FASHION FILE is a weekly Sun- day column, If your business or charity is planning a fashion Show, send in your information as early as possible to the North Shore News, 1139 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver, B.C., V7M 2H4, Priority is given to fundrais- ing fashion events and fashion shows taking place on the North Shore. Sunday, May 16: Above Average Lingerie presents Spring into Summer, a fashion show of lingerie for the full-figured woman, I1 a.m.-l p.m. at the Park Royal Hotel, Tickets, $10, include tea, coffce, sandwiches and dessert. Reservations only; phone 988-0445 for more info. Sunday, May 16: Sharp Hair Design, 117-1433 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver, is holding a cut-a-thon, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., to benefit AIDS research at St. Paul’s Hospital. A minimum $20 donation is requested for each haircut; no appointment neces- sary. Phone the salon at 987-4247 for more info. Sunday, May 16: London jeweller Leo de Vroomen will give a free lecture, 2 p.m. at Susan Clark Gallery of Gem Art, on the goldsmithing and enamelling techniques he uses to create his award-winning designs. The gallery is located on the, pent- FASHION FILE house level of 555 West Georgia St, Vancouver. Phone the gallery, 688-3553, for more information. Thursday, May 20: The Canadian Craft Museum presents ICE, an evening celebrating diamonds and the exquisnhe craft of jewelry design. Original hand-crafted jewelry, valued at $10,000 apiece and designed by one of seven prestigious Vancouver jewellers, will be raffled off, with proceeds to benefit the museum. Carnival games, a martini bar, hot jazz, and appetizers are included in the evening’s ticket price of $75; raf- fle tickets, 550. Phone 687-8266 for more info. Thursday, May 20-Sunday, May 23: The first solo exhibit of the entire Canadian AIDS Meinorial Quilt takes place at the B.C. 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