TRUNK SHOWS	April 8-10	Roma Sposa, Birmingham, MI
	April 16	Miss Jackson's, Tulsa, OK Celebrating their 100th Anniversary
	April 21-22	Leigh's, Grand Rapids, MI
	April 28-29	Au Courant, Milwaukee, WI
	May 4-5	Mimi, New Orleans, LA
	May 27-29	Giorda E, Yelm, WA

On January 29, 2005, the Norman Lear Center held a landmark event on fashion and the ownership of creativity. Ready to Share explored the fashion industry's enthusiastic embrace of sampling, appropriation and borrowed inspiration, core components of every creative process. This groundbreaking conference featured provocative trend forecasts, sleek fashion shows and an eclectic mix of experts from fashion, music, TV and film. Discussion sessions covered fashion and creativity; intellectual property law, fashion and entertainment and the future of sharing.

http://www.readytoshare.org