IIDA MAC’s Cosmo Couture has become an institution. Hundreds of area designers come to celebrate the collaboration of design firms and their manufacturing partners producing a runway-ready couture garment reflecting a chosen theme – this year was The Smithsonian. You have to marvel at the fact that these design teams …
IIDA’s Washington Metro Chapter showcased its annual Gala at Arlington’s Artisphere – a fashion show combining the talents of design firms and manufacturing partners. 25 area firms created couture designs inspired by a US President. Getting ready… The design teams describe their inspiration, material and technique to the judging panel… …
The 2014 Cosmo Couture event, which occurs later this fall, kicked off at the Teknion DC showroom where the 26 design teams selected their Presidential inspiration theme. Each team was called up to randomly pull a tab off the wall, revealing a president’s name and will create a haute couture …