Milwaukee fashion school honors industry icon with fashion show

Milwaukee fashion school honors industry icon with three-story fashion show

The fashion show will take up all floors of Milwaukee Central Library this Friday

Updated: 1:25 PM CST Nov 7, 2024

HUPY AND ABRAHAM, WE’RE BACK NOW AT 1151. LOOKING AHEAD, THE ODESA SCHOOL OF FASHION IS TAKING OVER THE MILWAUKEE CENTRAL LIBRARY THIS WEEK. JOINING ME NOW TO TALK ABOUT THIS HUGE FASHION TAKEOVER IS LYNN DIXON WITH THE ODESA SCHOOL OF FASHION, AS WELL AS CHRISTINA LOPEZ PRADO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. OF COURSE, BEFORE WE GET INTO TOMORROW’S EVENT, FIRST, FOR FOLKS AT HOME WHO AREN’T FAMILIAR WITH THE ODESA SCHOOL OF FASHION, WE’VE DONE STORIES WITH YOU. WITH YOU OVER THE YEARS. TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ODESA. ODESA IS A BRAND-NEW FASHION SCHOOL. ACTUALLY, IT’S THE ONLY FASHION SCHOOL IN THE MIDWEST, RIGHT NOW, AND IT’S BRAND NEW. AND WE HAVE A EVENT EVERY YEAR. AND THAT’S THE WAY TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT WE EXIST. AND WE’RE THERE, AND THAT WE’RE THE BEST IN OUR FIELD. YEAH, AND THIS EVENT IS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND. IT’S ACTUALLY HAPPENING TOMORROW AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, A NEW VENUE FOR YOU GUYS FOR THIS EVENT. TELL US, TAKE ME THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT’S EVENT. WELL, ACTUALLY, IT’S A NEW VENUE FOR EVERYONE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT’S EVER BEEN DONE, WHICH WE’RE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT. WE’RE STARTING OUT AT 630 VIP. THERE’S GOING TO BE A GOSPEL CHOIR. THE MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY IS BRINGING PLAYERS OVER AND WE’RE HAVING LIVE MUSIC. WE’RE HAVING A CELEBRITY MODEL, MARJORIE SINCLAIR, FORMERLY OF THE MILWAUKEE BUSINESS JOURNAL, IS WALKING. I MEAN, IT’S IT’S IT’S THING AFTER THING AFTER THING. IT’S GOING TO BE CRAZY EXCITING. YEAH. AND WE’RE GOING TO GET TO CHRISTINA BECAUSE IT’S VERY EXCITING NEWS FOR YOU BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY LAUNCH A PRODUCT HERE AT THE EVENT TOMORROW. BUT SOMETHING THAT’S ALSO HAPPENING. YOU GUYS ARE HONORING A FASHION INDUSTRY ICON. WE SEE HIM ON YOUR ON YOUR SHIRTS. VIRGIL ABLOH. YES, VIRGIL ABLOH IS A ICONIC DESIGNER AND HE WAS A PRODUCT OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM OF WISCONSIN. SO YEAH, YOU CAN SPEAK TO HIM. YEAH. SO I THINK THAT LYNN IS A TRAILBLAZER IN WHAT SHE’S DOING. WHEN SHE STARTED THIS COLLEGE, NOT EVERYBODY FINDS LIKE FOUNDS A COLLEGE. IT’S A VERY DIFFICULT THING TO DO IN A LONG PROCESS TO GET APPROVED AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I’M REALLY HAPPY. I THINK IT MATCHES TO THE ESTHETIC OF WHAT ODESA HAS BEEN DOING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. I’M HAPPY TO BE HONORING HIS LIFE AS WELL AS PRESENTING MY BRAND CASITA PRADO, WHICH IS A SUSTAINABLE KIDS STREETWEAR BRAND, AND WHAT’S REALLY GREAT IS THAT ODESA HAS BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR STUDENTS AND FACULTY TO BE A PART OF THIS HISTORICAL EVENT. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN AN EVENT THAT HAS BEEN LIKE THIS AT ALL. THERE’S NEVER THE LIBRARY HAS NEVER HOSTED A FASHION SHOW. SO THIS IS SOMETHING UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE. THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT ODESA HAS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE IN MILWAUKEE IS REALLY BUILDING FOUNDATIONAL COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS AND REALLY SETTING THE FOUNDATION TO BUILD A CIRCULAR ECONOMY HERE, PROPELLING STUDENTS AS WELL AS THE FACULTY TO REALLY BUILD SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL HERE IN MILWAUKEE. AND LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T KNOW VIRGIL ABLOH HAS HIS CAREER STARTED HERE? YEAH, SOME WISCONSIN TIES. IT’S PRETTY PRETTY PRETTY COOL. AND REALLY GREAT THAT YOUNGER CREATIVES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE PLATFORM TO SHARE SOME OF THEIR THEIR FUTURE ASPIRATIONS AS WELL. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE TO TALK TO US ABOUT TOMORROW NIGHT’S EVENT. HERE’S THE INFORMATION AGAIN. THE FASHION SHOW IS HAPPENING FRIDAY AT THE MILWAUKEE CENTRAL LIBRARY AT EIGHTH AND WISCONSIN. THE VIP COCKTAIL HOUR STARTS AT 630. DOORS OPEN FOR THE GENERAL ADMISSION AT 730. YOU CAN FIND MOR

Milwaukee fashion school honors industry icon with three-story fashion show

The fashion show will take up all floors of Milwaukee Central Library this Friday

Updated: 1:25 PM CST Nov 7, 2024

The Edessa School of Fashion will honor industry icon Virgil Abloh on Friday, Nov. 8 with a fashion show at the Milwaukee Central Library. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for people with VIP tickets and at 7:30 p.m. for people with general admission tickets. Tickets are available here. Lynne Dixon and Christina Lopez-Prado joined us Thursday on 12 News at 11.

MILWAUKEE —

The Edessa School of Fashion will honor industry icon Virgil Abloh on Friday, Nov. 8 with a fashion show at the Milwaukee Central Library.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for people with VIP tickets and at 7:30 p.m. for people with general admission tickets. Tickets are available here.

Lynne Dixon and Christina Lopez-Prado joined us Thursday on 12 News at 11.