Compared to last year’s experience, Austin Fashion Week 2014 was certainly unique. I volunteered, work black everyday, and was surprised by the results of the winning Mash Up Teams selected for the People’s Choice and Critique’s Choice Award.
Jessica Faith Marshall on the Red Carpet after working backstage
The Mash Up teams awarded this year during Austin Fashion Awards certainly shocked the attendees. Everyone in the Austin Fashion Community expected the same team, with a four-year winning streak, to win this year. The Critics Choice winner was team Saint Cathena and the People’s Choice winner was team Chrysalis Evolution. The two winning teams shocked us all as they are very different design teams. Working backstage with the designers was an amazing experience for me, being an emerging designer. I was fortunate enough to dress models, grab gum for the designers, hold needles and fashion tape, and line up the models for the runway. Overall, Austin Fashion Week 2014 was a great success, and leaves me wondering what they will think of next when they bring the runway to Dallas this November for Dallas Fashion Week.
Designer Jessica Faith Marshall and Isabella Rose Taylor
Designer Korto Momolu and Jessica Faith Marshall
A Step Too Far Mash Up Team on The Austin Fashion Awards Runway Design by Jessica Faith Marshall Hair by Rachel Dunn Makeup by Katie Astoria Styling by Michelle Zuzek
Designer Jessica Faith Marshall and Fashion Blogger Michelle Zuzek on the Austin Fashion Awards Red Carpet
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Jessica Faith Marshall is the founder and designer of her namesake brand, Jessica Faith Marshall. Since the beginning of her career, her brand has received press coverage in The Austin American Statesman, InFluential Magazine, The CW Austin, and other publications. She was recently selected as the winner of the Susan G. Komen Project Pink design competition against twenty other adult designers. Now, her business is currently based out of New York City where she continues to contribute as an intern for FashionMingle.net, and release seasonal collections in fashion weeks around the country.
