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Caroline Manzo, Dina Manzo and Kim Granatell among stars at first New Jersey Fashion Week
New Jersey's first Fashion Week, although only two days long, with more days planned for next year, took place at the prestigious Pleasantdale Chateau in West Orange on Monday and Tuesday.
Founded by Donnella Tilery, a fashion entrepreneur, and Jack Panico, owner of a chain of hair salons, this event was designed to be hosted by New Jersey, and brought with it a lot of New Jersey flavor. Tickets cost $100 each, raising nearly $20,000 for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation.
Tom Murro, New Jersey's Celebrity Magnet, brought his wife Kelly and the always-interesting Kim Granatell along to the event (Kim G on "The Real Housewives of New Jersey").
Local photographer Manny Carabel was kind enough to take all of the pictures for this report. He even was able to get an extremely rare photo moment featuring Caroline Manzo and Kim Granatell in a photo together. Pulitzer Prize for celebrity news, anyone?
Murro was invited to the show by Mrs. New Jersey 2010 Claire Pavlinec. Her charity, Maternal Wings, is devoted to recycling slightly used baby furniture (cribs, bassinettes, etc) to families in need.
As he hoped, Murro met Dina Manzo, the last "Real Housewives of New Jersey" star on his interview wish list. Manzo was a bit taller than he expected, but as lovely and gracious as the rest of the remaining housewives, according to Murro. Standing next to Caroline Manzo for a photo, Murro was again insistent that we mention that Caroline is as petite and good looking as ever.
While the audience was relieved that none of the "Jersey Shore" members attended, the "Jerseylicious" crew supplied some styling and make up for several of the models. Murro mentioned that model Denisha Rountree truly worked the runway.
Some of the other stars who came included The Spin Crowd's Jonathan Cheban, who is originally from New Jersey, Linda Morand, founder of the Supermodel Hall of Fame, "Dancing With The Stars" Anna Demidova, Mrs. New Jersey 2009, Ceylone Boothe-Grooms and Murro's friend and sometimes on air co-disher Alicia Viterelli from News12 New Jersey.
All of the designers showed their best real clothes for real people. New Jersey Fashion Week Rising Star Designer winner, Kahri Anne Kerr, was heard saying, "It was awesome, dude! Now I can pay my rent."
The crowd loved the event as well. "New York should be jealous," Murro told us, "This was better and simply more fun than any show I've seen in New York."
As Murro told the viewers on News 12, "Great Food, Great Fashion, Great Times."
— NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
