Dress to impress on Saturday, August 13th, and join Madina Vadache as she celebrates the grand opening of her new Bellevue boutique at the 989 Elements apartment building. The “Film Noir” Fashion Show will feature the Madina Vadache Couture Collection and a preview of the fashion clip, Film Noir.
Vadache is an up-and-coming fashion designer, based in the Pacific Northwest. She grew up in Russia and began making her own clothes as a girl. After earning her degree in fashion design, she moved to the U.S. in the 1990’s and made her breakthrough into the couture bridal market in Seattle in 2000. She now designs everything from eveningwear to ready-to-wear, and her Bellevue boutique will play home to her bold and sexy collections.
August 13th’s grand opening event will kick-off at 7 PM with a VIP red carpet arrival, cocktails, and amuse bouche. After the fashion show and film preview, there will be a DJ, dancing, and entertainment. Special celebrity guests and Vadache herself will also be present. A portion of the event’s proceeds will go to support Children’s Hospital. Tickets start at $75 for general admission and can be purchased online here.
Cool! Downtown used to be really focused outside Bellevue Square… nice to see that 989 is really starting to have solid retail destinations.
The 989 building seems to have struggled lately with retail tenants for some reason. Last I checked, not only was the old Vertigo location still vacant, but the eviction notice signs were still up, and the Goods store Open Satellite art gallery that used to be there both bit the dust a few months ago too (I think I went there once, and it looked like someone was trying to pass off their bong collection as art.) On the other hand, most of the retail space in the 909 building is occupied now, and there’s a hot yoga studio moving into the 95a building too.