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Couture Designs in Brentano Fabrics: Chicago History Museum and Brentano Announce Design Competition Finalists

Brentano fabrics and the Chicago History Museum announce the three fashion designers who have been named finalists for the FashioNext design competition.

    WHEELING, IL, March 15, 2009 /Fashion PR News/ -- The finalists for FashioNext, a design competition built around the Chicago History Museum's Chic Chicago exhibition of couture garments, have been announced. The three designers who will move on to create their designs are Jermikko Shoshanna of Jermikko, Melissa Serpico Kamhout of Serpico, and William Thomas Walton and Roger Price of Price Walton. View each designer's inspiration pieces, individual sketches, and Brentano fabric selections at http://www.brentanofabrics.com/fashionext.

The winning garment will be announced at the FashioNext finale event held on April 17, 2009. Tickets can be purchased from the Chicago History Museum at http://chicagohistory.org/planavisit/upcomingevents/special-events#finale . The leading design will win a place in history as a permanent part of the Museum's acclaimed costume collection, and will be displayed as part of the Chic Chicago exhibition until its closure on July 26, 2009.

About Brentano
Founded in 1990 by Design Director Iris Wang and her husband and President E-Kwan Chen, Brentano has grown from a modest beginning of eight patterns to an internationally represented textile house. Brentano's fabrics stem from Wang's philosophy of balancing beauty + performance. Our growing collection of eco-fabrics expands this ideology by demanding textiles to meet thoroughly researched standards of environmental consciousness while maintaining their beauty. Brentano offers a variety of innovative and interesting eco-friendly faux leather, high performance fire-resistant, outdoor, and Crypton and Nano-Tex fabrics.




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