Thursday Night at KCFW is the Charity Night. A portion of the ticket sales usually go to a charity. This season, the charity partner was Rightfully Sewn. I had first heard from Rightfully Sewn, when I was interviewing Designer Alicia Janesko last season. Rightfully Sewn is the brainchild of Jennifer Lapka Pfeifer, which offers to provide seamstess training to women-in need. The night was also the second Annual Mayor's Night. Kansas City,Mo Mayor Sly James graced the occasion and congratulated the KCFW management for their contributions. Beauty Brands was one of the sponsors of the night, and had such an amazing Swag Bag for all the media. I cant wait to start using all the beauty tid bits and writing about them.
My favorite designer of the Night was Designer Brooke Comley's line Gyspy Blaque. But let me go around the shows chronologically.
The Designer to kick off this season's shows was Olathe based, The Little Line by Liz. This was her debut on the KCFW stage and clearly it struck a chord. I loved the lace overlay details. Her colors ranged from blue, black, grey and white and seemed very appropriate for Fall Winter . She played around with layering and had some great vests and ponchos. Wool, denim and lace were cohesively connected in a collection. The pricing seemed pretty affordable, and surely those were clothes which I could afford without breaking the bank. As I am a Olathe resident myself, I could not help cheer a bit harder for her. Another interesting detail about the show was that one of the models, had won her victory over ovarian cancer. Go Girl !
It was time for the kids to take center stage. Next in line was designer T Michelle. I was wearing Hounds tooth that night,and it was great to see a lot of Hounds tooth on the runway. She played up monochromes with pops of color in purples and blues. The silhouettes were very retro inspired , especially those of the Flower Power era. Ponchos were very prominent in her collection
Jewel Tones came to the KC runways with Brooklyn based designer Eve Emmanuel's line More than Just Fig Leaves . She started off with velvet in rich tones and ventured off to light cottons. Although I am not a fan of velvet, I did like her numbers. Somehow the later part of her collection lost steam when she changed up to lighter fabrics . Capes and midi skirts were highlighted in her collection.
The second half of the night began with St Louis based Designer Ola Hawatmeh's Ola Style. What stood out was her choice of fabric. I had covered her show last season, and she had chosen to repeat the same shiny satiny fabric, albeit in a different print, for two consecutive collections and seasons. She brought in 'Florals for Fall' with a loud bang. Most of the outfits had very interesting backs . The models later came out with headscarfs paired with their outfits. The designer rocked it in her black romper with golden chain belt. I was not much of a fan of her collection last season, but this time around I am blown.
My favorite of the night was undoubtedly Designer Brooke Cromley's line Gypsy Blaque. She had made her debut last season with a killer all black collection. She took it a few million notches higher with her current collection. Military Green and Black were the colors for her this season paired with some gold foil here and there. And did I tell you that her first model looked like a young Donatella Versace almost.
If Shirt dresses are big now, then Brooke made them edgier .
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| Twinning with Designer Brooke Cromley of Gypsy Blaque |
K J Clothing Design by Designer Kendra Harris started off with a gold Wedding gown. This Gown was a work of art in itself. The layers, the construction, the textures, I could do a whole post on that single gown. Aesthetically speaking, I felt that her collection of wedding gowns was inspired by Indian wedding wear . Golds, Burgundy and a dash of tulle were pretty prominent in her collection. There was a model in her show, who almost stumbled but managed herself beautifully and carried on. Kudos to her.
The last designer of the night was designer Khai Hutchinson of The House of Khai. I have a detailed interview with the designer coming up later in the blog. Khai's designs were inspired by the post punk era. His designs could be described as androgynous and avant garde. The models had very grungy eye make up to compliment their outfit.
The first day wrapped off on quite a promising note.
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