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ADVISORY/``Coffee Filter Couture'' and Other Unique Styles Unveiled by Budding Teen Fashion Designers at The Grove.


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ADVISORY...for Saturday (June 5)

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 2004

Forget Silk and Chiffon chiffon (shĭfŏn`), plain-weave, lightweight, sheer, transparent fabric made of cotton, silk, or synthetic fiber; it is made of fine, highly twisted, strong yarn. ! Local 8th Graders Use Coffee Filters,

Newspapers, Safety Pins and Other Unique Materials

to Create Cool Fashions of the Future

Teen fashion designers will strut the runway at The Grove this Saturday night, June 5, at 7 p.m., donning their own stylish and inventive creations. The extraordinary materials used by the trend-setting teens include coffee beans and coffee filters, 300 pairs of gloves, newspapers, safety pins and even a copy of "War and Peace."

Exhibiting ingenuity, creativity and craftsmanship, the designers were invited to unveil their unique fashions at their very own runway show at The Grove. For more than a year, the 29 eighth grade students from Notre Dame Academy Notre Dame Academy may refer to:
  • Notre Dame Academy (Hingham, Massachusetts) in Hingham, Massachusetts
  • Notre Dame Academy (Worcester, Massachusetts) in Worcester, Massachusetts
  • Notre Dame Academy (Dayton, Ohio) in Dayton, Ohio, closed in 1927
 in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  have studied the art of fashion for a graduating class art project, and laboriously created one-of-a-kind designs from unique materials, many drawing inspiration from The Grove stores. The Pacific Theatres at The Grove inspired a dress fashioned from movie theater ticket stubs stubs

The shares of equity in a firm that is financed almost completely with debt. Stubs are often created when firms go through a leveraged buyout or pay big cash dividends in order to fend off a takeover.
 and strips of film, the tropics tropics, also called tropical zone or torrid zone, all the land and water of the earth situated between the Tropic of Cancer at lat. 23 1-2°N and the Tropic of Capricorn at lat. 23 1-2°S.  of Tommy Bahama Tommy Bahama is a licensed line of clothing that markets high-end tropical-themed wear amongst other clothing and household goods. The company sells these products through its own chain of retail outlets in Canada and the United States, and through other retailers.  spurred a dress made entirely of woven cane, and hundreds of hand-painted Band-Aids with Quiksilver logos were used to create a skateboard-themed shirt and shorts.


WHAT:    Teen Designers Unveil Unique Fashions at The Grove

WHEN:    Saturday, June 5, 2004
         One-hour fashion show begins at 7 p.m.

WHERE:   The Grove -- Fashion runway staged in Town Square
         189 The Grove Drive, Los Angeles
         Located at Third and Fairfax

         -- Press check-in opens at 6:30 p.m.
         -- Free self-parking for press in The Grove parking structure
         -- News van parking available along The Grove Drive
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