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FASHION INSTITUTE MIDWEST
PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAN FLANIGAN
runway regalia ESSENTIALS: • Where it Happened: Underneath the 25,000 square foot tent on 11th and Capitol in the Capitol District • When it Happened: August 19-24 • How it Happened: The designer applicant pool included 45 designers who were narrowed down to 30 for the upcoming season. Designers applied online with a limited number selected to pitch their ideas for their upcoming collection to a panel of industry experts brought together by the Fashion Institute Midwest. The experts scored each designer and provided feedback that OFW organizers used to make final selections. • Special Guest: Celebrity designers: Borris Powel, Paulie Gibson, Jeff Hanson, Patrick Cooper, John Bartlett ALI BABE, KYLIE BOLLWITT, BROOK HUDSON, LEANN NEVELS, NICK HUDSON, BECKY JOCHIM AND PAYTON RODEWALD • Surprise Guest: Omaha Fashion Week veteran, Dan Richters was the grand-prize winner of the $20,000 prize package provided by Omaha Fashion Week, Oxide Design Co., Fashion Institute Midwest, Develop Model Management, and the University of NebraskaLincoln (see below for package details). Dan competed against fourteen other designers for the package. • Catered by: Garden Café, M’s Pub, 7M, Jones Bros. • Sponsors: SAC, Kiewit, Borsheims, Pepsi, Totally Vein, Younkers, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, FIAT, Grey Goose, BMW, Oxide Design Co. KM3, Develop Model Management, Q98.5
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• Attendance: 8,000 people during the entire week
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