Block Party
Westport, Conn.-based Integrated Corporate Relations Inc. (ICR), an investor relations and corporate consulting firm, brought together a collection of youth-oriented brands to present their 2002 fashions in a bright-lights-and-music-laden runway fashion show on Jan. 14 at the Block at Orange in Orange, Calif., as a precursor to the company’s fourth annual ICR XChange, a youth market business forum.
A chill was in the air, but the temperature was kind to the models in the fashion show, which was held in the AMC Courtyard at the center’s open-air promenade just after dusk. Mall patrons and employees exiting work were treated to a musical show featuring designs from Hot Topic, Ron John’s Surf Shop, bebe, Kikwear, Urban Outfitters, Fossil, Quiksilver, Roxy, Sirens, Wet Seal and Guess.
The youth conference, which featured presentations by the heads of the same apparel manufacturers, took place the next day in the meeting room of Dave & Buster’s, also at the Block at Orange. —Darryl James
