Metropolitan Fashion Week 3rd Annual Closing Gala

Metropolitan Fashion Week held its annual closing Gala at Warner Bros Studio in Burbank, CA. The spectacular showcased 150 avant-garde costumes and couture gowns by local and international designers.

Metropolitan Fashion Week Closing Gala

Originally based in Seattle, the fine folks at Metropolitan Fashion Week brought their extravagant affair to Pasadena, CA. for the first time. A series of events were scheduled for the week; thus, leading up to the closing gala.

For starters there was the Wine and Canvas event. Dubbed Canvas Project 2013 the occasion brought together artists and designers. The designers—Uriel Saenz, Monica Kitchen, Olga Swed, Deyonte Weather, and Mabel Obeng—each created a dress made out of white canvas and the artists painted something beautiful on it. The artistic collaborations would then be unveiled at the finale runway show.

Costume Designers Week Launch Party

It was once said that the most memorable movies all have one thing in common: they rely on the magical transformations rendered by costume designers. Recognizing that costume design is a tool to express an art form, Metropolitan Fashion Week hosted a launch party in honor of the first-ever Costume Designers Week slated to take place in October.