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Natalia Villafana has become one of my new favorite designers since seeing her show on Saturday! She showed a very marketable and wearable collection with a serious chic personality. Her young-contemporary silhouette was highlighted with earthy influences like 3-dimensional flowers and leaves that gave her garments a little something extra. Structural and soft, it was a lovely spring collection.

Natalia Villafana, photograph by Brad Ziegler

For more of Natalia visit: www.nataliavillafana.com

All photography for this post by Brad Ziegler www.bradziegler.com

For info on Fashion in Detroit visit; www.fashionindetroit.com

We’ll have more posts this week highlighting the other designers that showed at Fashion in Detroit 2012. Please follow the blog and check back!

Thanks for reading,

-k

So the madness of the weekend is over and I finally have a moment to sit down and share some of the amazing photos from Saturdays Fashion in Detroit 2012! Fashion in Detroit is an annual even that showcases Detroit’s fashion design scene. This years show was a combination of student work from local schools, collections by up and coming local designers, and collections from national retailers. While the national collections didn’t necessarily highlight local designs, all of the shows were styled locally and they did a fabulous job!

A quick disclaimer, there are a LOT of pics from the event so I will have to break up our photos several posts throughout the week. I’ll start with the student work today. The following work was done by students at the International Academy of Design and Technology Detroit. The second group of students known as Amantes de La Moda. These students range from 11-17 years old and created their collection using recycled and reclaimed materials. There work was ridiculously impressive, I loved it especially since I couldn’t make a scrunchie at that age!

Here are some looks from IADT Detroit