The 2024 Cleveland Fashion Gala has adopted the theme "The New Roaring Twenties of Fashion."  In a post-war era, the 1920s saw the nation emerge with high fashion, parties and celebrations with flair.  In a twist of irony, the 2020's started with a pandemic, considered a low point for fashion and celebrations.  In the post-pandemic era, pent up desire for fashion and celebration has emerged with a new roar, and the Cleveland Fashion Gala will showcase designers of extraordinary caliber from Cleveland and around the country.

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The 2020's also brings with it the centennial celebration of the creation of Sweetest Day.  Sugar rationed for the war was made available to candy companies, which used this surplus to start a holiday giving sweets to children in orphanages and hospitals in Cleveland, as well as shut-in seniors in local nursing homes.  The Sweetest Day Foundation has revived this tradition by conducting an annual outreach program to bring joy and love to the forgotten and underprivileged on Sweetest Day.  The holiday started in Cleveland, but is now celebrated throughout the country.