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EUGENE FASHION WEEK
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he Club Wear segment of Eugene Fashion Week packed Cowfi sh on April 29. From hip-hop inspired
belted dresses and body and schoolboy suits to spandex, designers Juju Rootz, Gillian Smithline,
Tilly Hamacheck, Harlequin, Marcia Lent-Knee and Alli Ditson almost all used upcycled, recycled
and/or organic fabrics and materials for their out-on-the town looks. Avant-Garde night on April 30
at Oak Street Speakeasy featured the fashions of Lent-Knee, Kaitlin Coppins, Mitra Chester, Rachel
Langford, Shalako Lee, Michelle Mandera, Marjorie Taylor, Rhiannon Dark, UO Costume Collective
and Rebecca Fisher, who encouraged Eugeneans to “slip into something more questionable.” Almost
every look incorporated leather, feathers and chains.
(1) SPANDEX BODY by Marcia Knee (2) INGLORIOUS BAISTERS by UO Costume Collective (3 & 4) RHI by
Rhiannon Dark (5) TUFF LOVE by Juju Rootz (6) ALLIHALLA by Alli Ditson (7) DELUXE by Mitra Chester in
collaboration with Cynthia Beal from Natural Burial Company (8) INDIGO INSPIRED by Gillian Smithline
(9) TAYLOR MADE by Marjorie Taylor
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