The West 18th Street Fashion Show

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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 haven’t checked out the designer profiles on our website, there are photos, bios and contact information for them. We can’t wait to see what they are going to come up with for Summer in Space.

Below is a photo collage provided by Tom Foley, of Tom Foley Photography. Tom has been an official West 18th Street Fashion Show photographer for several years now, and we are pleased to have him involved again this year for Summer in Space. Following this year’s show (quickly approaching on June 6), our event website will feature his photographs from the event.

We think this video is way cool. You really get a sense of the scope of this event.

The ninth annual West 18th Street Fashion Show, Summer in Space, will be held at dusk on June 6, 2009!

Please be patient with our website as we transition into our new Summer in Space theme to bring you more information about this year’s upcoming event…

CALL FOR DESIGNERS

The Kansas City Crossroad’s West 18th Street Fashion Show returns.

This year’s ninth annual event, Summer in Space, is looking for artists and designers to be a part of KC’s runway tradition.

To apply:

*At least 3 photographs of previous garment/clothing design work (not on CD)
*Resume
*Please tell us how your designs will loosely interpret this year’s title/theme,
“Summer in Space”
*Registration Fee: $25 (cash or check made payable to “18th St. Fashion Show”)

Please mail or hand-deliver the above information to:

Call for Artists
c/o birdies
116 W. 18th St.
K.C., MO 64108

To be considered, all registration materials MUST be received by 7.00pm on Thursday, March 12th.

Chosen by a Designer Selection Committee made up of fashion-forward area professionals, the selected eighteen collections will be announced during the week of March 16th.

This year’s West 18th Street Fashion Show will be held on Saturday, June 6, 2009.

Please email any questions to 18thstreetfashionshow@gmail.com.

Please note, no materials will be returned.

Last year’s eighth annual West 18th Street Fashion Show, Summer at Sea, featured eighteen collections showcasing the best in cutting-edge fashion design. Each year, this event draws a record-breaking crowd and coveted press. The West 18th Street Fashion Show has been featured in Women’s Wear Daily (New York), My Midwest (Midwest Airlines’ In-Flight Magazine), KC Star, Verge Magazine, INK, Present Magazine, Urban Times and The Pitch, among others. Also, the event organizer- the 18th Street boutique merchant birdies- has been covered locally in such further publications as KC Magazine, KC Living and Spaces, as well as nationally in Elle Magazine, Country Living, USA Today, Midwest Living, BUST and Nylon.

* presented by birdies *

This year’s 18th Street Fashion Show was another smashing success!

Thank you to everyone involved- designers, models, sponsors and spectators, alike- in making the 18th Street runway the top KC fashion event of each year.

Be sure to check our photos section as we add images from this year’s event. And keep dropping back in on our website. We’ll continue to add posts as we prepare for next year’s runway extravaganza…

Designed by Maiko Kuzunishi of decoylab, limited edition, screen-printed Summer at Sea posters are available at www.decoylab.com.

Watch for this year’s West 18th Street Fashion Show featured on FOX 4 News with Loren Halifax on Monday, June 9th.

Two segments will feature works by Bon Bon Atelier, Katie Coble, Sikenomics Clothing with Beth Guinta and birdies panties and swimwear boutique, and will feature info from the show’s producers.

The segments will air around 8.25am and 8.50am.

Enjoy!