Coldwater Creek holds fashion show to benefit the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure

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“The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize,” said a character in Robert Harling’s play “Steel Magnolias.”

She could be shopping at Coldwater Creek at Stonebriar Mall to demonstrate her high place on the evolutionary scale.

Had she been there last Sunday a portion of the cost of her purchases would have been donated to the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, an organization that searches for the cure for breast cancer.

This is the third year for Coldwater Creek to partner with the Komen Race for the Cure as a national series partner.

At an in-store fashion show held at the Coldwater Creek store in Stonebriar Mall in Frisco 10 percent of the proceeds from that day was donated to the Komen Race for the Cure. Four breast cancer survivors participated in the fashion show.

Cindy Bush was one of the organizers of the event and she is also a Coldwater Creek employee as well as a breast cancer survivor. “Through the efforts of Coldwater Creek and Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure we act as enablers for women to acquire knowledge and information about this disease,” said Bush. “I have a passion for finding a cure.”

Martha Still of Van Alstyne and Christina Henry of Flower Mound, both breast cancer survivors, each modeled several outfits.

Henry urged women to get regular checkups. She was only 30 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. “I will be the first in four generations in my family to beat the disease,” said Henry.

“Early detection saved my life. That’s one reason I’m so involved and I want other women to be saved too,” said Still.

Paulena McAnderson-Weathers of EDS spoke at the event. She said her journey beginning from the time she was diagnosed with breast cancer has been a rollercoaster. She also said that women who are diagnosed with breast cancer must have friends and family and, most importantly, faith in God to get through the process.

Helene Swartz, visual co-ordinator of the Coldwater Creek store in Frisco demonstrated how a basic outfit could be changed with different accessories.

Sales associate Heidi Oracion also modeled several outfits.

Punch and refreshments were also available during the fashion show. Customers and store staff toasted the breast cancer survivors with champagne. Cindy Bush read a poem she had written about her experience with the disease.

The Coldwater Creek store helped to raise $800,000 for the North Texas Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure last year.

This year’s Race for the Cure will be held at EDS in Plano on June 2. Call the North Texas Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure hot line at 972-378-4808 for information.

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