During a time in our history where men are afraid to even compliment a woman, it was an interesting twist when the first man made his way down the runway at this year’s Tapestry of Hope Fashion Show event. The crowd went wild when a very dapper man with a chiseled facial structure headed our way. It was like a scene out of a fairy tale, his great looks highlighted by perfectly calculated stage lighting. I have no doubt every woman in the crowd wanted to score his outfit for their very own man.

 

This was the first time in Hope’s Door New Beginning Center’s fashion show’s four-year history that men have donned the stage. Bar none - it has always been my favorite event of the year, however the added testosterone was the the icing on the cake (I prefer icing over cake any day). And … that wasn’t all, each attendee (the men, too) were gifted a scarf, hand-dyed by local artisans Christine Miller and Shannon Hardy. A few of the male attendees made the scarves their own, which made them instantly more handsome. Forget, “Real men were pink,” I am now thinking “Real men wear scarves.”