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With or without the outburst-inclined pop-culture phenom, the Austonian is playing host to the second annual Runway to Heaven Charity Fashion Show this Saturday night. Versace, Linda Asaf, Poleci and emerging designer Alexandra King will be showing off fancy designs on the runway, while local restaurants, distillers and brewers will be providing delectable catering. Proceeds benefit the Austin Children's Shelter and Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas.

Two independent local fashion-related launches on Thursday are daring to buck the dismal trend of retail closures we've seen lately.

Offering up a little something for everybody, Saturday's We Make Stuff party will feature music, skateboarding, roller girl and burlesque dancer models, art, crafts, and fabulous fashion. Presented by Electric Promotions, We Make Stuff will be held at the Scoot Inn. The guys from Find n' Grind Skate Shop will be setting up a half-pipe for skate demos set to music from Hollywood Gossip, Lost Werks, and Panjoma. The evening will include a fashion show featuring designs from Jinxedaposed Clothing, Tara Tonini, Loves Mariessa and others worn by models, members of the TXRD roller derby team, and the Jigglewatts.

• Houston financier accused of a $7 billion fraud can’t afford his own lawyer, has a public defender appointed for him. That’s your tax dollars at work.
• An Austin cop was in the movie “Lightning Strikes” that aired on the Syfy channel this past Saturday. He was playing… a cop. Talk about method acting!
• Dallas-area high-school student DJs have their own radio station. Maybe it is just like that station they had on Beverly Hills, 90210...

On Wednesday evening, Deborah Main and Milli Starr will show some of their fabulous Texas inspired designs at Beyond Tradition, a boutique in the 2nd Street District. Deborah Main makes decorative pillows, often incorporating vintage textiles and accessories. For tomorrow's show, Main has created a line of pillows made from retro souvenir scarves. Laura Del Villaggio, the milliner at Milli Starr, is a Austinite who quite literally wears many hats. Milli Starr's designs range from ornate fascinators to sophisticated felt blocked cloches and flowing straw sunhats. In keeping with the Cowboy Chic theme of Wednesday's show, Del Villaggio has made couture western hats based on the classic Stetson form.

Austin Fashion Week wraps up this weekend, but there are plenty of stylish happenings taking place all around town through Sunday. For full event listings, visit the Austin Fashion Week Calendar. In the mean time, here are a few highlights: From 2pm to 4pm, Maximum FX Salon (1007 S. Congress) is hosting a millinery demonstration. The hat making class will be led by Laura Del Villaggio who carefully crafts beautiful hats and facinators for Milli Starr. Del Villaggio will demonstrate straw and felt blocking and discuss finishing techniques. The salon will be staging an iced tea party with treats from Sugar Tooth Bakery.

Austin Fashion Week continues with the most events yet! Check out the full calendar for many other stylish celebrations, in the mean time, here are a few of today's highlights: Austin Handmade (2009 South First St.) is celebrating its grand re-opening with a fashion show and music by Lost Werks and DJ Beef Eigler. Designer Robbie Kaye Dodson of Parsimony will be showing her collection of chic and classic women's fashions. Sugar Mamma's Bakeshop will provide sweet treats and Sweet Leaf Tea and Treaty Oak Platinum Rum will provide libations. Guests are invited to test out their craft skills with a few DIY projects and the Wondercraft crew will be on hand to teach make and take projects. Austin Handmade is offering discounts and giveaways from local designers and the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls.

Austin Fashion Week continues, here's a rundown of today's events... including a little something for the men! Keepers (515 N. Congress) is hosting a fashion lunch hour wherein models with be showcasing stylish men's looks by Keepers clothing and Mint Owl Accessories. The store will also hold a trunk show and be serving snacks and beverages. The fashion lunch starts at 11am and runs until 1pm.

Austin Fashion Week continues, here's a rundown of today's events. Avant Salon, winner of Rarest of them All 2009, "Best Salon", (9901 Capital of TX Highway) is offering hour long $60 facials and massages from 9am to 7pm, beginning Tuesday and running throughout the week to celebrate Austin Fashion Week.

Today marks the start of Austin's very first Fashion Week. Many events will be taking place around town and we'll bring you daily preview information here. The week of style officially starts tonight with the Austin Fashion Week Kick Off Party from 6-8pm at the Spa at the Lake (900 RR 620 S, #A104). The happy hour under the spa's veranda will feature appetizers from Hosteria Verde Supper Club and feature tunes by John Selector (of Thievery Corporation and Poi Dog Pondering). The party will feature hair and makeup design by Nate Gordon and Paige McAlvey, respectively and jewelry by Limbo Jewelry Designs.

Austin's first annual fashion week will be like no other, because it doesn't follow any rules. While New York, Milan, and Paris operate on the Fall/Spring schedule, we in the South like to see our fashion at peak season: summertime. From July 13-19, local boutiques will host weekly in-store events to showcase competing designers for the eventual Austin Fashion Awards ceremony, to be held at the Long Center on Sunday, July 19th at 5:30 p.m.

Produced by Neil Diaz and NCD Resources, the show will feature apparel from local Austin designers and boutiques, including Loves, Mariessa, Pink Salon and Gallery, Renee Geneava, Ryan Nicole Vintage, Soigné, Team Fabrication, Tripp, and GAT5. Models will be strutting to music by all-girl band Tribella and DJ Prep Mode, while guests enjoy sno-cones from Frosty Slim, live screenprinting by Twin Villain, and various installations from local artists.

Like its existing counterparts, the new Birds location features an oversized mural, only this one's in 3-D. Local artist Luther Himes (who, coincidentally, did the artwork for the big summer boat party that we co-sponsored last year) is behind the new retro-inspired work, which needs special blue- and red-tinted glasses to properly view.

Clinton Kelly and Macy's kicked off the "Makeover Across America" tour this past Saturday at the Domain. Before the former Mademoiselle and Marie Claire editor presented his Texas-style makeovers of 15 lucky ladies, he sat down with us to school us on trends, the economy, jumpsuits and everything in between.

A Macy's style consultant for over three years and former Mademoiselle and Marie Claire editor, Kelly has chosen fifteen Texas ladies out of an astounding 1,000+ applicants for head-to-toe style makeovers. The winners will then participate in a special Macy's fashion show to reveal their transformations to friends and family.

UT’s Division of Textiles and Apparel held its annual year-end fashion show, Luminous, this past Friday at the Frank Erwin Center. Twenty-three senior designers each presented a ready to wear, evening, and bridal collection - which was a huge feat and definitely didn’t disappoint. Maybe it’s the excitement for summer, maybe it’s the Austin mentality, but the theme of the night was color, color, and more color. There was a heavy infusion of vibrant hues and print into just about every piece, and watching the show was like being in a psychedelic candy store - complete with thumping soundtrack by Ting Tings .

On Friday, IF+D, the warehouse district interior design store, will be hosting Finery, a fashion, ceramic, and photography exhibit in collaboration with Art Seen Alliance. Inspired by the idealistic and often sexually charged film culture of the 1920’s & 30’s that helped distract and entertain away the woes of the depression, Finery aims to examine the expensive, the ostentatious, and the decorated .

April starts off with a bevy of fancy fashion-related events.

Austin fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir, who operates the Boudoir Queen label, filed a lawsuit against Courtney Love last week, alleging the singer spread "vile and vicious lies" about her in a series of online postings.

Struck by the lack of fashion sense that many Austin bands display, local fashion designer Rachel Fields decided to do something about it. So she created her own all-girl garage rock four-piece that oozes with 60s style. But there's one thing ... the band is fake. They'll never perform a real show, or record an album. Fields, and a collection of creative friends dreamed up the hypothetical Don't Bring Me Down band all for the sake of fashion.

In a world that discourages raw expression, channeling fierce emotion into art can be a remarkable act of bravery. The teenaged artists featured in the Mexic-Arte Museum’s Totally Cool Totally Art exhibit present that bravery from every angle, including painting, drawing, dance, sculpture, and photography. The juried show will feature works by students from seventh through twelfth grade who participated in the city’s Totally Cool Totally Art parks and recreation program. Tonight’s opening reception will include Thread Fair, a fashion show showcasing designs by Austin Independent School District students. The evening promises a spirited affirmation of the power that creativity endows, and is sure to be inspiring for art lovers of all ages. Refreshments and a DJ will be provided at the reception.

The latest local business to succumb to the general economic malaise is Slate Men's Apparel, the Central Austin counterpart to next-door women's boutique Soigne. Slate today announced that it will be shuttering its doors at the end of February. All remaining merchandise has already been marked down by 50-70% — even the store fixtures, furniture, and mannequins are being sold. Soigne will remain open.

Today we're tapping local fashionistas (and pretty kick-ass DJs) Jenifer Rea and Erin Mikulenka, the duo better known as Team Fabrication. The girls just wrapped their 2008 with a bow, honoring local fashion standouts at Fabrication 6 (Austinist was honored as most fashionable blog, but we're not sure they've ever seen us on a Sunday), and we're sure we'll be hearing (and seeing) more from them in 2009. Check it out: Fabrication 5 (Vimeo). Here's what the girls recommended to us for '08:

Tonight they're celebrating the debut of their new website with a fancy soiree at Millipede boutique, in the Triangle, which also happens to be the first store to carry the new line. Guests will be treated to delicious appetizers from Yume Sushi, gelato from Dolce Vita, and pomegranate martinis provided by PAMA liqueur, with additional door prizes in the works. An RSVP is requested (rsvp at shimmerandbliss.com), but at this late notice you might just stop by and tell 'em Austinist sent you.

Photos by Ann Harkness from Friday night's Recycled Fashion Show at Treasure City Thrift Store.

For a preview of what you might expect, fashion-wise, at next weekend's Maker Faire festival, head over to Treasure City Thrift Store tonight for their second annual Recycled Fashion Show. The event, co-sponsored by iLoveMikeLitt, showcases modern works by local, DIY-minded designers, all of whom created their garments using fabric from vintage clothes. The show, which runs from 7-9 p.m., will be followed by an afterparty at the historic Victory Grill, where some designs from the runway will be auctioned off. [Treasure City Fashion Show]

Medicom Toy has created a line of gear featuring Daniel Johnston's Jeremiah the Innocent illustration.

TOMS Shoes hit the social-responsibility scene in 2006 with its unique one to one model of donating one pair of shoes for a child in need for every pair sold to you the consumer. Since its inception, it has given over 10,000 pairs of shoes to children in Argentina and 50,000 pairs in South Africa. In 2008, TOMS plans to give 200,000 pairs of shoes to children in need around the world.