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GALLERY 202 Fashion models are real dolls in exhibit
Thursday, February 22, 2007 By MACKENZIE WHITE ThisWeek Staff Writer Gallery 202 has a fashion show planned for Friday, Feb. 23. But don't expect to see size-2 models strutting their stuff. "This is the twist," said gallery owner Renee Kropat. "Instead of using live models, we're using mannequins or a variation of mannequins." The event, called "Fashion Dolls," is slated for 7 to 9 p.m. at the gallery, 38 N. State St. Seating is limited. Tickets cost $7.50 in advance and $10 at the door. Westerville Antiques and A Gal Named Cinda Lou provided the vintage and new clothing that harkens back to earlier times. The Web site describes the outfits as: "From shirtwaisted dresses, cap sleeves, sweetheart necklines, to taffeta, moire and wool, to berets and small pillbox hats. Psychedelic colors, muted tones and a version of the little black dress reminds us all of the time before iPods, microwaves, DVDs and giant TVs." The runway show includes 15 complete outfits, with others on display in the gallery. Gallery 202 volunteers, dressed all in black and wearing pink boas, will help to present the fashions and jewelry, Kropat said. Gallery artists also have completed original pieces of art to match the outfits, and these will be on display as well. (The gallery's Web site touts the show with the heading "Art can match your clothes!") And, of course, Kropat said, "Every runway or fashion show has to have a wedding gown." To that end, Kropat constructed a gown completely of T-shirts, which she said raises the not-so-age-old question: How many does it take to make a wedding dress? Hypersounds will provide music during the event, and Wade Meyer of Tech Medics will do a "remember when" presentation that will take attendees through important events of various years. "Kids of today don't remember when there wasn't an iPod," Kropat said. "Then we just sit here and feel very, very old," she quipped. Kropat said the idea for the event evolved through conversations between Julia Bennati (a 2006 Westerville North High School and Fort Hayes Career Center graduate who has displayed her work in the gallery and who hopes to go into fashion design), her mother, Debbie, and Leslie Etheridge, one of the owners of Westerville Antiques. More information about "Fashion Dolls" is available by calling 614-890-8202 or online at www.gallery202online.com. |