The 20th Let the Fashions Begin Man of Substance gala is Friday, November 1st, at The Westin Galleria. The event benefits Texas Children’s Hospital Sickle Cell Center. Back in 2011, I was selected as a “Let the Fashion’s Begin” Man of Style. While I have vacillated in my sense of fashion consciousness, I do believe […]

Clarease Rankin Yates created “Let The Fashions Begin” in 1995 to raise funds for the Sickle Cell Association of Gulf Texas; and in 2001 Let The Fashions Begin became an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) Corporation. The mission of “LFB” is to accelerate the discovery of a total cure for sickle cell disease.  This event has successfully raised over […]

The 2010 Men Of Style honorees are Doug Abernethy, Regional Vice President, Radio One; Larry Blackerby, Vice President and General Manager of KPRC-TV (Channel 2); Sam Bridgeman, AVP, Field Training and Development, New York Life Insurance Company; Attorney Larry P. Green, CEO, Houston Works; Fred Hoyer, Fleet Manager, Bayway Lincoln Mercury; Odysseus Lanier, Partner, McConnell, […]