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Rock Your Style® 2026 Event Details

Where Fashion Meets Philanthropy™ 

Saturday, September 26, 2026
Empire Live, 93 N. Pearl St, Albany
Doors open 6:00 PM 
Rock Your Style 2026 Event Details

Tickets & How to Support

Rock Your Style returns to Empire Live for a night where fashion takes the runway, and community takes center stage. Local movers and shakers step into the spotlight to walk for a cause, joined by sponsors, supporters and friends who believe style can do more than turn heads. It can change lives.

Every ticket, every bid and every step on that runway supports the NYOH Community Cancer Foundation and its mission to ease the financial burden of cancer for patients and families across our community.

Rock the runway. Raise spirits. Create impact. This is Rock Your Style.

VIP Honorary Committee Tickets — $250

Includes name listed on the digital invitation and in the Look Book, with the option to add an in memory or in honor of tribute, early event access, full open bar, heavy hors d'oeuvres during cocktail hour and an after-party food truck-inspired spread.

General Admission Tickets 

General admission tickets go on sale September 1. Check back here or follow along on social for the announcement.

Sponsorship opportunities still available. Check out our Support the Event page for more details.

The Night Ahead

Rock Your Style is more than a runway. It's a full night built around music, food, friendly competition and a few surprises we're not ready to reveal just yet. Please note, Rock Your Style is a 21+ event.

Our Host


Rock Your Style 2026 Headshots-5-Marlia

Marlia Fontaine-Weisse, CDP

2024 RYS Model Alum
CEO & Founder, Elev8 Workforce Solutions

 

Event Details


Doors Open

6:00 pm

Fashion Show + Program

7:00 pm

After-Party @ Empire Live Underground

8:30 pm

  • Music by DJ Reel
  • Bites by Jackson Soul Catering
  • Fashionably chic attire

Event-Night Experiences


Returning Again This Year

Dine Around: Passport to the Palate

Our traditional dine-around with a twist.  A lineup of Capital Region restaurants and a night of discovery.

The Collection: Rock It Your Way Raffle

Explore a curated collection of experiences, gift certificates and one-of-a-kind packages. Then choose the prizes you would most love to win.

Something New is Brewing this year...

The Golden Chance

We're not ready to share the details, but trust us, it's worth the wait.

Supporters Choice

 Every model deserves a fan club. A new way to show your support is coming. Stay tuned.

The Runway Styles 

These are the clothing stores behind the looks hitting the runway.

OUR BEHIND-THE-SCENES CREW

The Event Committee

Rock Your Style is powered by a dedicated group of volunteers who give their time, energy and heart to bring this event to life every year.

Takara Wiles, PCM®
Founder & Executive Producer
PNGN Collective LLC
Rachel Hye Youn Rupright
Foundation Administrator
NYOH Community Cancer Foundation
Josalynn Smith 
Director of Fashion & Model Experience
PNGN Collective LLC
  • Keri Alonzo
  • Maile Barcelon
  • Miquela Torres
  • Sue Bradley, Foundation Board Member
  • Francesca LoPorto-Brandow
  • Francesca Pardi
  • Lisa Proskin, Foundation Board President
  • Mariah Raval
  • Joni Richter
  • David Shaffer, Foundation Board Immediate Past President

Thank You, In Style

Behind every step on the runway is a sponsor who said yes. Thank you to the businesses below for backing this community and helping turn a night of fashion into real support for families facing cancer.

Haute Couture


Trendsetter


Luxe


  • Rivers Casino Schenectady
  • Dr. David Shaffer • In memory of Louise Houston Shaffer

Vogue


  • Albany Med Health System
  • Caris Life Sciences
  • KeyBank
  • New York Life Insurance, Andrew No
  • Teal, Becker & Chiaramonte
  • Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region
  • Trampoline Design

Honorary Committee


Past Rock Your Style Events

Where fashion meets philanthropy, extraordinary things happen. Join us on September 26 and be part of it.