Six years ago, Donald Shingler made “no mistake on the lake” when he founded Cleveland Fashion Week, which reportedly ranks as the 3rd largest fashion week in the US, next to New York and Los Angeles!Cleveland, Ohio—home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame—was a major American manufacturing center until the 1960’s when the city slowly began to transform into an intellectual center for medical, fuel cell, and bio-technical research.
In step with the trends of this “new American city,” Cleveland Fashion Week reflects all the essence of Cleveland’s transformation, having gained the reputation as the "educational fashion week." The 10-day fashion fest recently featured 3 runway events: Unclothed, Celebrity Style Cleveland, and the Cleveland Fashion Show.
I would like to showcase three of the menswear designers that presented their collections: Nathanael Porembka, student at University of Cincinnati; Paul Sadler; and Vincent Quevedo, desiger and professor at Kent State University.
Slide show 2009 a/w collections Copyright Cheri Homaee.
