By Nanette Wiser
ST. PETE ART FASHION WEEK
Dona Crowley’s Luxe Productions delivers an AbFab event 9/15-9/16. The opening soiree of art and fashionkicks off the 13th Annual Festivals of Arts. Come dressed in your most fashionable attire and walk the red carpet where you can mingle with with artists models, fashion designers, and view the fashion art preview from 7-10pm at Jackie Z Style Co., Sundial St. Pete. On Saturday, enjoy the Art + Fashion runway show. Walk the red carpet, sip champagne, and view some of St. Pete’s most talented artists and the 2023 runway fashion show featuring Tampa Bay’s top fashion brands from 6-10pm at Coastal Creative, 2201 1st Ave. S. stpeteartfashionweek.com
WEARABLE ART
Get your tickets now for the most stylish soiree in town. The designers for the Dunedin Fine Art Center’s (DFAC) Wearable ART 17 at the August 26th fashion show are amazing, with returning wearable ART legends as well as dynamic designers virgin to the WA runway. Returning to the runway are epic creators Mark Byrne of balloon fashion brilliance; the Bay to Bay Collective (formerly/aka the Garden Fairies) and Olga Saretsky + Kikimora Studio of Miami – where surrealistic theatre meets Las Vegas, baby! Beloved designers returning after a short hiatus include Artist and Now, Mama, Johnny Hunt from Interlochen, Michigan, Tampa Bay’s Designing Woman–WA Goddess Legend, Melissa Dolce, and Jeanne Halle aka Kina Kouture + Dana Rizzuto whose past WA productions have set the runway ablaze…or WA17’s runway pleasure, Julian Hartzog has retrieved his award-winning galactic designs, until recently displayed in New Zealand’s World of Wearable Art, WOW. Newcomers sure to light up the stylish night are Amy Wolf and Kelli-Lynn Luckey. The night kicks off at 7pm with the pre-party at DFAC, with the 8pm Runway Show at the Dunedin Community Center (adjacent to DFAC parking lot) for $65-$125 seats. For $20, you can view the show via Live-Stream at the Dunedin Fine Art Center, SRO. The After-Party follows – cash bar, concession, music, designers and the WA17 team at DFAC, 1143 Michigan Blvd. www.eventbrite.com/e/wearable-art-17-tickets-666451653837?aff=oddtdtcreator