By Sheldon Spackman

Supporting Indigenous Sisters

The Bra Lounge celebrating sisterhood with Favourite Things Fashion Show

Oct 24, 2020 | 9:02 AM

It will be a celebration of sisterhood next month when a small group of local women take to the catwalk in this year’s best lingerie, sleepwear, casual wear, and shoes – all in support of the Red Deer Native Friendship Society and Red Deer Aboriginal Dance Troupe.

The 4^th Annual Favourite Things Fashion Show will be live streamed from the Scott Block in downtown Red Deer on Nov. 7 starting at 7:00 p.m.

It’s being hosted by The Bra Lounge, a local small business serving the women of central Alberta since 2007.

With the help of sponsors, co-owner Sheena Johnson says it’s their biggest endeavor of the year.

“We feel so good about the organizations we get to support and the women that we bring together in the room. The initial intention was to normalize women and their everyday comfort in a group of women, just to share body positivity messages. This fashion show just allows us to show women of all ages and sizes and backgrounds that you can feel so empowered wearing undergarments that are comfortable and look great.”

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Two other local businesses will also be sharing the stage on Nov. 7 – Great Strides Fine Shoes and Magpie Textile Co.

The fashion show will also showcase local Indigenous fashions and accessories, as well as performances by the women of the Red Deer Aboriginal Dance Troupe.

Tickets for the live stream event on Zoom are $50 each, with $25 going directly to the Red Deer Native Friendship Society.

For $200, A Girls Night In Package for four may be purchased which includes the private live stream link, a gorgeous, locally curated charcuterie board, and two bottles of wine. Swag bags will be given out to the first 25 groups of four to purchase.

Tickets can be purchased at thebralounge.com.

Spawned from strong customer relationships through fitting room conversations, Johnson says the Favourite Things Fashion Show has now evolved into something with far greater aspirations.

“Being able to be in a position to spotlight the beauty of our Indigenous sisters and their culture and the things that that whole community has experienced in our town and in our province, that was going to be the next topic for sure,” she explains. “It’s an important one for women to talk about. It’s a stance we can take proudly and strongly and I think never more than this year when we’re talking so much about Black Lives Matter and all of these interesting social conversations that have come up this year.”

“I truly have this feeling of we’re all just brothers and sisters walking each other home,” adds Johnson. “We’re all just here to love and support each other and I really just want it to be about celebrating the accomplishments of women, the achievements of women, the things that women bring to the table every day in our community and in our families. I just want to create this sisterhood of women supporting women.”