On Friday evening, Seattlest made our way down to the fashion event of the season: Product Runway at the South Lake Union Naval Reserve. Nineteen teams competed to show the best couture creation made of interior design elements. Glamorous celebrity judges (including Seattle's own Jack Mackenroth), fantastical, high-concept dresses, and an excitingly diverse crowd ranging from young Seattle fashionistas to art students, to representatives from the city's wealthiest families, turned this night into nothing......

CHARITABLE INDULGENCES: If you're not too hungover from tonight's couture cocktails with Jack Mackenroth at Product Runway, something beautiful involving imported beer and fine Scotch is happening in Fremont both tonight and tomorrow: the HopScotch Spring Beer and Scotch Festival. The festival's a benefit for NW Folklife, so think of your purchase of extra tequila tastings as an act of springtime charity. 5 p.m.-12 a.m. Friday, 1 p.m.-12 a.m. Saturday // Fremont Studios, 155 N.......

On May 2nd, during the Bravo!-glam event of this spring, twenty teams from several of Seattle's best design firms will showcase the innovative (and hopefully, fierce!) haute couture lines they've been challenged to design from manufacturing materials like upholstery, plastics, and lighting. Though this won't be on TV, the entertainment value of this one-night-only fashion show looks very promising. Oh, my! What will Seattlest wear to Product Runway? Our usual hoodie and jeans combo......