To kick off the 2008 Family Circle Cup in style, LACOSTE will host a spring fashion show featuring the latest LACOSTE fashions for men, women, and children in downtown Charleston from 6:00 - 6:30pm on Monday, April 14th. The third annual LACOSTE Fashion Show, designed with the look and feel of New York Fashion Week’s Bryant Park event, is free to the public and will take place directly in front of the Charleston LACOSTE boutique at 248 King Street.  LACOSTE is returning for the third consecutive year as a Premier sponsor of this year’s Family Circle Cup 35th Anniversary celebration scheduled April 12-20th at the Family Circle Tennis Center in Charleston, South Carolina.

Each year, the LACOSTE Fashion Show recruits local models to walk the runway in the newest LACOSTE spring fashions. Keeping in this tradition, men and women ages 18-25, and children ages 5-7, were invited to attend a casting call at the Charleston Place Hotel audition as a model for the April 14th LACOSTE Fashion Show.

The LACOSTE Fashion Show will be emceed by Brooke Ryan, radio host of the popular 95SX “Two Girls and a Guy” morning show, and will include VIP seating and a special LACOSTE 75th Anniversary backdrop giving the show the look and feel of New York Fashion Week’s Bryant Park festivities. The public in encouraged to arrive prior to the 6:00pm event start in order to take advantage of unique Family Circle Cup and LACOSTE merchandise that will be given out to those in attendance prior to the LACOSTE Fashion Show. LACOSTE, the official apparel sponsor of the Family Circle Cup, is celebrating its 75th anniversary as one of the world’s most well known brands with over 900 LACOSTE boutiques worldwide including a boutique in Charleston.

“The LACOSTE Fashion Show continues to be an exciting highlight of the Family Circle Cup as it kicks off the tournament with dramatic style in the heart of downtown Charleston’s fashion district,” said Robin Reynolds, Family Circle Cup Tournament Director. “Both LACOSTE and the Family Circle Cup are marking historical milestones in 2008. Our partnership is a perfect match because the excitement, history, and tradition of both organizations combine to showcase the best in tennis and fashion today.”

Joseph P. Riley, Mayor of the City of Charleston, will be on hand to help kick off the fashion show. The winner of The Ultimate Fashion Getaway contest will be announced prior to the show by Robert Siegel, Chairman of LACOSTE USA.  

“LACOSTE is thrilled to be partnering with Family Circle Cup and showing our spring collection on historic King Street”, said Robert Siegel CEO & Chairman, LACOSTE USA.

The Family Circle Cup and LACOSTE invite their fans to enter The Ultimate Fashion Getaway contest where the winner will experience the excitement and glamour of New York Fashion Week first-hand! One lucky Grand Prize winner and a guest will receive two round trip tickets from Charleston to New York City, two nights stay in a Manhattan hotel and two tickets to the LACOSTE Spring/Summer 2009 Fashion Show to be held this September at the epicenter of New York Fashion Week; the tents at Bryant Park. Entries can also be submitted by filling out entry cards at Charleston Fashion Week’s Emerging Local Designer (ELD) show to be held on Friday, March 28th, at Marion Square in downtown Charleston.

King Street will be closed to vehicular traffic on Monday April 14th from 1:00pm - 8:30pm for the LACOSTE Fashion Show. Event parking is available at five locations near the event including Charleston Place Garage (located off Hasell St), Wentworth Garage (corner of Wentworth and St. Phillip St.), Majestic Square (on Market Street between St. Phillip and King St.), Renaissance Hotel Parking Garage (on Wentworth St between Meeting St. and King St.), and at Market Horlbeck (on Market St. across from Charleston Place Market Street Circle).

2007 LACOSTE Fashion Show Pictures
*View photos from the 2006 LACOSTE Fashion Show.