Category Archives: Enchantment

Spring Market Designers: Marie-Margo Couture

With the market about two weeks away, we are thrilled to announce that Marie-Margo Couture will be one of the designers featured at Enchantment! Don’t forget the market will take place on May 17th from 10am-5pm at the Byers-Evans House Museum.

“I want to help make that special day unforgettable,” says 11154803_827222014019506_9218347943152089160_oColorado native Maggie Burns, founder and head designer of Marie-Margot Couture. Maggie has been creating exceptional couture gowns for weddings and special occasions all of her adult life. Couture is her passion. She focuses on high-end “heirloom” dresses, whether they are destined for the altar or the red carpet. Maggie is especially at home with the exquisite fabrics – laces, silks, and satins – that are essential to the first-class wedding gown. In her words, “I listen to what the fabric is telling me.” A master draper, Maggie designs gowns for “the woman who values elegance and individuality.”

Well known in the Colorado community, where she shows her work at fashion shows, charitable events and in her studio. She designs exclusive bridal and special occasion couture. It is not unusual for her to dress an entire wedding party, including the bride, her bridesmaids, her mother and even the flower … Read more!

Fashion Denver Spring Market ENCHANTMENT

Fashion Denver’s Spring Market ENCHANTMENT
May 17th, 2015
The Byers-Evans House Museum
1310 Bannock St

Photos by Matthew Deimling Johns

EnchantmentOn Sunday, May 17th from 10:00am-5:00pm, Fashion Denver will celebrate spring and Denver’s history at the Byers-Evans House Museum (located at 1310 Bannock Street) by hosting the spring fashion market “Enchantment.” This shopping extravaganza will feature a small selection of local designers and boutiques at the historical home built in 1883. Enchantment is free and open to the public.

“We have lots of new up and coming businesses in this market as well as some veteran Fashion Denver designers. I really appreciate the diversity at this spring market.” says Brandi Shigley, founder of Fashion Denver.

This market will feature couture hot off the runway designs, elegant bridal dresses, unique upcycled handbags, jewelry, scarves, a multifunctional swimsuit design, on the spot henna design, and even a VW bus where guests can make jewelry. Enchantment will showcase a plethora of creative fashion.

3 fashion shows will grace the sidewalks at noon, 2, and 4 while musical entertainment and croquet will add to the spring festivities. Iced tea and tea sandwiches will be served to keep the energy of history and … Read more!

Spring Fashion Market Designers: Ultrakini

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time to feature another designer that will be apart of Enchantment! Today we are featuring Ultrakini®, and we are absolutely thrilled to have them be apart of the market!

Ultrakini® founder and creator, Summer Sawyer, realized that her relationship with swimwear had changed during a family reunion at the beach when wearing a bikini around family members she hadn’t seen in years, made her feel self-conscious. A mother of three, Summer spent the afternoon frustrated wishing she had worn her other swimsuit, a more modest tankini, which was packed away in her suitcase at the condo. Summer began to wonder why she needed to bring two swimsuits for every vacation and decided she would need to find a more versatile swimwear solution. Searching for this perfect swimsuit yielded no results. Purchasing multiple swimwear garments that ultimately did not solve her problem was the only option available. Realizing that this is an issue for other women, Summer was inspired to create the Ultrakini®. 

The Ultrakini® is a new one-of-a-kind versatile swimsuit that converts from a bikini-style bathing suit into a tankini-style bathing suit instantly, using hidden waterproof magnets The Ultrakini® is truly an all-in-one solution to … Read more!

Spring Fashion Market Designers: Threads Art Studio

Today we are releasing another designer that will be apart of the Spring Market: Enchantment! We will be featuring Threads Art Studio and will be talking about how Karen Bennet, the founder of the company, got her start in the fashion world!

Karen Bennett is a fiber artist from Arvada. She began her art career as a hand weaver and then worked as an art teacher for 25 years. fashion april 12, 2015 005 During that time she supplemented her income by sewing wedding dresses and teaching sewing classes. After retiring she returned to her roots as a fiber artist. She creates her clothing and jewelry from the handmade silk and wool fabric she makes to use in her art work. She creates her garments using technique more familiar to artists than the fashion world. The result is art-style cool, something that could be seen in a gallery, but in reality is being worn by a woman.

Her handmade fabric is an explosion of textures, focused on the inherent quality of the threads in the raw fiber (hence, the name of her business, Threads Art Studio). Sumptuous black and creamy satin colors are predominant in her jackets afashion april 12, 2015 031nd often hair-thin threads of metallic Mylar … Read more!

Spring Fashion Market Designers: Class Act Collective

We are thrilled to announce another retailer that will be apart of our Spring Market, Class Act Collective!

Alexis Bennett apart of Class Act Collective is a graduate of the University of Colorado Denver. She received a BA in communication and a minor in legal studies. A string of unfortunate events have steered her life into a whole new direction. Up until 2009, she was a professional athlete, ranking top fifteen in the world of big mountain skiing. She was then hit by a drunk driver and had to have a hip surgery, which took away her career a professional skier.

Shortly after her accident and subsequent surgery, her father was killed in a gold mining explosion. As the fourth generation gold miner from Colorado, her father taught me the importance of hard work and perseverance. He truly loved what he did. If Alexis could speak to him today, she doesn’t think he would have any regrets. He was an inspiration to her and always encouraged her to follow her dreams.

As the fifth generation in Colorado, she has always had a dream to open her own boutique. She decided there was no better time than now! 10460241_827918323905556_8489028884908779716_nShe is now … Read more!