Fashion 2012 Press Luncheon Draws Wide Coverage March 30, 2012—SAIC’s Fashion 2012 Press Luncheon drew a dozen press contacts to the Sage Studios for Fashion Design on Friday, March 16. Cynthia Rowley, via a 10-minute Skype session, announced details related to the Legend of Fashion Award she and her husband Bill Powers will receive at the events on April 19. Six seniors then presented designs they will feature in SAIC’s runway show that day. Immediately following the luncheon, Jared Hatch of Racked.com shared Rowley’s announcement that Paper magazine’s Mickey Boardman—“perhaps the largest and sparkle-tastic personality of all”—will emcee THE WALK 2012, and Brigid Sweeney followed him with her own scoop for Crain’s Chicago Business, “Cynthia Rowley Has a Confession to Make.” NBC5 Chicago covered details from the event on its website on March 19, when Marcus Riley provided information about THE WALK Benefit Gala, and on March 20, Kelsey Kreiling praised the “awesome press luncheon” she attended for Refinery29 and noted that THE WALK’s high-profile guests and student designs made it “one graduate show that you won’t want to miss.”