The top six winners of yet another fashion competition--Seattle Magazine's Seamless in Seattle Contest--have been selected, and they're pretty familiar to us, here at Seattlest. You've seen, or should we say read about, some of them before in our previous coverage of the Art Institute and New York Fashion Academy spring fashion shows. Finalists presented their collections to a team scrutinizing judges organized by Seattle Magazine, and left one category open for viewers to decide online, won by Eunice Poon for her "I Dream in Cake." more ›

Writing about fashion from the sidelines of the runway doesn’t always give us the full picture of a collection‘s journey--all the drama, trauma, trepidation, and anticipation that goes on behind the scenes in a designer’s debut. But this year we were invited to step out from the audience and onto the runway as a guest model for the New York Fashion Academy’s 5th annual fashion show, Prima La Luce, and we got a whole new perspective from our experience behind the scenes and walking the runway. more ›

Tonight's the award-winning New York Fashion Academy's 5th annual student-produced runway fashion show. The show's at the NYFA in the historical area of Ballard (intersection of 20th and Ballard) and will feature collections from 13 designers. Showtimes are 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. Seating is limited, so purchase tickets at Brown Paper Tickets.
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The Project Red Dress student fashion design competition took place at the posh Fairmont Olympic Hotel last Friday night, so we strapped on our Manolo heels and pretended to be on assignment for Vogue. Rosie Kohlmeier won first place and a $3,000 scholarship, which makes it two for two for the New York Fashion Academy in Ballard-- the little independent fashion school that could… and just did--again. more ›