Wednesday, January 28, 2004

By Megan Coffren, Erin Filimon and Angela Sherrill

Wilmington, N.C. - Dress for Success, a business attire fashion show, will take place at 12 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9 in the University Union’s Hawk’s Nest at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The second annual show is presented by UNCW’s Career Services, the Department of Communication Studies and the Communication Studies Society.

This year’s theme, Make the Fashionable Turn on Your Career Highway, will feature clothing designs from Men’s Wearhouse and Casual Corner. UNCW students and faculty will be showcasing business casual and business professional attire while strutting their stuff to the musical sounds of the 80’s.

The fashion show kicks off Career Services’ weeklong series of events entitled Road Rules for the Real World. Career Services’ purpose is to help students prepare for entering the professional world. Contact Career Services at 962-3174 for a schedule of the week’s events or go to http://www.uncw.edu/stuaff/career/roadrules.htm.

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NOTE TO THE MEDIA: For additional information call Jennifer Chin at

910/962-7720.