Project Runway & Goodwill team-up for Fashion Show & Clothing Swap
Featuring Project Runway All-Star Mondo Guerra
On February 7, kick-off Fashion Week by joining Project Runway All-Star winner and Denver fashion designer Mondo Guerra and three other Project Runway contestants for Goodwill’s third annual Good Exchange for Change Fashion Show & Clothing Swap. This evening of fashion and fundraising will be held from 5:30p.m. to 8:30p.m. at the Exdo Event Center in Denver.
Guests who purchase VIP tickets will enjoy a pre-event meet and greet session with Mondo and Project Runway contestants Fallene Wells, Peach Carr and Michael Costello–plus they’ll be seated front row for the fashion show. The runway show will feature original designs using repurposed Goodwill clothing by students from Goodwill’s youth programs. Mondo, who got his start as a designer by repurposing items from Goodwill, will judge the student fashion show along with the three other Project Runway stars. The runway finale will feature up-cycled designs by Baily Rose and Kotomi Yoshida who have created 3 designs especially for this show.
“I love being a part of the annual Goodwill Good Exchange for Change and Fashion Show,” said Project Runway All-Star winner Mondo Guerra. “It showcases the talent of these incredible young designers while supporting Goodwill’s important work in our community.”
While the fashion show is taking place, a giant clothing swap will be set-up in a separate space with the items that guests brought to swap with other event attendees. Once the fashion show wraps up, guests will be invited into the swap area– and if they brought ten items to the event, they are welcome to take ten new items.
To buy tickets for the event, please visit, http://www.goodwilldenver.org/exchange. General admission tickets are $25 and a limited number of VIP tickets will be available for $50. All proceeds from the event will benefit Goodwill’s career focused community programs, which help more than 21,000 Coloradans in need each year.
To learn more about Goodwill please visit: www.goodwilldenver.org
About Goodwill Industries of Denver:
Goodwill Industries of Denver seeks to reverse the cycle of poverty for at-risk youth, struggling families and individuals with disabilities. When you shop or donate at Goodwill thrift stores, you help create opportunities for over 21,000 individuals each year to change their lives, while building a strong, sustainable community. Discover the good at www.goodwilldenver.org.
About Mondo Guerra:
Mondo Guerra is Denver native, who got his start in fashion by transforming thrift-store clothing into his own designs. Guerra graduated from the Denver School of the Arts in 1996. He went on to study art at the Community College of Denver. In 1999, Guerra won the Auraze portfolio contest which led to a job as head designer at a growing fashion company in New York City. Guerra rose to national fame competing on season 8 of Project Runway and winning Project Runway All-Stars in 2012. He splits his time between New York City and Denver.
About Baily Rose
Maison de Rose | Zero Waste Couture Fashion House
http://bailyrose.com/
Baily Rose was raised in the mountains of Colorado and currently resides in Denver. She graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a Bachelors in Psychology and an Advertising Certificate, all the while amusing herself by throwing fashion shows. After a short stint exploring the Sustainable & Independent fashion community in San Francisco, she moved to Denver & attended the Emily Griffith Opportunity School where she received her Sewing Certificate. Now designing under her Zero Waste Fashion Couture label, Maison de Rose, she is answering the call to heal the waste of the fast fashion industry.
About Kotomi Yoshida
Studio Yoshida
http://studioyoshida.blogspot.com/
Kotomi Yoshida graduated from University of Tennessee with Drawing major. After very much enjoying the study of academic drawing, she started going to thrift stores in town to buy materials to design her own clothes. By recycling the materials and upcycling the designs, she made lots of unique outfits for herself during college. Now as Studio Yoshida, Kotomi makes Tokyo-inspired street wear for men and women with recycled materials. She loves the eco-friendly factor to it as well as bringing down the cost of items and not supporting expensive brand goods made in sweatshops. Her goal is to inspire young sewers and to spread Tokyo-like individuality all over this wonderful town of Denver.