Fashion: Industrial CHIC

Article by: Sara Glassman , Special to the Star Tribune
Updated: December 10, 2007 - 10:18 AM

The International Interior Design Association's annual fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House included a fashion show featuring a "Project Runway"-like challenge.

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Talk about factory-direct fashion: Designers more accustomed to blueprints than dress patterns cobbled together some very creative ensembles to vie for top contest honors. The International Interior Design Association's annual fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House included a fashion show featuring a "Project Runway"-like challenge. Competitors used upholstery fabric, metal, wire, tiles and many other materials, usually found in the world of interior design, to make outfits. Here are some of the ensembles that went down the runway for Fusion + Fashion 2008.

TIN WOMAN

Designed by: Mayumi Amada, a sculptor who modeled her own design.

Won: Best overall.

The idea: "It's for self-protection. It has two meanings. It physically protects, like armor. It also visually protects because I don't have to show my body. My breasts aren't big, but I could make them look bigger," Amada said.

Materials: Steel.

How long it took to make: Several years. She stopped for a while when she couldn't get the line she wanted.

Challenge: Walking. "[The dress] is not flexible. It's awkward."

PAPER DOLL

Firm: MS&R, architecture and interior design.

Designed by: Jessica Harner and Alana Zbaren, modeled by Zbaren.

The idea: Three dresses that showed the progression from natural state, to process stage (this dress), to finished product. This dress represents what happens when wood becomes paper.

Materials: Recycled paper. The colored bodice was made from magazine paper, and the skirt was packaging paper. Origami flowers were used for ornamentation.

How long it took to make: Four weeks.

HIGH-GLOSS GOWN

Firm: MS&R.

Designed by: Kristilyn Vercruysse and Natasha Skogerboe, modeled by Skogerboe.

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