Each fall, Gen Art kicks off Fashion Focus with its anointment of the latest and greatest emerging local designers amidst a charged-up atmosphere that somewhat successfully imitates the elitist air of fashion in New York. While jewelry and accessories designers have to stand in the hall, so to speak, the fashion designers get a runway showcase, complete with front-row celebrities (Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson), local celebrities (the usual suspects) and an enthusiastic audience who’ve paid good money, or schmoozed the right people, to be here.
Here’s our take on this year’s fashion designers, each accompanied with a slideshow of photos supplied by Gen Art. (Brian Hieggelke)
Sophia Reyes
Frei Designs
Shorty
Philip Sparks
Elise Bergman
Eskell
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