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Jimmy Burner Venus Strawn, Matt Swinney

Nico
Korto Momolu

of the Australian fashion designers
taking part are making their US debut.
Swinney explains that Moda
X Australia came about by happy
accident. “I went to the Adelaide
Fashion Festival and wound up
Harry Rex
Dan Richters
partnering to bring over some Shusi
Australian designers,” he reveals.
“I take opportunities as they
present themselves.”
The Celebrate Texas show on
February 23rd features 15 Texas
designers, each presenting 10 looks
along with capsule collections. “We
wanted to get back to our roots and
celebrate Texas-based designers,”
Swinney says, “the ones from our
hometown and the places we’re in
Creed Voyles
every single day.”
Leading up to the big runways Prodigal Sun
shows is Shop for Good. From
February 15-24, retailers around
Austin will donate a portion of Lizna
each sale during that time to The Miles David
PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF FASHION X Masha Andra Liemandt. Lika Steel
Kindness Campaign, the anti-
bullying organization founded by

Austin Fashion Week shows take
place at Warehouse 305 on the
former Austin American-Statesman
campus, 305 S Congress. Tickets
and more information are available
at austin.fashionx.co. —Jamie Twitchel