Off the Cuff, July 19

In a less music oriented move, we took our camera gear to an Off The Cuff event at Halifax’s Argyle Fine Art gallery (1869 Upper Water St.). OtC is a Project Runway-esque competition that takes local fashion designers and gives them weekly challenges to complete for a mini-runway show. The show is then judged and critiqued. After each round of competition the judges eliminate one contestant and choose a winner. This week, the challenge was to make a garment inspired by a locally made textile.

Stephanie Fortin’s fabulous purple/turquoise/sea green fabric won by being the inspiration behind Louanna Murphy’s jumpsuit.

We hope to be at the July 26th show, where the designers will be faced with the challenge of creating a transformable garmet themed after Halifax weather (wind and rain anyone?).

Until Next time!

W&O

(More info on the event at Fashion Magazine)