Austin Fashion Week returns to The Domain, showcasing up to 60 designers.
AUSTIN, Texas — Austin Fashion Week (AFW) returns to the runway this weekend at The Domain. The event is entering its 14th year with nearly 60 designers showcasing their new collections on the runway and in pop-up stores.
Due to rainy weather, the Friday shows have been moved indoors, but the 1:30 pm and 3:30 pm shows on Saturday and Sunday will be outdoors.
This year, AFW partners with the Austin Area Urban League (AAUL). The League has awarded a grant this season to allow about 10 black fashion designers the opportunity to show during AFW.
“We want to be able to support designers by providing business support services through the SBA’s Community Boating pilot, which is offered through our Business Empowerment Center,” said AAUL’s Selena Gray.
Brandon Kafarela, a designer from Houston, visited KVUE Weekend Daybreak after showing his collection on Friday afternoon. Kafarela said he grew up around vintage fashion and that’s what inspired his Molly x Niko collection.
“My collection is Molly x Niko, which is actually named after my grandparents. For me, I’m very inspired by vintage fashion. I grew up going to retailers with my grandparents, and their heyday was also in the ’70s, so I I feel like a lot of those patterns and that structure really came to life in my first collection, which I was able to show yesterday,” Kafarela said.
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AFW is the fourth-biggest fashion week in the US. It started in 2009 as an annual event where designers showed up at local stores, but later evolved into major shows at various locations around the city: The Long Center, ACL Live at the Moody Theatre. , The Driskill Hotel, Austin Music Hall, La Zona Rosa, JW Marriott, Vault Space and now The Domain.
Led by Matt Swinney, founder of Austin Fashion Week, AFW has hosted nearly 100 different events featuring nearly 1,000 fashion designers.
Tickets are still available here.
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