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A Day in the Life of Fashion Denver, Arts & Entertainment, Benefits

Fierce in the City 4

Fashion and Live Music Return to the Runway in
Denver at Fierce in the City 4

Denver, CO – The fourth Fierce in the City event, featuring live music performances interactively with fashion runway shows, creating a uniquely fierce experience, will be held on Sunday, December 15 at 5:30 p.m. at Halcyon Hotel, Cherry Creek, 245 Columbine Street, Denver, and will benefit GIRLS, INC. of Metro Denver.  It is being produced by Denver-based Fashion Designer, Salwa Owens. Fierce in the City 4 is being sponsored by Maaliki Motors.

The show is created with Owens’ overall mission of empowering women and does so by not only giving back to Girls Inc. of Metro Denver, but also by bringing real women from the community who are movers and shakers onto the runway in a segment called “The Real Women.” Owens will showcase new collections of her own, as well as feature other established designers.

Guest designers invited to have their own runway shows include bridal designer D’Lola Couture, jewelry designer Andrea Li, and leather and fur designer Andreas Tsagas.  The show will also include Icon custom suits, handmade children’s clothing and accessories by Peach & Penny, headwear … Read more!

A Day in the Life of Fashion Denver, Arts & Entertainment, Denver Fashion Week

DFW Review National and International Designers

The carriages have turned back into pumpkins (or Ubers), but the visionary beauty of Denver Fashion Week lingers on, even a week and a half later..

Fashion Snippits from Ari Trillo
Photos by 303 Magazine’s Amanda Piela

The last two nights of DFW were nothing short of extraordinary. The National and International Designers runway show opened Saturday night with Maxwell Bresler showering us in vibrant futuristic space-pop looks (Mars – we ready!);

O’Field Apparel intensifying the tribal and modern-western flair with sophistication;

Overseer Production bringing in artsy, colorful street-wear;

Jasmine Lewis giving us sporty, dramatic shoulder pieces laid over edgy garments;

Read 303 Magazine’s wrap up

Four international designers from Mexico City also graced the McNichols Civic Center Building catwalk that night.

Amor & Rosas showcased modern designs and Mexican handmade embroidery;

Fábrica Social followed with a similar ethically sustainable vision, and the creative beauty of indigenous women artisans and neutralized minimalism;

To finish the jaw-dropping show, PAY’S covered the runway with knitwear love in playful and artistic fashion;

1.8 Takamura focused on gender-neutral garments with free-flowing forms. 

A show that could be relived over, the audience was left ebullient and excited. … Read more!