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Denver Bespoke Interview for Whiteout Fashion Show

With ArtopiaDEN less than a month away, Fashion Denver is doing interviews with all of the designers being featured in the Whiteout Fashion Show! Our first interviewee is AJ Machete, creator of Denver Bespoke and Denver Dressmakers.
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Q:  When did you first know you wanted to be a fashion designer?

A:
Lianna (the co-designer) and I met at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn where she was studying fashion and I was studying sculpture and photography. I was always very interested in style, whether in literature, fine art or clothing, but didn’t get into designing clothing for many years. 
In 2008, Lianna and I were talking about moving out of NYC but there weren’t a lot of fashion jobs in the middle part of the country, and not
many jobs that would be the equivalent of her job as a knitwear designer for Liz Claiborne. So I started designing clothing and sewing and was essentially able to hire her away from her job (although at much lower pay!) and we were able to move to Denver and keep doing creative work.

Q: Where do you draw inspiration from?

A: We start from the perspective that bespoke and couture clothing is
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Young fashionistas visit the FDHQ

What a fun morning! Today I had 3 girls between the ages of 6-10 over to our headquarters. These girls go to a school called the Logan School and they get to chose a subject that they are passionate about and explore hands on. These 3 young fashionistas all want to be fashion designers and are well on their way. Even the 6-year old is already sewing!

They asked me wonderful questions…
What does beauty mean to me?
What inspires me style?
How do I produce a fashion show?
What are some things that go wrong when a fashion show happens?
What is my favorite color?

So inquisitive, creative and fun!

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I shared with them the history of Fashion Denver and how I got my start in the fashion world as a handbag designer at the age of 9. I showed them my paper purse drivers license that later led me to have my own handbag business b.shigley designs that ended up going international within the first year! Wow.. it’s hard to believe that was 17 years ago!

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I think it’s so important to share our journey and inspire others. I wish that I would have had somebody to show … Read more!

Winter fashion at our HQ in Green Spaces

We’ve had our office housed in Fashion Denver since July and have seen the fashions change over the seasons. Now that we are in the middle of winter, our fashion sense has changed to accomodate the chilly, sometimes snowy, icy weather.

Here are some of the fashions that people were rockin’ today!

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Mande looks ever so stylish in her poofy jacket and the bling on her sweater?! LOVE IT! This is the first time she hasn’t worn her sorels in 2 weeks. “I’ve never in worn Sorels before 2 weeks ago, and now that’s all I seem to wear.”

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I’m wearing my vintage hand-me-down dress, stocking cap and leather gloves with a furry faux-bear jacket that I thrifted at Goodwill for $5.00. These boots aren’t great for this weather though.. I have to walk where there is no ice.

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Showing off his newly thrifted loafers and zip up sweater hoodie.
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Margaret looks like a classic Sprocket from SNL, comfortable, chic, and minimal. Don’t know Sprocket? Check it out here 🙂

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