Club. A total of 14 different Mountain Brook apparel merchants helped dress some of the area’s most recognizable figures, all to help benefit the Mountain Brook City Schools Foundation.

Tickets prices ranged from $50 per person to $800 for a table of eight.
The packed ballroom erupted with applause when Anne Womack, executive director of the Mountain Brook Schools Foundation; State Rep. Paul DeMarco, also a member of the Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce; and Mountain Brook Superintendent Dicky Barlow strutted down the runway.

Mountain Brook Superintendent Dicky Barlow poses with Mountain Brook High School Spartan Mascot during the Fashions for the Foundations runway show on September 10, 2013. (Ana Rodriguez/arodriguez@al.com)

Other notable participants — who modeled clothing from the apparel shops listed— included:

• Crestline Elementary School Principal Laurie King—Pink Tulip
• Mountain Brook High School Principal Amanda Hood—Town and Country
• Brookwood Forest Elementary School Principal Nathan Pitner—Mountain High Outfitters
• Mountain Brook City Councilman Bill Pritchard—Mobley and Sons
• Cherokee Bend Elementary School Principal Betsy Bell—Macy’s Brookwood Village

Other participating merchants included:

• Monkee’s of Mountain Brook in English Village
• Snap Kids in Crestline Village
• Mountain Brook Sporting Goods in Crestline Village
• Pants Store in Crestline Village
• Lingerie Shop in Mountain Brook Village
• Laura Kathryn in Crestline Village
• Village Sportswear in Mountain Brook Village
• Marella in Mountain Brook Village
• Harrisons in Mountain Brook Village

Mountain Brook City Councilman Billy Pritchard models during the Fashions for the Foundations runway show on September 10, 2013. (Ana Rodriguez/arodriguez@al.com)

Since 1995, when the Mountain Brook City Schools Foundation first began, donors have helped commit nearly $5 million in grants to benefit all Mountain Brook City Schools.  The Foundation has helped ensure Mountain Brook schools remain at the forefront of technology-based learning, are up-to-date with books and magazines and excel in math studies through the funding of two math coaches to serve the city’s four elementary schools.

The show was produced by Haute Pink, presented by Schaeffer Eye Center and sponsored by the Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce. NBC 13 “Daytime Alabama’’ co-host Wendy Garner served as the fashion show’s MC.