Category Archives: Splash Designers

Sizzlin’ 6 Questions with Edith Muyinda

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of emceeing the African Fashion Show headed up by Edith Muyinda of Byasima Couture where we saw fashions from many different countries in Africa. It was an amazing show! Edith will be part of our fashion market this Sunday. Let’s take a look into her world, shall we?


What were your obsessions growing up?

Fashion

How did fashion become the symbol for your creative expression?

I have many sisters and sometimes when they were going out, they would have “wardrobe emergencies” in that all of a sudden they did not like their outfits – they would change from dress to dress stillTop / dress by Byasima Couture. Photo by Dante Canto X Images / d4nt3.comthey were not happy with how they looked, so I would make adjustments by putting a fold here or adding a piece of material there or make them wear a skirt as a dress – and they loved it! It was fulfilling to see what I had visualized expressed in what they were wearing.

Do you see a stylistic connection between the things you do in your daily life that is reflected into your collections? 

My daily life is Read more!

Sizzlin’ 6 Questions with Splash designer Maggie Burns

We’ve been working with designer Maggie Burns of Marie-Margot for several years we can see why she won 303 Magazine’s Designer of the Year award this past spring! Check out her interview in preparation for our summer fashion market SPLASH! 

Maggie BurnsWhat were your obsessions growing up? 

Obsessions is a very strong word for a Libra…  I don’t remember being obsessed with anything in particular.  I just remember the small town I grew up in didn’t feed my artistic yearning and I felt hungry for creative stimulation. 

How did fashion become the symbol for your creative expression?

Creating designs in fashion was easy for me and gave me the feeling of connection and authenticity.  Growing up, I loved seeing beautiful clothes in the magazines and being able to interpret them my way.   It took me to Paris long before I had the opportunity to actually visit Paris.

Do you see a stylistic connection between the things you do in your daily life that is reflected into your collections? 

I see things in terms of shapes and colors, where others see things as cars and trees and buildings… I’m always looking for new patterns and textures in nature to inform my designs.  Read more!

Sizzlin’ 6 with Stylish Sparrow

Stylish SparrowBesides designers at our SPLASH summer fashion market, we’ve also got an amazing fashion stylish joining us for the fashion fun! Learn more about Lisa Sharpe, brains behind Stylish Sparrow!


Obsessions:
Roller skating, swimming, horses & Barbies

Fashion as Creative Expression:
I honestly don’t know how. It just always was! My earliest memories of enjoying fashion are creating fashion shows with Barbies and creating outfits on Fashion Plates. As a teenager, I poured over European magazines and Seventeen, studying how the outfits were put together.

Daily Life & Collection
stylish sparrowMy mother always said, “Buy what you love, even if you don’t know what you’re going to do with it when you get it home. You will find a place for it.”

So, as a resale store owner & stylist, I choose things that speak to me & inspire me. My home decorative items and my clothing collection are eclectic, and yet there is a thread of commonality that emerges because my eye is the common denominator.

Research
Watching fashion trends casually, and then selecting items for resale that delight me and spark a vision of how to style that particular item. I look for simple ways to update Read more!

Sizzlin’ 6 Questions with Lawrence and Larimer

We love seeing the new companies that are popping up and are thrilled to work with Lawrence & Larimer, a company that is new to the Fashion Denver scene! They’ll be joining us at our poolside market this Sunday! Let’s see what they have to say in our Sizzlin’ 6 Questions!

What were your obsessions growing up?

Our obsessions growing up were not far from most kids. For John Chapman(Founder of Lawrence and Larimer) it was basketball and Karate. For myself, (Keyonna Chapman, Co-Founder) it was swimming, track and field and Barbies.

How did fashion become the symbol for your creative expression?

John: High School is when I really began to recognize my own personal style and individuality. 

Keyonna: Honestly, I believe my aunts were my greatest inspiration. No matter where we went, they were decked to the nines, and I wanted nothing more than to be like that. So, I made sure no matter where we were headed, I looked like I was going somewhere fancy.

Lawrence and LarimerDo you see a stylistic connection between the things you do in your daily life that is reflected into your collections?

John: Yes, right now my daily life requires me to wear Read more!

Sizzlin’ 6 with featured SPLASH designer Michael Sullivan

Michael Sullivan, designer behind The Haus, is such a positive designers with a contagious happiness about him. We are thrilled to have him at our SPLASH, our poolside fashion market this Sunday!

What were your obsessions growing up?

Michael Sullivan of HausMy obsessions growing up are still they same to this day. Monster Trucks, classic horror films, horror films in general, Teken, music-art-dance, Sex and the City, Quentin Tarantino Films, muscle cars, science, Disney princesses such as Pocahontas and Snow White, meditation, bananas, Lady Gaga Fashion Magazines, Golden Girls, Frankinstien and his bride, Grace Jones, cheerleading, popcorn and of course, Fashion in all aspects! I still like to think that I am , GROWING, upward.

How did fashion become the symbol for your creative expression?

In 8th grade I was convinced that if I couldn’t do art ( because it was a “pipe dream”), I would be a Forensic Pathologist and that I would study at Arizona State University. Then, I heard your breath starts to smell like the morgue after a while, so that killed that dream, LOL!

I always loved art in all mediums; I didn’t start really designing clothes until I meet my Biology teacher Miss. Keith in 9th Read more!