Fashion Show

 

14th Annual Carbondale Fashion Show:
Camera Obscura | March 6-8, 2025 ⁠

An alluring, dynamic show featuring both local and regional designers and models, dancers and performers with multimedia storytelling.  Transforming the Carbondale Rec Center into a glitzy fashion house, this event sells out annually with 600+ tickets sold per night.  It's not to be missed!

  • Applications and auditions have closed.

  • January 29 Carbondale Arts members early bird tickets go on sale at noon.

  • February 5 public ticket sales and volunteer sign ups begin at noon.


 

Above edit from the 2023 show “Mirror, Mirror” videography by Jackalope Cinema. More videos from previous shows below!

 

Interested in becoming a co-producer, partner or sponsor?

Participation as a partner puts your name in front of thousands of people, as well as showcases your business year-round at other events such as Carbondale Mountain Fair. It connects you with the important messages of sustainability, creativity and community– messages that are in the forefront of our minds worldwide today.

We invite you, or your company, to be part of this premier valley event in the heart of the Carbondale Creative District by joining with us as a partner. Support our local arts education with your commitment to us. We welcome the opportunity to meet with your company representatives to further discuss the details.

Proceeds from the show will directly benefit Carbondale Arts’ arts education programs which include free after-school arts classes, curriculum-based arts education, and the Rosybelle Mobile Maker Bus, youth scholarships and other programs. For further inquiries, please contact Jamie Abbott at 970-963-1680 or jamie@carbondalearts.com.

Get involved by modeling or volunteering at the event

Each year, Carbondale Arts seeks enthusiastic and creative community members, ages 18 to 80+, to be volunteer models. That’s right, you heard us 18-80+! We welcome community members of all ages, all sizes, all ethnicities and orientations. The diversity of our cast is one of the things that makes our show so special and also one of the reasons the fashion show is such a beloved event.

Rehearsals take place in early January at The Launchpad. Based on the number looks we have to present and the constraints with space backstage and hair and makeup, we can only accommodate up to 45 models each year.

Model commitment consists of Wednesday and Sunday evenings from late January through the first two weeks in March and Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday evenings the week of the show.

2025 auditions have closed.

 

Not quite ready for the catwalk?

This grand and glamorous event needs a whole lot of volunteers leading up to and during the event to make it happen. From ticketing to ushering, hair and makeup, cocktail serving and more, it takes a village to put on this show!

Designer Information

The fashion show sells out 3 evenings each year. That is over 1800 people seeing your designs live and in person, not to mention your clothing's information being distributed in 4000 local newspapers via the show's program. Coverage of the fashion show reaches over 30,000 people(and counting!) between newspaper, radio and social media. Both our audience and designers come from all around the country. About 25% of our audience comes from Aspen, 60% from elsewhere in the Roaring Fork Valley and 15% beyond!

All designers must meet our sustainability guidelines. Clothes do not need to be designed around the theme of the show. 2025 applications closed December 4, 2024.

2024 Designers:

Akomplice, Amy McFetridge, Box Eleven by Katie Brown, Caroline Iles , Creative Apprenticeship x ReWear, CMC Soft Goods, Delaney Rudy, Delia Bolster, Elissa Rodman, Hoohah, Ira Sherman, Ironic Dilemma by Molly Briggs, Madalyn Buchanan, Dena Barnes, Eagers Studio, Kalliopi Monoyios, Land of Peace by Rochelle Norwood & Justice Bouchet, Laura Stover, Lilian Lara, Machete & Sons, Mona Lisa, Morgan Walsh, Paul Kimpling & Stuart Kramer, Rachael Gillespie, Roaring Divas, Ruthie & Ayana Brown, Skye Barker Maa, Studio Rand, Victory Mae by Amanda Simmons, Western Slope of Colorado Fibershed, Yoli LaGuerre

 
 

Meet the Creators

 

Amy Kimberly

Founding creator of the show and community visionary, Amy was Executive Director of Carbondale Arts for 12 years and oversaw Mountain Fair for 19 years. In her tenure at Carbondale Arts she formed the Carbondale Creative District, created the Rio Grande ARTway, and elevated education programming. Amy now oversees the Palisade Bluegrass and Roots Fest, is working with the Town of Carbondale on the Town Center project, writes grants for La Clínica del Pueblo, and looks forward to supporting all the folks that continue to embody and carry on the creative vibe!

Laura Stover

Laura has been a part of the fashion show since she moved to Carbondale in 2012. She began working for Carbondale Arts in 2013 and led the design and branding for The Launchpad, Carbondale Creative District, and CCAH’s rebrand as Carbondale Arts. A lover of all things design-related, Laura is a UI/UX designer and Creative Director for The League app by day, and by night sews collections for the show and edits/animates/films the projections while squeezing in as much soccer, volleyball, and skiing as she can. 

Meagan Londy Shapiro

A dancer in the fashion show since 2015, Meagan became the director of Dance/Choreography and Sound Designer in 2019. She was a member of CoMotion Dance Company from 2015-2023, and has taught for and danced in movement projects, programs, and residencies with Dance Initiative. Her choreography includes content generated by the amazing cast of dance artists you will see slaying the stage.

From the left: Meagan Londy Shapiro, Amy Kimberly, Laura Stover. Photo by Rory Savatgy

 
 

A special thanks to our volunteer photographers!

 

Watch clips from previous shows: They are equally excellent.

 
 

The 2025 Fashion Show is Supported by:

 

Associate Producer

 
 

Sponsorship Partners