At long last Cat has bio for the final contestant competing in the Tamarac Square Fashion Project. There had been some confusion over images and the like, so Cat offers her apologies to all of Lisa’s fans who have been looking for her bio. And there are many, as evidenced…
The hot pool looking over Gold Lake. Cat got away on Saturday and headed up to Gold Lake Mountain Resort and Spa, about 45 minutes outside of Boulder. The intent was to take city-slicker Stacy up to the hills for some R&R with a hike, horse-back ride massage and brunch…
Cat is out and about today with a friend who is in town from New York. Regulars to The Cat’s Pajamas will recognize her as “Stacy,” the commenter who consistently harasses Cat about her taste in shoes. While she’s in town, there’s one event we’ll definitely hit: SEED, Fashion Denver’s…
Nicole Popovich Guess who made Cat’s personal fave from the challenge. Judging the Tamarac Square Fashion Project was a nerve-shattering hell ride, as the Westword music editor likes to say. Each one of the designers really reached for their full potential — and then some. Each dress was incredibly time…
Cat has some very amazing news for the twelve designers competing in the Tamarac Square Fashion Project: Cydney Payton, the director and curator of the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art, has agreed to judge a special challenge. As one of the leaders of the local arts community — and a…
A video game about birds flying biplanes makes as much sense as a game about fish captaining submarines, but there are far bigger gripes to be found in Wing Island for the Wii. “In a world ruled by birds,” explains the manual’s grim version of the future, Sparrow Wing Jr…
Cat has been coveting this little black Rami Kashou dress for a long time. Don’t forget: April 4 is the first of the challenges being presented as part of the Tamarac Square Fashion Project. Last Wednesday night the twelve competing designers were asked to go forth with $15o and create…
Denver City Councilman Doug Linkhart found himself in a bit of a fashion conundrum last week. After being called a racist in a letter to the Rocky Mountain News — based on his statement about kids who wear “saggy, baggy pants all over the place” — Linhart’s campaign manager joked…
Sean Rice The very helpful Matt from Denver Bullets. Plus, we know how much Cat loves camo! Last Saturday, March 31, Cat went to check out a different kind of accessory — one that fires fifty-caliber bullets. You see, while she loves fashion and frippery, she also writes about homelessness,…
We’re almost through the full dozen designers competing in the Tamarac Square Fashion Project. Here’s to Alec, who loves Jackie O and Maris the Great! Brit Coleman Name: Alec Smith Company name: Aki Getsu Years designing: 10 Bio: Alec Smith’s obsession with design started when he attended Denver School of…
Nicole Popovich Can you guess, from the profiles, who made this dress? For a full slideshow of the activity on Wednesday, March 28, click here. Five minutes, a dress form, a swath of fabric, some pins and a belt. What could you make out of that? Cat’s guessing she could…
Many of you met Crystal Sharp on March 28 during the kick-off of the Tamarac Square Fashion Project, but do you know if she prefers Tim or Heidi, polkadots or camo? Keep reading to find out! Name: Crystal Sharp Company name: She She Boutique Years designing: 10+ Bio: Tucked away…
In the poem “In Just-,” e.e. cummings described the world as “mud-luscious” and “puddle-wonderful” — words so perfectly befitting MotorStorm’s gorgeously sloppy off-road hijinks, the game’s designers probably had them tacked up on a wall somewhere. And had Cummings paid $60 for MotorStorm, the verbally inventive (and upper-case averse) poet…
An Anthroplogie dress Cat would like for spring. The Tamarac Square Fashion Project debuts this evening, March 28, so in honor of that, Cat took a little dose of her own questionnaire. If you wanted to know, Cat has answered… See you on the runway at 7 p.m. , 7777…
Infernalfruit.com Meet Tricia. She likes big Rottie dogs, polkadots and Dr. Suess. What will she send down the runway during the Tamarac Square Fashion Project? Come find out at the kick-off on Wednesday, March 28, at 7 p.m. Name: Tricia Hoke Company name: Potential Fashions Years designing: 7, but I’ve…
Name: Mona Lucero Company name: Mona Lucero Design Boutique Years designing: 24 Bio: Mona Lucero was born in San Francisco but raised in Grand Junction. At the age of four she decided she wanted to be an artist, and in 1983 she received her B.F.A. from the University of Colorado…
We’re already at contestant #7 for the Tamarac Square Fashion Project — just five more to go. Keep track of everyone as we get ready for the big showdown on Wednesday night, March 28, at 7 p.m., when everyone can come and meet the twelve designers and hear what challenge…
Nancy Sedar Sherman is on her way to the Fashion Project Tamarac Square. But does she like Paris Hilton or Lindsay Lohan? Find out below! Name: Nancy Sedar Sherman Company name: Nancy Sedar Designs Years designing: Since high school Bio: Nancy Sedar Sherman is a Denver native. Although she’s lived…
Give it up for Ms. Equillibrium, our latest victim in the road to Fashion Project Tamarac Square! Name: Deb Henriksen Company name: Equillibrium Clothing Years designing: Organically all my life; as a profession, about 6 years. Bio: Growing up in Naperville, Illinois, Deb Henriksen’s interests were heavily focused on drawing…
Name: Jose Clark Company name: I’ll start with “Maclovia” for Private Ladies Couture. (So, ladies look for it in the future… maclovia.com) Years designing: Just one Bio: I have a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and did that for almost eight years. I was doing well, but there was something missing,…
There’s one similarity between Ghost Rider and most video-game movie tie-ins: Get too close to either, and your ass will probably get burned. Though it stars goofy Nic Cage and Sam Elliott sound-alikes, Ghost Rider claims only to be an offshoot of this year’s soul-sucking blockbuster — not a direct…
The profiles continue of the twelve designers selected to complete in the Tamarac Square Fashion Project. The winner scores two tickets to New York Fashion Week this fall — which would better than sex for most of the competitors. Name: Kandyce Hudson Company name: Kandyce Kreations and the KMH8 Custom…
