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OMAHA FASHION WEEK: VERUS

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       Welcome to VERUS Season. Taking inspiration from the Latin word, our designers for this Fall/Winter Season offered the most genuine, authentic insight they could provide into the world of fashion design. Through their creations, we can see the characteristics valued in each showcase, and understand the personality of each designer without them uttering a word, or revealing themselves to us at the end of their collection's walk down the runway. Each night was filled with vastly different formats of fashion, from avant-garde statements on the sacrificial nature of fast fashion and the impermanence of earthly materials, to an expression of the uniqueness each person possesses due to their specific upbringing and the cultures they are raised around. Night by night visitors to Omaha Fashion Week were greeted by a volley of color and construction that astounded even veteran attendees. Multiple instances of single-night ticket holders opting to return the following night should ind
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OMAHA FASHION WEEK 2024: BEHIND THE SCENES

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      Massive events such as Omaha Fashion Week require an army of dedicated volunteers and staff members to run without hindrance. Below is a selection of some behind the scenes images that reflect all of the activity occurring off the runway during OFW.       OFW Designers and volunteers I'm Hooked on Stuffies and The Unfinished Archive check wristbands at the VIP lounge. Guests line up to take photos with the OFW photo wall. Volunteer Erin assists guest with lining up and receiving photos from the FOTOFUN booth. Guests spend time waiting near the bar during the OFW Pre-Party.   Guests spend time relaxing and catching up over drinks in the VIP lounge. Debra, a member of the Press Photography team, tests her camera for the night.  An OFW Staff member greets VIP guests at the entrance to the VIP lounge.  The OFW resident FOTOFUN photographer prepares guests for their Red Carpet Photo. SHARKWEEK, a member of OFW's All-Female DJ team, gets music going during Pre-Party. A member o
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Omaha Fashion Week 2024: Design Powerhouses Ramp-up the Runway

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      Luxury. Glamour. Innovation. Audacity. Omaha Fashion Week 2024 was willing to share these attributes with us to the maximum during the Audacious Season. Designers from a litany of distinct and fascinating backgrounds converged at the Omaha Design Center for four nights of  expressive and evocative designs that will stay in our memory well past this event. This year consisted of four nights with the following themes: Student Night designers, Bold designers, Brazen designers and Brilliant designers. Each collection reflected the arduous labor and passion imbued within by its creator. Below is only a small sampling of the endless amount of dazzling menswear and women's wear put out by the week's selected designers.  NIGHT ONE: STUDENT NIGHT            OFW 2024 Student Night was the premier event of this Audacious Season. Student Night provides an opportunity to local high school and college students to display their designs on the main stage. Designers from the University
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Venture into the Old World

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      I finally found some time for myself during this busy year, and I was fortunate enough to get wrangled into a trip out to England and Portugal with a couple of my friends. Below are some selections from that trip. I found everything to be so exciting. London is a city that always has something to offer. It has a hurried pace that thrills the eyes and heart with movement and activity. Contrast this to Southern Portugal, where the pace of life slows to a crawl in the best way possible. Musical talents abound this region, where you'll often hear bossa nova taken from Brazil or a pianist playing a rendition of modern pop. While vastly different in pace, the lust for life seems to be just as fervent in both of these diverse regions.   
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