Category Archives: A Day in the Life of Fashion Denver

Veronica Randolph, Fashion Denver’s newest addition

We are absolutely thrilled to welcome to the Fashion Denver team, Miss Veronica Randolph! We knew from the moment that we met her that she was a great fit! Her passion for style and life is obvious the moment that you meet her and we look forward to her enthusiastic zest for the world of fashion and dreamin’ and doin!

Veronica will be covering local fashion events, interviewing designers and boutiques, and even sharing her own style and beauty secrets! Follow her @okkronn 💕

When she is not at Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU) studying for her up-coming quizzes, she can most likely be found dancing on the court representing MSU’s Pom Squad.

Veronica is a Colorado native and she is currently coaching for the Eaglecrest Dance Team. Alongside her passion for dance, she spends her free time doing freelance modeling, digital content creation, videography and makeup.

Veronica is Malysian, African-American and Native American with a dedication for everything fashion related. Her excitement to learn about the fashion community and current trends has brought her to places like: Italy, Spain, London, Hong Kong, Barbados and Bali.

Veronica is over the moon about being apart of her new family and

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Happy New Year

Happy New Year from the Fashion Denver Headquarters! Wow! A new decade! How very grateful we are that we’ve been able to be part of this fashion community now for 15 years! We’ve seen it grow and expand and we can’t wait to see what 2020 brings!

In the next couple of weeks, we’ll be posting interviews with both William Maestas and Alex Restivo, both guys that have caught our attention in their passion for style and fashion. We look forward to sharing what we learn with you!

Also! We are absolutely thrilled to welcome to the Fashion Denver team, Veronica Randolph! We can’t wait to have her be the conduit of our local fashion community and share what’s happening in our fashion community with you!

We’ll also be catching up with our Sydney Scarola who is rockin’ the fashion scene in NYC as she studies fashion at Fashion Institute of Technology! We miss you Sydney but know you are flourishing out there!!

UPCOMING EVENTS:

January 18th: B.Shigley Designs Pop Up Handbag Custom Event

January 29th: Shine Your Light Bright- A workshop helping dreamers become doers.

March 28th: Fashion Camp

ONGOING: Clothing drive for the homeless

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b.shigley designs Custom Handbag Pop Up Shop

b.shigley pop up

Saturday, January 18th, 2020
11:00am-4:00pm
Track Architecture
2265 Lawrence St
Denver, CO 80205

b. shigley designs would like to invite you to create a custom b.shigley one-of-a-kind bag of your dreams! Fabrics, trims, buttons and more will be displayed for guests to pick through or bring your own special fabric for your bag to be incorporated! Custom bags range in price from $40-$100 depending on design and fabrics used.

Brandi Shigley’s passion for handbag designs began in 3rd grade when she would hide behind her Trapper Keeper, making the first collection of b.shigley bags out of paper. Paper turned to fabric when she started her handbag business in 1999, creating “funky fresh handbags with a twist of simplicity.”

A success both locally and internationally, Brandi’s bags were featured in Lucky Magazine, Denver Business Journal, 5280 Magazine and International Design. Popular with local fashionistas and beyond, Brandi’s bags were also sold in boutiques in Paris, London, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, LA, San Diego and her hometown of Denver.… Read more!

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!

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!