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Updated 57 Days ago
Project Design Opens St. Louis Fashion Week
Last night the fashionable set in St. Louis marked the opening of Fashion Week at The Contemporary Art Museum with a show called "Project Design" featuring local designers and an eco-show with recycled fashions from Goodwill. This was just the first show of the week and there was enough fashion to make your head spin. The evening was eco-themed and all of the event's power was generated by Missouri's first wind energy farm via event sponsor Ameren UE's Pure Power program. "Recycled fashion" from Goodwill were also on display.
Last night's show was billed as "Project Design" and featured collections from Reign by Paul Gibson, Trashbiscuit by A.J. Thouvenot, Mella Y by Carmella Simpson, Shan Keith Designs, the husband and wife team behind Yani Co., Eyekon design group, and a tear-jerking tribute to belated designer Shawn Williams. Williams, a 23 year old promising local designer was tragically killed last week when a vehicle hit him outside of Lush nightclub. His collection, Re.Constructe>D<Estruction featured models wearing mourning veils that evoked tears from those on stage and in the audience.
To check the pictures I snapped of some of what our local fashion talent had to offer last night click on the Gallery tab.
Interested in getting in on last night's fashion fete? In homage to one of my favorite fashion features (LOL Vogue), I have posted four photos from the event below. I want you (think me standing here with a white beard and pointing) to add the captions. What's the first thing that comes to your mind? It can be clever, it can be creative, or it can be straightforward - what ever you would like. To join in on the fun just add your captions in the comments section (be sure to start each caption with the number of the photo).
Photo 1 Photo 2
Photo 3 Photo 4
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#2 - The Plan managed to get worse
#3 - I bet he picks his nose in public
#4 - I like the design. If you put someone that weighed more than 77 lbs in it, it would be Awesome.
I'm a Vogue reject, I suppose.
#2-Do not like at all to much like Star Wars
#3-Would not want my boyfriend to even think about wearing
#4-cute but the only normal one so I guess I would have to say its the only one I liked.
I guess I'm just not ready for high fashion
But good story
2. I tried melting gold for my jewelry class...
3. These pants were not meant for the dryer.
4. My three year old took a crayon to a cleverly folded bed sheet.
2. The callz mez young guns
3. Theze shortz are cold
4. I will spellz them all
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Currently, we are helping to digitize books from the Internet Archive and old editions of the New York Times.