Sci-port’s second flooring not too long ago reworked 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 night time, the high 6 designers, Sara Kluss, Catalina Ramirez Varela, Jules Ecklekamp, Brittani Shabazz, Jessica Corridor, and Donna Strebeck every showcased their closing assortment of 5 seems on the runway.
This was Jessica Corridor’s first 12 months to compete and when she heard her title being known as because the winner and the $2,500 examine being put into her fingers she was shocked. “It was a surreal second after I heard my title known as, a wave of gratitude washed over me,” she mentioned.
Corridor had began her assortment in 2020 however COVID-19 delayed her plans to affix Trend Prize. Corridor supposed her assortment to be extra ‘Glam’ however as 2020 progressed she discovered it leaning in the direction of a unique route, “The virtually Dystopian really feel of the worldwide local weather pushed me in the direction of a extra edgy and punk feeling. The disenfranchisement of the youth in England within the ’70s felt relatable in a brand new approach 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 In any case, when she was eight years outdated she turned her Barbie dolls into punks with mohawks. She remembers all the time 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 night time gave her a sense of “pure pleasure”.
Emily Hamann likes to mannequin on runways however typically feels that she will not be the correct form or measurement. She knew so many individuals engaged on the Trend Prize and had identified Corridor for years, which made her really feel comfy saying sure when requested to mannequin for this present. “I cherished being her mannequin, she worshipped every little thing Curve, revered my consolation and always gassed me up. She’s excellent about making me really feel stunning,” Hamann mentioned.
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 achieved every little thing from Mardi Gras, marriage ceremony, costuming, movie apparel, to historic attire.”
Because the proprietor of Agora Borealis, an area artist market, Larsen wished to reveal native expertise, “I began vogue reveals right here in Shreveport as a result of folks weren’t shopping for handmade wares from native designers. I wished to offer publicity to that nitch within the artwork world… and it simply grew and grew and now sits below the umbrella of the Prize household.”
For these hoping for a probability to see their designs within the 2022 Trend Prize, they’ll contact Larsen at Katy@prize.basis.
