Fashion Dance for Life

August 17, 2012 at 9:11PM
Fashion Dance for Life
Fashion Dance for Life (Margaret Andrews/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Fashion Dance for Life

Musicians, dancers and models come together for a MNfashion Week event that promises a sensory overload. Fashion Dance for Life offers a style retrospective from the roaring '20s to the electric '80s, via live performances and fashions from Cliché, Saks Off Fifth and local designers Ariel Simone, Anna Woodling, Sina Yi, Mae Rodgers and Tony Eliason. It all benefits the HIV/AIDS lifeline the Hughes Foundation.

Handmade Heartfelt

The Arts & Crafts Initiative (TACIT) will showcase the best in local handmade crafts and vintage wares during the Handmade Heartfelt Arts and Craft Fair. Among the colorful vendors will be thrift sellers Operation Sparkle, Fashionasty's Jake Thompson and the Beez Kneez Raw Honey, plus bags, bike accessories, jewelry and artwork. Jake and Lisa Luck of Yeti Records will spin records and sell vinyl and vintage electronics.

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