Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

Trail Chic Fashion Show fundraiser July 20 in Lee Vining

Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

If you haven’t caught one of the last two Trail Chic Fashion Shows, you’re missing out on some good fun. The good news is that we’re holding Trail Chic this year at 7:00pm on Saturday, July 20 at the Lee Vining Community Center, so you’ll have a chance to see some seriously creative trail wear on the pine cone-lined, AstroTurf runway.

Trail Chic is a fundraiser for the Mono Lake Committee’s outdoor education programs. The entrance to the event is free, and our friends at Barefoot Wine & Bubbly will be pouring wine (for a donation) and there will be a great (and affordable!) silent auction with an amazing selection of wine and some great outdoor gear too.

And then, there are the fashions … in years past we’ve had climbers, cyclists, snowboarders, birders, woodsmen, aliens, tufa towers, invasive plant species, pirates, research biologists, small dogs…. You’ll have a good chance of seeing gold lamé, glitter, sequins, polypro, hiking socks, binocular straps, zip-off pants, wigs, farmer’s tans, hippies, and the like. Something magic happens when you put it all together with some groovy music, and you never know who or what will show up, but we hope that you’ll be there to join in the fun!