And that’s a wrap Fashion Denver friends! Thank you to all of you who came out and supported our local designers in the extremely hot weather!… Read more!
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Splash has arrived! See you Sunday!
Wooo hooooo! The moment has arrived! Fashion Denver’s summer market is officially here! We hope to see you THIS SUNDAY at the Rooster & Moon parking lot for a Sunday Funday full of shopping for local fashion. We’ll have 3 fashion shows throughout the day and will kick off the first show with a fashion parade that leaves Studio Salon (1135 Bannock Street) at 12:45pm! March with us to the fashion fun!
This event is free and open to the public.… Read more!
Diem Celebration
Designer Profile: Wari Designs
How did you get started (please share your history here)?
I was left fatherless when I was 8 years old during the violent period that shook my country (Peru). I am the third of 9 siblings and all of us as children, had to work to help our family during those hard times. I have always liked working with my hands – when I was younger I worked on a loom weaving tapestries “tapices” – an art very typical in my home town of Ayacucho. Later, I worked at a printing press as a typographer and excelled at this job because I was good and fast with my hands. I also spent some time working as a traditional folk singer and as a radio commentator. Finally, a significant portion of my life I worked as carpenter, running a small business designing and manufacturing furniture. I really consider myself an artist since birth.
10 years ago, I decided to make another dream of mine come true – to get a college degree in Veterinary Medicine since I also love working with animals. I was the first of my siblings to go to college and had to figure out how to support … Read more!
Fashion Denver’s SPLASH preview
A little snippit from our Fashion Denver summer market SPLASH photoshoot with Ashley Kidder of Urban Safari Photography!