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urograph is J. Ashley Miller, Shawn E. Hansen and Mark L. Southerland - three creative musicians from the Kansas City area. “What makes this trio unusual” Southerland says, “is that all the members are conceptual artists playing improvisational music. We put a lot of forethought into being in the moment.”
Official Program & Guide
Gilded Summer
The 13th Annual West 18th Street Fashion Show
featuring 18 collections
Saturday, June 8 West 18th Street between Baltimore and Wyandotte • dusk 8:00 p. m. • westeighteenthstreet.com
cov e r PhotograPher: Chris Mullins model : Annie Littlewood creative director : Peregrine Honig hair & makeuP : Chelsea Huff necklace and bracelets: Sara Cramer blouse: Sarah Nelsen
The group is not genre-driven but often lands on the experimental fringe of trance music. “We’re re-examining the criteria of sound as music.” Hansen says. “Perhaps not for all ears all the time, but right now I want to call these things music: melodies as background noise, textures with no rhythm, a beat that is implied but never adhered to, loud silences, a single note as a complex gesture.” The group officially came into being just a few months ago Aurograph presented at “By Product” by Sean Starowitz but already has recorded with the likes of Arrington De Dionyso and Helen Gillet. Most recently, the three played at Walnut Place Laundromat with Tatasuya Nakatani as part of a Rocket Grant project. “When you’re playing creative improvisational music, context is everything,” Southerland says. “You must curate yourself into compelling and unusual situations.” Aurograph’s latest situation is designing the runway music for the West 18th Street Fashion Show. “We’ve taken an additive approach, a new cell or idea for each designer, all over a growing heartbeat bass drum” Southerland says. “Refining and codifying our ideas to fit each collection has been a great constraint. We’ve been trying out these ideas by rehearsing and recording, then listening and refining.” With the help of the West 18th Fashion Show, Aurograph will release a limited-run, lathe-cut recording of selected runway compositions. The recording will be on yellow, laser-cut acrylic, inside a beautiful Hammerpress package. The release is slotted for June 20 at Grünauer.
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d e s i g n e r s i n o r d e r o f p r e s e n tat i o n Yulie Urano
location: Kansas City, Missouri collection: Large-gauged knits create asymmetrical
silhouettes. Layered materials, such as the denim and cotton that were used in traditional railroad and mining uniforms from the Gilded Age. e-mail: info@yulieurano.com
EXODE : Elodie Auvray & K. Clemence Lawson
location: Olathe, Kansas collection: Bright colors, energetic and vibrant
prints inspired by Caribbean and French culture, where the designers originate. e-mail: auvrayelodie@yahoo.fr, clemlaws@hotmail.com
Lyndsey Helling
location: Kansas City, Missouri collection: Blurring lines between high and low fashion
by use of refuse and recycled materials. Functional garments based on styles from the 1950s. e-mail: lyndseygibson@gmail.com
Hannah Carr & Tessa Harrison
location: Kansas City, Missouri collection: Mimicking the extravagance
of upper-class society in Greece and Egypt, handmade prints and dyed textiles combine layering and patterns to build modern, ‘90s-reflected looks. e-mail: hcarr@kcai.edu, tessa.j.harrison@gmail.com
Alicia Janesko
location: Leawood, Missouri collection: Traditional caftans reinvented with luxurious
textiles and prints, accented with hand-beading. Turbanwrapped heads and scarf-knotted necks. e-mail: aliciajanesko@yahoo.com
Lane Leavens
location: Kansas City, Missouri collection: Ancient renegade warriors dripping in chained
armor and golden painted shields. e-mail: tangledmanevintage@gmail.com
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Chante Gossett
location: Lawrence, Kansas collection: Contemporary shapes articulated with hand-crafted
prints and dyes. e-mail: chantegossett@gmail.com
Paige Beltowski
location: Kansas City, Missouri collection: Hand-painted silks with layered beading and vinyl
armor create high-end fields of texture. e-mail: pbeltowski@kcai.edu
Emma Burgess-Olson
location: Brooklyn, New York collection: Pieced-together knit and leather re-create armor for a
modern woman. e-mail: emmabolson@gmail.com
Emma Lammers & Kate Nickols
location: Merriam, Kansas (Lammers), Lenexa, Kansas (Nickols) collection: Opulent corals and blues with brocade embellishments
abound in structured essentials and glamorous, refined looks. e-mail: emma.lammers@gmail.com, kate.nickols@gmail.com
Christina Grey
location: Tulsa, Oklahoma collection: Structured silhouettes contrast with lace and graceful
textiles in an avant-garde collection. e-mail: christinagreydesigns@gmail.com
Awava: Margie Hogue & Heidi Herrman
location: Lawrence, Kansas (Hogue), Kansas City, Missouri (Herrman) collection: Dutch Wax Print and metallic screen-printed Kiteng textiles used with tailored menswear designs, for every woman. e-mail: margiehogue@awavamarket.com, heidiherrman@gmail.com
Melinda Lynn Lonkausky
location: Lee’s Summit, Missouri collection: Shining, studded details overlay on sleek designs based
on the Fabergé egg. e-mail: melinda@melindalynnlonkausky.com
Official Program & Guide
Gilded Summer
The 13th Annual West 18th Street Fashion Show
Brock Byran & Quinn Mahler
location: Kansas City, Missouri collection: Distressed shapes and textiles
based on historical garb from the Gilded Age. e-mail: bbrock@kcai.edu, qmahler@kcai.edu
Sarah Nelsen & Sara Cramer
location: Kansas City, Missouri collection: Golden separates with beaded
layers create a new blend in a refined silhouette. e-mail: sarah@sarah-nelsen.com, miss_cramer@mac.com
Anastasia Rendina
location: Kansas City, Missouri collection: The traditional Japanese Shibari technique literally
wraps these slyly created looks. e-mail: LadyLumineux@gmail.com
Silvia Patricia
location: Merriam, Kansas collection: Highly designed severe shapes crafted in golden
and darkened materials. e-mail: silviapatricia.mu@gmail.com
Birdies
location: Kansas City, Missouri collection: Copper lace, faded gingham
and untreated leather reference boxing during the Gilded Age. e-mail: prettybirdies@hotmail.com
Coki Reardon
featured with the Awava: Margie Hogue & Heidi Herrman collection location: Kansas City, Missouri collection: Jewelry inspired by “objets d’art” that mirror the turn-ofthe-century dichotomy of wealth vs. poverty, and mass production vs. craftsmanship. e-mail: coki.reardon@gmail.com
Andrea Minnette Bledsoe
featured with Emma Lammers and Kate Nickols’collection location: Kansas City, Missouri collection: Vintage-inspired jewelry with a modern perspective on materials from past eras. e-mail: andrea@recrudescencestudio.com
Tara Tonsor
featured with Brock Bryan and Quinn Mahler’s collection location: Kansas City, Missouri collection: References the natural decay of materialism by using antique wooden spools dipped with ancient gilding techniques. e-mail: seekdesign1@gmail.com
Cam Hong Le
featured with Chante Gossett’s collection location: Kansas City, Missouri collection: Collages together the raw edge of scrap leather to form elegant accessories. e-mail: pinot1107@yahoo.com
Southeast14/Katy Bird
featured with Emma Burgess-Olson’s collection location: Kansas City, Missouri collection: High-end, ready-to-wear leather handbags in a cohesive color story. e-mail: katybird@southeast14.com
Tracy McClain
Accessories Designers Laura Isaac
featured with Paige Beltowski collection location: Kansas City, Missouri collection: Knit accessories that control and modify the actions of the wearer. e-mail: lauraisaacart@gmail.com
featured with the EXODE: Elodie Auvray and K. Clemence Lawson collection location: Kansas City, Missouri collection: Bohemian glam accessories. e-mail: tracymcclain@gmail.com
Sarah E. Xeno featured with the Birdies collection
location: Prairie Village, Kansas collection: A limited edition of cast belts, gloves and protective
headgear to complement the theme of boxing in the Gilded Age. e-mail: xenoartagonist@yahoo.com june 8, 2013
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Peregrine Honig Creative Director Day job : artist and Co-owner, birdies “Kansas City is full of amazing teams of people. Getting to collaborate with my favorite teams has made the process of producing the West 18th Street Fashion Show more curatorial and interesting to navigate. I always love working with Hammerpress, and I’m delighted to work with asheer akram on another public project.”
Danielle Meister Sponsorship Producer Day job : Co-owner and buyer, birdies “I engage with so many pillars of the community in their stores, restaurants and boutiques in pursuit of sponsorship. It is my pleasure to finally reach the date of the event, and see them arrive soigné on 18th Street to enjoy the show. our fabulous city supports us not only financially but also with their attendance and enthusiasm, and we can’t thank them enough!”
Molly BingaMan Coordinating Producer Day job : Personal Stylist, Ladybird Styling “I’m thrilled with our theme this year. Gilded gold is so intriguing conceptually, as it’s meant to display opulence and weight, and yet by nature it is delicate, fragile and easily flaked away. I can’t wait to see how our designers interpret this in their work. This show, and all that’s involved with putting it together, is a reminder of how vibrant the creative community of Kansas City is!”
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Gilded Summer
HaDley JoHnson Designer Curator Day job : Fashion Designer “Working with the designers from concept through construction, and to the finale of the runway show, has been an inspiring journey for my own practice in fashion.”
Jennifer laPka Pfeifer Business Development Director Day job : Foundation Professional and artist “I am in love with Kansas City more than ever before. Working on this event has only reaffirmed for me that our city is burgeoning with talent, collaboration and goodwill. In addition to the producers and designers, countless others have poured themselves into Gilded Summer, including models, hair stylists, make-up stylists, musicians, volunteers and our generous sponsors. We’ve done it all for the love of fashion and our community, and we hope you enjoy the show.”
Dana allison-Hill Social Media Manager Day job : art Director of KC Magazine “I love seeing the friendships that develop among the designers — the show fosters such an amazing, creative community! I’m also addicted to the buzz of excitement before the show, seeing our fans and sponsors arrive on the block and then putting all of it on social media!”
Mark soutHerlanD Executive Producer and Musical Director Day job : artist and Musician “The West 18th Street Fashion Show prides itself on creativity and innovation. We comb through dozens of applications to find fresh, forward-thinking collections to put down the runway. add a compelling theme, amazing live music and a world-class production team, and you’ve got a truly entertaining show.”
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