Sci-port’s second ground not too long ago remodeled right into a vogue runway surrounded by little bistro tables for the ‘Trend Prize 2021: Again on the Runway!’ occasion. With colourful spotlights and attractive music, the fashions strutted throughout the stage stopping in entrance of the three judges, Carmen Ortiz, Alison Parker, and Taryn Rose.
That evening, the prime 6 designers, Sara Kluss, Catalina Ramirez Varela, Jules Ecklekamp, Brittani Shabazz, Jessica Corridor, and Donna Strebeck every showcased their ultimate assortment of 5 seems on the runway.
This was Jessica Corridor’s first 12 months to compete and when she heard her identify being referred to as because the winner and the $2,500 test being put into her arms she was shocked. “It was a surreal second after I heard my identify referred to as, a wave of gratitude washed over me,” she stated.
Corridor had began her assortment in 2020 however COVID-19 delayed her plans to hitch Trend Prize. Corridor supposed her assortment to be extra ‘Glam’ however as 2020 progressed she discovered it leaning in direction of a unique path, “The just about Dystopian really feel of the worldwide local weather pushed me in direction of a extra edgy and punk feeling. The disenfranchisement of the youth in England within the ’70s felt relatable in a brand new method with the parallels of nihilism in 2020”.
It was not a complete stretch for the designer to go to punk. In any case, when she was eight years previous she turned her Barbie dolls into punks with mohawks. She remembers at all times having fun with enjoying with the classic materials discovered round her aunts’ home.
One other supply of inspiration for Corridor is her fashions. Seeing them stroll the runway that evening gave her a sense of “pure pleasure”.
Emily Hamann likes to mannequin on runways however typically feels that she is just not the correct form or dimension. She knew so many individuals engaged on the Trend Prize and had identified Corridor for years, which made her really feel snug saying sure when requested to mannequin for this present. “I liked being her mannequin, she worshipped the whole lot Curve, revered my consolation and continuously gassed me up. She’s excellent about making me really feel stunning,” Hamann stated.
Trend Prize founder Katy Larsen feels this 12 months’s win is nicely deserved, “Jessica Corridor has been working in vogue and stitching for fairly a while now. She has carried out the whole lot from Mardi Gras, wedding ceremony, costuming, movie apparel, to historic attire.”
Because the proprietor of Agora Borealis, a neighborhood artist market, Larsen wished to show native expertise, “I began vogue exhibits right here in Shreveport as a result of individuals weren’t shopping for handmade wares from native designers. I wished to provide publicity to that nitch within the artwork world… and it simply grew and grew and now sits beneath the umbrella of the Prize household.”
For these hoping for a probability to see their designs within the 2022 Trend Prize, they will contact Larsen at Katy@prize.basis.
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