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Birmingham Fashion Week (BFW), was a series of annual fashion week events, held between 2011 and 2016 in Birmingham, Alabama.[1] The event showcased three nights of runway shows, featuring both local designers and national brands.[2]

Student Competition

The event included a Rising Design Star competition, for local middle and high school students, Out of 300 submissions, and 60 finalists in its final year.[3] Winners of the challenge received cash prizes and college scholarship through the University of Alabama and Savannah College of Art and Design.[4]

History

The event was founded in 2011 by Heidi Elnora, Jeana Lee Thompson to showcase local fashion talent. Starting as a one night show and later evolving into a three-day event. Notably, model Madeline Stuart, known for being the first professional model with Down syndrome opened the event in 2016.[5] That same year, at the Boutwell Memorial Auditorium[1] during the finale of the event, co-founder Heidi Elnora revealed that if the event failed to gain new financial backing, that it would not be able to return the following year.[3]

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