St. Louis Fashion Fund Founder Susan Sherman and St. Louis Fashion Incubator Executive Director Eric Johnson headlined the 5th Annual "Women in Business" event, presented by the St. Louis Jewish Light and NCJW Resale Shop, http://contribute.patch.com/compose/26530710#photo-widgetat the Ritz Carlton on June 20. The dynamic duo shared their plans to rebuild the former Garment District along Washington Avenue and bring back the business of fashion to St. Louis. "Our job is to turn emerging fashion designers into successful St. Louis entrepreneurs by providing them the space to work, create and manufacture their lines. That space will be the St. Louis Fashion Incubator, a 7,500 square foot facility, slated to open later this fall and designed to house six designers in residence who will be recruited across the country," said Johnson. For more information, www.saintlouisfund.org
Photo (left to right): Susan Sherman, Eric Johnson and St. Louis Fashion Designer Emily Brady Koplar.