NBC4 - Fashion Week Columbus to celebrate 10 years
COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Fashion Week Columbus is about to celebrate its tenth year of catwalks and couture.
Since it started, the event has grown from a small few-day event to a full week of shows and fashion.
For the first time this year, Columbus designer Gerardo Encinas will be showing a line of quinceañera gowns re-imagined for the runway. It’s an homage to his heritage.
“I am trying to put everything together, my passion, my style, a piece of Mexico,” Encinas said.
Encinas immigrated to central Ohio 18 years ago and started designing about five years ago.
“I never went to school, or took sewing classes,” he said of learning how to design.
In that time, he has made several lines including a unisex line of clothing and even designed dresses for local celebrity Nina West, of “Rupaul’s Drag Race” fame.