NEW YORK(SMI-WIRE,01.09.18)-The Fashion Scholarship Fund organization, celebrated its 81St Annual FSF National Merit Scholarship Awards Dinner this evening; honoring  industry leaders from fashion designer Christian Siriano, Kenne th J. Wyse(President of Licencing & PR at PVH Corp), Kathia Beauchamp (CEO of Birchbox) & former chairman & CEO of Saks Inc, Stephen Sadove, at the New York Marriott-Marquis in the heart of Time Square, Manhattan.

 

The Fashion Scholarship Fund is a non-profit premier educational fashion organization that has been in operation over eight decades in the United States.

Its main mission is to advance the fashion industry by encouraging talented, creative young people to pursue careers in the field and providing scholarships and comprehensive programs to the best and brightest fashion students in both business in design.Since inception, have awarded millions of dollars in scholarships to thousands of students worldwide.

In addition, this year event also awarded nearly $1.4 Million in scholarships to the 2018 FSF class and eight National Merit Scholarship finalists, who come from the top programs at universities and colleges nationwide.

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The following 2018 honorees were recipients of the following Awards for their generous contributions to the fashion industry:

 

Christian Siriano: Recipient with the Entrepreneur of the Year Award

Kenneth J. Wyse : Recipient of Wholesale of the Year Award

Katia Beauchamp: Recipient of The Fashion Innovator of the Year Award.

Stephen Sadove: Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award

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Notable Attendees: Coco Rocha, Martha Stewart, Danielle Brooks, Candice Huffine,

Brad Walsh, Steve Gold & many more….

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