The show is still on! We are still planning to hold the event outside, but in case of inclement weather, it will be moved indoors to the Arts Incubator Event Loft (same block, overlooking West 18th St). Indoor access is only available to VIP ticket-holders. Tickets are still available for sale at birdies – open today from noon to 4pm. Check the West 18th Street Fashion Show Twitter account at 5pm for another update. Thank you!
The planning meetings for the West 18th Street Fashion Show production committee are getting more frequent and more intense as the show approaches. Here are some photos of the producers hard at work. Just look at this fashionable crew! Thanks to the Arts Incubator for letting us meet in their lovely event loft.
Kathleen and Danielle
Mark Southerland, Ryan Gove, and Peregrine Honig
Ashlee Broome, Kathleen Cheevers, Danielle Meister, Mark Southerland, and Ryan Gove (Peregrine Honig and Sarah Snodgrass not pictured)
If you didn’t know, Ari Fish, one of the West 18th Street designers, is featured in the current season of Project Runway. Check out her online bio, profile and videos for the show- it is so strange and exciting for us to see her in that world, talking to Heidi Klum and Michael Kors… But what’s even more exciting to us is, according to the article in the Kansas City Star Aug. 18, 2009, by Lisa Gutierrez, Project Runway actually contacted her after seeing her designs in the West 18th Street Fashion Show.
We are pleased and flattered that the people at ProjRun are in tune with our show, and are actually scoping it out for contestants. And even though they didn’t see the Ari as a commercial fashion designer, we are extremely proud of our relationship with her and we know that she has and will continue to leave her artistic mark in Kansas City and the world beyond.
Guess who has a big spread in Ink Magazine this week? Check it out – it includes photos and interviews from each designer as well as sneak-peek photos from our closed dress rehearsal which took place Sunday.
Thanks also to Ink for sponsoring our event this year – we absolutely couldn’t do it without the generosity of our sponsors.
Thanks to the Kansas City Fashion Examiner for such a nice feature on our event. The article features a behind the scenes type interview with our event’s Executive Producer, Ashlee Broome.
One of our show’s featured collections and the presenter of the 18th Street Fashion Show, birdies panties and swimwear boutique, will be hosting a small cruise-wear fashion show at the Oyster Royster, which is a live benefit event for KCPT. This event is held at the City Tavern (one of my favorite dinner restaurants), and will take place next Wednesday the 13th. Peregrine Honig, owner of birdies and co-producer of the 18th Street Fashion Show, assures me that this event is worth every penny, “Not only do you get to support public television, but you get to see hot girls in swimsuits, hear live music, and eat oysters all night.” Sounds like fun, and it should get you excited for the 18th Street Fashion Show which is just a few weeks after on June 6.
We are so excited to announce that Club Mosaic in the Power and Light District is our official after-party spot. Come dance and drink among fellow fashion show models, designers, producers, sponsors and spectators. It will be a pleasurable end to a fashionable evening!
Get ‘em while they’re hot! Tickets officially went on sale today with a vengeance. Check the website for purchase information. Tickets are not required to attend, but it will guarantee you a runway seat instead of standing among the crowd.
If you didn’t know, Ari Fish, one of the West 18th Street designers, is featured in the current season of Project Runway. 
