Fashion Has Gone to the Dogs

Sashay, shantay, sashay, shantay and stay: it’s the second annual Fashion Has Gone to the Dogs competition!

Bark to the left, bark to the right at MacArthur Center, Center Court on Sunday, February 9 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. You and your fashionista furball can participate in three categories: Best Owner/Dog Costume Combination for ADULTS AND KIDS; Best Dog Fashion; and Celebrity Lookalike contest. (Last year, a French poodle entered as both Cleopatra and Elizabeth Taylor! Genius! Or maybe your dog resembles Tina Spay or Queen Elizabark!)

Our panel of local celebrity judges – players from the Norfolk Admirals! -- will award trophies to the grand prize winners in each category.

Every dog should have a chance to work his Fur Steel look. That’s why we invite all canine alumni of the Norfolk Animal Care and Adoption Center to dog-walk the runway!

For the second time, Norfolk Animal Care and Adoption Center has partnered with MacArthur Center to support Friends of NACC. Participants must pre-register on Eventbrite with a minimum donation of $5. Walk-up registrations accepted the day of for $5 or a food donation for the Norfolk Pet Pantry.

This event kicks off National Homeless Animal Awareness Week, which runs from Feb. 9 through the 16th. NACC will offer a discounted adoption fee of $50 during this week.

Dogs must be crowd/people/dog friendly and on leashes at all times, and each participant must sign a waiver. All participants should enter through the North 1 Entrance near Kay Jewelers into Center Court.

Put on your Pucci. Flaunt your Bark Jacobs. And strut your mutt like Cindy Clawford.