Underfashion Club

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The Underfashion Club is a non-profit fashion industry group [1] dedicated to "all facets of the intimate apparel industry: foundations, daywear, sleepwear, robes, and loungewear". [2] [3] [4]

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History and operations

Originally established in 1958 as the Corset and Brassiere Women's Club, Inc., in 1963 the group was re-invented as the Underfashion Club. [2] [3] In 2014, Victor Vega was the president. [3] Periodically, the organization holds seminars about the fashion industry by members of the industry, [5] [6] such as Mayouri Sengchanh. [7]

The Underfashion Club annual gala is "recognized as a premier event in the intimate apparel industry". [8]

Scholarship

The Underfashion Club administers the Mary Krug Scholarship, "which will benefit fashion lingerie students in the intimates field". [4] The scholarship is named after Mary Krug, who was vice president and divisional merchandise manager of intimate apparel and children’s at the Neiman Marcus Group for 40 years. [4] Krug died in November 2013. [4]

The Underfashion Club established a chair at the Fashion Institute of Technology. [3]

Femmy Award

The Underfashion Club awards the Femmy Awards at Cipriani 42 Street in New York. On 4 February 2014, Caroline Rhea hosted the event. [4]

Past events

Donations raised during the Femmy Gala are used to fund students, who pursue college–level intimate apparel related courses. [3]

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