Atlantic City Fashion Week or ACFW is a fashion event held two times every year, Spring and Fall. The event features activities that include fashion shows, seminars, celebrity appearances, retail events, networking opportunities and industry parties. Atlantic City Fashion Week features an eclectic group of designers, national retailers, boutiques and novice design students. Designers from

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, Senegal, the Dominican Republic and all parts of the United States have showcased their collections at our runway event. Retailers have included

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, Invicta,

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, Tiffany's and

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. Atlantic City Fashion Week has also been a showcase for designers from the hit television series

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. Those designers have included Dom Streater, Helen Castillo and Lantie Foster, as well as Philadelphia's men's designer LeGrand Leseur. Atlantic City Fashion Week has held its events at a variety of venues on the world-famous Atlantic City Boardwalk including "The Pier Shops at Caesars" (now "

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, and the Claridge Hotel.

History

Atlantic City Fashion Week was Founded in 2011, by Lamont and Jeana Bowling, the founders of and KingBee Media LLC.

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* Fashion events in the United States Atlantic City, New Jersey Fashion weeks {{fashion-stub