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Austin Fashion Week Party Update
Two Austin Fashion Week parties on Monday contributed to the momentum building to the Austin Fashion Awards at ACL Live on Saturday.
Aisha Gunnell and Dagny Piasecki
Jeweler Dean Fredrick is already a sparkling star on Austin’s social and style scenes. His parties fill up quickly, and that certainly was the case inside ND at 501 Studios, where a studiously young crowd noshed on barbecue sausages and gorgonzola engorged bacon wraps. Well, those who weren’t models.
Eddie Ortiz and Stephanie Ortiz
A subset of this crowd — the dressy portion — was spotted previously at the Opening Party for Fashion Week on Saturday at Cowboy Harley-Davidson. Others seemed to have wandered in from the host of hipster hangouts along East Fifth, Sixth and Seventh streets: Shorts, plaid and black enlivened the mix.
Russell Louden and Hannah Huynh
Two bands and a video were planned to bless this benefit for Dress For Success, also presented by Gypsy Sun. Period-inspired hats from Lana Chu Collection helped set the early-20th-century tone for the “Heist 2” crime theme. I could not stay for the evening’s climactic giveaway of a diamond, but after talking to several guests, I surmised it was a chief lure for some partygoers.
Meanwhile, across downtown at another club, Molotov, a medium-sized crowd gathered to hear Natalie Jayne Stott of Red Cap Marmalade sing in an appealingly upbeat manner. The assembly grew as event promoter and organizer, Brianna Fleet of Butterfly Entertainment, announced that it was time for the fashion runway shows.
Krishna Mitchell and Dalia Drake
These crisply choreographed walks wound around the club and the inevitable banks of photographers. Some of the looks came Cypress Vanguard, the little shop and spa over by Moon Shine. Plus-size designs were contributed by SavannahRed Curvy Couture.
Brianna Fleet and Dina Chavez
The final collection derived from the imagination of Dina Chavez, an already accomplished designer who pleased the gathered with frisky wear for Austin’s night scene. The combination of models, clothes, accessories, hair, music, lighting and makeup made for an admirable whole, not always the case with club shows.
Sonali Weera and Justin Myers
The after-party blasted off, fueled by nervous energy released by the multi-part performance. A man asked me what was going on. I explained. He wanted to know if we were at the beginning, middle or end. I said: The end, but one that looked like it would continue for quite some time.
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