Virginia Fashion Week

Richmond, VA

Website: http://www.vafashionweek.net/

Ann Leister is the owner and director of Splash Model Management and has produced or co-produced muliple fashion shows; including a show for Operation Smile featuring designers including Versace, Missoni, Moschino and others. In addition, she has cast actors and models in regional and national commercials, TV shows, magazines and ad campaigns. She has a BA from The College of William & Mary and experience in real estate, advertising, human resources, video production, and the arts. Having attended and studied fashion events in New York including Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, as well as shows in Washington DC, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Miami, Ann created the concept that has become VA Fashion Week as a way to bring NY style fashion shows to the Hampton Roads area and to spotlight the design talent, models, and creative talent that call this region home. For 2010, Ann is working with each designer to make every show a unique experience and every featured designer a "star"!

Ron Cooke is a nationally recognized fashion coordinator and stylist to the celebrities having produced fashion shows during New York's Fashion Week as well as in DC, Atlanta, Miami, and other regions. His company Rogue Productions has worked with world renown designers, politicians, athletes, musicians, and actors. Ron is also an established stylist having dressed an assortment of today's hottest celebrities including Alicia Keys, Danny Glover, Lela Rashon and many others for various magazines, commercials, and events. Ron has worked with Ann on VA Fashion Week from the first show on. Ron will be coordinating many of the boutique shows, several designer shows, as well as organizing many of the backstage activities in VA Fashion Week.