Photos by Alive Magazine (first pic) and Maatology
Here is YOURS TRULY in his business casual swag in front of the step and repeat at the reception prior to the fashion show.
YOURS TRULY and this year's MISTA COUTURE STL REP Leland Lambert after the event.
BELOW are some pics from the reception:
Some attendees admiring one of the highlighted spectacles, a lighted shoe expose by one of the sponsors, Bakers Shoes.
Lambert posing with some attendees.
Lambert and Project Design creator Dwight Carter
Lambert and STL model Kenneta
Some of the attendees
Attendees awaiting the show
Hosting the contest were Fox 2's Angie Mock and Alive Magazine founder Elizabeth Tucker.
Before the contest, two of the designers who won last year's designs were featured. First up was winner Lauren Bender
There is Bender in the green dress.
Next up was People's Choice Winner, Elise Lammert
There is Lammert in the black ensem,
Next up were the contestants. First up was Abaya Dake
There is designer Dake.
Up next was Maria Silver
There is Silver.
Up next was Fache.
There is Fache in the back in all black.
Up next was Miita
There is designer Miita in white and black dress.
Up next was designer Spansen Filles
There are the designers Spansen Filles.
Lastly was Q Liu
There is Q Liu in the back of the line.
The judges then had gone to a room to deliberate. Some of the judges included St Louis Post Dispatch Fashion Editor Debra Bass, Project Runway alums, Laura Kathleen, Casanova, and AJ Thouvenot and New York Fashion Week International Castung Director Drew Linehan to name a few.
Drew Linehan and Tucker announced the winner who would receive a cash prize of $2500 and a $30K marketing package.
And the winner was....
MIITA!.....Tucker announced the People's Choice Winner
who was.............
ABAYA DAKE!
They also gave one year of free rent to designer Q Liu
AFTER THE SHOW:
Lambert got a shot with Linehan.
Lambert got a shot with designer and STL TV's Christia Deshields and her hubby,
musical Kenneth Deshields.
Lambert also posed with Project Runway alums Casanova and STL natives AJ Thouvenot and
Laura Kathleen.
FIN.