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2024 Fashion Show

Win a free prom dress & VIP prom experience 😍

Win a free prom dress & VIP prom experience 😍

What is the #AATRNC VIP Prom Experience? We will close the store to the public, and the winner and 5 of her friends will have an exclusive appointment with our senior stylists. In addition, her prom dress will be FREE (up to $500 value)! Plus, her friends will work with our senior stylists and receive discounts and fun giveaways.

How do you enter? Attend our annual fashion show. Each high school girl that attends our Fashion Show will receive a raffle ticket. A random drawing will happen during the fashion show. You must be present to win. The prize can not be redeemed for cash and is non-transferable. The winner and her friends agree to have their photos shared on our social media.

Our 2024 winner was Merryn Taylor; congratulations! Stay tuned for highlights from her experience

Past Winners

  • 2023 Scarlett Morehouse

A portion of the proceeds goes to grants for women entrepreneurs.

A Fashion Show with Purpose

Our annual Runway Extravaganza is focused on making women and young girls feel empowered and beautiful. “Any time you get a young girl on a stage, her confidence goes through the roof. We are raising strong women and showing them examples,” said Kathy Keefe Jensen, owner of An Affair To Remember and producer of the fashion show, “We are out to develop heroes.”

In collaboration with the Women of Power Society of N.C., Center for Economic Development (CEED), a portion of proceeds go to #herPitch, a grant awarded to women in business.

A Sisterhood Meant to Inspire & Uplift

When you look your best, you feel your best. We encourage our runway models to cultivate deep and lasting friendships, give back to their community, and encourage others to do the same! A dress is more than fabric, it’s a way to make a statement to yourself and others that you are worth it!

If you are #AGirlToRemember who purchased a dress (or gift card for future purchase) from An Affair to Remember between January 1, 2024 - December 1, 2024, that was $350 or more; we would love for you to participate in our annual Runway Extravaganza. Please complete the form to express your interest.

We showcase designs from the world’s leading formal wear designers, including Jovani, Sherri Hill, Ava Presley, Rachel Allan, Tarik Ediz, Ashley Lauren, Johnathan Kayne, La Femme, and more. See more at www.AATRNC.com

Featured Designers

Runway Show Memory Lane

WOMEN OF POWER

WOMEN OF POWER

The Women of Power Society of N.C. is a celebration of women that have demonstrated leadership by contributing to the community through volunteerism, entrepreneurship, or public service.

The Women of Power Society of N.C. is the brainchild of Kathy Keefe Jensen, Owner of An Affair to Remember: Prom, Pageant, and Formal Wear, and Suzy Hrabovsky, Executive Director of NC Center for Economic Development. They decided it was time to bring the Women of Power Alumnae and the women in leadership roles together to celebrate the status of women in our community.

When you nominate a woman of power, and she is selected, she receives an evening gown from An Affair to Remember to walk in the Women of Power segment of our annual Fashion Show, a Woman of Power Gift Bag, and an annual membership to the Women of Power Society of N.C.

  • Featured Guest: Jovani Designer Julie DuRocher

  • Runway Show Directed by Mariana Verkerk, Producer, Catwalk Queen, NextTop Model Judge

  • Bill Alverson, Coach Charming & #1 Beauty Pageant Coach

  • “Every woman dreams of a moment where she feels beautiful, empowered, and inspiring. Being a Woman of Power in An Affair to Remember’s annual fashion is an opportunity to do just that. I was honored to be a part of this segment in 2019 and look forward to the Class announcement every year to recognize the women in our community who are making a difference that perhaps we would have never known about without AATR opening the runway and shining the spotlight on them.”

    -Victoria Huggins, MIss North Carolina 2017 | Walk Manager at Alzheimer’s Association North Carolina

  • “It had a positive impact to my own family. My daughters were proud and my granddaughter at age five wanted to be on the stage after seeing me walk. When she went on, she had such confidence. She’s going to walk again this year.”

    — Ronna Garrett, vice chair of the PWC board

  • “My response to what it meant for me to be a Woman of Power in the fashion show is that the experience allowed me to showcase through dress the personal representation of my strength, perseverance, and grace without saying a word……it allowed me to exude power just being fashionably me!”

    - Dr. Shenae Whitehead