Bellevue fashion week wrapped up this weekend with “The Unexpected” runway show, featuring Rag Mens Style and Voletta Couture, on Friday night, and “The Collective” runway show, featuring a variety of stores from The Bellevue Collection, on Saturday night. Fashion Axis was once again adorned with sheer fabric panels, modern flower arrangements, and the cocktails were overflowing at these fashion events of the year.
Lucky Strike hosted the appetizers and after party for “The Unexpected,” aerial artists hung from ropes doing flips and tricks, cup cakes by Creme de la Creme were given away, and the runway show itself was a display of unexpected fashion, style, and excitement. The male models for Rag and the female models for Voletta Couture put on a show of fun and grace on the runway. Rag’s styles for fall featured casual ways to layer shirts, sweaters, and ties. Jeans were dressed up or down, and suits were paired with Converse-style shoes, turning the business wardrobe into a hip style to wear out on the town.
Voletta Couture, which specializes in evening and wedding gowns, showed off subtle colors and rhinestone embellishment on many of their styles. Wedding dresses for fall are so much more than the common white, strapless dress. Skits were layered and flowing, as well as full and heavy. Subtleties of ruching, sinches, and uncommon waistlines were what made the dresses fashionable.
For Fall, Rag will be carrying a much more casual collection and less suits. However, if you’re in the market for a new suit, they are currently having a Duncan Quinn designer suit blowout sale! Also, Voletta Couture will be having a special Badgley Mischka Trunk Show on September 26th and 27th.
“The Collective” on Saturday night featured a thematic runway show featuring stores such as Mercer, Marqsmen, Banana Republic, Aritzia, Guess, Road, Macy’s, and more. Each store showed their hot looks for fall. Even Urban Dogs made an appearance with dog-wear on 2 furry models. The show boasted an impressive soundtrack, paired with great graphics and a dramatic performance.
Food at “The Collective” was provided by Z’Tejas, and each guest at the show received a swag bag filled with goodies from The Bellevue Collection. In it’s third year, Bellevue Fashion Week has begun to put Bellevue on the map as a destination for fashion.
-Lea
