OS35--BROWNSHOE PRESENTS PROJECT DESIGN/ SAINT LOUIS FASHION WEEK@STL SCIENCE CENTER EXPLORADOME OCT 9

Photos by Ma'atology

The entrance of the event.

Inside the event.

DJ Nune on the mp3s.

The introduction was presented by Project Design producer Dwight Carter and Alive Mag's Elizabeth Tucker.

Long shot of Carter and Tucker on stage.

A longer shot of Carter and Tucker.

The event was hosted by Former Project Runway finalist and Project Design winner Laura Kathleen (who mentioned to the crowd that she will be featured on this season's  Project Runway All-Stars that will begin airing Oct 25 on Lifetime)and 2011 Project Design winner Stephen Curd.













FIRST DESIGNER WAS JESSICA AFFSPRUNG of SLY

SECOND DESIGNER WAS LAUREN BANDER of LB

Designer Lauren Bander

THE THIRD DESIGNER WAS MICHELE SANSONE of SANSONE

FOURTH DESIGNER WAS ASHLEY ULICNI of ULCNI

Designer Ashley Ulicni

FIFTH DESIGNER WAS ELISE LAMMERT

Designer Elise Lammert

THE SIXTH AND LAST DESIGNER WAS WHITNEY MANNEY

In the audience was STL TV personality Gilberto Pinela (third from right in the front row)

There's former Project Design contestant Michael Drummond talking with an attendee.

The designers on stage awaiting the judges vote and the popular vote.

AND THE WINNER WAS.............

LAUREN BANDER!

Bander receiving flowers and her award from Curd.

Curd poses with Bander who was very overwhelmed!

The POPULAR VOTE winner, that was chosen by the audience via Twitter, was Elise Lammert (LEFT)

Lammert and Bander

The designers and crowd.

People heading out after the show.

There's STL socialite Becky Blue rocking a  curly frohawk as well as a black ensem that included a leather long sleeve top and ruffled bottom and gray belt with a black buckle.

DJ NUNE and his right hand man.

One of the spectacles that nite was the High Heel Tree assembled by Brown Shoe Company, the title sponsor of the event.

The crowd

Carter in animated conversation with an attendee.

Another sponsor was Chevy Design that had a car display at the event.

The Brown Shoe Company Picture Wall.

NOTE: More than 700 movers and shakers in St Louis attended Project Design, the opening nite of Saint Louis Fashion Week, one of the largest attended events of memory during fashion week. The show had gone smoothly and swiftly and the fashions presented were classy, eclectic, funky and chic. Some of this year's judges were  Jennifer Wiley of Alive Magazine, Debra Bass of the St Louis Post Dispatch and Allyson Mace of Sauce Magazine.

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