Syracuse Fashion Week returned for the fall season with two days of themed events. The fashion show was hosted at two new locations: The Treasury in downtown Syracuse and Silver Street Event Center.
The event featured 17 Syracuse designers and over 40 models and raised $1,300 for the Food Bank of Central New York. An infant modeled with her mother and an Australian Shepherd named Drizzy modeled for Flower Skate Shop.
Friday night’s Syracuse Style featured local designers, all returning to the runway with new collections for the fall. The designers included:
- Michelle DaRin
- Bliss Bridal
- Projex214
- Sunshadow Designs
- Fashion Fix
- Kamikazee Workshop
- Styles By Bellamy
- QueenRi’s Boutique
- Flower Skate Shop
- Silk & Soul
“I think it’s important to support a good cause and even to support local artists,” Samantha Sibert, makeup artist. “It’s great for them to make a name for themselves, as well.”
Sibert and Celena-Marie Carfango, makeup artists and volunteers, sat front row, watching their makeup artistry displayed on the models faces as they strolled the runway.
Yahkeef Davis, owner and founder of Raeleer Jewelry, attended SFW to network and support some of the models in the show, he said. Yahkeef aspires to have his collection featured in next year’s Syracuse Fashion Week.
A group of friends, Sue Petrilli, Cayran Irwin, a stained glass artist, and Suzanne Shapiro, of Baldwinsville, all attended the event to support local artists and fashion in Syracuse.
Model holds a pose dressed in a gown. Photo credit: Shandell Brown. 
Model walks in SNARL, halloween-themed fashion show. Photo credit: Shandell Brown. 
Model walking in Syracuse SNARL fashion show. Photo credit Shandell Brown. 
Model walking in the Halloween-themed SNARL fashion show, wearing body paint by Right Mind Syracuse. Photo credit: Shandell Brown 
Model walks wearing The Altered Eco fashion line. Photo credit: Shandell Brown. 
Models of The Altered Eco clothing line. Photo credit: Shandell Brown 
Photo credit: Shandell Brown 
Model wearing bodysuit designed by Slit Weave. Photo credit: Shandell Brown.
Collectively, the women said their favorite looks for the night were presented by Styles By Bellamy and Michelle DaRin.
Irwin spotted a gray pea coat designed by menswear collection Projexx214 that she envisioned would look great on her husband.
Saturday’s Syracuse SNARL, brought fashionable sightings for the evening’s Halloween theme.
In the basement at the Silver Center, referred to as the dungeon by the evening’s host Jamie Ann Owens, performers, models, and designers lined up along the stairwell, descending from the stairs to the runway wearing designs by:
- Lucky Mae’s Boutique in collaboration with Mildadrea Starr
- Inspired Designs
- Ezmira Neshawait
- Candy Cult Burlesque
- Right Mind Syracuse
- Altered Eco
- Slit Weave
Models for The Altered Eco, Slit Weave and Lucky Mae’s closet yelled, crawled, and snarled in celebration of the Halloweens season..
Lee Flores modeled as “Wrath” in Jozette Gordon’s Slit Weave, Halloween-themed collection based on the seven deadly sins. Flores’ unconventional crouched entrance on the runway kept everyone’s eyes on his masked “cannibalistic war shaman” persona, Flores said.
“In all the sins they’re observable through behavior, specifically, so we knew that there was going to be a lot of acting, “ Flores said. “ We knew that we could also add a couple props here and there to help sell it, which really really helped.”
Gordon, who portrayed a duality of sins, sloth and pride, modeled a cloak then unveiled the traits through her clothing design with a gold and black headdress and two piece set. Having a conceptual theme is not something Gordon usually does, but it allowed her to “spread her wings and horizons creatively.” Gordon said.
“I know that in Syracuse, itself there’s a real resurgence of the arts and all of its forms,” Gordon said. “I think that through fashion it’s wearable art, that’s what I always say my pieces are. The models are the canvases and for other people to see that it’s really inspiring.”
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