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Fashion Week returns to Ohio’s Eastwood Mall Complex
Al Urbanski CHAIN STORE AGE
2/24/2026
High school fashionistas will take to the runway to vie for a $5,000 first prize.
“Fashion Week is more than just fashion and clothes. It’s about bringing our community together,” according to Bri Ventimiglia, marketing director of the 3.4 million-sq.-ft. Eastwood Mall Complex in Niles, Ohio.
From March 5-7, the center court of the enclosed mall portion of the complex will be transformed into a high energy runway featuring three distinct fashion shows that are free and open to the public.
The first night of Fashion Week focuses on formal wear. The runway will showcase dress collections from Macy’s, Boscov’s, and Lavish, complemented by sharp suits from Rondinelli Tuxedo, footwear from Reyers, and professional hair and makeup styling by the Casal Aveda Institute.
Night Two is for the dogs — and cats — with a “Dog & Catwalk Adoption Show” sponsored by the Animal Welfare League of Trumbull County. Gussied-up pooches and felines will strut their stuff down the runway —and hope to be taken home by onlookers.
At the “High School Fashion Face-Off” on the final night of Fashion Week, natty teams from local high schools will take over the runway in a competition for cash prizes. The first-place school will win a prize of $5,000, with $2,500 and $1,000 gifts awaiting the second-and-third place young fashionistas.
“2025 was the first time we held this event and so many people showed up to support their schools that we knew we had to do it again,” said Johnny Chechitelli, Eastwood’s regional director of marketing and communications. “The schools that came up short last year know that they’ve got to pack the house this time to take home one of the top three prizes.”
Run by the Youngstown, Ohio-based Cafaro Company, the Eastwood Mall Complex is one of America’s largest shopping centers, holding more than 200 department stores, specialty shops, restaurants, hotels and entertainment options.
It is located equidistantly between Cleveland and Pittsburgh off Interstate 80.
